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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-13

1t seems to me that the barn
swallows are late this spring
I regularly forget to mark down
the date of their arrival and
when they depart in the fall
! am sure, though. that they
should be here by now.
I wonder If the swallows have
some knowledge of our late
spring. Being insect eaters they
must await the emerging of the
insects and I suppose they have
some sense that tells them that
the insects are not flying yet.
One of these mornings before
long we shall awake and the
swallows will be with us. They
appear suddenly. One day there
are no swallows and the next
they are skimming out over the
pond and building their nests
under the shed.
And their departure in the
fall is Just as sudden. You
awake one morning to find the
swallows are no longer with you
Will be glad to see them
again, I'll know then that sum
mer Is sure.
You can't get ahead Of Tweed
HoWser. He has a new tractor
a bright, red one, and it is
equipped with, Of all things. a
cigarette lighter.
Now, l wouldn't have been
surprised to see Tweed out rid
ing under an umbrella, or with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-13
Stony Brook Club Planning
Show Open to All Amateurs

Schedules are being distrib-
uted by Mrs. E. l.. Clinkscales
1410 Valley Crest boulevard. fol
the Stony Brook Garden Club S
fourth annual flower show. Called
IA Neighborly Affair" this event
will be held June 2.
Horticultural exhibitions will
be staged at the home of Maj
and Mrs. K. S. Lain, 1405 Ora
ham road. Broyhill Park, Va. All
amateur gardeners in the vicin-
ity are urged to enter specimens
Mrs. Fisher Kee, general chair
man of the show, Is eager for
participation by many residents
both in showing and viewing the
horticultural entries. These will
include hybrid tea roses, NINA
ture roses, polyantha and flori-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-13
Fairfax Clubs Annual Mart
Set for Truro Parish Hall

The Garden Club of Fairfax
will hold its annual Village Mart
at Truro parish hall in the town
of Fairfax Friday, May Is, from
IL am. to 3 pm.
Mrs. Robert Walker, chairman
has announced the following
committeeWomen: Mrs. Hardee
ChamblisS, Mrs. Fielder Dudley
Mrs. Paul NJ. Curran, Mrs. Tyler
SWetnam, Mrs. John Alexander
Mrs. John Wynne, Mrs. Henry
Ludwig, Mrs. John H. Rust.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-13

Arthur Striker and Mrs. Joseph
Bailey.
Potomac Chrysanthemum So
ciety. 8 pm. Perpetual Building
Bethesda; A. l.. Taylor. USDA
section head, "Nematodes in the
Garden"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-13

Mrs. Edward F. Howrey'!
flower booth will sell nurser!
stock and plants.
Mrs. Peter Rowan's craft table
will feature individually deco
rated garden hats and home,
made birdfeeders.
Mrs. Charming Bottoms booth
with garden and flower arrang
ing supplies, will feature Orienta
containers.
Mrs. John Hauber will be il
charge of educational exhibit;
on conservation and gardening
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-13
Michigan Park
Show Tuesday

The Michigan Park Garder
Club Will hold a public spring
flower show. featuring iris, Tues
day from to 9 pm. at the
Michigan Park Christian Church
South Dakota avenue and Tay-
lor street NE. There will also be
plants for sale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-13
GARDEN CLUB
ACTIVITIES
MONDAY

I 4NAOAND4h
Hillmead Garden Club, $3.50
pm, Gustin Gardens; DR.. Myron
S. Anderson, "Mulches, Com
posts and Soil Conditioners. .
Residents and gardeners of the
Bethesda area invited. :
ClaremOnt Garden Club, 7:45
pm, meet at 5000 South 22d
street, Arlington, Va, for trip to
Roger Blake Nursery.
Green Thumb Garden Club of
Pimmit Hills, Falls Church. Va,
$50 pm. home of Mrs. M. R.
Enger, 800 Kilgore road; Mrs
Ethel Slater, The Origin and
Influence of Flowers Members
bring garden flowers for COM
petition.
Chevy Chase ID. G. Garden
Club, 1890 pm. home of Mrs
Lew A. Mohler, 3611 Thornapple
street, Chevy Chase, Md; Miss
Margaret Lancaster, "Landscap-
ing and Shady Gardens
BrOOkland Garden Workshop,
1880 pm. 22l4 Quincy street
NE.
TUESDAY
GlenwOOd Road Garden Club,
8:l5 pm, home of Miss Altoona
Charlton. 5401 Glenwood road;
Mrs. E. Osman Barr, comments
on floral arrangements of mem
bers, program: Dress Rehearsal
for Flower Show The show
will be given in Bethesda Metho-
dist Church May 26 from 2 to
8 pm.
i Countryside Garden Club,
1880 pm, home of Mrs. James
Roberts in Dunn Loring.
CrestwOOd Garden Club,
luncheon. 1890 pm, Columbia
Country Club; guest Of honor,
Mrs. David st. Pierre Gaillard.
To take office: Mrs. Charles S.
Du Laney, jr., president; Mrs.
Russell Woodfield, Mrs. Julius
Alsberg, vice presidents; Miss
Marian Hummer, Mrs. Frank
Hodson. secretaries; Mrs. Aurelia
McAliSter, treasurer.
WEDNESDAY
HOmesteaders, members ar
rangements show, home of Mrs.
Eindnrinlr L1...-n.. nnn1 I -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-18
Wondrous Ribbon

A big company has now achieved what
looks like magical advance calculated
to brighten up the lives of countless num-
berS of us. The advance is a no-fuss,
no-muSS typewriter ribbon that can be
installed In ten seconds, almost effort
leSSly, without soiling the fingers in any
degree.
What splendid newS The genius Of
man has seldom performed in a more
gratifying fashion. Surely, If the reports
about it'are accurate, here is a scientific
breakthrough Of the first magnitude, and
one infinitely pleaSanter to contemplate
than those other, still-prospective dis
coveries that are expected to lead to such
things as the intercontinental ballistic
missile with the thermometer warhead
To any ink-stained wretch who has
been subjected periodically to the trial
and torment Of changing a typewriter
ribbon, this is an event that can hardly
seem to be less than personal liberation,
the diSpelling of a great physical and
spiritual nuisance, kind Of emancipation
that tempts one to 60 dancing in the
streets All hail to the inventor respon-
sible for 1t. Progress, It's wonderful
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-18
The Public Paws

Opponents of the proposed increase
in postal rates say that the postal system
is public-Service organization which
should not be required to pay its way.
Why not? The Post Office Depart
ment runs almost half billion dollars a
year in the red. If Congress approves the
requested rate increases most of this
deficit will be made up by those who use
the postal service. If the increases are
not approved the $500 million will come
out of the pockets of all the taxpayers
those who use the service and those who
don't. Which is the more equitable way
to proceed?
Postmaster General Summarized has
pointed this up with some interesting
calculations. For example, the requested
increase of from 3 to cents in the letter
mail rate would bring in an additional
1926 million. About rs per cent of this
would come from business users, and the
remaining Is per cent from individuals
for their personal mail. This would cost
the average family about 81. 80 year.
But If the rate increase is not approved,
with the result that the deficit would
have to be covered by tax revenues, the
cost to the average family will be about
Sc year. That should be a sufficient
answer to those legislators whose hearts
begin to bleed for the little fellow"
whenever the subject of a postal rate
increase comes up.
The rate increase bill has passed the
House and is now before the Senate Post
Office Committee. Those who oppose the
bill for selfish reaSonS-primarily maya
zine intereStS-are trying to keep it from
coming to vote by swapping the COM
mittee with requests to testify. More
than 500 such requests have been re-
ceived, and if all should be granted Con-
greSS would adjourn before the bill could
reach the Senate floor.
There is no need, however, for ex-
tended hearings. The House explored the
whole matter very thoroughly. The SEN
ate passed similar bill in 1851 by
unanimous vote, but it failed that year
in the House. This time, the chief coun-
sci to the Senate committee has given
assurance that the bill will be reported
out in time for the Senate to vote on it,
We hope that this proves to be correct,
and that the bill is passed. 1t would be
a gross injustice if the taxpayers should
be required once again to pick up the tab
for those commercial interests opposing
the bill which for 10 years have been
using the mails at profit to themselves
and deficit to the Government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-18
Alice Outdone

Inc expectation is That the House,
with both Republicans and Northern
Democrats reacting in the usual way to
political pressure. will pass the civil rights
bill. There is an equally strong expecta-
ton that it will not pass the Senate.
1t is good thing, in our judgment.
that it will not. For anyone who takes
the trouble to read the record of the
House debate cannot fail to come away
with the firm impression that few, if any,
House members fully understand the
implications of this far-reaching bill.
For example. Representative Celler,
Democrat of New York, one Of the bills
sponsors, was asked whether it gives the
right to sue members of State legisla-
ture for damages for acts done in the
exercise of their sworn duty Mr. Celler
wasn't sure. THAT is difficult question
to answer" he said. "but am inclined
to believe it would not"
There were many questions, and no
satisfactory answers, about a provision
which gives the Attorney General author
ity to intervene when someone is "about
to engage in an act" which might curtail
a civil right. Representative Tumulty
Democrat of New Jersey, civil rights
supporter, was disturbed by this and
wanted to know what it meant. Repre-
sentative Fulton, Republican of Pennsyl-
vania, answered him with this question:
(Which part of the Democratic Party or
what Democratic Party are you repre-
Senting?"
Perhaps the most appropriate ex-
change came between Mr.. Celler and
Representative Dies of Texas Mr.. Dies
had been asking some needing questions
designed to focus attention on what he
regarded as flaws in the bill This re-
minded Mr.. Celler of an exchange be-
tween Alice and Humpty Dumpty in which
Alice asked: "How can you make words
mean SO many different thingS?" To
which Mr.. Dies responded: did Alice
write this bill?"
1t is our understanding that the At
torney General wrote the bill. But maybe
Alice, or Humpty Dumpty, had a hand in
1t. At any rate its words mean, or could
mean, so many different things that we
think it ought to undergo careful, thor
ough and searching study before it ever
becomes law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-18
Buyers 'Weopon'

Although have been a
member Of union for 40
years, I cannot understand
why, every time a contract
is to be renewed it must call
for an increase in wages. True,
there are times when this is
absolutely necessary, but it
certainly cannot apply in
every case. Yet, regardless of
the craft or union represented.
this clause is always there.
1t is a well-known fact that
whenever any union wins an
increase in wages, the price
Of the material or commodity
its workers produce is in
creased by the employers to
more than cover the expense Of
said increase, and they, in
turn, pass 1t on to the con-
sumner. who, in many cases,
is unable to meet the increase
and is forced to do without
the product. which he also has
a right to enjoy.
The buying public has a
great weapon with which TO
retaliate, and II they will make
the sacrifice, and use 1t, they
can control any business on
earth. First: Don't let your de-
sires go beyond your income.
Second: II the price of any
product or commodity scars
to a height which Is unreason-
! able. stop buying 1t. II this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-18
Fair Deal for Fair Sex

If there is one project
women'S organizations espe-
cially should work on, it is bet
ter laws for women! Only 100
years ago women's legal status
was that of chattel. They were
merely the property of men,
like horses or mules! They
couldn't own property and
were virtually slaves. Today
they aren't much better off,
in spite of our illusion OF being
highly advanced in civilization!
In some states if a husband
puts the money he earns in a
bank account in his name
only. his wife has no claim to
it. simply because she didn't
actually earn the money. In
some States, when a man dies,
If there are children, wife
can only get whatever part of
the property that is entirely in
her husbands name that a
judge feels like allocating to
her-usually one-third. And the
older she is. when she is much
less likely to be able to earn
her living and needs the money
more for basic necessities, the
less she getsl
She may have worked very
hard at home rearing children
and made many sacrifices,
helped to save the money her
husband put in the bank. but
that doesn't count. No wonder
a large percentage of mothers
are now working outside the
home, with its resultant tragic
increase in juvenile delin-
quency.
Men are VIGOROUSLY careless
about making legal provisions
for their families. after their
deaths, SO this probably occurs
frequently. Even famous law
yers sometimes leave their es-
tates in much a mess that
much money is lost to their
families through legal fees and
taxes.
Laws are made by legislators
and administered by judges,
most Of whom are men. Nat
urally, men cannot be as SYM
pathetic Il a woman's need as
women. Every influence ad-
versely affecting any segment
Of the people, sends out roper
cussions that hurt all human
ity. so it is exceedingly i'm
portant that everyone work to
correct these bad laws.
&c. M.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-18
Stronger Team Abroad

The proposed shift of American dip
lomatic assignments in the Middle East
African area promises a strengthened
representation in one of the most troubled
and important parts of the world.
To Greece and Egypt, the Govern
ment is proposing to send two Of the
most experienced and skillful Of our
career diplomats. George v. Allen, now
Assistant Secretary of State for that en-
tire region, is slated to become AmbaSsa-
dor to Greece at time when that coun-
try'S political stability and relationships
with the Western powerS-particularly
Britain and the United States-are in
precariouS balance. Emotions aroused
over the Cyprus issue have placed a
dangerous strain on Greek British and
Greek Turkish relations, with the United
States standing uncomfortably near the
middle in each case. At this point, the
principals in the dispute over the political
future of Cyprus apparently are far from
agreement and the viability of the West
ern alliances in the Balkan-East Mediter-
ranean area is threatened accordingly.
Mr.. Aliens major task will be to help find
a solution for this problem. Most of his
career has been spent in dealing with
Middle EaSt-Balkan Notwithstanding as
SignmentS as Ambassador to Iran and
Yugoslavia, as well as to India His
qualifications for difficult jobs are we'll
established.
A comparably important assignment
faces Raymond A. Hare, now Director
General of the Foreign Service, in be-
coming Ambassador to Egypt Mr.. Hare
also has spent most of his career in Middle
Eastern affairs. Since 1850, he has served
as Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and to
the Lebanon. In Cairo, he will be faced
with the problem of dealing with cur
rent Egyptian policy that appears to be
mixture of neutraliSm and nationaliSm,
but including a bid for closer relations
with the Communist bloc. Since Egypt
has exercised a traditional leadership
among the Arab nations of the region, it's
future course and a real understanding
Of its detectives are of obvious Importance.
The other diplomatic changes involve
the filling of new post and one that has
been vacant. Cavendish Cannon will
leave Greece to become our first ambas-
sador to the newly independent govern
ment of Morocco. The outstanding prob
lem at Rabat is that of renegotiating our
agreement for the use of air and naval
bases-key facilities in our overseas de-
Tense network-in that country. Henry
A. Byroade, also former Assistant Sec
rotary for the area, will be transferred
from Cairo to become Ambassador to the
Union Of South Africa.
Aside from the qualifications OF the
men involved in these shifts, there is q
particular timeliness in the changes. The
problems in the Middle East and North
Africa reflect deeply rooted restlessnesS
that calls for experienced observation and
imaginative thinking on the part of the
Western powers Moving a strong diplo-
matte team into the area combines 8
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-18
Long-Overdue Proqrom

The General Services Administration,
which drew up Washington's new long
range Federal building program, and
Representative Jones of Alabama, who
initiated it, have performed an excep-
tional service to the Nations Capital
One of the programs dual goals is to
complete permanent Federal buildings,
long planned and long delayed, in the
monumental Government area west of
Capitol Hill. The other, with the availa-
bility of new, permanent office space, is
to tear down, at last, the dozens of tempoS
which for years have marred the Federal
landscape and provided intolerable work.
ing conditions for thousands of employees.
Neither of these goals, as experience has
proved, is attainable without an ambi-
tiouS, long-range program.
GSA is to be commended for making
It's new building locations conform
entirely" to plans of the National Capital
Planning Commission. These plans strive
ia. prevent undue concentrations of Fed
eral employees, but also to continue
development of this city as the Nations
Capital. The GSA plan would meet all
the foreSeeable housing needs Of down.
town agencies, and make unnecessary
the Federal exodus to the suburbs which
recently has reached alarming proper
tionS.
1t also is encouraging that GSA in
TENDS to ask the House and Senate Public
Works Committees, before this session of
Congress ends, to approve several "lease-
purchase" projects for new Government
buildings in the program. These projects
make up the bulk of the programs four
year first stage" Committee Endorsement
now could substantially change the face
of the Capital for the better by 1860.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-18
Prayer for q Gardener

Dear Lord. be kind for she has
come
To liUe in your not Jar-o6
home
After long DearineSS and pain
And eager she tDiH be again
For some accustomed, nell
loved task.
So this for her dear sake tce
ask.
May there be something she
can do
With foUerS that she loved
and knetD
While here. She tDent GUay too
soon
For gardens loneliness this
June
SO let deaths ndrrow wdy
unfold
A beauty here unseen, untold.
For palaces she iDiu not care,
Lord. let her find a garden
there.
Helen Sutton Booth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-18

Your July Is news summary
OF a study Of air traffic at the
Washington National Airport
made by the Air Transport AS
ISOLATION brings some interest,"
ing things to light.
Most significant is the dis
closure that 43 per cent of all
air trips are for less than 800
miles," and So per cent for
less than 500 miles" No WON
der the air lanes are crowded,
with the situation getting
steadily worse.
With all the railroads. bus
lines and improved highways
we now have. why in the name
OF heaven should anyone want
to make an air trip of less
than 300 miles? Little or no
time is saved on such a trip,
and such short-haul pasSen
gers are only clutterlng up air
space that is needed for long
distance air travel.
Some people have become SO
"air-minded" that they not
only defeat their own purposes,
but help to make hazardous
the proper use OF the air lanes.
Will we have to have a law
limiting the number Of sched-
uled flights and setting a min
imum distance people may
travel by air, or will air trav-
elers come to their senses, ask
ing themselves rs this fight
necessary.
John Kenmuir.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-18

Each truck was checked as to
So possible violations Of Inter-
state Commerce Commission
regulations.
@. How much cotton. in
fabric and garment form, are
we importing from Japan?
How much cheaper is IT than
our own manufacture, and
why'd. r. T.
A. This year imports from
Japan may reach the equiva-
lent OF about 21a per cent Of
our own production-that is,
$50 million yards as compared
with our own 10 billion yards.
A yard Of Japanese bingham
sells here for A cents >(after
paying % per cent duty as
compared with SIS cents for
comparable United States
cloth. Japanese textile workers
average Is to II cents, an
hour. and United States work.
ers average si.36. In addition,
japanese mills can buy raw
cotton at the world market
price. rs to % cents a pound.
while United States mills must
pay the Government-pegged
. price Of about 36-37 cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-18
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
By THOMAS r. HENRY
Color Change Noted in American Negro

Negro gene pool of .02 to .025
per generation during The past
$50 to 800 years. I have OBJ
tanned the slightly higher
estimate of about % per cent"
If certain factors still some
what uncertain are taken into
account. DR.. Glass says, his
estimate rises to % or 90 per
cent. On the other hand, he
says. the blood groups indicate
that there has been almost no
crossing over of Negro and
American Indian.
$50
The world has adopted a
new second"
1t used to be an SO, 400th part
Of the average, or mean, time
Of the earth's revolution, or
day.
1t now is a 31,556,925.975th
part of the mean year, or the
time of the earth's revolution
around the sun in the year
1900.
For most everyday purposes,
Of course, the difference is nil.
But the new unit can be meas
ured with about 20 times the
precision of the old.
With a single high precision
clock at the Naval Observatory
in Washington the length Of
the year can be measured with
an accuracy of one part in
400,000,000, OF less than a
fifth of a second.
Twenty Special Clocks
During the forthcoming In
ternational Geophysical
Year. with 20 such clocks in
operation all over the world,
it is expected that the &C
curacy will be increased to
one part in two billion, or
about five times better than
is possible at present.
This is revealed in a re-
port to the American Asso-
citation for the Advance
ment of Science here by DR..
G. M. Clemence, director Of
the Nautical Almanac Office
of the Naval Observatory,
which keeps the nations
time.
The rate of the earth's TO-
tation. the day, varies by
fractions of a second from
year to year. This probably
is due, DR.. Clemence points
out. to turbulence within the
liquid core of the planet.