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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
LAW IN THE NEWS
BY PHIL YEAGER
And JOHN STARK

During the past week or so
there has been much talk of
Uncle Sans tentative plan to
get American oil to Europe. But
in order to get enough oil over
there, it will repeatedly be neces-
sary to waive the antitrust laws
and let is of the big United
States oil companies act in what
would otherwise be an illegal
combine.
This has people wondering;
what is the basis for waving a
traditional American bulwark to
competition in order to feed oil
abroad?
The answer is that in this
uncertain age Congress has kept
various kinds of emergency
legislation on the books.
Potent Act
Government lawyers point to
the Defense Production Act Of
1850 as authority for the pending
plan to get United States oil
overseas. The act, a potent
one, is still in effect although
drafted initially during the
Korean war.
The key provision says that
no voluntary industrial combina-
ton or program requested by the
President and found by him to
be lin the public interest as
contributing to the national de-
Tense" shall be liable under the
antitrust laws or the Federal
Trade Commission Act.
So the basis for getting oil to
Europe under the current plan
when and if it goes into effect)
is one of providing for the ma
tional defense through certain
discretionary powers granted to
the President.
AS described in the law, the
reasons for granting these pow
ers go like this:
"This Government is pledged
to support collective action
Through the United Nations and
through regional arrangements
for mutual defense in conform
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
FAMOUS FABLES
By E. E. EDGAR
DISAPPOINTMENT: z

DISAPPOINTMENT: = The
father of conductor Eugene
Ormandy had his heart set on
his son becoming a concert
|vio1inist. Young Ormandy
showed great promise, but his
zeal did not match his fathers
He showed little inclination to
practice eight hours a day. Only
the frequent beatings by the
elder Ormandy kept him in line
BY the time he was rs, he had
given UP the fiddle and was con-
Icentrating on conducting
Despite the success that fol-
lowed, his father was keenly dis
appointed.
Some years later, in Budapest
Ormandy conducted a special
performance of the Budapest
Philharmonic, with violinist
Joseph Szigeti as SoloiSt.
After the concert, Ormandy
went to a party with his father
En- route, the latter maintained
a detected silence.
why so silent, father?" asked
Ormandy. rs somethin
wrong?"
The elder man shook his head
Didn't you like the concerto
Il liked it very much"
"Then what were you thinking
that made you so glum?"
II was thinking" replied his
father, that if only I hao
beaten you a little harder, il
would have been you playing the
violin and Szigeti conducting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
President of Local
NAACP Renominuted

The local branch of the Ma
tional Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People las,
night renominated Eugene David
son as president.
Also renominated were Byron
Allen, vice president; H. Car
Moultrie, secretary, and Thomas
Frazer, treasurer. The formal
election will be held on Deem
her 6.
Clarence Mitchell, director Of
the Washington bureau of the
'NAACP, addressed the meeting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20

az AANN6AAo
Mrs. B. G.-"My husband and
] are quite worried about our 90
year-old daughter, Frances. She
and her husband have been mar
Fied eight years, yet show no in
terest in having a family.
Frances is very bright girl.
She went into the business world
At II and within two years was
making twice as much money as
bther girls her age.
when she married Charles
they went into business together
and they've been enormously
successful. They keep driving
themselves and expanding their
activities. But what is it all for?
We're afraid that Frances is
going to regret this when it's too
late. Sometimes we wonder
whether Charles really loves her,
He seems to want to keep her
concentrated on the business. "
Mrs. Frances K.-"My parents
have time and again limited that
Charles is just using me for my
business brains and has no real
Consideration for me. certainly
resent this.
my husband and / love one
another very dearly and enjoy
working together. I'm not the
domestic type-I love the bust
ness world, yet I wouldn't mind
having a family, If it happened
to be our good fortune to have
one Of our own.
MY parents seem to think
that If we don't have a baby,
we should Immediately try to
adopt a child. We feel that
there is plenty of time for that.
In any case, we have no inten-
ton of making ourselves I'M
happy about the whole thing
We have too many other
interests.
THE COUNCILS VIEW
These parents have been very
factless in their approach to
this problem. Their insinuations
about Charles can only result in
Frances further evasion of the
Issue.
Frances naturally tries to pro-
tect her husband and her mar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
Names New Nation

KINGSTON, Jamaica. Nov. %
Pl.-Phoebe Yuille of Trinidad
won the $500 first prize in a
contest conducted by the Jamai-
ca Daily Cleaner by suggesting
"Antillea" as the name of the
new West Indies nation of for
mer British Colonies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
MOX Mother Faster Help For
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Better Than Ever For Painful eOId'S MiseFIes

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reduce night coughing.
Ask for Child's Mild
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Stainless. convenient.
Save on large size tubes.
Get Nlusterole now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
LAW IN THE NEWS
Sending Oil to Europe
Raises Antitrust Point

ity with the charter of the
United Nations. The United
States is determined to develop
and maintain whatever military
and economic strength is found
to be necessary to carry out
this purpose"
Intent Of Congress
And So
1T is the intention of Con-
gress that the President shall
use the powers conferred by
this act to promote the national
defense by meeting promptly
and effectively the require
|ments of military programs in
support of our national Sc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20

ical supports that range from
the well-known plywood board
between mattresses to service
able corsets, braces and
jackets.
Although we can't transform
the old bones into new, people
over so with aches and pains
due to osteoporosis can look
forward to much relief.
released by The Bell Syndicate, Incl
Tomorrow: New drugs for diobett
ore being tested.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20


riage from attack by her parents.
She may have an uncomfortable
linking that what her parents
say has some truth to it, but
because they say it. she is forced
to fight the idea rather than
face it.
Frances should realize, how
ever, that she and her husband
are being evasive. If they really
want a family, there is not
plenty of time" to think about
adoption. Procedures in adop-
ton take a long time and
younger couples stand a better
chance.
Frances does not indicate that
she and her husband have ex-
plored all the medical angles
Frances is obviously intelligent
enough to know that If a child
is really wanted, this should be
done.
At bottom, Frances seems to
want to avoid a showdown with
her husband on the question. It
lis not suggested here that
Charles doesn't love her and
wants to exploit her business
ability. 1t is much more likely
that for reasons of which he
may be unaware, he, like
Frances. wishes to shove aside
the question of having a family
and to lose himself in the ex-
Icitement of accommodating money
The parents are right in their
feeling that Frances may regret
this someday. They overlook the
likelihood that Charles might
too. This couple ought to face
the question, not to make them
selves unhappy now, but to avoid
future unhappiness if possible.
Copyright 1856. General Features Corp.
Tomorrow: Should mother invite her.
self to home Of newly moFried son?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Bone Formers Go ON Strike
By DR.. PETER J. sTEINcRoHN

Dear DR.. Steincrohn: My IA
ther who is 81 has been COM
planning of back pain and right
hip discomfort for the past few
months. He has been taking
aspirin without relief. At last
I've convinced him to go see a
bone specialist. We have an APP
spointment for next week.
IT have been wondering
whether l should also take him
to an internist for a physical as
he has never had one. He is
rundown, has lost a little
weight and has a poor appetite.
1T makes me wonder If all of
Shis symptoms aren't tied in to-
gether. Mr.. K. H.
Answer: 1t would be we'll for
your father also to have an
internist look him over. Why
not wait until you visit the
orthopedist. He will advise you.
We are coming to look for
osteoporosis much more than we
did in the past. Vague pains
or constant severe pains: we
dismissed them as rheumatic
In the absence of definite dag
nostic signs. Today. we make
q tentative diagnosis of oste-
oporosis and advise X-rays to
help us confirm the diagnosis.
Problem In Geriatrics
What is osteoporisis? Essen
TALLY it is a problem in geria-
tries. Due to hormonal deficien-
cies. especially found in some
women after the mehopause,
normal bone production is less
ened. 1t is not due so much to
less calcium as it is to a meta
bolic arrangement. For some
reason. 'the osteoblasts (bone
formers) go on strike.
Lack of a normal amount Of
estrogen female hormone) is
the important cause Of post
1imenopausal osteoporsis. Other
important factors are the diet
and activity of the patient; also,
the amount Of calcium and
phosphorus she has in her sys-
TEN.
These same factors are pres
ent in causing senile osteoporosis
whether in male or female
fYoung individuals can get
.osteoporoSis in an extremity OF
elsewhere if the part has beer
in a cast for a long time In
treatment Of injury.
One of the common causes Of
generalized osteoporosis in the
elderly is "bed-sentence" for Z
long time because Of a frac.
tured hip. heart disease, psychi.
atric illness. cerebral hemor'
rhage or other reason.
Knowing this. we try to ge
older patients out OF bed earl!
after operations and other illness
II We can't. We encourage actiyit,
OF the parts while the patien
Is in bed. Deep breathing ant
massage are important.
HormOnal Deficiency
However. the most important
part OF the treatment is di-
rected towards replenishing
hofIponal deficiency. We give
these patients a combination
male and female hormones.
OF course. the orthopedic
treatment Is important. These
bone men are ingenious in pre-
pairing various devices to re-
lieve strain and spasm. They
yimprovlse all sorts OF mechan-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20

Mother, q child's chest
cold needs special help,
That's why you need
Child's Mild Musterole.
II now contains an amaz-
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tglycol monosalieylate) }.
Rubbed on chest. throat,
back. Musterole speeds
warming. deeper baked
heat" comfort through
proved mustard poultice
stimulation that helps
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20

TURIN. Italy. Nov. 20 tPD.-
Violet is the big color for mems
clothing. exhibitors at an In
ternational clothing show here
agreed. European and American
manufacturers displayed violet
hats. violet shoes and violet
shirts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20

lcurity and foreign policy
Iobjectives !"
That's the legal background
for the oil plan.
Presumably it applies to the
present situation on the theory
that If Western Europe's indus
trial plant runs down for lack
of oil, a grave threat will be-
posed to an area linked to the
United States by treaty and MILL
tary alliance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
BY RAY HENRY

Dear Mr.. Henry:
Some time would you please
explain why men who reach IS
and draw Social Security should
be limited to earn only $1,000 a
year.
Everybody knows how diff
cult it is for a person of that age
to get a light, suitable job, then
have to give it up when he
reaches $1,000. The following
year he's confronted with the
same problem.
/ Il know. My husband tried to
work out a deal with his boss
where he could work until he
made $1,000 and, then, quit and
come back to work the following
year. He was told he couldn't
put up with such restrictions.
1T seems to me that men over
65 ought to be able to earn what
ever they can and still draw
Social Security. I would like to
hear just what is your opinion
on this subject.
Mrs. D. j.
Jackson Heights,
Long Island"
Congress Thinking
The point you raise seems to
puzzle many readers.
To understand it fully, you
have to look at the thinking of
Congress since it makes the rules
that run the Social Security pro-
gram.
OF course. because Congress
lsional thinking has changed
many times since 1885 when the
program was first set up, the
program has changed many
times.
But, the main purpose of the
program has remained the same:
It's designed only as a foun-
dation upon which each worker
can build his financial security
It's not designed to free him
completely from money worries
Thus, in setting the limit on
what a person could earn after
he becomes eligible for Social
Security, Congress was merely
: following the main purpose OF
! the program.
/ 1t felt that anyone who had
J made more than $1,000 a year
should not be given full Social
Security benefits. Rightly OF
, wrongly, it figured such a per-
! son already had the foundation
, for his own financial security in
! his own earnings.
Further, to give Social Secur-
) ity to all eligible women at g.
j and all eligible men at 65-re-
CARELESS of earnings-would cost
] millions more a month. In years
: to come. perhaps, billions.
Taking the limit of now
would mean putting at least ~
] million more people on the So
] cial Security rolls and cost more
than billion a year.
!, Congress would have to make
2 the change.
Raised 4 Times
) 1t has raised the income limit
four times since 1899. The Socia
Security law as originally passed
lin 1885 made it necessary that &
: person retire from work to b,
eligible.
The first limit was SIS or more
\ a month in earnings. This wal
/ added to the law in 1889 before
! any Social Security payments
were ever made.
+, Then, in 1850. the earninl
! limit was raised to $50 month
: In 1852. it was raised to SIS {
month, but the limit didn't sp.
: ply TO anyone rs or over. II
1854, the $1,000 a year limit wa
put on. but the limit didn't appl!
Ito anyone 70 or over.
S Perhaps. in the future. tn,
= limit on earnings will be wiped
e out completely. Congress hasn'
y seen fit to do so yet. but it,
{ working its way in that direction
t you may write Ray Henry ii
care Of The Star about you
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
SECURITY FOR YOU
Ceiling on Earnings
Holds Down Cost

Social Security or retirement pro-
blem. Please enclose q stamped
self-addressed envelope and q
cents in coin.)
from AP Newsfeatures)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20
Ez4zuRz Rcz
THE FAMILY COUNCIL
Parents Are ToctIess,
Daughter Is Evosive
THE PROBLEM

THE PROBLEM
MRS b G.-Our daughter shows interest having
family.
MRS FRANCES K.-There is plenty Of time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20

The Fomily Council consists Of q Judge,
q psYchiutrist, three clersymen. q
newspaper editor, o women's editor
and two writers. Eoch article is q
summary Of an oetuol cose history.
The Council reports on problems thai
hove been deolt with by responsible
agencies and counselors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20

The next Security for You column
will oppeor Thursday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-27

that twoyear extension of its life has been requested
The Committee is stated by of the nations lead
ing scientists. Chairman is Capt. Howard I. OrNlle
Who during World War II, weather adviser to the
Secretary of the Navy. Chief Scientific Adviser is
Capt Frederic Berry, Vice-President of the World
Meteorological Organization.
Other members include Herbert Thorn, formerly
Chief Oimatoogist of the US. Weather Bureau; DIR.
Vincent Schaeer who conducted the first experiments
in cloud-seeding; Dr. Bernard Vonnegut who diScOV-
cred silver iodde the seeding agent and A. M Ebere,
Dean of Agriculture at South Dakota State College.
To give THIS WEEK readers exclusive. frSthand
account of the remarkable findings of these scientists
meeting was arranged in the Committees Washington
headquarters Here are the experts answers to the
main questions about weather control.
q: Can man really make rain
a: Yes Coud-seeding, by means of releasing silver
iodde smoke from ground generators into the atoS-
phere can produce very important results We studied
six coud-Seeding projects along the Pacific Coast, and
found that in five of those projects the seeding was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-27

responsible for rainfall increases ranging from nine to
seventeen per cent: the TnCounty region OF Oregon
showed an eighteen-per-cent increase"
a: Dean Eberle conducted special study on this
point and found that increase of one per cent during
cropgrowng season could pay for the entire cost of
cIoud-seeding operation. This means that one-one-
hundredth-inch increase of rainfall spring wheat
make cloud-seeding worth the money. If you produce
ten-per-cent increase in region like that OF the
Colorado River for instance you increase the seasonal
unoff by 100000 acre-feet, which is enough to fill
huge Davis Dam to capacity and then some.
q: Can cIoud-Seedng suppress hail?
a: YES indeed It this is one Of its successful
achievements. scientifically controlled experiment in
Switzerland showed ffty-per-cen reduction in hail.
U.S. field Investigations by members of our committee
have even topped that best areas reveal an almost
complete suppression of hail. Hail causes considerable
crop damage and control could save millions"
q: Can cIoud-seedng inhibn Eghming3
A: livery likely The severe storm conditions which
produce hail are often those which produce lightning
So very possibly the same tonic for stopping hail can
also stop lightning which is of the main causes of
forest fires The Department of Agriculture now has
lightning experiment going in Idaho and Montana"
q: Can cIOud-Seeding prevent fOrnadOeS?
A: Success in suppressng hail makes us believe that
we can also modify and perhaps suppress tornadoes
For this, though, would need to set up cloud
seeding network, project for the future"
q: Can cIOud-Seeding prevent hurricanes?
a: The hurricane is strange and inconceiVably
violent creature producing in second force equal
to several atom bombs 1t is the most difficult weather
element to control. However, the Weather Bureau now
has arge-scae experiment under way at Miami to
determine what effect of dry ice will have on
dissipatng incipent hurricanes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-27
Rain-making already works; hail
and lightning prevention are
on the way. Here's sensational
news that will affect your life
by A. E. HOTCHNER

QUESTION: Writes Mrs. George NJ Brown ST., of
LiHcOLnIOn, N. c.: why doesn't Government do
something 10 make the waste lands Of country into
good farming Gre0s?'
ANSWER: 1t is. The Congressional Advisory Com
mittee weather has up with the biggest weather
story in years.
In l946 when scientist dumped dry ice into clouds
for the first time he produced two things: rain and
a red-hot controversy. The brand-new multimllon-
dollar rain-making industry claimed that it had now
virtually taken charge of the weather; and vocerous
band Of skepticS insisted that ranmakng not worth
the millions being poured into it by rancherS farmers,
utility companies and water-Shou municipalities.
Arguments and even law suits began TO fly thicker
than raindrops. Farmers want rain, but not torrent
Some New York farmers sued rain-making company
hired by New York City fill its halfempty reservoirs.
Rain-making big business, but nobody really
knew whether il worked not Often rain followed
cIoud-seeding II but would it have Taned anyway?
The debate ragged In 1854 Congress created the AdVi-
sorry Committee on Weather Control gave two years
to find out definitely if could control the weather.
The two years will be up this July and what the Com
mttee has discovered is important. so farreachIng
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-18

as wiIdfIower in rocky woodlands of the us
FRINGED MILKWORT flowers (calIed "gay-wingsD
grow sngly and largest Of the Clan One petal has
convenient fringe which visiting bees land An insects
weight forces the petal down and exposes the and
ps right in position brush against the bees furry under
side In these intricate flowers fail in their attempts
secure Decentralization the plant bears flowers
derground that seed without opening Thus the
fringed mwort carries double insurance against extinction
7lOsed-marriage FLOWERS
Many other plants take this same precahton of produc
ing two of flowers Those that ferze themselves and
open called cesogamous flowers from the Greek
words for closed" and marriage"
These flowers give plants cheap form of reproduction.
Such efficient blooms need spend effort gaudy petals
tempting fragrance, tasty pollen for greedy
insects They often underground getting the seeds
planted problem either However like many bargains
these flowers have drawback They make for total in
breeding.
Thus plants with cestogamous flowers also have snowy
flowers built for allogamy (other-marriage) cosser
zation Familiar VlOLETS and PANSIES keep their pol
len low, under the stigma avoid Standardization Both
these flowers and the WOODSORREL have convergng Zines
their petals pointing the way their sweets They seek
insects who will carry pollen and help the flowers
achieve Decentralization for stronger offspring
Next Week JEWELWEED another biaNt Nth The dOHbLe
issw4nce Of Heterogeneous tL0tOers.
binder sp this flower SERIES send 81 with
u 10 ROMANCE OF FLOWERS Boz sqs NY my
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-18
ROMANCE
OF OVERS
y cNSs,ss y % Pant

Country folk believed that feeding
low-growing meadow plants would give more milk. Con-
sequentIy they named the plants MILKWORTS. The
has persisted though the superstition died long ago. Even
the generic name, POlygala means much milk.
The PURPLE MILKWORT grows in open fields where
il might be nibbled by hungry However, hungry
mixers are greater menace as they like the wntergreen
flavor of the roots "Candyweed is a common name for
many of these plants, including the ORANGE MLKWORT
that makes its home in swamps and boys of
Both these mkworr look rather like with their many
small flowers clustered in compact heads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-18

The small flowers of SENECA
SNAKEROOT form a slender spike
topping the Is inch plant. Indians
once, considered its contorted, rather
"Snaky" roots a cure for rattlesnake
bite. They have had more valid medi.
cal uses, but the plant is better known
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-28
Marine Wives Protest
Order to Return Home

time low because they are asso-
ciated with other services whose
dependents are allowed to be
with them.
rs. Marine families in the Far
East paid their own transporta-
ton to Japan. lived in private
rentals and paid for their chill
dren's schooling"
While the wives were reticent
about giving their names. some
Of their relatives at the pier
were outSpoken.
ITS disgusting" asserted Wal
ter Hecker Of Seattle. who greeted
one of the wives. 1T cost them
$4,000 to get the wife and chill
dren over there, and now they
have to come back. when Army
and Air Force families don't"
Thanksgiving and Christmas
are close at hand" added Mrs.
Hecker. You'd think they
could leave the families together,
like human beings. / think we
should all be up in arms about
this.