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For Good Citizenship

oeloom has Congress been presented
Win SUCH a challenging opportunity to
promote the cause of good citizenship as
mat offered in the broad program for the
Theodore Roosevelt Centennial in 1854
rms program, as prepared by a commits
sion created by Congress last year, already
has been approved by the Senate and is
pending before the House Judiciary Com
mlttee. The theme of the observance
appropriately, is Theodore Roosevelt,s
inspiring statement: THE fate of the
twentieth century will in no small degree
depend upon the type of citizenship
developed on this continent"
The centennial commission, of which
Vice President Nixon is chairman and
Senator OMahoney vice chairman. has
proposed Nation wide celebration de-
signed to bring about a re-emphasis of
and a rededication to the principles of
AmericaniSm for which the famed Presi-
dent stood. Nationally, during the observ-
ance, there would be patriotic and civic
mass meetings to honor T. RS memory.
and publication OF a book. THE Free
Citizen containing selections from his
writings and speeches. Locally, there
would be ceremonies incident to compile
ton of memorial to the former Presi-
dent on Theodore Roosevelt Island, where
improvements to the island already have
begun. simultaneously, provision would
be made for development of Theodore
Roosevelt Memorial National Park in
North Dakota
In its report to Congress the commits
sion stressed the qualities of character
which Theodore Roosevelt exemplified.
Worth repeating here is this excerpt from
the report: AS Nation, we need his
honesty and forthrightness, his courage,
and the decency Of his personal and fam
lily life. We need his regard for his
fellowman and his determination to work
TO achieve that social justice which is
equal opportunity. We need that deter
mined and dedicated service to the public
good which he demonstrated and which
is basic to national security. Above all,
we need that passion for America which
burns in Theodore RooSevelt's spoken and
written words and, most cpmpellingly, in
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Farmers PIowed Under?

Our farmers are stout
hearted souls. They can grit
their teeth and take most every
type OF misfortune in stride.
However, there is a limit to hui
man endurance. May the cloud
OF greed be wiped from the
eyes of governmental infiu-
encers and leaders. May they
grant our farmers a share of
the subsidy now enjoyed by
many other businesses in a
fair way.
The farmers we're thrown
fiat with their 80 per cent parity
bill. This keeps American
economy in wobbly condition,
compared to a ree-legged
COW trying to get around.
We have 70 save these we'll
deserving farmers-or we will
be the greatest loser. All our
hopes and fears, cares and re-
wards are woven together in a
great economic tapestry.
Anyone who thinks that one
may be rewarded prosperity
and the other depression is full
Of folly. Remember about 1929
and 1888 when we all fell to-
gether and no one prospered?
Great businessmen begged
President Roosevelt to save
them and he did. Now our
farmers ask for help.
John W. COnce.
Goodlettsville. Tenn.
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their choice. Of course, there's
none of that stupid democratic
nonsense in labor unions. The
Boss stays in for life, and the
faceless zeros down in the ranks
are subjects of an absolute mon
arch. Their only function, be-
sides paying dues and assess
ments. is to obey.
Since today's kings like Beck,
Reuther, Lewis, Hoffa, ETC., hold
in their grasp the economic live
lihood of millions, and extract
tribute from them in an un-
regulated system of private tax
alton, it seems right and just
that these regal gentlemen also
control the social and political
lives of their subjects, and spend
their dues money for mansions
for themselves. or as campaign
funds for politicians who will
promise to do their bidding.
Yes. the smart thing to do is
educate your boy to be a labor
leader. Then he will really be
sitting in the Pullman diner of
the gravy train. eating high on
the hog. Franklin Ford.
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MEDELLIN. Colombia: (By
Mail.)-The market price of
golden fleece may have fallen
a little since the days Of Jason
but it's still golden fleece.
Once woven only by the sa-
cred fingers of the virgins of
the sun itself in human form,
the precious fabric now is on
sale in the market place of this
Colombian city. 1t is still. of
course, the most expensive fab
ric in the world, and quite
rightly so.
A Pan-American Always
plane was delayed the other
morning at Medellin. There was
a very low ceiling. Below, most
Of the way to Panama, was the
deep green sea of impenetrable
jungle. into which anything
that sinks is almost certainly
lost. This continued almost all
the way to the Panama Canal,
Stewardess Saves the Day
Everything considered, the
pilot decided to wait until con-
ditions improved, which turned
out to be "a hours. Some quite
impatient passengers were left
to while away these hours in the
rather luxurious 'Nutty Bear
or Nutibarra Hotel named for
some ancient Indian chief in
this neighborhood.
In this emergency Miss Mary
Lou Tanning of Miami, the
planes most efficient and
solicitous stewardess, pro-
ceeded to save the situation.
She saved it especially for the
male passengers, including a
Latin-American ambassador to
the United States, a prominent
Colombian cotton manufac-
turer, and a few others who
had started to drown their
troubles in Nutribarra'S cock
tail lounge.
did you all know" said
Miss Tanning" that here in
Medellin you can buy all the
vicuna wool fabric you want
for less than $40 a square
meter? Did you know it only
takes three square meters to
make a lady's coat which costs
a thousand dollars in the
United States?"
Waiting wives, Miss Tanning
gently intimated, sometimes
had unjust suspicious when
husbands, even of the rank of
ambassadors to the United
States, were "a hours late and
few of them had any ideas of
flying over jungles in low-lying
fog.
There was a general exodus
to the golden fleece market
a single store dealing almost
exclusively in the erStwhile
exclusive commodity of the
virgins of the sun. Miss Fan
ming led the way. Then she
turned to the harder task of
placating the stranded ladies.
Now, since most of the mas
culine contingent was over
weight with golden fleece on
reaching Panama, there was a
natural inclination to find out
whether we had been sub
jected to craftsmanship. The
story, as revealed by various
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CIoirvoyont Candidates?

Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver,
joined in pursuit of the Democratic preSi-
Dental nomination, picked the same
forum and almost the same time to
become frightened at the ghost of "big
business" allegedly haunting Washington
these days.
Addressing the United Automobile
Workers education conference here, Mr..
Stevenson suggested it Is time Ito write
the buSinessman's administration out of
this Government and write the people
back in" He doesn't like "a corporate
board of directors" running things, he
explained, and 1t was his clear implication
that current prosperity is not all that it
seems. Senator Kefauver, before the same
audience, invoked an even more vivid
clairvoyance. He saw an "old spirit" rid
ing the land and its name is Mckinley
ism"-benefiting "entrenched wealth"
and making the forgotten people of the
United States" its principal victims.
BY coincidence, only few days
earlier the Commerce and Labor Depart
ments had issued their latest employment
statistics. They showed that employment,
AloAAAS OOO,VOu 1IOlll W WIN
March, was approximately 2.5 million
higher than year ago. And that the
number of jobless, remaining steady for
the third consecutive month at 28 mil
lion, was about $4,000 lower than year
earlier Other first-quarter reports show
that total national income and gross ma
tional product are rolling along at pace
that may match, or even surpasS, the
record breaking figures of 1855.
A recent nationwide Associated Press
survey reveals sharp upturn in one
other important index, namely, optimism.
Not only most of the businessmen,
bankers and economists interviewed, but
also most Of the workers, we're revising
earlier and more cautious estimates about
this years performance of the national
economy. They had not been told, APP
parently, about the cynical spirits calling
signals in Washington.
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No Lody's Man

We are edited by yearly
resolutions seeking ordination
for women in the Methodist
Church.
I formerly held that st.
Paul's admonition, Let the
women be quiet in the church.
was an effective reply. l have
now come to think that this
appeal to authority is too dog
matte and that the best an
swer to these humble women
would be to grant them their
desires.
We can then settle back to
paraphrase G. K. Chesterton's
appraisal Of the vindication of
suffrage in England, Twenty
million women arose and cried,
We will not be dictated to- and
then proceeded to become
Stenographers."
George b. Begg, Jr.
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Live Like Lords

If you want to do right by
your son, train him to be a
labor leader. The Lords of La
Dor, with a capital L, are to-
days aristocracy, the modern
princes Of privilege, the we'll
fed, well-clothed and we'll
housed.
Wouldn't it be dandy if your
son and mine could be housed.
for example, as well as Dave
Beck. head Of the Transfers
Unionl The Associated Press
says his home in Seattle has a
swimming pool, a movie thea
ter. and a waterfall. About a
year ago he permitted his I'M
ion to buy the property from
him for $163,000, a real bar
gain. providing he could live in
it rent-free for life. and also
that the union would pay all
costs of service, taxes and
maintenance. And now he is
going to allow his truck drivers
to buy the furniture for $780,
600, provided it stays in his
house, presumably.
Besides. says the APP, Mr..
Beck gets $4,000 a year plus
expenses. plus furnished
living quarters in the Team
sters' new $5-million marble
and glass headquarters in
Washington. plus an apart
ment in a Washington hotel"
Now, that's really living it
upl And the expenses"
cover such things as Mr..
Beck's trip to Hawaii with
other executives Of his union,
for a business meeting. 1t
wasn't, I'm sure, that these
labor bosses merely wanted an
expenses-paid trip to the hula
hula land of romance and
moonlight. It was because Ha-
wall is so much more conven-
lent and centrally located for
a business meeting than, say,
Chicago Besides, the ALL big
brass meets in Miami, where
there are lots of night spots,
race tracks and swimming
pools. So why not Honolulu
for the king of the Team
sters' Union and his princes
and barons?
Our President, Senators. Gov
errors, Mayors, ETC.. hold Office
only for fixed terms, none more
than six years. But that's the
silly American idea Of rotation
in Office, with a secret ballot SO
the voters can pick the man Of
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WSTAS IN SCIENCE
Bit of q Bargain in Golden Fleece
By THOMAS R. HENRY

documents in the Canal Zone
library, indicates quite the
opposite.
First, only quite rarely does
vicuna fabric come on the
market and Miss Tanning hap
pened to hit one of the few
occasions.
Second, it is the finest wool
in the world. A single hair
of a vicuna. the little camel"
of the Andes, is less than half
the diameter of the finest
sheep hair. Compared to it,
human hair looks like quite
coarse wire.
"Vicuna WOOL" wrote one
scientist. compared to all
other woods is like chinchilla
compared to all other furs."
Originally. it was learned,
vicuna wool, variously dyed.
was used only to make capes
of royalty for the Incas them
selves. Even those incarna-
tions Of the sun couldn't afford
complete wardrobes. It was
woven only by an order of
dedicated prieStesses, the vir-
gins of the sun.
When Spaniards first came
to Peru they naturally sup
posed the vicuna garments
were made of silk and burned
a few subjects of the Incas be-
fore accepting the explanation
that they were wooden.
Spaniards Went for 1t, Too
When the truth was ac-
cepted, however, some of the
efforts of the conquistadoreS
turned from search for gold to
the search for vicunas to make
wooden garments for Spanish
kings.
The vicuna is an elusive ami
NAL of the high AndeS-close
relative of llama and alpaca,
but how it escaped complete
humiliation is a miracle. It
was very close to extinct when
Simon Bolivar, the George
Washington of South America,
stepped in after the successful
wars of liberation and per-
Suaded all the new republics to
pass stringent protective laws.
These laws. little changed,
still are in force and killing a
vicuna now is about as serious
a crime as killing a man. They
can, however. be caught and
sheared-then released.
So vicuna wool still is the
golden fleece" An adult ami
NAL produces only about a
GIllfQ OF a pound or wool a
year.
There are some domestic
Gated herds. Domestication.
until recently, never has been
very successful and very little
OF the wool has been exported.
Weaving now, naturally, is
BY machines and mass produc-
ton would be possible-if there
were enough wool.
There is no present attempt.
however, to duplicate the fine
work of the virgins of the sun.
They used to make the fabric
even finer by mixing with the
vicuna wool finer hairs from
an Andean species of bat.
But this is one of the lost
arts.
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Leniinisms

According to a news report,
a Moscow radio broadcast
limited at big concessions and
sacrifices" by Russia to it's
capitalist neighborS in order
to defend the peace" adding
that Lenin's principles calling
for such concessions still hold
true today and are followed by
Bulganin and Khrushchev.
Precisely what did Lenin
teach on concessions?
Concessions are not peace
but war, only in another form,
more profitable to us. . I re-
peat concessions are the con-
tinuance of war on the eco
nomic level, only here we do
not destroy but develop pro-
ductive forces" Oenin, Works,
Nv Russian edition, Vol. 81.
p. 404.)
ut would be the greatest
mistake. certainly. to think
that concessions mean peace.
Nothing of the kind. Conces-
sions are nothing but a new
form of war. Europe fought
us, but now war is continued
on another level" CIbid., Vol.
81. p. 1867
And again:
1T would be a great mistake
to think that a peaceful agree
ment about concessions is a
peaceful agreement with capt.
talists. This is an agreement
relating to war, but an agree
ment less dangerous to us, less
burdenSome to workers and
also peasants, than the time
when armored cars and guns
were thrown against us. That
is why We employ every means
to gain time to develop our
economic strength by making
economic concessions. Ibid,
Vol. 81, p. 453D
Certainly. concessions are
important to us in the sense
OF providing commodities. This
is doubtless, but the principal
essence of the matter is to be
found in political relations.
Ibid, Vol. 80. p. 1927
1t is difficult to know
what line MesSrs. Bulganin
and Khrushchev are following
when they say they remain
true to Lenin's principles.
Karlls Kalnins.
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the records Of his action in public ONCE
or as private citizen. To make those
qualities of character, that inner fire,
real to the American people-and to help
boys and girls, to want those qualities
and that fire for acknowledgements an
undertaking as worth while as any in the
secular field that has been presented
in our generation, or is likely to be
presented"
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THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES f. TRACEWELL :

Templeton Jones has the
greeneSt grass in town. He
cut it first on March 4.
Others may dispute this,
since every homeowner prides
himself on his lawn.
Our city is not noted for
good sward. 1t seems a very
difficult matter to get the grass
green, as it should be, and an
even harder task to keep it
green.
The green is the thing.
What seems more hopeless
than these plugs of light gray,
almost white. fancy new
grasses?
Time will take care of them,
so that they will spread and
grow together, and become,
let us hope. almost as green
as the Jones lawn.
Jones will have none of
them.
He sticks to good. old-fash-
Toned Kentucky bluegrass, or
mixtures which contain it and
other varieties, blended.
The Jones method of grass
control consists of letting ma
ture do the work, as far as ma
ture will.
The trouble with nature.
Jones says. is that she is ca
PRECIOUS, especially in Wash
ington, D. c.
One day. warm: the next,
cold.
One week, rainy; the next.
no rain at all.
Such vagaries are our nat
ural inheritance, If we live
around here. and we have to
take it as it comes.
Templeton Jones grass plan
calls for constant reseeding.
Every time a bare spot de-
velops. he goes out with
sack of seed, and puts in a
handful.
This is the way to keep
ahead, he says.
Just twice-a-year seeding
won't do.
But il one insists on IL. there
are two best seeding times,
spring and fall
OF the two, autumn seeding
is by far the better.
1t is questionable according
to Jones, whose grass is so
green, whether the local water
of which we hear so much is
good for a lawn.
Put 1t on with a hose. II
you want to. he says, and
sometimes you must. but do
not expect too much from 1t.
The point is. he believes, that
autumn rains are surer. and
do more good. The cooling
air OF the falltime land why
not falltime. If there is a
springtimeO helps the grass
along. too,
Barring spots in lawn show,
usually. that there is q stone
OF some sort working It's way
to the surface.
The thing to do is to DIG
down. get the stone. and plant
more seed.
Jones says always plant
twice as much as you think
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desirable. because the birds
demand their share, like a
government seeking its cut.
Newcomers to Washington
often spend hours, maybe days
and weeks. trying to get rid Of
the crabgrasS.
The Jones method of lawn
control will have none of that
squatting exercise, so trouble
some to the knees and back.
Jones says let the crabgraSs
alone. Forget about it, or any
other growing thing that is
green.
If 1t is green. it is all right.
Even the little water : lily
type of plant with the tiny
blue flowers is acceptable.
It's green!
AS for fertility. Templeton
Jones believes in it.
The debris of winter must
first be raked off. This keeps
the sunshine, and to some ex-
tent the rain, from the grass
roots.
Then comes the fertilizer
Jones uses one of the newer
types whose name ends in ute"
This has the advantage of
not burning, and not needing
watering at first.
In early spring, and in late
September another dose, and
there you are.
The grass stays green all
winter, spring, summer and
fall. or almost, IL the rains are
what might be termed propi-
tious.
Jones hopes that these few
hints may be profitable TO
younger householders in their
first house. There is no spring
quite like this one. Jones re-
members his. 26 years ago. as
If 1t were yesterday.
There was a bed OF great
white tulips. and while he slept.
some miscreant came in the
night, stole them all, and sold
the blossoms around in the
next block.
When he awoke, and pulled
up the blind 70 look at the
beautiful white flowers, all he
saw was a mass of green leaves,
but since he always loved
green, the shock was not too
much TO bear. II you have
plenty Of green in a garden.
Templeton Jones says, you
have natures favorite color.
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Teurdrop on the Lily

There is a rdindrop on the
lily's chalice--
A siluer droplet on its purity OF
Unite.
II shines like some jeDeled
tedrdrop
IN the cle1rness OF the morn
light;
II makes me think OF our
Dear Lords Perfec-
ton
The Eternal Day that chose to
bear mans night;
That all our tdtlinoS caught
upon this Bdckdrop,
GltSten-d tedrdrop on the Lily
IN His sight.
Esther Freshmen
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would be limited to a 6 per
cent return.
A Metropolitan Area transit
authority may be the ultimate
answer to our transit impasse,
but the one proposed by the
Commissioners and now pend
ing in the Senate is not it.
Transit Rider.
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@. What city has been called
the Port Of Destiny?--D. o.
A. Tacoma Wash, which
has one of the best deep-sea
natural harbors in the world.
Its phenomenal growth in
population has led to It's being
called the City Of Destiny as
well--and it has been referred
to as city OF Electric Homes"
Lumber Capital OF America"
and Hub Of the Evergreen
Playground"
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

. Pen names may be used "
letters carry tDriterS' correct
names and addresses All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
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Questions and Answers
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

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Panel to Discuss
Lie Detector Use

The Nations lie detector ex-
perts will present a number of
papers on the use of these ma
chimes in investigative work at
the third annual meeting of the
American Academy of Poly
graph Examiners in the Hotel
Washington on Friday and
Saturday.
Delegates to the two-day meet
ing will discuss recent research
and the legal aspects of lie
detectors.
Other topics for discussion will
be: "Post-hypnotic Suggestion
and the Polygraph." THE Re-
pudiation of an Intentional False
Confession" THE Taking of a
Criminal Confession" 1.-THE
United States Army Lie-Detector
Operator Course Given at Fort
Gordon, Ca" and Recording
Respirations and Skin Tempera-
ture Changes"
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In addition to domitory facilities
they will have playrooms, study
areas and dining areas for spe-
cial occasions.
The reconstructed cottages
CLEAN with new furnishings
paint and tile. The cottage for
small children includes junior
sized bathrooms.
"It's all designed for a lot OF
wear and tear and comfort for
the children" said Mr.. Stone.
1.-THE old quarters have one
bath and toilet for so children, -
said Mr.. Stone. "The new build
ings have four bathrooms for
the same number"
Mr.. Stone said the new village
will have adequate medical serv-
ices for the children. However,
he said facilities for psychiatric
and dental services will be very
limited.
Miss Marjorie Thaxter. super
visor of volunteers, pointed out
that one of the shortcomings OF
the new village will be the loss
of some volunteer workers be-
cause of the move. She requested
anyone wanting to offer his
services or to donate play equip
iment to call her at National
! $4,000.
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Mr.. Stone said, land there ought
to be two counselors on duty in
each cottage during the day.
He said he will urge 80 more
counselors.
The new Junior Village is on
the site of the old Industrial
Home School at Blue Plains.
The cottages were part of the
old institution and have been
renovated. Mr.. Stone said the
oldest building in this group
was built in 1906.
Also reconditioned was a build
ing that will serve as chapel.
industrial arts building and a
central dining room. An admin
istration building and an eight
room school building required
little work.
The renovation cost $585. 900
and furniture another 100000.
Mr.. Stone said late arrival of
the furniture delayed opening
of the village about three
weeks.
The new village, scheduled for
dedication at 3 pm. Sunday, was
urged for many years by The
Star. Since 1913, the village.
has been housed in old. de-
lapidated buildings on Lough-
boro road NV.
The relocation was made pos
sible when the Industrial Home
School was moved to the Chill
dren's Center at Laurel, Md.
Mr.. Stone said the village
handles or houses about TOO
children a year, ranging from
infancy to 10 years. The popula-
ton when the village opens is ex-
pected to be about $50.
The eight cottages will be
named after the last eight presi-
dents-Taft through Eisenhower