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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20

that this is no way to read q
story.
Any grateful reader will say,
"Aw. that Is no way to read.
No wonder you don't like it.
Take it to your heart and soul,
stay up all night with it, read
into the wee. small hours"
Who was it coined that one
about the wee. small hours?"
Why can't the hours be either
wee. or small, all by them
selves?
Boswell's famous biography
is going to be put out again,
soon. in all its original glory,
unexpurgated.
Those who have not been
able to get all the way through
before will then have another
go at it. spurred on by the
new Boswell books coming at
us these days to the tune Of
five. already, and more to
come, including the johnson
life.
James Boswell was both q
wag and a writer.
He slowed down. a bit, on
his life Of DR.. johnson.
Gibbons Decline and Fall"
which so many call Rise and
Fall" boys down after the
10th chapter. which is all
about the Christians and the
dire affect they had on the
Roman empire.
After that, the succession of
Roman leaders floors us be-
yond anything short of. maybe.
Toynbee's monumental his
tory, or Spengler's Decline Of
the West"
We wouldn't be a bit sur
prlSeo. IN the days to come,
to see Winston Churchill's late
and major works regarded as
great classics, no doubt, but
seldom read all the way
through.
AS for War and Peace"
its author was admittedly a bit
tedious. as any one knows who
has tried a go at his other
works. notably those on art.
He was too ardent, in his pro-
testations. both in war, peace
and art. He cannot raise his
readers-well. one reader, any,
way-to his same pitch. This
is not exactly his fault, Of
course.
Winter days are good days
to try again. Remember, some
old bore said, IF you don't
succeed at first, try. try again"
P.S.-And how about THE
Education of Henry Adams?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20

might have been. I think now
that he was fearful that he
might deprive some Republi-
can orators of the benefit of
their allegations that Presi-
dent Truman had no power to
send troops into Korea and
that he did so illegally. On
the other hand, If Mr.. Dulles
had answered the question in
such a way that it supported
the contention Of these parti-
san Republican spokesman, he
would thereby have denied to
the President a power which
may well someday be essen
tial to the survival OF this
Nation.
To me 1t is unthinkable
that the President would not
have the power to act in this
split : second. atomic warfare
world in which we live with
out coming before the Con-
gress, If he were convinced
that immediate use Of our
armed forces was necessary
to prevent q destructive act
upon US or, even II he could
not prevent 1t. to insure i'm
mediate retaliatory action.
] challenge you to read the
Congressional Record of the
day for which you chastise me.
then to read my examination
in the printed record and re-
view your editorial which APP
parently was based on a few
quotations lifted out of con-
text. When you read the rec
ord. you will find a statement
by me that / desire to CO.
operate with the Secretary Of
State so long as the President
desires that he occupy that
position.
I regret to say that the
course Of Mr.. Dulles testimony
has done much to injure the
feeling Of mutual respect that
has existed between the legis-
lative and executive branches
of the Government in this
field Of our foreign policy.
Russell b. Long.
Senator From Louisiana.
Editors Note: The editorial
was not based on "a few quo
tations lifted out of context"
1t was based on the full text
Of Senator's Longs statement,
as reported in the Congress
sional Record. The editorial
criticized the Senator for fatty
accusing Secretary Dulles of a
"falsehood" without offering
any facts to support the
charge. 1t was not supported
in his statement on the Sen
ate floor and we see nothing in
his letter. other than conjec-
ture. which supports it. Mr..
Dulles answers may have been
''supercilious," but that is
quite different from giving
false testimony
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
New Plant Species Beinq Created
BY THOMAS R. HENRI
Science now is creating new

Science now is creating new
species of plants.
This achievement might
have been considered impos-
sible and contrary to nature
q few years ago.
The innovations are, per Sc,
essentially worthless, but they
open up vast vistas of posi-
bility. Walls in nature have
been broken down hitherto
considered impregnable except
through very long natural pro-
cesseS.
No new species Of animal has
been created up to now, al
though such a creation is the
oretically possible by the same
methods.
The accomplishment is de-
scribed by DR.. Bentley Glass
Of Johns Hopkins University
in the annual report of the
Smithsonian Institution.
For a long time now" DR..
Glass says. mankind has sub
stituted for the selection Of
nature his own artificial selec-
ton Of whatever chance muta-
tons appeared in his domestic
animals and cultivated plants
which seemed to him to be
desirable. Thus all progress
in plant and animal breeding
has been made from the day
the first animal was tanned and
the first seed planted to the
beginning Of our own century.
Russian Started 1t
What the geneticists now
are enabled to do is merely to
speed up this process a thou
sand-fold and to control and
direct it more effectively"
Actually, he says, the first
actual man-made species was
created by Russian geneticist.
G. D. Karpechenko, nearly 80
years ago.
Karpechenko crossed two
different genera Of plants, cab
bage and radiSh. The hybrid.
as was to be expected, was
completely sterile. He then
succeeded. by techniques then
in their infancy, in doubling
the chromosomes (strings or
bundles of hereditary units, or
genes. such as are carried in
the nuclei of every plant and
animal CELL.
AS a result he obtained in
the next generation a perfectly
fertile form which he named
raphanobrassica. This could be
roughly translated as "rab-
bage."
The new plant species, as was
also to be expected. was worth
less. 1t combined the prickly,
inedible leaves Of the radish
with the miserable root system
Of the cabbage. But this was
only beginning. The doubling
Of chromosomes now can be
accomplished almost at will by
means of the drug colchichine,
extracted from the European
crocus and long used as a
remedy for govt. Thus geneti-
cists can experiment with all
sorts of crosses between species
and even genera and some of
these may be expected to be
quite valuable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES + TPACEWEII

Winter days are good read
ing days for books one never
quite gets through.
war and Peace" for In
stance.
Boswell's famous Life Of
DR.. Johnson"
Gibbons Decline and Fall
of the Roman Empire"
And Les Miserables."
The reader confesses with
shame that he ought to be
able to read these with en-
thusiasm.
Plain facts, however, are
against him.
He has been trying these,
of and on, since childhood,
and hasn't succeeded in read
ing any one Of them all the
way through.
= *
1t is one thing to know a
work is great, quite another to
find it great for you. the
reader.
No book which is pokey. as
you go along. is great for you.
Teachers didn't use to un-
derstand this in the least.
Why. il a work was great,
you should find it great, you
little rascal!
Who were you, for heavens
and literature's sake. to set
yourself up as a critic?
II these great books bored
you no end. you should have
kept 1t secret in your miser-
able heart. for the good Of
your own soul. and especially
for your grades.
The years went by, and
teachers faded into their
schoolhouses, where they be-
longed.
The years sped. the older
one got. the minutes and the
hours and the days, making
up the years in some queer
way
Everything sped, except ones
knowledge, and 1t Jagged
miserably especially on LES
Miserables."
Vic Hugo's masterpiece is
undoubtedly a wonder work
OF romance. 1t has held the
attention and compelled the
tears of countless readers. both
in French and English, and we
had almost said American. 1t
is a very great story. in the old
style. made into plays and
even motion pictures galore.
NO reader who has ever start
ed it is ever supposed to quit
until the very last word on the
very last left hand page.
Well. maybe.
Somehow. we have never
been able to finish 1t.
A lover Of great books. true,
but not Of this one.
II bores in the way the dull
est romance of George Eliot
never does.
1t bores in a solid. profess
sional manner, with a French
fair. perhaps. but still IL bores.
The grotesque dwarf simply
worries.
Relatively small takes" OF
this book. In recent years.
leave one reader colder and
colder one admits. OF course
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20

There u.s." DR.. Glass says,
mo difficulty in controlling
the amount of genetic inter.
mixture by performing the de-
sired crosses and. on the other
hand, by isolating and other
wise preventing intermixture,
just as man in the past has
controlled the interbreeding
between different breeds Of
dogs and cats"
Still, he stresses, the planned
breeding Of man still is far
in the future, If 1t ever can
be achieved.
1.-THE basis of effective eu-
genics," he says. must include
not only an understanding of
evolutionary processes and the
power to control them; it must
include also a far wider
knowledge of human genetics
than now exists, and the ulti-
mate consideration by society
of many questions of human
values"
Some Difficulties
There are difficulties in the
way. he stresses, which are
likely to be overlooked. It has
been suggested, for example,
that it would be possible to
eliminate haemophilia, the
bleeding disease of European
royalty, which is passed on in
the female line but only mani
tests itself in the male line.
1t is possible that by con-
trolled matings the incidence
Of this malady could be great
ly reduced. The fact remains
that new mutations which re-
suit in the tragic malady occur
at the rate of one in $4,000
individuals per generation.
THAT is" he says, in q
population of $4,000 persons
one person has a gene for
haemophilia which was not
inherited from either parent,
but instead arose by mutation
from a corresponding gene for
normal blood CLOTHING. Unless
one could somehow prevent
mutation to it from occurring,
no measures can be successful
in Graduating an undesirable
gene from the population. At
least. its frequency can be re-
duced to the level of the rate
Of mutation to it. Hence the
lowest limit of haemophilia is \,
set by mutation at one in
$4,000"
Mutations. both good and
bad, can be produced by radia-
ton and by chemicals, DR..
Glass points out. These, howl
ever, are altogether too potent
to be used on a human popula-
,tion. Only one change in be-
tween 500 and 1000 improves
fitness to live In a given en-
vironment. The rest are bad.
The majority will be so-called
recesSives which may remain
hidden in the germ plasm for
generations-all the time ac-
cumulating to an eventual dis.
astrous climax.
This might well be disas-
trous, he stresses, If the pres
sent population Of the world
were broken up into small
units-such as might be the
result Of another major war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20
Conflict of Interests

High Government officials
might be less inclined to en-
gage in conflict Of interests"
activities If they were FORE
warned that such conduct
would not be excused by the
simple expedient of resigning.
Moreover. acceptance of
such a resignation without at
tempting to determine guilt or
innocence of such a person is
definitely contrary to the pub
lie interest. H, T.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20
Stirs Things Up

1t appears that the Gov
eminent is cracking down on
the oil barons. Why not crack
down on the coffee barons2
AS a boy in the 1905, my
father had a store in Frederick
County. Md. and ! have sold
many pounds Of standard
brand coffees as low as 10
cents per pound. Now look at
prevailing prices.
There are millions more us
ing coffee than gasoline, so
why not another investigation
Of the coffee situation?
L. c. Davis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20

quickly of the proposals to move the two
medical collections from Washington-by
choosing sites at the seat of Government,
where both institutions belong.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20
Cerebral Palsy

Stanley Burt. president Of
United Cerebral Palsy of
Montgomery County. states in
his letter to The Star that ap-
parently many parents of cere-
bral palsied children and
adults in greater Washington
are unaware Of the facilities
available to them. This is I'M
fortunately true, and in an eff
fort to inform them-as we
agree most intellectually with
his desire to so dove would
like to call attention to some
Of these services. However. In
answer to Mr.. Burt, and
previous phone calls from the
public. there can be no ques-
ton that Mrs, Siques is we'll
aware of the services available
in this area. In her search for
a positive cure for her cere-
bral palsied daughter she has
done 2 yeoman job of in
vestigating all sources Of pos
sible help. We first heard Of
the problem in 1852. She has
been to the Kiwanis Clinic,
the D. c. Society for Crippled
Children, D. c. General Hos
pital. the District Training
School CLaureD, the United
Cerebral Palsy Free Treatment
Program at Children's Hospital
and previously to Children's
Hospital in 1852. in an effort
to find an acceptable solution
to the problem Of her daugh-
ter's affliction.
Since Decembe Z. 1856,
when she came to us. we have
worked with the welfare divi-
sion of the Pan American
Union and the Kiwanis Clinic,
who have given all the thought.
time and support possible in
an effort to help her.
We share Mr.. Burt's appre-
Citations of the generosity of
His Majesty King Saud AL
Saud and most sincerely hope
1t will assist in solving her
problem.
When Mr.. Burt enumerated
the facilities available to the
c. P.'s in Metropolitan Wash
ington, we were surprised and
distressed at his omission of
United Cerebral Palsy Free
Treatment Program at Chill
dren's Hospital. This program
was established by United
Cerebral Palsy of Washing
ton. D. c.. in April. 1855, for
cerebral palsied under Is years
Of age. free Of cost. 1t offers
the entire diagnostic and
therapeutic facilities Of Chill
dren's Hospital (there are 30
separate clinics) and is one OF
the major services available
to the cerebral palsied in Met
ropolitan Washington. This
program has provided for over
1868 clinic visits, including,
we might add. a number Of
children referred to us by
United Cerebral Palsy Of
Montgomery County. We Of
the Ladies Auxiliary of United
Cerebral Palsy Of Washington.
d. c.. have worked long and
hard to establish and maintain
this free treatment program
for the cerebral palsied and
we feel justifiably proud of the
services 1t is giving. Aside from
the fine work done by the
organization specifically men
toned by Mr.. Burt, we feel the
outstanding services to the
community offered by the or
ganizations named above in
connection with Mrs. Siques'
problem should be called to
the public's attention.
We would like to take this
opportunity to point out that
the United Cerebral Palsy aff1l-
iates in Prince Georges Coun-
ty and Falls Church and Fair
fax also provide services to the
cerebral palsied in their areas
as well as sharing the Wash
ington program.
Gladys Heurtematte.
Anne V. Heard,
Carolyn killifcr.
Ladies Auxiliary. United
Cerebral Palsy OF WASH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20
Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. What is a declarative
sentence?-E. p.
A. 1t is one which makes a
statement.
@. Can you identify a very
popular novel. based on the
Chicago fire. published before
10000. A.
A. Barriers Burned Away"
by f. p. Roe edward PaySon
Roe), which appeared in 1872,
was based on the Chicago fire.
This novel was one Of the early
best-sellers, and is known TO
have sold at least a million
copies
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20
Where Winter Broods

Trees are feather etched
against the glass
OF heGpen. Earth wedrs FROST
ING grass
And cupped above the cdpti-
rated toWn
Deserted nests once more are
filled NTH dopn
Mildred Hoskinson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry priters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
SGtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-10
9gh WHAT'S,
- COOKING

Baked Fiuets Frozen ShoestrinD Potatoes y
Stetped Tomatoes Kdle
ssA IL Blueberrv Cobbler M "a ~ 3
#ss.& Baked Fillets s. 49,
pounds nlets steaks / teaspoon papFika ! al /.
or portion nsh tablespoons lemon Juice
teaspoon salt teaspoon grated onion
Dash pepper Y cup butter. melted 2
Cut lets into serving size portions Place IN single
layer skin side down. in wegreased baking pan Combine
remaining ingredients and pour fsh Bake moderate
$50 degrees for 20 rs minutes until sh fakes
\ easily when tested with fork. Serves six,
4 agN $50 SATURDAY N 8
Frankfwters Baked Beans
Brown Bread Cabbage Sldip sss5 ~
Grape MerinOue Pie Tea 20
Xa% Grape Meringue Pie
package lemon pie cup reconstructed frozen
Ming mix concentrated grape Juice
"a cup sugar l baked 8-inch pie shen
Ia cups water egg whites
6 egg yoks tablespoons sugar
Combine pie filling mix. u cup sugar and "a cup Of the
water In saucepan Add yoks and blend we'll Add
grape Juice and the remaining cups water. Cook and
stir medium heat until mixture to a full boil
and thckened, about minutes Remove from heat Cool
only about minutes stirring twice. into pie
shell Make mertngue Of whites and sugar. Spread
over pie lns Brown In 425degree oven TO 10 minutes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-10

Scouting for new casserole idea? This is it,
WEDNESDAY
Kidnev-Mdcdront Bake YelloU Squash
~ Spinach Salad Apple Dumping
KIdney-Macaroni BAKE
cups elbow macaroni / teaspoon salt
tablespoons chopped onion Dash Of pepper IS 4
tablespoons margarine u teaspoon celery seed
condensed cream Of "a pound sliced process
celery soup cheese
l d-pound) kidney cup milk
beans drained
Cook macaroni in boiling sailed water Drain we'll Saute
onion in margarine Remove from the heat and add soip
Stir in milk gradually. Add beans seasonings and slices
pt cheese Heat stirring occasionally until the mixture is
hot and the cheese melted Mix in the macaroni Pour
into creased 2Quart rectangular baking dish Arrange the
remaining slices Of cheese top Bake in 350dgree oven
TO 10 minutes, or until the cheess begins TO melt Six
servings.
THURSDAY
skLotn Steak Mashed Potatoes
CGuhfowW Peas
Canned Plurns Moldsses Fruit Bars
MOIasses Fruit Bars
y cup shortening y cup unsulphured molasses
"a cup sugar / egg
V teaspoon soda ~ cups sifted -four
! teaspoon salt cup finely cut dates
J teaspoon cinnamon "a cup chopped nuts
Cream together shortening sugar soda salt and cinnamon
Blend In the molasses Beat in egg Stir in sfted -four
dates and nuts Spread In creased and lightly Toured
expx2-nch pan Bake In moderate oven 375 degrees rs
minutes. Cool about Is minutes 1nvert and remove from
PAN II desired frost with confeconers icing sprinkle
With confectionery sugar Cut into bars Makes dozen
A by wi"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-10

New wey to prepare lomb leg steaks.
SUNDAY
. Lamb Steak Special Baked Potatoes
= Broccoli Waldorf Salad
: s. Strawberry ShOrteuks
az Lamb Steak Special
tablespoons butter or IA cup chicken stock or
2 lamb leg steaks. about tablespoons chopped
"a inch thick parsley
tablespoons lemon juice .e.-.,
Melt butter. Add lamb steaks and cook until Drowned
covered over low heat 30 minutes Sprinkle with parsley
Makes -FOUR servings Mosn.y
Green Beans Italian Salad
Baked Pears
Italian Salad $3.50 e q -
medium tomatoes peeled = cup tsrrsson vinegar gy
cup sliced celery y teaspoon oregano crushed
Il cup sliced ripe olives Generous dash Of pepper
! u cup broken walnuts Lettuce for garnish
Combine ingredients toss well. Marinate Ia hours
tossing occasionally lettuce Makes six servings
TUESDAY
Beet Stew With Vegetables French Rolls
Head Lettuce With RoQuetort Dressing
crunchy Cream Squares Coffee
Crunehy Cream Squares
cracker crumbs / envelope plain gelatin
tablespoons brown J. cup cold water
sugar packed teaspoon grated lemon
eggs tablespoon lemon Juice
= cup graduated sugar "a cup whipping
Combine crumbs brown sugar and butter mixing
we'll Pack about half the crumbs In bottom Of square
baking pan Separate and beat yolks lightly Combine
with u cup salt and wine Cook very heat
stirring constantly until thckened Soften gelatin cold
water and dissolve in hot cusard mixture in lemon
rind and juice. Cool until slightly thckened egg
whites until barely stiff and gradually beat Of sugar.
With same beater whip cream until stiff Fold whites
remaining crumbs top. Chill until Arm Cut into
squares TO serve. Nine servings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-23

threeproneed fork could be used ladies' garden rake
Take a look, will YOU at that salad dressing cruet
IS inches high! Only strong pair Of arms het and pour
This salad recipe made in conference with
trying mix garden wares The problem which
would give what?
Little New Jersey pleased - she put in the plump
red tomatoes. As Rep William B. Widnal explained
TO luncheon guests "New Jersey is Americas principal
source Of seed We aren't big. but rank third in
canney production. Only California and Indiana
are higher the list And New Jersey gets the credit for
the famous Rutgers tomato originated by Professor l. G.
Schermerhorn Of the Agricultural Experiment Station, Ru
gers University This variety has exceeded all others
canning and marketing fruit since its introduction in 1885,
Nobody argued when Sen. Margaret Chase Smith
announced. MAINE adds the lobster And beautiful
with the claw pieces laid in wide band the top and
sweet lobster humps waiting the fork interviewer
through the green's.
Texas Has Everything
California lettuce the standard salad sreene bedded the
bowl. Why? Because California grows lettuce every month
Of the year. Rep Charles NJ league told that 90 per
Of the lettuce consumed in this country from his
state. Salinas Valley the lettuce capital Of the world
Arizona, too, lettuce state She added ROMANCE she put
in the grapefruit and surprisingly good with the LOBSTER
giving just the right tang The spicy little watercress
grown in West Virginia.
California again, scne in the avocado. talked to Rep
James B. Un whose father planted Of the first COM
mercia avocado orchards in 1913 Mr. UT said that San
Diego more avocados than any other county in the
United States He remember back when the fruit sold
for around Sl8 dozen. Then growers grew more
avocados and prices sliding down nickel apiece
Then began the market expansion program Back in 1919
there SIS acres Of avocado groves in California Today
the total is around $4,000 acres
Great Texas is mifed All she allowed to contribute
the bowl little green onions. these to give the salad
lift But Texas Rep Joe M Kilgore said flashing his
winsome smile, Its only token item. We could fill that
bowl with the salad Of the centuries. We grow everything
Why didn't they add hearts Of spinach to the salad? So
crisp and delecabe! Our Crystal City has statue Of
Popeye centerng the park" Theeupon the Texas repre-
sentative handed list Of - vegetables and fruits, all
grown in the state and acceptable as salad timber
Sem Margaret Chase Smith, the only woman in on the
salad dedication asked do the tossing But stronger
arms were needed to lift and tw and lift again salad Of
haysack si1e Athletic Joe Kgore oblsngy took over to
finish the job.
Senator Smith told me she makes lobster salad in her
home kitchen, Skowheean Me. She mixes the cooked
lobster meat pieces Of good Continued on next page