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infamous heritics. since they
were a part of the heritage
which insists that deeds not
creeds are the test Of a mans
faith.
Third, in matters of re-
ligion, the majority is not all
ways right. Ikhanton, Moses.
Jesus, Luther, Buddha, Chan
ming, and Ballou certainly
never expressed the majority
opinion when they sought to
reshape the religions of their
day. Yet succeeding genera
tons can look back and be
thankful they heard. With
this in mind ] hope the Ethi-
cal Cultural Society will take
this case all the way to the
Supreme Court, if necessary,
to declare once and for all the
liberals right to religious
status.
Rev. David Hicks MACPHERSON,
Universalist Church of
Silver Spring.
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Alley Dwellings

An alley is an alley by what.
ever name It may be called.
Alley dwellings. no matter at
what exorbitant prices sold
now, will degenerate into fu-
ture slums. These are the
frightening facts which face
Georgetown residents.
Georgetown is an authentic
living survival Of the 18th
century. It has been the aim Of
its residents to preserve and de-
velop 1t in an appropriate pat
tern.
This effort has proved q
financial asset TO the District
not only in increased tax re-
turns but In creating a tourist
attraction which produces
revenue for the District.
Why do not the Commits
sioners appreciate this? Why
do they not uphold the Old
Georgetown Act2 Why do they
not refuse permission for con-
struction Of alley dwellings and
buildings reported adversely
by the Old Georgetown Board
Of Review?
II Is bitter for the George
town residents 70 have in
yestors profit By their hard and
devoted work.
Georgetown Resident.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-07
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Army Declares About War on Pests
By THOMAS R. HENR'

5000 specimens q destructive
micro organisms-one Of the
largest and most accurately
identified collections in the
world-for study Of how these
organisms live and reproduce.
The collection constantly is
being increased as new enc
mics are found in different
parts Of the world.
Just now special attention
is being paid to the cockroaches:H
worldwide in distribution
pests all over the earth, among
the most primitive Of insects
and by some believed to be
the first Of the race to inhahit
the land. They are the earliest
known fossil insects.
The emphasis is due not only
to the fact that they may
prove at any time an imporl
tant Quartermaster pest but to
the exceptionally fine collec-l
ton Of Is species which has
been assembled. The entomolsi
ogists are finding the cockroach
an extremely interesting and
elusive creature. g
One study is concerned espe-
cially with parthenogenesis or.
virgin birth, among cock
reaches. This, it has been de-
termined. apparently is con-
fined to a single. and one Of
the most destructive, species.
All the progeny, however, are
females and it is doubtful IL
the race could be continued
long by this method.
Roach a Fine Chemist
They have been able to in
duce parthenogenesis in one
other species. but only a single
individual came out Of an egg
alive after the egg casing was
cut away to help the birth
process. One of the most far-5
reaching studies, the report Of
which recently was published
by the Smithsonian institute
ton, has been of the quite
compile a ted reproduction
mechaniSms of the cockroach..
Other studies are being car
ried out on the climbing ability
of cockroaches, especially up
smooth surfaces such as win
dow panes. OF late much at-9
tention has been given to the
brown banded cockroach. a
tropical species which makea
its home in furniture and.
comes out only at night to
forage. Within the past few
years it has advanced out of
the South as far north as Mon
treal, presumably by means Of
furniture shipments. and the
entomologists are at a loss for
means Of stopping it. In a new
environment it may easily be-
come one of the most destruc-
tive of the race.
A recent finding is that, the
cockroach can be an excep-
tionally fine chemist. One
species emits a poisonous Sc
erection which has been identis
fed with a man-made chem-
ical, hexenal. 1t is impossible
to produce so pure a product
in the laboratory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-07

read with interest your
papers report on the tax rul-
ing against the Washington
Ethical Society: also the re-
port on Mr.. Weston's sermon.
Naturally I agree with Mr..
Weston's assertion that rev
erence for morality. ethics and
right living" is the very
essence Of religion" However.
three other points seem inn
portait.
First. Judge Morgan has
been forced into a position
with which ! can sympathize.
It Is not an easy thing to
attempt a definition Of re-
ligion that viii be all inclu-
sive. Still the court is called
upon TO deliver such q ruling.
Second, / am deeply con-
cerned with the extent TO
which we can 90 in defining
religion. Judge Morgan has
apparently taken the view
that 1t can be done BY taking
the orthodox notions of God,
prayer. ritual, etc. II this be
so, we shall have to 60 back TO
the period when Uniyersalists
and Unitarians were strug-
Cling for recognition. We
must also assume that people
such as Thomas Jefferson,
Clara Barton. and Ralph
Waldo Emerson were at best
misguided souls OF at worst
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If they who lie beneath the
crosses could awaken. would
they be wondering If the SUI
preme sacrifice was all in vain?
Have the shades Of Babylon
reached into the present, that,
there now exists the confusion
Of tongues? 1t seems the voice
of peace cannot rise beyond the
lips of those who cry out in
desolation against the evil
emanating from the souls of
men.
To what depths of utter de-
pravity can imperialistic ma
tons sink in pitting nation
against nation - peoples
against peoples-the sacrificial
offering of human lives upon
the altar of machiavellianism?
Disraeli in his time Of great
est triumph knew and warned
that no man and no nation
could sit in the seat Of the
Almighty. There can be no
peace where man resents the
rights of man--no peace where
nation resents the right Of ma
ton. Blood of the same hue
flows and courses through the
veins of brown man, black
man, yellow man and white:
and each has a right to be
heard. Let us hope, here in
America. that the paranoid at
titude. this exhibition of deca-
dence Of Britain and France
in this atomic world shall pass
and those beneath the crosses
sleep in peace.
MARY n EtIann
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The Wrong Side of the Line

Washingtonians yesterday had rea-
son to resent anew the fact that they
live on the wrong side Of the line-the
District Line.
For 1t is this circumstance, this other
wise insignificant accident, which has de-
prived them Of the birthright Of every
other American, the privilege of voting.
Our neighbors who live on the other side
OF the river in Virginia, or on the other
side Of the street, in Maryland, we're
fiocking to the polls yesterday in record
turnopts. They were deciding for them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-07
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

mantle" which nature der
nandS. - s ~
This means. Temp Jones
says. that one refrains from
using too much soap. which
causes the skin to become al
kaline, and it is on alkaline
skin that the malady persists.
Then being too clean" we
asserted. triumphantly, lis to
run the dangers of getting
athletes foot?" R
Precisely" grinned DR.
Jones. Dirty people seldom
have it. 1t was only after all
America got bath tubs that
anybody ever heard Of athL
lete's foot"
+ -
We watched Jones tiptoeing
away on his perfect feet, and
wondered If he didn't have
something, after all.
When you think Of all the
plain pain and misery, even
mental. and maybe especially
mental, which feet can cause.
a person without a flaw in
them has a right to be proud
Perhaps some of the miserieA
of history, so plain in all the
books land over the radioN
have been due and still are
due to foot imperfections.
brought about by poor fitting
shoes. and wearing even the
best Of them too long at a
time.
Caesar. Napoleon, Hitler, 70
nape but three -
Could all the havoc they
caused have been due to corns,
or fallen arches. or some such
thing, after all? -
1t may be that historians OF
the futurer viii have an eye
to such matters, as well as 70
economic, political and literary
reasons for wars and the fall
Of dynasties and countries. -
1t would take some Of the
starch out Of a conqueror II
the populace would grin as he
went by, and whisper, one 70
another: ~
1T amt statecraft that
makes him so mean. It's Just
that his feet hurtH' 4,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-07

QUARTERMASTER RE-
SEARCH AND DEVELOP
MENT CENTER, Natick. Mass.
calling mosquitoes is a
speciality Of research scientists
here.
They initiate, either with a
tuning fork or with their own
voices, the serenade with
which the females call their
mates-a sound produced by
beating Of the wings, which
is quite unmusical to human
ears.
The frequency Of this sound
has been determined. It
brings male mosquitoes from
all over the neighborhood on
a love quest which quite fire.
quently has fatal ending.
This, of course, is q quite
minor accomplishment, re-
ported by DrS. Louis M. Roth
and Edwin r. Willis of the
Pioneering Research Labora-
tories, who are making funda-
mental studies Of the behavior
Of all sorts Of insects.
The Army. Of course, is not
particularly concerned with
the love life Of mosquitoes, but
the wing-beat serenade has
proved of considerable value
in separating males from fe-
males in a cage in order to
determine any distinctive diff
ference in behavior between
the two sexes.
When the sound is initiated
with a tuning fork all the
females stay put. All the
males come flocking towards it.
''Brain Waves" Recorded
On another laboratory in
the same department ento-
mologists are recording insect
"brain waves"-or rather the
electrical activity of insect
nerves. Individual nerves are
attached to a recording APP
paratus which records their
activity on an oscillograph
screen. This also can be
brought out on a loud-speaker.
Also a permanent record can
be made for future COM
parsons.
The object here is quite
practical, but there are highly
significant theoretical appli-
cations. BY means of the ap-
paratus it is possible to
determine what nerves are af-
fected by various poisons and
to what degrees by various
amounts. 1t is possible to de-
termine the nerve pathways
of the toxic action.
1t is becoming more and
more apparent. the entomol-
ogists say, that knowledge of
the minutia of insect be-
havior and physiology is essen
tial for protection of both
humans and quartermaster
stores against attack. The
knowledge gained is immedi-
ately made available to the
general public through scien-
tific journals or quartermaSter
publications.
The research center main
tains a collection of more than
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-07

Q. What did the Government
lose on Its potato price support
program Of some years backf
s. N.
A. From 1913 TO 1851 the DE.
partment Of Agriculture sup.
ported potato prices directly, anc
had a net loss Of $3.50 million or
the operation.
Q. Which State Is increas-
ing most rapidly in popula-
tion?--L. p. f'l
A. In numbers. California
leads the States In growth. IN
percentage increase. in the
period April 1. 1850 70 July /.
1855. Nevada led the States.
with 47.l per cent estimated
increase IN population. Alaska
did still bctter--61.5 per cent
increase. The national aversgs
for the 5-year period was Q per
cent Estimated increase orr
1850 census figures.
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Legion on Home Rule

1t was my good fortune, after
a concerted effort over number
of years within my own Co.'S
tello Post No. Is and the d. C.
Department of the American
Legion. that the American
Legion did finally take a def
mite stand on D. c. home rule
and national franchise.
The matter was brought up
at the Miami Convention along
with the resolutions for state
hood for Hawaii and Alaska.
The Legislative Committee at
first brought out an adverse
report on these resolutions; but
when the Hawaiian delegation
took exception to the report
and precipitated debate on the
matter, the convention then
over-ruled the Legislative Com
mittee and had these resolu-
tions referred to the National
Executive Committee for fur
ther consideration and action.
AS a result, the National
Executive Committee not only
favorably acted on the resolu-
tions for statehood for Hawaii
and Alaska but for the first
time did take a definite stand
on d. c. home rule and ma
tional franchise.
The American Legion Reso-
luton No. "a on District home
rule and franchise reads as
follows:
Whereas, the United States
Of America stands irrevocably
for the principles of self-gov-
eminent and for the granting
Of such rights to the peoples
of the world; and
Whereas, the residents Of
Washington. d. c., are not ac-
corded the full rights Of citi-
zenship to vote for local Off
Gals and for President and
Vice President Of these United
States nor be represented in
the United States Congress;
and
Whereas, the said residents
have proven their loyalty to
the United States by their ac-
tons and behavior in recent
world conflicts; and
Whereas, said residents
have proven ability to assume
responsibilities Of home rule in
partnership with the Federal
Government in the affairs Of
the Federal constituted terri
tory Of the District Of Column
bia: and
Whereas, the population in
the Nations Capital is greater
than in certain Of the several
smaller States and its residents
pay more Federal taxes than
those in some larger States:
now therefore, be 1t
Resolved by the National
Executive Committee Of the
American Legion, meeting at
Indianapolis. Ind, May 2, 1856.
does hereby affirm our support
for Congress to enact and the
President to approve legislation
permitting the residents Of the
District Of Columbia to exercise
their inalienable rights Of self
determination and representa-
tioh In the National Assembly"
L. J. Esunas,
Past Adjutant. Costello
Post No. is. d. c. De-
partment, The Ameri-
can Legion.
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American Way

Now that the election is over
And the votes have all been
cast,
And the winners have all been
chosen
We can relax at last.
For the voice Of freedom has
spoken
And this is the American way.
That we can choose our leaders
On each election day.
$50 let's all be good winners
Also good losers too;
And stand with our faith to-
gether
In the land of the red, white
and blue.
Jack Virnstein.
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Aftermath

Autumn leaUes don't look so
gay
when tcinds conspfre 20
shake them
OF the trees and onto my IdtDH
And I am forced 10 rake 'emi
Dorothy Rockwell MeWoOd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-07

About the only thing per-
feet about our old friend Tenn
pleton Jones is his feet.
He attributes this to wear
ing shoes big enough.
His fiawless feet, he says,
are not marred by corns, cal
luses. bunions. fallen arches
There, there. old man." we
cautioned him. II thought you
told me once you had fallen
arches. J"
Jones grinned.
my feet are slightly fiat. If
that is what you mean" he
reproved.
Jones says that a slight de-
gree Of Indebtedness is all to
the good
1t is a throwback to the
monkey stage, he says, when
people could wrap their toes
around tree limbs as they
came down to earth.
Jones' big cure for what ails
the feet. he says. is going
without shoes as much as he
can.
None of this run ming
through the wet grass, though.
He says that is juvenile
stuff.
Just wearing slippers, most
ly, does it.
Right there Temp Jones
gave himself away to friends
and enemies alike.
He is a slipper-and-robe
man. to which group some Of
the greatest literary men in
history belonged.
The advantage of this is
that it tends to give one per-
feet feet.
The disadvantages are many.
One is that one is never
dressed, in the ordinary ac-
ceptance Of the term.
This necessitates a wild
rush for the stairs when the
door bell rings. and is another
reason, Jones says. for the
one-story house.
All on one floor. Jones says,
the escape hatch is easy. Just
a bath room door, or bedroom
door, or maybe, as a last re-
sort. the door to the basement.
Keeping company with the
furnace, while a guest upstairs
chats away unfortunately. is
one Of the minor discomforts
Of such a free and easy life.
what do you do down there
with the furnace, Temp. when
Mrs. Pollyday comes to call?
We'll" he said, Il watch
the spiders IN the beams Of the
ceiling, and wonder where they
get anything TO eat"
There isn't much for a
spider 10 eat In a modern
basement.
ssEs
Once. and only once, Jones
got athletes foot. as II is called.
This gave him an excellent
excuse for trying. one after
the other. all the remedies In
the drug stores.
Did he ind . cure?
Did hel
The absolute best. he as
serted.
Nov he has no foot malady
and hasn't had for years, be-
cause he sees 10 II that hii
feet wear the famous "acic
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LETTERS TO TIE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry tDTtters correct
names and addresses All
letters are subject to conden-
sGtton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-07
Foirfox Zoninq

The writer has attended sew
eral coming hearings before
Fairfax County Board of SUI
perviSors and their final ac-
tions show concluSively that
they are resolved, not for the
good of the county in general
nor for the benefit of the inn
mediately surrounding area,
but only to uphold, beyond any
chance Of change, the Freehill
zoning Ordinance recently put
into effect.
No matter what the circum-
stances or what may be offered
for the good of the citizenry,
the Board holds to a rigid line
set up by such ordinance.
This ordinance was placed
on the books after due study
and elaboration for the good
of all and should be kept there.
However, the McHugh re-
port, which was the founda-
ton for the ordinance, recon-
mended flexibility and all evil
dence and testimony before
the board during open hear
ings brought out the fact that
the coming plan placed in eff
feet by this ordinance should
have flexibility for the good of
the county as a whole. It
should be used as a guide for
deliberations and not a fixed
line from which there would
be no deviation.
Rigid Square-foot adherence
to a coming ordinance is not in
the best interest of the county.
Covenants placed on the land
and running with the land re-
Stricting the type of improve
ment to the land and protect
ing surrounding values is a
far better safeguard than a
Square-foot restriction placed
on any lot where conditions on
such lots change with topog-
raphy. proximity of sewer and
or water or both. Density Of
traffic through an area, storm
drainage considerations, the
need of screening areas around
different types of land use and
last but not least the adapt
ability of the land and its inn
provements to the ability Of
the incoming citizenry to pay
: for it.
The writer is not advocating
the subsidization of any group
at the expense of others but is
firmly convinced that all peo-
pie can find proper place to
live within their means If not
handicapped in doing so by
rigid controls covering entire
areas.
Control Of improvements to
land by covenant would set the
quality level of an area far
better than the present meth
DDS by which the ordinances
are administered.
Two ways of correcting pres
ent inequalities which are en-.
dangering the future of Fair
fax County are as follows:
(a) A more flexible admin
istration Of present ordinance
with more use Of the planning
staff and the acceptance of the
recommendations which is not
. done at this time.
(b) A new ordinance put
ting land covenants in the
foreground, such covenants to
restrict the types Of improve
ments that are acceptable to
specific areas.
Eaveffe NJ Latham
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Fayette M. Latham,

Technical Director, Home
Builders Association of
Metropolitan Washington
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On Defining RELIGION

Mary B. EHanO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-07
in Action

John T. ParkersOn.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-08-02
GiUe Poultry
Added Water.
Rice Advises

Chickens and turkeys, like
other animals including humans,
need more water during hot sum-
mer months according to Wade H.
Rice, University of Maryland ex-
tension poultryman.
Hot weather lowers the poultry
mans profits in many ways. 1t
may reduce feed consumption,
lower growth rate, and reduce, egg
production and quality. In cases
of extreme hot weather, Rice
says, chickens may die from heat
prostration.
One of the cheapest and easiest
ways to help poultry flocks in hot
weather is to provide plenty of
water and watering space. More
watering space means more prof.
its says Rice.
Increasing water space from
four to six 4-foot troughs per 500
layers could bring. an average OF
20 eggs more per hen per year.
This could mean another $500 in
the poultryman's pocket.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-08-02
COuntians Sell
Two Prize Bulls

Walter Lee, Townsend, Del. has
purcased Kingstead Champion
Climax 1255999, a registered Hol-
stein-Friesian bull rated as Pre-
ferred Pedigree Sire by the Hol-
stein riesian Association of
America, from Leslie c. King of
rClarkSburg.
Samuel B. Read, Catlett, Va
has purchased KingStead Cham
pion Della 1274840, a registered
Holstein bull, also rated as Pre-
ferred Pedigree Sire, from ].
Franklin King of Clarksburg.
The coveted Preferred Pedi-
gree rating is part of the AS
Sociation's Selective Registration
Program. Based on ancestral
achievement, it guarantees that a
bulls parents have met rigid
standards of both milk produc-
ton and body conformation.
Preferred Pedigree is the high
est rating awarded through the
Selective Registration Program.
The high levels of its require
mentS limits it to the bulls OF
truly outstanding ancestry.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-08-02
Notice

Beer, Wine and Liquor License
Notice is hereby given that ap-
plication has been made by:
Sam Fig
John E. McKeever
Plummer M. Shearin
On behalf of Shady Grove Coun.
try Club, Incorporated, for
Beer, Wine and Liquor License,
Class c, On Sale, Clubs, for the
premises known as Shady Grove
Country Club, which premises is
located at:
U. S. Route #240
Washington National Pike
Gaithersburg, Maryland
A hearing on this application
will be held in the, Council Hear
ing Room, County Office Build
ing, Rockville, Maryland, on:
THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1856
AT $50 A. M.
Any person desiring to be heard
on said application should appear
at the time and place fixed for
said hearing.
Board of License Commissioners
For Montgomery County
By: E. w. BUCKLIN
Secretary
COG