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Evening star., 1953-09-03
Curfew Urged
L. S.

Much has been written about juvenile
crime, but not much has been accom-
plished toward stopping it. If the
States would cancel all driving permits
and not issue any more to teen-agers,
I believe it would help some. Insurance
companies will not insure cars for teen
ayers. Why should the States give them
permits to drive cars? The money
derived from these permits could not
begin to pay for the harm done.
Certainly something should be done
about kids driving home at two and
three in the morning, so tired and
sleepy that they can't hold their eyes
open. risking their own lives and those
of others.
1t takes time and money to bring
juveniles into court for stealing cars.
If they didn't have permits to drive,
there wouldn't be so many cars stolen.
I also believe that if an eleven pm.
curfew could be enforced for those
under 18 it would help great deal.
It would get them off the streets, pro-
viding restaurants and so-called "hang-
outs" would cooperate. The police in
Evening star., 1953-09-03

tions The question however, is what to do with
the two-blanket nlan-how to receive his two
and three blanket stories when the temperature
is approaching 100 degrees.
Some people believe in matching his story
with one of their own. In this weather, that
should be avoided. 1t merely leads to con-
versational maze that gets nowhere. The wise
procedure is to ignore the two-blanket man.
When he begins to reach for his blankets, give
him stony stare and change the subject. For
if he is permitted to pursue the topic, it will
inevitably inspire the man with an air-condi-
toned bedroom to begin relating his expert
ences. He is even more boring than the man
who slept under two blankets during his
vacation.
Evening star., 1953-09-03
By Charles E. TroceweN

This activity, with fresh air and ex-
ercise, kept them more vigorous than
their modern counterpartS, which live
for the most part indoors and sleep on
radiators and eat canned food.
The cat is subject to long list of
diseases, most of mans, and some Pc
culiarly its own. There are ear mites.
for one thing, and fleas, and a variety
of worms.
Today'S cat has the benefit of many
of the miracle drugs and various ex-
periments on white mice and man. He
should be healthy, but he isn't, and 1t
is nobody's fault except time and life
and what is happening to all living
things, in a world where sometimes
diseases seem to be gaining on us.
despite the gains registered at certain
times and places and with certain dis
eases. The cat patient may seem, in
relation to many of these diseases,
very minor factor, but Templeton Jones
can assure those who think so that
thousands of persons regard their pets
as veritable parts of the family, to re-
ceive the same care, especially medical,
as any one else. Those who have been
forced to wait for three or four hours
in a veterinarians waiting room while
40 humans with 40 varieties of animals
wait their turn will know without his
saying that the animal hospital and
doctor have at last come into their own.
Evening star., 1953-09-03
Beware the Two-BI1nket Man

This is the season of the year-with tenn
peratures and humidity ideal-for return to
Washington of the two-blanket man. The two
Blanket man is the fellow who sits back with
gleam in his eye while the weather is under
discussion and then announces that during his
vacation he found it necessary to sleep under
two blankets. He may even mention three
Blankets. But two blankets are adequate for
this brief discussion
What prompts the two-blanket man to talk
is the hope of creating envy. He derives a
certain satisfaction from relating an experience
that he knows is beyond the abilities of
others to enjoy at the moment. The psycholo-
giStS probably have name for this complex, and
it is doubtless something with sinister implica-
Evening star., 1953-09-03
This Child Still Speaks
I'm Memory of Patricia Sims.)

I'm Memory of Patricia Sims.)
What has she left In trust, this absent
child?
No legal document that must be filed ..
But these are her garments, l1undered
and stoeet.
Here in her closet, now potgndntly neat.
These are her slippers for dancing: her
shoes;
This White nylon blouse she often Mould
choose
For "dress up." and Nth it she loped to
1DeGr
A rose from the garden, tucked In her
hair.
These are her books, she could read all
the day.;
And those are the records she loued to
At the family board is her DacGnt chair,
But its Udcdncy is presence there.
For this child still speaks. We are blest
to hear
Her message urgent and eager and
clear:
In the streets of cities around the Dorld
A tDraith of menace. a plague Is hurled,
To strike at children, cripple and kill.
But aDe can strike back toitIl prayer and
skill;
With intellect, science and spirit COM
bined
There must be an GnslCer Wtich aDe
shall find.
A Mottie Richards Tyler.
Evening star., 1953-09-03
u. S. Employees at the u. N.

AS Secretary General of the United Ma
tions, Trygve Lie reached an informal agree
ment with the State Department that in future
no Americans would be accepted for u. N. en-
ployment unless they were cleared by appro-
pirate United States security agencies in
advance. He went further than that, and
ordered that the approximately 1,700 American
citizens employed by the United Nations be
given a new security check, with the under
standing that those not cleared would be
dropped from employment. During 1882 he
fired 18 American employees of the United Ma
tions for refusing to answer questions of a
Senate committee concerning their Communist
or subversive activities or affiliations
Mr.. Lies successor Dag Hammarskjold, has
followed the same policy, and has fired few
others on the same ground. The policy is based
fundamentally on the fact that the United
Nations recognizes the obligations of American
citizens-though they may be international
civil servants" by reason of their U. N. employ
ment-to American laws. While no violation
of American laws may be involved in their re-
fusal to answer the questions of Senate
committee, such refusal as matter of practical
fact certainly lessons their value as employees
of the United Nations.
This policy is now questioned, however, by
the ruling of the four member Administrative
Tribunal, part of the United Nations personnel
machinery and the court of last resort in ad-
ministrative matters. The tribunals ruling
that failure to answer questions of Senate
committee violates no United Nations rules,
and therefore does not constitute valid ground
for dismissal, is doubtless correct in a strictly
legalistic sense. But the Secretary General
under the U. N. rules, is not bound by such
decision to rehire the dismissed employees. He
is given discretionary authority in the matter.
And under the policy established by Mr. Lie,
it is question whether such employees, if re-
hired, could obtain the security clearance neceS-
Sary for their continued employment. Mr..
Hammarskjold has acted wisely, therefore, in
refusing to rehire any of the questioned
employees. On the other hand the Secretary
General may be bound by the rules to meet
any indemnities ordered by the tribunal to be
paid to the dismissed employees.
We contribute about 35 per cent of the
United Nations budget 1t is from this budget
that the indemnities would be paid There is,
of course, fine opportunity for those who
oppose our continued membership in the United
Nations to capitalize this episode by seeking to
block appropriations by Congress to pay in
IDENTITIES to American citizens who lose their
U. N jobs by refusing to answer questions of
a congressional committee.
But such an attempt would be small
potatoes, and should not succeed AS mem
ber of the United Nations, we should abide by
the rules we have helped to make If Mr..
Hammarskjold is bound to pay the indemnities
specified by the U. N. tribunal we should pay
our share of the COST retrieve it in part if
feasible by our income taxes collected from the
fired employees, and forget it as money well spent.
Evening star., 1953-09-03
Arlington SchooI-Bon Crisis

The seriousness of Arlingtons school-bond
dilemma is indicated by the unanimity with
which the countyS administrative and legisla-
tive officials hate gotten behind the effort to
obtain special State assistance. Past Schisms
over spending policies of the School Board
have faded into the background as ranks we're
closed in an unprecedented move to sell a
$2.8-million school bond issue to a State agency.
This drastic alternative was decided on after
private bidders SHE'D away from the bonds be-
cause of pending litigation involving the School
Board.
The bond crisis developed when John Locke
Green, former county official, continued his
legal fight to ouSt from the School Board three
employees of the Federal Government. Bond
market firms have refused to touch the school
bonds as long as litigation challenging the
right of any board member to serve his term
remains unsettled in the courts Meanwhile
the School Board is without funds to meet
nearly ST million in accumulated bills of con-
tractors engaged in school construction. Further
construction will be impossible unless some way
of meeting the financial contingency can be
found.
The plan proposed in Richmond by an
Arlington delegation, headed by State Senator
Fenwick, would solve the problem through sale
of the bonds to the State Retirement Board.
The County of Arlington has pledged it's credit
as security for the issue Governor Battle has
expressed his concern over the Arlington bond
impasse and has promised to assist in any
feasible way. Acting on the Governors sug-
gestion, the Arlington group has applied to the
State Treasury Board to approve the proposed
purchase of the bonds by the Retirement Board
"a necessary preliminary step. With Airing
tons governmental authorities presenting a
solid front and with Governor Battle supporting
the move to obtain State aid, the prospects of
favorable action have been greatly enhanced.
For the countys school construction work to
stop until protracted litigation is ended would
be major disaster that should be prevented
at all costs.
Evening star., 1953-09-03
General Jonathan Wainwright

Few soldiers have contributed to American
military history such a legacy of courage and
heroism as did General Jonathan Wainwright.
For Skinny" Wainwrights greatest victory
was triumph of soul and spirit in the midst
of what was probably the most utter and
devastating defeat ever suffered by American
arms-the fall of Corregidor and Japanese
conquest of the Philippines.
General Wainwright went to Luzon in
November, 1910, thirteen months before our
war began, as commander of the Philippines
Division. He left there in August, 1942 three
months after surrender that had been clearly
destined from the moment the first Japanese
bomb fell at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in the
preceding December He was prisoner of war
by 1912, but the callouS cruelty of his captors
had served only to record indelibly the gallantry
of Wainwright and the men who had lived
and died under his command. Little as it was
the time that General Wainwright had won
by his defense of the Bataan Peninsula and the
tiny, crablike island fortress of Corregidor was
the time in which a shocked and aroused
America had begun to strengthen it's military
muscle for eventual victory.
1t was more than three years later, after
30 months in which Skinny" Wainwright
suffered the same indignities and privations
as were imposed upon his men and which left
their mark upon him until his DEATH that the
general returned to Luzon-to accept the sur
render of General Yamashita, the Japanese
tiger of Malaya," and the remnants of once
arrogant and conquering army.
The humility of spirit which contributed
so much to Jonathan Wainwright's strength
of character was evident on this day of triumph
when he composed and spoke simple prayer
to keep us humble in the day of victory, make
us wise in the presence of great problems,
strong and brave in face of any danger and
sympathetic and generous as we face the
appalling need of war-torn world"
The honorS and the warmth of welcome
extended to General Wainwright when he
returned to the States made clear how high he
stood in the hearts of his countrymen. To them
he brought message, delivered in an address
at the Washington Monument, that "in the
name of all my comrades who suffered with
me, pray that this Nation will never again
neglect the strength of its defenSeS." The
record of Jonathan Wainwright'S career and
of his words should help make his prayers
come true.
Evening star., 1953-09-03
Kinsey Reports VS.. The Word

Two billion years of evolution has
produced the two Kinsey reports, the
literary taste that makes From Here
to Eternity a best seller and the
printed vile trash sold in drugstores,
airport and bus terminals, railroad
stations and other public places.
The essential information cleaned
from the latest Kinsey report is that
the depths of depravity, sounded in
1920, have not been exceeded during
the past 80 years.
But the strength of this nations
fiber is in the home. The home is the
product of love and motherhood-two
things not mentioned in the second
Kinsey report. The real home is the
product of self-sacriflce and not self
indulgence 1t is a place for mothers
Evening star., 1953-09-03
When Presidents Get Away From 1t All
By Donald MichoeI Rouh

WAsHINGToN's vaunted summer
w heat has driven many Presi-
dent from the White House in search
variously of trout-filled mountain
streams, wild elephants andlor peace of
mind.
President Eisenhower's visit to the
Rocky Mountains in Colorado. sojourn
that will have removed the Chief
Executive from the grinding political
whirligig for six weeks, is one of the
longest vacations President has taken
in recent times.
Even the fact that the President is
attending to a prodigious amount of
paper work between an occasional 10
holes of golf and fling at fishing has
not stilled the grumbling from some
quarters that presidential business is
being neglected.
To the fair minded, however, the
criticism would seem patiently unjust
Only the narrowly partisan cannot or
will not concede that the onerous
responsibilities to which the President
Of the United States falls heir-par-
ticularly in times as parlous as these
frequently cut short the Chief Execu-
tive'S life Span The tragic death in
office of the late President Roosevelt
Immediately comes to mind
In earlier days, when the political
pace was comparatively calm and un-
hurried, it was the wont of many Presi-
dents to leave the Capital as soon as
Congress adjourned, not to return to
Foggy Bottom until the fall. President
Lincoln however, was one of the few
who chose to remain here in the sum-
mer He usually stayed at Soldiers
Home, which then was located in
almost virgin woods.
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was a man
who detested Washington's enervating
humidity. In addition to making regu-
lar trips to attend West Points gradu-
alton exercises. one of his favorite
summer haunts was the seaside resort
of Long Branch, N. j.. where he loved
to bathe in the surf He, too, was the
target of carping politicians who OBJ
jected to his long summer jaunts.
Fishing is sport favored by most
Presidents. President Chester A. Ar
thur was fond of fishing for bass in
Alexandria Bay, N. Y. He was also a
frequent summer visitor at Newport,
r. l., where he liked to take ocean
cruises to escape the summer heat.
Duck hunting was Grover Cleveland's
idea of vacation pastime. He made
many trips to the Santee River in
South Carolina to indulge his fancy.
Also an enthusiastic angler, he fell in
love with the mountain streams of
Western Maryland. He usually stayed
at fashionable resort hotel in Noun
Evening star., 1953-09-03

the District and surrounding COM
munities know where these kids con-
gregate. They watch them anyway,
Why couldn't that same time be spent
in enforcing a curfew?
feel sure that there are hundreds of
parents in the Washington area, espe-
cially fathers, who would gladly volun-
teer few hours of their time at night
to help with this problem. If they could
be made special police officers with the
right powers, they could handle the
situation, or at least help.
I know of cases where older boys
have used draft cards to buy liquor for
younger ones, and who also have lent
the cards, so these juveniles could get
into night clubs and other places where
ordinarily they couldn't go at Is years
old. These same juveniles drive cars
when they have been drinking in these
places.
1t would cost money to enforce a
curfeW. but it is costing money now
trying to solve this awful problem.
A Parent.
Evening star., 1953-09-03

tain Lake Park that boasted of a con-
tinental crystal-and-brocade atmos-
phere reminiscent of Ludwig Bemel-
mans Grand Hotel.
President Theodore Roosevelt was
never happier than when hunting in
the Alleghenies, Adirondacks or in the
Rockies. In his postpresidential days,
T. R. hardly braved the dangers
of Darkest Africa for big game.
Like Gen. Eisenhower, President
William Howard Taft was an ardent
golfer. Much of his vacation time was
spent in Hot Springs, Va
President Woodrow Wilson liked to
relax on either the New Jersey or
Massachusetts coast. President War
rem G. Harding often went back to his
home in Marion, Ohio. President Her.
Evening star., 1953-09-03
Pulindromes

Very interesting is Theodor Schu-
chats article on palindromes, entitled
us This What's Called Reverse Eng
lish?" which appeared in The Star
August 90. The sentence alleged to
have been spoken by Napoleon-"Able
was I ere saw Elba"-is palindrome
in English, but Napoleon spoke the
sentence in French, and in French it
is not palindrome. See my book en-
titled "One Thousand Palindromes,"
published in San Francisco, 1906.
Roger Ashley.
Theodor Schuchat, in his article in
The Star of August 90 regarding palm
dromes, failed to give the right ver-
sion of the famous Greek palindrome
seen in the basilica of ST. Sophia in
Constantinople. hereby give it the
way it really is: Nipson anomimata
me monan oSpin.
Reader.
Referring to the palindromes in ST.
Sophia, at st. Stephens d'Egres in
Paris and at ST. Martins in London,
I wish to say that Washington Cathe-
dral contains marble font from Cal
vary parish. New York, with the same
Greek inscription on it's cover, reading
in English translation: Wash away
sins, and not the face only"
Mrs. Nina X. Tribe.
In the article on palindromes, cable
was I ere I saw Elba" is attributed to
Napoleon but may have been polished
up by friend or biographer. This all
makes a very good story, but palm
dromes do not translate as palindromes
and 1 feel certain Napoleon spoke
French at Elba.
Molly Geiger.
Evening star., 1953-09-03
-AP Wirephoto.

bert Hoover built a summer White
House on the Rapidan, near the Sky
line Drive. where he took refuge from
WaShington'S sound, fury and heat.
President Calvin Coolidge's death
less II do not choose to rum statement
was uttered by the grave-faced Ver-
monter in 1927 while he was vacation
ing in Rapid City, S. OAK, in the heart
of the Black Hills.
Warm Springs, Ca, was the late
President RooSevelt's favorite vacation
retreat. Former President Harry Tru-
man made Key West his summer head
quarters.
President Eisenhowers penchant for
taking summer leave of the White
House thus has abundant historical
precedent.
Evening star., 1953-09-03

Pen-nGnneS may be used If letters carry
10riterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-30

new grading system? Does it mean
changing the present hog breed
to the bacon breeds What started
it? Just what are these new
grades anyway? These are the
questions hog breeders and feed
ers would like answered.
Mast explains that the new
grades are Choice No. |, Choice
No >. Choice No 3. Medium and
Gull They are aimed al providing
a method Of gaugA4g true hog
value i'll the Light Of present de-
mands for pork products.
In recent years the four lean
cuts fhams loins, shoulders. and
bacon have brought far hlghe,
prices at the retail counter than
fat backs. other fat cuts. and
lard Al present, lard packaged
and refined sells for less pei
pound than the weight cost OF
the hog from which II came.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-30

To meet the shift III consumer
preference for pork products. the
methods Of, determining true hog
value needed some overhauling,
Mast says. The new U. S. grades
for slaughter hogs We're developed
10 provide the needed change.
They reflect both the ratio Of lean
to fat and the quality Of the meat.
The grades are available for Use
on voluntary basis-by produ-
GERS and livestock market men.
The u S. Department of Agri-
culture provides no official grad
ing service for live animals.
Choice No l hogs are slaughter
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-30
wOMAN'S WORLD
y,OMAN'S WORLD
Spruce Up Kitchen I
With Color, Order
For Warm Weather

DREPARING meals during the
warm weather can be a chore,
but if your kitchen is cool, in
wiling place. its bound to be
easier
Kitchens in good order are es.
pecially inviting. and restful, too
A few hours wisely spent can bring
order to shelves and drawers, and
this will save you many hours in
meal preparation.
If it's not done already, organize
the kitchen into the various cen
ters of food preparation. mixing,
refrigeration and dishwastf ng.
then place all the supplies and
equipment at these areas to save
steps and time.
Aids to Order
That's all very well. you SAY
but space is at premium. Well
then there are several gadtgets
which may help to give more
space There are racks which, will
hold plates Of all sizes, so that
even small shelf with rack
can hold full set of plates Cup
racks are also small and will, keep
cups in order, or shelf hooksj may
be installed.
For utensils, there are easily adj
justed racks which will hold all
lids to pots and pans. Thei rack
slides in and out. and you can
reach whichever lid you need
easily without disturbing or NOV
ing the rest.
Pantry cluttered? Narrow
shelves can usually be installed on
the back of door which will hold
all small items such as spices,
navorngS, small packages al pud-
dlngS, cereal, etc.
Add Color to Shelves
Bright, colorful shelves add a
decorative touch to the kitchen and
make II especially pleasing
If the kitchen is done in cool
color such as blue, gray or green.
then yellow or red may be used
for Frightening the shelves. If the
kitchen is IN a warm tone such as
yellow or red, then use the con
trasting shades for a cool note.
There are paper sheIvings to
fit all widths Of kitchen shelves,
even the deep ones such as a 70
inch width You can choose Shelf
paper and edglng combined in one,
also
Special plast chrome finish pro-
tectS the shelving paper from
stains and makes it easy to clean.
Use damp cloth for Wiping. and
it's done! Plastic-coated edges on
the paper won't wilt or curl in the
heat and humidity Of summer,
either
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-30
New Hog Grading System To Require
Feeding, Marketing Changes, \Pl Says

With much talk about the new
u S. hog grading system. many
farmers are wondering where they
stand Market demands for leaner
hogs should not be great cause for
worry, Curtis Mast, animal hus-
bandman at VPI, says. but he
does advise hog feeders to study
the situation
Use Of the new grades should
result in better distribution of
money paid for hogs mon
ey to the producer Of properly