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1OO-Ft. Monsters Carcass
Found on Alaska Beach

preserve some of it's bones, or its
hide and hair, in an effort to
identify it,.
The sea may claim the mon
ster again. Loren Horn, weather
observer fer the Civil Aeronau-
tics Administration at the
Yakutat Airport, said the beach
sand shifts rapidly, and a storm
and high tide could sweep the
carcass away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22
M. J. Kane Gets VIEW
Encumpment Post

Matthew j. Kane, former
commander of the District De-
partment of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, has been APP
pointed vice chairman of the en-
campment rules committee for
the 57th national VFW encamp-
ment August 1917 in Dallas,
Tex.
Mr.. Kane, who lives at 1923
Thirteenth street NV, has
served for the past year as per-
sonal representative of VFW
Commander-in-C Chief Timothy j.
Murphy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22
Engineer to Mark
IS Years With C&P

William j. Beall. field engi-
neer for the Chesapeake & Po-
tomac Telephone Co., is to re-
ceive a diamond service emblem
tomorrow in recognition of his
IS years with the company.
Mr.. Beall. a native of the Dis
trict, lives with his wife and
two sons, Is and 10, at 1917
Richie place NE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22

The extra power delivered by "
belt TO the extro- deep pitched
blodes allows Ioods OF Dir move
nent without the noise Of turbu-
lence caused by high speed blodes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22

The four ep-pitehed blades ore
scientifically designed TO deliver
the moximum Of DIR and ore dy-
nomicolly balanced to ovoid vi
BRETON.
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A Sound Transit Plan

sound alternative to public own
ership of transit in Washington has been
offered by a responsible source. We be-
lieve that members of Congress who
prefer private to public ownerShip-and
most of them who have spoken on the
subject have been careful to assert that
preference-will go along with it, For
they know that Daniel w. Bells reputa-
ton in this community stands for some
thing more than wiShful thinking, and
that he is prepared to assume a purpose
ful leadership in bringing about a de-
Sirable solution of the transit problem.
The plan outlined yesterday by Mr..
Bell in his letter to Representative Harris
is no half-baked scheme. It has been
given careful study by competent lawyers
and underwriters. They have pronounced
1t feasible, provided it is supported in
principle by the District authorities and
the legislative leaders in Congress. If it
receives no such support, of course, it
can get nowhere. Failure to receive such
support will be due to the same preoccu-
patton with punitive measures which
created the transit crisis, not to defects
in the plan itself.
Under this plan the Wolfson interests
would sell out. Control of the company
would revert to local interests, conscious
of the civic responsibility involved. That
is what everybody has said was desirable.
Now the proof of the pudding is avail
able. Two things are necessary. One is
to restore the franchise to the Capital
Transit Company, as provided in the
House bill now pending. The other is
to give Mr.. Bell and his associates the
support which lies in accepting their
proposition in the good faith with which
it has been offered.
We have no doubts as to where the
public interest lies, as between support
ing by appropriate action the plan out
lined by Mr.. Bell, and rushing headlong
into highly undesirable and expensive
form of public ownership spelled out
under the bill passed by the Senate. The
House bill offers constructive approach
to retention of privately owned and oper-
ated transit in Washington. 1t should
be approved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-16
Dr.. Sukorno's Visit

1t is interesting and perhaps even
significant, that President Sukarno OF
IndoneSia has chosen to come to the
United States on the first official visit he
has ever made away from his homeland
But it is not really surprising that he has
done this. For. he has long been great
admirer of our American system, and his
most favored heroes are Paul Revere,
Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln.
More than that, as another measure of
what he thinks of our way of life, it is
worth noting that primarily because of
his influence his countryS constitution,
along with its 1915 declaration of indie
pendence, is patterned after ours in both
letter and spirit.
These are points that should receive
due consideration in any effort to evalu
ate IndoneSia'S position in relation to the
free world and the world of communism
Ever since achieving full sovereignty in
1949, when the Dutch colonial rule came
formally to an end, the country has grown
increasingly "neutraliSt," and its Com
munists-who rank fourth in political
strength in the iSlandS-have seemed to
be worming themselves into more and
more power. What is reasSuring however,
is that 81 year old DR.. Sukarno-an
enormously popular and highly talented
Leaders, an anti-Red whose devotion to
individual and national liberty has been
proved over and over again. And the
same holds true for all the key members
and elements of his government.
After his three-day stay here in the
Capital this week, DR.. Sukarno, together
with his large and distinguished official
party, will spend about fortnight Wis
iting various parts of our country. AS
the George Washington of one of the
worlds most populous nations $50 million
people)-a nation whose 5000 islands are
immensely rich in natural resources-he
will have ample opportunity. to talk with
and to Americans representing all walks
of life. This promises to be mutually
beneficial experience, one that should
help diminish any misunderstanding
that may exist now between us and the
IndoneSianS, particularly regarding the
general nature of our Governments for
eign policy as it bears upon Asia and
such issues as "colonialism."
AS for formal negotiations, there will
be none, but President Sukarno un-
doubtedly will exchange views with our
top officials on number of political and
economic matters. In that respect, as
we'll as in others, his trip here can do
muchAA&rengthen relations between his
count Nours. In any case, Washing
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Elected Commissioners?

One of the banes of local
government is the arbitrari-
ness and arrogance of petty
bureaucratS. Red Tape" is
their meat and drink, as any,
one who has tried to get a
license to do anything is aware.
But here in D. c., where the
petty bureaucrats are almost
completely insulated against
the wrath of the public, be-
cause their superiors are not
elected by the people, these
necessary evils are particularly
difficult and arbitrary.
This is the biggest argu-
ment for the direct election,
at least, Of two of the three
Commissioners. I can see
where we need a military
Commissioner to look out for
the protection of the Execu-
tive and the legislators, though
why he has responsibility for
certain departments is a mys-
terry.
However. there is no reason
why the other two Commits
SionerS can not be elected on
two, three, or four year terms,
-four years appears best), at
alternate elections.
Reviewing the history of the
Commissioners since they were
first appointed, there is almost
nothing to brag about. A more
mediocre and Indifferent set
of administrators would be
dificult to find in the history
OF government. Occasionally,
a Guy Mason or "Jiggs" Dono-
hue made a determined stab
to get things done, at least,
logically. but on the whole,
most of the others went along
with the bureaucrats they in
herited without much more
than a token struggle.
And the bureaucrats who
control the local government
are about as petty, as arrogant,
and Indifferent to good public
service as they can be. Let the
skeptic name names and COM
parative statistics and records.
Let us hear of instances of
conscientious and courteous
public service.
All this is eloquent argu-
ment for at least the election
of two Commissioners, if moth
ing else.
John d. Michael.
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PeriIous Water Waste

The National Rivers and HarborS
Congress last week evidenced justified
concern over the continuing waste of our
most important resources" water. Our
negligence in taking adequate steps to
prevent the senseless dissipation and de-
terioration of our once abundant water
supplies could lead to grave shortages in
the foreseeable future. Senator Syming-
ton of Missouri warned that unless
prompt conservation measures are
adopted on a Nation wide scale the Ma
ton within two decades will face a crit
ical water scarcity.
Senator Symington proposed a six
step remedial program that, while in
volving nothing new, is nevertheless
worth reviving and adopting now. Some
of the plans already are being carried out,
although usually through a piecemeal
approach. Others are awaiting action by
Federal, State or local authorities. Mr..
Symington urged the Rivers and Harbors
Congress to give vigorous support for
these "resolute" steps: az Development
of co-ordinated program of flood con-
troll, water storage and power production
through multi-purpose reservoirs "wher-
ever feasible: (2) a cooperative national
and State program to control rainfall
runoff; (3) a strong antipollution pro-
gram, calling for interstate teamwork and
Federal grants-in-aid for sewage treat
ment plants; az reclamation of used
water: (5) tapping of new underground
water reservoirs; 10y national research
enterprise to study means of inducing
rainfall artif1cially, deSalting of sea water
and development of fresh-water substi-
tutes in industry and agriculture.
The threat Of water scarcity is too
serious to permit of the brushing off of
such proposals as "old stuff" We have
been Indifferent too long to national
resource which generations of Americans
have been inclined to take for granted.
Recent reports on the extent Of river and
stream pollution, Shorthand erosion and
falling water tables should be sufficient
warning against further neglect of an
element that is just as vital to life as the
air we breathe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-16
Sizing Up the Field

Who is attempting to confuse
whom? Gov. Stevenson calls
for moderation" He is right
but the Southern segregation
lists and the Northern New
Dealers reject it and Adlai, too.
The left-wingers, fearing and
hating the Vice President, have
tried desperately to ruin him
and to defeat him for renomi-
nation, but they will fail.
Georgia. represented in the
Senate by a statesman. threat
ems to replace him with one
who is not a statesman, but
the President recognizes the
Senator's ability and will retain
him as an exalted counsel.
Senator Kefauver is amaz-
ingly popular, but to the gam
blers. racketeers and party
bosses his name is anathema.
Will the people win?
Frustrated politicians fear
the farmer is in economic dis
tress but the price of farm
land increases! The politicians
are more disturbed than the
farmers.
A great economist from a
great university, a Senator
from a great State, forecast
economic decline, but employ
ment and income are the high
est ever and we have the most
equitable distribution of wealth
ever experienced by any great
nation In any age.
Alex Hamilton
Eldorado, III.
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WSTAS IN SCIENCE
Here's Frog That Can Make Man Crook
By THOMAS R. HENRY

the softest and most expen-
sive Of all leather.
Curiosities Of this country
side as entered in q random
note book:
Wooden roses-flowers with
wooden petals which grow on
vines and have very much the
appearance of rose blossoms.
The petals can be dyed any
color one wishes and preSum-
ably viii last forever. The
plant was imported from some
where, natives say.
The lottery plant-a plant
with large leaves sprinkled
literally but irregularly with
white. At certain times each
week both Panamanians and
Canal Zone residents can be
observed studying some of
these leaves with intense con-
centration. They claim that
some of the white markings
are arranged in the form Of a
number and that this number
will win a big prize in the lot
terry.
A casual experiment indi-
Gates there may be some truth
in this. This week one lady
said she saw clearly the num-
Der 1921. She didn't bet on it.
1t won one of the biggest of all
prizes.
Vine Plays Dead"
The sleepy vine" which must
be fought constantly to pre-
vent 1t from taking over lawns.
When it is touched. or even
when breathed upon, its tiny
petals will immediately fold
and it will play dead"
a. coconut sized black fruit
with a hard shell filled with a
fiour-like powder that smells
like Limburger cheese. From it
Indians make a kind of bread
they say is delicious.
A tiny banana with the taste
of an early fall apple in New
England.
The yellow. ounce like fruit
of the cashew nut bush which,
when ripe, tastes like a pear.
When not ripe it tastes awful.
Natives say they never pick one
unless there is a hole made by
a birds beak. A bird never
will peck at one which isn't
ripe.
A hybrid of a grape fruit and
a lemon which has just been
introduced into the Canal Zone.
Bees that don't sting but
produce bitter honey, the smell
of which is intolerable.
Funeral professions in which
the top of every car is laden
with flowers.
The palenesS of tropical sun
rises and sunsets compared
with those of the North.
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BALBOA, Panama Canal
Zone (By MaiD There is a
small green frog. about the
size of a half dollar, around
here that is one of the most
virulently poisonous creatures
on earth-but only after it is
roasted alive.
When living it is quite HARM
less at least to a human being
although some believe it can
poison other frogs. When
roasted over a slow fire. how
ever, a toxin is exuded from
its skin which is a potent nerve
and respiratory toxin. It once
was used by the Choco Indians
to poison the arrows with which
they hunted game and Span
iards.
The poison arrow frog is a
delicate creature, which appar-
emily lives in a quite narrow
temperature range and it prob
ably never has reached the
United States alive. At best
the creature is elusive. At this
time, the end of the dry season,
it is so rare it can be found
only by accident.
PolliwOgs Zoo Bound
After most of a hot day
tramping over the buccaneer
island of Taboga, largest of the
Pearl Islands off the Panama
Pacific coast from which Piz-
AFRO started out on his con-
quest of Peru. a cool pool was
located high in the hills swarm
ing with poison arrow frog
polliwogs. They may have a
better chance of surviving a
trip to the National Geological
Park in Washington, especially
with the cooperation of Pam
American Always, than the
adults.
The frog is both a ground
and tree-dwelling animal. It
may frequent holes in trees full
Of rainwater which sometimes
contain from 10 to IL tadpoles.
The male has been described
as carrying these tadpoles out
of the tree hole on its back
down to the home pool on the
ground, one every three or
four days. There takes place
the transmutation into real
frogs.
Although the poison arrow
frog is quite harmless while
alive, or even after death in
normal circumstances, the
story Of the poison toad is
quite different. 1t is a large
toad which can be found al
most anywhere and which can
squirt out a toxin which may
permanently blind a man, if
it hits the eyes.
Nobody would bother it ex-
cept that from its skin is made
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Neighbors still exert an in
f1uence. despite our modern
SophiStication.
A reader will not use a glass
to wstch the birds in her yard.
Il have field glasses" she
states, "but refrain from using
them since neighbors might
think I was spying"
Too bad, lady.
Don't worry about the neigh
bors!
Tell the neighbors-mentally,
of course-where they can 60,
as they no doubt tell you.
No one interested in home
bird watching should give up
the occasional use OF binocu-
lars, because it is the very best
way to see birds, upon occa-
sion.
For one thing, the glass
makes the colors stand out so
beautifully.
Sometimes, with some in
struments, there is sort of
halo around each color, if it
may be put that way.
Even if the glass is not the
best, and should not have this
effect. the resulting clarifica-
ton of colors is very interesting.
Most glasses. especially field
glasses, have their own self
limiting effect. That is they
are difficult to use, and make
one nervous.
So nobody. not even the ex-
pert, uses a glass too often or
too much, but for now and then
there is nothing to take its
place.
The small detail, the blob of
color beneath the chin,
whether there is a black line
through the eye
These and scores more de-
tails can be seen only with
a glass.
For such home use. the small
3-power binocular is large
enough.
If you can find an old pair
of opera glasses, they will do
very nicely.
Very high magnification is
difficult to handle, owing to
the nervous movements of
birds.
These creatures are intense
by nature, for their own safety,
mostly.
There are few placid acting
birds, except upon occasion.
In the main, each bird motion
is what we could call jerky.
That is why a glass is often
necessary. to catch the colors
and marks before the change
takes place.
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Too much use of a glass, in
watching the creatures, may
lead to nervousness.
1t is the same here as with
some of the modern eye exer-
ciSes. which are used to tram
quilize the eyes. The idea is
not to exercise them, really.
but to relax them. The re-
Taxation comes with the cessa-
ton OF the exercise. Thus the
rest, as in music. becomes ex-
tremely important.
The very best way to watch
birds at home is with the
naked eye. so called.
In this way, one gets a
much wider field, places the
bird in its native habitat, as it
were, gets all that nature
offers.
Trying to pin down a small
bird in a vast field may make
one nervous. that is why a
number of them are so much
more easily watched, and why
those that come in small
f1ocks may be more acceptable
to nervous onlookerS.
There are all kinds of bird
watchers. just as there are all
kinds Of people; some like to
think they have taken a
patent on Birds. Inc.," and
somehow hold them away
from the common touch.
But there is. after all, Moth
ing more common, more
completely filled with the
common touch, than our birds.
They come as they please,
and go as they please.
1ney know nothing of soci-
cites and organizations, though
at times they have benefited
from them.
They live their lives in &C
cordance with ancient pat
terms, and speak to us with
the sounds of brass trumpets
of the older things we some
times want to forget.
They tell us to 60 to bed
early, but we will not listen
to them.
They plead for common
sense in a world of increas-
ing complexity, but man goes
farther and farther afield
with his bombs and his
power elite"
We refuse to listen, but it
is always good to look, at
least. for this reason:
Flying birds
Are wonderful things;
Isn't ii lucky
They all haze tDinosi
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
By THE HASKIN
By THE HASKIN SERVICE
10 facua
D Please ineose "'9

@. What has become Of the
plan to build a continuous
highway the length of the Mis-
siSsippi River?-L. A. T.
A. The plan is still alive, and
tn. Federal-aid Highway Act
OF 1854 authorized the Bureau
OF Public Roads to spend up to
$250.000 in speeding inter-
state planning for the project.
Four States have thus far
allocated money for the pur-
pose. A Planning Commission
was formed in 1888 by the I'VE
States along the west side Of
the Mississippi. and by the
time of our entry into World
War II the five States on the
east side had also passed en-
abling acts for a survey Of the
proposed route or had endorsed
the project. II present plans
are followed, the road will be
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Rockville in q Jam

1t seems to me that Gov.
McKeldin and the Maryland
State Roads Commission are
being very woodenheaded
about the dumping of national
turnpike traffic into Rockville'S
narrow main street.
Tourists and strangers follow
road markers. and trucks must
go where they are told. Why
not, therefore, continue to use
the old U. S. 240 from Rock
vile to Gaithersburg, and there
pick up the new turnpike,
which is less than half a mile
from the old road.
The turnpike, meanwhile,
might be opened to Rockville,
but bear no route marker south
of Gaithersburg interchange.
Signs should warn trucks not
to use the section between the
interchange and Rockville until
the turnpike can be extended
we'll below Rockville.
If the U. S. 240 route mark
ers are properly placed, the
bulk of the traffic will not pass
through Rockville's business
district.
Meanwhile the long-suffer-
ing residents of Bethesda and
Chevy Chase want to know
when work will be resumed on
LEG A" and LEG B." the
southwark extensions of the
pike. Traffic conditions are
rapidly approaching chaos.
John Kenmuir.
\ 4
One can sympathize with
the Rockville citizens who are
planning desperate measures to
prevent the opening of the
newest section of the Freder-
lex Washington expressway.
which they fear may create a
colossal traffic jam by chan
neling heavy traffic through
the center of Rockville. They
think the jam can be prevented
only by keeping the new high
way closed until it is extended
farther south.
But a less drastic solution is
available. After all, through
travellers don't like traffic jams
any more than local residents.
Why not open the new road as
scheduled, but have U. S. 240
turn of the expressway at
some point north of Rockville,
with prominent signs indicat-
ing this as the best route for
Washington-b ound traficp
Drivers unfamiliar with the
area will tend to follow the
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Towurd Light

Deep where the dormant root
tDds deep
sun reached down to uinter
sleep.
And now each peed. each
orowing thing
is radiant NTH bloSsomino.
turned muiticolored Overnight,
lifting fragrant petGl-li0ht.
KothoYn WOIeOtt
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ton and the United States as a whole,
valuing both his and Indonesia's friend
ship, have reason to feel honored by his
visit, and he and his party can be sure
of hearty welcome wherever they travel
among us.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-16

mainly a two-lane controlled
access highway, using many
of the existing river roads.
@. What are the major
duties of Treasury Enforcement
Agents CT-Men) Pc. A. @
A. They investigate criminal
cases involving violation OF
Federal laws within the en-
forcement Jurisdiction Of the
Treasury Department. and
make noncriminal investiga-
tions relating to the functions
Of the department. They may
have to participate in raids.
shadow suspected persons and
premises, locate illicit dis
tilleries and counterfeiting
plants. inspect files and rec
ords, seize contraband. take
custody Of criminals and fugi-
tives, do undercovei work. etc.