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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
Mony-Siided Proqrom'

i Secretary of Agriculture Benson Is
trying to be- realistic in his approach to
the farm problem. He acknowledges, to
start, that 1t is a dilemma for which no
single plan is cure-all, and for which
even ''many-sided program" promises
only to help "in the direction we must CO."
He Is plainly aware, too, that 1t looms
now as the major political issue of 1856
and that the Republican administration
must respond to the challenge. Against
tais background, the Secretary in agree
nnent with President Eisenhower, has re-
Vealed in outline, but not in detail, six
point program to supplement present
Government aids to agriculture.
I In brief, the plan includes the fol-
loving: Expansion of exports, increased
purchases to remove market SURPRISES,
an enlarged soil conservation and incen-
tive payment program, the broadening
Of efforts to aid low-income farm families,
stepped-up research into ways of lower
ing production costs and finding new
uses for farm products, and the speeding
Of 10-State project for better use of
land in the Great Plains area.
For the most part this is long term
program not likely to have significant
impact by next year on declining farm
prices and income. On the long-term
basis, however, several of the proposals
hold promise not only of aiding the farm
economy but Of conserving natural re-
sources of the country. One of the dam
aging effects of past efforts to bolster
farm prices through supports and sub
sides, for example, has been the employ
hnent of land for crops not suited to it
adding to unneeded SURPRISES while de-
pleting soil and water in the affected
kreas. The plan to offer incentive pay
ments for diversion of much of this land
Into grass forest and forage acreage has
drawn increasing interest in the past few
months.
In summary, Mr.. Benson acknoWl-
edges that this program is only one more
step in dealing with problem for which
neither political party has found mag
ically effective answer. 1t will be debated
at length in the coming months-in Con-
gress and elsewhere, politically and other
wise. The fact remains, however, that
the basic farm program of the Eisenhower
administration of which the flexible
support plan is major part-has not
Yet had time to prove itself good or bad.
1t merits a fair trial, as many OF its
Democratic supporters-as we'll as Re-
publican-have agreed. Meanwhile, the
new proposals likewise are worth try.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
Orderly Road Planning

Co-ordinated planning OF highways in
Northern Virginia has become an urgent
need, with the continuing rapid develop
ment of the counties and cities of that
area. In the past the various jurisdic-
lions have done their own planning, with
more regard for adapting roads to the
State highway program than to the
changing requirements of their own and
neighboring communities. The time Is
overdue for interjurisdictional co-opera-
ton in planning for the mutual traffic
problems that lie ahead.
A welcome move in the direction Of
such teamwork has been made by the
Northern Virginia Planning Commission.
1t has created an advisory committee to
work for more cooperation and co-ordi-
nation in regional highway planning
Each OF the six Jurisdictions in nearby
Virginia will be asked to designate repre-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07

I have read with interest
the problem high schools are
having with cadet uniforms
and enrolment. AS an old
cadet, l would like to offer the
following suggestions:
Why can't businessmen and
civic organizations get a little
community pride and back the
cadets? Different business
houses and civic organizations
could buy them uniforms.
Everyone is talking about ju-
venile delinquency, but. like
the weather, nobody does any
thing about 1t. Here is a
golden opportunity. Hig h
school cadets teach pride. dis
cipline, courtesy and respect.
To encourage enrolment let
Congress grant draft defer
ment to boys who have perfect
attendance records for four
years in the cadets.
1t would also be possible for
colleges to give military schol-
arships for outstanding cadets.
Schools could also give a credit
towards graduation for faith
full cadet performance.
Joseph e. Tracey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
Laboratory Animals

We thoroughly agree with
Merle Sandel on laboratory
animals. That dogs are con-
fined in small cages without
exercise or sunshine for an I'M
limited time is a disgrace to
the National Capital. I, my
self. saw a small dog in a cage
too narrow for her to turn
around. and very large ami
NAL crowded into space where
he was unable to sit erect.
All humane societies have
fought to exhaustion this I'M
necessary cruelty. With mil
lions of dollars in possession
of the American Medical Assoc
citation. why is this dastarGly
act of neglect allowed to 60
on? Only Howard University
provides quarters for animals
up to standard. How can dogs
be in normal health for cor
rect and scientific response to
these experiments when sub
jected to days, weeks and
months of terrific repression
and abuse? Let the general
public rise up in protest
against such treatment of ami
mails and demand justice, free
dom and kindness for these
victims of mans selfishness.
Mrs. ii. ID. Albin,
Secretary Animal Protective
Assn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
Frosty Morning

In this brief internal the
World OF mortals
Is left behind at last, and
men ,Dho 90
From Dwellings, find them
SelUeS lOithin the portals
OF tdryland. Around them
there is no
Small uglineSS nor drabneSS,
only ponder.
Each tree tuithholdS its
breath, lest 1t should
stir
A single ttDig that stands up
proudly under
Its height OF snowy fringe
scarcely heavier
Than thistle tedtherSi Dotun
the White-gold air,
To those Dho listen, comes
the clear Sneet sound
OF beauty singing. and every
one dWare
OF bedhtu'S Uoice tDiH cherish
her profound
And louelv language Uhen he
cannot see
Abundant frost betrtnging
every tree.
EIoine v. Emons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07

@. How many school, bus &C
cidents happened last year,
E. J. S.
A. In 81 States from which
reports are available for 1854,
there were 4,454 school, bus &C
cidents, in which 10 pupils
were killed and l.l04 injured.
The reporting States operated
110,857 vehicles and trans
ported 6,590,086 pupils during
the year. The largest number
of pupil deaths was caused
by pupils being struck while
crossing the road to get to or
from a bus.
@. What are the most crit
ical years for a new business?
H. z.
A. The first five years are
the hardest. according to De-
partment of Commerce studies.
They show that 81 per cent Of
businesses fail in the first five
years, and almost IS per cent
in the first six.
@. From what opera is Han
del's we'll known Largo
taken?-E.U.
A. The Largo" is actually
the aria "Ombra mai flu" from
the opera "Serse" tXerxes) It
is sung by the Prince OF Persia
in praise Of a plane tree In the
shade Of which he Is lying.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
By THOMAS R. HENRY,
A Great Achievement in Astronomy

wavelength of visible light. A
pack of 500 Of these is about
half as thick as a sheet of
tissue paper. Several of them
completely vanished while they
were being carried, with ex-
IRENE care, up one floor of a
Bureau of Standards elevator.
The device is known as an
"image converter" Visible light
received by the telescope is
converted into electrons of
much shorter wapelength. Un-
der ideal conditions this en-
ables taking photographs with
the same amount, of light a
hundred times more rapidly.
Clear Pictures Expected
The 200-inch telescope. DR..
Hall explains, probably repre-
sents nearly the ultimate size
at which telescopes can be
built for practical purposes.
A larger one would show little
more, in some, cases not as
much. The objective from now
on will be to increase the
light-gathering power of ex-
isting instruments.
The new device, DIR. Hall
said, also probably will 60 far
towards solving the, trouble
some problem of atmospheric
seeing" The. earth's turbu-
lent atmosphere makes it very
difficult, for example, to take
sharp pictures of the planets.
BY cutting down the exposure
time with the image converter
astronomers will be, able to
take advantage of brief in
stants Of good seeing. even as
short as a hundredth of a
second, to obtain much clearer
pictures. This summer the
device will be used to photo
graph Mars when 1t passes
closer to the earth than IL, has
for many years. 10
A few months ago. DR.. Hall
explained, two Johns Hopkins
astronomers were able to get
some clear photographs Of
some linear formations on
Mars, perhaps the celebrated
canals" by means of an Or
binary television tube attached
to telescope. In the past it
has been possible to see these
lines with the eye but they
have not shown on photo
graphs, leading some astrono-
mers to believe that they were
some sort of visual illusion.
The image converter already,
he explained. is a success to
a limited extent but the way
seems fairly clear ahead to
realize almost everything theo-
retically possible. In the fu-
ture, he said, telescopes prob
ably will be built rear-end
first, with more attention be-
ing given the electronic de-
vices than to the lens upon
which practically all attention
has been placed in the past.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

"And I said to him. Now.
what do you think I amp an
he said to me. why. Myrtle"
But what it was he said to
her will never be known. and
perhaps it is just as well.
Old Man Mongoose settles
back in his chair.
What makes him act this
way?
1t is a sort Of secret. A
lover of nature, surely, and one
who lives the inner life Of the
mind.
At times. as to all such. ideas
come.
When they do, like a true
lover of wisdom, he rejoices.
Surely he must be his own
man, in a world where most
men belong to other men.
In a society where most are
afraid, he is still able to leap
to his feet, on the achievement
of an idea. to clap his own
hands in a little honest self
applause, and then to crow.
"Oin-ee! Oin-ee!"
Listen to him carefully
Evangeline. He is trying to tell
you something, but you won't
hear it. You don't want to
hear it. You are interested. no
doubt, in a statement of con-
solidated income, or the right
to vote stock transferred
through the use of proxy.
If you don't want to pre-
tend you don't hear him.
think up a good noise of your
own, and try it out on the so
and so.
When he says. "Oin-ee." you
say "Oin!"
Then the wagon will come,
and take you both away, and
the Office will settle back into
its old dull routine.
Oin-eei
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
Goa and Mr.. Dulles

Although Prime Minister Nehru has
spoken with relative reserve on the sub
ject, some groups in India seem to have
reacted with excessive emotionaliSm to
the Goa statement put out the other day
by Secretary of State Dulles and Portu-
guese Foreign Minister Paulo Cunha The
two merely deplored Soviet Premier Bull
ganins recent assertion that the Kremlin
regards Portugals ancient control of Goa
as shame to a civilized people" But
certain Indian circles have been greatly
agitated by the fact that the Dulles
Cunha statement used the word prov
ince" to describe Goas Status-a fact that
has led them to conclude that the United
States has thrown its full weight behind
Lisbon in Lisbon's dispute with New Delhi.
However, this seems to be an example
Of making much ado about little, or read
ing something between the lines that Is
not really there. At any rate, whatever
may be said for or against using the word
province" in connection with Goa, MIR.
Dulles has made clear that American
policy on the subject still is the same as
it was prior to his Joint statement with
Mr.. Cunha. That is to say, the United
States continues to be anxious for
peaceful settlement of the Lisbon-New
Delhi controversy, whereas Marshal Bull
ganin's remarks suggest that the Kremlin
would like to encourage India to resort
to force to seize the Goan enclave from
Portugal. Mr.. Nehru, for his own part,
has repeatedly declared that the issue
must be resolved by reasonable negotia-
ton, not violence.
The Portuguese also want to negoti-
ate the issue, but they want to negotiate
it on terms different from those proposed
by India, which apparently seeks nothing
less than the unqualified right to absorb
Goa. Morally, legally, historically and
geographically, this Is one of those dis
putes in which both sides can marshal
arguments full of force and merit. Per
haps the only way it can be satisfactorily
settled-as Lisbon has suggested-is with
a plebiscite that would enable the GoanS
to choose for themselves the nature of
their allegiance. In any event. both con-
tending parties should understand that
our own country has no interest in this
matter other than to see peaceful and
reasonable solution. There is no justi-
fcation for any Indian alarm on that
score.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07

A device that promises the
greatest advances in astronomy
in the $50 years since inven-
ton of the telescope now is
being developed by astrono-
mers of the Naval Observatory
and physicists of the Carnegie
Institution of Washington and
the National Bureau of Stand
ards.
1t may, if present hopes are
fulfilled, enlarge the creation
known to man more than
twenty-fold.
1t may make possible pho
tographing objects in space
whose light reaching the earth
is about that of the light Of a
candle across the Atlantic.
It is a highly complicated
combination of telescope and
television tube. The latter. at
tached to such a telescope as
the 200-inch one at Mount Pal
omar. Calf. would extend its
range into space at least two
and a half times. The present
limit reached with this tele-
scope, with visible light and
extremely sensitive photo
graphic plates. is a tiny patch
OF light in the northern sky
about 1000. 000, 900, 000, 000,-
900, 900 miles away. 1t is a
vast system of stars compa-
rable to the whole Milky Way
galaxy of which the - solar
system is an infinitesimal
part. 1t is moving outward into
the unknown of inflnity at a
speed of $4,000 miles a sec
ond. It's light recorded on the
films Of the astronomers
started on its way towards the
earth at a speed Of 10000
miles q second about 100000
600 years ago.
Difficulties to Overcome
The new device, whose pres
emit status was explained by
DR.. John S. Hall Of the Naval
Observatory to the National
Capital Astronomers, should
move the frontiers Of creation
outwards at least 100000
900, 900 600 900 900 miles to the
point where objects are NOV
ing outwards at a speed OF
close to 100000 miles a second.
Eventually. it has been
assumed. there may be a point
where they are moving out
wards from some postulated
center of creation at the
speed of light itself and there,
according TO the relatively
hypothesis, there is an end OF
space and time.
Although notable progress is
being made on the new device
both here and in Europe great
difficulties remain to be over
come, DR.. Hall explained. One
part, for example, requires an
aluminium film from a fifth to
a tenth the thickness of a
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As a Democrat Sees 1t

The Star gives special edi-
toriai attention to Harry Thu
mans political overstatement
that THE Democrats are GO
ing to win next year in any
event because the Republicans
have Just about ruined the
country and the Government"
Unfortunately, The Star is
three years behind in criticiz-
ing our politicians for over
statements. Where was The
Stars complaint when the
G. o. P. platform speakers
said 1--WE charge that the lead
ers of the administration in
power lost the peace. =.
They abandoned friendly ma
tons. They fiouted our
peace-assuring pledges such as
the Atlantic Charter and did
so In favor OF despots. :"
Or when Mr.. Dulles said THE
trend Of our present foreign
policies Is to put our Nation
in the greatest peril 1t has
ever been in in the entire course
Of our national history
when mortal danger is masked
as peace. :" Those quota
tons also serve as further
examples of some Republican
moderation" in discussion OF
foreign affairs.
Why not give at least a little
credit where a lokis due? The
Democrats during the past
three years have shown how
a good, intelligent opposition
party can behave If it will.
The Republicans have behaved
fairly well for Republicans,
partly because of the Presi-
dents cool-headedness and
partly because of the SOLDERING
effect of being in control of
our mighty country. But the
country doesn't need to be in
the control Of some fellows
who have Just wised up.
william H. Davis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
"37th STREET.

.=s "37th STREET.
Dear Sir:
What do you think OF an
Office worker who makes
strange noises as he works?
IT have to put up with such
a man, and / wish I knew
something to do to make him
stop.
"He also insists on having
the window open, nearly freez-
ing me, and the wind upsets
my hair-do.
What shall I do?
After working for many
years in a man-made world. !
know the thing not to do is
protest, so I guess I won't lest
I have my ears pinned back.
Still, there ought to be
something I can do.
What do you suggest?
VERY truly. Evangeline S."
X Il
Well, now, Evangeline, what
a question!
The thing to do is to work
up a little noise Of your own.
Then you may make him
mad. and you will all have a
happy, merry office.
Offices ought to be, and by
right should be. as merry as
they can be, since too often
Office wrok is necessarily dull
and depressing.
All those papers, and clips,
and stamps, and files and
things.
You don't say what sort OF
a noise the guy makes.
We have one down our way
who suddenly, and at the most
unexpected moment. rises from
his desk. claps his hands to-
gether, and makes the cry OF
the wild mongoose.
Now. a wild mongoose makes
lust twice as funny a noise as
tame one.
A tame mongoose, according
to people who have heard
them, goes "oin. oin." but the
wild variety adds a nee"
sound. making a full throated
"oin-nee. oin-nee.
1t may be imagined that this
odd sound, produced offhand
amid the clack of typewriters
and the rustic of file clerks,
has a startling effect.
Here are people immersed in
basic grammar, correct use OF
English, matters of style, filing.
equipment, stationery. letter
forms. duplicating processes,
answering telephones. tele-
grams, cables, bookkeeping, A.
nancial transactions, etc.
Here they are, all working
away looking at the clock to
note how long it is before the
coffee break.
Here they are, including
Miss Evangeline, worrying
about how the work is going
along, and hoping for a raise,
when out of the clear blue sky
yonder comes this scream as
from a lost soul.
"Oin-nee! Oin-nee!"
Brave men shrink, and ladies
nearly swoon.
A sudden hush settles over
the office. all except Miss
Myrtle. who has been telling
Miss Hortense about her date
last night.
AS the cry of the wild mon
goose trails off into silence,
the last sentence from the red
lips of Myrtle stand out on the
hushed air as II engraved
l there,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07

sentatives to serve with the committee
in bringing about an overall highway
program acceptable to all concerned. The
State Highway Department, which has
most of the responsibility for highway
construction in the area, approves of the
idea and is expected to take part in the
series of conferences which the commit
tee plans to hold. This Is sensible move
that should do much to avert conflict and
confusion of the sort that has been
evident in years gone by.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
Babes in the Woods

Ihere is growing impression that
MesSrs. Strauss and Hughes are going to
win their I-refuse-to-answer battle with
the Democratic Senators at the price of
losing the Dixon-Yates political war.
It is doubtless true, as the Atomic
Energy Commission chairman and the
Budget Bureau director have so stoutly
contended, that an important principle
is involved. Congress has no right to
invade the privacy of communications be-
tween the White House and those who
consult with and advise the President.
1t is also true that Admiral Strauss
and Mr.. Hughes are in difficult tactical
situation. 1t seems slightly absurd, for
example, for Admiral Strauss to refuse
to say whether he would notify the White
House if he had detected possibility of
fraud in the Dixon Yates affair. OF course
he would! But if he were to answer that
question, he would be asked another and
another and another. At some point the
area of Legitimate privacy might be
reached, and then the witness would have
to refuse to answer. And at precisely that
point the line of attack would be: You
answered these other questions. Why
don't you answer this one? What are
you covering up?
So this line of reasoning, II one so
chooses, can be made to serve as justin
cation for standing on principle. And If
Messrs. Strauss and Hughes elect to fight
on this ground they probably can win the
battle. But they are not going to win
the war.
They are not going to win the war
because, despite all the disclaimers, it
looks as though they are trying to cover
up something that would be embarrassing
to some one in this administration. Yet
the President himself has said that there
are no skeletons in the Dixon-Yates
closet, and that any one who doubts this
can go to the Acc or the Budget Bureau
and find out for himself. In view of this,
why not tell the whole story? Because
OF the principle at stake? Maybe so, but
the Democrats are going to make hash
out of that stand before they get through.
Despite all the ugly insinuations,
there Is no good reason to believe for a
moment that Admiral Strauss and Mr.
Hughes have been actuated by unworthy
wrongdoing. The same thing goes for
Adolphe Wenzell, New York banker, who
is supposed to have run afoul of the con-
flict-of Interests law in the Dixon-Yates
negotiations.
Definite misgivings concerning MeSsrs.
Strauss and Hughes arise, however, when
one reads the latter's explanation of why
Mi Wenzell's name was omitted from
chronology Of Dixon-Yates events which
the President had said should be made
public. This was the explanation: ut
was believed that mention of his name
would have greatly exaggerated his par
ticipation in the matter"
The misgivings have nothing to do
with the integrity Of Admiral Strauss and
Mr. Hughes. They are concerned, rather.
with their fitness to survive in the politi-
cal jungle into which they have ventured
1t is hard to down the notion that they
would be better of to come back and tell
all