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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-12-08

racing blazing Strato-Streak performance
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You can plan on it, definitely, because
there's not thing to stop you-a the figure
on the price tag plainly shows.
For instance, your favorite body style in
the $50 series carries price within whisper
of the cost of the smaller, lighter powered
lowest priced cars! And that's just the start.
We're trading right now to set an all-time
record for December. When you've heard
our deal you may very well discover that
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Come in and confirm that the $50 is the
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-25
Raw Beef and Sissy Trout

Louis A. Wehle, chief of the New York
State Conservation Commission, has made
a shocking discovery. He has learned
that trout become 'sissies" when they are
raised in the commissions hatcheries on
a diet of slices of liver or pellets of food
concentrates.
The trout themselves of course like
1t. that way. And why shouldn't they?
After all, it's a soft life, and the meals are
both regular and good. But what happens
to them when they get old enough to make
their own way in the world? Well, ac-
cording to Mr.. Wehle, at best only 60 per
cent of them survive after they are taken
out of their mollycoddling ponds and
transferred to real streams-nature' own
where they must fend for themselves.
This deplorable situation has moved
Mr.. Wehle to VOW that he is going to do
something to tougher the trout under his
care. But he is vague about his program,
and maybe he is having trouble figuring
out what to substitute for the liver and
concentrated food pellets. If so, he may
find 1t interesting to look into the posi-
bility of raising these fine Ash on diet
made up exclusively Of raw beef, chopped
up like hamburger. The Star knows Of at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-25
Free State?

Back in the 1920s, Maryland
started another fasco that
snowballed into the most hor-
rible nightmare that ever Wis
tied this part of the country.
1t all started because some
Federal workers living in Vir-
ginia were driving their cars
on Maryland soil to get to their
place of employment. Those
using the roads in Maryland
and living in Virginia had to
buy both Maryland and vir-
gina auto tags. Then Vir-
ginia hit back and required
that Marylanders working in
Virginia would have to do the
same. And to make things
more difficult, and not to be
outdone in the deal, the Dis
trict government said that both
Virginia and Maryland cars
would have to have District
tags, as they had to drive
across the District to go to
work So we had cars running
around the country all the way
from Maine to California with
three sets of license tags. ! will
never forget the ridicule
heaped on me the first trip
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-25
Rehabilitation

For much too long it has
seemed that the avowed policy
of public welfare has been to
seek out the needy. require
them to pauperize themselves
so they can receive public as
sistance. and then pay them a
cash dole to maintain them
selves at this substandard level.
Going on relief" with all its
implications of loss of initia-
tive and self-respect, has been
the destined lot Of an ever
increasing number of our less
fortunate. Particularly has
this been true of those individ-
uals whose physical and emo
tional difficulties are not read
lily solved except by extensive
training or retaining. Even
with the splendid program Of
Good Will Industries, not all
of these needy can be reached.
Therefore the program Of
the D. c. Vocational Rehabili-
tation ONCE under the direc-
ton Of Tom Rathbone. so ably
described by John McKelway
in a recent issue Of The Star.
was most heartening. Truly it
is time we began thinking In
terms OF rehabilitation instead
OF doles, of preventive welfare
instead of budgets to maintain
legions Of destitute and handi-
capped at public expense.
Mrs. Joseph s. Yuill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-25
HENRT PTTTTER NATT0

HENRI PITT1ER NATION
AL FOREST. Venezuela. -
Knee-high red and pink ferns
fill the jungle hollow.
Around them are green
leaves covered with parallel
white lines in sets of five with
dots on the lines which look
like notes of music. These
leaves are known as Emusic
paper" There is no record
that anybody ever has tried to
play the tunes nature has writ
ten on them.
Mixed with them are sand
paper leaves" with surfaces
so rough that locally they are
used for the same purpose as
are sheets of sandpaper else
where
Sinister hangman's ropes
swing, awaiting their victims.
from high branches along the
few jungle paths. A close rela-
tive of the northern potato is
a blossoming tree with a
straight, spined gray green
trunk 80 to 40 feet high.
This cloud-land jungle is a
forest of 300 million years ago.
Here f1ourishes the giant tree
fern. most characteristic tree
of the vast ancient forests
from which the coal deposits
were formed. In the tree-fern
frondS Turk worms and am
phibians not vastly different
from the tree creatures of the
Devonian geological era.
It is a forest of the central
tropics. Paradoxically it is
also, when seen from a little
distance, a New England forest
of late September with groves
of straight, white-trunked
palm trees which look like
birches and patches of flame
color in the treetops which
look like maple leaves starting
to put on their autumn color
ing. The temperature. in fact.
is about that of a warm au-
tumn day in New England,
especially as dusk comes and
the white veil of mist rolls
over the mountain tops from
the sea.
Flower Like Rooster
The patches of f1ame-color
which look like maple leaves
are orange and red blossoms
of the gallito, or cock flower"
so-called because the bloom
resembles so much the body IF
a miniature rooster. The GAL
Tito appears high in the tree
tops. 1t is about the most
abundant and most conspicu-
GUS flower of the cloud jungle.
1t appears on big, gray
trunked trees whose bark looks
like rough-woven linen. Each
blooming tree is full of bril-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-25

Templeton Jones says that
this summer will see the worst
drought in the history of the
country. @
He bases this on the heat of
the sun.
Taking his first sun bath of
the season, he found that the
rays were as strong as those
in June, in a normal season.
So he warns all persons sun
inclined to take it easy. stay
out just a few minutes, at first.
Jones remained one hour,
and came out resembling one
of those poor Holsters cooked
alive.
Templeton Jones likes to
take a few minutes off every
morning for a brief sun-doZe.
This led one careful observer
to write:
EARLY one spring morning.
passing The Stars edif1ce. I
noticed a gentleman wearing
a dark suit.
HE was hatless, having a
nice headful of hair.
HE was perched upon q
corner step. facing west of The
Star papers business home.
"He was looking diagonally
across the street. pensively
watching the moving throng.
STARTLED momentarily, an
inner voice within me said:
THAT gentleman is Tenn
pleton Jones'
II have been reading your
enjoyable informing essays now
for many years.
Sincerely. c. K. R."
"Your articles are a source
of help and joy.' writes N. G.
of Centreville, Va.
Through your writings ]
have learned much. Please
give us. your devoted readers,
more of these educational
items"
Thanks, kind reader.
And thanks from Templeton
Jones. too.
Let us admire the sun-fan,
as he perches in it anywhere,
downtown. uptown. out in the
suburbs. where he still believes
that no bombs will fall.
Thinking that our good
friend must have some pointers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-25
France and unisiu

Except for its relationship with Ger
many, no problem has plagued France and
its political life more deeply in recent years
than that of the French position in North
Africa. Even the costly military and eco
nomic losses in Southeast Asia failed to
arouse the same stubborn determination
to maintain French rights" as in the case
of Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. Algeria,
largest of the three, lives today as an
integral part of metropolitan France
represented in the National Assembly and
having political status comparable to any
part of the, homeland. Nationalism there
has been neither as virulent nor as trouble
some to Paris as in the protectorates of
Morocco and Tunisia.
OF these two, Tunisia-generally con-
sidered the most highly developed country,
intellectually and socially, in North Africa
has posed the greatest problem to
succession of French governments. In
July, 1854, Premier Mendes-France sought
to resolve the trouble by cabinet-sup-
ported announcement that internal SOW
ereignty would be granted the protec-
torate, leaving in French hands response
bility for defense and foreign affairs. But
in February of this year his government
fell on the specific question of this policy
towards Tunisian home rule.
The problem has remained, neverthe-
less, and the government of Premier Edgar
Faure has been OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
larry during the past fortnight-on finding
a negotiated formula which would satisfy
the controlling political elements in Tunis
and in Paris Agreement at the negotiat-
ing level has now been announced While
details have not yet been disclosed, it is
indicated that substantial concessions
have been granted by the French in terms
of domestic political autonomy, but with
French civil and economic rights in
Tunisia protected and French jurisdiction
over defense and foreign affairs retained.
.Tunisian leaders, including the head of
the Nationalist Neodestour Party, have
expressed their satisfaction with the
agreement. There still remains, however,
serious question as to whether the VOL
atile and temperamental French Assembly
will approve.
France has taken the position that
its handling Of the North African problem
is strictly its own affair, not subject to
intervention or pressures from the United
Nations or from other outside sources. 1t
Of the long-standing controversy could
have constructive effect upon the generally
troubled political situation in the entire
North African Middle East area and per-
haps beyond
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-25
Cancer Crusade

Almost Immediately after
signing up to work in the cam
paign for the American Can
Ger Society this year. we dis
covered that our 2-year-old
daughter had cancer. For this
reason. the chairman of my
area was reluctant to ask me
to help with the drive, though
there are few as well qualified
through personal experience
to campaign, or who owe more
to this society. The operation
on our little girl, followed by
extensive X-ray treatment, we
managed to pay for with the
help of grandparents. When
we learned there must be an
other series of X-rays to help
control spread of the disease,
it never occurred to us that
We might be eligible for aid
from any source other than
our families. though it was
not easy to have to depend
again upon their love and
generosity. The series of treat
ments had barely begun be-
fore I was called to a small
business Office, at Children's
Hospital. and told that the en-
tire expense of the treatments
would be met by the American
Cancer Society.
Because our little girl was
able to complete the series of
X-rays. she has a fighting
chance to live. If this letter
in any way helps the Cancer
Drive, I shall be very grateful.
Shirley G. Goodrich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-25
HIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

for other sun addicts. we went
to interview him.
mfr. Jones was pleasantly CO.
operative. Not all people are,
of course, but Jones is a model
in most things. and is almost
always right.
Yes. he said, he had several
good suggestions.
In the first place, says Tenn
pleton Jones. remember your
years. 49,
The youthful can take all
most anything, including super
doses of sunshine. but their
elders land this need not mean
much older) cannot do it any
longer.
Cannot, that is, without run
ming some danger.
Just a burnt skin is not so
bad, Jones says. That can be
avoided by using one of the
many sun-tan lotions.
1t is the thin spots that
hurt.
Templeton Jones warns that
. this springs burning sun must
be met with sun-tan lotions.
but particularly on the thin
spots.
These appear, in most males.
on the forehead and on the
lower lip, at the corner.
Practically every person has
one or more of these thin
places, after he gets older. and
a little extra attention to them
will prevent them from blister
ing and maybe changing into
something really inimical.
Devote special care to all
such places. including the
bridge of the nose.
Smooth in a little lotion on
such spots every single time
before going into the sun. Just
now and then will not do. 1t
must be every time, without
fail.
In this way, the whole face
need not be covered. but just
the tender places.
If this isHdone, says Temple
ton Jones. even the man with
a tender skin can enjoy SUM-
shine. provided he does not
remain in it too long at a time.
Just what this length is. every
person must find out for him
self. 1t will be less this sum-
mer than ever before,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-25

administration. If President
Eisenhower followed Mr.. Tru-
mans example. he would in
form the world that Matsu
and Quemoy are outside our
sphere of defense, only to
defend them when the Com
munists accepted his invitation
to seize them.
I am sure that President
Eisenhower will do everything
in his power to maintain the
unity of the free world, if
there is any such unity. l do
not believe. however, that he
will be satisfied to have the
United States pay the bills and
do the fighting while our So
called allies dictate our foreign
policy and see to it that we
do not gain a military victory
when such a victory is within
our grasp. Let us hope the
American people will be wise
enough to reflect President
Eisenhower and elect a Re-
publican Congress next year,
so that he may have time to
correct some of the mistakes
of his predecessors.
w. B. Penn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-25
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
Forest of Days Before Flood
BY THOMAS r. HENRY

liantly colored humming birds
and red and green parrots.
Trees in the high jungle hills
wear thick, green overcoatS of
moss and lichens. There is
one dark-green form of moss
which grows about an inch
high and looks like a miniature
cedar leaf. Many of the older
trees, especially palms, are
rusty" with a species of red
lichen which spreads rapidly
over the trunks.
This is a three-storied jungle.
At the bottom of the hills it
Is deciduouS. During the dry
season leaves fall as during a
northern autumn. Conditions
become almost desert-like and
carelesSly started. disastrous
fires sweep through the forest.
A little higher is the bearded
jungle" which gets some bene-
fit from the mist shroud. Here
branches are covered with a
gray, parasitic moss like Span
ish moss in the Gulf States.
Above it is the evergreen
jungle, where the leaves never
fall, where it is perpetually
September or April, and where
the hills are swamps. This is
due to the 80 to 80 per cent
humidity of the neblina which
comes daily from the sea,
forms on the mountain tops
and sinks over the forest. Here,
especially, is the forest of the
great tree ferns. None of the
present forms. of course. are
of the ancient species which
once dominated the flora of
the world.
Masses of Orchids
This cloud forest is predom-
inantly the home of the cpl
phytes, such as long, dangling
masses of red. pink and pearl
orchids which grow on the
trees. They require plenty of
moisture and. with the green
Stemmed tree ferns them
selves. disappear as one de-
scends to the low lands. In
the mountain swamp the trees
always are soaking wet. 1t is
an ideal environment for the
eight or 10 varieties of moss
which grow so luxuriantly.
There are green-walled cave
openings 10 feet high and 10
feet wide in the bottoms of the
trunks of giant trees. Exposed
roots lie across the paths, COW
cred with moss in which there
are leprous white spots. They
look like enormous, writing,
malevolent green serpents.
Many of the trees, as in all
jungles, are being strangled in
the snake-like coils of lianas,
the jungle vines, which climb
above the canopy foliage and
smother the trees by robbing
them of the sunshine essential
to photosynthesis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-25
transition

She tDho so ioUed the beautiful
and good.
The thought that foWed from
loUe and tDelcome home,
The first drbutuS spring
to the mood,
The outSpredd Wings that sky
UGrd stretched to roam,
The freSide tDltere the fragrant
hickory burned
Upon q ,1inter'S night when
lighted hours
Held all that to ,Dhich lore
has eUer turned
For the high dreams that only
Ut empowers,
Has left for greater loue and
higher realms,
And We ,Oho miss her so recall
-. recall ...
With q nostalgia that oper-
Whelns,
Her gentle face. her gracious
tDord for all.
And hop, it seemed. a moment
spent tDih, her
Was a gift OF gold. and frank
incense and myrrh.
Edword Garner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-25
S.W. RedeveIopment

On the lace OF IL, feoevel-
opment" sounds wonderful.
Maybe it will be wonderful
and maybe it will not. but in
either case Southwest prop
erty owners are unwilling mar
tyrs to the cause.
Recently an official of the
Redevelopment Land Agency
boasted that Southwest prop
erty is being acquired at Is
per cent below estimated fig
ures. No wonder! The proce-
dure used in acquiring these
properties would make a Rus
sian turn green with envy.
Here's how it works. The prop
erty owner is entitled to the
fair market value of the prop
erty at the time Of the taking.
Therein lies the hitch. Early
in 1853 the first block was
taken by the Government
agency, and already the values
had been ruined because Of
the long discussions which
preceded the actual taking.
Now, two years later, a few
more properties have been ac-
quired. But what happened in
the meantime? Anyone who
has seen this area lately would
readily agree that it looks as
though a cyclone hit it-not
only where buildings are being
RACED but even the many
houses and commercial prop
critics which the Government
has not acquired and which,
prior to 1858. were considered
adequate and f1rst-class real
estate. The owner of Southwest
property must keep his prop
erty occupied. otherwise van
dals will destroy it. So that,
on the one hand, the owner
of rental property urges the
tenant to remain-at reduced
rent or possibly no rent. and
on the other the Government
urges the tenant to move out
before the property is taken.
The tenant usually moves and
vandals take over. Anyone on a
condemnation jury confronted
with these shells of buildings
and required to set a fair mar
ket value at that point would
be very liberal If one arrived
at a figure so per cent below
the value of the property be-
fore the Government ruined
the market for Southwest
properties.
1t all boils down to the fact
that if the Government agen-
cies play around long enough,
there won't be any market
value and then our clever Of
ficials will be able to acquire
the majority of the Southwest
area at practically no cost.
After the local owners have
contributed their properties to
the cause. it appears that a
large out-of-town corporation
stands ready to take over and
reap the profits which have
been so diligently sweated out
of the local taxpayers. Peace.
it is wonderful!
Raymond r.. Rupert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-25
Mr.. George and Red China

AS Senator George has said in his
eloquent address to the American Society
of Newspaper Editors, the United States
Is surely "big enough and great enough to
talk" with Red China in an effort to relax
Far Eastern tensions and bring about a
peaceful settlement of the FormoSa crisis
Or at least an abatement of it.
Of course. in proposing negotiations
to that end, Premier Chou En-lai may be
less than sincere He may be interested
only in making propaganda. He may feel
that he is batting trap, and he may have
no other objective in mind than to catch
our country in it. But Mr.. George, who
is one of our most distinguished elder
statesmen, and who speaks wisely and
knowingly as Democratic chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is
not disturbed by that possibility, even
though he is well aware of it.
And he has good reason to feel this
way, and SO have all Americans. For there
can be no doubt that the United States is
indeed "big enough and great enough" to
respond aff1rmatively to Mr.. Chou'S offer
an offer that seems very definitely to re-
fleet significant modification of Peiping's
past policy. Mr.. George has taken an
altogether common-Sense view of the stu
alton. AS he sees it, and quite rightly, our
country still is the most powerful in the
world, and why should it hesitate-as If
lacking confidence in its own incompatible
strength-to negotiate with Red China,
which Is UNNECESSARILY weaker? And why
should anybody-such as men like Senator
Knowland-feel that readiness to do this
would constitute an act of ''appeasement"
or that our representatives would be too
naive or too stupid to bargain sehsibly, in
keeping with principle and reality?
True, it would be futile for our country
to enter upon any talks with the Chinese
Communists without some prior assurance
of their willingness to be reasonable. True,
too, it may be essential to see to it that
such negotiations-if they are ever to be
held-are organized on the basis of condi-
lions agreed upon in advance, including
possibly the condition that the Formosa
regime of Chang Kai-shek should be a
participant. However, as Senator George
has suggested, these are matters that
should cause little difficulty If Peiping is
genuinely interested in promoting peace
in the Far East.
AA dAiy CNC1t, W4l. 0COISC ulluOuUGcOAy
has spoken for the great majority of
Americans in declaring that the United
States can and should negotiate with Red
China If there is even only slight hope
that the results will help to promote peace.
What is the alternative? If nations cannot
talk themselves into some kind of accept
able agreement, or modus vivendi, they
must wage war. And in this age-the
atomic-hydrogen age-war seems to be
senseless for everybody.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-25

least one private hatchery where they are
fed such diet-out near Valentine, in the
cattle-raising sandhills of Nebraska-and
the specimens to be found there look like
anything but sissies.
Moreover, they bite ferociously and
they would give sportsman real run
for his money in natural streams Fur
thermore, whether or not raw beef is the
key to savage trout, Mr.. Wehle should know
eating.