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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-20
Naturalization

What right has Britain to
act tough about Nasser's ma
tionalizing the Suez Canal?
Didn't the British Labor Gov
eminent nationalize coal, steel
and transportation? And what
right has the United States to
back up England's "get tough"
policy towards Egypt? Has not
the United States always rec
ognized the right of any SOW
eign nation to nationalize any
assets within its own borders?
During the 1905 the United
States recognized the sovereign
right Of Mexico to use its 1917
Constitution for retroactive ac-
ton against the American oil
companies there.
Then comes the issue of
Zionism. The U. N. set up the
state Of Israel in an Arab world
without a legal or moral right
to do SO. Since then the state
Of Israel has taken SO per cent
more land than was decreed
to it in 1947 by the U. N. Pale
slime resolution. and has driven
100000 Arabs into the desert.
Who has been the aggreSsor,
then, the Arabs or Israel? Re-
sponsible non-zionist Jewish
citizens have long warned US
that the Arabs feared Zionist
expansion and that the Ameri-
can policy Of favoritism toward
Israel was driving the Arabs
into the Communist camp. One
might ask that since the West
backed the establishment Of
Israel in an Arab world. and
since the West has backed Is
rael in taking so per cent more
land than was decreed to 1t
by the U. N. in its 1947 Pale
slime resolution, what assur-
ance do the Arab nations have
that the West will not back
Zionist expansion even though
1t has no legal or moral right
to do so?
AS long as there are confer
ences about the internationally
zation Of the Suez Canal. why
not have a conference Of ma
tons and talk about interna-
tionalizing the city Of Jeru-
salem? Why not hold a con-
ference Of nations 10 settle the
problem Of the 100000 Arab
refugees?
Mickey Colbert.
High Point. IN. c.
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES z. TRACEWELL

my kitchen window taking d
survey Of the garden in the
Slanting rays Of the rising
sun.
AT first ] thought 1t was
a white dove, then I decided
it was not moving with a dove
like swing.
II brought my field glasses
into play, and only upon this
enlarged view was / able to
determine that I gazed upon
a robin.
"He was fluffed up and re-
Taxed, and it was only when
our large white tomcat APP
preached that he shook him.
self into action.
I'm my many years Of bird
watching. this is the first al
bino bird ! have seen.
do they mate with ordi-
nary robins?
Are their offspring likely
to be white?
Does the strong light Of
high noon affect their eyes?
do they therefore hide in
dense foliage at this time Of
day?
did he have some kind Of
spots on his breast when he
was new born, or were they
white so that they could not
be seen7
"Is there q chance that he Is
located in this neighborhood
or could he Just be travelling
through?
ANY light you can throw on
the above silly queries will be
appreciated.
Sincerely yours. L. H. r."
White robins mate with regu-
lar robins. The offspring may
or may not be white, or partly
white.
Light does not worry them.
and they do not hide in dense
foliage except TO keep out Of
the heat.
White robins probably have
some spots on their breasts. at
birth, being members Of the
thrush family, but they soon
lose them.
II the robin was not seen
until July, he probably was Just
flying around.
A final note:
A family living down near
Mount Vernon had q gray
squirrel which turned white.
Also q ring-necked pheasant.
female, plain brown. which
turned into q colorful male. q
most unusual case.
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P0steur Treatment

While reading one Of the
most respected medical jour-
nails some time ago. I diScov-
cred an article by a highly
qualified individual stating
that the Pasteur. treatment
for protection against rabies
should never be used except in
a case Of much internal con-
tact with the saliva Of an an
imal known to be rabid. That
is, in a case where there is a
good chance that the disease
will develop. Further research
revealed that nearly all the
well-known authorities agree.
In fact, it is standard medical
practice to refuse to admins
ter these highly dangerous
treatments until the animal
has been captured and certified
rabid.
unfortunately, In this age OF
medical miracles, ignorant lay
men believe all treatments for
the cure. and prevention of all
diseases to be absolutely safe
and effective. Therefore, for
any little bite by a playful an
imal. parents rush their off-
spring to the nearest hospital
and insist. usually against the
advice Of the physician. that
they receive the full Pasteur
treatment. Even after they
have been warned Of the ex-
IRENE danger involved. they
frequently do not change their
attitude. ~ XII
OF course. there are in our
smaller hospitals young, mex
perienced physicians whose
only knowledge of rabies and
the Pasteur treatment consists
of reading a few pages on the
subject in medical school. They
do not expect ever to see a case
of this rare disease or admin
lister preventive treatments.
Therefore, being unaware of
the likely serious results that
may occur. they are quite will
ing to administer the injec-
tions. The combination of ig-
norant physician and ignorant
parents can have very unfor-
tunate consequences for an
innocent child.
I hope that this letter may
cause at least some individuals
to think before they subject
themselves or their children to
these treatments. That is one
of the characteristics Of this
era-no thinking.
Ralph d. Brown.
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THE POLITICAL MILL
Nixon Seen as Overwhelming Choice
By GOULD LINCOLN

the Democrats, it looks as
though they, not Eisenhower
and Hall, were attempting to
dictate the nomination of
some other Republican than
Nixon Yet they claim they will
be delighted to have Nixon to
run against in the coming
campaign.
Entirely aside from the
Nixon problem. the question Of
whether q national convention
of either party should be free
to pick and choose among
various candidates for the vice.
presidential nomination or
whether the nomination should
be dictated by the presidential
candidate is q valid one.
Dem o cratic presidential
nominee Adlai Stevenson last
week determined to leave. the
selection of his running mate
to his party's national conven-
ton. The convention handed
him Estes Kefauver of Tennes-
see. after a contest more thrill
ing to the delegates and the
public than any since the Re-
publican National convention
in 1920 took the election of
a vice-presidential nominee
into its own hands and pro-
duced the then Governor Of
Massachusetts, Calvin Cool
idge. The delegates to that
convention defled Harding,
the presidential nominee, and
the men who had put Harding
across for first place on the
ticket.
Stevenson Made Wise Move
Whether Mr.. Stevenson be-
lieved the convention should
have a free hand or not, or
whether he was just trying
to make it appear that the
Democrats stand always for
democratic processes does not
alter the fact that he did q
wise thing. The convention
has nominated its strongest
ticket to oppose the Republic
cans next November. In addi-
ton, the convention got away
from the haphazard manner
in which so many vice-presi-
Dental nominees have been
chosen in the past. and away,
too, from q dictated nomina.
ton by one man. The vice.
presidential Office is too inn
portant not to give q party in
open convention an opportu-
nifty to express itself and make
a choice.
Whether President Eisen-
hover, after he has been
renominated, will say he wants
Nixon renominated. in so many
words. is any mans guess. A
candidate for Office, especially
the high office Of Vice Presi-
dent. should stand on his own
feet, and not be kicked up
stairs by q presidential nomi-
nee.
The record so far has shown
that the President will let the
convention decide for itself
outside Of picking q man who
does not stand for his program.
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Field Flowers

Field fopers bring into a room
The haunting scent OF new-
noun hay
Summing on a golden day,
OF purple clorer In honeyed
bloom.
A cracked botDl OF meadow
fopers
Spiced Nth pun0ent sprays OF
thyme
Brings the poet a fragrant
rhyme
To quicken the gray and Jdl-
lon hours.
When yestlessness seems I'm
minent
Gather field fovers spri0Oed
Nth mint.
Helen DoyIey Davis
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Of an automobile is one-third
taxes.
Taxes, hidden and otherwise.
account for 80 per cept Of our
market dollar.
Parents in Europe tell their
children they will never have
to work because the American
taxpayer is very rich and very
foolish, believing that because
he handles so much green pa
per, which is called money, he
is prosperous.
The price Of everything goes
up, up. UP, but not the value.
There are millions on fixed
incomes whose incomes do
not 60 up and consequently
they are in a squeeze for which
there is no sensible reason.
Is this prosperity?
Rip Van Wrinkle.
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Protests Hearing Time

The League Of Women
Voters of Prince Georges
County believes that the re-
cent action by the Board of
Education of Prince Georges
County regarding the hearing
on the school building pro-
gram reflects a lack of under
standing of its obligations to
the public and of the need for
widespread citizen under
standing and support for the
public school system of the
county.
We have tried unsuccess-
fully for several years to get
a public hearing before the
Board of Education on the
county's school construction
programs. This year the board
agreed to hold a hearing on
the proposed construction pro-
gram which contains thirty
six projects at an estimated
cost Of approximately $11 mill
lion The hearing was sched-
uled for the evening Of August
20 in the central urban Sec
ton Of the county However.
at the personal request of the
chairman, the Board Of Edu-
cation has re-scheduled the
hearing for the afternoon Of
August 81 in q remote rural
section Of the county. AS q
result of this change. many
interested residents will not
be able to attend the hearing.
The chairman Of the board
stated that he did not like
to drive at. night. He also
stated that he did not believe
that the members Of the staff
should have to attend evening
meetings. Members of the
staff had not indicated any
objection to an evening hear
ing.
The Board of Education does
not seem to realize that in
Prince Georges County there
is q growing interest Of cit-
liens in the question Of policy
affecting the schools and that
the people have o right to
be heard. Instead Of encour-
aging public interest and par
ticipation in school problems
the board appears to be setting
up obstacles to the free ex-
preston Of public opinion.
Marion N. Ament,
President,
League Of Women Voters Of
Prince Georges County
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Sherman. Not Butler

Had T. Russell Hungerford
troubled to check The WASH
ington Star Edition of the
1856 Information Please AL
manac (not to mention nu-
merous other more detailed
reference works. he would not
have bestowed the 1912 G. O.P.
vice presidential, nomination
on Nicholas Murray Butler as
he does in a letter to The Star.
James SchooIcraft Sherman,
Of Utica, elected Vice President
on the slate with William How
ard Taft in 1908, was renom-
mated along with Taft-fully
and formally--by the Repub-
lican National Convention in
1912. Some comment evil
IDENTIFY was aroused at the
time by the fact that the
speech renominating him took
only a little over a minute,
and there has been a lot more
comment since by political
historians because Sherman
was the first Republican Vice
President to be given a chance
for a second term by the
C. o. P. since it offered its ini-
tial ticket for the two top
Offices in 1856.
Election Day fell on Novem-
Der S in 1912 and 3.484, $50
votes were cast for a slate
that carried the name of a
deceased nominee. James S.
Sherman had died october 80,
too close to election day for
the printing and distribution
of new ballots. lover Is mill
lion votes were cast.
AS the time neared for
counting the electoral votes,
Butler was asked by party
leaders to authorize the use
of his name, since the votes
could not be cast for a dead
man. He acquiesced after
jokingly demanding assurance
that there would be no danger
of his being made Vice Presi-
dent. There wasn't. The win
ming ticket was Woodrow Will
son Thomas Marshall with
ABS electoral votes; Teddy
RooSevelt's Bull Moose" slate,
with SO; and what had started
as the Taft-Sherman team,
with the remaining eight.
Officially. the votes are credited
in Buffers name. An analo-
gouS case occurred In 1872
when Horace Greeley ran for
the presidency against U. S.
Grant Greeley died after
election day but before the
electoral vote count. The elec-
tors he had won scattered their
votes among defeated vice
presidential and presidential
nominees. 1t Is As logical to
assert that any of these bene-
ficiaries won. the votes that
Greeley polled as it is to con-
tend Butler ran" on the Taft
ticket in 1912 - unless, of
course, one can become a run
ming mate" retroactively when
the fate Of a ticket has been
decided by the electorate.
Inasmuch as Vice President
Sherman's denomination broke
a long Republican precedent
and his death on the eve of
election day is unique in major
party annals, the confusion as
to whether he ran is a sad
commentary on how little at
tention has been given to the
story Of the second highest
Office in the land.
FederaIist
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STAR CONVENTION BU-
REAU, SAN FRANCISCO.
Aug. 20.-The Republicans. in
National Convention, are about
to nominate a candidate for
Vice President-and the over
whelming belief is they will
choose Vice President Richard
M. Nixon. Mr.. Nixon is the
pet aversion Of Democrats,
eggheads and ultraliberals.
most of whom are Democrats
anyway.
The Democrats, having
nominated Senator Estes Ke-
fauver of Tennessee for the
vice presidency in "open con-
vention," are prepared to
point the finger Of scorn at
the COP. They will say
that the Republicans in
"closed convention" have Civ
en- Nixon a dictated" nomi-
nation for the second place on
their ticket. They will con-
tend that President Eisen-
hover and Republican Ma
tional Chairman Leonard w.
Hall have left the National
Convention of their party no
choice in the matter.
This is a lot of baloney.
Many months ago, it became
evident that Republican lead
ers in all parts of the coun-
try favored the denomination
of Nixon. When Chairman
Hall expressed the opinion
that the ticket this year would
be Eisenhower and Nixon, he
was fully eonversant with this
support Of Nixon. Further,
President Eisenhower himself
has been careful not to say to
the Republicans, Nixon is my
man and no one else"
Nixon Welcomes Test
Mr.. Nixon himself has wisely
pointed out that If delegates
to the Republican National
Convention wish to put up
some other candidate for Vice
President, they are entirely
free to do so, that he would
welcome such . test. And
there the matter stands.
Harold E. Stassen, the pres
idential special assistant on
disarmament now on leave Of
absence, on the theory that
the National Convention is
open and able to make its own
choice, is engaged In trying to
knock down Nixon and have
the convention take Gov.
Christian Herter of Massachu-
sets. That he has received
mighty littleI encouragement
does not alter the fact the OPP
portunity is there to test the
sentiment Of the convention.
Gov. Goodwin j. Knight Of
California, who has no use for
his fellow Californian, Nixon,
and has said so, is perfectly
free to have himself put in
nomination for the job. or to
back any other candidate. The
convention is open to any one
who wishes to tackle Nixon
and his undoubted personal
support by Republicans every
where,
J. From the sounds emitted by
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@. Do European cities COM
monty acquire nicknames, as
our cities do? q. c.
A. Although a small number
Of foreign cities have special
appellations Rome. the Eter-
nal City, for instance) the
custom Of nicknaming cities Is
primarily an American custom.
Some Of these names date back
to frontier days, and some are
recent products Of civic pride
and chambers Of commerce.
In no other country are there
--or could there be--so many
regional or industrial cap
itals." -gatewayB," birth
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Temp Jones has . friend
who, early In the season, pur-
chased Q packet Of zinnia seed.
II had visions Of o lovely
garden" she complained.
complete with giant sized
zinnias, assorted colors.
81 was disappointed. because
there are about 6 zinnias-and
the rest are tomato plants,
easily Is of them!
1.-THE tomatoes are doing
nicely, and have staked them.
With tomatoes as is. perhaps
mine really will be welcome for
q salad.
81 have never had q vege-
table garden"
Jones has never grown vege-
tables, either.
Nor has he ever had the
felicity Of getting the wrong
seed in the wrong packet.
Mostly this never occurs.
because American seedmen 60
to extreme lengths to see that
1t does not happen.
It must be Of rare occurrence.
Some firms call in all the un-
sold seed in the fall. and burn
every package.
Since so many vegetable and
flower seeds are tiny. and even
look very much alike. the
wonder is that this mixup
doesn't occur more often.
Tomatoes may be called the
bridge between the all-flower
garden and the real vegetable
garden.
People who never plant vege-
tables love to sandwich o few
tomato plants In between the
flowers.
Then they get the ugly to-
mato worms, as well as the red
ripe fruits.
80
Squirrels are among the
great lovers Of the tomato.
They often may be seen lug
ging away one Of the priced
possessions.
Homeowners should not be
too upset about anything the
squirrels do.
Sometimes they bite into one
tomato, reject 1t.
They dig for crocus bulbs.
and in other ways interfere
with human paintings.
The ultimate harm Is never
half as bad as 1t seems at the
time.
CHEVY CHASE. Nd.
Dear Sir:
"This morning I stood at
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For Nixon

AS Kentucky's native-son
candidate for Vice President
at the Republican National
Convention in 1852, it was my
privilege and pleasure to have
my name withheld in favor of
Mr.. Nixon, the same as was
done by Gov McKeldin and
Senator Margaret Chase Smith.
Nixon has made an excellent
Vice President.
~ Heber H. Rice.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR.

Pen names may be used u
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject"to conden-
sdtion.
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est thing to keep on hand was sufficient
stock of glassware.
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places" and hubs" as In the
United States Of America.
Q. How long did Japan own
the island Of Formosa--S. r.
A. After the war between
China and Japan In 1s94-s5.
the island was ceded TO japan
by China. In 1915, after World
War II, Formosa (Taiwan)
again became q Chinese pro-
vince. When the National gov
eminent withdrew from the
China mainland In io49-S0,
Taipei, near the northern end
Of the island. became the cap
ital city Of Free China.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
M HASKIN SERVICE

~. By THE HASkIN SERVICE
Evpns Ss a. ests,T Zoo ES' O. NV w'ShnssoD
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-05-21
Hot Lunch Group
Starts Planning
For Next Year

The Hot Lunch Committee met
last Wednesday evening to discuss
plans for the coming year. 1t is
important to plan now for next
year, and set UP the different
committees It is felt that early
planning will make for a more
effective, adequate program.
This, being the pilot year, has
meant getting acquainted with
available SURPRISES, financial
problems, and even the basic
handling of the best possible
menus for the best nutrition for
the most children This is an i'm
portant program in the general
winter health of the entire town.
Good hot lunches mean more re-
sistance to infection. This in turn
means less spreading of these in
fections. Put your medicine money
into the food program.
The committee must plan early
for the summer boat deliveries
and the program should be ready
to go before it is time to start
cooking Summer activities are
planned to boost the program and
the committee is in need of help
Parents and all others interest
ed please call Main 156. Your CO.
operation will be most appreciated
and well spent
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-05-21
BY THE Assoc rATEp PRESS

Democratic hackers of Adlai
Stevenson were hailing Steven
sons presidential primary election
victory over Sen. Estes Kefauver
in Oregon Friday as signalling a
Stevenson groundsWell that cam
not be stopped
James A. Finnegan, campaign
manager for Stevenson, called
Fridays Oregon results smash
ing victory" pacing the way for
Stevenson triumphs in the Florida
CMay 29) and California June 81
primaries"
Kefauver issued a statement
through his Washington office
saying 81 received more votes
than | anticipated. We had neither
the time, the organization nor the
money to conduct a write-in cam
paign of this kind He tele-
graphed congratulations to Ste
venson, saying l feel and
hope that our contest in Oregon
strengthened the Democratic Par
ty there"
An Associated Press tabulation
showed that Stevenson now leads
the Tennessee senator 1882 to
l27 in pledged and publicly COM
mitted delegate votes for the DEM
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-05-21
Trapeze Artist,
Blinded by Flash,
Falls 40 Feet

SAN FRANCISCO, R-Ros e
Gold Palm missed a swinging
circus trapeze and fell 40 feet to a
hardwood floor last night, break
ing her pelvis, left leg and arm
before $500 Mortified spectators
at civic auditorium.
The 33-year-old Vienna-born
flyer probably was blinded tenn
porarily by the flash gun of an
amateur photographer, said her
husband, Andre.
Palm and Francesca Rinetti
were holding the swinging ira
peze at which she dived as part
of an act at the Shrine-Polack
Bros. Circus. Her hands touched
the bar momentarily, but failed to
find a grip. There was no net.
Palm said the flash bulb ''un-
doubtedly blinded her because it
affected us somewhat" He and
Rinetti hung by their legs while
holding the trapeze.
There were a few screams as
she landed but most of the crowd
just looked in horror.
Palm said she had done the act
thousands of times, once from 900
feet up on the Eiffel tower in
Paris.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-05-21
Japan Outlaws All
Organized Prostitution
After April |, 1857

TOKYO, R-Climaxing an eight
year fight, Japan's Parliament to-
day outlawed all organized prosti-
tuition after next April |,
The House of Councillors Sen
ate) unanimously approved legis-
lation making illegal the operation
after that date of any type of
establishment for purposes of
prostitution. The House of Repre-
sentatives approved the bill last
Tuesday.
The law does not prohibit the
nations estimated 100000 proSti-
tutes from operating independent
ly. It's penalties, up to 10 years in
prison, do not go into force until
April l, 1858.
The law does strike, however,
at some of the worlds most extern
sive organized red-light districts
in Tokyo, Osaka, Atami and other
areas. 1t also prohibits the age-old
Japanese practice of parents sell
ing their daughters into prosti-
tuition.