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Evening star., 1955-05-29
BY ALICE S. YOUNGMAN

Gladiolus planting time is here.
Some have been in the ground
since mid-April but, generally
speaking. the ones that are
planted later when the soil has
warmed up do just as we'll.
Many people prefer to plant some
glads every week or 10 days, thus
prolonging the blooming season.
1t is possible, also, to control the
season Of bloom by a careful
selection of varieties, for COM
mercial growers know how many
days are required from planting
time to maturity.
Most gardeners are more in
terested in choosing "glads" for
color and form, however.
Care needs to be taken not
to plant the corms too shall
lowly. Shallow planting results
in flowers of poorer quality
plants that may need to be
staked and cormS that may di-
vide and multiply.
Glads require a fertilizer rich
In phosphate and an ample
supply of water. Bonemeal is
excellent both at planting time
and as a side-dressing.
Most new corns are free of
disease and may be planted with
out treatment, but corms which
are being replanted should be
treated. If corms were busted
with DOT or treated with nap
thalene flakes they are probably
in good condition and summer
spraying will not be necessary.
Just before planting the bulbs,
some gardeners soak them in a
bichloride of mercury solution
0.000 to -. Many prefer to use
something less dangerous and
use l tablespoon of Lysol to a
gallon of water. Soak them for
two hours before planting.
In cutting glads avoid cutting
the foliage. The corms needs
1t to build up strength. It is
Evening star., 1955-05-29

Interesting hobby than Q mari
gold garden. using tall and short.
scented and unscented, single
and double and pale yellow ones,
orange ones and dark mahog-
any-shaded ones.
It is not too late to plant mari
golds. They may be used as
border plants or as excellent
"fillers-in" to hide the places
where bulbs or other early
blooming plants have been.
The following are only a few
suggestions Of varieties that
have proven satisfactory:
Carnation, lowered: Frills and
Man-in-the-Moon.
Large-flowered, tall: Gigantea.
Evening star., 1955-05-29
Keeping Tools Shorp
VIII. Ease Work

Using garden tools properly is
an important skill. Use a hoe to
loosen the surface soil. to. work
in fertilizer or to kill larger
weeds. But first Of all sharpen
the hoe. Then scrape the weeds
don't chop them. Conflne cul-
tivation to the upper inch of
soil. Weeds between close-grow-
ing vegetables should be pulled
out by hand. Keep a spade
sharp, too.
Evening star., 1955-05-29
Gardeners Choose 'G|ods'
For Color and Form

we'll to cut the spike when only
one or two f1orets are open.
There are many fine glads on
the market. The list grows
longer every year.
Picardy remains a longtime
favorite. There are 10 others
recommended by the National
Gladiolus Society of Washington
especially for the beginner-Spic
and Span, Burma, King David,
Patrol, Red Wing. Lief Ericsson,
Polynesia, Ravel, Tivoli, Red
Charm.
Evening star., 1955-05-29

made from dandelion stems has
been taken for tonic and re-
freshment.
Early spring dandelions give
a clue to the warmest areas Of
ground. They follow unerringly
the warmth of pipelines radiat-
ing from q central heating
plant.
Evening star., 1955-05-29

Sunset oiants. Lenore Ban.
Orange Ball.
Chrysanthemum, flowered :
Limelisht. Glitters, Mammoth
Mum.
Small French: Lemondrop,
Spry. Tangerine, Red Head. Yel-
low Pygmy.
OdorleSs foliage: Burpee Gold,
Mayling. Clinton, Buff Beauty.
Evening star., 1955-01-25
BY chories {. Trocewen

but it was and is mighty good way to
bring out fragrance In foods.
Fried foods are frowned upon, but
stlll the young can eat them with
comparative impunity, and the older
persons every now and then, at their
discretion, II they have any left.
a.
Probably the only good thing about
growing older. Templeton Jones says.
is that 1t usually builds up bit Of
discretion,
This IS good, since discretion Is
something difficult to arrive at: the
ways Of life leave discretion thing
to build up. rather than to receive.
Templeton Jones idea is that Moth
ing that smells so good as properly
made douehnut can be wholly bad.
Too much Of good thing. however,
ais the old saw says. Is something else
again, and the person who remembers
how dougfnuts used to taste, as well as
smell, may 90 back to his youth one
dOughnut at time.
Keep far from the chocolate coated
ones. and brush on almost ail the sugar.
These things add nothing 70 this good
thing. IN fact that take away from it,
pristine purity.
rev things viii take you back to
childhood quicker than d0ughnut.
says Tempis1pn Jones.
Evening star., 1955-01-25
Practices Whot He Preoches

It is quite possible that many of the
members who voted nay on the recent
proposal to admit Negroes to the District
of Columbia Bar Association did so
principally because they felt that the
association of white and colored breth-
rem of the bar would not be feasible
since the wide chasm in social back
grounds ipso facto would preclude a
satisfactory working relationship in an
office.
I must admit that I was somewhat
less than lenitive and understanding in
my view some years ago and as result
was filled with misanthropic feeling
Of fear. hate and acerbity.
BY the grace of Gods illimitable love,
Twas touched with the inexorable power
Of His goodness and came to under
stand that all men have the same feel
ing and emotions that I have. This
afi1atus was a sine qua non to change
my attitude on many things and to my
fellow man particularly
I invited William C. Davis, a Negro
attorney. to associate himself with me
Just one year ago. Together we prac-
ticed law in harmony and good will.
We solved our differences and built
strong foundation of mutual respect
and kindliness toward each other.
We thank our omnipresent Creator
who permitted us to become His instru-
ments in emphasizing an opposite mes
sage which was trenchantly reiterated
by the Nazarene to a nervous world al
most two thousand years ago.
what We would have others do unto
you, do We first unto them"
]. Norman stone.
Evening star., 1955-01-25
This and That

Jones passed place out on 14th street.
He was in his car. and yet the fra
GRANGE snaote him fairly amidships.
"Doughnutsl" he shifted, much as q
hound dog might bear.
Sure enough, there was the dough-
nut shop, proclaimed in large letters.
Jones resisted the urge. since he was
on q diet.
But the memory of that heavenly
odor fingers on. Every time he goes
by the place, he has to resist the urge
again.
Really, is there anything in the food
line that smells better2
Coffee fresh In the bag Is wonder
full. bread right out OF the oven mar.
velous. corn beef and cabbage appeals
to some. but for downright good sniff
ing, what can beat the doughnut?
It is q food with q hole In it. and
some imaginative persons have come
up with the theory that 1t is the hole
that makes it so good.
TempletOn Jones says nonsense, as
he does about 50 many things. He
says IL Is the result of good ingredients.
and the way II is cooked.
Frying does Il.
Deep-fat frying Il another thing that
falls to meet the diet eterts' wishes.
Evening star., 1955-01-25

A reader wants to know If Tenpletcfi
Jones ever heard of o lunehroom where
doughnuts were sold for cents apiece.
7 do not know Jones age" writes
this reader, "but maybe he can re-
member the place"
The old shop specialized, evidently.
In doughnuts.
4 remember says the writer, "as q
child, q relative with whom lived.
never failed 10 bring home, not the
bacon. but doughnuts ts--large, delicious.
appetizing. |"
Templeton Jones says he Is not old
enough to recall the place.
Still. he said. doughnuts are favorites
with him. too.
As, indeed with most people, but to-
day the cult Of reducing has tenn
porarily put them in the background.
This cannot last forever. according
to Jones.
Properly made doughnuts, the real
ones, are stilI good, he says. and may
YET stage q comeback.
Only real doughnuts. without chOco-
lats or other adornments. are called
doughnuts IN the Jones book.
Crullers, sometimes they were called
Ia the old days.
\ Not too many years ago Temnieton
Evening star., 1955-01-25
Abotement Begins at Home

The National Noise Abatement Council
seeks Utopia in its pamphlet ON what to do
about noise in the home. It offers hints for
Graduating such noise or at least iessening
III One considers sending copy to ones
neighbor, since 1t includes discussion OF
how to make late parties less obnoxious,
It talks Of deadening electrical appliances
and OF keeping outside noise from coming
inside. There Is some noise, however, that
seems to defy abatement.
The television set Is one sore point. II
would be simple enough to abate this noise
by merely fiicking the switch. But that
would create different kind Of clamor not
likely to meet the approval OF the noise
abatement people. And 50 one suffers long
hours or television as an alternative TO dis
tressed outcry.
There Is another kind Of noise, familiar
20 new fathers and mothers. This comes
most often ut night, when one Is drugged
with sleep. It is persistent and difacult to
ignore, no matter how comfortable one may
be under the blankets One knows from
experience that the only way to abate this
noise Is to feed II or take 1t from its crib
and waiA the foor with II. II tlss Noise
Evening star., 1955-01-25
By Miriam Gutenberg

THE parade of foreign dignitaries
who have addressed Congress
over the years is being cited by some OF
the legislators who want to hear an
address by the Chief Justice.
The argument of these legislators:
Congress listens to the aspirations and
problems Of officials of other lands.
Shouldn't it give equal attention to the
problems of the chief Of one of the
three branches Of its own Government
particularly when these problems af-
feet all the American people?
Since the days Of Lafayette, scores
Of foreign eInissaries have addressed
one or both branches Of Congress. There
has also been sprinkiing Of American
generals and few cabinet ofiicers.
In one four-month period in 1917.
nine different representatives of foreign
countries addressed one or both houses
of Congress.
Between January and July Of 1854.
Congress assembled in joint meeting
four times to hear foreign dignitaries.
Debates in Congress" fiowery
predecessor Of the Congressional Rec
ord. shows the Marquis de Lafayette
addressed a Joint session of Congress
on December 10. 1924. The volume notes
that the Speaker addressed the Nations
guest In an eloquent strain, adorned
by those graces of oratory for which he
is distinguished. Lafayette's speech,
according to this record, was delivered
lin tone in which energy of character
and sensibility of feeling were most
Interestingly blended
A half century later. Chief Justice
did address joint session-by default.
On December is. 1874, His Majesty
David Kalakaua, King of the Hawaiian
Islands, appeared before a joint ses-
sion but the first reigning sovereign
to visit these shores was suffering from
severe cold. So Chief Justice Allen
of the Hawaiian Islands read his
address.
From then on, the Congressional
Record is spotted with names familiar
now only to students of foreign affairs.
There was, for instance, Count Albert
Evening star., 1955-01-25

Abatement Council has any alternative, it
viii be welcomed
Something needs to be done, too, about
the after-school pounding of feet through
the house. the sudden urge to become a
drummer with spoon and pan as the only
available instruments. and the clatter of
after-dinner dishes intruding into ones
conscience. One looks forward to sequel to
this noise abatement pamphlet The field
is broad and there is much to be done.
Evening star., 1955-01-25
The Magnet Force

A poem iDrttten tn the deep OF night
or on brightly clearing, tDisdg ddp,
Then published later on, In casual print
Upon a page, some thousand miles
Gfrdy,
Has been the magnet force OF draining
friends.
The unntet strangers on the face OF
earth
Who. like myself, are folioiCiaO a star
While tending fame upon their quiet
hearth.
A few tDords written dorm, simple
thought
Which parallels their otcH, prompts
them to send
A friendly message. And the letter
Across the distance from potential
No matter that our DGys ne far apart,
The same san shines upon ~ as tCe
60
The grass u green beneath our nontdd
feet.
We hare communson N fhs ptnds
Billy .. coopssd
Evening star., 1955-01-25
Why Not d Hearing for Chief Justice?

British Prime Ministers have been
frequent Capitol Hill speakers Ramsey
Macdonald addressed the Senate in
1929. Winston Churchill addressed an
informal joint session in the Senate
chamber on December 26, I94l: ad-
dressed a joint meeting in the House
chamber on May i9, 1943, and another
Joint meeting on January II. 1852.
Clement Attlee also addressed joint
meeting on November IS. 1945.
Among the countries whose spokes-
men have appeared before one or both
chambers, separately or in joint meet
ing. have been France, Hawaii. Hun
gary, Italy. Belgium, Russia. Japan,
Serbia, Great Britain, Union of South
Africa, Canada, Nicaragua, Peru, Phil
ippine Islands, Greece, Yugoslavia. the
Netherlands. Ecuador, India, Chile,
Pakistan, Australia. Turkey. Ethiopia,
China. Bolivia. Czechoslovakia. Liberia,
Paraguay. Venezuela, Brazil, Mexico,
Cuba and South Korea.
Congress has paused in its business
of legislating to hear Americans. too.
though less frequently. Cordell Hull.
as Secretary of State, addressed a Joint
meeting of Congress in l943. Gen
Julius Franklin Howell. as acting COM
mander in chief of the United Con-
federate Veterans. addressed the House
in 1914,
As supreme allied commander, Gen.
Eisenhower addressed a joint meeting
in 1945. So did Fleet Admiral Chester
W.. Nimitz. Gen. Douglas Macarthur
made his long-awaited appearance be-
fore joint meeting of Congress in
1851. And Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway
addressed joint meeting in 1852.
Last year. the House and Senate held
Joint meetings to hear President celal
Bayar Of Turkey in January, Governor
General Vincent Massey of Canada
and Emperor Halle Selassie Of ETHIOPIA
in May and President Syngman Rhee
OF South Korea in July.
There have been kings and queens,
prime ministers and premiers, cabinet
officers and generals. Some legislators
feel it is now time to hear from another
distinguished visitor to the halls of
Congress Chief Justice Of the
United States.
Evening star., 1955-01-25
Fuirfux Master Plan

The League of Women Voters OF
Fairfax County would like to commend
the action of the Board Of Supervisors
OF Fairfax County at their meeting.
January IL.
1t is gratifying to know that at this
crucial time in the history of the
master plan, when there has been so
much wrangling over procedural mat
ters in regard to the presentation of
the plan. that the Board Of Supervisors
have been so responsive to the view
point Of the taxpayers of Fairfax
County.
Two years ago when it was decided
by the Board of Supervisors to under
take master plan. it was thought
wise to hire professional staff trained
in city planning One hundred and
fifty thousand dollars was set aside for
this job and well-known planner,
Francis Dodd McHugh of New York
and a professional staff were put under
contract.
We now feel confident that the
Board of Supervisors will insist that
the planning commission release the
AAAVSN0AC4 RA0kl Va 1NA 4&SA4uSA W
the public along with an appendix con-
tanning any recommended changes of
the planning commission. Delaying
action until February should give
the planning commission adequate
time to thoroughly familiarize them
selves with all the explanatory mate
rial offered by Mr.. McHugh.
We expect that on February Z the
planning commission will announce a
schedule of meetings to begin In the
very near future. However, we urge
that. the planning commission release
as much explanatory material as pos
sible to the public through the press
and other means prior to the county
wide meetings so that our citizens will
come prepared to the meetings with
some basic facts about the plan. It is
the right OF every citizen to be given
the opportunity to learn about plan
which has such far-reaching personal
significance.
During the two years that the master
plan has been In the making, Fairfax
County has continued its phenomenal
growth. Complete planning for many
urgent needs. such as placement Of
school and recreation sites. extension
OF sanitary facilities, ETC.. has been
held in allegiance until the master plan
has been completed.
Fairfax County Is In dire need Of this
plan now. AS Frederick Lewis Allen.
in his Harper's magazine article en-
titled Crisis in the Suburbs" has so
wildly expressed IT, The quiet rural
neighborhood is vanishing. sobbled UP
everywhere by the fast-spreading me-
tropolis and the space-eating autpnlo-
bile. But some communities can still
save themselves !. II they act boldly
and fast. For the change to the
greater metropolitan region is upon US.
We cannot stop it. We can only chan
mel and direct it. And we cannot even
do that unless we act In good season,
For its later than you think"
Marjorie r. Burk,
President. League Of Women
voters Of Fairfax County.
Evening star., 1955-01-25
For the Defense of Formoso

There should be no illusions as to the
significance of the Presidents FormoSa
message. He has asked for, and Congress
seems willing and even eager to grant, far
ranging authority which would have shocked
the America of two short decades ago.
It hardly seems possible that less than
90 years have passed since Franklin Roose-
yelt spoke brayely of ''quarantining" ag-
gressors, and then beat a hasty retreat in
the face of popular protest. Yet this none
tleless is the fact
President Eisenhower has laid it
Squarely on the line. He is not asking Con-
gress merely to authorize the defense OF
Fornosa and the Pescadores II they should
be attacked. although this, OF course, is
included. His request goes far beyond such
an authorization. What he is asking for is
an express authorization by Congress, even
though he may already have the power, to
engage with our armed forces "in whatever
operations may be required" to preserve
the vital stake of the free world in free
FormoSa." The congressional response has
been prompt and favorable. Resolutions
offered in both houses authorize the Presi-
dent, for the specific purpose Of securing
and protecting" Fdrmosa and the Pesca-
dores from armed attack, to secure and pro-
tect related positions" now in friendly
hands, and to take ''such other measures
as he judges to be required or appropriate"
in assuring the defense Of the specified
islands. What could be broader or more
comprehensive? Under this language, about
the only thing the President could not do
in connection with the defense of FormoSa
would be to issue formal declaration of
war. The hope is that the announcement
of our readiness to fight will lead to peace.
But 1t could bring war.
And yet, what alternative is there? No
one disputes the point that the security OF
the United States requires that Formosa be
kept out of Communist hands. And this is
not question of supporting Chang Kali
shek If cease-fire should be forthcoming,
he would be left more or less isolated on
Formosa. But it still would be just as i'm
portant for us to defend Formosa If he and
his troops were not there In modern war,
however, it is imperative that the means
of defense be available and ready before
not after-an attack. The members of
Congress know this, and this is why there
is so little disposition to write limitations
and restraints into the grant of authority.
For better or worse, the defense of Formosa
must be left to the discretion of the Presi-
dent and his military advisers. There SIM
ply is no other rational course. And this is
true even though the only assurance against
rash action which could plunge the Nation
into major war arises in Speaker Ray
burns words, from the fact that this au-
thority is being entrusted to prudent men,"
Evening star., 1955-01-25
We'll Ahead but

Chairman Lewis L. Strauss Of the
Atomic Energy Commission in his recent
talk to the National Press Club. has drawn
a reassuring picture of American strength
in terms of nuclear and thermonuclear
weapons. AT the same time, however, he
has made clear that our country, In view Of
the Soviet Unions progress in this field, has
no reason whatever to be complacent.
On the bright side of the picture, ac-
cording to MFR. Strauss, is the fact that the
United States wholly apart from It's highly
promising advances in harneSsing the atom
for industrial power and other benef1cent
uses-has good ground for considering itself
"well ahead Of any competition at this time"
in the grim business of producing A-weap-
ons and the hydrogen bomb. Indeed, our
national achievement in that respect has
far excelled anything envisioned by most of
the experts during the early days of our
postwar atomic project. And the result is
that our stockpile of nuclear and thermonu-
clear ornaments "is large, Is growing
rapidly, and is diversified to suit the needs
Of the services and the particular tasks they
are to accomplish in<the unhappy event Of
war"
But this does not warrant the slightest
degree of smugness on our part. For what
we must constantly remember, as MFR.
Strauss has emphasized. is that the Rus
slams, too, are producing hydrogen bombs
as well as A-weaporis, "and 1t is unintelli-
gent to decry their scientific competence"
Further, through artful propaganda, they
have persuaded many people abroad, espe-
cially in backward areas or In places where
there Is no free flow of information, that
Soviet nuclear and thermonuclear expert
ments are all non-military and benign,
whereas ours are wicked. warmongering
and horrendouss-a fantastic but effective
line OF talk that must be countered vigor-
ously with an effort to impress upon the
entire world the rich promise of President
EiSenhower's atoms -for-peace plan and the
significance of the fact that our country has
been humble In the face of the realization
OF our potential for great good or for great
evil"
In any event, even though the United
States currently has good lead in the
atomic race, there can be little doubt that
our margin Of superiority Is thing Of only
limited value and that Mr.. Strauss Is right
In expressing the feeling that Soviet nuclear
and thermonuciear progress reduces the
time within which the world must work out
q sort Of modus vivendi." Clearly enough,
the longer such live-and-let-live agree
ment remains elusive. the more mankind
win be La danger Of drifting into an all
engulnng catsstrof3ne.
Evening star., 1955-01-25
Too Valuable to Lose

The retention OF General Ridgway as
Army Chief Of Stan, although he viii be
eligible for retirement in early March, is
logical decision and should be OF beneflt
to the Nation. At the age OF SO, General
Ridgway not only will be at the peak OF
q distinguished military career but also in
q particularly advantageous position to
contribute his best Judgment on vitally
important questions affecting the future OF
the Army and the national security.
The size and composition Of the military
forces currently are scheduled for revision
that calls for greater emphasis on air power
and reduction In personnel OF both the
Army and the Navy. A congressional
scrutiny Of these plans already is assured,
and General Ridgway will be one OF the
qualified and responsible witnesses called
to discuss and explain the proposals to the
proper committees on Capitol HILL The
fact that he already Is on record as being
critical of some aspects of the plans should
not detract from his value as q witness
Certainly, the executive and legislative
branches of the Government have a COM
mon objective in this matter. namely, to
assure a military structure that offers the
best possible guarantees Of national security,
and examination Of the problem calls for
the best informed opinion.
In addition, because Of his earlier serv-
Ice as Supreme Commander Of Allied
Powers both In Europe and in the Far East,
General Ridgway is well qualined to be part
Of the Governments top policy making
team on our worldwide commitments He
Is, in short, too well qualified TO lose at this
time.