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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-13
DAVIS New Frontier

The trail that Davy Crockett cut
through the frontier wilderness is as moth
ing compared to the rip-roaring swath
which he Is cutting across the entire
country century and half later. His
modern-day impact has hit homes and
business houses, turned the younger gen.
Grafton into 'coon-capped adventures,
filled the airwaves and movie houses with
ballads and blood-curdling action, and
started lot Of feuding and fussing over
trade rights
Blame it on, or credit it to, that man
Disney. Knowing a good thing when he
sees it, Mr.. Disney decided to make the
rugged pioneer woodsman, politician and
fighter the hero of movie, which was
shown on his TV Disneyland series. Chill
dren all over the Nation soon were hum
ming the Davy Crockett theme song and
recounting the deeds of "the king OF the
wild frontier"
1t wasn't long before industry saw the
possibilities OF this sort of craze and began
to cash in on it. Raccoon coats that had
been hard to sell since they swept college
campuses many years ago came out of
hiding and were cut into Davy Crockett
hats. Slow-moving stocks Of play tents,
childrens log huts, moccasins and Wild
West suits were renamed for Davy and
soon were in short supply.
The Wall Street Journal estimates that
retail sales so far have reached S100 mil
lion and the end is not yet. For a con-
densed version of the TV serial shows is
soon to be released for the movies by Mr..
Disney; Tess Parker who plays Davy in
the picture, is to make personal-appear-
ance tour, and newspapers are running
serialized stories Of Davy's rough-and-
ready career. Davy, one suspects would
be fiabbergasted by 1t all!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-13

@. When a person discovers
uranium, must he sell 1t to the
Government or can he dispose
of it to some private f1rm?--
j. P.
A. Uranium that is discov-
cred in commercial concentra-
tons may be mined and sold
either directly to the Atomic
Energy Commission or to any
person or company in the
United States, provided both
the seller and the buyer are
licensed by the Acc.
@. What is the longest time
that a British Parliament can
last before it has to be dis
solved?-A. J. P.
A. Five years. unless the
duration Is increased by spe-
cial acts in time of war. The
present Parliament was elect
ed in october 1851, and could
stay in Office until 1856.
@. What eventually became
OF the famous French liner
Normandie after she burned
at her pier in New York City?
L. u.
A. Portions Of the ship were
salvaged and on Thanksgiv-
ing Day 1916 the hull was
towed TO New Jersey and
broken up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-13
War on Juvenile Crime

Concern over the long delay in
launching the Police Departments CO.
ordinated attack on juvenile crime has
been allayed by belated District Building
approval of the plan. The program had
been hanging fire since last fall, appar-
entity because of difficulties in solving
administrative problems involved in the
reorganization. Under the program as
recommended by Police Chief Murray the
department now will consolidate all its
forces bearing directly or indirectly on
Juveniles and the law.
Brought together in new youth aid
division will be the juvenile squad of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-13
Mothers Doy
A new low in commercial
izing Mothers Day!

A new low in commercial.
izing Mothers Day!
Along about the turn of the
century a very humble Chris
tian woman, motivated by
affection for her recently de-
ceased mother. conceived the
idea Of having religiously
minded people throughout the
churches of the land select a
Sunday when all like-minded
people might pay tribute to
their mothers, living or de-
parted. The second Sunday in
May was fixed upon and the
carnation was chosen as the
appropriate emblem-red for
mothers living. and white for
mothers deceased. That was
over half a century ago. and
across the years the custom
has spread through the Nation.
Naturally enough, the
florists cashed in on the
spreading demand for carna-
tions, and as the years went
by more elaborate floral trib-
utes were demanded by the
people.
Last Saturday evening / was
watching on television the
Washington Baltimore ball
game when the commercial
came on. The sponsors were
a liquor firm which I refrain
from Identifying, and the COM
mercial was a come-on to fill
the stadium-"Orchids will be
presented to the first 1000
mothers to attend the ball
game tomorrow de. Sunday"
What a violation of the eter-
nal fitness Of things! The
sponsors, I presume, do not
know how Mothers Day got
started. They do not appre-
ciate the fact that Sunday still
is a sacred day to millions of
people. They do not know that
religious mothers constitute
the handspring of all that
stands for the noble and de-
cent in our land.
Why must we so distort the
purpose of Mothers Day?
There is something revolving in
the growing abuse Of this day.
which has become so sacred to
so many.
Albert Joseph Mccartney.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-13
No Russian Visitors

Don't give the Russians the
time of day. Don't increase the
Russian capability for waging
war by allowing Russian agri-
cultural experts to come here
and steal our latest advanced
farm methods. No Russian
spies at all should be allowed
in this country.
AS long as the Soviet I'm
ions state and collective farms
cannot increase their low yield
per acre, the Kremlin's capa-
bility to wage a resumption OF
the Korean war is lessened.
No butter, wheat or any
foodstuffs should be sent 10
the Soviet Union. They only
would help to make the police
state rulers of Russia and Red
China stronger. both externally
and internally.
Donald Tarlow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-13
Paul Revere
january I, 1875

january /, 1875 -.
May 10, 1879
So prompt UdS he. All this
tDdS DeriJfed
By date of his appearance in
the Dorld.
often the boy played near the
treiohterS tied
Securely in the hdrbor Where
the beryled
And White desi1n of sea caught
In his brain.
Such memory patterns he
transferred By scroll
In fine engrdUings on the
shining, plain
Silver OF lddle, spoon or
sugar botol.
Promptly to Stirrup at the
signal light,
This Son OF Liberty aroused
the land
With tDdrning Doice that shook
the still Of night.
When came the peaceful
hours, his ready hand
Fashioned rare Steeple- bells
that sang in clear
Sdbbdth-tones OF freedom for
all to hear.
Rose Myro Phillips
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-13
OAR Coverooe

I received my copies of The
Star for the week of the
Daughters of the American
Revolution convention and was
immensely gratified to find the
excellent coverage you gave
our Congress. / subscribed to
three Washington papers for
that week, and ! know which
one ! will buy exclusively next
year for coverage Of the OAR
Continental Congress. I will
tell all our chapter members
and show them the papers, so
they can see for themselves.
Thank you ever so much.
Mrs. John r. Barnett,
Alexander Love Chapter.
Houston, Texas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-13
Sterile NEGOTIATIONS?

When the Salk vaccine was
given to the children in mass
incubation. how was the hypo-
dermic needle Sterilized? A
young man in the class at
the Carnegie Institute which
I attend. used this question
as his topic for the session.
He brought out, as far as !
can remember. that the chill
dren were lined up and the
same syringe was used until
empty. He wondered If a pre-
vious child was infected, what
the reaction would be on the
following. I am sure all sterile
precautions are taken. out l
am wondering also.
Dorothy DenisOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-13
Timely Compromise

Having compromised their differences
on teachers pay, the Commissioners and
the Board of Education have cleared the
way for early congressional action on
school raise legislation. AS long as there
was official disagreement on the amount
OF increases there was danger that salary
relief for local teachers would become
seriously begged down at the Capitol.
There never was any doubt on either side
about the necessity of giving teachers
and school officers a pay increase. But
there have been well-grounded doubts as
to the ability of the financially hard
pressed District to meet the cost of some
of the more liberal pay proposals under
study by Congress.
1t will not be easy, of course, to finance
even the So million pay plan finally agreed
upon after series of conferences between
District administrative and education Of
f1cials. But the compromise bill, intro
duced by Representative Bennett of Flor
ida, would cost the District about one
third as much as the measure sponsored
by Representative Beall of Maryland In
dividual raises would range from $184 to
$753 year. Originally the Board of Ed
ucation had recommended higher in
creases, costing a total of $24 million,
while the Commissioners had suggested a
SIS million outlay.
Since Congress is intent on raising
the pay level of all Federal employees, the
District, in fairness to its own employees,
feels obliged to approve general boosting
of the District payroll. At the same time
1t is face to face with grave fiscal problems
that, when aggravated by pay-raise legis-
lation will require higher local taxes and
more adequate Federal payment. Against
this disturbing fiscal background, any talk
OF reduction, rather than an increase,
In the Federal obligation is fantastic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-13

Templeton Jones Is an en-
thusiast.
Now it is aluminium paint.
Everything in the Jones
household and outside that can
be painted gets its brushful
of this interesting product.
Jones latest is the bird
house.
He had several of these.
notably for wrens and blue
birds. They were in assorted
yellows and reds, with a dash
Of blue and green.
Jones friends supplied the
houses, made according to no
known plan, but their inten-
tons were good.
It is an open question. Of
course, whether birds pay
much attention to color.
Some say they do. others
insist with equal vehemence
that they do not.
Templeton Jones doesn't
care. What he wants is a good
looking house which he hopes
will attract some Of the flyers.
He always regards life from
his own viewpoint, as most
human beings do. If he were
a bird. he says, he would not
use a red house, or a bright
yellow one.
So he conceived the idea of
painting all his birdhouses
aluminium.
So far. he has operated on
one wren house and one blue
bird house.
The wren house had been
done in bright yellow. It
struck a fancy note in the
garden-too fancy, said Bird
Jones.
He held the cleaning alum
mum house aloft.
1t was. indeed, a beauty.
ANY wren," said Jones.
sagely, should like this"
Any wren should, it was true.
but so far no wren has.
The little house, softly shin
ing, not garishly, reposes neat
ly on a branch of lilac hang
ing a few feet above a bird
bath.
The house is attached to a
wire, firmly placed around an
other branch.
Amid the blossoms and
leaves it hangs, a lure for any
small one of the air, but to
date no small one has even
glanced at it.
The one wren in the yard,
a saucy Jenny, dubbed and
bounced nearby, but she never
cast a glance at the house.
This did not discourage
Jones in the least. He knew
the house looked well and GER
tainly did not clash too much
with the leaves and flowers.
AS a matter of fact, the all
aluminium house looked very
much in place. somehow.
BY no means an ornithologist,
one of the queer persons who
wants TO know how many
feathers are in a wing, Tenn
pleton Jones is a normal bird
friend. interested in them, lik-
ing to know their names, and
some Of their habits. He feeds
them, and tries to protect them
as best he can.
His ideas, therefore, have
some merit.
The aluminium house, he
claims. should repell heat, and
thus help save the lives OF
baby birds. occasionally suf-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-13
Wet Nam Agreement

The reported Big Three agreement on
southern Wet Nam-if such really has
been reached-is a hopeful development.
But 1t does not by any means signify that
a solution to the Vietnamese problem is
In sight.
On the contrary, there is the most
serious doubt that the Communists can be
prevented from taking over in the south,
as they have done in the north. 1t has
been year since the fall of Dienbienphu-
a Communist triumph which broke the
back of the French in Indochina. In the
interval very little has happened in the
south to encourage belief that Wet Nam
can survive as an independent state. This
is land of political inexperience, inflamed
emotions and rampant nationalism. 1t
will be minor miracle if any stable gov
eminent energies. While hope remains,
however, the United States, France and
Britain should do everything within rea-
son to foster 1t.
One cardinal thing that can be done
is to refrain from any attempt to prop
up Bao Dali as the chief of state in Wet
Nam. After his months of idleness on the
French Riviera he is discredited at home
and distrusted as puppet of France. To
attempt to restore him to seat of author
ity in Saigon might we'll prove to be the
final straw in the collapse of such govern
ment as now prevails there.
Presumably, the agreement reported
from Paris means that the French have
decided, no matter how reluctantly, to
bypass Bao Dali and, for the time being
at least to support Premier Diem, who is
preferred by our own Government. The
British, whose primary concern is stability
in the area, evidently have concurred.
If this is the case, the next thing will
be to see whether Premier Diem, with
French and American support, can MAIN
tain and strengthen his hold on the Wet
Nam government. There are doubts about
his ability to do this. But at least he has
shown courage and resolution-qualities
not conspicuously present in the past. In
any event, he looks like the best bet, and
we have put our chips down on him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-13
Fairfax Master Plan

I do not know who j. T.
Kingsley is. but he could
scarcely have done a better
job of revealing the true ma
ture of the opposition to the
Fairfax County Master Plan
than that in his letter in The
Star of May 9. He shows him.
self to be one of the small
group of landowners who are
perfectly willing to saddle the
rest of the citizens Of the
county with an impossible tax
burden for the next half CEN
fury in order to realize hand
some profits on their land. It
is to defeat such as him that
the citizens of the county are
getting together to fight for a
planned community. We have
already had too much of a
taste of the financial and
other consequences Of I'M
planned community develop
ment.
Member Of Fairfax County
Citizens Committee for
the Master Plan.
May a new homeowner in
Fairfax make a few outraged
comments on j. T. Kingsley's
letter to the editor. printed in
the May 8 edition of The Star?
In re: Opposition to the Fair
fax Master Plan. I always had
the quaint idea that farmers
primarily were interested in
farming.
Not so the Fairfax farmers.
Every man or woman who owns
five acres or more bought be-
fore Korea) already is count
ing his or her Jaguars.
It's no secret that fantastic
profits have been realized on
sale Of farmland for large
housing projects in Fairfax
County. Did you ever take q
real good look at the results?
Hideous. cramped ramblers.
all exactly the same, sur
rounded by sun baked clay in
place of green fields. with nary
a tree to break the harsh out
line of brick and mud.
And, the natives don't care
as long as the dollars Chou
sand-dollar bills) roll in.
AS the wells go dry and the
new householder pays sus-
piciously high water, sewer and
electricity rates, he begins to
wonder why he ever bought in
Fairfax County in the first
place.
If these be harsh words,
let those who would take az
front, pause and reflect for a
moment. Has a single large
landowner in Fairfax County
offered any of his land to the
community for a public park
(which is so badly needed) or
as a recreational center for
young people? Fairfax could
use many more fine commu-
nifty projects along the same
lines. But they are not get
ting them.
Jeanne Fiske Swanson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-13
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES (. TRACEWELL

located in houses too much in
the sun.
The bluebird house is O
beauty. in its silver color.
1t hangs to the side Of a
large tree trunk, and, like the
wren house. faces south.
Templeton Jones is awaiting
the advent of renters, but, be-
ing an old hand. he will not be
too disappointed If nothing
comes. Birds cannot be CO.
creed, they live their little lives
as they please, and often re-
fuse to come to the little homes
put out for them with the best
will in the world.
The adult should not be
irked If something other than
he anticipates takes over a
house. Common sparrows, for
instance. are very adept at
finding houses, especially those
which are solid. That is why a
wren house should have a small
entrance. and preferably
should be on a swaying limb.
because sparrows simply do
not like to sway. when nest
ing.
Starlings and others like
bird houses. and will take over
from smaller birds, and after
all that is a part Of their ma
ture, and no human ought to
grow red in the face because
nature is not always to his
exact liking. Nature is large.
it has many faces, and some
times the face we think we
dislike is very interesting, after
all, and in the last analysis
will be found quite right, from
natures viewpoint.
Aluminium paint Is a mar
velous product; we would like
to hear from persons who use
it on bird houses, whether the
birds like it, and whether 1t
holds up well, and how the
hatch comes out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-13

standards, and drag the whites
down to them; failing either of
these, fall back into the pat
tern of living in their own
community. with their own
standards, whatever they may
be. A. Barr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-13
Government Deficits

WV sbBssSVS SGsgSH9
Barring refusal to run, it
looks as if next years presi-
dental candidates will be Eli
senhower and Stevenson.
OF course. Mr.. Stevenson is
too liberal for Southern con-
servatives and not radical
enough for Northern left
wingers. But Southerners will
not accept a candidate whose
views on indignation are like
those of Senator Humphrey or
Governor Hartman.
While many issues will be
tossed before the public, most
Of them resolve into Operation
Deficit and its direct result.
imitation. Currently. it seems
the Republican Party proposes
a sort Of mild imitation, mean
ing an annual deficit in run
ming the Government of about
IS billion. The Democrats are
continuing their desire for a
yearly deficit much greater
probably approximating the
$l2 billion average annual def
icit incurred under the Roose-
velt-Truman administrations.
This was made evident by their
recent attempt to cut income
taxes and increase subsidy
payments to farmers and
others.
AS every economist knows,
the country can be run pros
perously and good times en-
.joyed by all through deficit
spending-until the imitation
bubble gets so big it bursts.
So long as the Republicans
approve any imitation at all, it
is going to be difficult for
them to sell the idea that
mild imitation is better than
imitation unlimited, with the
public treasury open to all.
While a balanced budget ap-
peals to all those with the fu-
ture of the country at heart, a
small imitation program will
hardly prove as vote-getting
with the masses as big deficit
spending with its resultant
higher prices and wages.
c. E. S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-13
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen-nGmes may be used ~
letters carry DriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are. subject to con-
dens1tton.
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Comparing Races

A letter over the name Of
Carol Ann Davis in the May 2
issue of The Star dealt with
the mental capacity Of Ne
groes and whites. I found the
following statement most in
teresting: 1T should also be
noted that an intelligence test
is not q measure Of ones men
tai capacity. but rather Of
ones achievements"
I quote the definition of "in-
telligence test" from Webster's
Collegiate Dictionary, Fifth
Edition: ANY psychological
test designed to determine the
relative mental capacity of the
persons examined"
Enough said.
M. L. FrOmme.
l would like to reply to q
letter from Carol Ann Davis.
In this business of indignation
versus nonintegration, there
seems to be great deal of
blindness to fact, logic and
reason. and twisting of fact to
support a particular viewpoint.
Intelligence tests and Otto
Weinberg Notwithstanding, the
fact remains that Negroes are
being thrust into the position
of direct comparison with
whites on the economic, social
and academic fronts. Their
performance will be compared
on the same basis as the per-
Torrance OF whites against
whites. AS a result, there
seems to be three possibilities
open to them: Accept and
bring themselves up to the
established standards Of the
strata they are trying to
achieve: try to lower those
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Questions and Answers

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to any factual question 5v writing
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Hospital Experiences

On March Is, 1855, our 4i2-
year-old daughter met with an
accident while playing and cut
the front of her leg on a piece
of glass. about halfway be-
tween the knee and ankle. We
promptly called an ambulance
which took her to Prince
Georges General Hospital. The
doctor on duty who examined
her told us that he could not
care for her, for the cut was
too deep and that he would
have to call some outside
doctor. The doctor he called
had Office hours at that time,
and it was approximately two
hours before he arrived. No
sedative was given, nothing to
dull the pain for this little
child. Worried Parents
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Nv EAsLEY BLACKwooD

PASg Pass " FhSS
~, All pass
Mr.. Meek led the queen OF
clubs, which held the first trick.
He continued with the Jack OF
clubs which was also permitted
to win. He then shifted to the
deuce Of trumps and Mr.. Mas
tiers won on the board with
the 10.
Now he had to decide whether
he could afford the luxury OF
pulling the remaining trumps.
Even If the opponents trumps
were originally divided IA, he
would have to play one more
round and that would leave
dummy with only two trumps.
In that case he could count
five heart winners in his own
hand, the ace Of spades. the ace
of diamonds and two diamonds
ruffed in dummy. The total was
nine tricks, one short OF the
contract.
He correctly decided that this
hand was an example OF when
not to pull trumps. Owing to
the weakness Of his side suits,
In which only two winners were
available (the aces Of spades
and diamonds) it was clear that
he had to win eight trump
tricks.
This he did by cross-rufing
the hand beginning at the
fourth trick. He ruffed three
diamonds in dummy and dummy's
three losing spades in his own
hand. Thus he won 10 tricks.
conceding one club trick at the
end.
On some hands. 1t Is best to
set up one or more side suits
and pull all of the opposing
trulnps. On other hands 1t is
necessary to use dummy's
trlImps to ruff your losers. The
right method is not always as
clearcut as in today's hand.
As a general proposition, how
ever, you can do this. You can
count. Count your winners early
In the hand and decide which
method will get you the most
tricks. You can't pull all the
trumps automatically on every
hand just because the enemy
might ruff In. Sometimes you
must take that risk in order
to have any chance ut all for
your contract.
(copyright. 1855. General Features