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Evening star., 1955-04-18
Test for Mr.. Eden

Prime Minister Eden's call for gen.
eral election in Britain comes at an appro-
pirate time. The voting on May 26 will
give the British electorate an opportunity
not only to pass Judgment on the record
of the Conservative Party for the past four
yeafs but also on the transfer of command
from Sir Winston Churchill to Mr.. Eden.
A Conservative victory would be national
vote of confidence in Sir Anthony
stronger Endorsement than the recent
party decision that he should replace his
illustrious predecessor.
Actually, the opposition may have
trouble finding any effective campaign
issues. Although the British economy
showed some signs of faltering in the sec
ond half of 1854, the country still is in
period of record prosperity. And in foreign
affairs there have been indications in re-
cent months that Mr.. Eden's experienced
and confident conduct has heightened
British prestige and increased his personal
popularity.
1t is generally believed, too. that the
Conservatives will benefit from dissensions
within the Labor Party. Although the
disciplinary action against Aneurin Bevan
was stopped short of reading him out Of
the party as originally proposed, there is
q deep and fundamental conflict between
the right and left wings of Labor. And
while Mr.. Bevan has said the party will be
united in campaigning against the Con-
servatives, the London Economist has re-
ported that Labors support from the in
dependent voters reached postwar low
during the intra-party squabbling. Time
will be short to repair this situation. In
any case, test at the polls should have
the healthy effect of clearing the political
atmosphere in Britain
Evening star., 1955-04-18
Remedial Reading

The Star story, April 10, on
the Alexander Remedial Read
ing Group was very interesting.
However, this is a specialized
group catering to the private
student whose parent can
handle a good-size fee, and not
for the general training of the
puhlic's youth.
Such organizations as Mrs.
Florence Kingsbury's Remedial
Reading Center, the reading
training programs of the public
school systems in the greater
Washington area, or the Ma
tional Institute for Reading
Improvement have tried to
face the reading problem with
the masses Of youth, instead Of
handling only a few.
The training Of little Joe
Doakes to take care of his
reading phonetics is very i'm
portant. This is the same
little Joe Doakes who gets be-
hind in his school work because
OF a reading deficiency and to
make himself important in his
own eyes finally ends UP facing
q Judge in juvenile court.
It is a fact that after a long
study Of this problem the Ma
tional Institute for Reading
Improvement decided to en-
large its program, which was
formerly for the training Of
adults in reading efficiency. to
include children who need to
overcome certain reader prob
lens.
Furthermore, it is strange
to say that there is not enough
reading training in the WASH
ington area, although the Ma
tion's Capital is built upon the
printed word. Observer.
Evening star., 1955-04-18
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE

@. How much space in Fed
eral Government Offices Is
taken up by flles?-J. N. N.
A. 1t Is estimated that the
total amount Of paper stored
in Federal Government files
comprises 20 million cubic feet.
This vast quantity Of paper
would I'LL 8 buildings the size
Of the Pentagon or IL as large
as the Empire State Building.
The Hoover Commission re-
ported not long ago that the
Federal files are accumulating
new documents at the rate Of
nearly 10 million q year.
@. DO the majority Of
States use the same traffic.
light arrangement, that Is. red
at the top. yellow In the mid
die and green at the bottom?---
A. ". H.
A. Most States do use this
arrangement. which Is the one
recommended by the National
Committee on Uniform Trafiic
Laws and Ordinances. There
are some variations, however,
and some localities omit the
yellow light entirely. -
Evening star., 1955-04-18
HENRI PITTIER NATION.

HENRI PITTIER NATION
AL PARK, VENEZUELA
This is the forest Of ten mil
lion humming birds.
They are green and violet.
red and yellow. There are noe
tlirnal humming birds and
others that are swift flashes of
color in the cloud-shroud Of
the mountain jungle.
Nowhere else on earth. it is
likely, can be found such a
variety of these brilliantly coll
ored. often insect-like feath-
cred creatures. It is the jungle
also of blue tanagers, blue
hens, white owls. a bird of
seven colors and of the bell
birds whose calls TO each other
in the high treetops are like
the metallic clangs Of distant
bells.
5000 Kinds Of Birds
There are approximately
5000 kinds of birds In the
world. A total of about 1850
species have been identified
in the Orinoco jungles and
of these, according to the re-
cent compilation of DR.. Will
liam H. Phelps and DR.. Ernest
Shaeffer. $40 can be found
around Rancho Grande. The
birds Of the cloud jungle have
been studied more intensively
than any other form Of its ani-
NAL life due to the scientific
interests of those who have
been most active In develop
ing the preserve. The present
director. DR.. Walter Arp, is a
noted painter of birds who
watches for DAYS at a time in
the deep jungles and can
initiate quite well the distress
calls Of many of them which
are calculated to bring others
Of the same species to the res
cue of comrades in trouble.
The calls and songs Of these
birds. rising above the perpet-
ual murmur of the high water
falls and the rustic Of breeze
blown palm leaves. is the music
of the cloud jungle. Despite
their brilliant colors the birds
are seldom conspicuous to the
eye. Their feathers blend well
with the foliage on which they
feed. and to be conspicuous in
the tropical forest is likely to
be fatal to a species.
Thus the casual visitor is
unlikely to see. except in DR..
Arp's museum of stuffed Speci-
mems, the widow bird which
wears black mourning bands
allegedly for a. lost mate. el
carpintere vaguely related to
the northern woodpecker which
carves for itself a chamber in
a tree trunk about 18 inches
long and 8 inches In cir
cumference, the coal black
parrot or the bird with q stone
in its head. Few ever actually
Evening star., 1955-04-18
The Golden Loot
Whnt rrnfnise r1errn enfes n

What promise permeGtes the
atmosphere
For one returning home to
find bread baking
In a bright kitcheni Here is
peace, and here
A iDnrm contentneRt finds
q fresh aipGkeninO.
For through the rich aroma
one returns
To misty memories, to a life
protected
By sure and simple customs.
and one yeGYns
TO hold again the pure, the
unaffected.
"Gipc US this day our daily
bread" seeks more
Than husks OF rigid fact,
dried and deficient.
TO safe our hungry hearts: our
only store
Is the golden loaf OF prayer
to One omRiscient.
Our inner strength snrmounts
the outer strife
With faith our fundamental
sta6 Of NE.
jean MsFserd !.
Evening star., 1955-04-18
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
Birds Of the Cloud Jungle

see ciAEocucu, the cloud jun
gle's weird white owl.
CreatursA Aef Fascination
perhaps the post frequently
studied Of Ranllhq 0rande
feathered creatures q the neii
bird. It was. Or. Arp sz 2
creature of special fascinatlo1k
for the former queen Of BelS
gium who, with her husband,
was a recent visitor to the re-
serve. She would listen pa
tiently for hours to its signals
through the all-encompassing
.'nehlina." It Is about the size
Of a northern crow, black and
white with q brown head, and
with a rough, quill-hke beard,
Most who have observed it
remark on the similarity Of
its, call TO q bell. Actually 1t
seems more like the sound pro-
duced by striking q brass GYM
bal. 1t carries through the
jungle for miles. When one
call is heard it usually is an
swered by a similar clang from
some treetop which may be
miles away.
Along all the forest paths
are pendant, bag-like nests
from q foot to 18 inches long
which are characterized by
DR.. Arp as masterpieces Of
avian architecture. Woven of
twigs. grass and lichens. the
nests are almost completely
rainproOf. Despite their sturdy
structure, these nests never
are used more than one year
and the majority Of those
seen swinging from the
branches are products of one
or two years ago which have
been abandoned. Building of
one of these nests involves an
enormous amount Of labor
which is done entirely by the
female. The male selects a
spot and then sits on q nearby
branch and sings to encourage
his mate.
Parrots Are Colorful
Rancho Grande parrots are
as colorful and naturally more
conspicuous than the hum
ming birds. Among them is
by far the most gorgeous bird
in the park-big, fierce el
guacamaya rojo with brilliant
red head, red coat feathers,
powerful ivory-white beak,
red, yellow and blue wings
and long orange tail feathers.
Among the humming birds
themselves there is one with
long twin tails, one with a
brilliant orange breast, one
with white whiskers like a goat:
tucuso de montana which Is
black backed. blue breasted
with a green head, and brilliant
blue flashes In the mist which
are about the size of large
spiders and might be called
flying arnethysts.
Evening star., 1955-04-18
Powerful Project

The United States must
stand ready to counteract pos
sible accusations from the
Banding conference that we
have an imperialistic eye upon
Asia and that we toy with
atomic bombing ideas. We
know we want all peoples to
have their own independent
Neutrality-suspicious. and life.
But somehow we do not get
that idea very strongly across
to them.
There is one thing the
United States could do today
that would not only be positive
strategy and q refreshing
change after a half century
Of treading water while we
wait for o world to stabilize
itself and become adult. This
progressive step would show
that our real interests lie in
constructive use Of atomic en-
ergy as opposed to destructive,
and it would have no taint Of
Imperialism or encroachment
upon the traditions, economy,
or land Of any other nation.
That is, we could announce
claim to our rightful territory
on the vast Antarctic continent
and our common-sense inten-
ton of using atomic power for
lighting and heating small
communities there in further
ance Of development Of the re-
sources Of the continent. Other
countries are setting up small
bases there to secure land
claims they have made. We
have never claimed q square
inch OF land In the continent
or islands offshore in Antarctic
regions. Based upon our stu
pendous explorations in these
south polar regions we could
claim the land we have dis
covered and turn such step to
the advantage Of the United
States and all freedom-loving
nations by expressing clearly
how We envision the POSSIBLE
ties Of q great new continent
and how it seems far more
worthy Of our atomic energy
Evening star., 1955-04-18

/ recently received an infor-
NATIVE booklet entitled Mis-
guided Missiles" from the
Travellers Insurance Co.
1t tells what frightful car
mage our automobiles bring.
due chiefly to excessive speed.
In 1854 alone, these mis-
guided missiles" killed $500
and injured 100000.
There are thus nearly 100
tragic deaths each and every
day throughout the year. with
over 200 injured each and
every hour Of each "a hours
each and every day through
out the year.
May each of US firmly resolve
TO do our part In stopping this
slaughteri
Evening star., 1955-04-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

suddenly tipped. and made to
turn upside down past the
eyes. as it plunged to earth.
Even to think Of it, at this
late date. makes the blood run
cold.
Templeton Jones recalls his
kite flying days at Ocean City,
Md.
He and his friends made
box kites. as they were called,
about six feet long, probably
two or three feet across.
square, with cloth sides, ais we
recall, no doubt made from
, one Of mothers best sheets.
The frame was expertly
GRATED from slender but stout
sticks. tied at the joints with
well executed wrapping Of
stout twine.
Such a kite could lift a
small boy clear of his feet, so
it was necessary to have the
aid Of a very large boy. To-
day he would be called q teen
ager. In Jones' young days he
was called Jumbo. because he
weighed 100 pounds at the age
Of is years. Big boys are not
the novelties some persons
would think.
The box kite then had to be
anchored to a stake driven
down. down into the sand,
preferable where the breakers
rolled up.
Anchored, the kite would fly
high over land and sea, q
pretty picture against the blue
background. with the sun
shining on IL.
There 1t would pull In fury
day and night. until one day,
1t pulled loose, and then, to
the shouts of many boys,
would 60 sailing out across the
sea, to disappear forever into
the heaven where good kites
go. A tree is not enough.
Evening star., 1955-04-18

save good deal of money, through putter-
ing around the way they do.
These self-reliant people are too ex-
pert and dedicated in that sense to require
any warnings. Besides, as they see the
situation, the person who is really living
dangerously-an dully-is the one who
doesn't know how to do anything by him
self or herself. Anyhow, that is their firm
judgment, and in way, because they get
such kick out of the things they do with
their own hands, they seem to be quite
right.
Evening star., 1955-04-18
Law With Sharp Teeth

Property owners who have refused to
repair or tear down unsightly and un-
healthful buildings soon will feel the bite
of new condemnation law that has sharp
teeth. If the law hurts these owners, they
have only themselves to blame They
have asked for trouble through long re-
permitted to develop.
The decision of the Board of Condem-
nation for InSanitary Buildings to prose-
cute about rs owners of vacant, dilapi-
dated structures is one step in the con-
certed attack on urban blight in Washing
ton. Until recently the District had au-
thority only to condemn and close such
buildings. It could not compel the owners
to repair or raze them AS a result, the
broken-down dwellings and other buildings
have become neighborhood eyesores-
havens for rats and vermin and sometimes
police say, rendezvous for hoodlums of
various ages.
Under law which became operative
last month, the District can prosecute
owners who fail to take prompt action to
eliminate these unsightly hazards to health
and safety. A maximum fine of 500 can
be imposed in court. Furthermore, If the
owner still fails to remedy conditions, the
District has the power to raze the structure
and assess the cost against the property
owner. Thus, the law has two-way bite,
the threat of which ought to have salu-
tary effect on owners of several hundred
disgracefully neglected buildings in various
parts of the city-even in some otherwise
attractive sections.
Evening star., 1955-04-18
An Appeal for Nature

This is an appeal to Senator
Carl Hayden. chairman of the
Interior Department Appro-
priationS Committee, and to
anyone else who may find him
self responsible for permitting
the desecration of a natural
and historic sanctuary. Is
there to be no place of refuge
from the 20-foot, 2-ton. ZOO
horsepower, charging. SMELL
ing, killing, vulgar monstrosity
the American automobile?
I appeal to all who read this
to act before it is too late to
prevent the ruination of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
area.
e, w, HOgue.
Evening star., 1955-04-18

Since it has no clearly defined agenda,
and since no fewer than 80 nations are
taking part in it, the African-Asian con-
ference now under way at Banding, Indo-
nesia, is the sort of get-together that tends
to unleash torrents of oratory and raise
many more questions than it answers.
Yet, with its delegates representing over
half the worlds population, 1t is an
event of great potential importance-espe-
cially so in terms of its possible impact on
the cold war between the Communist en-
pire and the free West.
The cynosure of all eyes at this meet
ing is Premier Chou En-lai of Red China.
And it is predictable, in an otherwise fairly
unpredictable situation, that he will do
everything possible to make Bandung
kind of propaganda Pearl Harbor for the
United States in particular and the West
in general. To that end, he can be ex-
pected to resort to the technique Of the
Big Lie with wild abandon. His main OBJ
jective will be to try to win as much Asian
and African support as he can for Peiping's
effort-which has had Moscow's backing
to brand our country as an "inperialistic"
power evilly intent upon "enslaving" the
Orient by cutting loose with an atomic
hydrogen war. Accordingly, with special
reference to Formosa and the Quemoy and
MatSu Islands, he undoubtedly will use the
conference as sounding board for host
of poisonous anti-American charges and
proposals, including the phony and hack
neyed Communist "plan" for outlawing A
and H weapons.
But the United States need not be too
worried about all this. For we have more
than few good friends-Such as Turkey,
Pakistan and the Philippines = actively
participating in the current conference.
And they can be relied upon, as unwaver-
ing pro-American, pro-Western and anti
Communist powers, to stand up for the
truth and hold firm line of defense
against Red mendacity and Red maneu-
vering aimed at weakening and shattering
the common front of the free. in Asia and
Africa as well as Europe. Indeed, despite
the fact that his murky "neutralism" often
seems to favor the Peiping- Moscow axis,
even Indian Prime Minister Nehru- whose
delegation will not be disposed to play
second fiddle to Mr.. Chou at Bandung-is
likely to resist any effort to convert the
meeting into an unrestrained propaganda
assault against our country and like
minded nations. He himself has indicated
as much. No matter how ambiguously, he
probably will follow line designed to off,
set or blunt Chou'S.
So, all things considered, 1t seems i'm
probable that the Communists at Bandung
will be able to infiict big propaganda
defeat on the United States and the free
world at large. AS matter of fact, as
Stunning that the non-C Communist and anti
Communist participants in the conference
remain on the alert and on the offensive,
the proceedings may well result in VIC
tory of sorts for our side. In that sense,
In spite OF its sprawling and rather amor
phous character, the meeting is one to be
watched with great interest and hope by
the entire Western community.
Evening star., 1955-04-18
The SoIk Vaccine

The recent report on the
results of DR.. Jonas e. Salk's
polio vaccine was q momentous
occasion in the history of
science. DR.. Salk deserves
much credit for the courage
he showed by injecting him
self and his children with the
vaccine before giving it to
others.
The discovery Of such a
Evening star., 1955-04-18

tack, we will have let Commu-
mist China decide which island
Is to be attacked.
Here seems to be solution
which viii definitely better our
position and save "face"::
Decide which island as better
to defend and announce that
we will join with the National
lists in the defense Of that Is
land and join with them in the
evacuation Of the other, Just
as recently we joined with
them in the evacuation Of the
Tachens.
Delceyare King.
Quincy, Mass.
Evening star., 1955-04-18
''Dear Sir:
Virginia.

IS virginia.
Dear Sir:
sDon't you think we could
all get along much better with
out experts?
"Last Sunday I had the mis-
fortune Of encountering an
expert on kite flying.
"I was trying to show my
little boy how to fly a kite on
a slope in the Parkfairfax
apartment development where
we live.
"It was just a dime store
kite and to tell the truth it
was taking quite q beating in
the brisk breeze. Every time
I would run with the string in
hand it would take a nose dive
and hit the ground.
"Then this expert, q tall
man with gray. hair, came
along. He adjusted the belly
band. frightened the bow and
heightened the tail.
"He took it back a hundred
feet and launched 1t. It went
up all right. way up above the
talleSt tree on the slope. But
when I stopped playing out
line it dived into the topmost
branches of the tree and there
we had to leave it.
1--WE were having a good
time with that kite before this
expert came along. Yours
truly, D. ""
"There, little man, don't cry,
He has broken your kite. ]
know;
But memory's kite is big and
bright,
And always will be so."
Experts come a dime a
dozen, and most Of them must
be looked at critically.
Kite experts are just little
worse than most experts.
They insist on remembering
their youth, and this is some
times a disheartening expert
ence.
BY the time they have
Strengthened themselves out in
their own minds, they have
ruined your kite, and there Is
nothing much to be done
about it.
Experts of this type include
the top spinning expert. the
marble expert. the tic-tac-toe
expert, and the fnumbly-peg
expert.
And, among the girls. the
jacks expert.
Children, fortunately for
them. just play.
They do not think much
about what they do, at least
In the adult sense.
They play, and have q good
time. Sometimes 1t seems
that the gods must watch over
them carefully, for often they
do very dangerous things.
Think back to that jack
knife game Of mumbley-peg.
You threw a knife into the
soft turf In springtime. II
could be played. Of course, at
other seasons, but boys liked
spring the best.
There we're all sorts Of ac-
tions.
One was 10 place the knife
blade on the forehead. point
ing up, and held by the fore
finger across the blade.
Then. st sn unspcken word
Of command, the blade veas
Evening star., 1955-04-18
How to Save Face?

Face" is the basic thing in
the difficult problems of Matsu
and Quemoy.
Even now. the fact that we
do not announce what we will
do is losing us face" there ard
here.
If we abandon both islands.
our loss Of face" will be really
serious in all Southeast Asia.
II we join with the NATIONAL
lists in the defense Of any at
Evening star., 1955-04-18

vaccine certainly brightens the
future for many thousands
who may never have walked
because of the dreaded polio.
Science is making remarkable
strides toward conquering
diseases. We should all be
thankful for the work of our
scientists and should contribute
regularly to the funds which
help further the study of dis
eases.
Ruth E. Bergman.
Evening star., 1955-04-18
LET TERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used ii
letters carry Driters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to con-
denSation.
Evening star., 1955-04-18

than any bombings Of living
people or destruction of occu-
pied cities. E. A. X.
Evening star., 1955-04-18
Questions and Answers

A reader car. get an answer hy mall
The Eyenins star informstion Bu-
reau, 1900 Eye 81. NV, Washfngton,
s.. D. c. Please inclose 3 cents for
Evening star., 1955-07-20
.Purges in Red Chino
Predicted in Peipinq

TAIPEI. Formosa, July 20 R
The official Central Daily News
predicted today that large-scale
purges would take place in Red
China.
1t based this prediction on the
purge of Hu Feng, prominent
figure in the Chinese Communist
literary world. and Pan Han
Men, deputy mayor of Shanghai.
There were indications, the
newspaper said. that internal
strife within the Chinese Com
munist Party was becoming
sharper and that dissatisfaction
With the Red regime was becom-
ing more manifest.
Evening star., 1955-07-20

authorized social security bill By
a big margin.
A provision to take into the
system about 100000 additional
professional persons-still ex-
cluding doctors-has caused little
dispute. But the financial i'm
pact Of two other propositions
has evoked go-slow admoniticns
from many Republicans.
These would make women
eligible for benefits at the age of
81, rather than the present 65,
and allow payments to disabled
workers at so instead of IS. The
changes would be put into effect
next January /, but at the same
time both employees and employ
erS would have to pay out an
additional Il per cent tax on the
first $4,000 of earnings.
Evening star., 1955-07-20
Senate Hearings Set
On Social Security

Virginia. committee chairman,
announced the plan, He said the
group intended to go ahead with
hearings on this and other legis-
lation until Congress adjourns
for the year. Leaders of both
Senate and House have set their
sights on quitting by August /.
Senator Flanders. Republican,
of Vermont told newsmen the
consensus was that the social
security measure should be given
full hearings.
Any extensive committee study
would preclude action by the full
Senate this summer. Delay until
1856 had been forecast after the
House passed the Democratic