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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-03
Illinois Scandals

There are clear signs that one Of the
toughest political campaigns this fall will
be carried on in Illinois. With q electoral
votes, the big Midwest State is an impor-
tant prize in a presidential election year.
In 1852, it went Republican by approx
mately 100000 votes out Of as million
cast, despite the fact 1t is Adlai Steven
sons home State. Only few weeks ago,
the Republican State administration was
rocked by a major scandal when State
Auditor orville Hodge, candidate for
reelection, became involved in an en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-03
Elephant Foroets?

You recently printed a poem
by Lucille Agniel Gaines, "Ele-
plant Trumpets." Since Miss
Gaines absolute confidence in
a Republican victory in No
vember was so very cleverly
expressed, I feel the bit Of
poetry which follows may be
a sort of SOLDERING, more realis-
tic, way Of looking at the next
few months on the political
scene:
To beat those long -eared asses
He'll need strength, power, and
steam;
And trumpeting to the (TV),
masses
Won't beat a fighting grass
roots) team.
With his trunk turned UP high,
not knowing just why,
He may scent his final
hour;
Lest he forget-there's more
to it yet
Than trumpeting, "Eisen-
hower!!!"
r. D. T.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-03
liked by 'Publicons'

From where I sat watching
the Republican convention on
TV, it seemed ridiculous that
Nixon would speak Of freedom,
when 1t was very plain that
those who renominated him
at the convention had none.
Then there Is another thing
that irks me. Who are these
people who claim to be Demo-
Gratis for Eisenhower? They
are Publicans. There Ia no
such thing as a good Demo-
crat voting for q Publican.
They are either one or the
other: they can't be both.
Good Democrat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-03
Drought

The summer weGrs tails
hdbeTddsheTy,
Her oUn dress stolen By the
hand of drought
Whose inner thieUeTv sends
every tree
And blade TO bankruptcy
tDtthin, Without.
The DGtch-cloud cdrelessly By
day and night
Fails his duty. Nothing stays
the hand;
The plundeYer takes open,
letsured flight
Leaving dry destruction on
the land.
So summer landscape, though
against her tCil,
Assumes an autumn broDn
before her time,
Denied her right to dress as
summer stHl
When ri0htful green deserts
her youthful prime.
The rains Of cloud and lore
must green recall
or earth and heart are doomed
to edrlg Jall.
MofSoret Evelyn Singleton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-03

cake size doesn't grow as fast
as their number.
The size Of the cake, how
ever, is not fixed in this way.
It can grow, and in many
parts Of the world has grown
much faster than the size of
the population. This latter
fact is q matter Of organiza-
ton, chronological, legal, So
cial, moral, religious.
The terrible wars Of mutual
determination which DR.. Davis
foreseeS in the analogy Of
Utah deer may occur; but if
they do occur it is because of
the lack Of our own under
standing and moral fortitude:
not because there is q natural
necessity.
Josef SOlteref,
Professor Of Economics,
Georgetown University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-03
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Does Radiation Exposure Hasten Aoino?
BY THOMAS r. HENRY

Exposure to radiation, 1t is
claimed, makes folks grow old
faster.
This is one Of the most
alarming and least understood
aspects Of the predicted
atomic age"
Other effects, such as pro.
duction of cancer, disturb
ances of heredity, destruction
Of blood cells, can be pin
pointed. even predicted. Even
the precise amounts and kinds
Of radiation necessary to pro-
duce these effects can be cal
culated.
Aging is something else.
Presumably it is due to a
combination Of many small.
individually indistinguishable
effects. Actually nobody knows
very much about even the
normal aging process-except
that it Is apparently q univer-
sal law of nature that all living
things inevitably must grow old
and die.
What They Seek
Atomic Energy Commission
scientists, however, now are
trying to get their fingers on
the mechanism by which radia-
ton, perhaps In extremely
small amounts, speeds up this
process which has been OBJ
served in experimental animals.
The experiments are being
carried on at the commissions
Argonne Laboratory In Chi
cago with approximately 5000
mice, all Of known heredity.
In the Argonne set-up large
groups can be radiated stimuli
taneouSly. Tests will be made
with 80 measured doses of
radiation. ranging from six to
100000 roentgens a day, to de-
termine when the aging effects
first appear and when they
become pronounced.
The experimenters first are
interested in changes In the
actual statistical span Of life
Of the animals under the vari-
GUS doses. It is hoped to deter
mine by examination the pre-
else effects on all body tissues
which could be expected to
have an effect on the length of
life. Thus it is hoped to estab-
liSh a base line where radiation
starts to have a measurable
effect on health.
Admittedly length Of life
and speed Of aging are not
necessarily the same. Even un-
der entirely normal conditions
the latter varies greatly from
individual to individual, es-
pecially in human beings.
There may be variations with
groups and with races. It gen.
orally is claimed. for example.
that at the start Of life, girls
age faster than boys, but that
later on men age faster than
women.
The experiments are being
conducted with three age
groups of mice. Compared with
man, these represent the
young, mature and middle
aged adult. Male and female
groups are being studied sep
arately. It will not necessarily
be true, however, that the same
phenomenon observed IN hui
mans win obtain for mice.
Analysis Of all sorts Of It's
sues. cells and body chemistry
of all irradiated animals is
being made, with particular
emphasis on the intestines, the
testes and the liver. Only q few
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-03

observations have been possible
to date.
One is that certain cells Of
the small intestine, the So
called crypt" cells, are se-
verely damaged at anything
above the relatively moderate
dosage of 43 roetgens per day.
The damage reaches q peak in
the first three to five days
after the start of exposure.
After this there is q period Of
recovery - eventually practi-
cally to normal.
In the reproductive glands,
both male and female, all the
elements are progressively de-
pleted, at all dose levels
studied, to the point Of COM
plete elimination. There Is no
evidence Of any recovery. Here
the researchers may have run
upon some sort Of clue to the
accelerated aging. 1nshumans
the process is to some degree
under control Of sex hormones.
In the liver little change
was found in tissues or cells,
per Sc. There was, however, Z
drastic reduc tton in the
amount Of glycogen. or blood
sugar, stored there.
Some Of the most interest,"
ing. perhaps important re-
suits, have been observed in
young blood cells, or reticulo-
cytes. With radiation at all
levels there was an abrupt fall
to q minimum number within
three days after the start.
This was followed BY . rise,
again regardless Of the amount
Of radiation used, and the
number did not fall again
until near the, end Of life.
Curious1y the normal number
Of reticulocytes was main
tanned even when the red
blood cells formed from them
were at q dangerously low
level.
Generalized- Effects
It Is possible. says the Atomic
Energy Commission report Of
the experiments, that the rate
at which the reticulocytes ma
ture is increased, that the life
span of these cells Ii decreased.
or that some fraction Of the
young red blood cell cprpuscle
population is caused to suffer =
heavy mortality.
1t cannot be said that any
one of these three generalixed
effects, OF. q combination Of
them, should hasten the over
all process Of aging, per sc.
They may operate, however.
with something a. yet updis-
covered.
Effects Of internal radiation
on man are continuously be-
ing studied at the commissions
national laboratories. - well
as by independent investiga-
tors financed by the, commits
sion. The work has included
analysis Of tissue for major,
minor and trace element dis
trihution and concentration In
man, and special studies Of the
distribution and excretion rate
Of enriched uranium In man.
Arrangements have been
made with medical authorities
in different parts Of the eoun-
try to determine how. these
elements may vary in rnan.ac-
cording to age, sex and place
Of residence.
In this way it Is hoped to
define an average man." to
serve as a basis for future
comparisons Of radiation IT,
fects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-03
Tinkhom His Own Man
STAR

The death Of George Holden
Tinkham ends the career Of q
colorful personality, who was
fra k. courageous, perverse
but honest. Though I had lived
in Boston and known Of him
since 1902. I did not meet him
until 1924 at the consulate in
Geneva where we were both
at dinner.
This is an election year."
I said after the amenities of
tntroductions. What are you
doing here?"
That's the reason" he re-
piled. DO you know my dis
trict?"
"Only In general as the
North End and the Back Bay"
We'll, that's only a start. I
have Boston's Jews, Italians,
some slums. most of the May
flower descendants, q lot Of
Negroes and q. few other as
sorted lots. I couldn't CAM
paign. Anything I said to
please one group would alien
ate some or all the rest. So at
election time I go to Europe
or Africa or somewhere else"
"How do you keep the vot-
ers?"
Every one registered gets q
Christmas card and no con-
stituent ever asks me to do
anything in Washington that
he doesn't get If it is at all
possible. Besides they all know
that I can't be bought or
bossed and will vote as /
believe"
That was George Tinkham
to the life. And it was true. /
don't know how many unob-
tainable hearings, reports, ETC.,
he got for me when everybody
else on Capitol Hill couldn't
deliver.
He and I were on opposite
sides of international ques-
tons, but after we were ac-
quainted we used frequently to
discuss those things. He
sought the facts and / flatter
myself that he toned down in
his later years on the Hill.
Once after a dinner meeting
at the Carlton he hailed me
and began discussing an inter-
national question. About /
am. Sunday morning, he
asked II I had ever seen his
apartment. I hadn't, and he
invited me over to the Ar
lington on Vermont avenue.
The hotel had been taken over
by the Government, but his
lease for his tenure in Con-
gress held. We were let in by
a guard who unlocked the
grill which surrounded his
apartment on the south side
Of the ground floor.
The walls Of the high-ceiled
living room were hung with
heads Of his hunting trophies.
the floor was covered four
skins deep with the hides Of
his prey in America, Europe,
Africa, Asia. from all the
world. His l200-year-old STA
mese Buddha was only the
most obvious OF the artifacts
and objets dart that filled the
room too full.
Then he took me to his bed
room, a striking contrast. The
bed was Marie Antoinette,s
four poster, hung with pastel
silks. The furniture was, I
believe. Louis XIV, and the
walls were covered with framed
pictures, mostly Of the Puvis
de Chavannes genre. 1t looked
like a high-bred lady's boudoir,
one with a discriminating
taste in art. The impression
was emphasized by a view
OF the bathroom whose walls
were full Of pastel paintings.
The illusion Of being in a lady's
boudoir was heightened BY
the fact that the bearded
Boston bachelor did not pos
sess a shaving kit.
Tinkham was his own man,
One could like him If you were
willing TO take him as he was.
Denys p. Myers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-03
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry WriteTS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-03

There is no finer looking
baby bird than the cowbird.
Forget the way he comes
into the world. at other birds
expense, and look at him as he
Is, and he is sure TO please.
The fact Is he pieases the
birds innocently victimized.
Fathers and mothers Of
other species seem to vie with
each other TO feed him.
Only the big starting baby
puts up a bigger howl for food
and more food.
Charles Dickens. namboy-
ant. would have loved him, II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-03
"4lst STREET.

11et . fSEkE1.
Dear Sir:
while you and differ on
cats and squirrels. maybe you
can help me out in q matter
Of bird Identification.
Eat my door is q small con-
crete porch with an iron rail-
ing, on one corner Of which !
have q feeding board for car
dinals.
This year we have had
more cardinals than usual.
There have been no baby
cardinals this year, or If there
nave been the grackles and
jays killed them.
80 ! was surprised several
days ago to see a male car
dinal feeding q young bird on
the board.
This particular redbird and
his mate are very thin. The
male is the most beautiful,
completely red cardinal I
ever saw, and the female also
is pretty.
THE baby was much larger
than the father, and q fluffy
gray in color.
II was 80 sure It was q
mocker and couldn't digest
sunflower seeds that ! went
out to give 1t some raisins.
THE baby wasn't a bit
afraid Of me, but the cardinal
was terrified and instead Of
flying Of he ran along the
railing and compelled the baby
to fly away. which 1t did In the
direction Of the next-door cat,
an interested spectator.
mot seeing the baby Tor sew
eral days. / concluded the cat
had q good meal. but tonight
the male cardinal was back
with the baby, grown much
larger in three days.
Il had q better look, and
am sure 1t isn't q mocker,
though 1t is colored like one
and has streaks in the feathers
across the back and tail.
Gould 1t be the bird that
lays eggs In other birds nests
laid one in the cardinals nest?
! think 1t is called a cowbird.
Sincerely. B. r. H."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-03
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES z. TRACEWELL

he had gone in for bird feed.
ing and watching.
AS 1t is. We can recall no
particular record Of the great
Charles As either.
1t is true he used . raven.
in "Barnaby Rudee." a. We re-
call, but beyond that, our
memory fails, as it 90 often
does.
Browning. with q poets
usual license, called upon his
readers to grow old along with
him. setting forth that "the
best is yet to be-"
1t seems that he was wrong
there. and one Of the failures
Of age is that Of memory.
First Of all. one begint to
forget names. even before
dates.
You know the guys name il
well Is your own, but fof the
life Of you, you cannot recall
1t, especially II someone Is
waiting to hear It.
"Mac-Mac-"
You stumble around, all you
can think of 10 Mac" some
thing or other.
His first name? Sure. Il, il
Ralph. something or other.
You seeshim every day, al
most every hour. and know MIS-
name % well as your own
But there you are.
It isn't until hours later.
when the time has passed, that
you suddenly recall his last
name.
It pops into your mind out
OF the blue. and you are glad.
and ashamed Of yourself at
the same time.
You shouldn't be.
1t Is not your fault, but iust
one Of the things stored 10 for
you In growing older. "0row
old along with me-" the 0illy
poet chanted, the best a vet
TO be. the last Of life, for which
the FIRST was made" Phooeyi
Cowbird babies TO aet hack
on the right wine) have no
problems Of memory.
All they want IL food. and
plenty Of It.
In this demand, they merely
echo the need Of all life.
Nobody, then, Is more UNTO
date than the cowbird baby.
He has a big appetite, and
ne wants everybody 10 know II.
Fortunately for him, he finds
his world filled with birds
ready and willing 70 feed him
hour after hour. despite the
TACT that ne is too large and
too fiufiy and too greedy 70 BE-
their own.
In this 20 good deed, do not
the birds Of the air. and MAYBE
the nshes Of the see. teach VI
lessonf
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-11-15
Cumberland

CUMBERLAND - There will
be Pitney supper served at the
Presbyterian church, beginning
at 6 z. M, Friday evening, Nov
ember 16. Any contribution to
the bazaar will be appreciated.
The patronage of the public is
solicited.
Lodge Meeting
Cumberland Rebekah Lodge
will meet on Monday evening at
8 p. m. with election of officers.
Attends School
Mrs. Betty Frisbee, the newly
appointed deputy grand matron
of the O. E. S. of district Is is in
Cincinnati attending a school for
deputies.
Personals
Rev. and Mrs. Thurman Alex
ander and daughter Of Cambridge
visited Tuesday evening with
Mrs. Stella Watson and brother,
Ernest Reed. On Thursday, they
LETT Tor their home at the MethO-
dist church home at Elyria, being
taken by Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Bailey.
Cumberland Chapter, Eastern
Stars met on Thursday evening
with a covered dish supper. Fol
lowing the business meeting, there
was election of officers. The fol-
lowing being named: Cuezene
Rex, worthy matron; John Bell,
worthy patron; Neva Conn, as
sociate matron; William Hart
field, associate patron; Blanche
Revenaugh, secretary; Bertha
Bell, treasurer; Floy Tilden, con-
ductress; Lena Shaw, trustee.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-11-15
"The Lord Is My Shepherd.
/ Shall Not Want"
Psalm 23:1

-HSalm Zo.l
David as a shepherd and as a
king had learned a great deal
of Gods care and provision in
the time of need. He had come
to realize that the living God was
just as concerned for His flock
as was the shepherd for his
sheep.
David has had a personal ex-
perience with God; he had a per-
sonal relationship to God. He
could write with assurance: 'The
Lord is my shepherd" He did
not have to hope that the Lord
would be his shepherd; he did
not have to guess that the Lord
was his shepherd. He said, ''The
Lord is my shepherd"
''The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want" The next five
verses explain the meaning of
that phrase (and, the Lord will
ing, we will consider each verse
separately in the next five
weeks), but for this writing we
will think on the phrase by
itself.
Thinking carelessly and super
ficially, we would say, ''My, I
can have ANYTHING desire.
There are many things that
want. These words say that God
will satisfy those wants" But
we must always claim the
promises in keeping with Gods
character and in harmony with
all of His revealed will.
We know that God is love.
Therefore, we can be sure that
He will only give what is for our
good, not only physically but
also morally and spiritually.
Each of us must admit that there
have been times when we want
ed something that, if we had
gotten it, would have done us
much harm.
Psalm 34:10 helps us to better
understand our text - 'they that
seek the Lord shall not want any
good thing" So anything that
is for our physical, moral and
spiritual good God has promised
to supply. The Holy Spirit NOV
ed the apostle Paul to write with
confidence born from experience
philippians AID that my God
shall supply all your needs ac-
cording to His riches in glory
of Christ Jesus" philippians
4:19).
Our text, along with Psalm
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-11-15
PkAMER|[AN WAY>
AS EWEO 6x
MExtsS.&!s * -

Much has been said and writ
ten about the Do-It-Yourself
Movement. The revival of an
early American custom of people
doing things for themselves has
been a most encouraging sign.
1t shows that many Americans
have wakened up to the fact that
nation gains strength if indi-
viduals do for themselves; that
it loses if people lean on others
and especially on government to
do for them what they should do
for themselves.
An interesting facet of this re-
turn to individualism, has been
the recent greatly increased sale
of musical instruments. Radio
and television had unwittingly
discouraged young people to
study music and to learn to toot,
pluck, or pound musical instru-
ments. In fact there has been
grave concern as to where Radio
and Video would find musicians
for the musical end of future
programs.
Verne r. Marceaux, Education
Director of the National Associa-
ton of Music Makers, states that
instrument sales are now more
than meeting the competition
from TV, juke boxes and records.
''The trend is established for
participation in music" he eX-
plains, 'the pendulum has swung
as far toward push-button music
as it's going to swing"
Sales of better than $410 mil
lion worth of music instruments
are predicted for 1856 which will
be 8 per cent higher than the
record year of 1855.
So be prepared folks for an
increase of weird sounds emanat-
ing from homes that house our
young. Each sour note should
be sweet to your ears -- it will
indicate that the nations supply
of future musicians is in the
making.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-11-15
...wish JAMES {. lNcsBRersEN
President. SpivisuAi Mohilixafjon

DR.. w. c. Alvarez, in a recent
issue of his newspaper column,
told of meeting "the other day
:. an intelligent elderly man
with cancer growing near and
toward his left eye -.
when I asked him why he
had just sat and watched it
grow, he said he feared its re-
moval might hurt a bit! When
told him that it would be re-
moved painlessly after the in
lection under it of a little pro-
caine, he said he did not like
the idea of the prick of the
needlew
Sometimes / think our whole
nation has almost got to that
point--Where it fears the prick
of needle more than the grow
ing evils that threaten its we'll
being, if not its very life.
We have been coddled and
pampered and indulged and
satiated to the place that we
rebel at the merest hint of pain
even if it is imperative for our
continued survival as a nation
of free men. Is that the mark of
sound judgment-or of witless
irresponSibility?
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-11-15
SERMONETTE

$40, Philippians 4:l9 and other
similar passages, states only one
condition - a personal relation
ship to Jesus Christ (LORD, note
capitals, of the Old Testament
refers to Jehovah. The Jehovah
Of the Old Testament is the Jesus
of the New Testament). One can
not deliberately and habitually
ignore Jesus Christ and then
expect Him to meet his need.
Jesus must be the shepherd.
There must be a surrender of
our will to His will; we must be
obedient to Him, follow as He
leads. He must be Lord.
With such assurance, there is
no worry, no fear, no unrest,
God is all-wise and all-powerful;
He keeps His promise.
Roy E. Wikander
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-11-15
RHEUMATIC PAIN
GONE IN 8 HOURS

For years l had rheumatic
pains in my shoulders, legs and
ankles; when I walked l would
finch with agony, but recently
l got RUGON and the pains be-
gan leaving my body in s hours.
Now l am entirely free of pain
and praise RUGON to the sky"
This is true, sincere testimonial.
RUGON is helping so. many
victims of rheumatism and neur-
tits because this NEW Liquid
Formula contains Three Wonder
full Ingredients. Not a tablet or
capsule. RUGON goes to the very
source of pain almost at once and
costs but a few cents a day to
take. Get RUGON at Gillespie's
Drug Store.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-11-15
Ny Fovorite
Prayer
Submitted to the Layman's
National Committee by
CECIL Il. DeMILLE

(Mr. DeMille is the Producer
of the film dramatization of
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, :"
just released. In submitting this
prayer, Mr.. DeMille advises that
he holds it most dear after the
Lords Prayer)
Lord, teach me to pray
Not for myself alone, but for
all who need You
Not with my lips alone, but
with Your Mind in me
Seeking not only Your gifts,
but, above all, You
Not my will, but Yours
Not my feverish pursuit of
things, but Your Grace
Make my mind a channel for
the Divine Mind-and let
the spirit of truth speak
through my lips
Whether / work or play or eat
or sleep or read or talk or
whatever | do
Even when / forget You
Abide in me
Use me
Always
Not for myself alone, but for
all who need You
Increase my faith
Dear God -- | thank You for
Wonder and Your Glory
l thank You and You hear our
prayers
So be it-alWayS.