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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-26
Twenty Questions

We sometimes near the anCl-
McCarthyites say they detest COM
munism but they also dislike Nc
Carthy's investigative methods. Upon
asking these people what methods they
would adopt to expose traitors and
saboteurs, they stutter, stammer. hem
and haw and give with lot Of general
double talk.
To improve methods and expose SUBJ
verSiveS let US hear from those who
have more effective methods than Nc
Carthy in ferreting out and exposing
subversiveS.
1. Why do you dislike Mccarthy?
2. Why do you dislike his methods?
3. Name one innocent person he has
harmed.
A. Name one person other than a
Communist or 5th amendment invoker
he has accused.
S. What damage has he done to this
country? 5llT ar
6. Do foreign nations conduct their
affairs to please us for fear Of our
criticism?
Z. Should we conduct our internal
security affairs to please foreign
nations?
8. Are congressional internal security
committees necessary?
9. What methods would you use to
expose traitors, Saboteurs and sub
versives?
10. Do you consider $4,000 hard-core
Communists and 250. 900 fellow travellers
a threat to our security?
II. Do you believe in conviction on
circumStantial evidence?
IL. Do you think the FBI and the
police departments should be abolished
if they accidentally kill an innocent
person while capturing bandit or
criminal?
49, Wasn't it an infringement of
human rights, a witch hunt and an
inuuisition when over 400 innocent
people were questioned recently in the
murder Of one D. c. woman?
IA. What agency would you recon-
mend to investigate and expose sub
versives?
IS. Would you approve of nine-man
congressional committee leach member
cleared by the FBD to receive top secret
information from the FBI?
16. Don't you think all three Gov
eminent departments should receive,
share and coordinate in security re-
ports and information from the FBI?
II. Isn't the Civilian Defense Com
mittee creating fear and hysteria in
the minds of the people when they
warn us of possible Communist bomb
attack?
10. Aren't Mccarthy and others warn
ing us Of the Communist conspiracy
which is within our own borders?
10. Should all signals and warnings
of impending danger be abolished for
fear of hysteria?
20. Do you think American COM
mupism would be less brutal than
Soviet communism?
B. M. Miller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-26

More maneuvering than usual, and all of
interest to the Western world has been going
on during the past fortnight in the Middle East.
Among the developments, related to each
other in various ways, have been the follow
ing: ID Turkey and Pakistan, having con-
frmed their treaty of friendship, are under
taking to put military teeth in the alliance
and to prepare stage for larger and stronger
regional security system; ~ Iraq, having set
tied its political situation through an election
favoring pro-Western government, is pre-
pared to undertake the improvement of its
military establishment and perhaps join with
Turkey and Pakistan in the regional alliance;
90 Egypt and Saudi Arabia, remaining aloof
from suggestions for a Middle East Defense
Organization, have decided to pool their mill
tary establishments.
There has been clear promise from its
inception that the Turkish-P akistani partner
ship would provide the solid beginning for a
defense structure across the Middle East.
And while there are differences between the
two states on the Arab-Israeli and Anglo
Egyptian problemS-Pakistan on the whole Is
more committed to the Arab side in each in
stance-recent talks in Ankara have been d.
rected at eliminating these as issues between
them.
AS for Iraq, the political instability that
appeared to prevail there last year seemingly
has been overcome through temporary mill
tary rule, followed by an orderly election in
which the conservative and middle parties beat
of the extremist groups for control Of the gov
eminent. American military aid has been
promised and American officials are quoted as
describing Iraq as "a stabilizing force" in the
area
The significance of the Egypt-Saudi Ara
bian agreement is more political than mill
tary Saudi Arabia has only small and
informal military establishment but, as guard
ian of the holy places of Islam, its position In
world affairs has significance to the Moslem
community The revolutionary government in
Egypt can benefit from this formulation of
an alliance with Saudi Arabia-while carrying
on renewed efforts to resolve the Anglo-Egyp-
tan dispute. Settlement of that issue, in fact,
would be long step toward clearing the way
for other desirable progress in the area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-26
In This Age of Peril

President Eisenhower acted with the
promptness and decisivenesS so clearly needed
in his short but persuasively worded special
message to Congress on behalf of the $3.5-bil-
lion foreign. aid program. For within an hour
after receipt of his message, the House Foreign
Affairs Committee had beaten down two at
temptS at major curtailments in the program,
and a short while later legislation was reported
with little change to the House.
Fundamentally. there is much more than
a question of economy involved in differences
over the foreign aid program and the President
went to the core of the problem in his message.
The issue, in brief. is whether we should stay
with the policy of collective defense effort or
go it alone in perhaps fortress America"
isolationiSm. There is little doubt that the
Communist enemy-Seeking to divide and to
weaken-would like to see American policy
shift away from the mutual security. program,
leaving our allies to scramble for themselves or
to make the best possible deals they could with
a powerful opponent. The fact that this is
moment when relations with our allies seem
most troubled, one of the periods when the
contest is hardest" makes it an easy time to
criticize and to question proposals for foreign
aid.
Aside from emphasizing that such a pro-
gram is infinitely less costly than global war,
or even the building of fortress America"
the President summarized the merits of the
mutual security program as follows: 1T helps
us to bolster strength in remote areas which
are vital to our own security. It is mutually
advantageous to our own economy and to the
economies of the countries to which we give
assistance It meets the Communist menace at
the front line. =. 1t serves the ultimate pur-
pose of our foreign policy by expanding the
area of hope and freedom"
The pending legislation is merely an au-
thorization There will be voices raised against
it on the House floor and, later, in the Senate.
An appropriation bill to implement the author
izations probably will have even tougher going.
It would be wise and in the national interest,
however, for those members OF Congress VINO
are tempted to slash heavily into the appropri-
ations or to attach hobbling restrictions to the
program to read the Presidents message
thoughtfully and to consider carefully the
stakes "in this age Of perl"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-26
Better Watch That Speedometer

The most promising of the new set of
traffic laws which will go into effect in Virginia
on July is the radar statute In fact, the
electronic-eye program already has had
salutary effect on the States crowded main
highways, according to official reports A pre-
liminary testing period, during which warnings
but no fines were handed out, has proved that
the mere existence of such a scientific system
of checking speederS tends to slow down most
drivers.
The General Assembly authorized use of
radar on all primary highways and legalized
use of its evidence against speederS. Radar Is
to be used especially on sections of main high
ways crossing State boundaries and in the
vicinity of cities. Warning signs will be posted
on some of these roads, but they are not re-
quired by law. And the radar units will be
mounted in cars or trucks so that they can be
moved from place to place.
The radar law authorizes arrests of motor
lists shown by the electronic device to be
travelling in excess of the posted speed limits
but the arrests must be made on the spot, not
later. Two groups of troopers in communica-
ton by radio, will therefore be neceSSary-one to
observe the radar itself and the other to receive
radioed instructions for the arrest of violatorS.
Motorists using several Virginia highways
where the pre-July tests have been made have
found that the plan really works Not only
have they watched their own speedometerS
carefully, but they have noticed a general
disposition by other drivers to keep within the
speed limits The novelty of the plan may wear
off after while, but its effectiveness is apt to
continue if the State police will make it plain
that radar is to be regular adjunct of traffic
control in Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-26
Where Day Wears Morning

OF all the shores that man has knotDn
or sought,
None stir him like the one he has not
found,
The one he Utsions In his fondest
thought,
Waiting. past time. iOhere surfs of
tDeLcoDae pound.
OF hGrbor bells that no ear yet has
heard,
OF Culls that sail above the nearing
bark,
There is no entry IN q l0O-n0 tDord
To tell pltGt port lights iCiu guide
through the dark.
He looks on to the ultimate. for there,
His faith assures him. he tOiH find
his otDn,
And he sOiH see those he has loHged for,
and tOiH heir
All of the Ioved that he had eUer
kn0tDn
In the land he kneIO before he reached
the place
Where day GliDGys iUeGTs morning on Its
Edword Corner
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would not be faced with the present
crisis.
There is only one road out Of the
present chaotic state of affairs.
Britain is a natural fortress and
with its hundred airfieldS and thou
sand jet bombers can annihilate Russia
overnight.
Japan is strategically in the same
position in relation to Asia. Equipped
like England it could destroy China's
centers of population in 48 hours.
With Britain on one side and Japan
on the other we would be free to supply
both with the economy Of defense.
With such an alliance there would
soon be democratic administration of
government in every civilized country
and the world would enjoy the album
dance Of free enterprise and lasting
peace.
Leo BrOwnsOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-26
Advocates Firm Stand by Allies

Russia would sooner have one airstrip
in, Latin America than all Of Indo-
China.
This fact becomes more apparent
each day with the progress Of the So
called banana war" in Guatemala.
It looks like this Nation is asleep at
the switch and letting democracy die
Of creeping communism.
Unless some one speaks out and urges
the administration to take firm stand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-26
D. c. Income BY Area

It was with amusement that !
studied the map indicating average
!. incomes by District areas" in The
Star June 30, afhazement that it should
purport to represent q true picture Of
the Districts residential areas by in
comes.
The accompanying figures seem to
indicate that only about rs per cent
of District families have annual in
comes below $4,000, q conclusion in
consistent with the most recent Gen.
Sus Bureau figures available which
show that So per cent of District
families have incomes Of less than
$4,000.
/ do not have Q map Of census
tracts before me, but assuming that
there may be wide variation in their
size and, that outlying northeast and
southeast tracts may have been given
large areas because of less dense
population at the time boundaries
were set, it would seem reasonable to
subdivide these tracts for purposes of
this study If comparisons are to be
lions Of the city.
Why, for instance, should the Fort
Davis area with its lovely homes be
combined with the Benning and Sher-
iff road areas? Within those latter
areas, too, there are neighborhOOdS
well worth singing out as was done
on the other side of Rock Greek Park.
Bradbury Heights and Fort Dupont
neighborhoods surely do not fall in
the $3.825-$5, 099 class, and could well
be grouped together. HillcreSt and
Summit Park residents could not be-
gin to maintain their properties on
SIS, 100 Sc, 799 incomes and should have
had a separate division for their 800
600 and up homes.
Why should Congress Heights, Ship
ley Terrace. and Washington High
lands be combined with the Morris
road neighborhood? They are not at
all comparable. and to average these
distinctly different residential areas is
to drag three down and raise one.
Likewise in the northeast section
there are variations which are not
given the special consideration ac-
corded those on the other side of
Rock Greek. And it may even be that
rents and property values do not tell
the story; some persons with large
incomes do not choose pretentiouS
homes, while many others put dis
proportionate share of their incomes
into rents or payments on homes.
The report does little more than
play up certain sections of the city
to the detriment of others. Those
who do not get about over the city
may accept the picture. but those who
live near the intersection of 18th street
and Rhode Island avenue NE. or
Branch avenue, Highwood drive Sc,
Michigan avenue, South Dakota ave-
nue. and other such streets will rec
ognize it as unfair.
Mabel E. Morris.
Editors note: The map showed
the results of study by the Wash
ington Board of Trade of average
gross incomes per household in each
census tract of the District0
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-26
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. What is the nationality of Alicia
Markova, the celebrated ballerina?
-E. N. T.
A. She was born Lillian Alicia Marks
In England. on December /, 1910
Q. How much longer than q child's
foot should his shoe be?-M. C. E.
A. The big toe should be about "a in
from the shoe tip.
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Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to any question
Of fact BY writing The Evening Star Infor-
nation Bureau. 1900 Eve st, NV. Washing
ton 5. D. c. Please incloss three ~ cents for
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Hurvurd's Fair Name

For some time now, Senator Nc
Carthy has tried to turn the Harvard
Crimson into Moscow red. have
noticed that any person or group of
persons, criticizing the Wisconsin Sen
ator, is condemned as a Communist,
Communist frontier or left-winger. I
have also noticed that any of our
institutions or traditions that have
stood the Republic well are recklessly
threatened or contemptuously ignored
by Mccarthy when they interfere with
his phoney patriotism.
For 800 years, Harvard has been
under attack from myopics, crackpots
and demagogues. Any institution OF
learning which pursues the truth and
therefore defies conformity of thought
will have its critics. The sound an
swers given to her critics, from the
straight, hard pathway toward truth
have made Harvard perhaps the most
distinguished university in the world
was fortunate enough to be ac-
copied by Harvard and another great
university-and the choice was tough
but I believe one of the strong rea-
sons for my choice is that I admire
Harvard for the enemies it has made.
One Of the Class of SO.
Smyrna times., 1954-06-24
NEWS

Gil. Prizes will be awarded in the
form of scholarships to state All
camp or All short course.
This was the first time that
such a All essay contest took
place in Delaware. Active in ar
rangements and operations of the
contest were Louise r. Whitcomb,
Extension home management
specialist who handles farm and
home safety projects, and Samuel
M. Gwinn, state All leader, both
from the University of Delaware.
The essays were judged on how
well the story of accident preven-
tion (falls) was told. Also impor-
tant were the number of accident
hazards corrected by the contes-
tants in their own homes, plus the
number of club members and
friends they helped to correct fall
hazards.
The winners are members of the
following All clubs: Judith Lane,
Green Meadows; John Benson,
Houston Cardinals; Jean Jaquette,
Handy Hands; and Virginia
Waters, Helping Hand.
Smyrna times., 1954-06-24
Wheat Allotment For Farms With
No Wheat For Three Years

Kent County farmers will need
a wheat acreage allotment in or
der to grow wheat in 1855.
Farmers on land on which no
wheat was seeded for grain for all
of the years 1852, 1858, and 1854
may apply for a 1855 wheat acre
age allotment, according to J..
Leon Tarburton, Chairman of the
Kent County Agricultural stabiliz-
alton and Conservation Commit
tee. To be considered for an allot-
ment on a farm which had no
wheat seeded for grain for any of
those years, the farmer must ap-
ply in writing to his county ASC
committee by June 80, 1854.
Blank application forms are
available at the county ASC Of
flee at 313 So. Governors Avenue,
Dover. MIR. r. Harry Wilson, Of
flee manager, will be glad to an
swer questions on this and other
government support programs at
the office or by telephoning Dover
3078.
Smyrna times., 1954-06-24

ing to Young. Reductions in milk
prices should encourage consump-
tion of dairy products, but they
also call for increased efficiency
in dairy production. One way to
accomplish this is to Gull all low
producing COWS.
Milk production per COW has
risen in the past ten years from
an average of 1900 pounds to 5400
pounds, while consumption per per-
son of milk in all forms has de-
clined from 752 to $50 pounds, ac-
cording to figures supplied by the
u. S. Department of Agriculture.
AS a result, milk production has
been exceeding the amount con-
sumed since late 1852.
The us. Department of Agri-
culture reports that the culling
rate needs to be increased 10 per-
cent over 1858 just to hold cow
numbers at the January 1, 1854
level. To bring production into
balance with demand, culhng
should be increased considerably
more.
Average and lower-than-aver-
age producers not only fail to pay
for their own upkeep," Young
points out" but they swell the to-
tai volume of milk produced, there
by reducing the potential profits
of better producers"
To help decide whether to Gull
now or in the fall, Young suggests
a comparison of returns to be
made from summer grazing
against prospective lower selling
prices for the Gull COW at the end
of the season. Prices of utility
grade cows in normal year are 3
percent above the yearly average
in May-and percent below in
November. This means a drop in
value or about $40 on a 1000-pound
COW. Also, unless pastures are
abundant, it is more profitable to
save them for the best producers.
Smyrna times., 1954-06-24

Commercial fertilizer may be
used. Superphosphate (20Se) ap-
piled at the rate of 5 pounds to
100 feet of row will be all that is
needed in good garden soils. Mix
thoroughly with the soil in the
open row before planting. Fertiliz-
er mixtures, such as 5-10-10 and
5-10-5 low in nitrogen, may give
good results.
Cultivate frequently. AS the
plants develop, throw a little soil
around them. Clean out weeds and
grass. Water, when necessary, in
late afternoon.
Smyrna times., 1954-06-24
Sanitation And Insecticides

Good Combination In Fly Control
only continuous sanitation and
proper use of chemicals can hold
fly populations to small numbers
this season." declares DIR. Louis A.
Stearns. head of the department
of entomology at the University
of Delaware.
DIR. Stearns says right now is a
critical time in fly control. The
pests are becoming established for
the season. And this is the usual
time for Misunderstanding and gen.
eral clean-up-around the farm.
''Sanitation-the removal of ma
terials in which flies breed and
develop-holds the real key to the
control of these disease transmit
ting, and annoying insects" he
adds.
The entomologists advice to
farmers who are willing to work
at fly control includes these
points: Haul manure, trash and
rotting plant refuse to the fields
and spread it out to dry. Clean up
around livestock feed hunks.
Scrape feed lots to the concrete in
poved lots and to the fresh earth
if unpaved.
Keep a clean up campaign go
ing the year-round, Stearns ad-
vises.
Many farmers do a good job of
removing the obvious breeding
places, but they miss other i'm
portant "hot-spots." Some of these
are the corners of barn cutters,
spilled feeds and other small ac-
cumulations of organic matter
that may begin to decay.
This, together with insecticides
properly applied-will pave the
way toward neater, better-ap-
pearing farmstead and relief from
the annoyance and health-hazard
of flies.
Smyrna times., 1954-06-24
Gladiolus, Among Best Flowers
Still Time To Plant IncaIIv

Gladiolus. Among Best Flowers.
Still Time To Plant Locally
It's still not too late to plant
gladiolus and they'll bloom to
10 weeks after planting.
That's the tip from Robert F.
Stevens, Extension horticulturist,
University of Delaware, who says
that with good corms and fair
growing conditions, the gardner
may have more for his efforts
with gladiolus than from most of
the garden flowers.
He warns, however, not to be
careless about the culture of
"glads." During recent years,
gardeners have had many failures.
Causes can be grouped under two
heads: ~ Factors affecting
corms before planting-old or
poorly developed corms, diseased
corms, corms infested with insects,
and corms damaged by improper
storage; (2) Culture in garden
soil that is poorly drained or in
bad mechanical condition, too
much manure or fertilizer, lack of
water, insect attacks, improper
cultivation, or damage from weeds.
1t is extremely important to get
young, clean, well-developed bulbs,
Stevens says. The depth of plant
ing varies from 4 to 6 inches.
Deep planting lessons the danger
of the plant falling over, and
tends to produce better flowers,
Shallow planting helps the multi
plication of bulbs. Plant 3 to 6
inches apart in rows spaced rs to
"a inches apart.
Smyrna times., 1954-06-24
At
COlOred School

Promoted TO Graue o-JuluS
Butcher, Barbara A. Carney,
George Evans, Edna r. Ingram,
James A. Ingram, William Jorn-
son, Anna L. Lampkins, Sylvester
Norris, Samuel A. Potts, Carlton
Rider, Gloria Sammons, Charlotte
williams, Margaret Heath.
Promoted to Grade William
Bessix, Ernestine G.. Brewington,
Stanford Demby, Marion r.
Evans, George Cottingham, Daniel
farrell, William Johnson, Mildred
Norris, Mary E. Scott, Sandra
Swiggett, Irene E. Watson, Gloria
Wayman, James Wilson, Robert
Bessix, Drexel Brown, Carolyn
Butcher, Harold Dixon, Pauline
Heath, Vesta Mears, Novella Sud-
Ter, Shirley Wisher, Melvin Wright.
Promoted to Grade 6-Lorenza
Brown, James Butcher, Bobby
Freeman, James Hath, Stella
Heath, Walter Heath, Ronald
Johnson, Gilbert Richards, Wen
dell Simmons, John Smith, William
Smith, Emma Sudler, Gloria Swig-
gett, Willie Taylor, Lenora War
rem, Joan Waters, Jeff Williams,
Nathaniel Wilson.
Promoted to Grade 5-Bernice
Barkley, Joanne Baynard, Eautri-
cia Brown, Hesten Butcher, Will
liam Butcher, Minnie Freeman,
Cynthia Hath, Easter Lampkin,
Daisy Mears, Shirlyn Robinson,
Muriel Heath, Alice Smith, Frisby
Thomas, Eunice Wayman, Diane
Williams, Elsie Wilson.
Promoted to Grade 4-Loucille
Butcher, Pearl Heath, Ruth Ann
Mitchell, Minnie Morris, Darlene
Richards, Matthew Smith, Marie
Thompson, Clara Wayman, Naomi
Wayman, Jimmy Brown Eugenia
Corbin, Earlene Taylor.
Promoted to Grade 3-Charles
Bessix, Ernest Bibbens, William
Cottingham, Maeola Downs, Sreila
Durham, Reuben Evans, Rhonda
Gardley, Lorraine Hath, Harry
Heath, Russell Heath, Robert
Jackson, Edward Morris, Phyllis
Ridgeway, Georgia Roberts, Ed
ward Saunders, Joyce Ann Sim
mons, Ruth Simms, Roberta Smith,
Richard Taylor, David Thomas,
Jacqueline Waters, Charles Will
liams, Anthony Wilson, Sara Will
son.
Promoted to Grade 2-Eugene
Austin, Beulah Brown, Bronwyn
Butcher, Rubeon Butcher, Hildred
Butler, Sharon Doughty, Brenda
Evans, Connie Evans, Ralph
Evans, Winnie Ferguson, Geral-
dine Guy, David Heath, Pauline
Heath, Mary F. Jackson, Willie
Lampkins, Vannie Logan, Mar
garet Morris, Myrtle Morris,
Larry Potts, Margaret Price,
Douglas Richards, Barbara Robin
son, Cynthia Sammons, James
Smith, Joseph Sudler, Gloria Tay-
lor, Regina Tribbett.