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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-02
Someone Should Have Veto Power
Over Destruction of Historic Buildings

which once housed early
Washington's old volunteer fire
companies.
1t was a great day In Wash
ington when the building was
completed. The former dis
tingpished president Of the As
ISOLATION of Oldest Inhabi-
tants. Dr.. John Clagett Proc
tor, recalls in his History Of
Washington that a grand pa
rade Of citizens was organized
to celebrate this completion on
October a, 1887.
The event must have been
regarded as extraordinarily
important for Washington.
judging by the route of that
parade. According to DR.. Proc
tor, the procession formed in
front of this building. 1t
marched west along Pennsyl-
vania to Georgetown-perhaps
to boast, to the residents Of
that metropolis. Of the marvel
lous things taking place in
Washington.
The paraders returned from
Georgetown by way of K street.
They marched south to the
White House grounds, and
then east along the Avenue to
the Capitol. There they may
have paused. to pay grateful
tribute to the Congress. For
Congress had appropriated
money for building the Union
Engine House, to stand on a
piece of land donated to the
Government for the purpose by
H. K. Randall. a patriotic citi-
zen Of Washington.
Leaving the Capitol. the
paraders marched as far east
as Eighth street NE, then
south to Virginia avenue to
New Jersey avenue, and back
to Pennsylvania Avenue to- the
old Center Market, where they,
disbanded. Their feet must
have been heavy. though their
hearts were light.
Why did they do it? Why
was there so much to cele-
brate in the completion of a
little brick building to house
the Union Engine Company?
Some clue to the sentiments
which moved them may be
fouAd in a description Of
Washington. written only two
years after the construction Of
this building. by a visiting
British traveller, George Combe.
Washington. he wrote, is like
a large. struggling village
reared in a drained swamp"
What Dickens Said He Found
Five years after this build
ing was erected. Charles Dick
ems came to Washington. Here
is q partial description Of what
he said he found:
1T Is sometimes called the
City Of Magnificent Distances:
but it might, with greater
propriety, be termed the City
of Magnificent Intentions, for it
is only by taking birds eye
view Of 1t from the top of the
Capitol that one can at all
comprehend the vast design of
its protector, an aspiring
Frenchman, Spacious ave-
nues that begin in nothing
and lead nowhere, streets,
miles long. that only want
houses. roads and inhabitants;
public buildings that need but
a public to be complete, and
ornaments of great thorough
fares which only need great
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-02
Reds Touchy on Satellite Liberation

the captive peoples has been, is,
and, until success is achieved,
will continue to be a major
goal Of United States foreign
policy"
This same thought was ex.
pressed by the President at the
Geneva summit conference"
last July as follows:
There is the problem Of
respecting the right of peoples
to choose the form Of govern
ment under which they live,
and of restoring sovereign
rights and self-government to
those who have been deprived
of them. The American people
feel strongly that certain peo-
Piles of Eastern Europe, many
with a long and proud record
of national existence, have not
yet been given the benefit Of
this pledge of our United Ma
tons wartime declaration. re-
inforced by other wartime
agreements"
The Presidents new state
ment declares that "it was
made abundantly clear at
Geneva to the Soviet rulers
that the spirit of Geneva
could not and did not involve
any relaxing of the peaceful
purpose of the United States
to achieve liberty and justice
for the oppressed peoples Of
the world"
So. when Mr.. Khrushchev
denounces, as "a violation Of
the Geneva spirit" the Presi.
dents comment in his Christ
mas Day message, it is evident
that the Communist leader
has conveniently ignored what
was said to him face-to-face
by the President of the United
States.
In this exchange Soviet
Russia comes out on the los
ing end. For all the world has
a record of what was said at
Geneva. The Russian ruler,
by his criticism, has played
into the hands Of Americas
psychological warfare strate-
gists-a significant victory for
the United States on a moral
issue.
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There follotDs in part an
address By the editor of The
Star to the Association OF Old
est Inhabitants, meeting today
in the Old Union Engine
Housed
The value OF Old Union
Engine House does not lie in
the fact that it has been used
as a meeting place for the AS
ISOLATION Of Oldest Inhabit-
ants, and as a repository for
an interesting collection Of
relics of an older Washington.
The value of the building
lies in its associations with the
early days of this city. and if
such values are not recognized
and preserved we have indeed
lost an irreplaceable part OF
our cultural heritage. It
should be our Government,
owner of this property. and
not its humble tenant, that
bears major responsibility in
jealous protection Of such
values.
We need. especially in this
beautiful city of Washington.
some application in reverse of
the principle which led to the
creation Of the Commission of
Fine Arts. The commission
was established to pass upon
the architectural and other
merits of proposed new gov
ernmental construction.
The Shipstead Act, which
extended the commissions au-
thority over private. as well as
public construction in some
areas of Washington, particu-
larry Pennsylvania Avenue, was
a further step in protection Of
the people from hideous mis-
takes that can be made in
new construction, Of which
Washington has its share of
grim reminders.
There should be a compan-
ion measure to the Shipstead
Act, designed to protect the
people against losses incurred
in the arbitrary destruction of
buildings that have acquired
historical value.
The Georgetown Law
Old Georgetown, by the re-
sourceful and intelligent eff
forts of some of its citizens.
obtained the enactment of
such a law some years ago. It
applies. however, only to the
sharply restricted boundaries
Of Old Georgetown. Before
granting permits for the re-
modelling. demolition or other
such changes in buildings with
in Old Georgetown, the Dis
trict Building authorities are
required to submit such plans
TO the Commission of Fine
Arts. for its recommendations.
The protection afforded by
the Georgetown law lies in the
opportunity for the Commits
sion of Fine Arts to present a
considered appraisal Of the
historical or other merits of a
structure. before a final deci-
sion is reached as to its fate.
Public sentiment can exert
useful pressures against either
wanton or carelessly ignorant
destruction. of things that
should be preserved.
Great Day for Washington
This Old Union Engine
House is the last, as far as
known, OF those buildings
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-02

Stewart Aisop, who also re-
Gently has been in Russia and
for a more extended period
and trip than I. has the first
of two articles entitled Those
Snug. Smug Russians" in the
current Saturday Evening
Post. He found precisely what
! did-that the most sitting
thing about the Russians is the
self-righteousness, the know
it-allnesS with which they ap-
proach the Westerner.
It extends to every domain
Of life. in all of which Russia's
official views are the final
word for all men in all time.
Mr.. Alsop records his inner
Illustration and fury. But ap-
parently he never blew up. I
d1d-tWice.
My first tantrum was not in
defense of my country but of
the French I'm pr essionist
painter; Claude Monet.
My capable and thoroughly
nice Intourist translator and
guide was conducting me, at
my request. first to the Trety-
kov Museum which houses
Russian paintings. and after
ward to the Museum of West
ern Art which was showing a
collection OF French pictures
from the early impressionists
to Please. In the car she
remarked. with that certainty
that permits of no debate
whatever, "All Western art is
decadent."
Russian art is terrible" I
replied With equal decisive
ness. Il saw a collection of
your contemporary paintings
in East Berlin two years ago.
The pictures we're nothing but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-02
Westerners Feel StifIed by Know-lt-AH
Approach of Reds in Every Domain of Life

gigantic Illustrations, and the
epitome of bourgeois.
She flushed as though ! had
said Khrushchev ought to be
shot. THE modern Western
painters can't even draw" she
defended. ANY child could
daub their pictures.
What Western painters?"
I inquired.
"All of them" she said,
since DeLacroix."
l went politely through the
Tretykov Museum. The fact
is that Russia with other artis-
tic gifts never produced great
painters. Perhaps it's the cli-
mate-not enough sun. The
conventionality of the themes,
the poster like use of color,
the strict representationalism,
were what l expected. But !
was polite, and praised a few.
Then we went on TO the
French show / was excited
because I had seen many of
the pictures 27.years ago. Two
capitalist millionaires had COL
lected most of them and &C
quired some of the finest early
MatisSes and Picassos, Monets,
ManetS, and Gaugins in exist
ence, which, with the revolu-
ton became the property of
the state.
One I remembered especial
ly. 1t belongs to Monet's
Cathedral Series" which he
painted in Rouen. / dragged
dear Soya along. The Monets
were all in one room-and
there 1t was.
1t Is a dream of the cathe.
dral; a vibrant mirage of light
that may, one feels, vanish the
next moment, like the in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-02

committee; A. Julian Brylawski
and Orville Crouch, amusements
committee: Major Henry M
Cunningham. auto dealers COM
mittee; William T. vandoren
banking committee; Milton S
Kronheim. sr, beverage dealers
committee.
James M. Johnston, broker.
committee; George Quirk, de.
partment stores committee
Frank j. Mann and Bernard N
Siegel, food dealers committee.
Herbert Blunck, hotels com.
mittee: Morris Cafritz and Ed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-02
Committeeman Picked
For Brotherhood Fete

Special committee chairmen
for the Brotherhood Dinner
sponsored by the National Con-
ference of Christians and Jews
to be held February 20, have been
appointed by John A. Reilly
president Of the Second National
Bank and chairman of the din
ner committee.
The goal is attendance by
1000 persons. The dinner will be
held IN the Sheraton Park Hotel.
The newly announced committee
heads are as follows.
Kenneth Brown. advertising
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-02
DOROTHY THOMPSON
SefRighteousness Grips Russians

substantial fabric of a vision, /"
with all the laciness, delicacy,
transparency that the build
ers of the 13th-l6th centuries
wrought so fabulously in stone.
Seeing 1t again made me
happy.
But Soya said. II can't un-
derstand what you see in that.
A cathedral can't possibly look
like that"
That is when I blew up.
For / find nothing so intoler-
able as contempt for genius.
This picture is a miracle"
I declared. Tt Is a great paint
ing precisely because no one
did see 1t like that, before
Monet transplanted his unique
vision to canvas. But because
he saw 1t thus. /. now, can
also see 1t thus. Monet gave
me new eyes. You here in
Russia have lost the sense of
miracle, and of gratitude and
joy. Your dogmas are putting
out your eyes!"
Well, other visitors were
listening and Soya- began a
stammering translation and
looked deeply hurt, and ! had
a bad conscience for a moment.
But. as we passed on, she
said, to my surprise, rather
wistfully, II have never been
in France. nor seen a Gothic
cathedral. Perhaps If I had
I'd feel differently"
That was the first conces-
sion I'd heard from any Rus
sian that conceivably there
were things in the Western
world worthy to be admired.
And I was glad I'd blown up.
After all, even If one is a
guest in a country, must one
repudiate all ones heritage out
OF the spirit Of Geneva?
A far too dispirited thing
to dol
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-02

gar Morris, industry committee:
Howard w. Kacy. insurance
committee; Gordon M. Freeman,
labor committee: Philip w.
Amram. lawyers committee; DR..
Edward A. Cafritz, medical COM
mittee; Matt Meyer, newspaper
committee; Mrs. Garfield /. Kass
and Mr.. Frank Luchs, real estate
committee.
Carleton D. Smith, radio-TV
committee: Edward c. Baltz,
savings and loan associations
committee; Col. Campbell c.
johnson. members at large
committee.
You can't vote in the Dis
trict II you don't register. Now
Is the time TO qualify. Regis
tration headquarters on ground
| floor of the District Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-02

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Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-09-01

il is drawn from the COW or may be-
come tainted afterwards. The COM
monest way for taints to appear in
milk is after it has been drawn from
the cow This is due to the milk be-
coming affected by the atmosphere it
stands in = strong smelling feed-stuffs,
dairy detergents, kerosene, etc. - or
by the utensils in which it is contained.
Occasionally, a cows milk may be
tainted when it is drawn and this may
be due to the stage of lactatiOn of the
COW, disease condition in the COW, or
the feed of the COW. One of the COM
monest taints of milk occurs in some
cows in late lactation. This may give
rise to rancid taste. The only cure
is to dry the COW off. Usually the cow
will be normal in the next lactatiOn
Some disease conditions, such as
abortion, bad cleansing and mastitis
will cause tainting. Occasionally, faint
in the milk is due to excessive feeding
of certain feed-stuffs (such as cotton
seed or linseed cakes, certain kinds of
silage, frozen roots, etc. or by the
grazing of certain weeds.
Lastly certain bacteria can get into
the milk = possibly off the udder, or off
utensils, or from a dusty atmosphere =
and cause a faint.
You can see that tainting of milk
is a complicated business. What l would
suggest is that you try to find out if
the faint is caused by one cows milk
its milk will faint all the milk it is
mixed with Then try to eliminate some
of the causes 1 have mentioned for
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-09-01
Montana Cattle Performance
Registry Assn. Organized

THE MONTANA BEEF Cattle Per-
Torrance Registry Association was or
ganized at a meeting held in August
at Great Falls. The purpose of the
group is to promote the production of
animals that combine desirable con-
formation and quality with high gain
ability, as determined by record-of-
performance tests, according to Eaton
Becker, president.
Through the Association, cattle feed
ers will be furnished the names of
stock growers whose calves are sired
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-09-01

by indexed bulls. Paul circuit says
commercial herds in Montana will be
certified by the Association this fall.
The group is also collecting records on
the milking index of dams, along with
record-of-performance data on sires.
This information will be made avail
able to buyers of breeding stock, Or
cult said.
The newly formed group is an out
growth of the work started at Miles
City Experiment Station in 1886 which
has proved that gainability is an in
herited characteristic.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-09-01
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If raising beefs potatoes and other
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The 10 40 f. Junior LANDPLANE designed for Of
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Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-09-01
Veterinary
Veterinary
Current Queries
From Readers
By STUART YOUNG, D.V.M

READERS OF THIS column are en-
couraged to submit questions on prob
lens of animal health and disease at
any time. At times, of course, ques-
lions relating to any particular sick
animal cannot be answered satifac-
torily without further information. Give
as much information as possible with
your inquiry. Here are few of the
questions readers have submitted in re-
cent weeks that may be of particular
interest to the dairyman.
What causes cows milk to have a
strong taste and OdOr?
First of all, it is important to rea-
lie that milk may be tainted when
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-09-01
Weeds May Be Source
OF Emergency Feed

STOCKMEN WHO anticipate a short
age of hay next winter may be able to
cut wild plants in odd corners of the
ranch for emergency feed, suggests
Karl G. Parker, extension range spe-
cialist at Montana State College.
Kocia, firewood, sunflower, Russian
thistle and certain other weed plants
are a satisfactory substitute feed for
cattle and sheep, he says. Plants
clipped from native meadows are also
safe.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-09-01
Hauling Pasture
Doubles Beef

THE AMOUNT of beef produced
from an acre of brome-alfalfa pasture
can be more than doubled by hauling
the pasture clippings to cattle in dry
lot, according to results of pasture
management studies at Iowa State Col
lege over the past years.
The Iowa researchers report that
they produced 200 pounds of beef from
an average of slightly more than one
third acre of broma-alfalfa by the daily
clipping method, while on a continu-
Gus pasture grazing program, it took
IA acres to produce 200 pounds of beef.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-09-01

risk of introducing infection, even
though every care is taken. The block
age is usually. due to small growths
from the wall of the duct and these
should only be removed or broken
down with evry surgical care by your
Veterinarian. Often with these high
distractions it is better policy to let
that quarter dry off rather than run
the danger of a severe mastitis caused
by interference. Usually the COW will
compensate by producing more milk
from the other quarters.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-09-01

taints getting into the milk after it is
drawn, if no one COW can be found re-
sponSible.
How can we get rid of warts on our
milk cows teats?
1t is possible to simply cut these off,
but there is some danger of excessive
bleeding. The safer way to remove
larger ones, and the method l suggest
you might try, is to tie off the wart at
its root - usually these warts have
stalk to them. Use either strong thread
or thin string anything that will not
slip - and tie with as much force as you
can. In few days the wart should
Wither and disappear. During this time
you will need to milk the COW gently by
hand.
If many of your cows have this
trouble, bear in mind that some kinds
of warts can be contagious and are due
to virus. There is vaccine for these
kinds and you might consult your vet
erinarian about its USE If some of the
warts demand surgery, I would GER
tainly leave that to your veterinarian.
Is it safe to can and eat the meat
from COW killed a few hours after
she started to have her calf? She
could not have the calf as it was COM
ing wrong and could not be taken by
force. The COW was not sick and had
no fever.
There is no danger in eating the meat
of COW killed while in labor, provided
of course, that she was not diseased in
any way. However, the slaughter of
cows during labor or during the period
Immediately after calving is OBJ
jected to in slaughter-hO houses, partly on
esthetic grounds and partly on account
of faint that the meat is thought to
have when killed at this time
Can anything be done to remove an
obstruction from high up in a cows
teat that binders the flow of milk?
Attempts to interfere with the higher
passage in a cows teat always run the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-07
STATUS OF BIDS
FOR HOMER MARKS
Here's the status of five
assaults on major league
h0yraa.r,,ya raonrSc.

home-run records:
Mickey Mantle, Yankees-47 tive
home runs behind Babe Ruth's pace oil
1927. when he hit 800.
Cincinnati Redlegs-195 (major league
team record is 221, set by New YorL
Giants In 1870.
New York Yankees-l7l (Americar
League team record is 1872, set b.
Yankees in 1856.
National League, O5S (record Is
1,263. set in 1850.
American League-93s Gecord is 973
set in 1850.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-07

camoufiage If you have It. other
wise a green or brown shirt. If
you can find a weed patch near
by, so much the better. The top
of a straw stack also makes an
excellent place for dove decoys.
They are not expensive and you
only need three of four of them.
We've been using three in a group
for years. When you collect
game. add them to the decoy set.
1t is sporty shooting. Try a .410
shotgun with S-inch shell and
No. 9 shot.
Railbird shooting, which COM
menced September /. has been
on the thin side so far. Not too
many birds are down, and the
green stuff" is still pretty thick.
Cooler weather from the North
will be needed plus some good
tides to bring this shooting into
its own. Mrs. James Greenwood,
says there is an excellent crop of
wild oats on the Patuxent this
year. but that the usual early
season conditions are present.
She still has some dates open
for punts and puShers. Her new
number is University 1902.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-07

While fishing in Chesapeake
Bay has improved considerably,
lit is rather Spotty at times and
one does not always return with
a full fish box. Hardhead fishing
over in Eastern Bay has been
good some nights, and then
again, few will be taken. The
bluef1shing has been better all
around. but here again you have
to find feeding fish to connect.
Big spot still are with us plus a
goodly supply of trout of from
one to three pounds.
Fresh water fishing has been
rather on the poor side of late,
due no doubt to the warm
weather. 1t will pick up again as
soon as we have a spell of cool
nights. Some anglers blame the
poor bass fishing on too much
fishing pressure. Our opinion is
the fish are just too lazy in hot
weather to bother with feeding,
especially when there is so much
food available. This fall will tell
the tale. 1t does not seem feasible
to us that the big bass streams
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-07

ming when Evers singled. Bud
Byerly was greeted by a Tito
Francona pinch single, but Willie
Miranda forced Evers at third
attempting to sacrifice, Joe
Frazier famed and Valdivielso
took Gardeners grounder and
forced Francona at third with a
toss to Yost.
NOTES: The game was wit
messed by $50 fans, smallest
gathering of the year. Yost
walked twice to lift his season
total to 142. breaking the club
record he set in 1850. Bob
Boyd set a club record for the
Orioles by hitting safely in his
18th straight game.
The Senators have won 10 of
~ games with Baltimore and
need only two victories in the
remaining five games between
the clubs to capture the season
series.