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Evening star., 1955-09-11
THIS WEEK
IN THE GARDEN

pots. which may be turned on
their sides.
Planting Daffodils
Now is the time to plant the
daffodils (Narcissus). Those In
the ground are already showing
new feeder roots. Plant the DAFT
fodils ( to 6 inches below the
surface Of the ground. spacing
them 4 to s inches apart. The
6-inch spacing Is preferred since
they viii not become so crowded
as to need digging and replant-
ing for four or i've years. Close
planting, however, is necessary
for q quick mass effect.
Spray Firethorn Berries
Because Of the cool moist
weather it may be desirable to
spray the Firethorn Pyra-
cantha) berries to prevent dis
ease. Use o fungicide such as
Bordeaux mixture. Fermate, or
similar materials.
Perennial Border Tfansplants
As soon as the seedlings are
big enough they should be trans
planted to the perennial border.
The earlier they can be moved
into their permanent place the
longer they viii have to
become established before cold
weather. Pansies normally are
not planted until the end Of
September Of early October.
Curb WIsteria
The wisteria are probably In
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It Is time to reseed the old
lawn or to plant the new one. It
takes bluegrass from two to four
weeks to germinate, so early
seeding Is recommended In order
that the new grass viii have
ample time to become estab-
|lished before cold weather. Do
mot cover the bluegrass seed. It
needs light to germinate. For
the old lawn simply scatter the
seed and then run the lawn
mower over the lawn. That win
jolt the seed to the ground and
the clippings win give all of the
cover necessary. For the new
lawn plant the fescues or other
kinds Of grass seed and cover
lightly. then SOW the bluegrass
seed and roll lightly to arm the
soil about the seed.
Amaryllis and Begonias
It may seem q bit early to
bring in the amaryilis and
tuberous rooted begonias, es-
pecially II they are growing
However. the earlier
the amalyllis is brought In and
put to rest the earlier it may be
started for late winter or early
spring bloom. The bringing In
might well be guided by the
vigor and length Of growth
(time). Turn the pots on their
sides and withhold water but do
not let the soil become bone dry.
The tuberous rooted begonias
may be lifted. dried on, and
stored in peatmoss, or If In pots,
the tubers may be left In the
Evening star., 1955-09-11
GARDENING NEWS
Keep Flower Borders
CoIorfuI Even in Fall

provide color from early Sep
tember until frost. Many bloom
after frost but only Q few are
hardy enough for their blooms
to escape injury. Thus the later
Towering varieties need TO be
protected from our more or less
normal late October freezes.
Usually a cheesecloth or other
light covering is sufficient.
Roses Offer FAN Display
It would hardly be permissible
to omF mention Of roses because
they do. when given adequate
protection from disease. produce
an excellent fan display Of
blooms. This is well demon
|strated by the displays Of blooms
entered In the Potomac Rose
|Society's fan show each year.
Certainly the colors in the fall
are brilliant. The horibundas
and polyanthas are excellent for
mass effect, while the hybrid
teas provide the lovely long
stemmed buds that look so well
in arrangements.
Washington does have q wide
selection Of flowers that keep
the garden colorful until freezes
put an end to the out-of-door
floral parade. The flowers men,
toned above are not the only
ones that are to be found in
local gardens, but they do in
clude those more commonly
grown and enjoyed. Now Is q
good time TO note those that
you win want to have in your
garden next fall.
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seed IN the garden. This m
cludes the crabgrass, too. Pun
OF cut them down before their
seeds fall to the ground. One
little weed viii produce Q sur
prising number Of seeds, and it
is much easier to pull that one
weed than the hundreds Of seed
ings next season.
Peony Planting
September Is peony planting
month. It is also a good time to
lift those plants which were
planted 50 deeply they did not
bloom. A peony should not
have more than 2 inches Of soil
over the crown after settling.
1t Is better to ere on the shallow
side than to have them planted
too deeply. Establish plants
may be moved ct this time as
well as new ones purchased and
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need Of pruning Il they are 10
be kept within bounds. Summer
pruning is Of benefit to en-
courage bud formation, but II
also stimulates the formation Of
new shoots. which at this season
are usually trying TO reach into
neighboring trees or find other
objects upon which to twine.
Clean Up House Plants
It Is not too early to clean
|up the house plants and get
them into condition for their
long winter duty. spray the
foliage with . strong blast of
cold water to destroy aphids and
mites except the African vio-
lets and similar plants. The
|violets and gloxinias may need
to have their foliage cleaned up
but it should be done with water
lat, or slightly above, room tenn
|perature GO degrees to rs de-
|grees) and they must be allowed
to dry In the shade II water
spots on the foliage are to be
avoided.
Sphagnum Moss Bulletin
Sphagnum Moss for Plant
Propagation Is the title OF
Farmers Bulletin No. 2086. This
well-written and freely illus
trated bulletin 10 O must for the
home gardener who likes to try
his hand at roofing cuttings,
sowing seed. and other forms Of
propagation. Copies may be OBJ
tanned by addressing Q postal
card to the Once Of Informa-
tion. United States Department
of Agriculture, Washington Is,
d. C.
Block Those Weed Seeds
Watch for weeds going to
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D4hnAs In ~ Wst ssas
The Watersoaksd soils follow
ing hurricane DANES visit took
o terrific toll from the dAhAia
growers. Leading dahlia fans
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|EepoeS Oeses from % 70 100 pee
cent. Ihe 1All dahlia shows, =
held. WIN hardly be more than
% skeleton Of our usual colorfui
Displays. w. II. 7.
Evening star., 1955-07-27

William E. Coyle, promotion
ID director of The Star, was
moderator.
Mr.. Munley, speaking of chill
dren, put it this way:
"I've IL Of them, and they're
all swell" He then presented
his ideas on why a father has
to play a different role for each
child.
Mr.. Coyle said the point was
well taken, adding that the
makeup of children was different
in each individual case.
Must Learn Authority
Mr.. Theban, speaking OF the
authority OF a father, said that
such authority is a thing that
must be earned.
DR.. Duval pointed out the
emotional role of the mother in
rearing children and added that
the father should wear the
pants"
Both parties must play their
role WE'LL" the panelist added
AS to anger, DR.. Duvall said ii
is a normal part Of the daily
routine of solving child prob
lens and is entirely proper as
long as the child feels it still
has the emotional support OF
parental love.
DR.. McLendon said standards
|of obedience cannot be set up
for individual families, since
these might differ with each
family.
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Articles on Porenthood
Discussed by V Panel

Most Of the family of II chill
dren Of Mr.. and Mrs. Michael
j. Munley, 6032 North Nine
teenth street. Arlington, Va,
sat in the studios Of WMAL-Tv,
The Star station, last night.
They didn't realize they were
the subject of discussion. In
fact. some of them yawned at
television.
But they were typical Ameri-
can children, unaware of why
parents should be discussing
'Parenthood Without Hokum, +"
the series by Howard Whitman
The Star is publishing.
The Munley children looked
as if they would never be prob
lens. Nevertheless, they sat
around while their elders dis
cussed how children should be
brought up.
Many ON Panel
The panel was composed of
Mr.. Munley, DR.. Preston A.
McLendon, head of the pediat-
RIGS department of George
Washington University and a
former president of the Dis
trict Medical Society; John
G. Theban, executive secretary
Of the Family and Child Serv-
ices; and DR.. Addison Duval,
assistant superintendent Of st.
Elizabeths Hospital, who is vice
chairman of the Commissioners
Youth Council,
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Six Indicted by Grand Jury
In Assaults on Policemen

Six persons were indicted yes
terday on charges of assaulting
police officers.
The indictments were returned
in two different cases by grand
jury before Judge Charles F.
Mclaughlin in the United States
District Court for the District
Of Columbia.
Five persons were charged with
attacking three Metropolitan
policemen after one of the Off
GERS tried to question one of the
five following report Of a
pocketbook snatching.
Indicted in this case were
James c. Carter, %, of the 800
block Of c street Sc; Carlos r.
Drew and Carlyla H. Drew, 10, OF
the $500 block Twenty-second
street Sc; Fernando Javier, q,
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and Carmelita c. Carter, rs,
both of the 800 block of c street
Sc. All are colored.
In another case, Richard E
Ball, A, colored, Of the 1900
block of Tenth street NV, was
charged with attacking a police
man who had arrested Balls
wife as disorderly.
Raymond Ybarra. 81, an air.
man at Andrews Air Base, was
indicted on eight counts of
housebreaking and larceny.
Assistant United States Attor-
ney Frederick Smithson said II
more cases are pending against
Ybarra, dubbed by police the
"cat burglar" They said he op-
Grated mainly in the Hillcrest
|Heights-Deer Park Heights sec
ton of Oxon Hill, Md.
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Parenthood Without Hokum

actually be going fishing with
his dad.
"As the years 60 by, father is
the model for his growth and
development. Indeed, it may be
said that whether the child
grows up to be a man depends
lon what he has learned from
his father. He certainly won't
learn to be q man from his
mother"
Leadership Restored
The new trend even ventures
to restore to father his authority
and leadership. It is recognized
that without these the family
lis q ship without o helmsman.
and no one aboard can feel really
safe. In the past it was the
vogue for many experts to chide
the father who tried to lead his
family, even to call him neurotic
(or worse, to I'LL him with fears
that he was making the rest Of
the family neurotic). But In the
forefront Of family counseling
this abides no longer.
DR.. Irene M. Josselyn, Of the
Institute for Psychoanalysis, in
Chicago, sounded the new pitch
ip these words:
The father should represent
10 masculine figure, giving q feel
ing Of warm protection not by
lsheltering the child but by at
tacking dangers aggressively.
His role is not an imitation of,
but Is complimentary to, the role
of mother.
"The role of the father in the
psychological development Of the
individual is recognized, but we
must re-evaluate the role of the
father as q constituent part OF
the family unit"
Firm Hand Required
When the puzzled father to-
day visits q family counselor
one who is abreast of the latest
trend-he is no longer likely to
be poured into q mold of effete,
anemic fatherhood. II, for ex-
ample, he talked to Director
jeanette Hanford, Of the Family
Service Bureau Of Chicago, he
would hear:
"a certain amount Of the firm
hand and authoritative voice Is
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Continued From First Page

Continued From First Page
In Pennsylvania reported, 1.-THE
nebulosity of the father figure
Is becoming q key factor In
mental upSets."
without a clearly defined
father role. how can we help
young boys to discover their
future roles as men?" he asked.
But even beyond draining the
good blood out Of fatherhood. we
have done our best to pump bad
blood into 1t. The psychiatrists
have made us feel that just about
every Ill the human mind Is heir
Ito. stems directly from that old
villain father. Father rejected
his children. Father failed to
provide love. Father was over
demanding. Father was a fear
full bully.
Need Recognized Today
All these and more were
heaped upon the head of old
dad. Fortunately there Is some
what less Of this today. It is
being recognized that father, for
all our demands on him, was
human too. And it is somewhat
infantile-and even mentally
unhealthy-forever to use him
as q scapegoat for our own
shortcomings.
Leaders in sociology and psy-
chology today are recognizing
the need for a clearly defined
father role and for the restora-
ton of the fathers functions as
head of the family.
In the psychiatric clinics and
child guidance centers one hears
frequently today Of the need fol
male identification" What this
basically means is that the fam
lily needs a man for a model
Small boys must find in theil
fathers the prototype Of a mar
they can admire. emulate and
sometimes even hero worship.
Children Know 1t
Children themselves tell us OF
this need in their own guilelesS
language when they say to the
kid next door, my father is
stronger than your father" or
MY father knows more than
your father does" The girl
child, too, needs a male identifi-
cation figure against which to
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measure her relationships with
other males and eventually her
selection Of a mate.
At the Western Reserve Uni
versity Medical School in Cleve-
land, Prof. Emma Plank, a speci-
alist in child development, de-
clared, "The growing child needs
masculine Identification. the boy
seeing in his father q goal which
he viii one day reach himself and
the girl building an image Of
maleness and a pattern for male
female relationships. Without
such a pattern the girl may have
considerable fear and doubt
about Just what the male-female
relationship may be-"
The new trend also calls for a
clarification of roles. For a
while the experts were getting
mother and father all mixed up
AS DR.. Gunner Dybwad, director
of the Child Study Association
of America. put it, Father was
being relegated to the role OF Q
mother substitute.
Today it is acknowledged that
fathers don't make very good
mothers, any more than mothers
make very good fathers. The
idea of a two-headed family IL
being abandoned as quite as un.
satisfactory as a two-headed
person.
COrrects Many Evils
The stress on maleness is de.
signed to help correct o number
of evils, including the increast
in homosexuality, which may
have resulted in part from turn
ing father into a spineles'
namby- -pamby. Children fashion
their notion of what a man Is b!
what father is. and If father Il
half a man that is just the kinG
of notion they fashion.
DR.. James Bard, assistant
professor Of psychology at Fenr
College, in Cleveland, explained
the process: "The infant Begin
to differentiate between mother
and father. A baby boy quickly
commences the identification
process. He puts on his father
|hat-and feels very proud doine
it. He plays with his father
} fishing tackle. And soon he will
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needed. Father must play q more
aggressive role. He must be re-
|sponsible. firm. q leader. an ex-
ponent Of fair play. a symbol
'of strength-and not Just an
other mother"
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This exemplifies the growing
trend as I found it throughout
the country today. We have tried
|tc turn father into . jeIlynsh|
long enough. Now we're begin
Evening star., 1955-07-27

EXPERTS DISCUSS PARENTHOOD - William
Coyle (standing), promotion and research director
of The Star, interviews panel during televison
debate last night on Howard Whitmans articles in
ton WMAL-TV. The experts Cleft to right) are
Michael J. Munley, father of IL; DR.. Preston A. Nc
Lendon, prominent Washington pedatrician; John
G. Theban, executive secretary of Family and Child
Services and Dr. Addison M. Duval assistant super
intendent of st. Elizabeths Hospital-star Staff
Photo.
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ming TO see that he needs .
backbone.
Tomerrow-Parents an&
Delinquency
Distributed b. Tns Register and
Tribune eyndieats.
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Painters Defer
Strike for Week

BY q vote of 23s to 81. Wash
ington area unionized painters
yesterday favored q strike, but
agreed to continue working until
next Sunday under present
agreements. which expires today.
In the meantime, the Federal
Mediation and Cancellation Serv-
ice will seek to iron out differ
ences between management and
the painters. The dispute is
mainly over wages and working
conditions.
Yesterdays session. presided
over by Paul Jones, president of
the Painters and Glaciers Union,
District Council No. 81 tAFL)
was held in the Cement Mason's
Hall. 1924 New Jersey avenue
NV.
Archie B. Moore, secretary
treasurer, explained that about
1000 painters are affected by
the action. The council, he said,
embraces all painters union
locals in the Fredericksburg and
Alexandria, Va; Montgomery
County, Md, and Washington,
d. c., areas.
Mr.. Moore said the union has
asked $3.08 cents hourly. while
the contractors are wiling to
give only $500. He said existing
agreements provide for $3.50
hourly. He pointed out the con-
tractors want the use Of roller
and spray in applying paint.
The painters voted to strike
Sunday If Cancellation efforts
fail to bring an agreement. They
hired the same hall for a meet
ing on Saturday.
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If you have a few spare
hours. would you like to be o
Friendly Visitor and brighten
the life of some lonely or
hoiSebound person to whom
you may become a real friend?
If you are warm hearted
and friendly you will receive
more than you give in the sat
isfaction of making another
happy.
Anyone-man or woman
who believes in the program
of Friendly Visitors and is will
ing to accept responsibility for
his assignment can become
one.
If this appeals to you, call
DE. 2-7330 and ask for the
volunteer department of the
United Community Services.
prepared by Committee on the Aging
United Community Servicesl
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for polite people. And charges
were made 1t would cause bo-
vine traits In vaccinated chill
dren. that hoofs, horns, ETC.,
would tend to develop. and bel
lowing would replace speech"
sim Opposed
To this day, opponents Of vac
cination. especially In England,
pooh-pooh DR.. Jenner's influence
on stamping out smallpox. They
insist the disease decrease is in
stead a natural result Of better
hygiene and stricter segregation
Of the patients.
DR.. Jenner never claimed to be
first to discover that a shot of
cowpox matter from diseased
cows could immunize humans
against smallpox. Dairymen had
known it 100 years earlier. But
DR.. Jenner first exploited II
scientifically and widely.
Bavaria was first to introduce
legislation making vaccination
compulsory in 1907. Denmark.
Sweden. other German states,
Prussia, the German Empire, Ru-
mania, Hungary and Serbia fol-
lowed.
The United States still has no
compulsory vaccination law,
Massachusetts, wrote one Of its
own, In 1909. Even in States
where it isn't yet compulsory in
so many words, it generally is
for children because Of restric-
tons on the schooling and social
activities Of youngsters not vac
cinated.
Acceptance General
The District, Maryland and
Virginia all require vaccination
for pupils. It's acceptance has
become so general that even
certain religious groups permit
their children to be inoculated,
while still opposing other i'm
munization treatment, such as
for typhoid.
Attempts are under way now
on Capitol Hill to put DR.. Salk's
polio vaccine under Uncle Sam
control. Similar moves were
made in President Madison's
day.
Prospects looked bright. too.
But the measure was doomed
when q doctors assistant mis-
took q sample of live virus for
the vaccine, and mailed it to a
State where it triggered an cpl
demic.
Smallpox epidemics are rather
rare In this country, largely
because vaccination has spread.
In event one did break out here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-15
ABOVE THE BEST
NEW SERVICE SONG
OF ARMY FLYERS

To the list Of military serv-
ice songs comes yet another.
Above the Best" has been
selected as the official song
of Army aviation. It's taken
from the motto of the Army
Aviation Center and refers
to flying above the best
Army in the world"
Mrs. Jane Gonseth, wife
of Col. Jules E. Gonseth, jr.,
assistant commandment of the
Center. and Mrs. Jeanne
Matheny. wife of 1t. Col.
Charles w. Matheny of the
Fort Sill (Okla.) Artillery
. School, composed the song.
Master Sergt. Orville j.
Thompson, director Of the
98th Army Band at the CEN
ter and former clarinetist
with John Philip Sousa's
Band, arranged it in march
time.
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telligent laity (appear) ready now
to accept his conclusions and
eager to apply his methods"
But DR.. Salk is still running
only Q half-step ahead Of the
pack. Skeptical practitioners
don't applaud him, they pounce
on him.
DR.. Salk's vaccine is nourished
in the minced kidneys Of mon
keys. So, in all seriousness de-
tractors charge the vaccination
causes simian traits in children,
tending to develop tails, and that
chittering replaces speech.
"Too indicate"
In Philadelphia. the leading
surgeon of the time denounces
this transplanting Of animal mat
ter as "too beastly and indicate
for polished society"
In 1899, DR.. Salk writes his
friend, II am beset on all sides
with snarling fellows, and 30 ig-
norant withal that they know no
more Of the disease they write
about than the animals who gen.
crate it. Standing, as I do, be-
fore so awful a tribunal, my
friends will volunteer their coun-
sci and Immediately appear in
court"
And so it goes, right up to
today in 1855. when anti-vacci-
nationists are still opposing the
discovery Of the 1780s.
- Only it wasn't DR.. Jonas Salk
who ignited the fireworks back
then. It was DR.. Edward Jenner,
and his vaccine was for small
pox. But the quotes are accurate.
The Philadelphia surgeon did
call the Jenner vaccine too awful
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health officers likely would de-
mand about vaccination. Doc
tors recommended booster even
without an epidemic. The stuff
can wear of, or at least abate
in efficiency, they point out.
The situation Is brighter now
than in DR.. Jenner's time, be-
yond a doubt. To date there
have been no widespread COM
plants that the Salk vaccine Is
turning children into apes.
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TODAY IN MEDICINE
SoIk Vaccine Uproor
Had Parallel in 1905
BY RICHARD RODGERS

The on-again, off-again pyro-
technics over DR.. Jonas Salk's
hemlock for polio bugs was up
setting enough.
However. suppose for a minute
this is not 1855, but the 1780s,
and DR. Salk is convinced he has
hit on something to kayo polio.
Does he exult and call for help?
He does not.
Instead he confideS in only one
friend. He writes. 81 have en-
trusted a most important matter
to you, which ! firmly believe
will prove of essential benefit to
the human race. ! know you,
and should not wish that what
I have stated be brought into
conversation; but should any
thing untoward turn up in my
experiments. I should be made,
especially by my medical broth
ers. the subject of ridicule."
Then he works quietly away
from the ravening pack, until in
1888 he let's them in on what he
has been doing.
Do they all rush In to help?
Only One Follower
Hardly. His announcement
goes over like a manhole cover.
One, just one, physician takes 1t
seriously and gets to inoculating
on his own. And DR.. Salk pur-
sues his own investigations for
eight more years.
Here it is 1896. DR.. Salk pub
fishes a treatise on his work.
The reaction is different this
time. "A majority of the medical
profession and many of the in
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ny September, 1855, and no later
oan September, 1856.
IN all school districts" he said,
a challenging speech. we will
.uslSl that the first and minimum