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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-02
This and That

out suet during the hot weather and
insect months. AS soon as 1t Is cold
again, the birds return promptly.
1.-THE cardinals, which are all around
In spring, do not seem to like to fly
up this high. One winter I had
mocking bird, but I have made no
especial effort to attract Knockers be-
cause Of their aggressive manners.
"It is always q thrill when late in
the spring the female downy wood
pecker begins to pile little pellets OF
suet on her nose to carry to her nest.
AS she rushes back and forth all day
long, one feels glad to be able to help
the tiny. industrious mother.
Sincerely. T. J."
Cardinals might ny high II gunnower
seed were put out.
There would seem to be no real rea-
son why the redbirds could not come
to q high apartment window. They
are among our strongest birds, and
experts at high as well as low flying.
We like our correspondents phrase,
"the insect months"
This is the spring and summer Of
the famous 17-year-locusts IN this
vicinity.
We have Brood K, and these appear
sometime in June.
Then there will be the same old COM
plants. how they are killing trees and
shrubs.
It is true that the grubs do some
-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-02
Carter Burron Amphitheoter

AS q resident Of the Barron Amph1-
theater area, whose taxes paid for pro-
lection Of his property are diverted to
its destruction, for one am disturbed.
In John v. Horner's article In The
Star, February Is, Edward ]. Kelly,
Superintendent Of National Capitol
Parks. is quoted:
I'm spite of the protest in the form
Of citizen resolutions" Mr.. Kelly said,
I'VE here at Interior have never received
a complaint about noise or anything
else in connection with the amphi-
theater."
Ihave before me letter dated August
4, 1850, signed by Edward j. Kelly,
Superintendent, on the stationery Of
the United States Department Of the
Interior. National Park Service, Wash
ington, which. with your permission. I
quote in full:
"The National Capital Parks greatly
regrets the annoyance to residents in
the vicinity of Seenteenth street and
Colorado avenue NV. occasioned by
the rehearsals Of Faith Of Our Fathers
at the National Capital Sesquicenten-
NAL Amphitheater in Rock Greek Park.
hearsals between the completion date
of the theater and the premiere sched-
uled for this Friday. August 4, has been
the reason for the late hours. The
regular performances will conclude at
approximately II pm, and I am
hopeful that you will not be disturbed
after this hour during the weeks to
come. ...-z4 J..
IT have forwarded q copy Of your
letter to the National Capital SeSqui-
centennial Commission with a request
that the public address system be toned
down as much as is feasible, and that
the commission cooperate with the
people living in the neighborhood of
the theater in every possible way"
The letter shows that there were COM
plants and Mop knew about the in
tolerable condition, but did nothing
about it.
Sol Shapiro.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-02

Great Britain-with an able assist from
the United States.
Although tugs had been pushing ice
out Of many northern harbors, it was
the American Great Lakes ferry Sainte
Marie. with radically designed bow
screw. that began the trend towards
scientifically designed icebreakers. Dur
ing the 80s and COS British designers
experimental with similar seagoing
breakers and hit upon design using
the Sainte Marie principle, but using
more power and heavier bow.
The Russians bought this plan from
the British and in 1899 had Scotch
shipyard build the Ermack, probably
the biggest icebreaker ever built. The
Ermack was the grandfather Of all ice
breakerS-but she wasn't Russian in
vention. The Cars navy sailed their
Scotch-bought breaker through many
an Arctic ice pack, and built up leg
end most Russians and Americans be-
ieve today.
This for Mr.. Henry's notebook on
icebreakers, and for the Russian inven-
tions record.
L. L. Moore,
JO2. U. s. Navy.
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BELMONT ROAD.

Dear Sir.
II am pleased to be able to pass on
a word of encouragement to the reader
who inquired about feeding birds from
q third-story apartment window.
I'VE live in large apartment house
overlooking Rock Creek Park. For sew
eral years I have fed the downy wood
peckers from my fourth floor window
by putting block of suet on skewer
with a cork on the sharp end.
"Then bind the suet either with an
old hair net or a few turns Of Irvine.
and hang the skewer on the awning
fixture outside.
"This year added long. narrow
wooden feeder. There are holes with
paper cups packed with solid mixtures
of seeds and suet which birds enjoy,
and there is no mess:
1.-THE cups are replaceable. and to
make sure they do not drop out, I
skewer them with large kitchen
matches without the heads.
Now we have chickadees, nut
matches, titmice and occasionally star
lings. II I do not put out bread. the
starlings do not come in any number,
although sometime in the spring q
mother starting will bring her active
brood, line them, up on the window
sill, and stuff their clamoring faces.
AFTER the .downies have raised their
young In the spring, they stop coming
until autumn; so discontinue putting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-02
Iran Reops Its WhirIwind.

Iran today Is reaping the whirlwind sown
by its own irresponsible political and economic
behavior of the past two years.
What may be left when the storm passes
is not yet clearly discernible. Politically, there
are several possibilities The foremost is that
Prime Minister Mossadegh, who led his country
into its state of near bankruptcy, but who has
wept his way successfully through several
crises, will manage again to keep his control
over the shattered nation. For most OF two
years, the aging and ailing Mossadegh has
followed a political strategy of divide and
conquer"-isolating weakening and finally de-
feating all of the political factions that have
opposed him. That his strategy has backfred,
temporarily at least, is due only to the fact
that his bent for extremism led him to attempt
a virtual house arrest of the young Shah. The
net effect of this effort has been to throw the
Shah and the powerful Mullah Kashani,
speaker of the Nails and leader Of the anti
foreign Moslem bloc, into an alliance which
may yet drive the Premier out Of Office.
Unfortunately, there has been no evidence
that the Shah, despite the public clamor raised
by his appearance on a palace balcony, has any
intention of continuing to play major role
himself in the current crisis. High-ranking
army officers who were believed friendly to him
already have been replaced or arrested by
Mossadegh's orders and there is no parlia-
mentary bloc around which palace party"
might quickly or easily be built.
Kashani, on the other hand, commands
solid core Of parliamentary following and his
uneasy alliance for few months with Mossa-
degh has been thoroughly shattered. From the
standpoint of the Western nations, however, he
would represent little, If any, Improvement as
a chief of government. Although his religious
aff1liation makes him an implacable foe Of
communism, his own violent aversion to any
foreign influence offers little encouragement
that he would be easier to deal with on either
political or economic issues
j Meanwhile, the Communist Tudeh Party
continues to sit on the sidelines-spurned by
Mossadegh and ignored by Kashani not strong
enough to take over but not weak enough to
be overlooked indefinitely.
1t is indeed a sad chapter of Persian history
that has been written In recent months, and
it may become even more tragic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-02

July, he would be faced with the prospect of
competing in the August run-oh against Q
single opponent enjoying the undivided sup
port Of the Byrd organization. In such .
contest, judging from past performance, he
would have little chance.
Some people are inclined to deplore this
on the ground that it necessarily tends to keep
an anti-Byrd candidate out of the picture. It
also serves, however, to guard against the
election Of Governor by less, and perhaps by
a great deal less, than majority of the popular
vote. To the extent that 1t contributes to this
end, the run-of primary law is clearly desirable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-02

Although an attempt in the courts to block
construction of the Burke airport has failed
the project remains at complete standstill
The Civil AeronauticS Administration cannot
proceed with the undertaking without funds
Congress in the past has been unable to make
up its mind as to whether to revive the project
or kill it permanently. Meanwhile the Gov
eminent has on its hands more than 1000 acres
of land, representing Federal investment Of
$500 O0O-land which many of the former
owners would like to have returned to them.
It Is a f1rst-claSS muddle which only Congress
can clear up. So -, y
The CAA Is in the unenviable position of
being under congressional mandate to build
another large Washington airport in the Burke
area, but prevented from obeying the mandate
by refusal of Congress to provide the funds
necessary to proceed with land buying and con-
Etruction. The failure to appropriate additional
money was not just an oversight. 1t was a
deliberate step taken after the residents of
Burke and Baltimore officials had protested
vigorously against the project. Baltimores in
terest in the Burke undertaking did not arise
out of sympathy for the aroused property own
ers in nearby Virginia. The Marylanders were
interested only in promoting the proposal that
Friendship International Airport, near Balti-
more, be used as Washington's auxiliary air
Friendship campaign in way that indicates
that he is more concerned with what is good
for Baltimore'S airport than with what is good
for WaShington'S
But the CAA, the Doolittle Commission and
other authorities have contended that the
Nations Capital urgently needs an extra air
port closer to Washington than Friendship.
The CAA and the National Capital Planning
Commission picked the Burke site as the one
likely to affect the smallest number of property
owners. The reaction was prompt and vocifer-
Gus, however, and Congress was considerably
impressed. Last January the CAA through the
Truman administration, renewed its request for
$1.6 million with which to complete the pur-
chase of land and begin construction. The re-
quest is not apt to get very far unless the new
administration swings it's weight behind it,
The problem calls for some serious attention
by the new Congress, not only because of the
uncertain status of the Governments invest
ment but because of the dangerous air-traffc
congestion at the National Airport. If the
Burke airport is dead, some suitable alternative
means of relief must be found in the near
future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-02
MeIIett's Eucts
L. L. Moore,
Jo2. U. s. Navy.

Why has The Star allowed to go un-
challenged the fragrant. miSStatementS
Of Lowell Mellett about Dean Acheson
and Alger Hiss in his article in The Star
Of December 80. 1852?
His misstatements are in the follow
ing verbatim excerpt from his article:
Dean Acheson has been held UP as
nothing less than traitor by the su-
perpatriots Of the press and politics for
having said he would not turn his back
on Mr. Hiss. True, Mr.. Hiss had just
been indicted by grand jury, but the
courts warn us continually that an in
dictment is not conviction and that
no man should be adjudged guilty until
he has been convicted -. Mr. Acheson
was following the dictates of Anglo
Saxon justice. as well as friendship"
Now for Mellett's misstatementS:
MiSstatement No. /: Hiss had Just
been indicted" That is not true. He
had just been convicted. According
to the New York Times Of January 26;
1850. Hiss was indicted December Is,
l948;' convicted on January %, 1850;
and, just three days later, AcheSon
made his statement he would not turn
his back on Alger Hiss.
Misstatement No. 2 is embraced in
the implication in the Mel1ett article
that 1t was on the ground Hiss had not
yet been convicted that Acheson based
his refusal to turn my back on Alger
Hiss" Acheson knew that Hiss had
already been convicted. And as to an
appeal-Mr. Acheson covered that
point, too. He said (and the Times
article carries it in direct quotes):
Whatever the outcome Of any appeal
which Mr.. Hiss or his lawyer may take
In this case, do not intend to turn
my back on Alger Hiss" There you
have it, crystal clear. Mr.. Acheson de-
clared he would stick by Hiss, even If
upon final appeal his guilt should be
affirmed.
The writer INDUCES here in no judg-
ment of Mr.. Acheson. Mr.. Mellett's
Misrepresentation of fact are what
we are concerned with. Upon what
ground can he justify his resort to fab
rication in the Acheson-Hiss case in
order that he might heap obloQuy upon
those to whom he sarcastically refers as
the "superpatriots of the press and
politics.? Mr.. Mellett's statement is no
"halftruth" of which they accuse Nc
Carthy. It is complete falsity. INC
Carthyism' is hardly the word for it.
Suppose we just call It a "Mellettisn."
Perhaps Mr.. Mellett did not intend
to present any false picture in his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-02
Security Check at Capitol

The Star short time ago published
letter signed by Alice M. Dodd, i'm
plying that there were no loyalty or
security checks at the Capitol.
cannot speak for all committees
or all Senators, but I do know that
when Senator Murray Of Montana be-
came chairman Of the Committee on
Labor and Public Welfare in 1851, he
asked for and got an FBI check on
all committee employees. Furthermore,
he required that the same FBI check
be made on any committee employees
subsequently hired.
william H. Coburn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-02
The Inventive Russiuns

Thomas r. Henry gives credit to the
Russians for invention of the ice
breaker. Mr. Henry overlooked some
rather significant information and has
inadvertently given the Soviet Union
grounds for another one of their extrav-
agant invention claims.
Icebreakers were not just invented
they developed. from the time Hall
tried out Robert Fulton's new-fangled
paddle wheels on an Arctic expedition
in the 1820s, right down to today's re-
markable Wind-class breakers Of the
u. s. Navy and Coast Guard. But If any
country gets the credit, 1t should be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-02
Snow Scene

White Is the sheet before me: tree ana
hill
Are outlined only: no need here to IN
With brush or pen. This amplitude
OF snotD
Demands omission II the scene mould
gIotU.
More is Gclieved by adding lessi Could
Submit this logic to the UoTld's large
plant
Much that Is pencilled: much that d
NON said
Is better lett unseen and left unread.
Z Catherine Hoydon jacobs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-02

article, and that the whole thing is to
be accounted for by his lack of metic-
ulous winnowing of the facts, and fl
deity thereto-a characteristic SO es-
sential to the good reporter"
It is not proposed here that Mel
let's right to express his opinion be in
any manner curtailed. But of what
worth. in the public forum, can his
opinion be If one cannot rely upon his
factual premises?
VeritatiS AmanS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-02
Hughes Not Great?

I wish to take this opportunity to
comment upon your syndicated coll
umnist David Lawrence. am quite
certain that a man of Mr.. Lawrence's
background is familiar with the facts
pertinent to the career of Charles
Evans Hughes, dating from his great
opportunity in 1905 to serve the pub
lie good as Thomas Ryan's attorney to
his public spirited prosecution of Mr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-02
Questions and Answers

The Star readers can Ret the answer TO any
question Of fact By either writing The Evenins
WASHINGTON g. d. c.. and fnciosing cents re-
turn POSTAGE 3r By telephonine 1terling S-736a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-02
Letters to The Star !.

Thompson values the good will Of the
Jews, but the popular writer now and
then feels called upon to display a
"diSpassionate" courage which is not
always in line with truth. It is proper
to be fair to the Arabs but not at the
expense Of truth and justice to a people
who are q first claim on the mercy and
good will Of mankind
Herman Felter.
Sowing Through Joint Action
hope that your editorial, Saving
Through Joint Action will lead to
action. Then hope you will 60 further.
and advocate joint action not only on
sewers but also on water supply and
transit--highway and rail. This could
lead to creation of Metropolitan
Utilities Commission. or, better, Met
ropolitan Area Authority.
John IhIder.
Editors note: The Star long has
advocated coordination of regional
public services, including creation Of
a Metropolitan Area PUC).
Washington Birthday Sales
The man WHO started the washing
ton Birthday Bargain Sales" had 1854
other days in which to choose to have
his gala attraction for bargain suckers,
so why did he choose George Washing
toms birthday? To desecrate and pro-
fame the name Of Americas greatest
patriot for the sake of commercial
gain? Does the name Of George Wash
lngton mean so little as to link it with
some "give away" article advertised as
sucker bait to draw crowds so that
merchants can get rid Of their old stock
Of goods in the name of George Wash
ington Birthday Specials? Has our
estimation of the Father of His Coun-
try sunk so low that we hold nothing in
reverence, that our ideals are forgotten
behind the dollar sign?
Laurence s. Growden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-02
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

Q. Does the winner Of the annual
competition Of the Burlington Liars
Club receive an award? r. ]. s.
A. The club confers q medal which
the winner may retain for o year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-02
;. What are Brangus cattleY W. r. J.

says that Brangus cattle represent an
experiment Of some cattlemen to de-
velop better beef cattle. Brangus cattle
are not Q registered breed but cross
between the Angus (beef1 cattle and
the Brahman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-02

Deeds in the airplane Investigations Of
1918.
The implication of Mr.. Lawrence
that Mr. Hughes is great man is mis-
leading. Mr.. Hughes was very prom
inent and often helped the general
public, but he was not fighter for the
good cause in the best sense. Like all
the others he played the great game
of politics and took his chances where
he found them. We should always re-
member that prominence is not great
ness. and that many men of prom
inence owe their success to activities
that are not always to the advantage
Of the people they serve.
Norman Guynn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-02
Thompson on zionism

bHVubRSVub VII AsbSbsS"
I wish to take strong exception to
Dorothy Thompson's observations on
Zionism February 10 and on the re-
lationship of ZioniSm to the current
outbreak of anti-Semitism behind the
Iron Curtain countries. Miss Thomp-
sons analysis" is plain nonsense.
1t simply is not true that Judaism
equals Zionism." Whatever the inn
portance of the Zionist cause, it has
never assumed the dimensions Miss
Thompson suggests; and Jews who are
not ZioniStS are not considered by the
Zionists as ''renegades" Nor is it true
that Jews are regarded by the ZioniStS
as having spiritual afdnities" to the
political state of Israel, "transcending
all Others" To any one acquainted with
contemporary Jewish life, it is quite
apparent that Miss Thompson is herself
a victim of distortions. Her conception
of ZioniSm and of its aff1liation to the
people of Israel represents views ex-
pressed by a. small but well-financed
minority of anti Zionist Jews. It is the
latter who have made these exaggerated
claims for Zionism, and who have as
serted that in ZioniSm-aS they and
Miss Thompson describe it-there Is
implicit an element Of disloyalty to the
country of which the individual Zionist
is a, citizen. I should like to recon-
mend that Miss Thompson read the
statements on this subject by re-
sponsible American Zionists.
Lillian Levy.
Dorothy Thompson equated Zionism
with Judaism. and led us to believe that
ZioniSm was not unlike communism or
Stalinism in that the latter placed al
legiance and fealty to Russia and what
it stands for above attachment to the
country OF which one is a citizen. Miss
Thompson, to catch the applause OF the
ephemeral multitude, would, as it were,
put all Jews in the class with the RoSen-
bergs, though she would not say that
because Booth, Guiteau. Czolgosz and
other assaSsins and would-be aSsasSinS
of Presidents were Christians or semi
Christians that members OF the domi-
nant faith were all aSsaSSinS. 1t Is re-
freShing therefore to note what really
great Jew and equally great American,
Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver. says on the
subject Of so-called double allegiance:
"We shall remain one people, one
historic community, as OF old. But the
Jews of Israel will be Israeli citizens
and the Jews of the United States will
be citizens of the United States, and
similarly with Jews in other lands.
They will owe undivided allegiance to
their respective countries and they will
discharge their full duties as citizens, as
Jews have always done. But they win
retain special attachment to the land
of Israel which will in no way inter-
fere with their duties and obligations
as citizens of their respective countries"
I am Zionist and have bought Israeli
bonds, but for every Israeli bond have
bought there is in my portfolio dozen
United States bonds. I know Dorothy
Evening star., 1953-11-08

until mixture forms a soft ball in cold water
(2340F.). Add extract and butter. Beat we'll
until mixture has a very creamy look and
begins to thicken Add walnut halves and
stir until nuts are well coated Pour out on
waxed paper and pull apart to form small
clusters. Cool. Yield: pound walnuts.
Russian Tea Cookies
l cup butter or margarine
p cup confectioners sugar
l teaspoon vanilla
2I cups sifted all-purpose -four
ID teaspoon salt
q cup finely chopped nuts
Cream butter and sugar; add vanilla, flour,
salt, nuts; mix we'll Form into dime-size
balls, or f1atten if preferred. Place on un-
creased baking sheet Bake at 4OO0F. for IL
to Is minutes. While still warm, roll in con-
fectioners' sugar After cooling roll again in
confectioners' sugar. Approximate yield: 9
dozen cookies.
Butter Balls
p cup butter or margarine
II cup sugar
l egg yolk
y teaspoon vanilla
tablespoon lemon juice
l cup sifted all-pnpose -four
l egg white
Lcup ground or finely chopped flberts
Candied cherries
Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add
egg yolk, vanilla and lemon juice and blend
well. Stir -four into creamed mixture. Cover
bowl and store in refrigerator to days
When ready to bake, roll into tiny balls
using about u teaspoon dough for each. Dip
into slightly beaten egg white and roll in fill
berts. Place inches apart on ungreased
baking sheet and press II cherry into each
cookie. Bake at 3250F. for 10 to IL minutes.
Evening star., 1953-11-08
BOB TOWERS

MRS. GUERIN'S holiday boxes
Place in tightly covered jar as soon as
cooled. Approximate yield: Is dozen cookies
Sand TaYtS
cup butter or margarine
3 Tablespoons confectioners' sugar
cup ground almonds
212 cups sifted cake -four
teaspoon vanilla
Mix ingredients together we'll, using a
wooden spoon. Pinch off small pieces of
dough and roll to thickness of pencil and
form into crescents. Bake at 3250F. for Is
to 18 minutes or until cookies are very deli
cate brown Roll in oonfectioners' sugar while
still warm. Approximate yield: 40 cookies
FRUITCAKE for the holidays comes
merit tCeek from a Jacksonville, Fla,
hOn1emGker.