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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-30
Rea ders Clearing House
LACE COOKIES

fMrS. M. w. e., WdShtngLonD
I am sending this recipe for
lace cookies for Mrs. T. 2. Arl-
ington: Sift together into bowl
u cup -four, "a teaspoon baking
powder. p cup sugar. Add p
cup quick cooking oats, 2 table
spoons heavy cream, 2 table
spoons light corn sirup. y cup
melted butter or margarine. /
tablespoon vanilla. Mix together
until we'll blended. Drop onto an
ungreased baking sheet 4 inches
apart. Bake in moderately hot
oven t375 degrees for 6-8 min
utes until lightly Drowned. Let
stand a few seconds before re-
moving from pan. Makes about 6
dozen pinch cookies.
For French lace cookies, mix
y cup light corn sirup, "a cup
butter, "a cup shortening. % cup
brown sugar, firmly packed, !
cup sifted all purpose flour, l
cup finely chopped nuts. Com
bine sirup, butter. shortening
and brown sugar in a saucepan
Bring to a boil, then remove i'm
mediately from the heat. Blend
in flour and nuts gradually. Drop
by rounded teaspoonfuls onto q
creased making sheet about
inches apart. Bake in 375-degree
oven $40 minutes. Cool l min
ute. Remove carefully with spa
tula. If desired, cookies may be
rolled into cone shape while still
warm. Makes about S dozen
cookies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-30
BY MARY L. VAUGHAN

A Nationwide series Of Demo-
cratic women's regional con-
ferences to pool campaign tech
niques and discuss past triumphs
and troubles ito assure Demo-
cratic victory in 1856" will be
launched next month in Mil
waukee, Wis.
Announcement of the plan
was made yesterday by Mrs.
Katie Louchheim, director OF
Women's Activities of the Demo-
cratic National Committee. who
revealed the series will begin
with a four-State regional con-
ference April 27-28 in Milwau-
kee.
The four States participating,
Michigan. Minnesota, Illinois,
and Wisconsin, will be repre-
scented by wives of Democratic
Senators. congressman and Gov
errors. along with party leaders
and workers at the two-day
event.
1T is our intention" Mrs.
Louchheim said, Ito take these
schools of politics to the grass
roots where each technique can
be discussed in the light of local
and regional conditions"
She added the regional meet
ings are the result of a growing
thirst among women in her party
to learn the techniques of cam
paigning.
Location and dates of other
conferences will be discussed at
the Democratic National Com
mittee meeting in Washington on
April IS.
END NEXT SPRING
Mrs. Louchheim declared,
however, the meetings. to be
concluded by the spring of Sc.
will. cover the entire Nation and
will be of divergent sizes. with a
varied number of States par
ticipating in each.
Recalling a recent speaking
trip to Tennessee. the women's
leader said participants came
great. distances to attend, some
getting up as early as 4 am.
to make the journey.
Mrs. Louchheim asserted she's
currently operating on the
theory President Eisenhower will
run again for Office and that the
time for new person to get her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-30
MODELLING CLAY?
KEEP MOSS AWAY?
fB. V. d., Washington

would like to get the formula
for modelling clay which was in
the Clearing House sometime
ago. I find two of my sisters
would like to have it.
I wonder if some reader knows
of some way to keep moss from
growing on bricks other than
painting the bricks?
I would also like to have a
recipe for butterscotch or cara
mel cookies that will soften up.
Mine always stay crisp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-30
ADDRESS WANTED2

MRS. r. j., SilDer Spring.
Recently I saw an ad for a
china repair kit. but have lost
it and am most anxious to have
the address. 1t was possibly in
either Spinning Wheel" OF
American Home" I would be
so pleased if some one could
furnish me with this address.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-30
FRAMING PHOTOS
fB. M, WdshinotonJ

In a recent column a lady
from Springfield asked for an
idea regarding the framing or
grouping of photographs of rela-
,tiveS and friends.
A decorator for whom I worked
has in her home a large collec-
ton of photographs which are
most effectively placed behind a
glass which is set into a panel
of a dressing room door. The
same idea could be applied to
a small hall or a bedroom panel.
or studio room.
AS each new photograph is
received, one side of the glass
is lifted and the picture slipped
beside the others. This group
is most effective and interesting
and does away with any arrang-
ing or hanging. The glass panel
is a frame for all of the pictures
simultaneously,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-30
TULIP BULBS

MRS. J. w. r., Washington
In answer to Mrs. c. B., Wash
ington. about tulip bulbs from
Holland, Mich. I had the pleas
ure of being there last May for
their Tulip Festival and visited
the tulip farms. l ordered some
bulbs at that time which were
sent to me last fall for planting.
They are coming up now and
I am anxious to see if they ale
as beautiful as the ones l saw
then. I have the names Of two
places: Nelis Nurseries, Inc,
Holland, Michigan. anG Van
Bragt Bros, 1924 Lakewood
boulevard, Holland, Mich.
I'm not sure whether the bulbs
are obtainable in the spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-30
COOP SCHOOL

MRS. o. D. o., Arlington
The darlington Cooperative
Kindergarten is now accepting
applications for the 1886
school term.
Children should be five by Oc-
tober /, but those who will be
five by January l will be con-
Sidered.
Please call Mrs. Robert Brown
at OV. 3-4209 for information
Evening star., 1955-06-08
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Expected Henry Ford statement after suendering to
the CIO for guaranteed annual Our
Thunderd attractive We've just been struck by
lightning"
Ike warned us not to expect miracle from the Big
conference The Eisenhower team is active this Big
shindg President sells the tickets for it
while Ike pickets it.
market booms again. Wall Street is convinced
Republicans will stick sound moneyhe kind that tnkes
with imitation every and then
medical report says cigarette smoking lung
The of long life to take all the fun
out of it.
apologies Secretary Wilson, CIO President
Reuther has motto whats good for Ford is good for
General Motors"
Commerce Secretary says employment in May set
record Republicans happier than when reminding
how hard we're working to support them.
Congress approves cent raise for postal work.
The mamen deserve it, They're carrying many extra
letters from why they voted them
selves SO cent pay raise
Evening star., 1955-06-08
America Is Important to Europe

as they attempt to set forth
the viewpoint of our Govern
ment. Certain American news
paper writings regularly belittle
the American Governments
position or give erroneous i'm
pressionS that encourage a be-
lief in Europe that the United
States soon will reverse itself,
forget the 10000 American boys
killed in Korea and welcome
Red Chinese leaders into the
United Nations with a kiss on
both cheeks for the aggressors.
When important Europeans in
influential circles are told that
this is not the true state of
American opinion today, they
seem surprised. They seem
never to have heard of "The
Committee of One Million
Against Admission of Commu-
mist China to the United Ma
tions," headed by such eminent
Americans as Warren Austin,
former United States Ambas-
sador to the u. NJ: Senators
Mansfield of Montana and
Douglas of Illinois, Democrats;
Gen. Marshall. Lucius Clay,
former Secretary of the Navy
Charles Edison, and others.
It's opening statement was
signed by 238 leading Ameri-
cans representing both major
political parties and every
category of national life.
9. Americans. conversely, are
not as well Informed about
European attitudes as they
might be. For the fact is that
Europeans are doing some i'm
portant things In the scien-
tific. educational, industrial
and political fields, and these
ought to be studied more by
Americans, especially those
who carelessly assume Amer
ican superiority in everything.
10. Business relationships
between America and Europe
are increasing at an unprece-
dented rate. American prod
ucts are better known in Eu-
rope than ever before.
II. Europe is turning out
motorcars at a rate of 2 mil
lion a year. This means an
automobile economy, with a
constant demand for steel and
rubber as well as for skilled
employees.
IL. Europe. thanks to Mar
shall Plan aid, is recovering
more rapidly from the effects
of World War II than it did
from World War I. Now If
somehow the next war can be
averted. or at least postponed
for a decade, the progress of
Europe on the economic side
will be greater in the next
ten years than in any past
decade in history.
Reproduction Rights Reserved.)
Evening star., 1955-06-08
CONSTANTINE BROWN
KremHn Now Finding 1t Advantageous
To Relax Cruelty of Anti Titoist Fight

Mikoyan, significantly did not
return directly to Moscow at
the conclusion of their recent
visit to Belgrade. Instead.
they visited in the capitals OF
the satellites. taking a COM
paratively leisurely trip with
plenty of time for high-level
conferences with the puppet
rulers.
To the mild and good
humored atmosphere of their
visit with the astute Tito they
have added equal joViality and
good fellowship along their
route back to the Kremlin.
Much of this very real
change in the outward charac-
ter of the relationship of Mos
COW to the satellites must be
attributed, of course, to the
cold fact that the true, basic
relationship will remain the
same: Absolute and unques-
tioning obedience to the
Kremlin in all matters Of i'm
portance. The chains have
been relaxed, and covered with
velvet, but they are still in
place as cruelty as ever, ready
for tightening if the occasion
should warrant.
Even more important. per-
haps, is the final public an
nouncement of a military alli-
ance long in the making. which
creates a sort of Communist
NATO in Eastern Europe with
Russia in the drivers seat.
All of these curious develop
ments of Communist policy are
plainly the result of the sue
cessful Western drive to re-
store sovereignty to West Ger
many and to recreate a Ger
man army as an aid to the
West in resisting Communist
expansion in Europe.
The present rulers Of the
Kremlin do not want a repe-
tition of the bloody insurrec-
Evening star., 1955-06-08
DOROTHY THOMPSON
Status of the Island Always Determined
By Fortunes of War and Possession

Prior to 1895, an overseas
Chinese possession, conquered
and governed as such; then an
overseas Japanese possession,
governed as such, it was prom
ised to China by three war
leaders who certainly could not
claim "a legitimate right" to
dispose of something that did
not and never had belonged
to them. Then it was taken
over by the government and
armies Of Chang Kai-shek as
a base for the reconquest OF
mainland China. And now it is
claimed by Chiang's successors
in Peiping whose own govern
ment rests on no other base
than force majeure.
where does Legitimate
right" enter this picture? What,
if anything, constitutes '1egiti-
macy? If a league of ma
tions can't answer this, 1t has
weak ground under its feet.
Does a state have a "legiti-
mate right" to all territory
settled by its nationals?
Chou En-lai apparently de-
MED this at the Bandung Con-
ference - a matter more i'm
portant. than the attention it
received in the West. For there
are large Chinese colonies all
over Southeast Asia, and all
previous Chinese governments
have claimed them as part OF
Greater China.
Evening star., 1955-06-08

At the meeting in Belgrade,
Yugoslavia joined Russia in
declaring that Communist
China's Legitimate rights" on
Formosa should be respected;
and that respect for the
sovereignty and independence
of all countries should be exer-
cised."
1t seems to me that the
United Nations should try to
define the principle of "legiti-
mate right"
What such principle can be
applied to Formosa?
The island, not originally
Chinese, became so by COL
onization. Fifty years ago it
was ceded to Japan, and
thereafter was recognized by
all foreign states as a japanese
possession. During World War
II it was given to China, by
President Roosevelt and Mr.,
Churchill, with the later con-
currence of Stain. The Ma
tionalist government of China,
defeated on the mainland. re-
treated then to the island,
which it has governed ever
since.
What principle of Legitimate
right" has been involved or
invoked in all this history?
Actually. the status of For
mosa has never been de-
termined by anything but the
fortunes Of war and effective
possession.
Evening star., 1955-06-08
Formoso and Legitimate Right

Chou En-lai renounced that
claim, saying that overseas
Chinese should be given the
option of deciding whether they
wished to be Chinese citizens,
in which case they should re-
turn to China, or citizens Of
the countries and states where
they reside, in which case they
should be subject to its laws.
The Formosans are Overseas"
Chinese.
In the modern world it is
hard to find any principle Of
legitimacy but one, recognized
in the charters of two world
wars: The principle of popular
self determination.
Under this principle the peo-
pie Of Formosa, an island as
large and populous as a num-
ber of European and other
states, alone have the legiti-
mate right to determine or to
change their status.
Communism is a form OF
government which no people
yet have ever freely chosen. In
whom resides a Legitimate
right" to impose it upon any
one?
If Peiping's claim to For
mosa is that the island once
belonged to the Chinese EN-
pire, what is wrong with "im-
perialism"? If the claim is
that it is populated by Chi
nese, what was wrong with
Hitler's claim to Austria and
the Sudetenland?
And II Russia is now invok.
ing the principle Of ''legiti-
Evening star., 1955-06-08

The signs are increasing that
the masters of the Kremlin
are about to loosen the steel
chains binding the Commu-
mist puppet governments OF
the satellite nations of Eastern
Europe.
Those chains, always pain
full, were made utterly ruth
less in their frightened restraint
following the detection of
Marshall Tito's Yugoslavia in
1948. Then, in the surge of
terrorism initiated by the
Moscow rulers. the NKVD
moved in to all the satellites
in force to guard against any
new Titoism.
Top Communists in Hun
gary. Bulgaria, Romania and
Czechoslovakia disappeared or
were disgraced for deviation
ism" as the police forces OF
the worst police dictatorship
the modern world has known
applied their fearsome cleans
ing techniques.
The purges and liquidations
were undeniably effective in
suppressing the very real
tendencies of the subjugated
peoples to assert their national
and racial identities. Any illu-
sions that the countries of the
Balkans and Central Europe
were truly independent "peo-
pies democracies" allied with
Big Brother Russia quickly
disappeared into the concen-
tration camps and the cellars
of the NKVD prisons.
But the signals have changed,
and the operations techniques
change with them. A few sur
viving Communists who man.
aged somehow to stay alive
and out of prison camps dur
ing the long night of the anti
Titoist purges have been re-
stored to some measure of per-
sonal standing and prestige.
Even some of the more violent
prosecutors, the most jealous
adherents of the Moscow line
Of the time, have in their turn
been punished and disgraced
for their zeal.
Today the signs multiply un-
miStakably that the new order
of sweetness and light is act
ing to relinquish the chains
and the mailed fist Of the
Kremlin.
American diplomats expect
even more decided actions in
the relations of Moscow and
the satellites within the next
few weeks.
The top Soviet bigwigs.
Khrushchev, Bulganin and
Evening star., 1955-06-08
Loosened Chains Still Are Chains

tions and continuous popular
unrest so very evident in the
satellites two years ago. They
could cope with those, Of
course, with the Red army and
its NKVD cohorts. But the
prospect of a rearmed Ger
many making its contribution
to the united European deter
mination to resist further Red
subversion or conquest calls
for a change of approach. A
half-willing puppet is better
than an unwilling one; II the
carrot Of prospective peace
under Soviet guidance can de-
liver more support than the
stick of Soviet ruthlessneSs.
the Kremlin will try 1t for all
it is worth.
Evening star., 1955-06-08
Is Million on NWotch
Walter Reed Operation

With an estimated Is million
|television viewers peering over
their shoulders, surgeons and
|pathologists at Walter Reed
Army Medical Center last night
removed from q woman's breast
and studied a lump suspected to
be cancerous.
Proceeding in a restrained,
dead-pan manner. the doctors
nevertheless were part Of . tense
program which had itg climax,
as do other television shows.
The suspected lump was found
Ito be non-cancerous and fur
ther surgery was not necessary.
The dramatic demonstration
of surgery and pathology in &C
ton was part Of q program that
originated in Atlantic City, N. j.,
where the American Medical AS
sociation is holding its l04th
annual meeting. Seven Ma
tional Broadcasting Co. tele-
vision cameras covered the op-
Grafton as well as the micro
scopic study Of the lump at the
Armed Forces Institute of Path
|ology-about 1000 yards from
the hospital operating room in
another building.
The entire process-from re-
moval of the suspect lump to
completion Of a multi-step anal
ysis-took only eight minutes.
The patient, a 25-year-old
woman, remained anonymous.
After the operation, Walter Reed
officials said she came through
very well"
The surgeon. Mai. Edward S.
Bres, jr.. gave q running COM
|mentary as he cut into the
woman's breast and shipped
away the growth which was said
to have been present six weeks.
After holding the lump in
front of the camera and describ-
ing some of its characteristics.
DR.. Bres had it sent through a
pneumatic tube to the pathology
Laboratories. The trip took As
seconds.
At the institute, Capt. c. w.
Della, chief resident pathologist,
received the lump, froze it. sliced
it, then placed it under the
microscope.
"It's benign (noncancerous) 1.
Yes, it's benign" Capt. Della
told surgeons awaiting the ver-
dict back in the operating room.
Had the word been cancer,
surgeons would have had to be-
gin more radical surgery"
Microscopic studies of the sus-
Evening star., 1955-06-08
Trucking Industry
Committee Meets

The trucking industry's Ma
tional Traffic Committee viii
meet tomorrow through Satur.
day in the Woodner Hotel.
The 100 elected representa-
tives of truckers in 48 States and
the District will consider the re-
vision of bylaws. tariff simpliflca-
tion and recent Interstate Com.
merce Commission rulings affec-
ting the industry.
The most controversial subject
will be an appeal by some truck
ers against a recommended re-
duction in certain rates on trans
portation of textiles. The Ma
tional Classification Board, sew
eral times, has recommended
reduction in the rates to a level
competitive with the railroads.
Evening star., 1955-06-08
Talk of War Is Less Than Year Ago,
But Many Have Not Lost Their Anxiety

5. The Soviet strategy
which aims to chase American
troops out of Europe by "cold
war" maneuvers-such as the
detachment of Austria, the
naturalization of Yugoslavia
and Germany-is not yet
clear to the people of Europe,
though newspapers everywhere
are beginning to reflect some
concern, interspersed with
frequently expressed beliefs
that the Communists are on
the defensive in their diplo-
matte moves on the European
chessboard.
6. Disarmament is a word
often mentioned but one in
which few people have any
faith. The idea that Soviet
Russia will ever consent to in
ternational inspection or throw
away her atom bombs is con-
sidered rather farfetched and
fanciful.
7. Many persons in Europe
still see America as a nation
with impulsive and untried
leaders who might precipitate
a war in the Far East at any
moment. Government leaders
everywhere know that's not
true. and opportunities have
arisen to make it clear to Bull
ganin in Moscow and Chou
En-lai in Peiping that the
United States has no desire or
intention to enter a war unless
attacked. It has been con-
veyed in convincing terms, on
the 9th er hand, that the
United States will fight if
Formosa is attacked. This
clear-cut definition of Ameri-
can policy has done more to
prevent a Far Eastern out
break than any one thing that
has happened. The Congress
of the United States, by pass
ing the Formosa resolution by
an overwhelming vote Of both
parties, deserves the credit for
this important piece of war
prevention.
8. There is a big gulf be-
tween America and Europe
insofar as understanding
American public opinion is
concerned. The tendency of
some of the correspondents
for European newspapers in
New York and Washington to
report only quotations from
"left-wing" newspapers in the
United States, and portray
their views as representatives
of American thinking, still goes
on. It often plays havoc with
the efforts of American diplo-
matte representatives abroad
Evening star., 1955-06-08
DORIS FLEESON
White House Unhappy With KnowIond;
Liberals Fail to Appreciate Johnson

The favorite indoor sport of
the Capital these days seems
to be hurting brickbats at the
majority and minority leaders
of the United States Senate.
The White House is mad at
Senator KnoWland because he
is going over the country ex-
pressing views on foreign pol
icy in opposition to the stands
taken by the President. Ameri-
cans for Democratic Action,
the anti Communist left, COM
plains that Senator Johnson's
leadership of the Democrats is
too conservative.
1t is true that Senator Know
land does not reflect the Pres
ident's attitude on foreign pol
icy and that Senator johnson
does not run a temperature
over matters which incite a real
New Dealer to action. A slight
touch of arithmetic, however.
plus a working knowledge of
the 96 Senators as they actually
are rather than as their party
labels describe them. shows
that as leaders both men are
doing rather a remarkable job.
For the voters, in their in
finite wisdom, have in the past
two congressional elections di-
vided the Senate almost even
ly. Senator Knowland operated
during the first two Eisenhower
years with no majority at all.
He had 48 Republicans and
the Vice President in case of
a tie. Senator johnson has i'm
proved on this by the bare
minimum; he has 40 Demo-
Gratis to work with.
Evening star., 1955-06-08

In that 40 are not only
Southern conservatives a nd
Northern liberals but men who
wear their national party ties
lightly indeed. In virtually
every real contest. Senator
Holland of Florida is an un-
known quantity whose capture
must be mapped out by Sena-
tor johnson and his aides in
scarcely less detail than the
Normandy invasion. Both Sem
ator Holland and Senator Byrd
have voting records with a
heavy COP. tinge and seem
rather proud of it.
Senator Eastland of Missis-
sippi, who thinks very little
seemingly of the way things
are run here. including the
Supreme Court, is also short
on the club spirit. Senator
Kennedy of Massachusetts, has
been Ill and absent until this
week; returning, he cast his
first vote against the leader
ship. Senator Murray Of Mon
tana has been in Europe the
past six weeks.
There are certain personal
animosities in this narrow ma
jority as well. That they have
not appeared openly goes on
the johnson credit list. .
Senator johnson has one
potential ally across the aisle,
the unpredictable, really wild
Bill LANCER. Few others break
from the G. O. P. standard.
The late Senator Taft solved
a similar situation by max
ing an alliance with the
Southern conservatives. Sen