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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-17
Unfair to Girls

Now that Diane is on the loose
apparently not caring whittier she is
drifting-the weatherman could do worse
than ponder the fact that some chival-
rous men, and large number Of sensi-
tive women, suspect that he is misogy-
mist. Anyhow, they do not like the way
that he insists upon christening hurri-
canes with names that belong exclusively
to members OF the female sex, with whom
Is ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS that
Is good and kind and gentle and beauti-
full in the troubled life of ou- world.
Speaking for itself, The Sta. can
only say that 1t does not wish to intrude
upon this controversy. Nevertheless,
much as 1t respects the weatherman (who
Is really a lot more likable than some
people imagine), 1t feels impelled to sug-
gest that maybe he ought to try to figure
out sounder and less libelous nomen-
clature for hurricanes Diane is such a
pretty name! Why associate 1t with ma
ture raw In tooth and claw? Why not
label these vile storms with titles that
sum up the pet peeves and hates Of most
Of us? For example, instead of clubbing
it as If it were lovely lady, why not
call the oncoming tumult Drunken Driver,
or Juvenile Delinquent, or Dentists Drill
or just plain Dentist? And as for
DANES successors-which will be on their
way in due course-why not hail them,
and condemn them, as Income Tax, Lit
terbug, Parsnips, Practical Joker, Stuffed
Shirt, Traffic Jam, Windbag, and so on
and SO forth? Descriptives like these are
fitting enough. Why pick on nice girl
like Diane?
True, hell hath no fury like woman
scorned, nor hath hurricane But let
all Of us, as reasonable men, be fair.
After all, how many DANES have actually
been scorned? The fact is, Of course,
that the overwhelming majority Of the
female sex is about as unscorned as any
sex could be. So why give girls names
to such reprehensible and disreputable
things as may visit us at any moment?
The weatherman would dc. well to null
over this Or isIhiyalry really dead'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-17
Major General Edison

The death of Major General Merritt
A. Edison, retired Marine hero, occurred
within one week Of the thirteenth ami
versary Of a historic event in which he
had leading role. This was the launch
ing of Americas first offensive against
the Japanese after Pearl Harbor. It was
the then Colonel Red Mike" Edison who
commanded the LIST Marine Raider Bat
talon and the I'd Battalion, 5th
Marines, in their daring seizure Of
Tulagi, in the Solomons, on August 7,
1912. This was the first stepping stone
along the bloody path that led at last
to Tokyo. And Edson's men were in the
forefront of many rugged battles which
marked the long struggle toward victory.
The Surprise taking of TNagi was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-17
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
BY THOMAS R. HENRY
New Fats Are Created by Chemists

rations. This, it has been
demonstrated, resists melting
in the tropics and freezing In
the Arctic and retains good
flavor when stored under al-
most any conditions which
might be encountered In war.
Several Of the synthetic fats
are potentially important for
use in such cosmetics as
creams, lotions and npsticks.
Plastics made with them have
good resistance to weathering
and remain clear and flexible
at low temperatures. The
products can be made color
less, odorless and tasteless.
Natural animal fats or vege-
table oils used as starting ma
terials make up from 80 to 90
per cent Of the final product.
Existing processes for n1odi.
flying and purifying fats can be
adapted readily for producing
the new synthetics. The es-
sential process for making
them Is that Of substituting
acetic acid for some Of the
fatty acid ordinarily combined
in the fat or oil molecule.
Properties differ with the
amount Of acetic acid sub
stituted.
While none Of the new prod
ucts are yet In commercial
production. eight companies
have prepared the substances
in laboratories or pilot plants
and are exploring the various
ways in which they can be
used. Two companies have
progressed to the point where
they are offering experimental
samples to prospective GUS
toners.
Especially good prospects. 1t
is believed, are in use Of the
synthetic fats as wrapping
materials. They can be moulded
to any shape desired SO as to
at completely around almost
any food product. They are.
for the most part, entirely
resistant to moisture.
An essential purpose Of the
research, the Agriculture De-
partment chemists stress, has
!. been to provide new markets
for the constantly increasing
supply Of edible fats and oils
which are produced by Ameri-
can agriculture. Some Of
these which now are. essentially
waste products may become
sources Of considerable reve-
nue. to the farmer.
Only a few of the potential
uses yet have been explored,
especially in the rapidly grow
ing plastics industry whose
products often must be adapted
specifically to special purposes.
Adaptability with slight
changes in the chemical proc
ess is perhaps the most note
worthy quality Of the new fats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-17
The Rocks Bear Witness

Only four or fve years ago, there was
considerable speculation to the effect that
the Nations and the worlds uranium and
thorium resources might be rapidly ex-
hausted. Since then, however, great
prospecting discoveries and vast mining
developments have shown that these raw
materials exist in such abundance that
all nuclear needs whether for weapons
or atomic industrial power can be met
for many generations to come, far into
the future.
Indeed, as reported at the current
atoms for-peace conference in Geneva,
there Is good reason to believe that the
uranium -thorium supply may, as a prac-
tical matter, be inexhaustible. At any
rate, as pointed out In paper read to
the conference by DR.. Harrison Brown
OF the California Institute OF Technology,
the evidence is strong that exploitable
sources of nuclear raw materials, instead
of being limited to natural deposits or
low-grade concentrations in phosphate
and shale, are present even in igneous
rocks-the ordinary granite found every
where in the crust of the earth.
AAAo 10 oO1lCtI1lLlB b1ldt has D6GH us
cussed in the past as possibility, but
DR.. Brown has made it appear to be a
probability, If not an inevitability. Thus,
as he has told the Geneva gathering, it
is within the realm of archaeological and
economic feasibility for nation which
is devoid of high-grade deposits to obtain
uranium and thorium from substances
that exist abundantly on the earth's
surface" In fact, according to his report,
studies conducted at Caltech-in collab-
Grafton with the United States Geological
Survey-have demonstrated that the ex-
traction process is quite simple" and
that it can be carried out extremely
easily"
Moreover, DR.. Brown has revealed
that even countries like ours, with large
natural deposits and foreign sources OF
supply, may well find it profitable to see
what they can do along this line. For
the Caltech studies have also indicated
that there are probably some large
bodies OF igneous rocks on the earth's
surface which could be processed for
uranium and thorium at costs which are
closely competitive with existing costs
Of obtaining these substances In the
United States, for example, we have
already encountered one large body Of
granite which offers considerable promise
from this point Of view"
Accordingly, whether or not the
hydrogen bombs fusion process is ever
harnessed for benehcent purposes, man
and his world apparently are already
endowed with enough actual and poten-
tial nuclear raw material to meet every
requirement for thousands and thousands
of years (some experts have put the figure
in the millions). The atomic age, barring
war, thus can be developed into the
brightest of all epochs. Even the rocks
In the field now seem to bear witness to
that promise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-17
Awaits Comics Sister

/ got the strangest feeling
when my Connie passed me
by.
Like other boys that you have
known I've had Q girl or two.
And done some strong emoting
when their figures hove In
view.
With Connie 1t was different.
A "blowhard" people say.
But surely she got attention
as she amhled on her way.
The trees bowed down and
trembled and the waves
came dancing high.
The birds sang different music
as my Connie passed me by.
She changed all the landscape,
sent houses toward the sky.
And history was in the making
when my Connie passed me
by.
But now that Comics left
me
I'm not a lonesome man.
I'm sitting here and waiting
for
Her sister named Diane.
Henry s. Beardsley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-17
Reuther VS.. Mcdonald

When Ford and General Motors, IN
their 1855 contracts with the CLIO Auto
Workers, agreed to company payment Of
supplementary unemployment compen-
sation, two predictions were widely made
One was that this new type Of fringe
benefit soon would be demanded by other
unions in other production ms
dustries. The other was that the CLIO
Steel Workers, principal rival Of the auto
union as pacemaker in obtaining favor
able contract terms for its members,
would seek as soon as possible to improve
on the JAW formula.
The CLIO Union Of Electrical Workers
bore out the first prediction in asking a
similar concession from General Electric.
Although it was turned down, the request
provided an effective bargaining point
for the union in obtaining other favorable
terms in new contract.
The Steel Workers have now borne
out the second prediction. Prevented by
terms of their contract from introducing
the issue in this years successful wage
negotiations with the steel industry, they
have reached agreement with the Ameri-
can and Continental Can Companies on
a more far-reaching plan for unemploy-
ment benefits. Principal difference, In
brief, is that the can companies will pay
jobless benefits over full year as COM
pared to 26 weeks liability accepted by
the auto companies.
The problem Of migrating this new
theory Of company participation into
State unemployment compensation sys-
TENS has not yet been settled. Likewise,
the impact of this new element of cost
in operations has not yet been measured.
In fact, only one thing seems clear,
namely, that rivalry among union leaders
and particularly between Walter Reuther
of the auto workers and David Mcdonald
of the steel workers is strong force in
our economy. Whether that is good or
bad is another question.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-17
Show Business Probe

Chairman Walter of the House IN
American Activities Committee says his
groups investigation Of the theatrical
world is designed to ascertain one thing
the extent to which the Communist
Party is active in the entertainment
media"
Presumably the committee has a
right to explore this question, and there
is no doubt, If the facts can be estab
lished, that the American people have
right to know whether any Of their
favorite stage and radio-TV stars are
playing the Communist game.
Judging from the results of the first
two days of the inquiry, however, very
little tangible information is going to be
turned up. Most of the questioned wit
nent in refusing to answer questions
concerning possible Communist activity
on their part. They have right to do
this, although they must, accept the
consequences of unfavorable differences
which will be drawn. Two witnesses
spurned the protection of the Fifth
Amendment, and refused to answer on
grounds which, while put forward with
considerable fervor, may nonetheleSs
expose them to contempt proceedings.
Still, even If this proves to be the case,
successful contempt prosecution does
not shed much light on the extent to
which the Communists may have pene-
trated show business.
There Is no indication that Mr..
Walter will be discouraged, however, If
Broadway turns out to be blind alley
for his investigation. He told New
York audience that he is coming back
to Washington to investigate Communist
inf1ltration of the staff of the United
States Senate, of the War Labor Board,
which went out Of existence decade
ago, and of the National Labor Relations
Board.
One can only conclude that there
must still be gold In those red-tinged
hills, although 1t would appear that they
have Just about been worked to death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-17
Mokinq Better Friends

This is to express our appre-
citation to your paper and to
Mosby Grant for the very fine
article August II on How
Mans Best Friend Can Be q
Better One"
This was one of the finest
articles ever written about our
organization--now in its sixth
year Of operation. It was fac
tual. concise and clear.
Calvin Pierson,
Chairman and Training Direc-
tor. Canine Training Asso-
citation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-17

Two new synthetic families
of fats" one solid and one
semi-liquid. have been pro-
duced by Department Of Agri-
culture chemists.
They are substances hither-
to unknown in the world
which promise to have a wide
use in food, cosmetics and
plastics industries.
They are produced by treat
ing familiar fats. such as lard.
cottonseed oil and peanut oil,
with acetic acid by q some
what complicated chemical
process. Two kinds Of products
are obtained with variations
Of the process-aceto-stearin
and aceto oleins. Neither
would be recognized easily as
q fat. as the term is popularity
understood.
The aceto stearins are
ereaseless and relatively solid.
Some of them win not melt at
100 degrees r. Others melt at
considerably lower tempera-
lures. The significant point.
chemists at the Agriculture
Department's southern re-
search laboratory. where the
new products were developed,
say, Is that they can be
tailor made" for the particu-
lar purpose for which they are
intended. The degree Of
solidity and melting tempera-
ture can be predetermined.
Hitherto It has been necessary
to depend on the qualities
with which various fats were
endowed by nature.
A major use OF, the high
melting varieties. it is ex-
planned, may be as edible pro-
tectiSe coatings on foods.
Applied to fresh and pro-
cessed meat and poultry by
dipping, they constitute thin,
almost invisible films which
retard less of moisture. flavor
and aroma and will go q long
way In delaying such foods
becoming rancid. They also
have been considered as pro-
tective coatings on fruits, nuts.
cheese and even bakery prod
ucts. Tests have yet to de-
termine. however, whether
such coatings can be COM
mercially practical.
Preliminary tests suggest
that the low-melting varieties
indicate that they have a wide
use in candy manufacture and
as a roasting oil for nuts. All,
1t is stressed, are highly re-
sistant to chemical changes.
compared to ordinary fats and
oils. Such changes are a major
cause Of rancidity in foods.
The aceto- oleins. the semi
liquid half of the new family
Of fats, have been used thus
far in research on a special
butterlike spread for military
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-17
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL

er large or small, is keyed to
something in the collector. Cali
it soul, or spirit. or simply
common sense and reading
satisfaction. Cali it anything.
1t remains q very complete
thing. It encompasses the
ages. 1t throws q loop over
futurity,
The reader. more than most
men, has q complete under
standing Of him who said that
he worried only over today.
that yesterday is gone, and
tomorrow Is not yet here.
The reader must look back
ward and forward, for books
are. above all. the perfect
keepers of the past in the
present, and will be so tomor-
row. Therefore, the reader has
the best of all possible worlds
right at his flngertips. In great
or small libraries, stores or at
home.
The keeper Of the seals plays
a small part. as compared with
the keeper of books, few or
many.
The distinction lies not in
numbers, but in method.
Templeton Jones, an every
day booklover. meets in visions
the master of great libraries.
for their methods are the
same.
Even the great librarian can
read but a few Of the books
he gets.
Jones emulates him, by buy
ing a volume now and then
which he probably won't read,
and knows it when he buys
it. but that makes no differ
ence. The main point is to
have 1t, to see it, to handle it,
to think about it. The read
ing. with such a volume, is
entirely secondary. The first
thing Is to treasure it, for
where your treasure Is, there
your heart is also.
Both of Henry Adams
masterpieces were written for
private circulation. It was
only late in his life that they
were printed for the general
reader. Today they have q
certain vogue with the intelli-
gent, as does his novel,
Democracy" written by
Adams in the Henry James
manner. and easier reading
than much Of James.
Henry Adams was so fixed
in life that 1t made no differ
ence to him whether his
books were published or not.
or whether he had many read
ers. The modern vogue for the
"bestseller" has changed all
that. Nowadays many readers
think Of books only in terms
of money and circulation.
Temp Jones does better. He
gets himself a copy Of an old
book, just to have 1t and loves
1t just the same. whether he
reads 1t or not.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-17

@. What moth develops
from the familiar woolly bear
caterpillar - the caterpillar
that is supposed to be a fore
caster Of the coming winters
weather?-G. l.. A.
A. Woolly bears are the cat
erpillars Of a variety Of tiger
moth, the adult of which is
: white with speckled orange
hind wings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-17
Israeli Politics

In your editorial OF august b,
"Israel's Political Split" there
is a disturbing note about the
victory Of the Herut Party in
the Israel elections last month.
You designate "a right-wing
nationalist" role to this group.
and You state that sup to now,
at least. Mapai leaders have
refused to consider either the
Herut or the Communist Party
as partners in q government
coalition" You put in the same
bracket Herut, an intensely pa
triotic, idealistic and. in the
western sense, democratic
party with the Communists.
servants of an alien and UNI
friendly state whose only aim
is to create disturbance in the
Near East in order to foiSt
Soviet rule over Israel and the
entire region. This Is unfair
and unfortunate. While the
reasons for the refusal Of the
Mapai to deal with the Com
munists are obvious and easily
understood, the political ideo-
logical differences between
Herut and Mapai require clari-
fication.
1t would not be correct to
call Herut "a right-wing party"
unless you put in the right corr
ner opposition to socialism, to
a collectivistic political philos-
ophy, to subordinating the in
dividual to class rule and the
hegemony of a labor" hier.
archy. In that case the Re.
publican and Democratic par
ties in the United States. judy
ing by their national platforms.
should be put in the same
right angular. It is precisely
opposition to the above ideol-
gies and the championship of
an individualistic society that
made the gulf between Herut
and Mapai impossible.
Herut, Of course, is not the
only party in Israel opposed to
Mapai's social economic he
gemony in the country imposed
by its industrial. agricultural
and commercial operatives and
monopolistic trusts sailing un-
der a socialist banner and
tightly controlled by the bu-
reaucracy of the so-called la
Dor union, "Histadruth Ov-
DIM" which owns all these un-
dertakings. However, while the
others, like the General Zion
lists. were ready and eager to
compromise with Mapai and
even subordinate themselves to
its rule, Herut resists ideolog-
ically and politically. Mapai
rightly sees in Herut a menace
to its dominating role and the
only serious contender for its
rule Of the country. Hence the
sharp cliff between Mapai and
Herut.
Leo Wolfson,
President. United zionists- Re
= yisionists of America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-17
Invitation
Arbiter.

It was with great interest
I read in The Star Of August
~ the engaging article written
by Smith Hempstone, entitled
stafford Gets Rid Of Bats in
It's Belfry, but Now Has a
Mosquito Problem
Please convey to Mr.. Hemp
stone my sincere appreciation
for this most enjoyable article,
and also advise him that we.
too, out here In old battle
SCARED Manassas have a very
interesting courthouse-but no
bats.
Gladys Bushong.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-17

Templeton Jones added the
other day to the list Of books
he never intends to read clear
through.
The volume was Mont
Standardized and Chartres"
BY Henry Adams.
"A more ungainly title was
never put to a famous book,
but it covered the ground per-
fectly.
Jones had heard about It
ever since he tried to read
1.-THE Education Of Henry
Adams"
Hallway through the lat
ter masterpiece, Jones begged
down.
This was no reflection on
either. Jones. as distinct from
Johnny. knows how to read.
1.-THE Education Of Henry
Adams" needs no apologist.
Neither Charities" nor the
Education" is an easy work.
Each demands concentration.
and is somewhat old-fash-
toned. But each has about it
the flavor Of greatness.
-
This is q casual age.
Templeton Jones, being a
true child Of the era. has i'm
bibed some Of its character
isticS.
He Is not exactly ashamed
to be caught reading great
books, but he pretends. along
with many others. to find them
somewhat lacking.
Lacking in just the aspects
of modernity you might think
they would have little of. be-
cause their very classic state
makes for other worldliness.
To have great books, how
ever, is something else than
to read them, and Jones plays
this for all it is worth.
He likes to have the classic
books around, to give him a
sense Of happiness.
The true booklover feels his
books, as well as reads them.
They are bulwarks for a
certain sense of decency in
him.
He knows that the criminal
minded person has no use for
books. Do they shame him?
Perhaps. But the sad fact is
that few delinquents, whatever
their age. are readers. There
are. Of course, some startling
exceptions. One convicted man
has written two books. AS a
rule. however, the reader is
no criminal, and may take a
certain satisfaction in that.
He finds his books throwing
out what the Hindu calls an
aura. This seems to be a very
real thing to a Yogi, and it
is no less so to the devoted
bookman. He gets a sense of
satisfaction from simply look
ing at his books.
The whole collection. wheth-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-17

@. Which racing track In
the United States has the
biggest seating capacity?-
K. N. N.
A. Churchill Downs, Ken
lucky, the scene Of the yearly
Kentucky Derby. The seating
capacity Of the stands, club
house terraces, and boxes is
$4,000: infield accommodation
Is $4,000.