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In mind the geranium thrives
best pot-bound In rather poor
soil. Most fertilizers contain
phosphorus and pot
ash. Nitrogen produces leaf
growth. phosphorus and potash
maintain root growth. Experts
eliminate nitrogen and apply
only PHOSPHORUS and potash
and then only when the plant is
pot-bound and blooming freely.
Blooms: These are produced
only in the growing tip of a
branch. Pinch out q tip to in
duce more branching. Remove
dead leaves and dead flowers to
keep the plant tidy.
Horticultural Hint: The plant
actually is known as a Pelar-
gonium.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-17
oath Rose Festival
Set at Newark
NEWARK. N. Y.


The oath annual rose festival
will be held here June 10 to IS.
Most Of the events win be in
the II acre jackson & Perkins
Co. public rose garden where
more than $4,000 rose bushes are
set out In formal and informal
paintings.
Events include:
June 12-cornation Of Rose Princess
IN amphitheater adjoining garden,
June I7--Ai sisson Day.
June 18--Festiyal of Roses Parade.
June 19-SampSon Air Force Day,
June 22-State Garden Club Day In
Garden House, IL am.
June 23-Senior Citizens Day. 2:3O
pm.
June Governors Day, ceremony to
honor New York's offlcial flower. the rose.
June 2b-American Rose Society In
Garden House, 8 am
June 26-National Flower Day cere-
4ony to honor Senator Margaret Chase
smith and Representative Frances r.
Bolton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-17
DAfFODIL DISPLAY
CONCLUDES TODAY
IN CHEVY CHASE

The Daffodil Show spon-
sored by the Washington
Daffodil Society and Coop
Grating organizations viii
continue today from 9 am.
to 8 pm. in the Woodward
81 Lothrop Chevy Chase
auditorium.
The display, said to be the
second largest in the coun-
try, began yesterday. It fea-
lures show-table type ar
rangements and exhibits by
more than 800 growers. A
fancy showing of miniatures
is a highlight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-17
BY ALBERT s. PULLING
Associated Press Feature Writer

Maybe the nurserymen and
florists gasped for breath after
the big Easter rush. But they
had no time to dawdle. The
benches had to be cleared to
make way for geraniums-and
the ladies.
The men of the Nation WOO
the Misses with orchids and hot
house roses, but when the Mrs.
pays for her, own HORSEPOWER,
nine times out Of 10 she buys a
geranium and gets q lot for her
money.
A look through any maya
zine devoted to homes and gar
dens will show that the geranium
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-17

never has lost its place in the
decorative scheme.
Ever see a picture Of a new,
last-word kitchen that didn't
have as conspicuous accessory a
geranium or two-and some
times six to a dozen?
Grandma. however. may snort,
after glance at the kitchen
picture. "Those geraniums won't
grow where they put them. I
go for all these new-fangled
ideas. but even the smartest
boys haven't been able to change
geraniums.
Expert Comment
Here is some Of Grandma's
lore, plus what the New York
Botanical Garden experts have to
say on geranium culture.
Soil: Ordinary garden soil is
used, four parts rather heavy clay
WA PAAS OAAS pau WCA-TOtJCQ
compost or peat moss.
Sun: Geraniums need all the
sun possible. Indoors, the sunny
window must be devoted to them.
Outdoors. they must be In full
sun. Without sun. they languish,
produce no bloom and grow
spindly, wan and un1ovely.
Temperature: Geraniums can
not endure any appreciable
amount of frost. They are dam
aged by temperatures under 80.
Don't try to rush the outdoor
season. Grandma knew her ge-
raniumS and chose Decoration
Day as Geranium Day for set
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Y 100 DOWN and Balance in ; Years
HOW TO REACH
HOLLYWOOD SHORES

Just an hours driDe from Washington. Take
Branch Avenue (Route 81 through Waldorf and
HughesOile, Md. Seuen miles beyond HughesOille,
at Guys Corner and Halfway House, YOU GO
STRAIGHT AHEAD ON ROUTE 235 to,oard Ler-
igton Park for miles to our entrance sign on your
lett Signs show the ,oay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-08
DISTRICT;
Quick Reossessments
Borred by High Cost

per cent of which is being
financed directly by local tax
payers.
Consequently, the GAO re-
port suggested a mail question.
naire reassesSment in which
property owners would I'LL out
a form and supply the infor-
nation themselves.
Mr.. Martin said it wouldn't
work; that actual inspection
by trained assessors was nee
essary. If a fast survey were
desired, he declared, the city
would have to hire an outside
Arm to do the job.
However, he added, with q
few more assistant assessors
he could clean up the biggest
part of the chore in four or
five years and complete the
whole thing in 10 years.
Robout's Opposition
He told the same thing to
the House subcommittee now
working over the District
budget when they complained
about reassessments. Chair
man Louis c. Rabaut, Demo-
crat. of Michigan didn't like
it. however, and-with others
on the f1ve-man subcommit-
tee-seemed set on a fast
general reassessment by an
outside firm.
Presumably, they're in q
position to do something about
it by earmarking funds for
such a survey in the budget.
In any event. it was at that
point Mr.. Martin suggested
to the Commissioners that
they hire on outside expert to
come in for few days to see
how bad the situation is and
recommend what ought to be
done.
Hurriedly. in a move to give
the House subcommittee some
thing authoritative which it
might accept, the Commits
sioners agreed to spend $500
and told Mr.. Martin to send
for Cuthbert E. Reeves, Buff.
falo IN. " consulting engi-
neer and assessment specialist.
He's slated to do the bulk
of his work this week, and
he'll have to hurry, for the
House subcommittee hasn't
given any signs Of waiting
long before 1t reports to
the full committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-08

If Senator Butler is the
Republican senatorial candi-
date next year, Maryland
might be in for a second chap
ter of that still controversial
1850 campaign in which Mr..
Butler, with the help Of Sena-
tor Mccarthy. unseated Demo-
crat Willard E. TydingS.
Former Senator Tydings, it
is understood. is still indignant
about his unexpected defeat
by man who was then polit-
ically unknown in a dirty
campaign that long will be
remembered for the distribu-
ton by Butler forces of a trick
composite photo which gave
the false idea that Mr. Tydings
was budding with former
Communist Leader Earl Brow
der.
Mr.. Tydings repeatedly is
anxious to vindicate his good
name.
He'll have to do some con-
vincing in his own party,
though, before any vengeance
Is possible. The Democrats,
as usual in Maryland, appear
to have more candidates than
they know what to do with.
- Seven Democrats Named
At last count, seven big
names were being seriously dis
cussed as Democratic candi-
dates for Mr.. Buffers seat.
The only new name in the
pack is that Of Clarence w.
Miles, who shot to prominence
recently as president of the
Baltimore Orioles.
Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro
of Baltimore may decide that
his reelection to third term
Tuesday puts him in line for
the Democratic senatorial
nomination. He. alone, of all
the big-name contenders so
far, can boast that he has
never lost an election in %
races.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-08
DISTRICT:
By HECTOR MCLEAN

The District Commissioners
moved last week to get them
selves of a half-million-dollar
hot spot.
The spot concerns real estate
assessments, and there didn't
seem to be much shelter as
the IRE of criticism began
zeroing in from the House APP
preparations subcommittee in
charge Of the Districts budget
for the next fiscal year.
Subcommittee members had
found some big holes in the
city's assessment picture and
they didn't like it. Nor were
they in a mood to wait for the
gradual, 4-to-10-year reasseSs-
ment proposed by Tax Asses
sor James L. Martin-if he
could get some more assist
ants.
The fire began concentrating
over the assessment spot sew
eral months ago when the
General Accounting Office
charged that big areas Of the
city haven't been reassessed in
yearS-and that no depend
able records exist for assess
ments made before 1948.
The GAO report conceded
that Mr.. Martins short staff
couldn't catch UP with the
backlog Of reassessing old
properties to establish records
for future use.
Reossessment Overdue
At the same time. 1t insisted
a general reassessment was
long overdue-even If only to
"equalize" the tax burden
among District property own
ers. And. the report pointed
out, such a survey might not
produce any additional revenue
for the District. It might even
lose some. because many prop
erty owners might find their
assessments reduced.
The report, however. said a
fast reassessment survey, to
be completed in one or two
years, probably would cost too
much to consider. General
Administration Director
Schuyler Lowe agrees. estimat-
ing such a program would cost
a minimum of nearly $4,000
And the cost, Of course,
would have to come out Of the
city's general fund budget, IS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-08
-
Populous counties Get
Short End Of Payments

gets $22 for 81; Lee gets near
ly $40 for 81.
The seven most rapidly
growing counties get an aver
age of only $10.l0 for every
s26.78 paid the State.
But Is selected stable"
counties get an average Of
5000 for 1882.
What is responsible for this
system of diminishing returns
for those areas undergoing the
most rapid expansion and
consequently in greatest need
of more revenue?
Both Mr.. Fenwick and Mr..
Hirst point to population and
school attendance figures as
the factors basically response
BILE.
Population is one Of the fac
tors used in figuring highway
fund ALLEGATIONS and is the
only factor for calculating the
distribution of profits from the
State alcoholic beverage mon
nopoly.
Population figures used,
however, must be those ar
rived at every 10 years in the
Federal census. No special
censuses between times are
allowed.
This is how it worked, for
instance, with liquor profits:
Fairfax received $125,483 in
the fiscal year 1950-51, based
on the 1910 Federal census
But the following year it got
1926. 223 on per capita basis
from the 1850 census. Despite
its subsequent growth, Fairfax,
like all other counties. will be
bound to the 1850 figures for
five more years.
The principle is the same
with school funds which are
distributed on an average
daily attendance" factor.
State Solory Formula
The State pays a basic
amount toward teachers SAL
aries for every 80 students in
elementary grades and % in
high school, based on enroll
ment of the preceding year.
We're adding nearly 5000
children a year to the Fairfax
school system" Mr.. Hirst says.
so that means we're teaching
that many students without
help from the State. Next
year when we are given money
for this increase, we'll have
5000 more"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-08
BY GERALD WARING

OTTAWA. - More than a
million tulips were in full
bloom here today, to the de-
light of citizens of the Canadian
capital and the embarrassment
of the Board of Trade.
The business group had
scheduled it's annual Tulip Fes-
tival to open May Is, but the
hot sun of an early spring gave
the tulips other ideas. The
flowers bloomed 10 days earlier
than expected, forcing cancel
lation of plans for festival
ceremony in front of the 35,-
000-bulb beds on Parliament
Hill.
There were to have been
speeches by various dignitaries,
carlton music, marching airs
by the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police band, and
presentation Of bouquets of tu-
lips to pretty airline steward
esses for delivery to Queen Eli
zabeth and the premiers of the
10 Canadian provinces.
Bouquets of tulips will still
be sent to the Queen and the
premiers. but without a send
off ceremony.
The agency responsible for
this largest display of tulips in
North America - larger even
than the displays at Holland,
Mich, and Albany, N. Y.-is
the Federal District Commits
sion. Its main task Is the
Identification of Ottawa and
environS.
There have been suggestions
that the FDC try to bring the
tulips to their peak on dates
chosen for the festival. For
instance, the FDC might spray
the plants with growth-inhib-
lting hormones If they advance
too rapidly. as has been done
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-08
WEATHERMAN GOOFED
Heat Wave Sobotoqes
Ottawa Tulip Festival

to control the blooming of
Washington's Japanese cherry
trees. But the official policy
remains letting nature take
it's course.
Board Of Trade Manager
Lynn Jameson said the none
tary, loss to merchants from
the ruin of the festival plans
likely would not be great. The
festival is only in its third
year, and not yet a major
drawing card for visitors.
What we're trying to sell
to tourists isn't just a flower
display, but the whole ma
tional capital" he said. 1.-THE
tulip festival is just the opener
for the tourist season."
Meanwhile the tulips, quite
unconcerned over the situa-
ton, have brought Ottawa to
the height of its springtime
beauty. In 80 beds around
public buildings and along
Ottawa's Scenic Driveway
they are massed to form large
blocks Of color. with every
shade represented from palest
white to deepest mahogany.
It's been. only since World
War II that Ottawa has be-
come the tulip capital Of the
continent. Queen Juliana Of
the Netherlands passed the
years of her wartime exile as
a princess in Ottawa, and In
gratitude for Canadian hos
pitality and Canada's role In
the Liberation Of Holland. she
and the Dutch Tulip Growers
Association have given about
100000 bulbs for planting in
this capital. Seven hundred
and fifty thousand more, pur-
chased by the FDC, bring the
total to wen over million.
Most of them are along Of
tawa's Tulip Drive" which
extends for 80 miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-08
MARYLAND:
Will 1t Be
Butler VS..
Tydinqs?
By GENE GOODWIN

John Marshall Butler, who
has spent a relatively quiet
four and a quarter years in
the United States Senate. has
suddenly come alive.
The Republican Senator
from Maryland has been max
ing headlines right and left
Of late with what seems to be
an endless store of ideas for
bringing more money and jobs
to the Free State.
One explanation of his rise
to prominence may be his en-
ployment of one of the towns
best political press agents.
Robert L. Pritchard, former
publicist for the Republican
National Committee. who has
helped keep Virginia's Repre-
sentative Joel T. Broyhill in
the spotlight for the past three
years.
Senator Buffers recent state
ments and actions give him
the appearance of a man who
is knocking himself out on
such projects as trying to sell
Baltimore's Friendship Air
port as a second terminal for
Washington, Turing proposed
new Atomic Energy and Gen.
trail Intelligence headquarters
facilities to Maryland and per-
suading Congress to authorize
a multi-million-dollar Federal
City" in nearby Prince Georges
County.
For a Senator whose chief
claim to headlines has been
his occasional support of Sena-
tor Joe Mccarthy, this out
break of activity can mean but
one thing: Election time is
approaching and he wants to
keep the job.
No ChaIIeneers-Yet
So far, no one has stepped
forward to challenge Senator
Butler in the first. obstacle he
would face next year If he
seeks re-election-the Repub-
lican primary.
Although he and Gov. Theo-
dore r. McKeldin have had
their differences. there is no
indication at this time that
the Governor would oppose
him. All seems peaceful be-
tween them now. Besides, Gov.
McKeldin, it is believed, wants
to keep himself free to accept
the Republican vice presiden-
tial nomination next year, If
1t should come.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-08
Do-It-YourseIf
Big Question in Suburbs Is Why MenfoIk
Knock Themselves Out on Jobs at Home

a simple project; a shelf or
bookcase. They went through
an incubation period; they
started hanging around hard
ware and lumber stores. Be
fore they knew it they were In.
The stores are real man.
traps. Typical is a huge.
CLASSY establishment whose
displays are so attractive that
wives have been known to
forbid their husbands to enter
unescorted.
The store manager believes
saving money is the first-but
only the flrst-impetus behind
Do-It- Yourself. Fellow starts
with a set of hand tools and
things just happen" he says.
He does fairly we'll. so he
moves on to power tools, and
he keeps going. I've known
service people to sell off their
furniture and fixtures when
they move. but crate and ship
their tools as far as Japan"
Not all the voices raised in
Rural Woods sing the praises
of Do-It-Yourself. The wives.
particularly. tend to adopt an
attitude as best described as
sullen. If not mutinous. They
low-rate their husbands mott
walton as we'll as performance.
AS one young woman said of
males: "They just have to
prove they can do things"
They do it themselves"
another woman chimed IN,
because they're sure we're
around to finish It,"
The first housewife agreed.
Seems she had just spent
seven weekends on hands and
knees, laying a brick wall that
had been carefully marked
out for her by her husband
II there has been a shift r.
the pattern, it is to be seen
among the old hands who have
begun. after much drudeery.
TO turn over the really back
breaking work to local con-
tractors. OF course. there are
still our purists, who feel a
professional hand Is a profane
touch, and to whom Do-It-
Yourself means Positively"
One man installed his own
patio. then watched a neighbor
haze one put in. He started
spreading the word that there
was "a crack in that patio as
wide as your finger-and a
contractor put 1t in"
The dedicated do-it-your-
seller shrugged and added,
land I'll bet he'll never get
the kick out Of his patio that
I get out Of mine"
That kick may be precisely
the reason so many Of US
Do It Ourselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-08
BY MOSBY GRANT

The other day. in Rural
Woods, Va, one of the neigh
bors paused in his work of
laying concrete. stood up,
rubbed his aching back, and
asked the world in general:
why? Why do you sup
pose I'm knocking myself out
trying to do this?"
That is quite a question in
Rural Woods, now that spring
is full on us and the cry of
the Dashed thumb is heard
everywhere. Each week end
we have our Transformation.
A tax attorney becomes a
house carpenter; an Army
colonel trims concrete; a man
agement consultant hangs
wallpaper, and an FBI execu-
tive bangs away installing new
plumbing.
Travel out of town on any
highway and you are likely to
pass through a dozen Rural
Woodses, where the after
hours are willingly and some
times painfully dedicated to
that American phenomena
called do 1t Yourself" Mat
ter of fact, the United States
Chamber of Commerce says
you can find the Rural Woods
energy and drive on display
anywhere there is a suburb in
this land. And the overall eff.
feet, the chamber tells its
members, Is spectacular"
Rural Woodsians of the Nation
are expected to spend Sc bill
lion this year in pursuit of the
new American way Of build
ing a better life.
There seem to be as many
reasons advanced explaining
Do-It-Yourself as there are
dollars spent. Some say it
comes from the fact so many
men learned to use their
hands in the services; or it is
a result of mass population
move to the suburbs; or a re-
lease from humdrum Office
and factory existence; or,
simply. a way to save money.
But Rural Woods folk are less
likely to indulge in philosophy
and heavy statistics in expla-
nation of their efforts. They
look with some humor on the
whole idea, and have a feeling
they might be romancing a bit.
I'll admit it's amazing to
me-" a do-it-yourselfer said,
as he was interviewed while
sitting on a home-built rustic
bench. Il, a 20-year desk
Jockey. complete with paunch.
actually built this thing on
which We sit. Take II for
granted, but 1t amazes mel"
Other neighbors recall hav.
Ing started out about the same,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-08
VIRGINIA.:
BY ALEX r. PRESTON

Recent statements by two
Northern Virginia lawmakers
have focused attention on what
they regard as that States in
equitable methods of distribut-
ing tax revenue among the To-
calities.
Their remarks, given casual
attention, might make it ap-
pear the speakers are poles
apaft when. in fact, both have
the same detectives in view.
Delegate Omer L. Hirst of
Fairfax, lamented a situation
in which he says his county
got back only SO for every $26
in taxes sent to Richmond.
State Senator Charles r.
Fenwick, whose county of Ar
lington gets back only So for
every $44, said that theoreti-
cally the localities should re-
ceive nothing from the State.
What he had in mind, of
course, was the principle
spelled out in the Virginia
constitution that the State
shall not impose more taxes
than are required to maintain
essential governmental serv-
ices.
An examination of the pic
ture as a whole leads to the
conclusion that rapidly ex-
panding urban areas, like
Washington's suburbs, struggle
to meet essential local prob
lems-like schools, water and
sewers-while being forced to
substitute rural counties with
static or diminishing popula-
tionS.
Suburban Shore
Virginia has SO counties and
80 cities. Arlington Treasurer
Colin c. MACPHERSON says that
in 1858 his county alone paid
10 per cent of all the individ-
ual income taxes collected by
the State.
Arlington and Fairfax. coun-
ties and Alexandria and Falls
Church paid 81 per cent of
the States total, Mr.. Mac
Pherson says.
The Fairfax Civic Fedora
ton studied all taxes paid by
localities. Compared with that
county's return of SO for $26
sent to Richmond and Airing
tons So for $44, here are some
OF that groups findings:
Bland County gets back $22
Tor every Sc; Rappahannock
Evening star., 1955-01-05
|IIalnIng SHES Listed
FoI ii Army Alea llnIIs

roRT MEADE Nd. Jan. 81.
Summer sraining sites for 1855
have been announced for units
81 the segen-state I'd Army
Area.
They are IndiantoWn Gap
Military Reservation. Pa.; Fort
Knox, KY and Camp Hreckin-
ridge, Ky.
Among units slated to train at
IndiantoWn Gap. near Harris
burg. are the 2oth infantry Divi-
sion. Maryland virginia National
Guard unit which also trained
there last year and the i76th
ResimentaI Combat Team Of
Virginia. also 4 National Guard
unit.
Two Army reserve units with
members II the Washington.
Maryland and Virginia areas
also are scheduled to train ct
1ndiiantoNn Cap this summer.
They are the a0th Infantry Diyi-
sion lreserye) and the 47oth'
Field Artillery Group.
The 306th ArmOred Group, 3
Evening star., 1955-01-05
|Nasy and Marines
Plan March Exercise

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government November II after
ave years imprisonment They
had been seized on Suspicion O1
plotting against the Hungarian
regime ard TOR years their
whereabouts were 1 nlystery.
on the day after their release.
Mr. Ravndal saw them and re-
ported them apparently wei
Dc. z
The minister said Noel Field
appeared 10 have b stomach ail-
rnent, however, and was e1lter-
ing i Budapest hospital He
reported the couple said they
would get III touch with him
when they were ready to. He
has not seen them since,
Evening star., 1955-01-05
NitrogIycerin ii IS46

ROME Nitroglycerin Was
Hrst prepared about l846 byI
italian chemist Ascanio Sobrer0.
Evening star., 1955-01-05

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