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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-27
Praises President

A Congressman on five
months vacation condemns
the President for taking q
week end for golf. A gentle
man who has done nothing
whatever for six years but
run for President, sneers at
the 'recumbent in the White
House."
I am getting tired Of this
continual shipping at one Of
our great men and I suspect
that most Americans agree
with me. They have twice in
dicated their preference for
him.
He is a man Of such abso-
lutte integrity and patriotism
that his political enemies can
find no point on which to
attack him so they make this
untrue point of inactivity.
Would that all our Presi-
dents had been as active and
earnest in their endeavors.
! for one am grateful to him
for his lifelong unself1sh
service to our country. I hope
he will take all the recreation
he feels he needs.
His opponents make up in
noise what they lack in num-
bers. I wish the overwhelm-
ing majority of his admirers
had some way of thanking
him. He must occasionally
feel the need Of encourage
ment. Could we not stage an
appreciation campaign? Pre-
sent the true picture of the
President at his work. In
vite people to write Thank
you Mr.. President" letters for
Christmas. Let US do this
now. It would show our
foreign friends and foes that
his country is with him In
these critical times.
Veritas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-27

@. Do many people take
correspondence courses In
technical subjects?-N. B.
A. About 100000 persons
enroll In correspondence
courses each year, according
TO the National Home Study
Council. and the courses in
radio. television and cleo
tronics are now attracting
more students than are any
other courses. Next In popu-
larity are courses In religion
and mechanical trades. Many
students also enroll for such
subjects Is business. real
estate, engineering and arch
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-27
Stricken President

The encouraging aspect of the Pres
ident's latest illness-the third serious
attack he has had in little more than
two years-lies in the hope expressed by
his doctors for complete recovery within
a reasonable period of time"
They did not spell out what they
meant by reasonable period of time.
The medical report did say, however,
that the President will require "a period
Of rest and substantially decreased ac-
tivity estimated at several weeks" We
hope this means that the President will
have made complete recovery" within
several weeks. But the doctors did not
quite say this, and it may be that Mr..
Eisenhower will be away from his desk
Tor an appreciably longer period. It is not
the time required for Mr.. Eisenhower's
recovery, however, which will concern
the American people and which should
concern the President. The important
thing is that he get well-no matter how
long it takes.
Meanwhile, of course, the affairs Of
state must move ahead. The task of be-
stirring ourselves to meet the Russian
challenge in missiles and related fields
cannot wait. The job of preparing
budget and legislative program for
Congress which returns in January must
60 forward. Someone will have to substi-
tute for the President at the meeting Of
the NATO Council in Paris next month.
And there are other hardly less impor-
tant matters clamoring for attention.
There has been suggestion that Mr..
Eisenhower, if he cannot attend to these
things himself, can at least make the
important decisions. We doubt very
much that this is correct. A man as sick
as he is cannot properly deal with such
things, and the President should not be
burdened with them. 1t may be, as the
medical report says, that the plugged
blood vessel in the Presidents brain is
small" branch of the middle cerebral
artery on the left side. But even this Is
a serious matter, and the doctors con-
cede as much when they say that Mr..
Eisenhower'S present condition is mild
and is expected to be transitory in ma
ture." He should not be called upon to
do anything which might adversely af-
feet his present condition or disappoint
the expectation of his doctors. In short,
the President must devote himself to rest
and recuperation.
1t is up to the Eisenhower team" to
take over. They will be handicapped by
the Presidents disability. But they have
assumed much responsibility in the past,
and they can do it again. We hope that
the team members will step into the
breach and that they will have the sup
port, especially during this critical pc
Rod, of all Americans Of whatever
political faith. If this support is forth
coming we suspect that knowledge Of it
will do as much as anything else to speed
the Presidents recovery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-27
Laboratory Animals

An experiment conducted
by doctors at Walter Reed
used 10 pairs Of monkeys to
discover how ulcers are
caused. not how ulcers are
cured.
It is the cruel waste Of
repetitive and proven expert
ments which concern persons
interested in animal welfare.
The English anti-cruelty
law has been in force for
100 years. This regulates
medical experimentation, and
outstanding scientific dis
coveries have been made dur
ing that period in their
laboratories. Their system Of
licenses and controls which
limit both needless cruelty
and waste Of animals shows
them TO be more civilized
and humane than we are In
this country.
b. 4. West,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-27
AS New Jersey Goes

There is little doubt now that New
Jersey will provide one of the most in
teresting and significant political tests
of 1858. And in the outcome will be
found some tangible clues as to what
might fairly be expected on the Nation
wide stage in 1860.
The latest development in New
Jerseys emergence as critical battle
ground next year came with announce
ment by Senator H. Alexander Smith,
three-time Republican winner, that he
will not stand for reelection. Earlier
this month, Bernard M. Stanley, former
special counsel and appointment secre-
tary at the White House, announced his
own candidacy for the G. O. P. senatorial
nomination. Mr.. Stanley has some en-
ergetic party supporters in the so-called
Garden State, but there has been ample
evidence that he is not the early favor
lite of the organization leadership. Sew
eral other New Jersey Republicans, in
Guiding at least two of the States Con-
gressmen, have expressed active interest
In the senatorial nomination and the
prospects of avoiding bruising G. o. P.
primary fight are not good.
In the years when ro-Republican-
ism was normal" in Jersey c. o. P.
primary skirmish was only another step
toward victory in November. There are
signs that times have changed. Although
the Eisenhower-Nixo ticket carried the
State both in 1852 and 1856, Democrat
Robert B. Meyner won the governorship
in 1858 and again this year. On this
last occasion his party won both
branches Of the State Assembly for the
first time in 20 years. Mr.. Meyner,
young and moderately liberal, has been
mentioned often as a possible Demo-
cratic presidential nominee in 1860. He
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-27

The world. the ages and Q
half dozen vanished civiliza-
tions make their contribu-
lions to the American
Thanksgiving dinner.
Pumpkins. squash, beans
and potatoes from America,
onions from ancient Egypt.
peas from Ethiopia. parsnips
and turnips from ancient
China
Aztec. Maya. the skin
wrapped Cro-Magnon all did
their part In the darkness of
pre-history to make possible
the plates which are loaded
so lavishly. They did better
than they knew. Very few
new vegetables have been
introduced In historic times.
In many cases little improve
ment has been made on the
products Of the ancients.
The story Of potatoes alone
contains enough romance and
adventure for q fair-sized
novel. This vegetable was one
Of Americas greatest con-
.tributions to civilization. It's
origin Is unknown. put its
wanderings from America to
Europe and back to America
again constitute q fascinating
story.
The species Of cultivated
lettuce never has been found
wild. It is believed to have
been derived from India or
Central Asia. It is one Of the
Oldest known vegetables. Her
odotus. Hippocrates and Aris-
totle mention it in Greek
gardens. Chaucer refers to its
cultivation in England in
1910. It was brought to Amer
lea very early and Is varieties
are listed as being grown in
American gardens in 1906.
Celery Long Avoided
Celery is q biennial plant
native to the marshlands of
southern Europe, North
Africa and southwestern Asia.
It long was considered poison
Gus and was not used as food
until modern times.
The Israelites complained
to Moses in the wilderness
because they couldn't have
onions to which they had be-
come accustomed during the
captivity in Egypt. The cul-
tivated onion. according to q
Department Of Agriculture
report. probably originated in
Afghanistan. There is no
record Of its introduction to
North America.
Pumpkins and squashes
were grown In America long
before white men came on
the scene. Remains Of both
have been found among ruins
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-27
Law in the News

TnoSe lawyer = columniStS
Yeager and Stark have taken
leave Of their reason in the
article Birth Control by Fiat
Becoming Top ISSUE"
First. they assert that
there are only two solutions
to what they call "the pop
ulation dilemma" If there
is at least one solution, then
there Is no dilemma" Else
what are the horns Of a
dilemma?
Second. they offer no EVIL
dence Of the logical legerde-
main by which they arrived
at only two solutions" and
hence their gratuitous asser-
ton can be gratuitously re-
jected as q manifestly incom-
plete statement Of alterna-
tives. Furthermore, their hon.
esty Is suspect In listing as
the first solution migration
to the moon-a straw man
born Of Sputnik; and their
naivete is revealed in naming
birth control, presumably
artificial birth control, as the
other. Birth controller and
economist Charles Issawi,
recommending contraception
for Egypt. sadly admits that
just as 1t took so years for
birth control to have any
effect upon the British pop
ulation so also viii 1t take
so years in Egypt: but by
that time (2020 A. d.. ac-
cording to birth controllers
Yeager and Stark, Wen be
swamped. So what good is a
solution that is no solution?
Third, they contradict
themselves by saying, on the
one hand, that experts are
wondering" if legally en-
forced birth control is not
the answer. and. on the other,
that those who have given
the subject serious thought
seem agreed that law is not
the answer" What's the
matter-haven't the Tex
perts" who have been won
dering" given the subject
serious thought?
To compound the confu-
sion, Yeager and Stark admit
that mo experts confess" adj
vocacy Of birth control by nat
and that "the very thought
has been taboo" Yet some
how our columnists have
managed to penetrate their
wondering" and perceive
therein a "top ISSUE" Inter-
esting.
This Yeager-Stark flight
from reason is typical birth
control irrationality. The
strange readiness, nay eager
ness, to admit the bankruptcy
of human thought-to fasten
upon the panacea Of birth
control as a substitute for
the admittedly hard. honest
thinking and acting required
by a complex human problem
was unmasked years ago by
G. K. Chesterton when he
asked what birth controllers
would do in a case where
they had ten heads but only
seven hats. Lop OF three
heads, or make three more
hats? Planned parenthood
advocates still think 1t more
liberal and rational to invert
the natural order of ends and
means and lop OF three
heads.
ArlingtOnian.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-27
"ALEXANpRIA Va,

v De
Dear Sir:
1--WE had a happy little
cat come to our house re-
Gently.
HE has one blue eye and
one yellow eye. oh. yes, /
forgot to say 1t is q white cat.
"He is q Persian, and such
q tail nobody ever saw. We
call him Fluffy. not a very
original name, I guess, but it
fits.
Manning animals is a
game Of mine. I love to try
to make the name selected
really mean something.
There are too many
Blackie and White sort of
names. Maybe you think
Fluffy is not very original,
either, but If you could see
him, you would be sure it
Is a good name.
do the Persians take any
special care, or feeding?
yours truly, q. G. R."
The oddly Of different coll
ored eyes Is q white Persian
cat trait.
These woolly creatures
need special care in handling,
that is. they demand combing
at all times.
Some people do not like to
own them on this account.
The long hair tends to get
matted. and to make knots,
especially on the under sides,
and on the legs.
The woolly character Of
this type Of cat sets 1t apart
from the common short
hairs. as they are called.
In habits, they are much
like the common ones, and
are not sissies, by any means.
We knew q fine one called
Smoky, q gray, naturally
enough, who foraged for rats
and brought many Of them
home.
Yet Smoky was as fine
and gentle q cat with humans
as you could ind.
He also had that trait,
sometimes found in people,
Of mixing with others with
out raising any resentment
whatever.
We imagine this is q Per-
sian cat trait.
AS a stranger, such q wan
derer is able to move into q
new home without upsetting
other cats which may be
there.
They do not resent him,
and he does not resent them.
-
Another thing to be
watched in the Persians Is
ear mites.
These nests of all cats seem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-27
Teachers COLLEGE

IN pubic statement laSC
week. the President of the
Board Of Education; Walter
Tobriner. proposed the sub
stitution Of a junior college
for the present D. C. Teach
ers College.
Our association views with
grave concern any proposal
which would reduce the edu-
cational opportunity Of our
young people for higher edu-
cation. It is most dishearten-
ing that this proposal comes
at a time when the United
States Office of Education
predicts that total college en-
rollments will double in the
next Is years-and that q
shortage Of facilities Is an
ticipated. We wonder too that
this lowering of our sights
comes at q time when the
President Of the United
States reminds us of our Ma
TONS need for a highly edu-
Gated citizenry.
This critical lack of future
higher educational facilities
is even more ominous for
our own children. In every
one of the 48 States higher
education Is provided all
eligible persons at partial
public expense. But here in
Washington these advantages
are denied our children
with the exception Of re-
stricted teacher education.
Even States with total popu-
lations Of less than half that
Of our city support broad
and varied programs for
their own youth.
Therefore, our association
believes that the d. c. Teach
ers College should be ex-
banded into a strong compre-
hensive city college with Of
ferings in teacher education
and the liberal arts and
sciences.
Henry Segal.
Executive Board. Lamond-
Riggs Citizens Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-27
Rebukes Educators

! have read with interest
your papers recent report on
the controversy concerning
the pamphlet about Soviet
education issued by the
United States ONCE of Edu-
cation Of the Department Of
Health. Education and We'll
fare. Obviously, the contro-
versial facts Of the pamphlet
could be commented upon
only after comparing the two
disputed texts and by a per-
son familiar with Soviet edu-
cation and Russian language.
However, two aspects Of
the controversy, in my opin-
ion even more disturbing and
which have been completely
overlooked in the press and
radio reports. should be
brought to the attention Of
the American public.
The fact that the Office
Of Education had to hire an
analyst on a temporary basis
to survey Soviet education
seems to indicate that none
Of their permanent staff
members is sufficiently ia
miliar with the Soviet and
Eastern European area
(which of course requires
a thorough knowledge of
Russian and possibly other
Slavic languages) to under
take such study. This APP
parent neglect and UNDER
estimation Of Soviet educa-
tional standards is. in view
Of our total competition"
with the Soviet Union. ut
terly incomprehensible and
disturbing.
Another disquieting fact ID
that the Office Of Education
took IA months to revise q
report written by an analyst
in eight months, which lost
us at least one year OF
y1raoio,.e time IN an era vuhan
time Is not money but sur
vival itself.
If this deplorable situation
has been caused by the as
sumed lack Of qualified
personnel in the ONCE Of
Education. steps should be
Immediately taken to remedy
1t.
Nicholas T. Nonnenmacher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-27
Thanksgiving Has a Foreign FIWor

Of settlements Of the Basket
Makers, about the earliest
agricultural people on this
continent. Probably both
came from Mexico. The Hub
bard squash came to light in
Marblehead, Mass, in 1856.
It had been growing there
for more than so years.
Another popular winter
squash came from seeds fur
nished by the Iroquois In
dams.
Peas are the Oldest known
vegetables. They are believed
to have originated In Ethi-
opia but to have spread over
Europe and Asia long before
the dawn Of history. They
were eaten-perhaps even
cultivated after o fashion,
by men of the New Stone
Age In Europe. Columbus
planted some In the West
Indies in 1893. They spread
rapidly among the Indians.
They constituted one Of the
chief crops Of the Iroquois
which were destroyed by
Gen. Sullivan in the cam
paign Of 1779.
The species from Which
cabbage is derived grows wild
in North Africa and along
the European shore of the
Mediterranean. 1t has been
cultivated for 1000 years.
Greeks and Romans grew it
In their gardens. Most Of the
American varieties origi-
mated in the gardens Of
North Europe.
Turnips From China
The turnip is a native OF
central and western China.
Seed probably was brought
to America by some of the
earliest European settlers.
The radish is a native Of
China and India. It was cul-
tivated by both the Greeks
and the Egyptians.
The parsnip is another
Asiatic root crop which first
was planted in Virginia in
1909 and in Massachusetts,
in 1929. Only recently has 1t
gotten away from the home
garden to become q CONNER
cial crop.
Pope orn is peculiarly
American. In early Spanish
writings referenceis made to
u ritual of the Aztecs in
which zone hour before dawn
there sailed forth all these
maidens crowned with gar
lands Of maize, toasted and
popped, the grains Of which
were like orange blossoms
and on their necks thick fes-
toons Of the same which
passed under the left arm"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-27
Our Ground Missiles

There has be e n m u c h
breast-beating over our sat-
elite and missile situation.
But I wonder how much we
are willing to give up to catch
up.
Stepping up our missile
program necessitates men,
material. ideas and, above
all, the will. We in the United
States have been riding high
something like as inches
above the ground-in fancy
vehicles called automobiles.
In lieu Of a high-altitude
missile program. we have q
stupendous on the ground
program in the hands of q
large fraction Of our public.
I suggest that the metals,
engineering skill, and the
manufacturing power that
now goes into our ground
borne missiles. in the form Of
fantastic and superfuous
grill-work and headlights, be
redirected into a missile that
could Withstand re-entry into
the atmosphere from high
attitudes.
! also suggest that we re-
move the costly and unneces-
sary fins and superf1uous tail
lights from the automobile.
Our rockets need the fins
much more and the glare of
the present taillight mon
strosities would look much
more beautiful were we to
watch a rocket disappear into
space. I do not believe that
it makes good sense to sacri-
fee an air-borne rocket pro-
gram for a ground-borne
rocket program. Let's see If
the public is Serious about its
willingness to defend ITSELF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-27
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

to rather specialize in irri-
tating the Persian's ears.
There seem to be more
convolutions in and around
their ears than in and around
the ears of the shorthaired
ones. Just what these
pockets" alongside the cat
ears are for nobody seems to
know. but they make excel
lent hiding places for the
mites.
Ear mites are not trans
ferrable to people. so no one
need worry about catching
anything. The poor cat, how
ever, Is made miserable, and
If the condition is allowed to
go unchecked. it may necessi-
tate the removal Of part Of
the infected ear.
So the best thing to do.
when a cat digs at its ear, is
to take it to a good veterina-
rian. The cat does not need
disqualification, and two
treatments usually will end
the trouble.
Home medication is not adj
vised. because the amateur
cannot tell when the mites
are destroyed.
y \ 4 4
Cat owners might be In
terested to know that au-
thorities. Of which America
has so many, say that there
are "a diseases which may be
caught from dogs. and only
IL which may be caught from
cats.
With ordinary care, moth
ing whatever need be'caught
from dog or cat.
If this were not true, these
animals would not be the
universal favorites they are,
because there are enough
ways to catch something"
without introducing disease
bearers.
The maladies Of dogs and
cats are their own, and sell
dom invade the human
system.
Even their tricky disease,
distemper. so much like our
own influenza, never Jumps"
to human caretakers and
friends, which is very fortu-
nate for all concerned.
AS for diet, the Persian cat
demands no more or differ
ent food than the ordinary
cat. Raw meat and fish are
best. with q little milk, now
and then, and an occasional
meal Of manufactured foods,
II 1t viii eat them.
Persian cats should be
combed at least once a week,
twice is better. with care
taken to get out the hard
tangles or "knots." II these
are let 60 unattended, they
must be cut of with a scis-
sors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-27

itecture. as well as academic
studies in general.
@. Should all moles. any
where on the body. be re-
moved?-T. H.
A. There is no need for
this. A fiat. colorless mole is
usually as harmless as a
freckle. Bluish-black hairless
moles. especially when SUBJ
ject TO irritation, should be
removed. ANY wart or mole
which changes size or color
should be removed at once.
and the tissue examined by
q pathologist to determine
whether cancer Is present. ,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-27

Let's have a Nationwide
campaign to prevent the
spread of cold and flu germsl
'Epidemics are started by
the spread OF germs from
person to person.
Don't wait until you are so
III you have to so to bed
II you have cold or flu symp-
toms (even without fever)
stay at home until the symp-
toms have disappeared or
you are well.
What may be "only q cold"
for one person may mean
pneumonia or death for an
other IF we continue TO
spread the germs.
Isabelle Charities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-27

is undoubtedly in position to name the
party's senatorial candidate, with little
risk of provoking any serious factional
fuss. The Democratic chances of win
ming the Senate seat, therefore, seem
bright. And, If this happens, Mr..
Meyner's national prestige viii be
increased accordingly.
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