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Evening star., 1955-11-21

even murder. how can these
elections be free2
In some localities In this
land Of free" elections, the
election registrar has no fixed
address. and hides from some
OF the electorate until too late
to register. In Mississippi
those who are not wanted on
the election rolls are asked to
answer 81 questions and the
answers must satisfy the
questioner. Those who happen
to get on the rolls are asked
to withdraw their names or
lose their jobs. their homes
or whatever credit they may
have In the community.
The N. A. A. c. p. for its
solo fight in trying to do
something about this situation
is being branded as COM
munistic. win someone kindly
tell Mr.. Dulles. and all others
on his team. to take q little
time tand money out from
trying to save the world. and
zee that we get "free elections"
all ever these United States.
Herman J. Ford.
Evening star., 1955-11-21
Fed Up With Labor

! see by the papers where
Gov. McKeldin has been asked
to request the Federal Govern
Inent for surplus foods for la
Dor union strikers against the
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
State Senator Goodman. DEM
ocrat Of Maryland, wrote the
Governor to make the request
Of the Bureau Of Excess Foods.
The Senator said 900 families
are suffering hardship on ac-
count OF the strike.
It would set a bad precedent
for the Federal Government
to give aid to labor union
strikers. II they are given aid.
soon all strikers would de-
mand Federal aid. It would be
an act Of the Federal Govern
ment aiding and abetting
labor union lords. Give the
unionists a taste Of their own
medicine that they may wake
up to what they are doing
against their fellow nonunion
workers. Let the unions take
care Of the 500 families that
are suffering because Of the
strike. They are the unions
babies. not the taxpayers.
Nish Showers.
Evening star., 1955-11-21
Seconds Slow Motion

The philosophic reflections
Of that genial sage Charles
Z. Tracewell and his familiar
Templeton Jones very often
strike q responsive chord in my
soul. / found myself In COM
plete harmony with his recent
dissertation on the herd mind
and noisy gadgets.
Crowds, noise and speed have
become the three leading
American conceptions Of en-
joyment.
AS for speed, ! would not put
another high-powered car on
the streets Of Washington II 1t
were offered me as q gift.
When it's too far to walk !
can still afford q cab. They do
not cost as much as q private
locomotive.
And what is 1t all about
this higher and higher speed
ing, to rush faster and faster
from nowhere. to nowhere?
What are they all running
away from?
Theresa H. Russell.
Evening star., 1955-11-21
MentoI Illness

According to John Nickel
way Of The Star. the drugs.
chlorpromazine and serpasil
may usher In q new era in the
treatment Of mental Illness.
New drugs alone win not be
enough without long-oyerdue
reforms: one such being the
abolition Of the attendant or
guard system Of mental In
mate care. The abusive. bru-
tai. and sometime . fatal
treatment Of the insane by
unsupervised attendants has
been the rule rather than the
exception In the shameful his
tory. Of mental inmate care.
The elimination Of prison
adjuncts such as iron window
bars. heavy locks and keys and
holstered policemen might also
have amazing therapeutic re-
suits. People who are Gagged
and treated like criminals or
vicious animals suffer consid-
erable psychic traurna. Beau
tiful landscaping and trees,
when viewed through iron
bars, lose much Of their seda-
tive effect.
II all the iron bars on all
mental institutions in this
country were removed, sold
for scrap and the proceeds
used for research. progress in
this field might be pushed
ahead many years.
With awakened public inter-
est and q wider acceptance Of
the concept that mental ILL
ness Is q disease rather than
the Just reward for . mis-
spent childhood or youth,
mental institutions may yet
become hospitals instead Of
concentration camps and the
mentally III may yet attain
the status Of patients. They
have already waited too long
for understanding instead Of
censure. sympathy instead Of
contempt, disqualification in
stead Of imprisonment. and
treatment rather than punish
ment.
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Evening star., 1955-11-21
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
New Crops Boost Farm Income
By THOMAS R. HENR'

Crops unheard of . genera
ton ago have come 10 the
American farm.
The significance Of various
obscure plants-sesame, SAT-
flower, Mexican yam - is
stressed by the American
Chemical Society's Journal Of
Agricultural and Food Chem
istry. None probably Is Of
major Importance but they add
greatly to farm incomes in
various sections.
Hitherto sesame. long Q ma
ior crop in the Near East. has
been something out Of Ara
bian Nights to most Americans:
This year, however. approxi-
mately $4,000 acres have been
planted In the Southwest.
Sesame is important chiefly
for its oil. which has about the
same uses as olive oil. It long
has been recognized that the
South needs q new oilseed
crop to supplement cottonseed.
There also Is q considerable
demand for the seed In manu-
facture Of bread, candy and
cookies. Sesame cake or meal,
It has been demonstrated.
makes an excellent livestock
feed. Both seed and oil viii
keep for several years without
becoming rancid.
An Improved Vsriety
This year Q new variety has
been introduced after IL years
Of research by the South Caro-
lima agricultural experiment
station which yields as much
as 1000 pounds per acre with
an oil content Of about 4S per
cent and q protein content OF
nearly 80 per cent. Develop
ment Of new protein crops u
highly important throughout
the world.
Texas started sesame farm
ing in this country two years
ago. Although only 1000 acres
were harvested. the crop
amounted to 100000 pounds
and was quite profitable. The
crop this year. the journal
estimates, should approach
I'VE million pounds. About
half Of this win be used by the
baking trade. Crops as great as
1900 pounds to the acre are
predicted.
Another oriental oil and dye
crop which is getting q strong
foothold In the United States
Is safdower. 1t Is best known
for the brilliant red dye OBJ
tanned from its seeds. The oil
has considerable value In cook
ing. This year, 1t Is estimated.
about $4,000 acres have been
planted In California and 1900
acres In the Pacific Northwest.
The rest Of the United States
probably viii have . planting
Evening star., 1955-11-21
Free Country?
Nlsh Showers,

One Of the foremost reasons
for the failure OF the recent
Geneva Conference was the
contention OF our own Sec
retary Of State for free elec-
tions" in Germany. He, Of
course. was not alone in his
stand on this highly COM
mendable issue. but was sup
ported by both France and
England. against lone Russia,
who knew that such a thing
would mean the end Of
Russian control in the New
Germany.
We know that, since becom-
ing our Secretary Of State, Mr..
Dulles has been q very busy
man, flying to and from var
ious capitals and important
cities Of the world. and we are
willing to give him a pat on
the back for standing up as
he did for "free elections" in
Germany. But we are wonder
ing If. on one Of his flying
visits to the United States,
someone has told him how
badly free elections are need
ed in his own homeland, and
how urgent is the need for
strong men like him to take
q stand for them.
II free elections are good for
Germany tand they are) they
are good for Mississippi, Ala
bama, Georgia, South Carolina
and every State in the Union.
oh yes. we know that our
Constitution has q guarantee
somewhere In 1t. but with such
devices as economic sanctions,
threats, intimidations. and
Evening star., 1955-11-21
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Now there was nothing to
do but rake them up, and hope
the busy man with the satel-
lites would collect them all
some day.
Templeton Jones leaned back
on his rake.
Well. at any rate, he wouldn't
have to burn them. !
Piles Of leaves always wor-
ried him q bit; he thought of
condagrations at the wrong
time, set in the wrong way,
and he knew how fierceiy dry
leaves burned. especially In q
wind.
He would be glad when all
the leaves were gone.
The annual nuisance would
be over. There would always
be enough dropping leaves to
collect in fence corners, and
along hedges. to keep small
things warm in the soil.
Temp Jones went in to
lunch, well satisfied with life.
While he was eating. along
came two modern versions of
Dayy Crockett, at least they
thought so in their own minds.
They had the hats, they had
safety versions of Ole Betsy.
What would they do?
Lets put those leaves around
the bushes" said one. In child
hoods realm. all is left to In
slant inspiration. Planning Is
out. It's all "Let'sl"
The two worked like beavers.
carrying great armfuls of
leaves.
Soon the pile Templeton
Jones had taken q full hour to
create was reduced TO nall,
while his own yard was being
covered with leaves again.
Silently the Crocketts worked
away, piling leaves higher and
higher, until they were four
feet high. and extending out
for a full six feet In all direc-
tions.
1t was at this point that
Templeton Jones appeared on
the scene again. to iind' his
work not only undone. but Ito
be done again.
This time. with . sigh. he
raked and burned.
Two Davy Crocketts ut one
time had been too much for
him. s4
Probably at times they are
too much for the mothers OF
Davy Crocketts, too. Maybe the
mothers Of Davy Crocketts
don't know. Maybe that's the
reason the mothers of Dayy
Crocketts never see anything.
Evening star., 1955-11-21
Opening Gun

Adlai Steyenson's first speech since
announcing his candidacy was, as he con-
ceded, strictly political. After all, one
can hardly address gathering Of poll
ticians who have paid 500 plate for
their dinner without talking politics. At
that price, the politically minded are not
interested in travelogues or philosophical
dissertations.
So Mr.. Stevenson's Saturday night
effort was keyed to the political theme,
and 1t may be most usefully examined
for clue to the line he will take II he
emerges as the Democratic candidate.
There was, OF course, an attack on the
Republican domestic record. This included
bout with the special interests, but Mr..
Stevenson's heart did not seem to be In 1t.
This, after all, is Harry Truman's spe-
cialty. He has worked 1t over from stem
to stern, and 1t Is . subject which Is
peculiarly suited to the Truman TECH
nique. Mr.. Stevenson may get back to 1t,
but on Saturday night he did little more
than pay his respects to the tissue" which
Mr.. Truman rode to victory In 1o48.
OF greatest interest, for what they
may lead to In the future. were his re-
marks on foreign policy. Mr.. Stevenson
did not attack along the main lines of
the Republican effort He could hardly
do that, for the Republicans took their
program over almost bodily from the
Democrats. Mr.. Stevenson made three
comments, however, which may indicate
the points at which he viii concentrate
his attack. He said we must have learned
that sound foreign policies cannot be de-
vised with one eye on the budget and the
other on divisions In the Republican
party; that in the fiuctuating market Of
world affairs there Is no bargain base
ment where peace Is for sale cheap. and
that we must play our generous part" In
the bettering Of the human lot.
II this means anything, it means that
Mr.. Stevenson Is going to challenge his
political foes on the budgetary battle
ground One OF the strongest Republican
appeals next year certainly is going to be
based on balanced -or nearly balanced
budget, and stabilized dollar. This Is
going to be a formidable campaign weap-
on, and Mr.. Stevenson knows it. Presume
ably, judging from his remarks Of Satur-
day night, he has decided to meet this
issue head-on by attempting to show that
dollar stability Is being achieved at the
price Of doing too little in the effort to
turn back the Communist tide. This is
subject which invites intelligent discus
sion. II debated at the proper level, it
could serve most useful purpose. But
whether It would also be politically help
full, from the Democratic point Of view,
Is quite different question.
Evening star., 1955-11-21
The Visiting Nurses

Do your readers have any
idea how the visiting Nurse
Association serves their COM
munity every week In the
year? Do they know that part
time nursing care is avail
able for every Arlingtonian,
whether he can pay for these
services or not?
Many patients can be cared
for at home and are happier
when close to their families.
The Visiting Nurse, under the
doctors guidance, teaches care
OF the sick. preparation Of
diets, care of the new baby.
giving Of treatments. and en-
courages people to help them
selves.
The Board Of Directors Of
the VIVA. Of Arlington invites
any interested person to be-
come q member Of its organi-
zation. The cost Of an annual
active membership is IS; a life
active membership is 500, or
an associate membership Is 81.
A check, money order or re-
quest for additional informa-
ton may be sent TO the
VIVA. Of Arlington. 3S25 N.
Pershing drive. Arlington. Va.
We are writing this letter TO
acquaint your readers with
their VIVA. and to inform
them that their paid member
ship In the organization and
their contribution through the
Community Chest make pos
sihle free or below-cost nursing
care to those unable to pay the
regular fee.
Our finances and our morale
need the support Of those who
value the services given by the
Visiting Nurse Association.
Catherine Ball,
President. Visiting Nurse
Association Of Arlington.
Evening star., 1955-11-21

Of about 10000 acres. The
paintings are expected 10
yield about $50 tank cars Of
crude oil.
OF perhaps even greater
significance Is the Mexican
yam. q source Of some Of the
steroids from which cortisone
is synthesized. Horticulturists
at Louisiana State University
say this yam, which looks like
q cactus, will grow well in that
State. Although the plant is
inedible, q considerable num-
ber Of chemicals besides the
cortisone steroids are concen-
trated In It's roots.
Winters Wen in Ground
"we have found" +" says DR..
Julian Miller. chief Of horti-
culture research at LSU. shat
It viii remain In the ground
all winter. allowing the farmer
to harvest it at his conven-
ience."
This yam contains more Of
the compound from which cor
tisone is made than any other
plant found in q worldwide
search by Department Of Agri-
culture plant explorers. It was
brought to the LSU experiment
station three years ago and
university researchers have
grown about 500 seedlings from
which they have obtained %
promising varieties. Yams al-
ready produced weigh as much
as one pound but now the
search Is on for q two-pound
variety. The stock viii not be
made available to the public
for at least two years.
Sorghum Is coming TO the
front as q major crop. A dis
covery Q few years ago ct the
Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station has made possible new
varieties with yields Of from 20
to 40 per cent greater than
that Of old-fashioned kinds.
The hybrids win be released In
the next two years and Texas
farmers stand to gain about
425 million when these hybrids
take over Q major part Of the
land devoted to this crop.
Sorghum now has become
the chief grain cereal crop
grown in Texas, In some years
exceeding the combined PRO-
duction of wheat. corn. oats
and barley. Before long the
Texas experimenters expect to
have q variety which can be
harvested like wheat. The
stubble from such q crop. they
point out, would be especially
valuable In preventing wind
erosion of soil. One new vari-
ETY. has been found rich in
vitamin A and Is similar 10
yellow corn.
Evening star., 1955-11-21
Leaves, leaves, leaves

Leaves, leaves, leaves
The world seemed nothing
but leaves that day. Is Tenn
pleton Jones raked. raked.
raked.
He pulled them this way.
and pushed them that way.
He heaped them up, and the
wind sent them scurrying.
Jones was in q hurry be-
cause the leaf collecting man
had come along and piled up
neat little mounds Of his own.
II Jones could get his own
private collection on the little
heaps, his pestiferous leaves
would be collected along with
the rest.
So he hurried, something
Templeton Jones never likes to
do, II he can avoid 1t.
The leaves blew as the wind
whistled.
The wind blew down Jones'
neck, making him hitch his
collar . little higher than
usual.
No sooner would he get his
nile neat and tidy. than the
winds would come with rush,
and blow a hundred component
units across the street.
Then, with the fitful change
ableness Of winds, they rushed
back 500 leaves onto Jones
pile.
It was . hopeless sort Of
Job, and he wondered II he
was doing right by nature.
After all. nothing makes
compost as well as leaves, at
least in the popular imagina-
ton.
Organic gardeners. odd crea-
lures with a bias toward
nature, have many ideas as to
the making Of compost, but the
ordinary everyday gardener
has but one.
Leaves, and more leaves
They came swooping around
Jones as he raked madly, now
here, now there.
How fine it was. to rake up
the leaves. and keep them from
blowing over a neighbor's lawn.
The only trouble with the
scheme was that the neighbor
never seemed to mind his
leaves blowing on Jones lawn.
The thing was not . two
way street. as far Is others
were concerned.
They didn't help Jones. even
II he tried to help them.
Ho, hum, the leaves were
swirling, and the winds were
twirling them again.
The time for compost had
come and gone.
Evening star., 1955-11-21
A Ploee TO Proy

The empty church seems hal
Io,Ded. blest.
A fitting place for hearts to
rest.
Here noble thoughts are OiDen
birth.
All things assume their proper
north.
Remembering happy days OF
yore,
I knoiU good days are stiH IN
store;
Mem strength 1 md to face the
day,
NetO courage sends me on my
ioGyi
Emily Carey AIIemos
Evening star., 1955-11-21

One Elgar Smith took 'tmili-
tant integrationists" to task
in a letter to The Star. Mr..
Smith bemoans the fact that
more attention is not paid to
the advice and writings Of
Fora Neale Hurston. the late
Hattie Mcdaniel and Davis
Lee, In the minds Of the
greatest majority of Negro
citizens, these three people do
not represent any but q mere
handful OF ignorant. scared
Negroes or those whose jobs
depend upon exploitation Of
the segregated pattern Of
living.
One reason Negro readers
seldom know what these
writer's are saying is because
no reputable Negro paper pub
fishes what they write unless
1t is to editorially criticize
them. H wever. Southern
newspapers generally print
and pay for the articles fur
nished them by Davis Lee.
It is truly pitiful that seq
regationists don't learn some-
thing Of the character and the
truth Of what some Of their
heroes report. One such writer
whose articles have appeared
in many weekly papers in Vir-
ginia and the South has spent
many years in the penitentiary
and is thoroughly discredited.
He is typically renegade. How
silly can some opponents Of
segregation be?
Z. B. Henderson,
President, Virginia National
Association for the ADJ
vancement Of Colored
Evening star., 1955-11-21

follow q set course but twists
and turns. sometimes dipping
down to within 10000 feet'of
the earth's surface. There is
a second Jet stream in the
Southern Hemisphere. passing
over Australia, New Zealand,
South America and South A.
rica.
@. What city Of the United
States houses the largest num-
Der of Navy dependentsP-
A. M.
A. The Norfolk (Va.) area,
with 56,975 dependents in mid
1855, calls itself the Capital
of the Navy" San Diego is Q
close second, followed by San
Francisco. Long Beach, and
Newport, r. !.
Evening star., 1955-11-21

Pen names mag Be 1sed q
letters carry writers correct
names and addresses. An
letters are subject to coRden-
sdttoH.
Evening star., 1955-11-21

@. In what country does q
standard passenger railroad
reach the highest point above
sea level?--E. j. w.
A. The highest point on a
standard gauge railroad is l5.-
865 feet, reached by the Cen
trail Railroad of Peru at La
Gina (the Summitl. Only one
other railroad goes higher, a
small narrow-gauge line in
Chile.
@. Does the Jet stream In the
upper atmosphere follow q
regular course around the
earth and is there one In the
Southern Hemisphere also?-
A. e. M.
A. The Jet stream does not
Evening star., 1955-11-21
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BY THE HASKlN SERVICE

NAH e as.ua, SyesSn b. EaIps
5 p & s PisDse ineios i B cents % M posSss - " ~
Evening star., 1955-11-21
2. B. Henderson.

President. Virginia National
Association for the Ad-
vancernent Of Colored
People.
Evening star., 1955-11-21
Integrution Views

X. c.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-10-05
Detroit To Host
1859 CFU Confab

Philadelphia, Pa. - D e.
troit, Michigan, will play host
to the 10th National Quad
rennial Convention of the
Croatian Fraternal Union of
America in September of
1859.
Detroit won out for the
honor over Cleveland, Ohio,
during the course of the So
ciety's 9th National Quad
rennial Convention, held Sep
tember 1926 last in Phla-
delphia and attended by 81
Delegates from all parts of
America and Canada.
Other cities which bid for
the 1859 conclave were To-
ronto, Ontario, Chicago, Ill,
and Youngstown, Ohio.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-10-05

Sunday, October 9, at the
Church Hall. Starting time,
200 PM sharp.
Many interesting matters
await the pleasure of those
in attendance, among them
the Quarterly Report by our
Board of Trustees.
Most interesting will be the
report of our Delegate to the
Croatian Fraternal Unions
9th N a ational Quadrennial
Convention, bro. John R. Mi
kan. 1t was during the course
of this gathering, held Sep
tember 1926 in Philadelphia,
that bro. Mikan was elected
a member of the Board of
Trustees of the Croatian Fra
ternal Union.
Inasmuch as bro. Mikan
has long served Lodge IS as
it's Secretary, and in other
official capacities, we owe it
to him to turn out for the
meeting on Sunday, October
9, and congratulate him on
attaining this great honor
during the 9th Convention.
Margaret Zupcic, Pres.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-10-05
Pathfinders To
Mark 18th Year

West Allis, Wise. - The
C.F.U. "Pathfinders" Lodge
731 will hold their 25th An
niversary affair on Saturday,
October 18th, at Kralj's Hall,
located at Goth Street at
West Madison Avenue in
West Allis.
This event marking a quar-
ter century milestone of ex-
istence will be a supper dance
beginning with a supper
served at 600 PM. sharp for
the very nominal charge of
one dollar and fifty cents per
person which sum includes
dancing to Al Rodig's Orches-
ira Immediately after the
supper.
If unable to attend the an
niversary supper, admission
to the dance alone may be
gained for only the outlay of
fifty cents. We urgently in
vite all lodges in Milwaukee
County, Racine, Kenosha and
our across the state-line
friends in Waukegan and
North Chicago to attend.
John Sarich, Pres.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-10-05

be members of all the CFU
Nests Of Northern California.
The arrangements commit
tee has been authorized to
hire some of the best talent
to entertain that day. A mod
ern dance band and a tam
buritza orchestra. will be en-
gagged to provide dance mu-
sic, until the early hours of
the morning.
The Arrangements Com
mittee, headed by Chris Ra-
dovan, is made up of George
Bartulovich, Catherine Ceti-
Mich, Peter Capitanich, Peter
Obad and Nick Basika.
Committee members, who
will be selling admission tic
kets, are: Paul Srok, Matt
Batko, Peter Ivicevich, Ed
ward Bailly, Tony Ivanetich,
George Ivancan, Mary ORA
gich, Rudy Palihnich, Will
am Blazevich, Of San Fran
cisco; John Bartulovich, Geo.
Bartulovich, Frank Belovu-
cich, Peter Capitanich, Carl
Pusich, Catherine Cetinich,
Nick Basika, of Oakland; Kay
Jagich, John Scurich, and
Madeline Pavlovich, Of Wat
sonville; George Glavas, Nick
Bican, Anna Radman, Peter
Lozancich, Tony Markov and
John Oreb, of Sacramento;
Matt Brykovich, William San