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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-09
AIMING for Freedom

Through the Bundestag-the lower
house Of the Parliament at Bonn-West
Germany now has virtually completed
enactment Of all the laws needed to sup
port It's remilitarization as a sovereign
member OF the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization. The result should be a
marked speed-up in the creation Of its
armed forces both for its own defense
and the defense of free Europe as a
whole.
This is a prospect that displeases
the Kremlin, but the entire Western
world has good reason to be cheered by
1t. For free Germany, when its projected
rearmament is completed, will be able to
make a highly significant contribution
to its own and the Atlantic community's
security against the threat of Commu-
mist aggression. 1t still has long way
to 60 in that sense, but the Bundestag's
overwhelming vote in support of the
whole undertaking is bound to expedite
the organization of Bonn's projected
500,000-man army as major factor-a
factor favoring liberty--in the European
balance of power.
There are some people in the West,
Of course, who still have an understand
able fear of any kind of German militari-
cation. But one of the laws just passed
at Bonn subjects the armed forces to
civilian controls offering very real and
effective safeguards against the danger
OF resurgent "Prussianism" or Hitlerism.
There need be no serious miSgivings in
that reSnect AS we'll as any men can
plan such things, the leaders and people
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-09
Case for Federal Aid

The Rock Creek Watershed Associa-
ton can make out good case for Federal
financial and technical aid in preventing
further deterioration of Rock Creek An
application for such assistance is being
prepared by association officials, as an
aftermath of discussion of f1ood-dam-
age and sitting problems along the upper
course of the stream.
While local authorities in Maryland
have share of responsibility in the "save
Rock Creek" program, the Federal Gov
eminent has vital interest in protecting
the stream from further damage and
contamination. This is because the mean
dering creek is the central attraction of
Rock Creek Park, Federal reservation
that is one of Washington's most famed
park areas, From the Maryland District
boundary southwark to the Georgetown
juncture with the Potomac River, Rock
Creek is under supervision Of the National
Park Service. Part of the Maryland por
ton is under jurisdiction of the Mary
land-National Capital Park and Planning
Commission. Other sections are under
little or no control. It is in the upper
stretches of the creek that serious erosion
and sitting have occurred, and the ad-
verse effects have been seen all the way
to the river The situation calls for posi-
tive Federal as well as local action If
Rock Creek and its adjacent park are to
be adequately safeguarded against future
determination
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-09
Part Time President?

1Here mas Deen nearly unanimous
approval of President Eisenhower'S can
dor in discussing his health in relation
to his availability for a second term in
the White House. And it was neither UNI
expected nor improper that this matter
OF health of a presidential candidate
should become major consideration in
the political campaign that already is
under way. There will, very likely, be
exaggerated statements made on both
sides of the debate. But, assuming Mr..
EiSenhower'S denomination, it will be the
American people who will sift the truth
from the exaggerations and exercise their
Judgment accordingly.
Senator Sparkman of Alabama,
chosen to make the formal Democratic
response to Mr.. Eisenhower's announce
ment OF availability, has said that "the
people are to decide the most unusual
question which has ever been put to
democracy" Mr.. Sparkman is correct,
in a sense. For the most unusual cir
cumStance about this question is that
the people are indeed being given the
facts on which to make their decision
There have been other Presidents-can-
didateS for re-election-whose health
proved tragically unable to stand up
under the demands of further tenure of
office. But if this was known to, or even
suspected by, the candidates at the time,
or their closest advisers, it was not made
known to the American people.
The Democratic attack upon Mr..
Eisenhower, on the health issue, has been
summed up in the charge that he is pro-
posing to become "a part-time President"
Actually, Mr.. Eisenhower Is not proposing
to become part-time President. He has
been given clean bill of health by a
distinguished array of doctors-who have
based their conclusion on personal atten-
ton to his case. And he has said, in re-
emphasizing previous remarks, that "un-
less felt absolutely up to the perform
ance Of the duties of the President, I
would no longer be there in the Job or I
wouldn't be available" Mr. Eisenhower
Is not proposing to leave behind him in
the White House the great responsibilities
OF the presidency while he is in Gettys-
burg, in Georgia or on the golf course.
He knows that cannot be done It is un-
likely he would try to do 1t If he could.
What Mr.. Eisenhower is proposing to
do is to relieve the presidency itself of
some OF the burdenSome routine of what
is perhaps the hardest job in the world
1t will be good, not only for him but for
other Presidents, if he succeeds in this
objective. The effort to delegate some of
the presidential routine did not begin
with Mr.. Eisenhower's heart attack, or
even with his term in office. 1t was not
SO long ago that President Franklin
Roosevelt created corps of administra-
tive assistants with passion for ano-
nymity." And from that time, the Ex-
ecutive Office of the President has grown
to be one of the larger agencies of the
Government. But neither Mr.. Eisen-
hover nor his predecessors have proposed
reducing "the policy and command" re-
sponsibilities. Nor has 1t been proved
that he needs to, even if it could be done
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-09
Presidents Honesty

The attitude of many people
toward President Eisenhower's
decision to run for a second
term is unbelievable. Regard
less of what people think of
his accomplishments, or lack
of them, while in Office, one
cannot help but admire him
for his honesty toward the
American people regarding his
health.
No doubt many of those who
are lambasting him for his de-
cision were ardent admirers
and supporters of the late
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
No greater crime was ever
perpetrated against the peo-
pie of our country, or more
dishonesty displayed, than
when F. D. RS true physical
condition was so successfully
kept from the public at the
time of his last election.
! have no rosy-tinted atti-
tude toward politics or politi-
clans, but let us not stoop so
low that we no longer have
any appreciation of or adj
miration for honesty.
r n
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President PRESUMED

At the age of IS, my hus-
band, a general officer in the
Regular Army, was retired for
a mild heart condition that has
never put him in bed for a
single day. His responsibilities
were not then, and never
could be, anything comparable
to those of the President.
From many angles, it APP
pears that the President was
pressured into running again,
to save the Republican Party
from probable defeat.
My sympathy goes to Mrs.
Eisenhower; for I know of the
constant watching and anxiety
that come from living with a
person who must be shielded
from emotional strains and
physical fatigue. Our Presi-
dent has served his country
we'll and long. He should have
been allowed to retire to his
farm and live out the remain
der of his years in peace and
quiet. If the President should
be defeated. it may be a bless
ing in disguise, for no man or
political party can give back
the breath of life.
Army Wife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-09
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E TRACEWELL

Pretty expensive, but Jones
says 1t is worth it.
Since the human body is
about 80 per cent water, it
would seem to be the part. of
wisdom to drink plenty of it.
The difficulty comes in get
ting it all in.
Two glasses go very we'll an
hour before breakfast, but
only a few people get up that
early.
Half an hour would do. This
is about the time the water
takes to leave the stomach.
Somebody wrote a book
about lying first on one side,
and then on the other, after
drinking water.
This procedure was sup
posed to permit a freer flow
out of the stomach and along
the intricate colon.
The trouble was that Jones
forgot which side to lie on
first, and how many minutes.
He has forgotten the name
of the book, and its author.
If any reader knows what
he is talking about, he would
be glad to hear from him, as
he still thinks water must be
handled with some respect.
TIE mpleton Jones was
brought up with older people,
as well as with young ones.
He had his eye on the for
mer, in two particular mat
tiers.
One was the way older peo-
pie stopped, and the other how
dry they seemed to get.
He determined a long time
ago to hold himself erect with
increasing severity as he grew
older, and to drink so much
water that he couldn't get that
dry look.
He has found, as time went
by with ever increasing veloc-
ity, that it isn't as simple a
matter as he thought. Few
things are.
He discovered that making
an effort to stand up straight
wouldn't exactly overcome the
pull of gravity. =
Nor would drinking plenty
of water, the tasteless stuff,
make one bloom with the dewy
skin of youth.
The only thing Templeton
Jones can say, after several
decades of effort, is that these
measures help @
Time is the same mystery it
was in Methuselaf1's day. Even
he couldn't escape it's effects.
How can Jones?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-09
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Probing the Bottom of the Arctic Sea
BY THOMAS R. HENRI

of the lacelike colonies are
quite beautiful. forming
peach-colored. deep red or
yellow lacework.
Marine annelid worms, or
polychaetes. comprise an i'm
portant part of the Point
Barrow fauna. Among them,
one species of the family
known as syllids is a f1esh-col-
ored worm with brownish-red
eyes which emitted a blush
white light. It lived ordinar-
lily hidden among the lace
growths on stones, where its
luminescence betrayed it.
Sea AnemOne Phenomenal
There was a delicately
peach-colored sea anemone, a
acknowledging animal re-
motley related to the coral
polyps, which displayed what
DR.. MacGinitie calls IAN
amazing phenomenon"
When it was subjected to
unfavorable conditions such
as overcrowding in pan or
jar of sea water" he says, sit
cast out through the mouth a
translucent, white inner lining
with transparent, stubby ten
tacles. These tentacles were
tiny worms. The lining was
somewhat suggestive of a
picked onion. If conditions
remained adverse more off,
spring were cast off, each be-
coming smaller than its pre-
deceSsor."
In other words, when in
trouble the animal spits out
babies-presumably an emer-
gency measure for preserva-
ton of the species and a way
of reproduction not hitherto
recorded. Apparently the same
thing happens in the sea.
Partly grown specimens of
these offspring dredged from
the bottom at first were mis-
taken for new species. Some
of these sea anemones were
quite co1orful-one purpliSh-
red, one lavender, one lemon
yellow, and one with tranSlu-
cent, peach-colored tentacles.
Numerically the most abun-
dant animals are amphipods,
members Of the sand flea
family, which form an i'm
portant food source for fishes
and seals. Great numbers
live on the undersides of ice
cakes from which the bearded
seal can sweep them with its
whiskers.
If seals can live on them,
why not men?' "It would
SEEM" says DR.. MacGinitie,
chat they should form a
source of food for military
personnel forced to abandon
ship or make forced landings.
Ampherusa glacialis (the spe-
cies found in such numbers on
the bottoms of ice cakes
could be gathered with nets
from the swarms that dart
away when an ice cake is dis
turbed."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-09
Ldymon to PULPIT

I always have staunchly de-
Tended the Metropolitan Police
Boys Clubs against enforced
indignation moves by the Uni
tartan Church.
Your paper now publishes
that DR.. H. Powell Davies of
All Souls is urging Washington
citizens mot" to contribute to
the Metropolitan Police Boys
Clubs.
I cannot suppress an impish
desire to concur with him, by
saying, "Thy will be done"
The result is obvious. No
more contributions from white
folks (they supply 81 per cent
of the money! towards the
support of $4,000 colored boys
now being benefited.
Paul Chiera,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-09

Fantastic animals worms,
sea anemones and a host of
other creatures-spend their
lives buried in the mud of
shallow Arctic sea bottom.
Some of these creatures and
their ways of life are de-
scribed in a report just issued
by the Smithsonian Institu-
ton by DR.. G. E. MacGinitie,
who worked at the Nays
Arctic laboratory at Point
Barrow, Alaska.
There were, for example,
two species of ribbon worms
notable for their ability to
stretch the body to more than
twice its normal length. When
washed ashore. as a means of
self-preservation they lit
terally tied themselves in
knots, curled up in balls, and
then secreted bags of mu-
cous around themselves"
Very abundant mud-dwell-
ing animals, DR.. MacGinitie
found, were the echuiroids,
otherwise known as spoon
worms" or peanut worms"
These burrow quite deeply in
the mud and seldom are seen
unless washed ashore in
storms. One species was
bright green in color and
about three inches long. These
worms, DR.. MacGinitie found,
formerly were eaten by the
Eskimos.
Kangaroo" of Worm World
Among the most abundant
animals of the Arctic seas,
says the biologist in a report
just published by the Smith
sonian. are the small, trans
parent and essentially invisible
sagltta, or arrow worms.
Thousands were obtained in
lows for plankton. One
species, about a half inch long,
apparently are the kangaroos
of the worm world. Two
specimens" the report says,
were carrying young in a
marsupium (pouch) formed by
folding the posterior lateral
fins together. In the labora-
tory some of the young, about
a tenth of an inch long, be-
gan escaping from this mar
supium."
An extremely important part
of the bottom fauna at Point
Barrow were the bryozoa, or
'lace animals" They are
colonial animals, like corals,
although belonging to a con-
siderably higher order of life.
They cover stones with
groWths that sometimes look
like patches of moss and
sometimes like weavings of
delicate lace. Hardly a stone
was found that did not have
at least one moss patch"
Sometimes the entire surface
would be covered. These
miniature moss forests pro-
vide refuge for numerous
other minute animals. Some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-09

Templeton Jones is proud
of. the fact that his hand
doesn't shake.
Many men his age have very
shaky paws.
He attributes his steadiness
to the fact that he neither
drinks nor smokes.
Especially hard drinks, as
they are sometimes called.
Jones likes them soft, and
not too much.
AS for water, he regards 1t
in theory as a splendid bever-
age. but actually a glass of it
tends to make him sick at the
stomach.
This has always amazed him.
Here is the primary drink,
and people just don't like it.
Probably it is the tendency
of everybody today to be-sugar
everything.
1t is started now as a child.
Even the cereals have heavy
coats Of sugar.
In the pioneer days, an
American ate only 10 pounds
of sugar a year. Now it is
astronomical.
Even baby's orange juice has
sugar in it.
Too much sweet makes plain
water taste fiat.
Modern city water. to be
safe, must have chlorine in it.
Then, when other agents are
put in, you have a queer brew,
indeed.
Templeton Jones has sworn
for years that his garden looks
better with no water at all
than with water from the hose.
Probably this is an exag-
geration. Our old friend dearly
loves to exaggerate. You can
never take his statements too
seriously, owing to this trait.
But he is on the right track
about his water. as far as the
yard and garden go, we be-
lieve.
1t seems that some people
always have trouble drinking
water.
They say it makes them Ill.
Others gulp eight glasses a
day, and swear they couldn't
do without it.
Introduction of a form of
f1uorine, in the local water
supply has magnified the dam
gers. according to some. Ger
tainly it has added nothing to
its taste.
Templeton Jones buys a
Maine spring water, at rs
cents a half gallon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-09

diggers" and tolerated the in
sufferable roadhogs' abuses.
What a pity! Smoothly,
swiftly and steadily his street.
car glides to top speed like the
action of a modern high-speed
automobile equipped with au-
tomato transmission. Picture
an elderly motorman endeavor-
ing to shift gears, yank a steer
ing wheel around while jockey
ing on the seat of a bouncy bus
trying desperately to close the
door on the "sardine pack!
Straphanger.
Y X x
The Commissioners have
gotten themselves in a peach
Of a mess.
Now they accuse Capital
Transit of Interior motives in
bringing common-senSe facts
before the public.
I do not excuse the sins of
CTC. but the Commissioners
made big mistake when they
asked to have the company's
franchise terminated. Any sue
cessor will have to operate I'M
der higher expenses, due to the
interest on loans or bonds
needed. A9"
There is a good chance that
there will be no public mass
transportation after August IA.
thanks to the Commissioners.
Alex H. Adams.
~ 4
In a sort of melancholy
fatalism. we move towards
authoritarian" operation of
our local bus and streetcar
system.
Why?
Let's think. Then let's think
again.
Donald c. Keith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-09
McKinsey Report

I would like to make a few
observations on a particular
phase of the McKinsey Report
on the operations of the Mont
gomery County Board of Edu-
cation. ..
I refer to what you call, in
your editorial of February %,
lack of foresight in the ac-
QUESTION of school Sites"
It would seem obvious the
economical way to buy land
would be to buy it ahead of the
beginning of residential de-
velopment and the consequent
increase in land values. How
ever, to do so the board should
know in advance where such
development is likely to take
place.
Until recently, their indica-
ton that schools might be
needed in a certain location,
came when residential con-
struction had actually begun
in that location.
Now this has been improved.
The board has employed a
man who keeps in touch with
the different planning agen-
cies and the builders, and is
therefore in a position to ne
gotiate for school sites before
or at the time subdivisions are
planned. However, at this time
the best land has been pre-
empted and the board must
bid against developers or be
content with undesirable par
cells.
Even in the regional district
dover county, it is not posi-
Bile to know ahead of time
where new subdivisions will be
located, because we still lack a
master plan which would show
which portions of the county
have been set aside for resi-
Dental development.
Conditions are even worse in
the upper county. With the
passage Of the upper county
coming ordinance, there is no
telling where the new center
of population will develop and
where new schools will be
needed,
Under such conditions, how
can a board of education plan
ahead in an intelligent way?
Mrs. E. r. Jervis.
Your story concerning the
action of the Montgomery
County. Board of Education in
voting to pay almost $4,000
per acre" for a school site near
Wheaton, Md, is misleading.
and reader might conclude
that the jury placed such a
value on the land when it
awarded the owners a $39, 900
verdict.
The jury verdict included
not only its best estimate of
the value of the land being
condemned. according to con-
f1icting estimates of various
experts, but also severance
damage to the owners for the
effect the seizure would have
on their business enterprise
located on the remaining por-
ton of their tract.
AS a Montgomery County
resident. I am aware that the
School Boards costs are my
costs also. The board should
not select sites with no con-
sideration whatever given to
the effect on established BUSH
ness enterprises on the re-
naming portion of the land;
or If lack of foresight and
proper planning leaves no
other alternative, then the
board (we) should justly COM
pensate the property owner. l
strongly agree with the Nc
Kinsey Management Survey
Report to the effect that the
Montgomery County Board of
Education might well overhaul
its methods and procedures
with respect to school site
selection. They didn't look
very good in court.
g Thar1 Mir,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-09

@. Is it true that a skunk is
reluctant to release it's evil
smelling liquid and will do so
only when attacked.-H. M. B.
A. The skunk uses this fluid
only sparingly since it takes
three weeks to replace a single
ounce. Some naturalists be-
lieve that the skunk itself dis
likes the odor of the fluid as
much as other creatures do.
@. How many calories are
there in a glass of wine
E. Y. S.
A. An ounce Of sherry pro-
vides 80 Galleries and an ounce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-09
Announcement

Like a red foDer
Blooming on the ledfeSs hedge
Powdered NTH neW snow,
The strutting red bird pauses
To chirp his promise of spring.
Helen BoyIey Davis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-09

of free Germany are building the sort Of
military power that is meant to serve
freedom and nothing else.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-09
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used il
letters carry lDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject. to conden-
Sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-09

Of port. SO. In four ounces Of
red or white table wines there
are from SO to IS calories.
while the same quantity Of
champagne produces 100 CAL
cries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-09
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

The reader can get by mail wrns
D C. Please pose - $500 " -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-09

@. Does the Pope govern the
Vatican state?-R. K. N.
A. The Pope is the temporal
chief of the state as well as
the spiritual leader of Catho-
lies all over the world. In the
Vatican state all legislative.
executive and judiciary powers
repose In one man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-09

This is plea for our trusted
servant, the streetcar motor
man. In all the schemes to
arbitrarily abolish use of the
steady rails for the bumpy bus,
his plight is CLOSED over as
inconsequential. Many years
he has striven to pacify the
cranky. patiently awaited the
convenience Of women purse
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-05

Give a gift that will go TO her
head! These stoles are made Of
551o wool and 451Ze rsyon. I5x
IS inches :. hand-knofted s.
inch fringe. Hemmed sides. As
sorted plaids.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14

false promises of communism
than the true faith in freedom.
And today there is doubt in the
world about whether America
really believes in the freedom
which is our birthright and the
peace which is our greatest hope.
Why has all this happened?
It has happened because for
four years now we have had a
government which neither fully
understands nor wholly sympa-
thizes with our human needs or
the revolution that is sweeping
the world.
Rule by Big Business
The Republican administra-
ton took Office on the pledge to
nike it a busineSsman'S govern.
lment. Well. that's one pledge
they kept. President Eisenhower
filled two out Of every three top
ranking Offices in his administra-
Ition with men whose lives have
been spent representing business,
mostly big business.
Then-partly by choice, partly
by necessity-President Eisen-
hover turned over to these men
of limited interests and expe-
rience still more of the powers of
government.
Where business interests are
involved. these men who domi-
nate the Eisenhower administra-
ton have not been bashful. II
it is a matter of cutting taxes
for the well-to-do, turning our
natural resources over to pri-