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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-16
Warning Against Folly

DetenSe secretary Wilson has spoken
simple common sense In declaring that
nothing has happened in the world to
Justify any change In our country's mil
itary effort. He has made this point with
out throwing cold water on the current
international thaw. The Geneva SUM
NIT" conference has had good effect, In
his judgment, and he has not sought to
deny that the Kremlin's new Look may
have genuine sincerity behind It and may
therefore be fun Of very bright long
implications. At the same time, however,
he has reminded everybody that it still is
much too early to appraise what may
come Of It,"
This is good and timely reminder.
For the Soviet Union, up to now, has
offered the free world little more than
smiles and verbal cordiality." As far as
1t goes, this is an encouraging change for
the better, but 1t falls very short Of what
is needed from Russia concrete acts.
concrete deeds, concrete concessions--to
establish an enduring peace Of real coll
lective security by working out trust
worthy solutions for such problems as
Germany and atomic-hydrogen control.
Certainly, as long as no substantial prog
ress Is made toward those solutions, the
Kremlin's amiability and pleasant words
must be taken with grain Of salt, even
though they may actually foreshadow
coming international events Of q happy
kind.
Accordingly, having in mind all the
"ifs," "buts" and "maybes" that still
characterize the world situation, Mr.. Will
son has done well to warn against wishful
thinking and to emphasize that the United
States must continue to maintain q
reasonable posture Of defense The
same holds true for every nation allied
with Us. For any serious cutback In our
military effort right now, any reckless
lowering Of our guard, could be disastrous
for u. This u q point beyond challenge,
and 70 ignore 1t would be the most dam
serous sort Of folly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-16
They Won Career Status

The thousands Of Federal employees
affected by the new career status law
have earned the right to compete for
permanent positions in the Government.
Taken on as temporary workers during
the war emergency. they were given
''indefinite" status and thus deprived Of
the security and other Dement'S of perma-
'nent employees. Many have left the civil
service, but there is large core Of the
'indefinites" still in the Federal estab-
lishment. Some Of them are In key posts
that would be hard to I'LL II they were
to seek employment elsewhere. The new
law gives proper recognition to those who
compose this important group Of faithful
employees.
It would be incorrect to call this
legislation a "blanketing" measure. No
|temporary-indehnite employe will be
blanketed into the career service under
its provisions. AL who wish to make q
career of the civil service must compete
for permanent status by taking exami-
nations. Only those who have passed
such examinations and have completed
at least three years of satisfactory serve
ice will be eligible to 60 on the permanent
.list. The law should make for better
stabilized, more efficient departmental
organization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-16

sloogles does Johnny have than his friend
has quins?"
This may work out very wen for
Johnny. But what Of the evening hours.
when 1t becomes ones duty to steer him
toward proper solutions in the homework
due the following day? One suspects
that one viii be lost In morass Of
sloogles and quins, fascinated by their
rhythmic sound. intrigued by whether
they are reality or fantasy. The fasci-
nation may become so great that one
win forget there are numbers to add or
subtract.
# one adds six peaches and three
apples, one gets basket OF fruit. But
what is the result of adding six sloogles
and three quins? Is it d basket OF
mufhes? II this move becomes wide
spread. Johnny viii have to get his home-
work done by himself, the best way he
can, while the one who might help him
sits by, munching apples and peaches.
One has yet to hear of parent who can
add sloogleS and quinS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-16
Fair Play and Security

Inc NatIunS pest INTERESTS probably
will require the Federal Government to
continue to operate . personnel loyalty
security program for many years to come,
II not forever. But American principles
Of Justice and fair play--not to mention
ordinary common sense obviously de-
nland that the program be less crude
than the one in force today.
This Is need that has been recog-
nized In many quarters for q long time
past, and now It has been dramatized In
q particularly effective way by the special
study Just published under the auspices
Of the Fund for the Republic. For the
study setting forth some so case his
tories OF individuals subjected to the
Governments security clearance pro-
cedures-shows that those procedures
have all too often involved such monu-
mental absurdities that the whole BUSH
ness would be funny II 1t did not also
involve clear examples Of grave injustice
causing economic distress, mental an
guish and personal tragedy.
What is one to think, for example,
Of the case in which Federal interrogators
spent 20 minutes Solemnly asking a typist
exactly why her family laughed at her
father-in-law because OF his habit of
dressing slowly? And what Is to be said
Of the security of1cer who sternly sac
cused" wife OF having continued q
sympathetic association with your hus-
band'-a man to whom she had been
married for 50 years? Are strong con-
nubial ties sinister? Does an in-law joke
have any bearing on . persons patriot
ism? Or has our Government, In dealing
with loyalty-security matters, entangled
itself In procedures that tend frequently
to burlesque themselves while at the same
time injuring the innocent?
The study OF the SO cases does not
pretend, OF course, to be definitive
commentary on those procedures, nor
does it pass Judgment on them. But It
leaves no room for doubt that they have
led to excuses in many instances and
that there viii be other such excesses--
cruelty unjust and painful to the indi-
vidualS involved-unless and until COR
receive action Is taken. Presumably this
state Of affairs win receive the fullest
and most earnest attention OF the 12-nan
bipartisan commission that Congress has
provided for In the joint resolution Just
approved by President Eisenhower
resolution calling for a thoroughgoing
survey Of all aspects of the Governments
personnel security program.
Although the problem is difacult
one, the new commission-Whose effec-
tiyeness win depend on the caliber Of its
yet-to-be-naned members should be
able to work out new or modified oper-
ating rules and methods calculated to
eliminate abuses and wrongs Of the sort
cited in the 50-case study. In any event,
IS long Is such abuses and wrongs occur,
our country will be hurting itself by
failing to live up to It's best and most
fundamental traditions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-16
|SIoogIes and Quins

Dearborn, Michigan, educators are
trying something new. Instead Of pre-
senting Johnny with theoretical apples
and peaches to add In his arithmetic
lessons, they're having him add such
things as sloogles and quins. Meaning
less words will, they say. help him get
more meaning out Of numbers. This
move is designed to make him more
conscious of numbers and less conscious
of the things to which they refer. It
will, they say, give him an idea Of the
abstract without cluttering his mind with
such mundane things as apples and
peaches. This problem Is typical:
eff Johnny has six sloogles and his
friend has three quins. how many more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-16
Uniform, stylist

Trafic and other policemen
God bless them), also all
military personnel and work.
ers who have to work In un-
bearable heat all day, should
have a sensible uniform Of
knee-length trousers. short
sleeves and open-neck shirts,
and sun helmets. 1t will look
strange at first, but 1t is all
q matter Of habit, and when
people get used TO 1t, they will
wonder how they could have
been 30 dumb o. to not have
done It years ago. Foreign
military personnel In hot cli-,
mates wear the short trousers,
and everyone accepts II 90 o
matter Of course.
Isabel Moore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-16
Mop Of the River Rood

Take the Yiper road that
iDdnders,
Grassy doipn It's middle,
Between the ipillo,rs tuning
gold
And the hIl ip1teYs crickets
fiddle.
There's a faded schoolhouse
sdgoinO ,Dhere
A htllbrook tunlbles doiDn:
The one room NTH its small
Scared desks
Stands empty and torlorn.
Here your grandmother met
the iDorld
Lonely beti0een book copers;.
Here your grandfather learned
his sums.
Proclaim himself her Ioper
And black-eye-bedrinO knight.
The road
WIN lead yoH through golden
aDeather
TO the slope where her pig
tailed heart and hia
glssp IN green earth to-
gsthsr.
Frances Frost
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-16
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL

skin. No seven-year Itch 10 In.
volved, Just the effects Of ex-
cess perspiration, heat and
hungry insects.
OF Ill the insects. the naos-
quito ID the worst. It rooms
in with utter contempt for hui
man kind. No sneaking, for
o lordly mosquito. It buzzes,
for its sire making o noise
fully equivalent to . very loud
siren.
Here ! come. you so-and-so."
the insect screams. You win
not know what ! say, but I
win filter and fiber your blood,
as one Of your insane poets
said.
II sound my barbaric yawp
over your silly head. and here
goes"
Pingi
$50
In goes the proboscis, and
with it II million germs, which
account for the fostering later.
What an absurd old word,
festeringl
Don't scratch" said mil
lions Of good mothers. "or It
win tester"
But little Johnny, who
couldn't read. Just kept on
scratching, until he had q big
ugly looking red welt that
itched the more he scratched
it.
Those who scratch. say the
doctors, have o low pain
threshold. The more they
scratch. the more they have
to scratch.
Any remedy that win stop the
itching win stop the desire to
scratch and thus save infec-
ton. unless the germs were on
the skin or on the insects
needle. to begin with. It Is all
very complicated. and the only
hot-weather advice We have to
offer 10 this:
Avoid mosquitoes. II you can:
but II you can't. do not scratch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-16
BeIobors Labor
A. HeatOn.

President Meany OF the
American Federation Of Labor
says he is against friendship
with Russia because the unions
there are not free.
/ really do not believe that
he Is qualified to Judge or to
make such q statement be-
cause American labor unions
are not free. either. They are
under absolute domination OF
racketeers and opportunists. ]
do, however. consider Mr..
Meany an expert on labor
dictators. He has had plenty
Of first-hand experience.
And. Of course, the American
people are not truly free when
selfish unions use the strike
to extort money from employ
ers and cause much hardship
to the public. Properly used,
where justified. strikes have .
legitimate function. But. in
many cases. their use has been
criminal. The transit union
had absolutely no right to
strike because their wages and
working conditions were ex-
ceptionally good. Therefore.
the fun blame belongs to the
union. We desperately need
legislation to protect us from
arrogant. irresponsible labor
bosses.
Citizen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-16

Q. Has q list been compiled
Of the numerous popular
names by which fishes are
known in different parts Of
the country2-C. Moo.
A. In an effort to straighten
out this situation. q check list
Of fishes has been compiled by
the American Fisheries So
ciety. the outdoor Writers
Association Of America, and
the Board Of Conservation Of
Florida. working through the
University Of Miami. It seems
that the better the fish is
known, the more local names
1t acquires. At one time or
another the largemouth black
bass has been called by a diff
ferent names.
G. Who was the first signer
of the Declaration Of Inde-
pendence to die? The lastf
--R. O.
A. The first TO die was John
Morton Of Pennsylvania, In
April, l777. Charles Carroll
Of Carrollton, Nd, tho sole
Roman Catholic among the
founding fathers. survived
Longest. He died IN 1882,
AIRED %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-16
Living With Hurricanes

The fact that Hurricane Connie in
hicted relatively little damage on the
Metropolitan Area of Washington war
rants a measure of thankfulness. That
any sense Of Well-being should be limited,
however. is indicated by two other factors
In the weather picture.
One, OF near-term concern, Is the
fact that Hurricane Diane-fourth Of the
1855 family of tropical storms-already
Is moving rambunctiously eastward
along an ocean path on the Carolinas and
Virginia. AS with Connie, DANES flu
ture track Is uncertain, but there Is
size, energy or direction of movement
to justify any feeling Of assurance that
destructive visit to this general area
may not be on her itinerary Diane
comes from long line Of intractable
girls" -often bad-tempered and strictly
unreliable, despite improved methods for
calculating their behavior in advance.
The other factor, of long-term signifi-
canoe, Is an apparent confirmation Of the
belief that 'the weather" in general, and
the behavior-pattern Of hurricanes, in
particular, have changed in recent years.
In form, hurricane is easily rec
ognizable to meteorologists. It is a
Northumberland storm, in which quiet
core that may be flye to 20 miles In
diameter is encircled by whirling mass
Of destructive winds blowing from rs to
l50 miles per hour. The path, or the
affected area at any one point, may be
anywhere from Is to 500 miles wide
with the course and the speed of move
1nent subject to constant change. These
&defining characteristics have been known
TO weather experts for a long time. Less
Us known about what causes hurricane
I'm the first place, or why 1t chooses to
30 where 1t does. The latter question
rs the more important in trying to track
3One of the storms In order to give ade-
.quate warning for protection OF lives and
property, and in trying to figure why an
Increasing number Of these destroyers
has been hitting the central and north
'erly portions Of the East Coast. One
theory is that high pressure area has
developed in recent years south Of Maine
and Newfoundland, acting as an atrnos-
|pheric roadblock that tends to force the
storms westward toward the coast rather
than allowing them to blow out to sea.
Actually, the study Of upper air currents
believed to exercise greatest effect upon
the wanderings of these violent tropical
storms-has not yet reached point OF
scientific exactitude. When 1t does, the
mystery Of hurricanes movements may
be better understood though the
newly prevailing course so close to the
nearby coast cannot be changed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-16
Fireside Philosophy
A washington. Z

"A washington, ~. e., ureSlne
August 4. 1855.
Say. dad. put your paper
down. ! want to ask you sonne-
thing"
The father, q patient man. q
kind and good father. dropped
his paper to the floor and
waited.
Il was just reading here,
dad, an article headed. Nc
Carthy Critic Did you read
it?"
mo, seems to me you have
been reading the A Section Of
Tae Star ever since 1t was
delivered"
ooh jeepers. dad, I'm sorry,
but you can have it in q min
ute. Now this article I'm read
ing refers to damaging re-
marks Senator Mccarthy made
about our President. It says
Senator Knowland, his face
flushed with anger. came to
the Presidents defense and
it's hoped that his remarks
will prove to be a powerful
antidote to the poison in the
wisconsin Senator's speech.
You can tell I'm reading the
exact words In places, can't
you, dad? Now. this Is my
question: Why wasn't 1t as
detrimental, both nationally
and internationally. to say ugly
and untrue things about Presi-
dent Truman as it Is today to
say things In q critical tone
about President Eisenhower"
"Well, son. I'm not . poll
tician, but look at 1t this
way: The ugly and untrue
things that were said about
President Truman by McCar-
thy and his kind would come
under o bipartisan category
but things they say about
President Eisenhower - that
would be. sorta like . family
affair"
II get you. dad" said son.
II. "If I say ugly and UNI
true things about Toms father.
that would be all right; but
II / say ugly and untrue
things about you 1t would be
like taking the gold out Of
the Golden Rule. you have
always preached to us about.
Am / right. dad. or am ! all
mixed up Seems to me there
Il q delinquent somewhere"
The father looked long at
his son. . smile Of pride SPAR
king In his eyes. picked up
his paper and continued to
read.
A. HeatOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-16
THE POLITICAL MILL
By GOULD LINCOLN
"A Diyerting Guessing Game

race which few seem 10 be-
lieve he could win.
Mr.. Stevenson has before
him the case Of another de.
feated presidential candidate
who sought Q second nomina-
ton and failed - the late
Wendell L. Willkie, the Re.
publican who challenged Pres
ident Franklin D. Roosevelt In
1910. Mr.. Willkie wanted an
other shot at the champ but
he didn't get to first base In
the early primaries, and gave
UP.
The Republican enigma
today - President Eisenhower
has indicated he viii make
clear his future plans next
February. His frequent COM
ments on the question Of
whether he will run keep the
Republicans In q ferment.
One day he seems to blow hot,
and another day he blows
cold. The Democrats are hope
ing against hope he will de-
cline to runalthough they
publicly profess they can de-
feat the President or any other
Republican who Is put up. The
fact remains, however. that
the Eisenhower program Of
domestic legislation viii. in
all probability, not be con-
summated with the end Of the
present Congress. Also, the
Eisenhower leadership in In.
ternational affairs viii be in
great and continuing demand.
1859 Situation
In 1852, there was . pie.
thora Of Republicans who
wanted the presidential nomi-
nation. The late Senator Taft
Of Ohio, the then Gov. Warren
Of California. and Harold
Stassen, former Governor Of
Minnesota, were the leading
trio. Delegation after delega-
ton Of Republicans, however.
sought out Mr.. Eisenhower at
his European post in o drive
to convince him he should ale
low his name to be put for
ward as q presidential cam
didate. He finally agreed. Mr..
Warren, now Chief Justice,
has announced he win not
under any circumstances be
available as q candidate next
year. Senator Taft is dead. Mr..
Stassen no longer appears to
have Q considerable political
following for such a nornina-
ton.
Upon Mr.. Eisenhower's de-
cision--as upon MIR. Humans
decision in 1952-hangs the
whole political picture Of 1865.
Unlike Mr.. Truman, he Is CONF
pleting only four years In
the White House. No such
outstanding President Of the
United States has ever stepped
aside at the end Of one term Ia
the White House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-16
Second Tern,

1t was good news to me when
/ read In The Star Of August
10 that Vice President Nixon
thought President Eisenhower
would be O candidate for an
other term In the White House.
From Mr.. Eisenhower's rec
ord to date ! would say that
this country should feel to-
ward him serving another term
rs the country felt about
George Washington being the
first President Of the United
States.
Truly, Mr.. Eisenhower was q
man Of high distinction In war
when he was called upon to
serve his country In that
capacity. Now he Is an OUT
standing man. perhaps the
most outstanding man, In the
movement for Worldwide
peace and good viii among all
nations.
Besides being the strong and
influential figure he Is himself
in the movement for world
wide peace, freedom and liberty
for all people. he has in his
official circle other men Of
wisdom and integrity In whom
this country, and other coun-
tries as well, have great con-
fidence, and they all seem to
be working together In this
worthy cause.
Therefore, ! sincerely hope
that Mr.. Eisenhower is o can
didate to succeed himself and
is elected by q sweeping ma
jority, and that he will be even
more successful In his next
administration than he has
been In this one in bringing
peace, prosperity and good win
to and among men Of every
nation on earth.
Eisenhower Supporter.
~ 80
II there d one thing that
gets me It's all this Journals
tic bunk about Eisenhower
being more and more popular
day after day. Not with the
pecple-voters, y'know he
isn't popular. He might be
popular with big business. left
ist liberals. and the people on
his personal Presidential pay
roll.
How could he be popular?
What's he done? Were's his
lighting Of Communism?
Were's the Reputation Of Yalta
and other secret conferences?
What's he done to back up the
poor GIs and those civilians
who have been imprisoned and
tortured by the Chinese Reds
and Soviet Reds? What's he
done for labor in this country?
What's he done, most Of all.
for the real Republicans who
put him In office hoping there
would be q change In WASH
ington? When has he con-
suited Macarthur on the Far
East. as he promised?
Eisenhower should have
stayed In uniform and bowed
out gracefully. When he does
retire to his farm next year in
Gettysburg he won't be re-
membered as the General who
directed the invasion Of Europe
in 1914, but he'll be remem-
bered as the President who
meant well but failed in his
only term as the peoples
choice" Tom Coll.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-16
why are people such idiotsa

Why are people such idiots?
A heavily tanned man went
into . drugstore to inquire
about . sun tan lotion for his
fair-haired wife.
do you want to get
tanned2" asked the clerk.
brightly.
ooh. yes, I would like to get
tanned" replied the almost
black buyer.
And there was that other
person, well meaning, who
picked up q writer during the
strike.
He knew him by sight, and
spoke well Of his work.
Just before he let the scribe
out ct his street. he turned and
said, do you still write for the
Evening Comet?"
YES" said the writer.
That's good" said the
other.
AS he walked down the
street, the writer wondered
what the other would have
said II he had replied. mo, /
switched to the Hitching Post
the other day"
Then he laughed, because
he knew Just what the kind
hearted one would have said:
That's good" sure enough.
Perhaps one is being too
critical.
In q hot summer, people Just
talk for the sake Of talking.
and one must not expect too
much Of them.
In the hot weather, espe-
cially. the mind goes wool
gathering. as the old phrase
has 1t.
Today 1t would be nylon
gathering. since wool has come
under the critical inspection
Of the dermatologists, keen
men with steel-gray eyes.
Here Is q hot-weather story:
A local resident bought him
self one Of those new fancy
summer suits made Of q mix
ture Of fabrics, with some
wool.
After he had worn 1t for q
few days, he began to itch.
He called q dermatOlogist,
and made an appointment.
The man had been recon-
mended to him by a friend.
Nov be careful" said the
friend. "He Is on the second
floor. Don't stop on the 6lst
fioor."
The man with the itch didn't
remember the warning. when
he went to the building q few
days later.
He saw q busy room. with q
group Of patients seated
around the wall.
That the patients happened
all to be women didn't worry
him, ct first.
After waiting about an hour,
he became suspicious. and
made an inquiry. as he should
have done at first.
He found that he was In .
maternity clinic.
When he got upstairs, the
dermatologist looked him over,
made q few inquiries, and
said:
TITS that suit. You will
have to take 1t on, and get II
dry cleaned"
Ais well that works out
we'll; the patient did - suE-
gested, lost his Itch. and now
wears his nice new suit ~ II
nothing had happened.
Hot weather u tough % The