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The other side Of the picture:

LIE OILlcA oAuc VI tIle PlCbuIcs
II read with interest,"" writes
w. B. S. of Ordway street, "as
well as with a degree of amuse-
ment. your stout defense Of
the cat.
There are Williams in the
! bird world, no doubt.
81 have often heard of
grackles. crows and blue jays
destroying the young of other
birds, and also the lazy cow
bird who lays eggs in the nest
Of another bird and to assume
the further burden of raising
the young cowbirds.
Anyone who has taken even
a passing interest in the
feathered creatures has at one
time or another read or heard
about depredations of these
undesirables, some of whom
have been justly accused, and
although we disapprove of
such behavior, there isn't much
we can do about it.
4 4 4
with the house cat" con-
tinues Mr.. S., getting down
to business, lit is different
story.
"In spite of the fact that
the animal has been petted,
pampered, and fed such deli
cacies as tuna fish, salmon
and shrimp, the moment he
is turned out of doors. he will
pounce upon a nice fat young
robin for dessert.
THE cat destroys a great
deal more wildlife than the
average person knows about.
Time and again I have seen
q cat come out Of the woods
dragging a young rabbit. and
return day after day until
the whole brood has been
killed and eaten.
THE partridge or any other
small game bird or animal
that nests on the ground is
also at the mercy of the cat.
I'VE know it is the nature
Of such animals to hunt. The
dog, for instance, is a hunter.
but hunts in such a clumsy
fashion that everything in his
path is given sufficient warn
ing and has at least a chance
to escape.
Not so, with the stealthy,
quiet moving cat, who is upon
his prey before the unfortu-
nate creature knows what has
happened.
Those who have the time
and patience to make pets Of
cats might try at least to keep
these animals indoors during
the season when there are so
many young creatures for
them to prey upon"
HHE
With this last sentiment,
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Classroom Cold War

Your August 6 editorial,
Classroom Cold War" was
interesting and instructive. It
showed that Russia is out
distancing the United States
in the output of qualified
scientists and engineers. OF
course. the United States can
not afford such a loss of face
whether in peace or war.
However, the high school
level, in the light of some
personal educational admins
trative and livestock breeding
observation and experience, is
not in this country the place
to encourage youngsters ito
venture seriously in the SCI
entif1c field" The high school
is rather the place to adulter-
ate university preparatory
with the acquisition of some
inelastic and productive man.
ual skill such as barbering,
h a ir- dressing, stenography,
typewriting, carpentry, ma
sonry, painting and decorate
ing. cooking. sewing. house,
keeping, auto repairing, etc.
We've got a whole lot more
college freshmen than Rus
STA has or probably ever will
have. Why not encourage the
collegiate assignment commit
tees to do their best in influ-
encing the freshman'S election
of his ultimate career? The
scientist and engineer, like
the lawyer, the doctor and
the preacher, is better after
a four-year general college
course in arts and sciences,
pointing. of course, to his final
speciality.
In other words, my 65-year-
old observation confirms the
belief that it takes a long
period of maturition to make
a good rooster"
Clifford L. Rein.
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

even the most ardent friend
of cats will agree.
Certainly the household that
goes in for bird feeding owes
it to the feathered friends to
keep cats indoors, especially
at dawn, and in the cleaning.
At such times the stealthy
cat, as our correspondent calls
him, is most likely to succumb
to the old hunter instinct.
We believe Mr.. S. mistaken
in his statement that cats
hunt for dessert.
They hunt mainly for the
same reason that man does,
for sport.
Most often they do not eat
their prey. being content with
playing with it, in the strange
way superior forces, as proved
in all mankind's wars, do.
With man, it has even got
the point Of mental torture,
called "brainwashing," a rather
respectable term, since many
human brains do, in deed, need
washing.
Most older people can recall
when mother, at one time or
other, threatened to wash out
ones mouth with soap, to get
rid Of the stigma of some bad"
word or other.
4 4 4
Dogs, we believe, are by no
means as clumsy as our cor
respondent paints them.
Dogs can, and often are bad
bird killers.
The most birds killed by
any one creature in our neigh
borhood met their end at the
hands --er, paws and teeth
OF as fine a setter as ever
lived.
This doggie specialized on
cardinals.
Maybe 1t was the bright
celebration Of the male which
attracted Speckles.
Old Speck had him down in
a flash. and the feathers flew.
He was also good at wood
thrushes, which he loved TO
tear into bits on the ground.
Mockingbirds he preferred
to throw highly into the air,
rending them into feathers as
they came down.
Yet Speckles was a dear
old fellow, and when his end
came. he was mourned sin
cerely by his owners, and by
all except those who had seen
the way he stalked birds not
for dessert. but just for the
hell Of 1t.
There also was q two-legged
bird" in or neighborhood-
thank heaven he is gone
who boasted that he wrung
the necks "of every blue Jay
he could catch" He didn't
even have the excuse Of want
ing them for dessert.
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Stor-FoII in August

Through peluet darkness
drops a golden shower
OF starry fragments, cleaning
August night;
With spark on spark the
hedvenS burst in fower
As cleaning astral blossoms
take their flight
Topdrd earth to disappear
Somewhere in space,
Their light ertinouished in a
little tDhile:
But for brief moments this
display of grace
Transforms the sky NTH rddi-
dnce, mile on mile.
I stand and match rare
splendor as stars fan.
There one is blazing brighter
than the rest,
While countless stdrlets fol-
lou until all
Is ended; / hare been the
favored guest
OF pGoedntrv across a back
drop wide,
Glory tllumin0 far the coun-
tryside.
Louise Darcy
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1t might be worth while to
amend the Constitution so as
to provide that there be Gre
ated the Office of a Second Vice
President. elected in the usual
manner.
There now are many dele
gated duties that well might
be assigned to such an elective
officer.
E,R.P.
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Compares Keynoters

The Republican keynote
speech by Gov. Langlie of
Washington was in pleasing
contrast to the rabble-rousing
Democratic keynote speech by
Gov. Clement of Tennessee.
However, there are many Re-
publicans who will take excep-
ton to Gov. Langlie's state
ment that "favoritism and
cronyism in Government are
now a thing of the past" as
they have not forgotten that
President Eisenhow er APP
pointed a political favorite, en-
tirely without judicial expert
ence, Chief Justice of the SUI
preme Court.
This appointment was prob
ably an important contribute
ing factor to the courts de-
cision on racial segregation in
State-supported public schools
which The Star, on May rs,
1854, rightly condemned as
made law at the expense of
States rights" The Republic
can platform accepts" this
judge-made law as the law Of
the land. Notwithstanding the
fact that the law making
power is exclusively vested in
Congress by the Constitution.
The Republican Party has also
accepted the many other usur-
pations of States rights by the
Supreme Court since 1888 and,
like the Democratic Party, has
become an advocate of the
concentration of power in the
Federal Government and the
welfare state. So where does
this leave us Old Line Repub-
licans in the coming election?
Old Reactionary.
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'BuH in Cow Palace

At the Republican Conven-
ton meeting. August 81. Sec
rotary of Agriculture Benson
said that since he was respon-
sible. for agricultural matters,
he was happy that the G.. o. p.
convention was being held in
the Cow Palace.
I agree with him. I can't
think of a more appropriate
setting for all that bull"
When. at the airt1eld, the
broadcaSter announced that
Mrs. Truman" was coming
out of the plane with Mr.. Ell
senhower, tuned out and
finished reading "Clarissa
Harlowe," about England in
1700. 1t was much more in
spring and authentic.
Laura X. Pollock.
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@. What is a Medfly?-H. T.
A. Medfiy is an abbreviated
name for the Mediterranean
fruit fiy-now very much in
the news because 1t is q
dreaded citrus pest which has
recently re-established itself in
some sections Of Florida. II
Is being fought by local. State
and Federal groups In an ALL
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Hoover VS.. Truman

How politically propitious
Ito the other side) to be a liv-
ing ex-President!
With but lean fare for de-
bate on domestic or foreign
policy. the Democrats can run
against Hoover and the Re-
publicanS against Truman.
Donald c. Keith.
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Neglected Animals

We should be very grateful
for our cool, rainy July in con-
traSt to last years when so
many creatures suffered in.
tensely. However, this August's
heat and dryness promise to
continue and we must remind
ourselves of this areas thirsty,
heated living things, such as
birds and squirrels, rabbits in
close, hot hutches; neglected
and waif cats and dogs.
I am surprised at the great
indifference to these needs
throughout the city and SUBJ
urbs, where many of the
homes, churches, shopping
centers, etc., are set amidst
shrubbery and trees, that at
tract birds, yet with no facility
for offering cool water to
them, even though their
friendly lives and songs add to
human enjoyment. Why won't
we provide this great necessity
in pans or bird baths, in the
shade, kept filled at least twice
on a hot day?
/ saw a little city sparrow
alight on an empty bath in
the Northwest recently, and
how disappointed he looked! I
hurried to get cool water from
my church a block away where
their bath is kept filled, and
hope the little fellow returned
later and quenched his thirst.
Though little birds, alley
kittens. lost dogs and toiling
horses may be amongst "the
least of these" it is Jesus who
reminds us that giving the
"cup Of cold water" to such of
His creatures is as done unto
nun Virginia w. Sargent,
Animal Protective Association.
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period of their grip on power.
He remembered that any Re-
publican who had the audacity
to lift his voice in criticism of
the New Deal was promptly
tagged as being a liar or Of un-
sound mind.
Any one of the Democratic
planks is hard for a Repub-
lican to digest, but to a dyed
in-the-wool Democrat they are
as enjoyable as planked steak.
Independent.
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The Hoboes Convene

One political party" in this season
Of conventions has far outdistanced in
promises and in excitement either the
Democrats or the Republicans. The
Hoboes Of America, drawing an estimated
$4,000 to their annual convention in an
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used If
letters carry iDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sntton.
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out effort TO exterminate II
Immediately.
Q. How many newspaper
feature syndicates are there
now?--S. d.
A. Editor and Publishers
1856 directory lists 1877 syndi-
Gates, Offering over 1850 reeu-
larry scheduled features.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BY THE HAsKIN 81

BY THE HASKIN SERVICE
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Second V. P.?

Democratic Highbrow
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much Of it here. / know thou
sands Of women.
Il want to have a woman
Citizens chairman in each
State and at least down to the
county level. The real ideal
would be to take news of the
Citizens into the smallest town
of the United States"
Although not one OF the top
Citizens leaders in 1852, Mrs.
Houghton was an active work.
err in the ranks, making hun
dreds of speeches across the
country. She will be based in
New York City this time.
The chief issue she will try
to sell, as Mrs. Houghton sees
it now, is peace.
"All of us mothers of sons
who make the greatest sacri-
flee owe a great debt to Presi-
dent Eisenhower" she said.
Somehow we feel that a man
who knows the horrors OF war
and no one knows them
better than Eisenhower will
make a great effort to keep
the peace"
She will stress prosperity.
too. she added. She has not
yet decided what to say about
the farm problem.
The Iowan also cited "the
great respect that Mr.. Els
enhower has for women" as
evidenced by the breakfasts he
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DOROTHY HOUGHTON
BY ISABELLE SHELTON

Mrs Dorothy Houghton, who
has taken on the job of round
ing up the independent wom-
ems vote for Eisenhower in
November, starts out with a
big plus: she is well known
to thousands of women across
the country.
The Red Oak, Iowa, matron
whose appointment as CO.
chairman of National Citizens
for Eisenhower was announced
Wednesday by Chairman John
Reed Fitzpatrick, is described
by her associates as lone of
the most beloved women" ever
to head the vast 1l-million
member General Federation
of Women'S Clubs.
Best known as a former
president u950-2) of the fed
Grafton and as the Interna-
tional Cooperation Admins
tration's Deputy Director for
Refugees, Migration and Vol
untary Assistance (l953-5l,
Mrs. Houghton also has been a
prodigious joiner of other wom-
ems organizations. She is
widely acquainted with the
leadership of all of them.
Sharp Contrast
The Iowa clubwoman is a
sharp contrast to the 1852
Citizens for Eisenhower CO.
chairman, svelte. sophisticated
socialite Mary Pillsbury Lord,
heiress to the Pillsbury Milling
fortune and wife of a wealthy
New York City. textile execu-
tive.
One of President Eisen-
hower's top woman appointees,
aristocratic looking Mrs. Lord
now is United States delegate
to the U. N. Human Rights
Commission, succeeding Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt.
The wife of the board chair
man of the Red Oak Bank,
mother of four and grand
mother of nine, Mrs. Houghton
personifies Middle West. small
town America comfortable,
relaxed, uncomplicated. She
has the rounded contours and
vague, sweet expression of the
typical Helen Hokinson club
woman.
But her political opponents
would make a mistake to so
regard her. The appearance is
definitely deceptive.
Whizbang Organizer
She is a whizbang organizer,
according to her associates,
with q quick mind and the
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Stevenson FunS
To Attend Tea

Hostesses headed by Mrs.
Fred M. Vinson will serve tea
to Adlai Stevenson supporters
from IL a m. to 6 pm. Monday
at the American Newspaper
Women'S Club.
The club said 1900 Steven
son supporters are expected
and that there will be l25 host
esses. Democratic members Of
Congress and their wives have
been invited, and all supporters
Of Mr.. Stevenson are invited.
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DOROTHY HOUGHTON
SheKnoWs How to Corral
The Votesfor Eisenhower

ability to make firm, binding
decisions in hurry And she
has wide appeal as a speaker.
Her honey. homes spun
speeches. delivered in a fiat,
Middle Western twang and re-
plete with references to the
eternal verities. probably would
leave sophisticated audience
cold. But they are immensely
effective with Women's groups
across the country other club
women aver.
In short. she manages to
project the same comfortable.
down to : earth naturalness
that is an asset to President
Eisenhower.
Her bubbhng enthusiasm for
any and every project, from
running the federation's
Build a Better Community"
contest to administering a
Government refugee program
for thousands. has earned her
the nickname Bubbles"
The Iowan agrees in gen.
eral with her friends assess
ment of her talents. Here this
week to attend meetings of the
Public Advisory Group of the
Refugee Relief Program. she
said:
"A Hard Driver
This Citizens committee
job is mainly organizing. And
If there is one thing l do know
how to do, it's organize. Peo-
pie say I'm pretty hard driv-
er, and l guess 1 am. I've tray
eled a million milestone of
1t outside the country, but
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Government
Secrecy
Denounced

The Eisenhower admins
tration lis carrying Govern
ment secrecy to lengths never
dreamed of before" Senator
Sam j. Erwin, jr., Of North
Carolina, charged last night.
The Senator was the fea-
tured speaker at the Woman's
National Democratic Club
North Carolina Day dinner.
Even Congress is denied in
formation by the Executive
Department that it must have
if it is to legislate intelli-
gently" he said. Maybe they
don't want us to legislate in
diligently. because they know
If we don't we may pass legis-
lation that Republicans like"
The Senator related the
problems he and Senator Nc
Clellan Of Arkansas and other
members of the Senate Inves-
tigation Subcommittee have
had trying to get from adj
ministration officials the list
of goods embargoed against
Communist nations.
The Russians know it. our
allies know 1t, everybody but
the American people know it,"
he said.
The North Carolinian also
criticized President Eisen-
hower's veto of the gas bill.
which he called 1.-The most
amazing veto message that
ever came to the Capitol"
There were many honest
differences Of opinion on the
bill. he said. But it was
either good or bad. In the veto
message the President said,
It's a good bill. I favor the
principle. but l am going TO
veto it for fear Congress has
done right wrongly. I am
going to veto it, but l hope
Congress will pass it again"
Predicting continued Demo-
cratic control of the House
and Senate after the Novem-
Der election. with many Re-
publican seats lost in the farm
belt, the Senator said the farm
bill was a good Illustration OF
the fundamental difference be-
tween the two political parties.
THE Republicans believe in
government for a few elite; the
Democrats believe in a govern
ment serving all the people"
he said.
THE whole farm program
under Secretary Benson has
been based on this theory
that if you can make farming
so Improbable that a farmer
will not make anything from
1t, then he will not raise much
and we will have no surplus"
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Eisenhower family going to
church. and the fact that
cabinet meetings are opened
with a prayer. The women of
America love that"
Mrs. Houghton said she first
learned of her appointment to
her new post last week. when
she was summoned by Gen.
Lucius Clay and Mrs. Oveta
Culp Hobby to a very secret"
meeting in New York City.
When l got there the three of
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US talked for three hours. Mrs.
Hobby said I'm not going to
let you leave here until you say
yes" She didn't give her final
answer until she had gone
home and conferred with her
family in Red Oak, Mrs.
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gave for Republican women
leaders, and by his own family
life, as things she will stress.
I'VE love his regard for his
family" she declared. THAT
appeals to all women-and his
great respect and love for
Mamie. the woman that every
woman in America loves.
Il feel there is a new spirit
in America" she continued, "a
spirit of integrity. a great
feeling of the spiritual-the
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Hollpht0n related

Houghton related.
Il thought they might not
approve, because I had been
away so much. / quit my
Refugee job last year to get
back home with them. But
never did I see my family so
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enthusiastic. They said 1t was
the most wonderful opportun-
ity that they could imagine.
to serve the greatest man they
have known in their genera
ton. So ! wired Gen. Clay
that I would accept"
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Sweet Potato
Surprise

" cup ground Brazil nuts
cup brown sugar, packed
u cup brown sugar. packed
2 tablespoons butter or mar
garine, melted
p tablespoons orange juice
u teaspoon salt
p cups mashhed sweet potatoes
(about IL pounds
g marshmallowS
Combine Brazil NUS with
brown sugar in shallow pan. Set
aside. Add melted butter, orange
juice and salt to sweet potatoes;
mix well. Place whole marsh
mallow in cented Of tablespoon
portion of the sweet potato mix
Iture. Roll so that the marshmal-
low is in the center of the sweet
potato balls. Drop into Brazil
InutS-brown sugar mixture and
roll until ball is covered. Place
in creased baking dish and bake
in moderate oven $3.50 degrees)
10 minutes or until thoroughly
heated. Eight servings.
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Autumn Fovorite

An orangy pumpkin pie is an
autumn dessert that's certain to
please. Line 9-inch pie pan with
rolled pastry. Trim and flute
edge. Make filling by combining
"a cup brown sugar, "a teaspoon
salt, l teaspoon cinnamon. u
teaspoon ginger. "a teaspoon nut
meg and 1K cups cooked pump
kin. Combine 2 tablespoons
orange juice. 2 beaten eggs, IA
cups hot milk, l teaspoon grated
orange rind and u cup chopped
nuts. Add to pumpkin mixture,
mixing well. Pour into unbaked
pie shell. Bake in hot oven (425
degrees F. 10 minutes. Reduce
temperature to $50 degrees F..
and continue baking 40 minutes.
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Acorn Squash

3 acorn squash
3 tablespoons butter or marga-
rine
"a cup sugar
y teaspoon salt
" teaspoon cinnamon
"a teaspoon nutmeg
"a cup chopped Brazil nuts
tablespoon grated orange rind
Cut acorn squash in half
lengthwise, then scrape out seeds
and stringy portion. Put remain
ing ingredients in a mixing bowl
Cut in butter with two knives Oh
a pastry blender. Place squash in
a baking dish: divide nut mix
ture among the 6 squash halves
Cover bottom of baking pan with
hot water: cover and bake in q
moderately hot oven (400 de-
grees) 80 minutes: uncover and
bake 80 minutes longer. Makes
six servings.
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lmpromptu Snocks

The next time you want to
whip up "munchings" to go with
afternoon tea or coffee, mix a
dash of poultry seasoning into
a sharp cheese spread for salty
crackers or toast squares. Brown
in the oven. Delicious, different
and so easy to makel
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Glazed Onions

"a small onions
3 tablespoons butter or mar
garine
| u cup sliced Brazil nuts
/ tablespoon sugar
ia teaspoon salt
| 1s teaspoon pepper
Peel onions, place in baking
dish with butter. Brazil nuts,
sugar, salt and pepper. Cover and
bake in a moderate oven 1850
degrees) l huor or until onions
lare tender. Stir once after the
first IS minutes of baking. Six
servings.
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Holiday Fixin's

Potatoes, pumpkins, mince-
meat, Squash-theSe are some of
the real American foods that
may grace your holiday table
along with a fine rat turkey.
But Christmas wouldn't be
Christmas without the most
American food of them all
fresh cranberries! In sauce or
relish, salad. cake or pie, the
rosy fruit adds its own piquant
flavor and CHEEKY color, just as
1t has since Pilgrim days.