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trees. $4,000.
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suitable for all type vegetables and
fruit trees.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-29
The Greater WASHINGTON

We are much more inclined to agree
than to argue with planning consultant
Carl FeiSs in his observations on the
future OF Metropolitan Washington. They
were offered yesterday at a meeting
called by the League of Women Voters
to discuss planning, coming and related
matters in this area. In reviving the
old suggestion of turning the District of
Columbia back to Maryland, and in chal-
longing the validity of the concept of the
Federal City-with the Federal interest
paramount-Mr. FeiSs chose picturesque
method to emphasize the difficulties of
obtaining one governing body for
Metropolitan Area that is criss-croSSed
by seemingly hopeless tangle of geo.
graphical and political boundary lines.
His proposed Solution-return of the
District to Maryland and creation of a
Potomac Federation, representing WASH
tngton and the Maryland and Virginia
communities adjacent thereto is of
course nebulouS and incomplete. But we
agree heartily with his suggestion that
the time has come when Congress, and,
in our opinion, the President, should move
toward the creation of a commission
charged specifically with the study Of
how best to meet, through uniform and
co-ordinated planning and its execution,
the common problems facing the people
Of the great city of Washington's Metro
politan Area.
The transportation survey of the Met
ropolitan Area is one part Of such a study.
1t should serve to focus attention, not
only on the transportation needs of the
greater community of Metropolitan
Washington but on some Of the other
subjects mentioned by Mr.. FeiSS, includ-
ing coming and consistent planning for a
development that is progressing now in
dangerously haphazard and direction
less manner. We cannot think of more
urgent need, in so far as commissions can
meet it, than an orderly study OF the
future Of the Metropolitan Area and the
various methods that might be selected
to plan and control its development.
Mr.. Feiss has rendered public serv-
ice in presenting his own ideas, If merely
by strengthening the growing conviction
so widely held that the future of this
Metropolitan Area is a subject that affects
the well-being and happiness of all its
residents. The voters In Maryland and
Virginia must join their voteless neigh
bors in Washington in urging upon Con-
greSS, and the President, the Importance
OF tackling this problem now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-29
Mr.. Chou's Pleasant Chot

Red China's Premier Chou En-lai,
who is touring free Asia at the moment,
has just made point of having q pleas
ant little chat with some American re-
porters. Among other things, he has
spoken to them in sentimental terms of
how he and Chang Kai-Shek were once
good friends and comrades In arms. And
he has suggested that the leader of the
Chinese Nationalist could have a very
high place In a reconstructed Peiping
government If he would only give up his
rival regime on FormoSa and negotiate a
peaceful agreement to put an end to the
two Chinas.
UNDERSTANDABLE enough, the Nation
alists on FormoSa have been quick to
brush aside this suggestion as sheer "non-
sense" As they see it, it amounts to Moth
Ing more than another meaningless state
ment in continuing propaganda effort
to carry out phony peace offensive de-
signed to hoodwink the free Chinese into
thinking that maybe they can work out
good deal with Red China. In all prob
ability, this is thoroughly accurate as
seSsment Of the matter, but still the mere
fact that Mr.. Chou is speaking in soft
tones these dayS-displaying sweet rea-
sonableness toward President Chang
instead OF the old fire and birthstone
seems noteworthy, even II not significant.
And equally noteworthy are some of
Mr.. Chou's other remarks to the reporters
In Cambodia. He has given them the
impression, for instance, that one need
not fret too much about the threat to
send Chinese Communist volunteers" to
Egypt. More interesting still, he has been
at pains to speak optimistically about i'm
proving relations between his country
and ours, even though perhaps John
Foster Dulles does not like me-" And at
the same time, back home in Peiping,
President Mao Tze-tung apparently has
told an Italian correspondent that Red
China Is hopeful that "a favorable con-
elusion" will be reached in the intermi-
nable negotiations with the United States
for the release Of American prisoners.
There may be little or no significance
In any Of this, but It nonetheless seems
to represent an appreciable change In
Peiping's tune. True, that tune has
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An-Troffic system

The Civil Aeronautics Administration
has taken major step toward greater
safety and more efficient traf1c control
on the Nations anyways in ordering long
range radar equipment for % of the
countryS largest commercial airports.
Installation will begin next summer and
is to be completed in about year-ap-
proximately the date when some Of the
carriers are hoping to introduce Jet air
service. The radar net is part Of a three
year, $240-million program for modern
izing an Always control system that has
become overloaded by volume Of trafic
and reduced in efficiency by the increased
speed Of new airliners. Coincidentally
with announcement Of the radar plans,
the c. A. A. also disclosed that tests will
begin soon at Andrews Air Force Base
on three new systems for night-lighting
Of runways.
In its capacity to monitor traffic as
far away as 400 miles and up to 10000
feet in altitude, the long-range radar
promises not only greater safety but the
prospect Of handling an increased volume
of flights. Current control procedures at
most fields require relatively wide sep
aration Of planes in fught-in effect
waste Of air space, slowdowns and even
cancellations. Visual control based upon
radar observation viii permit greater util-
lzation Of air space. The National Air
port here, although already equipped
with long-range radar, will benefit by In
stallation Of more modern equipment.
Development Of commercial aviation
has been so rapid in the postwar decade
that todays planning hardly keeps pace
with tomorrow's needs. Limitations al
ready are being recognized IN the current
three-year program and 1t Is likely that
there win be an extension and expansion
Of 1t long before 1t Is completed. The
G. A. A. and Congress, along with the air.
lines and the aircraft manufacturers,
have responsibility to look far and care
fully into the future.
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THE POLITICAL MILL
Liberal Conservative Fight Shapes Up
By GOULD LINCOLN

The Southern Democrats In
Congress may 90 along with
much Of the legislation pro-
posed by the liberals, but they
will resist to the utmost the
spearhead Of the liberal pro-
gram-a proposal to change
the Senate rules 50 that civil
rights legislation will not die
in the face Of Q determined
flibuster. If the liberals force
these changes down the threats
Of the Southerners, they may
do more to break the solid
South" on which the Demo-
Gratis have relied for years,
than President Eisenhower &C.
complished in the 1852 and
1856 elections. They may, in
deed, bring about the creation
Of q real two-party system In
the South. It Is q gamble, how
ever. that the liberals seem
willing to take.
To Try Advisory Committee
The executive committee Of
the Democratic National Conn
mittee is trying q new wrin.
kle in its effort to convince
the conservative Democrats in
Congress that the liberals
mean business. 1t authorized
Democratic National Chairman
Paul M. Butler to appoint an
advisory committee" COM
posed Of outstanding Demo-
cratic members Of Congress,
Governors and other important
party figures. to help whip into
shape programs and policies
in other words, to become .
spokesman for the party.
How this will appeal to the
Democratic members Of Con-
greSs who have been accuS.
toned to regard themselves as
the party spokesman when the
Democratic Party did not con-
troll the presidency, is some
thing Of q conundrum. The
executive committeeman Ma
tional Chairman Butler-de-
cided the best way to handle
the situation was to persuade
Speaker Sam Rayburn Of the
House and Majority Leader Of
the Senate Lyndon B. john
son to accept membership in
the advisory committee.
The membership Of the
committee is expected to in
clude, also, Governors repre-
senting each section Of the
country and such important
party figures as Adlai Steven
son, former President Truman,
Senator Estes Kefauver of
Tennessee, and Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt.
To obtain unanimity Of ac-
ton by such a group, except
in the most general way, may
be difficult. But Of one thing
there seems little doubt-the
liberal element Of the party is
more numerous. more vocal
and, for the time being, more
belligerent than the conserva-
tive wing. If 1t really puts the
screws on the party in Con-
gress in the coming session, the
fur win fly.
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never been consistent one, being some
times extremely truculent and some-
times relatively soothing. But its present
character, coming at a moment Of great
international tension, Is not uninterest-
ing. Conceivably-ju conceivably-the
Communist crisis in Eastern Europe, and
particularly the explosion in Hungary,
may have had something to do with it.
Nothing fails like failure, and possibly
Red China is beginning to think that So
Wet policy has fallen far short Of success.
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The liberal forces In the
Democratic Party are setting
themselves for a battle with
the conservative Democrats
most Of them from the South
who dominate the party or
ganization in Congress. The
first step was the recent pro-
nouncement and program adj
vanced by six liberal Demo-
cratic Senators among them
Humphrey Of Minnesota and
Douglas Of Illinois. The second
step was the action Of the
executive committee Of the
Democratic National Commit
tee. just taken at a meeting
here, calling on the Democratic
members Of the House and
Senate to put through q legis-
lative program implementing
the liberal party platform Of
1856.
The liberals, from North and
West, have been alarmed at
the inroads made by the Re-
publicans in the elections in
the populous industrial centers
and particularly by the
swing of Negro voters away
from the Democratic Party
and toward the @. o. p. If this
kind Of thing continues during
the next IS months, the liberal
leaders fear they may have
difhculty holding control of
the House Of Representatives
after the 1868 congressional
elections-and even that the
Senate will be Republican
controlled. Further, the loss
Of the House two years hence
could be a forerunner to the
election Of a Republican Presi-
dent in 1860. Republican gains
in the House in the 1855 cleo
ton. which took place in the
States east Of the Mississippi
River, were Offset only by gains
that the Democrats made in
the States west Of the river.
Conservatives in Control
Control of the Democratic
organization in both houses Of
Congress has for years been
largely in the hands Of con-
sentative Democrats Of the
South. The rule of seniority
under which chairmanships
of important standing COM
mittees and other important
Offices have gone to Senators
and Representatives from the
South-has been responsible.
It is this rule which placed
Senator Eastland of Missis-
sippi in the Craftsmanship Of
the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee-after the death this
year of Senator Kilgore of
West Virginia. Eastland is
violently opposed to so-called
civil rights legislation-and to
desegregation of the schools.
The committee Of which he is
chairman handles civil rights
legislation. The EaStland case
is mentioned merely as an
example Of the operation Of
the seniority rule-but an
example which helped to turn
Negro voters away from the
Democratic Party this year.
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THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL


He was q blimp Of 4 man
and he carried the latest book
on reducing.
Temp Jones, who looked at
him sympathetically, might
have told him the book would
do him no good.
Nothing would do him any
good.
He just ate too much.
Too much eating Of tasty
things
All, there is the clue!
People who are too fat
usually love to eat-the tasty,
nutritious things, such as
cakes, pies. crackers. bread, etc.
All these are good foods,
but they all share one secret.
how to put fat on the human
frame.
Modern reducing methods
come a dime a dozen, and they
all work in the same way, by
cutting down on the calories.
Usually the Galleries, or heat
making units, come from the
foods named, since mostly
these contain very little pro-
TEN.
Hence, the high protein re-
ducing diets.
Many hard working reducers
find. at last. that any reduce
ing diet is q modified starva-
ton diet. That is, Just a little
less. and they are plainly
starving.
The awful fate Of the poor
general starved by the Japa-
nese fingers in public memory.
He was on q reducing diet.
poor fellow. and finally died Of
it, after he was rescued, despite
all the food and care the Army
could lavish on him.
\ 80
What any one must do who
wishes to reduce Is to avoid
that degree of starvation, but
try to stay within what might
be called q modification Of
plain starvation.
Hitting the exact point,
therefore, Is notably q difncult
task, and even when you hit
1t squarely, you still don't have
as much to eat as you want.
This may be partly because
the American people have been
a well fed people, In the main.
and they have got the taste
Of the tasty foods, not only in
their taste buds. but also in
their minds.
Every one who tries 10 re-
duce-and anyone can sue
coed. for a time--knows how
important a part the mind
plays in II.
One must, first Of all. make
up ones mind.
Nobody else can do II for
you.
It does little good 10 read
the article and the books. and
long 10 go and do likewise, II
one fails TO put determination
TO work.
In the old days. now gone
beyond recall. they called II
viii power.
Scientists and others wrote
long and earnest books on win
power.
Today you hear very little
about power Of viii.
Somehow It has been lost IN
the modern shufne. where 20
many good things End thsm-
selves forgotten for = ting.
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Usually they make a come
back. if they really are good.
Maybe will power, as such,
will come back into the lives
of people, because 1t is some
thing most of us need, now and
then, in ever increasing doses.
Another mental facet Of the
reducing diet is to keep it to
ones self.
This, too. is widely known,
but seldom practiced long, be-
cause the desire to share ones
triumph with others is almost
irresistible.
Templeton Jones knows this
from experience. He once re-
duced from ITS TO 1913 pounds.
and never looked or felt better
in his life.
He made the mistake, how
ever. Of telling others about it.
and they Immediately piled
him with good food.
One kind lady told him, with
fearful accents, that once he
lost. he would never, he could
never, gain it back again.
This piece Of wisdom, Jones
can now assure the world, is
the purest buncombe, because
he not only gained back all he
lost. but more, too.
That is the usual course.
and that is why one must have
determination (once he real
lied he builds UP fat where
some people do mott to stick TO
his reducing diet, which Is, Of
course, a mild sort Of starva-
ton diet.
Templeton Jones looked at
the big man with the small
book. The book would do him
no good. No doubt he had a
library Of books, all telling him
how to do something he Sc
cretly was determined not to
do. The determination. Jones
believed, was so secret the big
man didn't know IL, himself.
But he would never reduce. He
might as well throw away the
book. He lacked will power. or
whatever you want 10 call 1t.
It is the most important in
gredient in the reducing diet.
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Q. How long was Walter
Bedell Smith in the Army2--
w. A.
A. Gen. Smith started In
1910 as . private in the
Indiana National Guard. In
November, 1917, he was COM
missioned second lieutenant
Of infantry, Officers Reserve
Corps. and IN September. 1918.
FIRST Lieutenant In the United
States Army. Thereafter. he
advanced through the grades
and by 1851 had risen 10 the
rank Of general. He retired
from active service IN the
Army on January 81. 1853.
O. Who played the butler In
Gloria ewanson's Sunset
Boulevard"7-S. a.
A. Erich Won Strohelm. who
was ct one time q famous
director, was the butler IN this
1850 picture.
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Throw-Awoy Souvenirs

IhToW-AW0y souvenirs
1t was with a feeling not
akin to Joy that I read in the
November % issue Of The
Star, under the caption New
Liquor Bottles Designed to
Honor Inauguration Year"
datelined Columbus, Ohio, that
State Liquor Director William
C. Bryant has approved q dis
tiller's request to designate
whisky bottles as a souvenir
Of the 1857 Inauguration year.
We are told that the backs
of the bottles viii be en-
bossed with the names Of
United States, Presidents, along
with their native States, birth
dates, and the years Of their
Inauguration. On the necks
will be embossed Souvenir of
1857" Then, apparently to
pacify those of us who do not
agree that the whisky bottle
honors any occasion, not even
q presidential inaugural cele-
bration, the bottles will carry
a reproduction Of the Capitol,
together with an explanation
of how George Washington
planned the Capitol Building.
We are told that the bottles
will appear soon on Ohio liq-
uor store shelves.
We are told that, during the
recent political campaign, Mr..
Bryant refused as too con-
troversial" a distiller's request
for permission to "sell his
brand of whisky in bottles
shaped like donkeys and ele-
plants" What has happened
to Mr.. Bryant's sense of prop
riety since November 6?
We now have, not only a
President, but, also, two former
Presidents. A natural question
comes to mind: "Have these
three gentlemen given their
permission to be thus allied
with the whisky bottle?" 1
doubt that unanimous consent
could be secured. And, how
about those former Presidents
who cannot speak for them
selves?
It occurs TO me that, before
bestowing this questionable
honor upon our Presidents,
consideration should be given
to whether they, themselves,
wish to be thus identified with
the whisky bottle, so often
found in such unseemly places
as sidewalk cutters and alleys,
and whether the American
people approve Of the whisky
bottle as an inaugural souvenir.
1t Is dif1cult TO understand
why a great State like Ohio.
a State which ranks among the
most progressive In the Nation.
finds it necessary to select the
whisky bottle, responsible for
so many deaths. accidents,
broken homes, and the like, as
q fitting souvenir Of q presi-
Dental Inauguration. With
millions Of gadgets Of all sorts
being turned out IN less time
than 1t takes TO say whisky
BOTTLE" I should think that
even a distiller. anxious to sen
his wares, could find something
more appropriate 70 this occa-
sion than the whisky bottle.
AS a lifelong member Of the
church, I protestant loudly.
Ada M. WentE.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry t0riterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sGtton,
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Salute to Austria

49, - - - y - - - -
The cold war waged in
Europe by the Soviets for about
q decade was not entirely
bloodless. American flyers were
shot down over the Baltic and
In the Far East. Men and
women were abducted from
American, British and French
held sectors Of West Berlin In
brazen trespassings of the
allied boundaries, and eventu-
ally murdered.
All the casualties, however,
all the victims were until now
on the side of the free world
whose pathetically ineffective
defense against such attacks
consisted Of diplomatic notes.
1t is, therefore, worth notic-
ing that lately, for the first
time in the history Of the ten
year-old Soviet aggression
against the free world, there
we're casualties on the side Of
the aggressor.
Two members Of those Soviet
, armed forces that are presently
engaged In devastating and
numbering Hungary, who in
their eager manhunt Of Mag
vars fleeing the desolate coun-
try violated the frontier Of
Austria, we're shot, one killed
and the other wounded by Aus
TRAN guards who acted in de-
tense Of national sovereignty
and integrity.
Where the great Western
powers limited their action 10
diplomatic protests frequently
resulting IN Soviet insults
added to injury, brave little
Austria employed force, which
alone IL understood BY the
Soviets.
And the prompt action Of the
guards was Endorsed with eour-
age and fortitude By the Aus
TRAN government. IN q vigorous
and Identified note 70 the Mos
COW rulers.
This act Of courage and Dig
NIFTY deserves 10 be taken notice
Of. saluted with admiration b.
the free woFld-and remem-
bered - an example.
Nicolas De ROchefOrt.
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grows fiabby from lack of ex-
ercise. AS a student at George
Washington, I resent the i'm
plication that we are of such
weak stuff intellectually that
one good nonbeliever, piping
his tune like the Pied Piper,
can lead us all astary.
The ministers in DR.. Mar
WINS audience were probably
too polite to say so, but they,
too, must have resented the
idea that they had failed so
miserably in their mission.
To devote ones life to prop
agating the faith and then find
that one atheist or agnostic
can undo all that work must
be a diScouraging outlook!
Evelyn Huffman viehman.
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Questions and Answers
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE

~ AlE tAhDhA4N OASNANS
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Words IN my head
Words from my heart
Are a part
OF me.
Published. these iDords
IN essence change.
Seem coldlp strange
To me.
No longer mine.
What broke the Ifnk7
Printers fHk7
Maybe.
MoFsoFet Lancaster