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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15

Bureaus hurricane hunters, but 1t is good
news to residents of the Atlantic seaboard.
Florida, once the frequent target of the
big storms, has not had real hurricane
disaster since 1850. However, the tropical
blows have hit hard and repeatedly at
sections farther Notwithstanding Wash
ington and vicinity. But this year, just
as the research experts were all set to
study the storms, the upper air currents
underwent a shift and, meteorologists
believe, have set up wind barrier that
has discouraged a return of hurricanes
to the American coast.
1t may be, of course, that the currents
will shift again and open the way for
another big storm or two. September and
October in some previous years have
brought major visitations by the devas-
tating disturbances. Let's hope, however,
that the hurricane forecasters and re-
SearcherS will be able to continue their
vacations for the remainder of this year.
at least.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15
The KneII of Summer
The earIv silence Of Septem her

The early silence OF September
morn,
Was pierced By rdsping cries
Of Scorn.
The crying Jays had no esteem,
For those iDith Morpheus
yet IN dream.
Their marauding notes near
and far,
FOLLOWED soon the morning
star.
They caused a reStireness in
nest
And awakened all on natures
breast.
They aroused from slamber
little boys,
Who reached for guns that
Uere but toys,
And to the task OF killing trent
Until themselves had tally
Spent.
The de1o like diamonds to the
sight,
Spoke Of the coclness OF the
NIGHT.
The end IL fCds Of summer DAYS,
Announced by rdacouS cries
OF Jays
George c. Lea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15
Proud Patriot

Teddy de Nolasco contends
that the independence of the
Philippines. IndoneSia. India
and Ceylon has turned back
the clock of progress for these
nations at least one hundred
years"
1 cannot speak for the
Philippines, India and Ceylon,
but 1 can with certainty show
that my country, Indonesia,
has achieved substantially
more progress during its IL
years of independence than
was achieved during the three
centuries of colonial domina-
ton. We now have more
schools. more hospitals. more
food, more and better clothes.
more healthy people, more
freedom Of expression, and
above all greater self respect.
than when Indonesia was
ruled by the Dutch.
o. Siahaan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15
Hurricane Shortage

1t is difficult for us to share the dis
tresS which officials of the National Hur-
ricane Research Project are suffering as
result of the remarkable shortage Of
hurricanes this year. The Government
launched the project several months ago
as an outgrowth Of public demands that
something be done about the tropical
storms, which, in the past several years,
had seemed to be increasing in number
and intensity But. with the hurricane
season half over, only one full-1edged
hurricane has come out OF the Caribbean
this summer-and it did not hit our coast
at all.
This may be bad news to the Weather
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15
For Friendship

Washington's National Air
port was ninth busiest in the
Nation during 1855, according
to a report by the CAA,
detailing aircraft movements
logged in and out.
1t is, statistically, more dam
gerouS to fly into eight other
airports than it is into Ma
tional Airport. In fact, Wash
ington's figures on take-offs
and landings are only slightly
higher than Teterboro. N. j.,
where no airlines operate.
But assuming that we do in
deed need another airport. it
would appear that Friendship
would be suitable. 1t is now
operating at far less than ca
pacity. 1t would save money
rather than building a third
airport. 1t is as close as
or closer. timewise, than is
Idlewilde to New York, O'Hare
to Chicago, Willow Run to De-
troit and the airport which
serves Los Angeles, to name
but a few. Long nonstops
could use Friendship and short
haul traffic could use National.
Aviation authorities have de-
clared the greatest present
aviation hazard is congestion
on Always, particularly in the
vicinity : of airports. Utilizing
Friendship would spread traffic
patterns farther from Ma
tionals patterns and the mil
itary installations in Wash
ington than would the pro-
posed Virginia location.
Perhaps there is a legitimate
need for another airport here,
but facts and figures would
seem to contradict such a need.
If the planners who visualize
another airport construction
are sincere in their belief an
other airport is needed, they ,
still have to convince a sig
nificant number of the pub
lie, who will, eventually. foot
the bill for the construction of
another terminal for the air.
lines.
J. Z. Weber.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15

Eisenhower Is an impressive
figure when he goes campaign
ing, either in person or on
selevision and over the radio.
He looks the picture Of health.
He's accustomed to winning,
not losing battles. And in
several respects, Mr.. Steven
sons arguments were not inn
pressive. Few people will be-
lieve that the President has
relinquished his leadership-as
they see him dealing person.
ally with the Suez Canal stu
alton and the problems which
have arisen in the Middle East
and the Far East. Few Of them
believe that the President will
permit us to be drawn into war
because the other side. the
Egyptians and the Commu-
niStS, does not understand
that this country will fight.
Few of them do not real
ize that the hundreds of
millions of peoples in Eu-
rope and Asia who have been
encompassed in the so-called
Communist world since World
War II, fell under the Com
munist yoke during the Demo-
cratic administration of Harry
Trumar-and they do realize
that this advance of the Com
munists has been halted during
the Eisenhower administra-
ton.
Hall Recalls Other Years
Republican National Chair
man Leonard w. Hall, who
thinks Mr. Stevenson fell on his
face in his formal campaign
opening speech, commented on
Mr.. Stevenson's talk of de-
votion to peace, recalling state
ments made by woodrow VIII
son before World War I, and
by Franklin D. Roosevelt before
World War II. Mr.. Stevenson,
Hall said, indicated a distaste
for slogans-particularly the
Republican slog ran, Peace,
Progress and Prosperity" HE
forgets," said Mr.. Hall, zone
Democrat slogan of 1916. He
kept us out of war; and an
other in 1910, I promise you
again and again--your boys
will not fight on foreign soil. "
How effective this peace
issue may be for the Republi-
cans, and especially for Presi-
dent Eisenhower. when election
day arrives, is indicated in a
poll among Iowa farmers. just
published by Wallace'S Farmer
and Iowa Homestead, widely
read farm publication. The
farmers were asked particularly
about two of the issues dealt
with by Mr.. Stevenson-farm
income and preventing war.
The farm people were asked
which party, the Republican or
Democratic, is likely to do a
better job of preventing an
other war. They were asked,
too, which issue, farm income
and prevention of war. would
be uppermoSt in their minds
when they voted. The Republi-
can Party was ahead on the
first question. And peace was
declared to be ahead Of farm
income. as an issue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15

tons of my daughter prompted
me to take a look at the play
ground of the school in recess.
Such liberalism! Though no
longer a resident of Virginia,
I am intensely interested in
what happens in the State
where for 800 years my ances-
tors passed their lives. The
past two years have given me
an insight into the problems
to be encountered in inte-
grated schools, and lead me to
indorse Gov. Stanley in his
opposition to Progress.
Ann j. Duval.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15
Teachers Pestered


Money, money, money"
is not the heart Of the school
problem, as your columnist.
Sylvia Porter, wrote under
the heading "Schools-A Crisis
Still" This all teachers know.
The heart of the problem is
better working conditions for
the teachers. The White House
conference heard report that
100000 teachers out of 1,100,-
600 in the Nation. or almost
one out of every ten, quit or
are fired each year. In some
systems of the Washington
area the rate is almost one out
of flve-or twice as high.
The writer has talked with
thousands of teachers on
school problems. They feel
that teachers should get de-
cent salaries, and they also
think that higher salaries will
help them to put up with the
intolerable conditions under
which they must work. Few
teachers say that money is
the principal problem-they
want to be free to teach after
their own skillS and training.
But no group in American
life today is as regimented.
and required to do the lock-
step, as the teachers. Your
article stated that many
teachers quit and go into in
dustries each year, but it
failed to explain one impor-
tant thing. Most industries
abolished the sweatshops dur
ing the last century, and the
teachers still are subject to
such conditions. Any school
system that would announce
it is freeing its teachers to
teach would get all the we'll
trained teachers needed, at
its present salary scale.
Any teacher knows there are
many well-qualified teachers
who do not have Jobs. and
many cannot find them. II
they are well trained and ex-
perienced, they do not regi-
ment well, They do not adopt
the fads, or educational hair
dos" that come along at least
every year. Therefore princi-
pals and supervisors will not
hire them, as they want only
docile. easily regimented teach
ers in their schools.
If teachers were permitted
to do their work without UNI
professional interferences, as
do physicians and many other
trained people, there would be
all the teachers needed to
carry on the classroom work.
Each year the colleges and
universities graduate 280, 900
persons. They 60 into many
types Of work. Even though
banks pay low salaries, banks
get all the persons needed.
Even though colleges and uni
Yersities pay most teachers a
mere plttance, they get all
they need. The working con-
ditions are agreeable. There
Is not the RECOMMENDATION, the
so hours a week, the clerical
work. the unprofessional In
reference.
o. c. Miller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15
Suez Policy

The concern of President
Eisenhower and cabinet off,
GERS coupled with their desire
to avoid war over the Suez is
understandable and well justi-
fled in the eyes of every civil
lized resident of the free world,
but to allow this natural con-
Germ to continue to appear as
a basic difference between the
three major powers that con-
stitute the strength of our
Western alliance would have
been a sad and pitiful ex-
ample of weakness in the face
of grim reality.
I am no warmonger or advo-
cate of harsh expediency, and
I most certainly hope that
every peaceful measure will be
taken to bring the area under
control of the United Nations.
However, if after a reasonable
time passes and this goal is
not achieved, l see no alterna-
tive but for the United States
to firmly back up British mill
tary seizure of the canal and
flanking areas. This action
should be taken in the name
of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization with the ex-
pressed intent and purpose Of
handing over the canal to a
United Nations mandate once
a reasonable degree of order
has been re-established.
History has proven time and
time again that the reluctance
of a responsible nation to fight
a minor war usually leads to
fighting one on a larger, often
disastrous scale.
r. AFnV nnI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15
THIS. AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL

mankind infiicts on its young
every rs years.
Nature doesn't care in the
least.
What is a young man, to
her?
What is a thrush?
1t is the human mind, re-
Election of God. which insists
on taking thought for nature.
We. too. are part of her, and
thus have a right to say our
say.
We must not make the mis-
take of taking a bit as the all
of her being.
Nature is large; she contains
multitudes, as the poet said
about himself.
We must not concentrate
on the bad features in nature.
lest we lose the peace Of mind
we have a right to possess.
Cats will catch birds, now
and then, but it is only now
and then, not all the time.
Jays will be bad, occasional
ly, but purple grackles are
meaner, and hawks the worst
of all.
We append a letter, which
we think should go here:
you are one Of the few
newspaper writers who. in this
era, can be read without pain.
Especially enjoyable to me
are the cat pieces.
mo one can command,
regiment or uniform a cat.
That the cult of the cat is
growing fast is one of the few
alterations of our present
sorry State Of the Nation.
THE nine who at present
share our home ask me to ex-
press their thanks to you for
your great help to their cause.
Sincerely, c. E. r."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15
THE POLITICAL MIL
Democratic Chiefs More Confident
By GOULD LINCOLN

The Democratic high COM
mand, now completely donii-
ciled in Washington. has taken
a new lease on life. The old
defeatist attitude, particularly
where the presidential contest
was concerned, has been re-
vised-although some of the
party leaders are still holding
their breath.
This new rise in confidence
on the part Of the Democrats
grows particularly out of three
things. They are Maine elec-
ton results, the big Democratic
vote cast in the State Of Wash
ington primaries-where Dem
ocratic Senator Magnuson
rolled up some 10000 more
votes than were cast for his
Republican opponent, Gov.
Langlie-and the fact that
money has begun rolling into
the Democratic war chest.
The voting in Maine and
Washington has just about
convinced the Democratic lead
erS they will elect majorities
in both the House and Senate.
So far, however, President
Eisenhower remains for them
the unknown quantity in the
equation. Also, they are still at
sea on how far the peace"
issue will affect the election
on November 6. Nor are they
entirely at ease about the pros
perity, which still continues to
engulf most all Of the United
States.
New Stevenson Line
Adlai Stevenson, in his adj
dress at Harrisburg, Pa. Of
ficially starting his drive for
the presidency, undertook to
deal with all these issues
Eisenhower popularity, peace
and prosperity - seeking to
tear them down. Mr.. Eisen-
hover. he declared, is a part
time President, who has turned
everything over to Vice Presi-
dent Nixon, who Mr.. Steven
son dubbed the Presidents heir
apparent. The President, he
continued, is no longer master
of his own house. Tackling
the peace issue. Mr.. Stevenson
declared that peace was look
ing more fragile" all the time,
Notwithstanding the fact we
are spending $40 billion a year
on defense and piling pact on
pact with other nations. Mr..
Stevenson's charge is that we
are losing the cold war, and
more and more peoples are
beguiled by the Communist
approach. On the economic
issue, Mr.. Stevenson adopted
the old Democratic tactic of
declaring that the Republican
administration was beneflting
only the rich, while the little
fellows were left to shift for
themselves.
How effective Mr.. Stevenson
was with his new line-a bitter
attack which sounded more
like former President Harry S.
Truman or Gov. Frank Glenn
ent of Tennessee, keynoter of
the recent Democratic Ma
tional Convention--iS not i'm
mediately apparent. President
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15
New Hand at Helm

Hussein Suhrawardy, Pakistan's new
Prime Minister, does not have an easy
task ahead of him. AS leader of a minor
ity party, the Awami League of East
PakiStan, he has formed coalition gov
eminent with the new Republican Party
of West PakiStan. Maintenance of the
coalition will depend entirely upon sup
port of the Republicans, now holding the
largest single bloc of seats in the central
Parliament. He will be facing also the
remnants of the bitter individual rivalries
which resulted in virtual disintegration
of the MoSlem League and which still are
discernible in all of the country's political
factions. Outside the political area, he
will be facing the immediate and urgent
problem of a food crisis in his own
portion of the divided country
In his favor, Mr.. Suhrawardy brings
to his new post impressive qualifications
and experience. oxford educated and
a lawyer by profession, he has been
active in politics for more than 80 years.
Once leader in the Moslem League, he
is the founder of the Awami League. He
has held cabinet posts and has had first
hand experience with the recurring food
problem in Pakistan through service as
Food Minister in Bengal in 1943-45. AS
a friend to the West he was instrumental
in modifying an Awami League resolution
critical of Pakistan's foreign alliances.
One of his first statements on being
sworn in as Prime Minister was a reaf-
f1rmation of his support for current
Pakistan foreign policy.
Mr.. Suhrawardy's accession TO power.
and his alliance with the Republican
Party. brings a quality Of new politi-
cal blood into the central government.
There is promise in this fact and hope
that the countrys period OF political
instability may be approaching an end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15

@. What are periodontal dis
eases2-H. X.
A. These are diseases Of the
gums and other supporting
structures Of tine teeth. The
word periodont5l comes from
two Greek wors which. have
the literal meaning Of around
the tooth" The tissues usual
ly involved in periodontal dis
ease are the gums tgingiya),
the periodontal flbers (the It's
sues which attach the teeth
to the jaws. the jawbone lin
which the teeth are embedded
and the cementum "a bone
like substance that covers the
root. The American Dental
Association reports that after
the age IS; periodontal dis
case appears to be the great
est single cause OF loss Of
teeth.
Q. What is the second largest
private ranch. after the King
Ranch In Texas?--D. r. ID.
A. It has been stated that
the second largest private
ranch il the Parker ranch In
Hawaii. where cowboys ride
the range on 100000 acrea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15
Spring VALLEY

Dear Sir:
ION several occasions / have
noticed in your column that
some one was writing to de-
plore the scarcity of wood
thrushes in their vicinity.
81 am sure that in many in
stances the birds are the vic
Tins of cats, for they are so
gentle they come very close to
us, who are their friends. They
walk around in our yard,
among the lilac bushes, where
it is easy for a cat to hide.
One friend Of mine told me a
neighbor cat brought a thrush
UP on her porch after she had
killed it.
I'VE have a great many blue
jays, and / am sure they are
not so good to be around our
songbirds, for I saw q smaller
bird, possibly a song sparrow,
chasing a jay the other day.
They were sailing so fast /
could not tell the identity of
the smaller bird, but he surely
was brave, and he meant
business.
II enjoy your column so
much, and have enjoyed it for
nearly 40 years, or for long
time, anyway.
yours truly. A. B. L."
+ 4 4
One swallow, some one said,
doesn't make a summer.
And one caught bird does
not indict all cats.
Nor does a small bird chas-
ing a jay mean that all jays
are meanies.
We have to take these nat
ural occurrences as they come,
and not put too much en-
phasis on them.
1t is natural for cats to kill
birds. Nature does the teach
ing.
Nature often is not nice, in
our human sense.
Nature is good and bad.
Nature is kindness. now and
then, meanness more often.
Among the birds. themselves.
the hawks and owls kill many
smaller species, some Of them
the most charming we have.
The wood thrush. every
body's favorite. is not as dumb
in this respect as he sometimes
strikes US.
Robins, too, come within a
few feet Of us, and insist in re-
naming in front of lawn now
ers.
Passage Of human-pro-
PEELED mower stirs UP many
small insects.
-
We feel it necessary To
apologize for the cats, every
now and then.
Somebody has TO do 1t.
But 1t is really trying to
apologize for nature, and no
one can do that.
Nature just won't let youl
She is old, she is the mother
Of billions. In her odd way,
she knows what she is doing
A bird TO her is as a mote
IN a sunbeam.
Millions Of bright young men,
in the FIRST flush OF their
youth. die in the wars which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15
Water Supply Threat

Your September 4 editorial,
water Supply Threat" was
read with interest and you are
to be complimented on it's
timeliness. However, now that
you have started, why not con-
tinue these editorials and COM
plete the whole picture. bring
ing to light not only the guam
tity but the danger of pollution
to the water supply?
You probably know that for
every 100 gallons of water
metered into a building or
home over 80 gallons is re-
turned to the Potomac River
again via sanitary sewers,
trunk sewers and disposal
plants dumping into streams
entering the Potomac River
watershed.
Insurance that this stream
water is kept pure is up to the
various local administrations
and the State agencies dealing
with this phase. No matter
how well designed a disposal
plant can be or how efficiently
it is operated at the start, the
following may occur: /. Over
loading of the disposal plant
by population growth before
it can be enlarged to meet the
requirements. 2. CarelessnesS
of operation of the plant due
to human frailties.
AS an extra insurance that
these conditions are kept I'M
der control, the writer advo-
Gates that normal and dry
weather stream flow of streams
used as carryoffs of disposal
plants be required to dump
into a canal paralleling the
Potomac River, such canal in
turn dumping into the Po-
tomac River below the WASH
ington Aqueduct intake. The
C&O Canal on the Maryland
side is a natural for this and
its present uses and beauty
will not be sacrificed. Proper
policing of the disposal plants
by county and State author
tiles will protect this nature
lovers paradise.
On the south bank Of the
river. the George Washington
parkway is about to be built.
Proper design and location of
this new parkway can allow for
a canal on the Virginia side
also at no extra cost.
Hence by using forethought
at this time we can at no extra
expense insure that our drink
ing water is protected for
present and future generations.
Keep UP the good work, and
let's all get behind a clean
Potomac River.
Fayette M. Latham.
Technical Director, Home
Builders Association of
Metropolitan w ashing-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15
School Days in Dixie

A figure in efhgy bangles
groteSquely from a pole. A
= muttering crowd of men and
teen-agers armed with clubs
and stones threaten stern
faced young soldiers facing
them with fixed bayonets.
The mob is in an ugly mood.
shamelesSly defying the laws
of the land. Their faces are
contorted with anger.
Kentucky, 1856? No. Boston,
Massachusetts,, ITO. The diff
ference? The Kentuckians are
defending a costly principle.
The American RevolutionistS
defended their pocketbooks!
American.