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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-17
KnowIond and the u. NJ.

President Eisenhower has chosen a
varied and interesting group to make up
the American delegation to the next ses-
sion of the United Nations General As
sembly. 1t is group that will not meet
with the approval of all parties Senator
Mccarthy, for instance, is opposed to
Paul G. Hoffman'S nomination., but it is
nonetheleSS an outstanding one in terms
of ability and experience at home and
abroad.
Unquestionably the most intriguing
name on the Presidents list of appointees
is that of Senator Knowland. This is so
for two reasons. The first reason is that
the Californian, even though minority
leader in the Senate, has often differed
with the administration on foreign pol
ICY And the second is that he is bitterly
opposed to the Chinese Communists and
has led the f1ght-like Horatius at the
bridge-against all past suggestions and
moves aimed at admitting them into U. N
membership.
One speculation is that Mr.. Know
lands nomination is designed to bring
him into more rapport with the Presi-
dents International views. But another
Interpretation is that his appointment, at
least In an incidental sense, is meant to
emphasize American opposition to the
Assembly'S anticipated effort to welcome
Red Peiping into the U. N. Certainly, fig-
uratively speaking at least, the redoubt-
able Californian is likely to allow that to
happen only over his dead body.
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Convention Strategy

II the Democrats are really
on the ball, they will make but
one nomination at their con-
vention in Chicago-and that
only for Vice PRESIDENT This
would prove their sincerity in
their belief that Eisenhower,
like the late F. D. r., cannot be
beaten in any free election.
This superb tactic would also
spotlight the Democrats
hatred for the current Vice
President! The Democrats
could say, with absolute truth:
I'VE do not want to deprive
Eisenhower Of anything. We
admit he is in as long as he
lives. but we would like our
man to succeed him. not the
current Vice President or any
Republican Vice Presidentl"
Henry Stoner.
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Farm Problem
Worried.

Another thing that's bad
for the farmers. strange as
this may seem, is the rising
value Of farm acreage. It's
up. real estate people say, SO
per cent over 1913. And what
with the soil bank scheme
going into effect, higher acre
age costs are making it more
difficult to get land for which
the Government might pay to
keep idle.
What a dilemma! But per-
haps the farmers shouldn't
worry too much. For how
long will it be before some
nimble-witted politician comes
up with an answer for this
agricultural dilemma? Like
for instance making 1948 land
values parity and substituting
acreage purchases by handing
over 80 per cent of the differ
ence between parity and pres
ent values.
Crazy? Sure it is. But so
are the SURPRISES the price
support subsidy is making.
Norman Cooke.
Vero Beach, Fla.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
By THE HASKIN SERVI
By THE HASkIN SERVICE
reader
N
D. inclose 3

A. Yes, five Of them we're
captured: George Walton OF
Georgia; Richard Stockton Of
New Jersey; Thomas Hayward,
Jr.. Edward Rutledge, and Ar
thur Middleton. Of South Caro-
lima. The latter three were
trapped in the capture OF
Charleston by the British in
1880 Most OF the "Signers'
suffered hardships and losses
as a result OF their defiance OF
the British government and
their faith in the new nation.
q. Does the human heart
beat less frequently when q
person is at rest?-A. 7. s.
A. Yes. Sitting down saves
10 beats a minute over stand
ing. and lying down saves
about 20 beats. Thus. by going
TO bed one hour earlier than
usual a person can save 1000
beats a day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-17
THE POLITICAL MILL
South Likely to Put Stevenson In
By GOULD LINCOLN

prefer to 60 along with Steven
son. Their other choice would
be to play around with the idea
of deadlocking the convention
and then switching to Senator
Stuart Symington Of Missouri,
for example. If they try such
a maneuver, they may rally
around the favorite-son candi-
dacy of Senator Lyndon john
son of Texas. majority leader
of the Senate. The operation,
however. could hold danger for
the Southerners-should the
North, East and West be
united, after all, behind the
Governor of New York.
The Deadlock Procedure
To bring a deadlock in the
convention, those State dele
cations with favorite-son can
didates would have to go
along, and none Of them ex-
cept Texas and Tennessee
has any desire to favor the
Southerners. Ohio has its Gov.
Lausche, Michigan its Gov.
Williams, Massachusetts, its
House Majority Leader John
Mccormack, Missouri its SEN
ator johnson. and Kentucky
ator Johnson and Kentucky
its Gov. Chandler.
Then there are Hartman,
with New York's big delega-
ton and sizeable number Of
delegates in Western States,
including Oklahoma and some
Of the mountain States, and
Kefauver with New Hamp-
shire. Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Tennessee and several other
States whose presidential
preference primaries he won
without opposition. Such q
combination, if it stuck to-
gether, and the Southern
delegates stayed away from
Stevenson on early ballots,
could probably bring about
the elimination of Stevenson.
Conceivably, Gov. Harri-
mans only chance of winning
a nomination could lie in the
writing of civil rights plank
in the national platform
against which the Southern
ers would rebel and walk out:
in other words, in persuading
the convention that the cleo
ton can be won without a con-
siderable number of the South
ern States. Truman won, for
example, without four of these
States - and without New
York-in 1948. Hartman I'M
doubtedly will claim that he
can carry New York this year.
At this writing, it does not
look as though the Southern
Democrats will let the con-
vention throw Stevenson to
the wolves.
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Our Troubled World

III worried. But I'm not
alone. I've got lots of COM
pany. For example, a young
couple I know worries, too.
They are the salt of the earth
but they worry. They have
four splendid children and
they have aspirations for
them. Such as a good educa-
ton, continued good health,
the possibility Of their contri-
buting something of value to
society however slight, and a
reasonably happy and normal
life span. They aspire to the
last named for themselves
also. Being realists and in
formed of day-to-day develop
ments, they face the stark
possibility they may never
realize their aspirations for
their children or themselves.
Because the H-Bomb is so
very efficient in its selective
field.
The two-headed performer
(USA-USSR) continually bal
anced on the tight-rope over
the bottomless chasm, needs
only bee, a mosquito or even
a fly to alight on only one
nose to bring about a litter, a
misStep and humanity plunges
into the depths. They know
this. That's why they don't
worry during all of their spare
time. Part Of that time is
devoted to telling their Con-
gressmen, their Senators and
their friends and acquaint-
ances why they believe the
charter should be revised to
give the United Nations
limited power to enforce peace
under universal law. They're
good citizens. Shouldn't we
all do at least something along
those lines?
Worried.
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES (. TRACEWELL

people just dropped around,
and that was that.
Now we all seem afraid OF
something. and want people to
call up first. Or we don't
answer the bell when it rings,
for fear they will be the wrong
people!
strawberry shortcake, the
right kind, still takes that
bad taste out of the mouth.
Il tried making it, not long
ago. and seemed to get the
right results.
The only trouble was that
my family, all on a diet,
thought it too rich, as they
said. That is what being diet
conscious can do to you.
ITO my taste, the shortcake
was just like mother used to
make.
Good fortune and happy
results to all who try it. but
be sure to keep the dough
short, not sweet.
Happily. Jane L."
These memories from the
lost past of America touch the
great chord of good eating.
This is a song of the inner
man, especially when he was a
small boy.
The boys, particularly, could
hold more strawberry Short
cake than anybody else.
1t was their special dish.
Little girls. and old ladies,
and strong men. had a right
to eat it. and did, but only
a small boy could stow away
so much, until cream almost
ran out of his ears.
Those were the happy days,
indeed, when people never
knew that one was not sup
posed to get too fat. that ex-
cess weight meant that much
more work for the heart and
the blood vessels.
People ate. in those days,
because they were hungry, and
a dollar would buy a lot OF
food.
Why. a whole family could
live a week on a dollars worth
of food, in 1900 and until the
fatal 1914, and even for a few
years thereafter.
Don't feel sorry for the old
folks, even If you do regard
them as queer and fuddyduddy.
They had something you
haven't got. despite your tele-
vision and automatic washer.
Real strawberry shortcake!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-17
offending Mr.. Nehru'

My compliments on your
editorial Offending Mr.. Ne
hru" on Mr.. Nehru's squabble
with Mr.. Nixon over the lat
ter's warning that neutrals
play a dangerous game in &C
cepting Communist aid.
Indeed, if Mr.. Nixon's en-
emies attack his saying it, they
declare themselves in favor of
further erosion of a traditional
American civil right, free
speech.
If they take exception to
what he said, they give aid
and comfort to the Reds.
E. L. ShutZ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-17

The South, 1t now appears,
will hold the whip hand when
it comes to the nomination of q
presidential candidate at the
Democratic National Conven-
ton in Chicago. less than a
month from today. OF the
three active and leading can
didates for the nomination
Adlai Stevenson. Gov. Averell
Hartman of New York and
Senator Estes Kefauver Of
TenneSsee-only Stevenson is
acceptable to many of the
Southern Democratic leaders.
Fortunately for Stevenson, he
has the support Of many Dem
ocrats outside the South.
Hartman last week made his
first pitch for Southern Demo-
cratic support at ASheboro,
N. c. He was politely received
and nothing more. He spoke on
invitation of the Young Demo-
Gratis Of North Carolina, who
also have invited other candi-
dates for the presidential NOM
nation. H arrim a ms many
statements regarding the need
for prompt enforcement of the
Supreme Courts decision out
having segreg at ed public
schools have made him q tar
get of Southern Democratic
criticism. Although Kefauver
comes from a Southern state,
where, by the way, he has the
opposition of Gov. Frank
Clement, a supporter of
Stevenson and recently chosen
keynote speaker for the party's
national convention, he has
no real support from Southern
Democrats. Many of them do
not like his attitude on the
segregation issue, either.
Prefer StevensOn's Moderation
The Southern Democrats,
who prefer the moderate"
position Of Stevenson on this
and other issues. If they stick
together at the national con-
vention, can put Stevenson
across; they will have % or 30
per cent of the total vote
strength of the convention.
Added to this. Stevenson will
have with him the big delega-
tons of California and Penn
sylvania, of Illinois and Oregon
and New Jersey. The Mime
sofa delegation, now commit
ted to Kefauver, has been in
structed by the Democratic
State convention of their State
to switch to Stevenson as soon
as it becomes apparent Ke-
fauver cannot win. He has
strength, too, in the delega-
tons of many other States.
The Southern Democrats,
however, must make up their
minds quickly whether they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-17
ShepiIov's ChoIIenoe

A lot of people around the world,
particularly in countries like Japan and
India, probably will be deeply impressed
by Soviet Foreign Minister Dmitri Shepi-
lows appeal calling upon Britain and the
United States to join Russia in stopping
all tests of nuclear weapons The appeal,
of course, is not really new, and there is
every reason to regard it as mere ex-
ercise in Communist propaganda. Never
theleSS, inSincere as it may be, it has a
certain persuasive ring whose interna-
tional effectiveness ought not to be under
estimated. In that sense, it is a thing
that requires careful and properly con-
certed Anglo-American response.
Actually, Mr.. Shepilov'S proposal is
essentially the same as the one that India
which has been formally espousing it
for many months-pleaded for before the
United Nations Disarmament Commits
sion a few days ago. At that time, with
the support of Australia and Canada, the
United States and Britain rejected the
idea on the sound ground that there is
an "inseparable relation" between such
experimentation and the failure of
Russia to agree to an acceptable or ade-
quately policed program for the reduction
and control of arms and armed forces of
every kind. In other words, as our repre-
sentative declared to the U. NJ. "in the
absence of agreement to eliminate or
limit nuclear weapons under proper safe
guards, continuation of testing is essential
for our national defense and the security
of the free world"
Mr.. Shepilov, however, has put forth
the argument that the question of tests
can be separated" from the disarma-
ment problem itself and "can be decided
independently now and not made con-
ditional on the general level of arma-
ments." Accordingly, in line with the
Indian view and plea from the Japa-
neSe Parliament, he has asked for i'm
mediate Anglo-American-R Russian action
to abandon the experimentation regard
less of the armS-control deadlock caused
by the Kremlin'S persistent rejection of
genuinely trustworthy system of in
ternatlonal regulation and inspection.
Needless to say, in offering this challenge,
the Soviet Foreign Minister-whoSe own
: country has been buSily testing in man
Britain'S-probably has proceeded on the
reasonable assumption that the reply will
be negative, and hence exploitable as
anti-Western propaganda.
In such circumstances, the United
States, together with Britain, must mar
shall its arguments with care. And If
feasible at all, if our defense conditions
warrant or if our nuclear and thermonu-
clear arsenal is now approaching point
where further experimental explosions
may become unnecessary, our Govern
ment might well respond with a specific
timetable, plus essential safeguards, for
ending the tests This is a subject on
which there is great deal of muddled
and emotional thinking, and official
American comment on it must therefore
be SO fashioned as to be clear and con-
vincing enough to head off what could
otherwise be a rather big propaganda
victory for the Kremlin.
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factors. There ARE many ex-
amples of this. but 1 shall only
cite the case of Western
Thrace where the majority of
the people were Turkish but
which still was coded to
Greece in 1928 by the treaty
of Laussane. 1 wonder what
the citizens of the United
States would say if all the
Greek-speaking residents of
this country, who 1 understand
are quite numerous, were to
move to Long Island and de-
mand annexation with Greece?
DR.. Sevinc Diblan.
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Things | Have
Wanted

Things ! hare iuanted remind
me OF you-
Hylds in April. a flames green
ish-blue,
Lace on a -DdUe. round
pumpkin dlioht,
Fuefy'S CLEAN in the Uelvet-
dark night,
First star OF Twilight, a bright
red balloon,
Path through the Snow, aud a
taste OF the moon. -.
Whimsical yearninoS like these
I haze knoiUn-
Wanting to wdnt them. {.
but neUer to oiDnl
Lee Avery
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"TAKOMA PARK.

AAAASANA%A 4 EAAeAAs
Dear Sir:
What has become of straw
berry shortcake like mother
used to make?
Il come from the Middle
West, where they still. as far
as l know. make a shortcake
that is short, not sweet as it is
around here.
when l was a child, my
mother heaped the soup plate
nothing smaller would do
with her own special making.
Each of us children would
have a full plate of this real
shortcake, heaped with berries.
And then came the cream.
This was poured on, not out
of a tiny jar, but from great
big pitcher.
Looking back on that fabu-
louS dessert, / suppose it must
have run to at least 800 calo-
ries, not counting the cream.
People in those days had
never heard the word 'calory,'
and so enjoyed their food.
They ate what they pleased,
which mostly meant what they
could get.
Eat your victualS, and stop
talking mother used to say.
Remember, please, that this
strawberry shortcake was on
top of a full meal. with roast
leg Of lamb and mint sauce.
mashed potatoes floating in
real butter, peas. carrots, all
the slices of bread you wanted,
and all the iced tea you could
drink, which was plenty.
~
"These Gargantusn meals
were not special feasts, but
simply Sunday afternoon din
ner-every Sunday. too.
I'VE had special callers at
our house on Sunday after
noon. old retainers of my
father, good folk who knew
where a good meal could be
had free.
They were not Spongers.
in the bad sense, at all but
simply people from the old
home town who had claim
Of a sort on real hospitality.
Il sometimes wonder if that
sort Of hospitality exists any,
where any more. Certainly it
does not here.
Here, our friends call up
before they call, in order to
save themselves a possible
useless trip across town, but
it still leaves something miss
ing from the old days. when
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Case for Israel


self Impartial" advocates the
cause of the Arabs in Palestine
and brings up once more all
the stale and incompetent arg
uments on this subject-and
for good measure he casts a
gratuitous slur upon the 10y
atty of American Jews.
The simple and truthful re-
ply is that historically the
Jews have as much right to a
nation in Palestine as any ma
ton on earth has to its present
geographical location. The rec
ord is clear and indiSputable.
AS for remedying the unfortu-
nate plight of the displaced
Palestinian Arabs, the Jews in
Israel and their brethren else
where stand ready at all times
both to compensate these
Arabs and to assist in their
relocation in the vast region
of the Middle East. All that is
needed is Arab cooperation.
From earliest times the
Jews, racially and individually,
have been teachers to all ma
tons in the matter of charity
and brotherhood and owe no
apology to any race on that
score.
The situation OF the Jews in
Israel is such that, literally,
they have no other place to
go. p
If the statesmen of the West
meaning the United States,
Britain, and France, were to
become so deaf, dumb and
blind as to permit the annihi-
lation of Israel at the hands Of
the Arabs, supported by Rus
STA, 1t would be a Russian
triumph of the greatest magni-
tude. The Mediterranean would
become a Russian Lakeland
the decline of the West would
be an accomplished fact.
Abe LevinsOn.
4
The letter published on July
Z over the nom de plume I'm
partial" was anything but i'm
partial. 1t was a collection of
falsehoods and misrepresenta-
tons.
In discussing the Palestine
War;" he refers to an "armi-
Stice." This was in fact a
United Nations-imposed four
week truce which went into
force on June IL, 1913. At the
end Of the four week period,
the Arab states rejected an
urgent appeal by the Security
Council for an extension Of the
truce and reopened the fight
ing with Israel.
The most fragrant untruth
in the letter is that during this
truce Israel received weapons
most Of them from the
United States" AS a matter of
fact. the government of Israel
was most scrupulous in its OBJ
servance Of the truce conditions
and an attmpt to import
munitions by a dissident group,
not then under the control of
the provisional government of
Israel, was prevented. The YES
sci Altalena was blown up at
sea before illegal munitions
could be landed in defiance of
the truce provisions.
Six months OF unofficial
hostilities" started on the day
following the United Nations
Partition Resolution of Novem-
Der 20. 1947. The official
Palestine War" was launched
on May is, 1948 by the regular
armies of Israel's Arab neigh
bors. The fact that they were
unable to defeat Israel was GER
tainly not because Of that new
country's military potential.
which was way below that Of
its attackers. The facts indi-
cate impartially that the re-
suit Of this war was a most
sound whipping of the Arab
armies by Israeli forces.
Bernard Nj. Levy.
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@. What is the average life
span Of a black crow-G. BIB.
A. According to Smithson-
ian Institution records, cap
tive crows have lived as long
as 20 years. In a state of ma
ture migratory bird experts
doubt that the crow lives
longer than 1912 years. but
there are reports, which may
be exaggerated, OF crows liv-
ing so to 100 years.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry a0riterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
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@. At what time Of the year
can visitors to Europe see bull
fighting in Madrid?-W. Mob.
A. In the Spanish capital,
the bullhght season begins in
mid-March and extern d S
through mid-October.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-17

Q. Were any Of the men who
signed the Declaration Of In
dependence actually captured
by the British7-E. B. e.
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set up by strong resisters advis-
ing weaker citizens not to CO.
operate.
The British and French blame
-terrorists and Cairo Radio, but a
study of the situation indicates
Egyptians resist Allied efforts to
restore the town to normal out
Iof a simple desire not to help the
occupiers.
This is contrary to the British
theory that Egyptians are weak
people who will overthrow their
own government when the first
shot is fired and will be perfectly
happy to make money afterward
cooperating with the conquer
Iors. Egypt did have a poor army
but it surprised the Allies with
its fighting tenacity in Port Said
The Nasser government appears
Iunshaken. And Egyptians seem
ito be facing the future with a
Icalmness at least equal to that
of the occupiers.
Meanwhile the Allied moral
position is left open to attack.
Egyptians skilfull yexploit the
food shortage and injury and
destruction by sending food and
medical relief trains to Port
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Gen. Sir Hugh Stockwell, con-
cedes he has a poor military
position. His front is only a
few hundred yards wide. He
says he would have a tough time
breaking out or defending. His
forces are small and physically
there is not room to bring in
substantial reinforcementS.
The only bright spot to
the General is that the Egyptians
probably do not intend to attack
and are probably too weak to
succeed if they did. The resist
ance movement is growing, the
British say. Actually they refer
to this as an intimidation
problem" the phraseology in
dicating their belief that Port
Saiders would cooperate with
occupation authorities if the
small number of President
Nasser'S henchmen did not
threaten citizens with reprisals
To outsiders. however, 1t looks
like an old fashioned resistance
movement that we all applaud
when applied against Com
munists or FascistS. Egyptians
don't like to be bombed, strafed
Ishelled, burned out, killed, cap.
Itured, occupied and dictated u
any more than other groups Of
human beings. They don't wan
ito cooperate and the apparent
Temporary nature of the occupa.
Ition seems to make all but min.
imum cooperation unnecessary
Egyptians Help Repairs
Egyptians helped repair cleo
Itrical and water systems because
they are useful to Egyptians
And stores serving the basic
Egyptian needs have re-opened
But stores for Europeans remain
closed and few Egyptians answer
British pleas for manual worker:
lat docks and in streets.
British civil affairs officials
cannot produce details of effec.
tive intimidation, although any.
one here can find some posters