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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-10
Law of the Land

a certain legal fallacy to
support public school desee-
regation becomes Of particu-
lar interest to Maryland tax
payers when we find It used
by high Maryland tax-paid
ofiicials. These officials in
clude members Of the Mary
land State Board of Educa-
ton and Gov. Theodore
McKeldin.
l refer to the fallacy that
a Supreme Court opinion. de-
cision or mandate is consti-
tutionally "the law of the
land" A State Board of
Education resolution recoR-
nized that q. i. the law of
the land as announced by
the Supreme Court auto
matically abolished all State
laws" relating to racial segre-
cation. Further. this board
tries to speed UP local public
school ofilcials with a view
Of implementing the law of
the land" Following this.
the board offers to cooperate
with local officials to
give effect to the law Of the
land" A September issue of
"a weekly news magazine
quotes Gov. McKeldin as say
ing: Opposition to the law
OF the land as interpreted by
the Supreme Court is not
likely to be used again as an
issue by any serious candi-
date Of either party"
In our constitutional tri-
partite form Of government.
1t is elementary that only
the duly elected Congress can
enact a law. The absolute.
limit Of the Supreme Courts
authority can be stretched
no further than to permit it
to interpret and determine
the constitutionality Of laws
enacted by Congress. Thus.
1t may clearly be seen that
no Supreme Court opinion,
mandate. or decree should at
any time or for any reason
be considered misleadingly
and fallaciously as "the law
Of the land"
Franklin X Miles.
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THE POLITICAL MILL
By GOULDLlNcOLN
Morhouse Cites Lessons for G. O.P.

said: ITO us here In New
York State, the most sig
niflcar1t lesson in the Wis
consin defeat Is the fact that
only about one-third Of the
eligible voters of Wisconsin
went to the polls. Actually
there was q drop Of 81 per
cent from the Republican
senatorial vote Of 1856 and
a dropod of Is per cent Of
the Democratic vote. The
Wisconsin defeat points up
how we Republicans of New
York were victims of the
same situation in 1854 and
how we can be victims Of the
same situation in 1958-un-
less we get out the maximum
number of voters" Morhouse
commended a light vote IA
vors the Democrats. He said
the vote for President in 1852
declined 27.3 per cent in the
vote for Governor in 1854,
and that the decline in the
Republican vote was 35.4 per
cent and the Democratic
vote, only 17.3 per cent.
Heavy Vote Needed
I'm other words" Morhouse
continued, "of the total drop
off of 1,794.877 votes from
1852 to 1854, 1,403,202-or
II per cent-was in the Re-
publican column. This tends
to prove my contention that
If we get out q heavy vote
the maximum vote-we Re-
publicans should never lose
an election in New York
State. This, of course, pro-
viding we nominate able, at
tractive and aggressive candi-
dates and stand right on the
issues. In 1856, the Demo-
cratic State leadership pre-
dicted hopefully a decline
of about a million in regis
tration and voting from the
record 1852 totals. Our Re-
publican organizations and
workers did a superb lob in
getting voters registered and
to the polls to vote. Regis-
tration reached ~ million
only about 100000 under the
1852 total-and the combined
vote for the major party
presidential nominees actual
ly was slightly higher (1s7,-
000) than their 1852 COM
bined total"
Morhouse said the answer
to Republican hopes lies In
a big turnout Of voters (psr.
ticularly as New York City
now casts only about A per
cent Of the total State vote
provided the full potential
Of the Republican vote turns
out. Hartman won election
in 1854 by only a little more
than 1000 votes.
Republican State leaders
are giving consideration to a
proposal that the guberna-
torial nominations be made
by convention as usual
in June next year instead Of
September, in order to give
the G. o. P. candidate a
longer period in which to
campaign. The law would
have to be changed. Gov.
Hartman, it is said, may go
along with such a proposal.
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES (. TRACEWELL

pass wasps for just plain
everyday interest.
They are the original pa
per makers. and build their
amazing nests in the most
unexpected places.
Several years ago, as told
here, some common wasps
found a small hole In the
frame Of q screen.
This was a wooden-framed
screen. made in the old days
by a fireman. Firemen were
permitted. in those days, to
supplement their salaries BY
such outside work.
The wasps started con-
struction between the screen
and the windowpane, and
were well on their way to a
busy summed when discov-
cred.
The householders had a
moving picture Of nature. and
were well protected in the
seeing.
Templeton Jones tried seed
ing his garden with praying
nantes. but found there was
many a slip between the pur-
chase Of the gray egg cases
and the living insects.
He hung the cases hope
fully on his shrubs, and
waited.
He is still waiting.
The cases are still there.
several years later.
Somehow. the small insects
failed to hatch out. Prob
ably subjected to too cold
weather at one time, or were
too old when sold to be fer
tile.
The living world is a
strange one, as Jones knows.
because once upon q time he
bought some brine shrimp
eggs. The almost invisible
shrimps Matched out beauti-
fully, to be rewarded by be-
ing fed to tropical fishes in
the Jones aquariums.
Keeping a vial Of the eggs
for three years, he found
they would hatch out no
longer.
The vital spark Of life,
whatever 1t is, had disap-
peared from the eggs, still
looking like little grains of
pepper.
You can tamper with nature
only so far. whether 1t is a
brine shrimp egg or a wasp.
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L. Judson Morhouse, youth
full and energetic Republican
State Chairman of New York
whose organization campaign
was so efficient the Eisen-
hower-Nixon ticket carried
the Empire Stats with a
million-and-a- half lead over
Stevenson and Kefauver. is
calling on all Republican
leaders and workers to dupli-
cate their effort Of 1856 In
the campaign to elect a Gov
ernor next year.
There are many lessons,
Morhouse contends, which
may be learned from the Re-
publican senatorial defeat in
Wisconsin last month, among
them the disaster which ac-
companies Q divided, bicker-
ing, overconfident majority
party. He does not intend
to have the Wisconsin Demo-
cratic victory repeated in
New York If he can help it.
No one at this date knows
how brisk a fight the Repub-
licans may face before they
pick a candidate to run in
1858 against Democratic Gov.
Averell Hartman. Hartman
will run to succeed himself,
and If he does no serious OPP
position to his denomination
Is at this time expected. AS
incumbent Governor he is
in q strong position to resist
any attempt to take the NOM
T tnation away from him. Nor
houses job will be to bind
up any party wounds that
may arise in a contest for
the g. o. P. gubernatorial
nomination and then get
the Republicans to the polls.
Aided in Javits Election
Chairman Morhouse not
only was q great aid, by his
organization activities, in
rolling up a huge lead for
Eisenhower in 1856. but he
was able to help materially
in the election of Republican
Senator Javits over the pop
ular Democratic Mayor Of
New York, Robert F. Wagner,
jr., by a substantial majority.
There are today q half-dozen
active or potential candidates
for the Republican gubena-
torial nomination - among
them Senator Javits and State
Chairman Mornouse, himself,
although neither has sug-
geSted he will be a candidate.
Others include Leonard w.
Hall, former Congressman
and former chairman Of the
Republican National Com
mittee; Speaker of the As
sembly Oswald D. Heck, Ma
jority Leader of the State
Senate Walter Mahoney, and
Nelson Rockefeller. A move
ment was begun to draft
Attorney General Herbert
Brownell, jr., for the guberna-
torial nomination, but he
turned it down. Hall recently
returned from Europe, and
before long he is expected to
make q decision. whether he
will seek the nomination,
In . letter to his Repub-
lican colleagues, Morhouse
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Q. What does "a hardness
Of 5" mean in reference to
minerals?-N. I.
A. The hardness Of min
erals is measured according to
the following table Of hard
ness: /, tale; 2. gypsum; 3,
calcite; 4. fluorite; 5, apatite;
s, feldspar; 7. quartz; 8, to-
paz; 3, corundum: 10, dia-
mond. The mineral is rubbed
against the minerals in the
table Of hardness until 1t
comes to one 1t cannot
scratch. II a material can
scratch feldspar. but d IN It.
self be scratched BY qhartz.
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crisis by applying absolute
and abstract principles or
ideas to a situation which is
so deep-rooted that only con-
siderable time can resolve 1t.
l have lived in many Sec
tons. including the South. 1t
has been encouraging to note
the improvement Of the status
and economic condition of
the Negro since he was freed.
1t seems reasonable to believe
that II the effort we are now
expanding to force integra-
ton on the country were
spent on developing a proper
Christian attitude toward all
races and peoples. segrega-
ton as q problem would dis
appear.
The political aspects of
this matter almost over
shadow the moral and social
aspects. This also was true
before the Civil War. No
party now could win q ma
tional election nor any State
election In the North unless
committed to force integra-
ton on the South. / doubt II
many Of our political leaders
strongly supporting the Su-
preme Court decision really
believe we are wise in the
present effort to do away
with segregation.
II a crisis is to be avoided.
We must view this not as a
political football. not as an
abstract moral or constitu-
tional question, but as some
thing which only a united
people who resolve their con-
f1icts with patience and for
bearance rather than by force
can settle.
]. Blaine Gwin.
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"A butterfly hew into our
house." writes M. r. T. of
Sheridan street. "I hope it
flies out without crushing its
wings"
1t probably did.
Another reader told Of q
Luna moth perched on the
curtains.
This beautiful creature was
placed in a box. with lid of.
At about 9 o'clock, by the
clock. the moth took of.
rising easily and splendidly
from the box.
There are so many amaz-
ing insects in the world, it
seems at times as If these
creatures might inherit the
earth.
This. alas. Is the fear of
some scientists.
1t is mainly by enlisting
some insects against others,
that mankind may be saved.
All our piety and wit, all
our sprays and bombs" can
not do as much for us as the
birds and the ladybugs.
Ladybugs are beetles with
an Unsuitable appetite for
plant lice and others.
In England they are called
ladybirds, and every school
child has recited the rhyme
about "Ladybug. ladybug. fly
away home"
y IS
You can buy these. now,
by the thousand, at a COM
paratively cheap rate. and
they are said to do wonders
for a garden.
1t is the individual beetle,
however, which interests the
most.
A jostling mass Of ladybugs
would not interest Templeton
Jones. for instance, as much
as one Of them on his finger.
The ladybug is the cleanest
OF insects. next to the seven
teen-year locust. and perhaps
the praying mantis.
This precious trio has the
advantage Of feeling dry to
the human touch.
Sticky insects-ughl
Who wants to handle sticky
ants. with their formidable
formic acid exudations, and
the like?
Or wasps, with their SUPER
formidable singers?
Few things in nature SIR.
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its number would be 6Is.
Window glass lies between s
and 8.
@. What earth mixture is
best for my house ferns and
begonias?-F. 1.
A. Use four parts loan, -FOUR
parts leaf mold, two parts
sand. and two parts dried
manure. While not essential,
a half cup bonemeal and two
cups broken charcoal ~
inch and lesS) added to each
peck Of the above mixture
will improve 1t. This soil. is
good for African violets aisO.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry iDriteTs' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to coHdeH-
SGtton.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

By THE HASKN SERVICE
w. reader TO any au su.sor -, v,O.
EVeplns star Infosmatcn Bureau 1900 Eve NV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20
Redskins Sign
Jack Davis

Maryland's Jack Davis, who
believes he can play pro football
viii get an opportunity to prove
1t next season with the Redskins
Although seven Maryland
players were taken in the recent
pro draft. Davis was overlooked,
probably because he weighs only
about 215.
The Terps' co-captain received
"a Canadian offer. but yesterday
signed as a free agent with the
Redskins.
Jack is 5-foot-l0 and % years
old. He played Just one year Of
high school football at Bladens-
burg and had to win his football
scholarship at Maryland after a
tryout.
Jack twice made the All.
Atlantic Coast Conference team
made the second team ALI
Southern. and played in the
East-Wes Shrine game last De-
cember in San Francisco. He is
"a former paratrooper.
Davis and his wife have two
children and are expecting a
third.
While Davis weighs only about
2l5. he would not be the lightest
lineman on the team. Bill Full
cher. left linebacker. weighed
only 100.
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Pdsfrdno Choice
On " Tonight

LOUISVILLE. KY. Feb. 20
@.-Willie Pastrano. fourth
ranked heavyweight. pits his
lightning fists and agility against
the sledge-hammer punch OF
eighth-ranked Johnny Holman
Of Chicago in a nationally tele-
vised 10-round match here to-
night.
(The fight will be televised
In Washington over The Eve
ming Stars Station WNdAL-TV,
Channel Z, 10 PM
Pastrano, boasting q 45-4-4
record and reckoned for a title
shot In year or so, is installed
as a l2-to-5 favorite. Holman
fighting to remain q longshot
title contender. lists q 30-13-l
record, but his wins came against
worthier opponents over longer
pull and include Is knockouts
against Pastrano's eight.
The lighter-punching 6-foot
186-pound Patrano Of New
Orleans and Miami is short or
height and weight against his
6-3. 200-pound opponent but Ions
on speed and at 81, 8 years the
younger.
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Thomson | Houston Threat
After Firing 66in Pro-Am

score Dee and Bob Gadja. Bloom
field Hills, Mich, scored to share
qualifying honors Just a year
ago.
Gadja barely escaped elimina-
ton yesterday. He and IS others
tied at "A were scheduled fol
swatfest competition for four DO.
sitions until tournament officials
ruled that because of the weather
all IA could qualify.
Don Whit, Alameda. Calf.
was among those failing to quail
I fy at rs. Two weeks ago he
lost the Tucson Open title in q
playof with Dow Finsterwald.
Over par on only one hole, Dee
scored fours on all four of Me-
MORALS par-five holes. His So
left him one stroke ahead OF
Walter Cichon. Bridgeport
Conn; Johnny Bulla, Phoenix
Ariz.; Pnul OLeary, Bismarck
N. D., and Johnny Pott, Shreve-
port. La.
Ted Knoll. the Houston de-
tending champion making hi:
first tournament start of the
year, missed a final hole l0-foot
putt that would have permitted
him to tie Thomson. Kroll's 81
left him in a tie with Stan Leon
ard of Canada and HOWE John
son, young Houston pro. Each
received S2i3
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HOUSTON. Tex, Feb. 20 up,
Peter Thomson. the pudgy
Australian who has won the
British Open championship three
straight years. has moved in
among the favorites on the eve
of the $4,000 Houston Open.
Rain and cold wind did not
bother Thomson yesterday as he
played his first l8 holes since De-
cember and fired a five-under-
par 66 to win $3.50 in top money
in a $1,000 pro-amateur even,
preliminary to tomorrow's OPEN
ing Of the richest tournament
on the winter golf tour.
After posting his Sc on the
Houston Golf Clubs short $685.
yard course. Thomson switched
to the Sprawling Memorial Park
layout for a workout on prac-
tice tees.
More rain was expected today
at Memorial. which at 1900
yards is the longest course or
the winter tour. A field of Ice
players tees off there tomorrow
while seeking the 72-hole tourna-
ment's $500 first prize.
Harry Dee. 31-year-old Harris
dale. N. Y, pro. led Memorial
qualifiers yesterday with a four
under-par SO fashioned with a
pair Of 34s. 1t was the same
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BOWLING
WITH ROD THOMAS

Chevy Chase Chevrolet, de-
tending the championship of the
District Major League, finally
caught its arch rival. Pepsi-Cola
last night. to take the lead on
total pins. But perhaps as in
Iteresting was the duel between
a pair of Chevvies who are bat
ting pin for pin for the leagues
individual title-Woody Winslow
and Bob Lockhart.
Winslow ousted Lockhart last
week and thus earned a place
ON 'Duckpin Derby" at WMAL-
TV. He will meet Gerry Stair
at l1:20 pm. Friday. Last night
Lockhart picked UP five sticks
on Winslow by Shooting $50
which made his average 1861
but Winslow remained in front
by 10 pins.
While the two were fighting
it out for individual honors they
were leading Chevy Chase to a
sweep over National Bohemian
for whom Bob Miciotto was high
at 377. The team lead switched
when Pepsi-Cola dropped two
games to Wheeler Restaurant
due largely to the 169-411 OF
Danny Pessagno. Frank Mica
lizzi. awaiting a turn on Duck
pin Derby" rolled 387 for Pepsi
In another scrap between close
rivals, Silent Sales Coin Ma.
chimes shaded Falls Church Fur
niture and supplanted Falls
Church in third place. For the
losers. Billy Moore was the best
bowler of the evening at l52-433
For Silent Sales, Frank Kren-
Itch. 800. and Stair. 3S8, were
high.
Ray Peppler shot l69-409 anc
Harry Worth. 158-404. for Hick,
Chevrolet. yet their team los
two to Arcade Pontiac when FL.
wood Harding tossed a timely
145-39S.
Il Jim Goodwin's 368 pacec
Bethesda Forty Alleys to an edgt
over Miller High Life.
4 The standings: Chevy Chase
4l-28; Pepsi-Cola. 41-28: Silenr
Sales. 1890: Falls Church. SO.
81; Arcade Pontiac. 36-33
Wheeler. 1894: Miller. 1884
! Bethesda. 1896; Hicks. 24-45
and National Bohemian, 22-47
Il A new leader appeared, too. II
the District Women's Minol
League when Miller High Life
with a sweep against Martin &
Boyd. supplanted Thompson!
Transfer. a 2-l victim of Lus.
tine Nicholson.
! Thompson's. Ceramic Tile anC
Miller High Life were tied fol
first in games won and lost anc
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stood in the order named on
total pins when last nights &C
ton began. When it was finished,
Miller had two-game lead and
Thompson's and Ceramic were
deadlocked for second.
Mann'S Potato Chips moved
into contention by shading Ce-
ramic, with Hildur Lagos 343
leading the way. Star of the
match was Mary Edwards of the
losers at 1886.
Beauty Logan's 1884 paced
George Deoudes to an edge over
Bandbox Music.
Parke Sunoco scored the only
other sweep. Other winners were
IGuido's Auto Upholstery, Prince
Georges Properties and Central
Valet.
Dot Bowie of Guido's earned
individual honors for the eve
ming with 146-383 which hiked
her average to 1925 for fourth
place.
Shooting $50 or better were
Kitty Hamilton, Miller. 133-357;
Rose DellaStatious. Hendrick
Steak House. 1852; Inez Crowley,
Decentralization, and Frances
Shoemaker, Prince Georges, 35l
each, and Helen Pappas, Martin
& Boyd. and Joyce Kaiser, Gen.
trail Valet. $50 each.
Ginnie Siegel of Thompson's,
leading in average, rolled 329 for
1853. Dotty Clark of George
Deoudes. the runnerup. shot 331
for 1853, and Louise Vance.
Thompsons. rolled 800 for 1920
to remain third.
| The standings: Miller, 1921;
Thompson's. 1923; Ceramic,
1928; Mann's, Alps; George
Deoudes. 1925: Bladensburg, 81
30; MPM Market. 1881: Guido's,
1892; Beall's ESQ, 1888; Kot-
zin's Dress Shop, 1924; Fleisher
Jewellers. 31-35; Justine Nichol-
son. 1926: Martin g. Boyd, 30
Sc; Central Valet. 29-37: Hen
dirk. 25-4l; Prince Georges.
23-43: Parke. 23-43. and Band
box Music, 2l-45.
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The pitcher said he hopes this
his sixth season in the majors
will be a big one for him and the
Tigers, who finished fifth in the
American League in 1856.
II really think wen beat ou,
the Yankees" he said, "if we gel
a little help from the other clubs
We beat EN- IL times last year
more than any other club.
There's no reason to believe
we can't go all the way thi:
time. We're another year older
with that much more expert.
Ience. and we should have better
pitching. Wen give it a gooc
shot"
Hoeft said he'd like nothinr
better than to face the Brave.
lat County Stadium in the Worlc
Series, adding. that woulc
really put the icing on tn,
season."
Asked il he were neryou,
about the coming nuptials. BILLY
said:
"Yup, it would be easier pitch,
ing a ball game"
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Indians Tagging
In Signings
BY the Associated Press

The Boston Red Sox got their
magic number down to six, the
Detroit Tigers got theirs down
to seven. but the Cleveland In
dams. even with two contract
receipts yesterday. still have 10
players unsigned.
With Catcher Earl Averill and
Dolan Nichols. rookie pitcher.
agreed to terms. General Man
ager Hank Greenberg of the
Indians at least got past the 500
mark. Cleveland now has 20
players signed. 10 still to 60.
The Red Sox bagged veteran
First Baseman Mickey Vernon.
the Tigers signed Pitcher Jack
Crimian. and the Chicago White
Sox signed Fred Hatfield. in
field handyman. and Pitcher
Tom Flanagan. bringing their
total to 5.
Vernon. who will be 80 a week
or so after the season starts. hit
$40 in his first season for Bos-
ton after his trade from WASH
iington. Unsigned Boston players
are Pitcher Rudy Minarcin
Catcher Sammy White, Infielders
Billy Klaus and Ted Lepcio and
Outfelders Jim Piersall and
Gene Stephens.
Crimian. obtained last fall
from Kansas City. cut Detroit's
unsigned list to six, including
First Baseman Eddie Robinson
Righthander Bob CARRIER, who
last year posted a ll-6 mark
with Hollywood in the Pacific
Coast League, signed with the
Pittsburgh Pirates. leaving only
Catcher Jack Cheppard and Out
fielder Lee Walls still out of the
fold.
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Hoeft, Off to NuptioIs Here,
Calls Pitching Eosier Chore

OSHKOSH. Wis, Feb. 20 up.
A fldgety Billy Hoeft. who won
20 games for the Detroit Tigers
last season. left for Washington,
D. c.. today aiming to throw
three strikes:
/. To marry Miss Marge Exc
lund at Our Lady of Lourdes
Church in Bethesda Monday.
2. To sign his 1857 contract.
3. To win 40. II or % games,
I'm not particular, and play in
the World Series in my home
State against the Milwaukee
Braves"
The 24-year-old lefthander
said he did not plan to stop over
In Detroit en- route to Washing
ton. but would phone the club to
discuss contract terms. He re-
turned the Tigers first offer
unsigned.
Were not far from reaching
an agreement. Hoeft said. "II
probably agree to terms tomor-
row or Friday and then leave for
Florida right after the wedding. .