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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-29

the weekly ranking of the Nations top
football teams. The honors they award
in these judgments are frequently moth
ing as compared with the disdain they
bring upon themselves.
There was, for instance, the deci-
sion that Mickey Mantle of the Yankees
was the baseball player of the year.
Everyone else knew that actually the
player of the year was Ted Williams or
Roy Sievers. Next came the choice of
Bold Ruler as 1957s most significant
horse, only to have the selection greeted
with jeers by the multitude of wiser lay
men who could not see Bold Ruler for
Gallant Mans dust.
In football, weirdly formless year
in which no team has been safe, except
Auburn which plays safe, the sports
writer's have had an endlesSly wretched
time. The one nonneurotic who has sur
viyed 1t is the man who keeps voting
week after week for Elon as the coun-
try's top football team. Obviously, the
Elon enthusiast just doesn't give boot
which might be very good idea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-29
Getting Together

The impact of the new Federal Aid
Highway Act of 1856 is being felt by
many cities and towns throughout the
country. Unfortunately, few of these
communities have adequate plans for
taking advantage of the new highways.
Yet the trend of metropolitan develop
ment is certain to be strongly Influenced
by the opening of the interstate
expressways
1t is essential, therefore, that the
highway builders and the city planners
should get together in a mutual effort
to lay out routes and approaches best
suited to the needs both of the munich
palities and the interstate system. An
encouraging move toward this end
already has been made in Maryland At
a recent conference in Baltimore, Fed
eral, State and city officials agreed that
teamwork is necessary to integrate
Federal. State and local highways prop
erly. Similar coordination will have
to be worked out across the country II
misunderstanding and mistakes are to
be avoided in the planning of the great
limited-acceSs highway network.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-29
Fall Guys of the Year

1t is entirely possible that there Is
in the making more understanding at
titude toward sports officials on the part
of sports writer's.
This off-season phenomenon grows
out of the circumstance that the sports
writer's are making decisions at this time
Of the year, instead Of merely recording
them.
With time hanging heavier on their
hands, they are free ("freer" is the tact
full world to make such momentous de-
cisions as the player Of the year in base
ball, the horse Of the year, and, Of course,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-29
If Unable to Serve

PreSldent E1Senh0WerS participation
In Thanksgiving Day church service is
rather conclusive evidence that he is
making quick recovery from the minor
stroke he suffered on Monday. This
progress Is consistent with the expecta-
lions voiced by his doctors and with the
Information which has come out of the
White House. We hope that the Presi-
dent will not push himself too hard or
too rapidly. But we welcome the evil
dence that he is getting WE'LL and we are
sure that every American shares this
sentiment.
1t now Is a reasonable inference
that the country will not be faced in the
immediate future with the difficult
question of what to do if a President
should become unable to discharge the
powers and duties of his Office.
The Constitution says that in such
event these powers shall devolve on the
Vice President, and that Congress may
by law make the necessary provision to
this end. But the Constitution does not
say how or by whom presidential dis
ability is to be determined. Neither
Vice Presidents status would be, nor
how the President would reclaim his
office upon recovering from temporary
disability.
Various proposals to rectify this
constitutional ambiguity have been
made in the past, but Congress has
shown little inclination to deal with
them hax
uled for House consideration early next
year, however, and we think that the
incoming Congress should face up TO
the issue.
There will be a reluctance to do this
II Mr.. EiSenhower's recovery proceeds
along the indicated lines There is
suggestion of indelicacy, perhaps, in
making provision for a successor to the
presidency when the President seems
to be in good health. But Mr. Eisen-
hover did not hesitate to come to grips
with the problem last March, when he
put forward his own suggestions as to
how the problem should be dealt with
Certainly, now that he has had this mild
occlusion, Congress should not shrink
from the task.
When the Constitution was drafted
It's authors did not think of the presi-
dency as an especially powerful office.
But over the years it has become So
probably the most powerful and most
important in the world 1t is easy to
think of situations in which the inability
Of the President to act, even for a day,
might have calamitous consequences. In
awareneSs of this danger, we do not
think it amisS, even while rejoicing in
Mr.. Eisenhower's excellent recovery, to
urge that Congress provide against the
day on which stricken President might
be unable to rally so quickly from his
illness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-29

AS difficult as it must be
for the citizens of this coun-
try. brainwashed as we are,
to assimilate the true facts
Of life as presented by the
recent Soviet challenge, yet
it might well be taken for
granted that the White
House would take the lead in
re-educating us and would
show the strength and lead
ership so desperately needed.
AS usual. however, democracy
lags behind. Business is ap-
parently going on as usual.
There are voices, of course,
who are urging that the
American public be prepared
Immediately for the sacrifices
which must be made if we
are to accept the challenge
of the Soviets and get our
house in order. This house
must be more up-to-date de-
fenSe-wiSe. This house will
have fewer luxuries, less but
ter, more guns and more
books.
I should like to add my
voice to those who are plead
ing that the enormous res
ervoir of energy and good
will which exists in this
country be not wasted. 1t is
quite likely that if the White
House does not raise itself up
by the bootstraps and go in
to careful action, it might
well be raised from its state
OF lethargy and carelessness
by another force, and we do
not necessarily mean the
electorate.
nA.-AL.. E-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-29
Crime Cases
Dorothy Faxon.

In my twenty-eight years
in Washington I find it diff
cult to express my complete
gratitude and appreciation to
the Metropolitan Police De-
partment and its very capable
chief, Robert v. Murray.
But how. even with a very
efficient Police Department,
can we have a decent city
with District courts hamper
ing police in their efforts to
bring serious crime to an end?
1 refer to the narcotics and
rape cases thrown out of
court despite sufficient evil
dence. competent witnesses
and backed up by highly de-
pendable policemen who in a
great many cases risked their
lives making the cases.
call upon The Star to con-
tinue to enlighten its readers
on such miscarriage of JUS
tice.
]. Rock Armstrong.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-29
The Troops Depart

Barring unexpected trouble, the last
of the Federal troops will have left
Little Rock when school resumes on
Monday, and relatively small contin-
gent of federalized National Guardsmen
will take over the policing job
This is something of happy ending
to thoroughly deplorable episode The
paratroopers, 1000 of them, were ordered
to Little Rock on September "a by the
President after mob action had forced
the removal of nine Negroes from
Central High School, This show of
Federal force, underscored by fixed
bayonetS and dubbed rifles, dispersed
the mob and made possible relatively
normal operation of the school on an
integrated basis.
What happens now is anyone's
guess. AS recently as November II, Gov
ernor Faubus said the only real solution
was for the Negro students to withdraw
from the school. But experience in
other communities where public senti-
ment Is not unyieldingly against some
indignation argues otherwise. In Clinton,
Tennessee, for example, indignation
seems to be proceeding smoothly after
serious initial disorder. There is consid-
cradle reason to believe that the same
pattern will show itself in Little Rock.
There Is at least as much reason to
believe, however, that this is not true of
many Southern communities-commu-
mites in which indignation that is forced
and premature will serve only to destroy
the public school system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-29
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
Russia Tries Farming in Far North

OF Khangg -Mansysk. on the
River OBJ at a somewhat
higher latitude than Lenin-
grad. potatoes and other veg
etables account for q fourth
of all the crops. Farther
north, in the Komi autono-
nous republic. they make up
A per cent. In the Yamalo
and Tain irski districts,
which border on the, Arctic
coastline, the proportion is
81 per cent. rising to 80 per
cent on peninsulas extending
into the Arctic.
Horticulturists working in
the far north have expert
mented with several local va
rieties Of apples that with
stand severe cold. One. q
type of rennet, yields very
small fruit. There are sew
eral creeping varieties which
almost might be called apple
vines. however, which produce
considerable crops of fairly
large apples. Even cherry
trees have been developed
which flourish out-of doors
on the Kola Peninsula.
During the past 10 years
cereals have been pushed far
ther and farther north. Re-
Gently Russian scientists de-
veloped two new varieties Of
early wheat. both of which
can be grown in the forest
areas and tundras of the Arc.
tic zone. Varieties of barley
and oats. developed by the
Polar Experimental Station
Of the Soviet Institute Of
Agriculture. now are wide
spread in the Arctic regions.
Some Other Results
Other cereals are grown for
cattle fodder. Cultivation Of
maize, harvested green for
fodder. has shown very prom
Using initial yields. Potatoes
and green vegetables are pro-
duced on a large scale. The
former. especially, show bet
ter yields than are obtained
far to the southwark.
Remarkable results have
been achieved with vegetables
usually associated with much
warmer climates, such as to-
matoes, caulif1owers and on.
ions. Special protection nat
urally is necessary against
the icy winds. Fields, kitch-
en- gardens and orchards are
screened by trees, hedges or
snow shields.
At present, according to
the Unesco report, there are
more than 200 large state
farms in the Arctic zone, to-
gether with several thousand
smaller farms. More than a
half-million acres are under
cultivation. especially in the
neighborhood of new indus
trial and mining cities which
have no other easy sources
of supply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-29

Russia, with the develop
ment of new scientific meth
DDS, is pushing agriculture
hundreds of miles northward.
Successful culture Of fruit
and cereals is being ac-
complished in the Soviet
Unions immense Arctic zone,
which extends for nearly
$500 miles from the Kola
Peninsula. close to Norway
in the east. to the Chukot-
sky Peninsula across from
Alaska. In winter it is a
land Of perpetual darkness.
In summer vast stretches of
tundra are covered with
flowers and dotted with hun
dreds of small lakes.
Success of Russian pioneers
in cultivating this area is
reported by the Scientific
and Cultural Organization of
the United Nations. Only a
few years ago agriculture
was considered impossible in
the far north because the
topSoil remains frozen
through much of the year.
Difficulties facing the agri-
cultural pioneers have been
tremendous. the United Ma
tions report points out. Be-
sides the frozen topSoil they
had to contend with swamps,
lichens and erratic boulders.
The conquest was accom-
plished by a small army Of
scientists. engineers and
technicians. They made
studies of the soil, drained
swamps and marshlands and
experimental with species
of plants which would grow
in cold climates. A whole
new technology of Arctic
agriculture has resulted.
Soil Specially Treated
Before planting seeds in
the Arctic regions the soil
must be specially treated. In
spring the earth is broken up
with disks and then plowed
to a depth of about four
inches. Fertilizers are add
ed. After this the earth is
broken up again-by mid
summer a second blowing is
possible-this time to a depth
of about seven inches. This
is followed by another ses-
sion with the disk pillow.
The ground processed in this
way is planted the following
spring.
To improve the structure
Of the soil a principle of crop
rotation has been adopted.
Cereals, vegetables and
grasses, especially local va
rites Of clover. are grown in
turn. Cereals and fruit trees
are confined largely to the
southernmost parts of the
Arctic zone. Northward, more
potatoes and vegetables are
cultivated. Around the town
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-29
Crying for Reform

Your November Is editorial.
Crying for Reform" points
to something wrong in our
educational system.
In Russia. unless you are
completely illiterate, if you
can pronounce a word you can
automatically spell it. since
Russian has phonetic spell
ling. Russian children don't
have to use up mental energy
studying how to spell: they
are not afflicted with the ir-
nationality of English spelling.
The Russians teach chill
dren that mathematics is fun.
They have cut out most of the
boring calculation exercises
that make so many children
unhappy. Instead they start
teaching at an early age how
to think in terms of abstract
mathematics.
This was known long before
the Sputnik launchings. For
example, in April. 1856, the
Swedes announced they were
sending a team of experts to
make on-the-spot studies of
Soviet methods of training
scientists and engineers. We,
on the other hand, overly
frightened at the Russians
spying on us. have neglected
our opportunities to spy on
the Russians. Thousands of
Soviet scientific reports are
collecting dust on Library of
Congress shelves for lack of
a program to translate them.
It's time we started using
our heads. We should cut
out the emphasis on the kind
OF rote memory which helps
win prizes on quiz programs,
but contributes little to think
ing ability. Walking ency-
clopedias or good spoilers
INCLUDING spellbinders) are
no substitute for critical and
creative minds.
While we have plenty to
learn from the Russians, we
should also keep our heads
and not get excessively
gloomy in comparing our
selves with them. We can
still beat them when it comes
to the quality Of our scientists.
Mai. Gen. Yaacov Dori,
president of Technion. Israels
Institute of Technology, has
had a good chance to observe
both American and Soviet
scientists. He said last week
that Israel was fashioning
her technical and scientific
training according to that of
the United States rather than
of Russia. He praises Soviet
scientists but adds that be
cause Of their narrow con-
cepts they are lost outside
their own spheres of opera
ton due to the peculiar
training of the SovietS, which
severely limits horizons and
produces a highly efficient
but CONSTRUCTED scientist"
l am still betting on free
dom against totalitarianism
in science and education, as
elsewhere. When freedom is
SNUG and self-satisfied it is
at a disadvantage. but when
aroused by moral purpose it
can be unbeatable.
Sidney KOretz.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-29
Mideost Unrest

AT the time when our Gov
eminent is striving to wake
up the people of the Middle
East to the Communist dan
ger, the kind of Arab propa-
ganda voiced by Professor
Hitti at the Princeton Club
here serves to retard that eff
fort and help the Kremlin.
Professor Hitti apparently
wants Israel to change from
a modern, progressive. demo-
cratic country to a semifeu-
dial dictator-ridden kind of
slave state on the Arab pat
tern when he advocates its
transformation into another
Levantine state.
Fortunately Arab black
mail threats to join the Com
munists if we don't give them
what they want will get short
shrift from President Eisen-
hover. The United States is
not likely to act against its
own interests by weakening
Israel.
Israel and Turkey are our
two strongest allies in the
Middle East. This is acknowl-
edged even by the Cairo news
paper Ash-Shab, which said
that Israel is the best ally of
United States policy in the
Middle East"
Professor Hitti should know
that our country is ready to
strengthen any nation that
stands with the free world.
We cannot, however, allow
the Arab war against Israel
to go on in this present criti-
cal time, and nations which
persist in this self-destructive
path cannot expect our favor.
Nor should we give any large
scale economic aid TO coun-
tries which are willing to play
the Communist game and ac-
auire arms from the Soviet
Union. The time has come
when we must know which OF
the Middle East countries we
can count on and which de-
serve our help. we can no
longer temporize with Arab
neutralism. s. Hauser.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-29
ARLINGTON, Va.

AAANA5AANNA \ N<ANR se
Dear Sir:
1--WE live in a fairly open
new suburban development.
How can we go about at
tracing birds for winter
feeding2
Gould some sort of feed
ing tray be attached outside
my 4-year-old's bedroom
window, or would most spe-
cies be afraid to come that
close to the house?
There are no large trees
in our block, but the houses
are fairly far apart. Well
be looking for your COM
ments in your thoroughly
enjoyable column.
Yours truly, j. P. B."
The birds would not be
afraid to come close to the
house. but sometimes are
skittiSh at the movement of
a human watcher behind the
pane.
Therefore, it is a good idea,
and especially after first
establishing a feeding sta
ton in such a position, to
curtain the window well, so
that movement inside will
not be noticed.
In this way, both birds
and humans share in the
fun. and little persons in
particular will come to love
the birds.
A feeding tray on a pole
is best, and we hope those
who start one now will not
be too upset by other visitors,
such as squirrels, and maybe
at some time an opossum!
These. too, are hungry in
the cold.
We have always thought
that one of the best lessons
anyone can learn from a
bird feeding place is not so
much about birds as about
ones self.
To grow red in the face,
and angry because another
hungry thing comes to a free
lunch" is to be highly
illogical.
Let us admit that life is
not always logical, but still
1t makes little sense to put out
food and then try to be selec-
tive about those who come to
eat it.
In setting up a new station
close to the window. the
curtains or Venetian blinds
can be so arranged that a
normal amount of movement
behind the pane will not be
noticed by those outside.
In this way there will be
nothing TO brighten the timid
eaters.
The point is that it takes
only one frightened bird TO
set all the rest winging away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-29
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES (. TRACEWELL

This is natures basic de-
tense in birdland.
We have watched a band
OF common sparroWs be
changed in a second from
a peacefully eating group to
an instant commotion OF
feathers, just because one
bird in the group had spotted
a hawk.
BY this one birds ready
fear and action, both it and
all its comrades are saved the
possibility Of attack for the
time being.
In this way nature takes
care OF her own, at least to
a certain limited sense.
In establishing a new feed
Ing station, one must be pre-
pared for no birds to come
for quite a long time, varying
according to unknown factors.
One can never be sure Of
just why birds will not come
when food is first put out for
them.
1t may be a circling hawk,
far in the sky.
1t might be q belliRerent
mockingbird. playing dog in
the manger.
1t might even be the color
Of the feeding station itself.
A dead white, for instance.
is not fancied by birds.
We have had them stay
away from a feeder because
we put out cottage cheese to
see if they would eat it.
They would not; what is
more, they wouldn't even
come to the place at all. but
treated it. one and all, as IL
1t contained some sort Of
subtle avian poison.
- -
Therefore, do not give I'D
hope If the birds do not in
stantly start patronizing a
new eating place.
Even as in human eateries,
custom must be built UP.
Do the best you can, and
do not worry too much about
it.
In. time. everything will be
all right.
The less human activity
outside near the station, the
better, naturally enough.
Birds are timid, properly so
for their own safety. They
will seldom act just as you
might wish them to act.
But if care is taken, with
a dose Of patience. and good
food, in time they will come,
simply because they are hun
cry and you supply their
need.
Properly protected seed,
grains and suet will last a
long time. and will be good
enough to eat. even If the
birds do not come for some
DAYS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-29

this thinking and some adj
vanced in the 1865 and 1865
that slavery. however i'm
moral. could not be abolished
because it was an economic
necessity? We have seen that
1t was not. Let us cope with
the population problem"
with all our scientific re-
sources. and also with prayer,
confident that there is a So
luton short of a great mass
offense against God.
Julia B. Lowell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-29
Kksome Items

Two items in The Star Of
November 10 seem capsule
comments on one Of the I'M
lovelier aspects Of the spirit
of our times.
First. there is the interview
with actress Julie Harris on
natural childbirth. This re-
mark OF hers startles: If it
weren't for her acting COM
mitments, she said, I'D like
to have a child every year"
What admirable condescen-
sion-God's creative act
placed only second after the
attractions of man-made
make-believe!
Miss Harris. of course, cam
not be criticized alone. Her
attitude is all too typical.
but none the less deplorable.
Families and children are
fashionable. it is true-but
only on our own terms. sub
ject to human planning"
May He forgive our arro-
gance.
The second item was Birth
Control Fiat Becoming Top
Issue" This deals with a
more serious matter: The
prospect of our God-eiven
freedom to propagate. and to
obey Gods laws in this re-
gard. being legislated away
by unbelievers for whom the
moral aspect Of 1.-THE popula-
ton problem" does not exist.
They wave the question Of
right and wrong aside. pro-
testing that economic pres
sures make 1t irrelevant. May
I suggest q parallel between
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-29
Interesting

The article on the John H.
Kerr Dam in The Sunday
Star was most interesting to
the writer. as we were the
cobuilders OF the dam.
We thought it might be
interesting to your readers,
as well as The Star itself
for whom we are build
ing The Stars magnifi-
cent new plant. to know
that the Chas. H. Tompkins
Co. OF Washington, D. c.,
together with the j. A. Jones
Construction Co. Of Char
lotte, N. c.. were the CO.
builders Of the John H. Kerr
Dam.
Francis NJ. Tompkins,
Senior Vice President. Chas.
H. Tompkins Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-29

@. Which Of our States has
the most important deposits
Of chalk?-R. F.
A. Kansas claims TO be the
"Chalk State" and probably
has the country's most fa-
nous deposits Of chalk (cal-
cium carbonate). The Kan
sas beds are known 10 scien-
fists throughout the world
because Of the rare fossils
which they contain. There