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Evening star., 1953-08-30
What Happens to Your Roses?Expets Looking for Answers

rate the crop of leaves which
was exposed to these conditions
does not recover. 1t witherS
and falls. We have seen this in
many plants besides roses this
past month. Even deep-rooted
trees have suffered. So If your
roses look like something that
got forgotten when the family
moved away, don't Jump to the
canclusion that canker, black
spot, rust" we don't have real
rust on roses in the Potomac
area) are getting in some dirty
work. 1t may not even be the
effect of red spiders or assorted
insect pests. but Just a combi-
nation of heat prostration and
lack of water at a critical time.
A Hopeful Side.
There is hopeful side to this
story, however. Roses, in our
area, have a way of coming
back" in the fall in spite of very
unpromising appearance in July.
If you fertilized literally early
in the summer, lay off on the
feeding and just water (and
mulchD for a while. If you
suspect a deficiency of fertilizer
try completely soluble applica-
Evening star., 1953-08-30

of the soil make it difficult for
the plant to develop new roots
rapidly enough to compensate.
Result: All the various symp-
toms of nutrient deficiencies.
Nutrients Inaccessible.
Actually. in many cases the
nutrients are not really absent
but only inaccessible-like ones
bank account when Saturday
closing began before you remem-
bered to check out money for
weekend spending. Some times
you can get many of these
symptoms in plants, not from a
deficit but an excess of nutri-
ents. AS long as the soil was
moist the heavy application of
fertilizer that you may have
made in June was tolerated
without adverse effects. But
when the soil got dry, the diet
may have been too rich.
All these effects are augment
ed by excessive heat. Just a
day or two. sometimes, only a
a few hours, of heat in the high
nineties, accompanied by a Sc
we're water deficit will cause wilt
ing or burning from which
plants do not recover. At any
Evening star., 1953-08-30
By Freemon A. Weiss
Vice President. Potomac Rose Society

Post-mortems are not. as a
rue. very interesting-certainly
not to the victim! Neither are
the metaphorical post-mortems
which are held after bridge games,
and sometimes after ones gar
den efforts have gone haywire,
despite having listened atten-
lively to all the experts" and
followed all the recipes for sue
cess.
1t is unfortunately the case
this year, as it was last year at
this season, that many of us are
holding poSt-mortems over our
rose gardens. Yellow leaves,
gray leaves, brown leaves. no
leaves at all! Wonder what
makes it!
The instruction committee is
still struggling for light on this
subject and makes no preten-
sions to having all the answers.
There are a few patent facts to
consider, however.
July was hot! 1t was also very
dry. And the drought followed
suddenly after super moist
May and June, when plants
Evening star., 1953-08-30

tion-such as Nurilite or Rapid
gro to the foliage, or fish emul-
sion or manure water to the
soil. Give the foliage a good
washing under side of leaves
especially-with the hose on a
clear bright day, when it will
dry promptly. This will help to
get rid of red spiders and mil
dew, and will not promote black
spot if done when the leaves can
dry quickly. 1t will knock off
some of the yellow and moribund
leaves, and improve the looks of
bushes that have suffered from
too much July.
Evening star., 1953-08-30
Mems Club Meets

'Camellias for the Washington
area will be discussed by e. L.
Tolson, jr., before the Mems Gar
den Club on Thursday, Septem-
Der 3, at 500 pm. at the Bat
terry Park Club House. 100 Glen
brook road, Bethesda, Md. The
speakers wife has proven that
camellia japonicas can be grown
successfully in her own yard and
many friends have followed her
methods with equal success. Be-
cause of the interest expressed
by wives they are to be guests
at this meeting.
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Budding Demonstrution

The art of propagating roses
by budding will be demonstrated
by a team of experts of the Po-
tomac Rose Society In the
Shoreham Hotels rose garden at
2:30 pm. today. All interested
in seeing how roses are propa-
gated are invited.
Evening star., 1953-08-30
Potting PIunts

If you've a sunny window and
can keep that room fairly cool,
it's time to get started potting up
outdoor plants to winter over.
Geraniums. of course, but also
calendulaS, even petunias.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-22

whether he void fight for
America in a. war against Com
munists.
AS fast" headlines blazed at
noon. DR.. Compton went to lunch
at the Mayflower Hotel. He was
called to the phone. Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles in
formed him that his resignation
had been accepted.
The Secretary later assured the
press that the announcement of
Republican Compton's reSigna-
ton, nearly two months after it's
submission, in the middle Of the
inquiry. and at time when the
administration had no successor
selected, was not connected at all
with the Mccarthy inquiry.
Nevertheless, papers generally
put both events in the same story.
The next day Mr.. Connors told
the committee fof a brand-new
order to all personnel specifying
that mo material by any contro-
versial person, Communist or fell
low traveller" can be used by the
Voice" or put on United States
information service shelves. Also,
he reported, the department
would, in accordance with a COM
mittee directive, start at once on
listing for the committee of all
books and pamphlets Tan esti-
mated $4,000 Of them in
$50 libraries) on United States
u. S. /. S. shelves.
Thus ended the story which be-
gan with an article in the Mill
Valley Record.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-22
First Lady to Get
Scout Cookies and
All Clubs Pie

Mrs. Eisenhower will receive a
box Of cookies. a prize-winning
pie and an elephant pin and
earring set on Tuesday. the
White House has disclosed.
Press Secretary Hagerty re-
leased the First Lady's social
schedule for the day, which will
start at 1915 pm. with presen-
tation Of the pin and earring
set by the Moline, ILL.,, Women's
Republican Club. Five minutes
later Mrs. Eisenhower will greet
eight members of the senior
Girl Scout Troop IS Of Ridge
wood, N. j.
Ten minutes after that she
will receive the prize-winning
pie from the national champion
Of the National Cherry Pie Bak-
ing Contest sponsored by the
All Clubs and Future Farmers
Of America of 81 states. Fifteen
minutes later, at 12:45, the First
Lady will receive the first box
Of 1853 Girl Scout cookies from
four Girl Scouts including her
two nieceS, Ellen and Mamie
Moore Of Troop 288. Washing
ton.
At 3 pm. Mrs. Eisenhower will
pose for photographs in connec-
ton with the Army Navy Lea
CUES membership drive.
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Police Boys Club Exceeds
10000 Membership Goal

The Metropolitan Police Boys
Club has oversubscribed its cam
paign goal of 10000. adult mem
berships, Wash B.. Williams,
campaign chairman, announced
last night.
Success of the drive will be
celebrated at the clubs annual
victory luncheon at 1890 pm.
tomorrow at the Hotel Statler.
More than 600 persons, headed
by civic leaders and Govern
ment officials, will attend the
luncheon for high-ranking Po-
lice Department officials and
campaign workers.
Honored guests will include
the District Commissioners and
former Attorney Generals James
p McGranery, j. Howard Nc
Grath and Supreme Court JUS
tice Tom Clark.
Mr.. Williams particularly
praised Ourisman Chevrolet'a
100 per cent employee enroll
ment which helped boost the
membership drive over its goal,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-22
By Mortin S. Hayden
North American Newspaper Alliance


Last April a news story ap-
peared in the Mill Valley Record;
last Wednesday the Secretary of
State telephoned the dining room
Of the Mayhower Hotel.
Between the events lies the case
history Of a congressional investi-
cation. Of how a Federal official
loses his job and of why clerks
are today listing books in 100
libraries throughout the world.
It is the story-behind-the- STORY
Of Senator McCarthy's charge
last week that Mrs. Franklin D.
RooSevelt-and otherS-"helped"
arrange government circulation
of the works of Author Howard
Fast, an alleged Communist.
AT the start, neither Mr.. Fast
nor Eleanor Roosevelt was n
volved. It began with a Senate
tempest over another writer, DR..
Harry A. Overstreet. famed as
the author of THE Mature
Mind" philosophical study I'M
connected with politics, govern
ment or communism. That was
last April, when a San Francis
can, Donald Sias, wrote Senator
Knowland of California and in
closed the clipping from the
Mill Valley (Calif.) Record.
OEerstreet Scripts Cited.
The article reported two scripts
written by Or. and Mrs. Over
street. Originally produced by
CBS I Commentator Ed Murrow
as nart Of his.This I Believe"
series. the nonpolitical scripts
were TO be broadcast and dis
tributed throughout the world.
Mr.. Sias noted that the House
Un- American Activities Commit
tee had cited DR.. Overstreet for
affiliation with several Commu-
mist front groups; he wrote his
Senator that neither Mrs. Sias
nor I can understand how a per-
son whose motives are open to
such Interpretation can have
material used by the Voice of
America program as a good rep
resentative American"
Senator Knowland sent the
letter to Senator McCarran,
Democrat, of Nevada, chairman
of the appropriations subcom-
mittee that controlled VOA
funds: he tossed it to DR.. Wilson
Compton, administrator of the
International Information Ad-
ministration. which manages
the Voice"
DR.. Compton checked and
hurried to the committee last
June 5 to tell Senator McCarran
that: There will be no use of
anything contributed by DR.. and
Mrs. Overstreet by any part of
the VOA; if necessary, I will 60
pick it up myself"
It was reported, at that point,
that Mrs. Roosevelt entered the
picture. She wrote protesting
DR.. Compton's decision on the
Overstreets; so did Mrs. Newton
P. Leonard Of Chicago, president
of the National Congress of Par
ents and Teachers. and others.
AS the dispute-Still unmarked
by the name of Howard Fast
spread, the United States Ad-
visory Commission on Educa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-22
Small Papers Story Marked
First Step to Voice Shokeup

tional Exchange and its sub
sidiary, the Committee on Books
Abroad, got into it.
Appointed to advise" DR..
Compton on such matters, the
commission membership includes
DR.. Harold w. Dodds, president of
Princeton; the University Of
Wisconsin's president, Edwin B.
Fred; the University of Mime
sofas president, James L. Nor
rill, Prof. Martin MCGUIRE of
Catholic University and Mark
Starr. Of the International La
dies Garment Workers union.
The full commission approved
a positive and unanimous" rec
ommendation of its book COM
mittee that authorship should
not be criterion for determin-
ing whether or not a book is
available for United States in
formation service libraries
abroad :. the content of the
book, regardless Of authorship.
should be the criterion"
DR.. Compton refused to buy
that, in Toto. He ordered his
policy chief. w. Bradley Connors,
to prepare a new directive in
structing all employees now to
weigh books. writings, paintings.
music. films. pictures and other
output produced or created by
persons who are subjects Of pub
lie controversy"
Memo Quoted in Part.
A portion of that January 80
memo stating that lit should be
. possible as a general rule" to use
only the works of unquestioned
artists was not noted by Sen
Mccarthy when he read another
part of it as the preface to his
inquiry. Instead, he concentrated
on an exceptions section stating
that. sometimes, the works of
leftist writer's might have pecu-
liar propaganda value.
It was there that the name of
Howard Fast entered the story.
The writer Of the memo wanted
an example and presumably
thought 1t best not to mention
again DR.. Overstreet. the original
pivot man for the whole uproar.
"If," he wrote. like Howard
Fast, he Can author) is known as
q Soviet-indorsed author. ma
terials favorable to the United
States in some Of his writings
may thereby be given a special
credibility among selected key
audiences"
Sen. Mccarthy read this para
graph in public hearing and
commented that Mrs. Roosevelt
(who had protested in behalf Of
DR.. Overstreet-not fast) had
helped" along with others he
proposed to uncover. to arrange
Government: circulation of Fast's
works. The memo. he indicated,
was part Of this plot.
Fast Avoids Answers.
Fast was the first witness last
Wednesday. While TV cameras
ground on what was by then
billed rs an inquiry into odd
people paid by the Voice OF
America. Mr.. Fast. who never
worked for VOA, spent an hour
behind the shield Of his consti-
tutional rights. He refused to say
whether he was q Communist, or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-22
Advocates Of Tax Cut Seek
ToM 5 Other Levies in Sd

the excess profits tax goes out
June 80. and If Congress bucks
the White House and I its own
g. o. p. leadership by passing
the Reed bill.
Besides those siding with Ways
and Means Committee Chair
man Reed. appetizer house BIZ
partisan group is aiming an all-
out attack against numerous ex-.
else taxes. Scores Of bills to
eliminate or lower excuses on
everything from theater admis-
sions to furs and jewelry have
been introduced. These already
present a formidable front
against any drive to increase or
add excise levies.
The Capitol sees signs that
talk Of possible tax increase or
extension may be mainly trial
balloons at the moment.
Or they may be mostly tenta-
tive temptations to compromise
the booming tax dispute. There
has been mention of the pos
sibility that both sides might
eventually work out comprom-
Use. One such proposal might be
that both the excess profits tax
elimination and the personal in
come tax relief should take effect
simultaneously somewhere be-
tween June 80 and December 81,
possibly in October.
No Hint Of Easing Opposition.
If such q solution is anything
more than a straw in the wind,
Speaker Martin. House Repub-
lican Leader Halleck, Senate Re-
publican Leader Taft and others
give no hint Of easing their OPP
position to early action on the
Reed bill.
The House committee as q
whole is vigorously and practi-
cally unanimously on record in
demanding that the excess prof
its tax expire June 80 as sched-
uled.
"The excess profits tax" COM
mittee sources declared, "en-
courages waste and extravaganza
by discouraging the corporate
incentives to hold down costs.
With the present combined in
come and excess profits tax rate
as high as 80 per cent. the dol
lars spent for purposes charge
able against income are 1S-cent
dollars.
The excess profits tax shackles
new. small and growing corpora
tions. The tax tends to favor
old and well-eStablished busi-
nesses with large earnings ex-
perience in the period 1868.
The tax is undoubtedly the
most complicated of all the pres
ent taxes and presents serious
and difficult administrative and
compliance problems. The rev.
enue from this tax represents
only 50 billion out of the total
corporate tax burden of $23 bill
lion annually"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-22
Dulles and Humphrey
Talk 10 Eisenhower

President Eisenhower reviewed
State and Treasury problems at
a White House conference yes
terday.
Secretary of State Dulles, Sec
rotary Of the Treasury Humphrey
and some members Of their
stats attended. A couple Of
White House staff members also
were present.
White House Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty refused to say
what the meeting was about
except that it involved some
work" on the two departments.
There had been no advance an
nouncement Of the conference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-22


House groups pushing for an
income tax cut June 80 primed
their guns yesterday for an
equally hard tight, to kill. i've
other kinds Of levies between that
date and April, 1854.
Reports Of counter attacks and
possible compromise offers stiff
ened Ways and Means Commit
tee resistance. Members said they
and many Republican as well as
Democratic House colleagues viii
battle any move to continue the
excess profits tax beyond June 80.
The battle spread to the SEN
ate and into Democratic ranks.
Democratic Senator's johnson of
Colorado and Humphrey of Min
nesota announced they would
oppose letting the excess profits
tax die June 80.
Senator johnson said he sided
with President Eisenhower's
stand that the budget balancing
must come before tax cutting.
He suggested that the excess
profits levy be extended to
December 81, when the 1851 in
come tax boosts are currently
due to drop down. He warned
there would be almost a reov-
luton if we discontinued the
excess profits tax before we did
anything about the rates on
individuals"
Lauds Eisenhower Position.
Senator Humphrey commended
the Eisenhower position on taxes
as sensible and courageous.
| The 1851 law that boosted
individual income tax rates an
average Of 10 per cent would die
December 81. The Reed bill, over.
whelmingly approved last week
by the Ways and Means Com
mittee, would make it expire
June 80, the same day the excess
profits tax on corporations would
end.
Committee m e m bers have
centered their efforts on knock
ing of the personal income tax
June 80. They now emphasize
they are no less determined that
the excess profits levy must fall
as scheduled.
They also call attention to the
following other tax raises voted
by Congress in 1851: An indi-
vidual capital gains tax increase
to expire october 81; a corporate
income tax increase to revert to
former levels March 81. 1854: a
capital gains tax increase on
corporations to expire March 81;
and various excise taxes on alco-
holic beverages. automobiles, Gig
arettes. gasoline and sporting
goods. to drop back to previous
levels March 81, 1854.
Trial Balloons Raised.
/ Ways and Means Committee
authorities as well as House Re-
publican leaders insist they
have not received word" from
the White House or, anywhere
else that those taxes win have
to be continued or perhaps lifted
a bit.
They hear reports. however
that some administration au-
thorities might suggest raising
the regular corporation tax ii
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-22

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-22
Honduras Is Bunonu Kinq

TEGUCIGALPA. - Honduras
leads in the growing Of bananas
and exports more than IL mil
lion stems each year.
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Tomorrow Monday, 8 Am. 10 l Pm.
F Street Only
The Modes
35th February
RUM mage

II youue been around Washington any length of time
mage" SALE In order to Ue up to reputation,
haze eUen greater uGMes eUen people to serUe
great that regret to state that cannot accept
c. o. DIS phone calls lGyG,OayS alterations charges
except that iDil alter and charge items marked
Nth asterisks ~ All Quanies subject to prior saet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-22
Busy Blood Donor

E. A. Matthews has donated 81
quarts of blood in 112 blood bank
visits made in Auckland. New
Zealand, during the last u years.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-22
First Iowa Capitol

DES MOINES.-Iowa's first
State capitol was established in
the city Of Burlington, beginning
In the year 1888.
Evening star., 1953-07-27
Miss Constance Logan Married in Garden

Miss Constance Hall Logan
became the bride of Signor
Claudio Del Core, son Of Signor
and Signora Giovanni Del Core
Of Florence, Italy. The bride is
the daughter of Mrs. John Brown
Jacob of Washington and Glas-
tonbury, Conn, and Mr.. Arthur
Logan Of Wilmington, Del. Mrs.
Del Core lived with her father
at his home, ''Nanticoke," in
Greenville, Del.
The wedding took place yes
terday in the afternoon at the
home of the brides father. The
Rev. William G. Munds of Christ
Church in Greenville, Del. per-
formed the ceremony.
Mrs. Del Core wore a flesh pink
and silver wedding gown of lace
fashioned along princess lines.
Her finger-tip veil of flesh illu-
sion was attached to a circlet of
silver. She carried a white
leather Bible with white orchids.
The Bible was a wedding gift
from the bridegroom.
Miss Elaine Logan, sister of
the bride, was the maid of honor.
The, other attendants of the
bride were Mrs. Donald Gregory
Young, Mrs. Paul Meaders, Miss
Barbara Jean West all of Wash
ington, and Mrs. Donald Dick
son and Miss Helen Katz both of
New York City.
The best man was Mr.. Allen
Jones Of Wilmington. The ushers
were Mr.. Spofford j. Beadle, Mr..
Alfred Armstrong, jr., both of
Wilmington: 1t. Francis Colt de
Wolf, jr.. U. S. A. of Washington;
Evening star., 1953-07-27
Thai Officer


Secretary of the Air Force
Harold E. Talbot was host
today at luncheon entertain
ing at the Pentagon in honor of
the Commander-in-ch chief of the
Royal Thai Air Force, Air Chief
Marshal Fuen Ronapakas Ridd-
hagni. The visitor is in this
country for a months stay as
guest of the United States Air
Force which will give a recep-
ton this evening in honor Of
the Air Chief Marshal.
Accompanying the visitor are
Group Capt. Manob Suriya,
Wing Comdr. Tregool Thavara-
veg and Wing Comdr. Siddhi
Savetsila.
The reception tonight will be
given in the Officers Club at
Boiling Air Force Base and the
other reception scheduled for
the Thai airmen is the party
which Ambassador Pote Sarasin
will give Wednesday from 6 to
8 o'clock in the embassy.