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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-28

the southern area Of French Indo- China.
There, huddled together In the neighbor-
hood Of Saigon, are nearly million refugees
from the sector of Wet Nam ceded to the
Communists at the cease-fire of July %.
These victims of Red aggression are the OBJ
1ects OF CARES special concern Just now.
Vice President Richard Nixon and Demo-
cratic leader Adlai E. Stevenson, having
visited the Vietnamese camps and seen with
their own eyes the pitiful conditions preva-
lent there. have Joined in appeal for prompt
and generous individual assistance.
The standard CARE package for Indo-
China contains % pounds of food. It costs
a donor SIS and will feed Vietnam refugee
family OF five for three days. Contributions
may be sent to CARES Washington office,
1913 Dupont Circle Building.
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CARE Relief for Indo-Chinu

Someday, when the prevailing rash Of
human ills and sufferings no longer is
major consideration, the history Of the
CARE movement will be written. Mean
while, it may sufflce to note that through
this cooperative, non-proflt agency $165
million worth Of voluntary American aid has
been delivered to necessitous men, women
and children In score Of different coun-
tries overseas since the work started In the
spring of 1916. This Is q record of which
all concerned may be proud.
The elemental idea Of CARE from the
beginning has been that food and other i'm
perative supplies can be purchased and
transported most efflciently and economi-
cally in package lots. A correlative dis
covery has been that direct, person-to-per-
son gifts, as distinct from off1cial govern
ment aid. are effective proof of friendship
and good will essential to the development
OF world peace. With these two examples
OF sound humanitarian doctrine for back
ing, the CARE campaign has accomplished
miracles. 80
Naturally, the work spread In the ratio
of increasing trouble until it literally has
reached the ends Of the earth. The latest
field Of endeavor to be added TO the list is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-28
Ambulance Denied Right of Way

One day recently about 4:45 pm. on
Shirley Highway opposite the Pentagon
en- route to the Fourteenth street bridge
I heard and saw an ambulance over
taking us with red lights and siren on.
Following a strange California Gus
tom, I attempted to pull over to the
right and stop but was unable to, as
the traffic in the right lane wouldn't
slow up and let me in. managed to
squeeze to the right and the am
bulance passed easily.
What observed ahead was amazing
to say the least-cars spread out in
the various lanes making no effort to
give way to the right though there was
ample. room. The ambulance tried to
nose in here and there but was cut of
each time. The ambulance was forced
to slow down and all the time the siren
was on. Fortunately, it at last got
through and was able to take the
patient Visible in the back) to medical
assistance.
I noted at the time that at least
three-fourthS of the cars carried D. c.,
Virginia or Maryland license plates. yet
they could not spare moment to pos
sibly spare the life of a person who very
likely is fellow citizen of the Wash
ington area.
All of us who reside in this area owe
a vote of thanks to those men who
drive and ride our emergency vehicles
and risk their lives daily amongst auto
mobile drivers many of whom must be
either mentally incompetent or crimi-
nally careless.
Amazed Californian.
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This and That :.

But this is not the only marvellous
thing about these nuisances OF the
home lawn.
Believe it or not, as the man said,
some of them have four different sexes!
Please do not ask for an explana-
ton. A scientist says, There may be
four classes Of mycelia; cell OF any
ore can fuse with cell Of any other.
but not with cell Of a mycelium OF its
own class. In q sense, there are four
different sexes"
Man, with his two sexes, may now
look with wonder on the apparently
lowly living things that have appeared
in his grass.
Toadstools have many colorS.
Some of them which will come up
on hard red clay soil are bright yellow.
and quite large
The prevalent type this summer has
been the black and brown.
These suddenly appear, usually radi-
ating out from a tree trunk, or ivy
covered stump which gives shelter
around the base.
Old decaying wood and manure give
these things just the right growing
conditions.
While experts may lament the fear
the average person has of them, and
the evident dislike. the same average
person may be excused his fear, for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-28

This will go down in local history as
toadstool summer.
So great growth of these parasites
has seldom been seen as graced our city
and suburban lawns.
The drought gave them perfect
weather for propagation, and then the
rains came just in time for them, too.
The result was that hundreds Of
lawns, especially where there were tree
stumps, bloomed with toadstools, some
ugly black and brown, others wonder
full white, with pink gills.
Wherever stump was. they came up
and spread out. in the marvellous way
Of the fairy rings" Of Europe.
Tidy lawmakers looked at them
with dismay, but often before they got
around to cutting them off they had
withered.
They permeate the soil by means Of
what is called a welt of mycelium.
Then come the spores.
It is the spore that does It, and these
find hot weather. without water and
wind, just to their liking.
Hence so many toadstools.
The toadstool itself is the fruiting
body.
It looks solid enough, but is said to
be built on the plan of such seaweeds
as have not developed q true tissue
structure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-28
By Charles E. TroceweN

by letting them alone, he has saved
his life in hundreds of instances.
Only an expert can tell a deadly
specimen from harmless or even edi-
BILE one.
Every summer the country news
papers have stories of incautious wood
roamers who brought home mess OF
mushrooms" as they thought, only to
find out the hard way that they had
picked some poisonous specimens.
One Of the most deadly-and most
harmless looking Is the Amanita
phalloides.
The rapid growth Of toadstools al
ways amazes the gardener who knows
the slow growth of his vegetables and
flowers. The gladiolus. for instance,
may take as long as 80 days to flower.
But the toadstool called the stink
horn can grow inches in 2 hours, and
another form may attain weight OF
"a pounds in few weeks.
Home gardeners who have used new
types of fertilizers may think that
these are responsible for the toadstools.
The fact is that the toadstool is re-
sponsible for the toadstools. They are
cousins to the mushrooms. one Of which
may produce 1900 million spores.
Mature" says the scientist. works
with q big margin"
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Mr.. MitcheYs Opportunity

Now that he has accepted an invitation
to testify on the subject at the forthcoming
hearings of the Joint Congressional Atomic
Committee Democratic National Chairman
Stephen A. Mitchell will have all the chance
he needs to substantiate-if he can-the
charges he has made against the proposed
Dixon-Yates contract.
On instructions from the President, the
Atomic Energy Commission has been ne
gotiating this contract with two private
companies for construction Of steam-gen-
Grating plant to supply the Tennessee Valley
Authority with a certain amount Of power to
meet civilian needs in the Memphis area.
Although calculated to hold down current
Federal expenditures and encourage free
enterprise without damaging the iva, the
project-because of such facts as that it in
wolves the Acc in an unusual roundabout
transaction-has been open to legitimate
challenge, but most of it's critics have been
satisfied with its goodfaith character. Not
so Mr.. Mitchell, however. BY innuendo and
otherwise, he has attacked it in way that
would make it appear to be something sin
lister, undetermined, scandalous-a raw deal
worked out surreptitiously at the expense of
the American people. Indeed, although he
has since retreated from the smear, he has
even gone SO. far as to suggest that the
White House may have taken a personal
interest in it because General Eisenhower's
good friend, Bobby Jones, is associated with
one of the contracting companies.
Although the record to date indicates
otherwise, perhaps Mr.. Mitchell will be able
to produce concrete facts to back up much
of what he has said. In any event, when he
appears before the joint committee, he will
have an opportunity to produce those facts.
And he will also have an opportunity, if he
cannot produce them, to be as graceful as
possible in making an apologize retraction.
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After Three Years

So tall, so tall. my Jeanne. you haze
orown!
Three years for you to lift. s,Oeel small
fotUer;
Your face cIlaltce and your eyes t,otn
cups
OF innocence. crystal-cleGr this hour.
A little child, yet there Is tDisdons set
Enthroned Within my heart kneel,
Remembering His tender tOords: I'm
heaven
Their angels do behold :" tDith dlCe
/ feel
A sacred Presence; then, ali. happy
changed
Your laughter chimes to break my
solemn thought;
You are a miracle, my Jednne.-mv
heart looks up
In praise to Him Who all this Uonder.
wrought,
And Who. for sorroto haze carried
long, a.
Gives me In you oolden-throated song.
Mary Willis Shelburns or
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Quest for White Crow

Is a white crow an albino or simply
a very old crow with feathers turned
snowy by time?
This question is being hotly debated
by our friends in Australia where sgd
ney radio station 2GB is offering 165
pounds (about $375) for pure white
live specimen
In the United States. the Audubon
Society says, there have been many
grayish or partly white crows, but OF
pure white birds only about so or 60
have been reported since 1900. There
may have been other cases Of the true
albino Cor pure white-feathered old
crow but there is no record OF them
in the Societys library.
I recall reading year or SO ago
about a nationwide hunt for an "old
crow" staged by some ingenious press
agent for a whisky company. IT mem
DRY serves, the search stirred up great
interest and newspaper readers came
forward with crows more, than 20 years
old.
In this connection, have been
thinking that it would be lot Of fun
(as well as a nice gesture Of friendship
toward our honored Australian World
War I and World War II allies) to
beat them to the punch by finding
white crow for them in the United
States. We could send it along to
station 2GB so that the experts down
under" can set Australias mind at ease
as to whether white crow is an albino
or just very old crow turned white
with age.
I'll be happy to act as go between
in the matter to make sure that Cd
the Australians get the crow and (2)
that the person who comes up with the
first live and sound specimen gets the
$375 2GB has promised.
Maurie LuxfOrd.
Toluca Lake, Calf.
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IA, Wi" iKNEw iT'
N>NET.e!.H W. IT,.

Beware of Campaign Cigars"
fed personnel in any classification, the
pay of that occupation would be in
creased until appointees were available.
Safeguards would be required to pre-
vent the abuse of the system, but if
they can be devised the system should
work well because it is an application
of the principle Of competition as a
determinant Of wages, with equal OPP
portunity for all. The present method
of settlement by fait seems more in
accord with the socialistic view which
would substitute decisions for COM
petition.
The Federal employees can we'll afford
to wait six months for such adjustment
as may be due if only when it comes
it is in form that makes it clear this
increase is an Offset for increases al
ready enjoyed by others and not a
signal for another round Of pay in
creases throughout industry.
F. Chaplin Breckenridge.
+
AS one of the million and half civil
servants affected by President Eisen-
hower's veto of the Federal pay raise, I
wish to express my hearty approval Of
his decision, the CLIO and AFL notwith-
standing. am in the upper brackets
a GS12-but hope and know that am
not alonesin my belief that the Federal
pay structure should be revised to re-
ward those with responsibilities Il do
not necessarily include myself in that
category and not the hangers-on who,
because they have been in service some
years, believe the world owes them
living. Yours for better and more con-
scientious civil servants.
The following slogan is suggested for
the session of Congress just closed:
Billions for tribute, but not one cent
cent for United States Government
workers." which could be translated as
Billions for tribute but not one cent
for honest labor"
Govt. Worker.
President Eisenhower's veto Of the
Federal pay increase bill is most re-
grettable and rather petty. This
money was sorely needed by the great
rank and file of Federal employees
whose salaries have not kept pace with
the mounting cost of living. To
have made grudge issue of the mat
ter, simply because Congress failed to
enact postal rate increase legislation.
i'll becomes a President and soldier
who has done SO many great and noble
things during his lifetime.
The EXCUSE that Congress failed to
provide funds to finance the cost Of
this bill is very shallow. The agencies
could have absorbed the cost Of this
measure until Congress reconvened.
either to vote special funds for the pur-
pose or to legislate postal rate increases
to cover the added expense. After all,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-28
Presidents T Report


] saw and heard the Presidents tele-
cast In which he eulogized the SD
Congress and took few underhanded
digs at the Democrats, so must speak
up.
In the frst place. the SD Congress
was highlighted by the most ridiculous
spectacle in our legislative history. the
Mccarthy mess. And, as for its accom-
plishments, I can agree with the PreSi-
dent on only one point. Their So-called
tax reform bill was certainly selective.
It was so selective. in fact. that it took
us right back to the B. r. Before Roose-
velt). The average taxpayer is still 1.-THE
Forgotten Man" to the q. o. p. and
the ones who reaped the richest harvest
were not even mentioned by Mr.. Eisen-
hover. They are the big-dividend
gatherers.
He said, too, that aid to foreign coun-
tries was continued mot for merely
humanitarian reasons" That statement
was superflNous. No Republican can
ever be accused of humanitarian pur-
poses. You can safely bet there is some
other motive behind anything they do.
And. as final proof Of it, he boasted
that they had laid off thousands of
Government employees. Just what do the
"selective" Republicans expect these
people to do? am not Federal worker
nor an ex-Federal worker, but I care
enough about my fellow man to be
concerned about people who haven't
enough to eat.
Georgia Democrat.
Atlanta, Ga.
saw President Eisenhower on tele-
vision the other night and spent a
nervous half hour watching him fidget
and fuss with his hands He did not
know what to do with them I felt he
was going through rough ordeal dur
ing his speech. suggest that in future
speeches the President either hold his
typed speech in his hands and read
from 1t, or he be seated. He will be
more relaxed and calm.
Sylvia Garberg.
was much surprised at the contents
of the speech made by the President in
his report on the SD Congress, at
Denver.
With the wide world listening In, why
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Potent Propaganda

No American will doubt that Major
General Willens is stating the facts cor
rectly when he denies that he ever discussed
war plans with Otto John, former chief Of
West Germany's security bureau.
General Willems, Army deputy assist
ant chief of staff for intelligence, was des-
ignated to receive DR.. John when the latter
visited the Pentagon some weeks ago. The
conversation, according to General Willems,
consisted of five or six minute chat, as
the amenities required, and there was no
mention at all of war plans. In this coun-
try, there will be no disposition to question
this version. It is absurd to suppose that
secret war plans would have been discussed
under such circumstances.
The story which DR.. John has been tell
Ing since he went over to the Communists
will not seem so absurd, however, to his East
German audience. They know that when
DR.. John was in Washington he did visit
with Allen Dulles, head Of Central Inteli-
gence; with J. Edgar Hoover, head Of the
FBI, and with General Willems. So when
he claims that he learned from General
Willems that the United States is preparing
war against Russia, the claim probably
will not seem too improbable to those toward
whom the propaganda is directed. Perhaps
in the future it will be more difncult for
other DR.. Johns to establish contacts in this
country which even make 1t seem that they
might have access to secret information.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-28
Detroit Tackles Delinquency

In view of an Associated Press dispatch
from Detroit, Police Inspector John E. Win
tiers might well put the Michigan city on the
list OF places he will visit during his forth
coming study of urban juvenile delinquency
control. The story told Of the favorable re-
suits noted during the first month of new
"get tough" policy toward youthful hood
lunns. Young rowdyism, which earlier this
summer alarmed the automotive center and
its environs, definitely Is on the wane there,
1t was reported.
Until recently law-enforcement agen-
cies, including the courts, had been In the
habit OF dealing leniently with juvenile
troublemakers In Detroit. They were re-
warded by steadily increasing wave of de-
linquency and worse. Said the AP: Rival
gangs, often armed, met in actual combat.
Boys got badly hurt. Sometimes they were
knitted There were neighborhood depreda-
tions, too. Vandalism was frequent. School
buildings were particular victims of plumber
and destruction. At times there were wan
ton street attacks upon citizens" (Au of
which sounds familiar to Washingtonians.)
Then, after a series of conferences, there
was general agreement that the time had
come to crack down. The judges cooper
ated with the police In dealing sternly with
the young offenders-and, most important
Of all, citizens and organizations gave their
support to the new policy. Youths who had
been fragrant violators found themselves in
jail, instead of released in the custody of
their parents.
The breakdown has paid off with Is
per cent drop in what the Detroit police
classify as rowdyisn, as distinguished from
felonious criminality. That has happened
In just one month. If the plan works well
in Detroit, there is no reason why it will not
work in Washington or any other city. It is
a blunt fact that the mollycoddling OF young
hoodlums has encouraged juvenile delin-
quency here and elsewhere. Since the soft
policies have failed, why not try sterner
stuff, as Detroit has done with such success?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-28
Poy Roise Veto

Congress Asked for It'' was q
straightforward analysis of the pay
raise veto, and the civil employees Of
the Government may well echo your
praise of the President. It Is the
merchants of Washington. not we, who
should lament the veto. Having lived
through some half dozen general pay
raises, can assure my colleagues that
most of them were followed by local
rises in prices which took away most Of
the gain and made our savings Of less
value. It is worth more to the civil
service to have a President who is
opposed to imitation and has the courage
to live up to his convictions than it
would be to handle more dollars during
the next six months.
1t is time that Congress placed the
Federal pay level on a more factual
basis than parliamentary debate. There
are three better ways that might be
tried. The pay schedule might be
linked to cost-of Living index. to a
going wage index, or to supply-and-
demand index.
The cost-of-living index, although
better than the vicissitudes of politics.
is a weak solution since it would be
further contribution to the vicious
cycle Of wages and prices which leads
to worthless currency. The going
wage index would be better in this
respect, for while 1t would protect
Federal employees from being left be-
hind if pay schedules generally increase,
the method of its computation makes
it clear that increases in Government
pay are not warrants for increases in
general.
The supply and demand index would
make the Federal pay schedule depend
upon the civil service registers. When
1t was difficult to obtain enough quail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-28

can there not be found a ghost writer
who has a decent command Of the
English language? This "folksy" talk
has gone quite far enough. If we are
to command the respect of the world
and our own educated people 1t is time
that such folly ceased.
Mary L. Bowen.
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By THE HASKIN SERVICE.


@. Are most furs in the United States
now obtained from animals produced
on fur farmS?" w. N. S.
A. No. Although fur farming has de-
veloped to the extent that about 5000
farms throughout the country sell furs,
over half of all the American product
still comes from the wild, much Of 1t
from the Adirondacks, the high forests
of the Rockies, and the bayous OF
Louisiana. The fur seal industry is i'm
portant in Alaska.
@. What chemicals are there in to-
bacco smoke?-A. j. p.
A. Nitrogen, carbon dioxide, carbon
monoxide, hydrogen sulflde, hydrocy-
anic acid, nicotine, resins, acetone, and
some others.
@. To what extent Is meat sold in
packages in retail marketS?-C. p.
A. BY mid-1954, at least 20 per cent
of all meat sold at retail in the United
States was wrapped in transparent
film. Ii