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Evening star., 1954-10-19
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LAYING L1NoLEuM.

4Ak4 ! 43N1 444NNAGO4N4s
mrs. M. A. r.. Washington
This is in answer to the lady
who requested information
about laying linoleum. have
Just finished laying rubber tile
blocks In my bath and vinyl
plastic blocks in my kitchen. If
I had it to do over again I
would use one solid piece Of
linoleum rather than blocks. as
my rooms are small and prac-
tically square. In large irregu-
larly shaped rooms, the 6x6 or
9x9 inch blocks would be easier
for an amateur.
Taking up the old inlaid lino-
leum is simple. It is much
easier to work II all furniture
and movable equipment is
taken out Of the room. Take
up the metal strips in. the
doorways and remove the shoe
from the baseboards. Then
peel the old linoleum up.
Once you start it with a putty
knife, it peels up easily. Un-
der the linoleum is the felt
paper which is stuck to the
wood floor with linoleum paste.
Linoleum paste is water solu-
able If you soak it long
enough. I found that by
emptying several gallons of
water over the entire floor,
spreading it around with a
broom or mop and leaving it
for at least an hour, adding
more water If that Is soaked
up, the felt paper and the old
paste melted together in a
gooey paste that could be
scraped up easily with a putty
knife. But the water has to
soak all the way through to
the floor or you'll be Scraping
from now until Christmas. AS
the final step, mop the floor
completely clean. Now let it
dry about "a hours.
Go over the floor, especially
around the edges with a putty
knife to locate nail heads stick
ing up, and drive these down.
If you're going to refinish the
walls with plastic or metal tile,
you'll probably remove the
Dashboard.
You'll need enough felt paper
to cover the floor and a kit Of
of tools, including a notched
trowel for spreading the paste,
1inoleum knife, tin ships for
cutting rubber or plastic blocks
and q putty knife for general
use. Cut the felt paper to fit
your floor and paste down with
linoleum paste. Then the
Evening star., 1954-10-19
EGGLESS MEALS?

mrs. J. s. K. AlerandrtuJ
My husband has been put on
a fat-free diet and also cannot
eat egg yolks. ! would appre-
ciate very much If some one
can tell me where I might pHr-
chase q book giving menus for
meals, breakfast in particular,
without eggs or fats.
Evening star., 1954-10-19
QUERY2
4 II. S. b.. Ke,,sinoto,sl

I wonder II any one can
suggest an effective and rea-
sonably rapid way Of setting
the husks OF black walnuts,
and then when dry, getting the
nut meats out Of the shells.
Because I have never, found
any quick ways of doing these,
especially of getting the nut
meats out, ! throw away sew
eral bushels Of good nuts each
year.
Evening star., 1954-10-19
SESAME SEED?

UNITS. J. b, WuS7tINyEOHI
Will some one please tell me
the proper way to roast sesame
seed, or where these seeds can
be found already Drowned? !
want them for some homemade
rolls and the only sesame seed
that I could find are perfectly
white. I find that they can be
Drowned in butter but Of course
then they will not sprinkle on
the rolls.
Evening star., 1954-10-19
COOPERATIVE SCHOOL.
mrs. J. s.. Wheutonl

The Montgomery Co-opera-l
tive Nursery School has vacan-
cies for q limited number Of
three and four-year-old chill
dren. Interested parents please
contact Mrs. Stanley Levy.
Juniper 7-6340. or Mrs. Robert
Fluker. Juniper 5-0162. Glasses
are held at the Wheaton Recre-
alton Center in Wheaton. Md.
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Evening star., 1954-10-19

blocks are cut to At and glued
down. I cut all the blocks to
fit first. laying the entire floor
in place dry. Then I stacked
each row of blocks one on top
of the other in the order they
went down.
The store that sells you your
linoleum can give you many
helpful instructions and in
some cases. written directions.
It isn't as simple to do as it is
easy to tell. and takes several
hours Of hard. backbreaking
work to cover a small floor.
But it's much cheaper to do
the work yourself, and If you
enjoy working with your hands,
as I do. it's well worth the
effort. The finished floors are
beautiful. too.
Evening star., 1954-10-19
PARAKEET DILEMMA.

mrs. A. F. L., Alexandria
Can any one tell me what
causes a parakeet to bite, or
how to break him of the habit?
I know Of several people who
have parakeets Of varying ages
and they all say the same thing
that the bird nips and bites
on the lips. Our bird is just
q 6-month-old baby and he
has started biting. He has a
remarkable vocabulary and we
have so much fun with him
that we are very concerned
over this newly-acquired habit,
and ] am hoping some one else
has been able to overcome this.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-22
Man Of the Hour

Senator Mccarthy is fighting almost
alone. a rough-and-t tumble battle.
against ruthless enemies Commu-
nists, their fellow travellers, and left
wing supporters in and out OF the Gov
eminent. He Is trying to locate and
expose the mastermind who appar-
emily is still operating within the
Government. He deserves the sup
port Of every loyal American. Loyalty
cannot be measured by degrees. such
as loyal today. Pink tomorrow and Red
the next day. Should civilians continue
to take refuge behind the fifth amend
ment and members of the armed forces
invoke the order Of ex-President Tru-
man. the road ahead is rough and not
too bright. However. Mccarthy is an
ex-Marine and the Marines have never
lowered their colors. am confident Of
his ultimate success.
Wade Sampson.
Did you ever try to get a person to
testify or swear out an affidavit? Con-
sidering the difficulties that confront
him. the Senator from Wisconsin has
made miraculous progress in digging
out Communists.
Sometimes wonder If editors and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-22

"You seem to be a contrary sort Of
person." writes NJ. l.. j. Of Georgetown.
"You defend the underdogs, or un-
derbirds, more properly.
"As for me, like you doing that. and
wish you happiness.
Sometime say something in defense
of the startling.
"a friend of mine said the only
good thing he could see about the
starting was its name, which Is very
pleasant.
''You. I am sure, could think up
another good feature for this often
maligned bird"
Yes, it Is easy to think up something
good to say about this species. because,
despite all the criticism, it is a capa-
bic and interesting creature.
WhiStling, for instance.
Few birds can whistle as well, yet
perhaps 80 out of 100 listeners never
hear 1t because they do not know it
can whistle.
Mostly they think some other bird
is the source of those musical sounds
coming from the just greening shrub
berry.
No. they come from the stout and
rather ugly bill Of the startling.
The fatter the specimen. the better
he whistles.
There is certain ventriloQuist quail
ity to the sounds that make many
q well-disposed listener fail to realize
the source.
We were seated ut the dining room
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-22
For Honest Voting

virginias 1854 General Assembly amended
the States absentee voting law in a way that
should help to end scandalous abuses Of "nail-
order" balloting. Such abuses repeatedly have
been so widespread in some Of the southwest
counties that citizens have come to refer to the
irregularities as "black- satchel" voting. It is
alleged that many persons have been paid to
stay away from the polls and vote "by mail" the
absentee ballots then being filled out in ac-
cordance with instructions of 1.-THE man with
the black satchel" Or, it is said the mailed
ballots were tempered with prior to being
recorded An investigation Of such vote-fraud
charges is being conducted by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation in Russell County,
where ballot boxes disappeared after the 1852
presidential election.
The legislation adopted by the Legisla-
.ture is based on recommendations of the Vir-
.ginia Advisory Legislative Council. It would
give every absentee voter the right to appear at
the polls on election day and void his mailed
ballot by voting in person. The council con-
tended that the possibility of an election-day
appearance by the out-of-town voter would dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-22
By Charles E. TroceWeH

One of them was a long leggy fellow
of the 1853 crop.
He deferred just bit to the whistler,
which eyed him coldly.
Listen to me, young man." the
older bird said.
Then he whiStled again.
None of the younger paid much at
tention. They were too intent on
seed.
The old boy sent forth several sweet
notes, soft and low, that curled around
the bare lilac branches 20 feet away.
So there you have good feature Of
the startling.
Another is the powerful flight. No
other species can fly better. or further,
we would not say faster.
The electric leadership of the species
results in massed flights that are
beautiful to behold. We say electric,
what it Is. There is some sort of
radar attachment to these birds that
enables all Of them in a flock to
change direction as one, without Wis
ible sign or sound of command. It
might be possible that low whistle.
unheard below, gives the signal. Star
lings also possess an efficient scout
system, whereby one bird watches for
food, and without moving signals the
others. We have watched this for
years. and there can be no doubt
about it, but here again, If one does
not like starlings. and will not watch
them, he will miss understanding what
they do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-22
1911 Per Cent Popular

That Republican caucus IN Avon, Connect
lieut., ought to be causing President Eisenhower
a little concern. In strictly intraparty test of
popularity with Senator Mccarthy, the general
carried only 99.71 per cent Of the votes. Why,
only four years ago, the late Premier Josef
Stain of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
won 1918 per cent of the glorious votes for
membership in the Supreme Soviet And last
Sunday, Georgi Malenkov, who succeeded Mr..
Stain, placed his own trust in the good judg-
ment Of the Russian voters-and those who
count the ballots It has not yet been announced
how he Jared but there is some strong betting
he will not fall below the 99.73 percentage figure
of his predecessor.
OF course it might make difference that
the Avon caucus-voters numbered only 351 and
that only one Of these voted against President
Eisenhower. In numbers, if not in percentages.
the anti-Stalin and anti Malenkov votes hardly
could have been fewer than one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-22
Invitation to Step Down

The chances are that Senator Mccarthy may
be willing to step aside when the investigation
of his clash with the Army gets under way.
He has said that he will submit to question:
ing under oath. that he will not preside and that
he would not expect to vote on any question af-
fecting himself or his committee staff. In these
circumstances, there would be little advantage
to him in serving on the committee, and he may
well bow to the suggestion from such Republican
leaders as Senators Knowland and Ferguson
that he step down.
The point on which Senator Mccarthy is not
apt to yield willingly concerns the cross exami-
nation of witnesses. Majority Leader Knowland
has proposed that the Senator should not parti-
cipate in the examination of witnesses. Senator
Mccarthy has said, however. that in any case he
will want to examine witnesses appearing before
the committee, whether he serves on it or not.
This is point which the committee should
consider carefully whenft meets tomorrow. Or
dinarily, person under suspicion, and the Sena-
tor is under suspicion, would not be permitted to
question witnesses. To this extent the commit
tee will find support in precedent If it goes along
with Senator Knowland. It would be unwise,
however to leave any procedural escape matches
in this case especially if the evidence is going
to support the Army's accusations Senator Nc
Carthy is already talking about lie detector tests
for witnesses in language designed to leave the
impression that those who do not take the tests
will be invoking the Fifth Amendments protec-
ton against self determination. Would the COM
mittee, by denying him the right to examine wit
nesses, be furnishing him an excuse for saying
that he was prevented from bringing out the
truth in his own defense? It is question which
should be considered with care.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-22
This and That

window the other day. only three feet
from feeding station.
There was a solemn. fat startling on
the platform.
He was not eating, but was bristling
out his feathers, shining in the sun.
He looked around as if well satisfied
with his world. How fortunate the
birds and animals are, in some re-
spects! No words to bother with.
therefore no thoughts. Life for the
creatures of nature IS as simple as
that; for the Hominidae (men, to you)
things are otherwise, often to our hurt.
The old startling opened his bill, as
If taking a breath of fresh air.
To one side there were evidences of
spring in the slightly greener branches
of the azaleas.
Even the lawn was showing bit
greener.
Suddenly we heard q soft whistle,
two longish notes, followed by some
shorter ones.
They seemed to come from afar,
but we were not fooled. this time. Often
in the past we had given the mocking-
bird credit for such sounds, but now
we know better.
It was the starting, sure enough.
He whistled softly. as Bing Crosby
might. not trying to be loud or brash
or anything at all, but just whistling
because the music was in him.
So, we thought, you are musician,
sure enough.
At this moment, six other starlings
new In.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-22
Ladies' to the Rescue

An article in The Star, March Is,
states that the Laurel Rescue Squad
is the only squad in Maryland or
Virginia that has women on its force.
There is another squad in Maryland
that has at least one woman as an
active member. I happen to be that
woman and our squad is the Lexington
Park Ambulance and Rescue Squad
and we operate lin ST. Marys County.
My husband and I work as a team.
We have beenin operation since August,
1858. and so far have responded to al
most 80 various calls
Our chief is William Sanner and our
assistant chief is DR.. Morton Davis.
All our members are qualified first
aiders. and my husband and I are
qualified frst-aid instructors.
would appreciate very much If you
would rectify the mistake made by the
chief Of the Laurel Squad and let peo-
pie know another squad in Maryland
has woman member
Our organization is completely volun-
teer and we. work in conjunction with
the Naval Air Test Center and the
Ridge Rescue Squad.
I am housewife and have two
daughters ages and 8. Most of our
members have squad duty at least once
week and we alternate week ends.
We are on 24-hour duty.
Mrs. william r. English,
Hollywood, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-22

core of the Republican Party, may
win control of the party. Since it is
widely believed that President Eisen-
hover sought the Republican nomina-
ton to win over this group to a more
realistic view. his policy of working
with and trying to unite the conflicting
views in his own party will have failed.
Perhaps the reports indicating that
"the French people have had more
than a bellyful of Indo-China" are
wrong, and the administration is right
when Secretary Wilson said he foresees
a victory in one or two years. The Re-
publicans were elected with the prom
Use to put communism on the defensive
and push it back If this administra-
ton fails. the people may follow more
extreme voices.
Leadership must lead and not drift.
Boldness and imagination and action
are needed as never before. It's later
than we think.
jeremiah.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-22

courage ballot tampering. The law also would
repeal an act granting immunity to any person
testifying before a grand jury about election
frauds. The council found that this act had
been taken advantage of by persons who,
although involved in illegal activities, had
gained immunity by testifying regarding i'm
material and irrelevant matters. The Assem-
bly, did not go as far as its advisory group had
suggested in tightening up on vote frauds. but
the legislation makes good start toward pro-
tecting. the integrity of virginia's election
system shaken by fraud disclosures in recent
years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-22
Dear Lady

Lady. of whont no poet ever Urote.
Who neper turned q poet out unread.
HotD can one reach you no1D dotDn the
remote
And dusty ,Udy ,ue let you 90 Nnsaid?
The loueliest of uiews ,Das from your
eyes
Open to atmosphere both pure and
kind,
Rejecting a heart-olotD tUhere good and
Formed distinguished circle IN your
mind.
The suver-service of your voice once
lent
Distinction to the uintage OF my
rhyme.
I Enow ,loU HON unselfsllly you spent
The bright and precious coinage OF
your time,
And HON the wiI of your last breath
tDGs drGtDn
To leave US faith to come trhere you
haze gone.
Robert Lee Brothers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-22
To Complete the Chain

Representative BroyhillS new bill for q
Washington Metropolitan Area transportation
study is designed to provide the missing link in
a legislative chain partly forged by the recent
Virginia and Maryland General Assemblies. The
senSibly modified measure should meet State
objections to a Federal investigation involving
real or fancied invasion of matters under
State jurisdiction. The proposed presidential
commission would tie together separate Dis
trict, Virginia and Maryland study groups for
administrative purposes, but would leave each
group free to report independently to its re-
spective legislative authorities.
The Virginia and Maryland Legislatures
created State commissions of three officials
each to participate in a joint study Of transit
troubles in the Metropolitan Area. Each State
authorized its representatives to collaborate Spe
officially with a similar group representing the
District of Columbia. if and when created. The
Broyhill bill would set up such District body
as part of joint interjurlSdictional commits
sion, appointed by the President. The PreSi-
dent would be restricted in his State appoint
mentS, however, to the six officials named by
the Governors of Virginia and Maryland Ex-
cept for the District members, the President
would be required to appoint persons nomi-
mated by the two State executives. The frame
work thus would be provided for concerted
study of public transportation facilities and
shortcomings in Washington and vicinity, with
q view to remedial action by Congress and the
State Legislatures, as may be recommended.
There have been interjurisdictional traffic
studies by the Regional Highway Planning
Committee, composed of representatives of the
Federal, District, Maryland and Virginia gov
ernments, but as yet no comparable official
survey of transit facilities and services in the
whole area has been undertaken. Unless there
is such a survey Congress and the two State
Legislatures concerned cannot have an ade-
quate understanding of the increasingly serious
transportation problems of Greater Washing
ton. Such an understanding is prerequisite
to any intelligent consideration of proposals
for interjurisdictional regulatory operating or
other transit authorities here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-22
Mr.. Moncure's Absurd Churqe'

disagree with your March Is edi-
torial. "Mr. Moncure's Absurd Charge"
Indeed, 1t seems to me that Alexander
Hamilton very much outtraded WASH
ington and Jefferson when the latter
two tacitly agreed to tariff benefits to
News England In exchange for setting
up the capital in the District Of Column
bia. AS New England became richer
and richer. she became more sensitive
to her alleged cultural superiority"
and insisted upon imposing the most
minute submission even as to the broad
"a" while at the same time extracting
the wealth from the farm areas. It is
claimed that the agitative New Eng
1anders have given us our culture, social
graces and moreS. Now others have
moved on us of the South with their
provocative ways. which have cost
them the right to reside in, any other
nation.
/ think it about time. If indeed it is
not too late. to make an attempt to
save the Southern civilization, its
moreS, philosophy and cultures.
I know of a few ShrineS which have
passed into other hands, yea even affairs
and temples. from which attempts
have been made to save the poor. be-
nighted Southerners. when it would
have been better for these Saboteurs
to have remained in their home States
and tried to save their own civilization,
If any. Now you Puritans have prac-
tically no control over any Of your
former States and you wish us to
receive you as poor relates" after
which your sabotage begins.
Guy S. Moore.
Things the 9th district constituency
should know about their delegate to
the General Assembly from Stafford:
First, a walking stick does not make
a gentleman. During the session of the
Legislature just past, Delegate Frank
P. Moncure cursed on the floor of the
House on two different occasions, with
the gallery filled with teen-aged school
children. The children in the first
row nearly fell over the rail trying
to see the man who was using the foul
language. Secondly. this said delegate
from Stafford was not present on the
first vote Of the most important bill
OF the session The was in the hotel
taking his nap. his wife stated, and he
left Richmond before the last vote on
the compromise of said bill. This bill
was important to the people of any dis
trict in Virginia. in that it meant the
difference between whether or not
schools. mental patients, retarded chill
dren and others would be taken care
Of Tor the next two years.
Mrs. w. Pearson.
That Virginia legislators diatribe
against the Arlington Fairfax citizenry
drew forth plenty of resentment-all
miSdirected. Even the astute Represent
alive Broyhill missed the point. If this
area wants bridge and highway funds,
and Federal-employe local candidates,
all we need do is remove the carpet
bagger's paradise, Northern Virginia.
from the map. It's a base fact of
life that Northern" anything is
profane. fighting phrase down Rich
mond way. So let's get wise and re-
name this locality Upper Virginia: make
any reference to Northern Virginia
punishable misdemeanor. Whereupon,
the downstate and rural delegates will
lovingly embrace us.
Nous All.