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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-15

Nasser cries, How long will
Israel pinion my hands? How
long will my army be i'm
modified by Zionists? How
long will my fedayeen be pre-
vented from slaughtering men,
women and children"
This CRY of Nasser is i'm
mediately heard in the United
Nations-where Shepilov,
Fawsi, zeineddine, ETC., angels
OF peace and morality. spread
OUT their wings to protect and
defend their brother angel
Nasscr. In this endeavor they
are aided and abetted by
Secretary Genei al Hammarsk-
jold and our own Secretary
John Foster Dulles.
The United Nations General
Assembly serves as a con-
venient platform for the
modern Sanballats, Tobiahs
and Geshems to voice their ir-
rational hatred AGAINST Israel.
/ feel that our great and
blessed country, the United
States Of America. was elected
by God to play the role of an
cient Persia in establishing and
protecting the State of Israel.
l trust that our traditional
nonpartisan friendship for
Israel will become more mani
fest In the trying times. Israel
must be made secure from
fedayeen boycott and blockade
before the U. N. can demand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-15
Potential Water Crisis

While there is ample water in the
Potomac River for present needs of the
Washington Metropolitan Area, it would
be foolhardy and dangerous to be COM
placent about the future outlook. For,
as John w. Stepp of The Stars staff dis
closes in the current series of articles on
the Potomac water supply the possibility
of grave water shortages is seen by the
Army Engineers and other authorities
unless steps are taken now to avert the
threat.
forgotten the drought year of 1880, when
the flow in the river dwindled to an all
time low of 500 million gallons day. We
managed to survive that crisis, largely
because the demands on the water sup
ply then were much less than they are
today. In the more than a quarter of a
century since that low point in the sup
ply, however, the population of the area
has grown from 100000 to nearly 2 mil
lion-and the expansion of residential
and commercial water users is continuing
at rapid pace. If the low level of 1880
were to recur in the Potomac, the water
shortage would have seriously adverse
effects on public health and welfare. Al
though todays average daily consump-
ton of water is we'll below son million
gallons, sanitation experts warn that poll
luton in the river has increased with
population growth to degree requiring
at least 400 million gallons of flow to
dilute contamination under the danger
point. Thus 1t is estimated that the
minimum flow should be above 600 mil
lion gallons day to insure safe supply
for Washington, Arlington and the other
communities relying on the Potomac for
water. And the minimum will rise as
other communities tap the river for water
AS already is planned on both sides Of
the Potomac.
Fortunately, the Army Engineers and
the Interstate Commission on the Poto-
mac River Basin have begun studies de-
signed to diagnose the rivers numerous
troubles and provide data for prescrib-
ing remedies. The engineers are making
what they hope will develop into BASIN
wide survey, with view to curbing or
preventing floods, erosion and waste of
WdbCA SSAlO W oil dOC4udOC dAlA
safe supply for all who live in the Poto
mac Valley. The commission is making
a more limited study, concentrating on
pollution entering the river in the Wash
ington Metropolitan Area.
Both studies should be of great value
in preparing master plan OF control for
the whole basin-a much-needed basic
step toward cleaning up and conserving
our water supply. But both the Army
Engineers and the Interstate Commission
will have to be given more money to COM
plete the job. Here is where Congress
comes into the picture We hope suffl-
cient funds will be provided at this ses-
sion to carry on the vital studies that are
requisite to any long range solution Of
washington's potential water crisis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-15
Britoin's New Cabinet

Since 1t consists largely of the same
men who served under Sir Anthony Eden,
Prime Minister Harold Macmillar's new
cabinet has been greeted with mixed feel
ings in Britain. The LaboriteS Of course,
have been loudest in their criticism, pro-
testing particularly against the retention
of Selwyn Lloyd as Foreign Secretary.
But other voices, too, including some in
the governing Conservative Party, have
complained along similar lines their chief
point being that the lack of q sweeping
Shake-up reflects an unrepentant atti-
tude as regards the Inflated Suez action
and that this attitude, in turn, tends to
f1out world opinion, especially American
opinion.
However, whether such criticism is
justified or not, Mr.. Macmillan has had
to reckon with domestic political real
tiles in organizing his cabinet. Had he
dropped all of Mr.. EdenS ministers
(nlost Of them highly competent men),
he would have widened the differences
existing between the so-called right-wing
Conservatives and the "moderates" who
miStruSted the Egyptian adventure and
WAAO AdAAJ dAOuIlO ~. n. DuIAcI. ACCOIQ-
ingly, he has replaced only five of those
ministers, but he has done so in a way
that is meant to unity his party against
mounting Laborite attacks Among other
things, for example, he has made Mr..
Butler-who has competed with him
for the office of Prime Minister-his
chief lieutenant as Home Secretary, Lord
Privy Seal and leader of the House of
Commons
Perhaps all this will fall short of
bringing about the party unity that Mr..
Macmillan seeks and needs. In his coun-
trys present political climate, however,
1t is difficult to see how he could have
named completely new cabinet without
stirring up great storm among the Con-
ServativeS. On the whole, the men he has
chosen are well equipped TO deal with the
very serious and complex problems that
now confront his government at home
and abroad. AS for international opin-
ion, his retention OF certain ministers
may not have been sound, but he can be
sure that Britain's friends everywhere,
especially here in the United States, wish
him nothing but success as he carries on
with his hard task.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-15

@. Which is correct to say
that State joins the Union.
or that it is admitted to the
Union? B. E. c.
A. Strictly speaking ONLY the
Is original States Joined the
Union, the rest were admitted
by Congress.
@. Are termites of any bene-
fit to man? r. S.
A. Yes. The subterranean
termites, which can cause ex-
tensive damage to woodwork
in buildings, are also of value
to man because they destroy
dead wood that would occupy
needless space IN forests. They
are used for food in various
parts of the world. The queens
are highly priced, and are US
ually eaten raw.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-15
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

pieces of chalk hurled here
and there, conversations went
on interminably, to the pretty
despair of the desk at the head
of the room.
Romantic some may have
been. since the thoughts of
youth are long, long thoughts:
and what did the poet mean
by that, anyway?
His picture was there on the
wall, beard and all, but one
never thought to ask him.
You weren't supposed to
know exactly what poems
meant, were you?
*&
Summer vacation came. and
with it real little boats to sail
in pools along the coast.
Worcester winds made them,
far back from the breakers.
The pools were one to two
feet deep. ideally right for SUI
perintending boats on their
way.
They were not schooners
this time, but yachts, with one
big sail. and a weighted keel,
and a trim body to cut the
water, much as Sir Thomas
Lipton's real yachts did on the
bigger ocean.
The little yachtsman had a
favorite ship, which outsailed
all others he had. Its thoughts,
evidently. were long, long
thoughts. too. because one day
it got away across. the pool.
found a new inlet that had
just been cut. and with a
spanking wind behind it, vent
out to sea and never came
back.
The boy stood on the beach
and watched it go, with a
sense of loss and despair.
He had never forgotten it.
Even the sight OF a small
model of an old-fashioned sail
ing ship. firmly seated on a
mahogany ocean. brought back
the memory Of his beautiful
yacht. the one with the bite
and white hull, which sailed
away into the sunset and never
came back again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-15
Melody

A Steeple singing in the ni1ht,
Silver-throdted, from its
height
A cradle song for the NetD
Year,
Is no more carlton than you.
No more false and no more
true,
Voicing DerSeS ueiled or clear.
For you are music incarndte,
Cdroling both soon and late
In diSSondnce or harmony.
With your oiUn heart strings
neUer mute,
Vibrating like lyre or lute,
You can be a melody
OF beauty echoing atar or near
Dopn listening ldbyrinths from
year to year.
Frances Goss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-15
SIG Means $40

1t should not really surprise railroad
travellers to learn that train crews operate
on a different timetable than the one
printed for the public. A New York
Central official, for example, has testi-
fed that its publicly advertised sic pm.
train out of Weehawken, New Jersey,
is not scheduled for operating crews to
leave until $40. IF you told passenger
q train left at 5:19, and 1t did, he'd miss
j." the official testified dandy. This
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-15
THE POLITICAL MILL
Drought in West Worries Eisenhower
By GOULD LINCOLN

over the lower farm prices and
farm income. His vote, too, in
some OF the farm areas would
have been less had not the
Middle East flare-up. in the
closing days Of the campaign,
brought the peace issue-and
war issue-to the front in a
big way. Many farmers and
their wives were influenced to
vote on those issues for Eisen-
hover.
Take a look at what hap
pened in Iowa, frequently a
banner Republican State. Ell
senhowe- carried it by $4,000
votes over Adlai Stevenson, but
in 1852 Eisenhower's lead was
$4,000. Wallace's Farmer and
Iowa Homestead, a widely read
farm publication, which con-
ducts polls among the farmers,
has completed a survey Of the
1856 vote and come up with
figures showing that the Iowa
farm vote for Eisenhower in
last November's election was
SO per cent. and Al per cent
for Stevenson. Four years ago
Eisenhower had SO per cent
and Stevenson 80. Also. Iowa
farmers were more Republican
than the Nation in 1852, and
less Republican than the Ma
ton in 1856, showing that
while Eisenhower was gaining
in the Nation he was losing
ground in Iowa. And this was
due to the farm vote.
Why Did the Vote Shrink?
The final poll taken by the
Wallace Homestead Poll on
october 90 before the election
gave Eisenhower 48 per cent
Of the farm vote, Stevenson 40
per cent, and 3 per cent unde-
cided. If the undecided vote
were divided between the two
candidates, the poll indicated
49.5 per cent for Eisenhower
on election day. Actually he
received SO per cent. From this,
1t is apparent that the war
scare in the Middle East
shifted many farm votes to
Eisenhower.
The uestion naturally
arises: Why did Eisenhower's
vote shrink from SO per
cent to SO per cent on Iowa
farms in four years? In 1852,
Iowa farmers were thinking
mostly about preventing war
and getting through with the
Korean war. They weren't too
much worried about farm in
come-although a considerable
drop already had taken place
in the last year of the Truman
administration. But the con-
tinuing slide in farm income
in the Eisenhower administra-
ton increased their worries
over the economic situation
and many turned to Stevenson
and the Democrats. The war
scare in the final days of the
recent campaign had its effect,
particularly on the vote Of the
women.
The farm vote in Iowa would
have elected a Democratic SEN
ator in place of Republican
Senator Hickenlooper - taken
by itself-for Evans, the Demo-
cratic candidate. had SO per
cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-15

A ships model on the book
case attracted the eye of the
guest.
The sight suddenly threw
him back through the years to
his youth.
AS child he had always
loved ships. especially two
masted schooners.
Just how or why he devel
oped this attraction he could
not remember.
The thoughts Of youth are
long, long thoughts, said a
poet.
There is no telling, when one
is young, what will attract, or
just how the thing comes
ABOUT.
AL one can be sure Of Is the
interest. No doubt that is
enough. The wherefore and
the why may take up much
time in later years; perhaps
that is why they occupy so lit
tie of it in the early days.
He had spent countless hours
just drawing schooners.
Could it have been the blond
teacher who set them all to
such drawing?
She came to the school as
a substitute for a few days
while the regular teacher was
i'll.
Without intending it in the
least, the whole class began a
reign of anarchy. Educators
will explain just why this is.
Nice children they all were.
except a boy named Frank and
another named Bill. Frank
and Bill were meanies. as the
phrase wasn't at that time.
X 4 \
1t was a manifestation of
herd instinct in little.
Nice children, they imme-
diately sensed that this lovely
creature, with her golden hair,
was an easy mark.
BY contrast, nobody had
trod on the toes Of the regular
teacher. who was fat, and ugly.
and had colorless hair. not
bright and shining like an an
gels.
Did angels like schooners
and sailing ships OF othe"
sorts?
Evidently they did, because
Miss Chatterbox WAS that
the name?) sct them to draw
ing them in endless profusion,
row on row, all sailing forever
to the right on seas Of choppy
waves.
There we're no birds in these
skies, no fishes in these regu-
larry curving waters.
Only sailing ships. with an
occasional steamer afar on the
horizon, easily denoted by a
curl of smoke going to the top
Of the paper.
X 4
There was something about
a schooner
Maybe Miss Chatterbox was
there, too, ready to spring or
deck and put the sun to shame
with her brightness.
II so, the ship would be bet
ter run than her class.
Notes were passed freely
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-15
Eisenhower Doctrine

History gives three convinc-
ing reasons for the preventive
plan Of President Eisenhower:
/. II the Kaiser had known
We would fight. he would not
have started World War I.
2. If Hitler had known we
would fight. he would not have
started World War II.
3. II Secretary Of State
Acheson had included Korea
in our protective field and the
Communists had known we
would fight, they would not
have started the Korean War.
Delcevare King.
Quincy. Mass.
y y
In explaining the "Eisen-
hover Doctrine" to Congress.
the President said: To-day we
have security treaties with AZ
other nations which recognize
that their and our peace and
security are intertwined."
He is asking Congress for
permission to get us inter-
twined with about eight more
Near East nations. thus raising
our entangling alliances to half
a hundred.
Charles ]. Fox.
La Jolla, Calf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-15
Not Newsworthy'

Your recent editorial. mot
Newsworthy." in which you
say "the way in which effective
desegregation will come to the
South" will be "the process Of
orderly adjustment to inevi-
table change !. /. forging ahead
so quietly that it will receive
little or no notice in the daily
flow of the news"-offers a
challenge to the socialized in
telligence and leadership Of
this country. If those changes
(now most important in the
struggle for the minds of mem
could be made newsworthy and
mirrored, the synthetically
created pattern of behavior in
connection with segregation
would be conditioned in the
direction of logical examina-
ton, and. in consequence.
violence in no areas would hold
the headlines for a long time
to come.
The safety Of the human
society lies in the assumption
that Cd individuals comprising
tin a given uation-will
will react in q manner hitherto
approved as seemly and 90
such approved reactions are
mirrored by the news media.
The headlines firm-up the
fixed pattern. and those who
do not so react under similar
situations lose caste in the
group.
The refining and reformu-
lation OF the elements of the
problem posed here. so that
its correct theoretical solution
thus may be revealed, point
to catalytic initiative similar
to that used to "sell" the late
wars and the vast social aspects
of income taxation. the dis
tastefulness of which can be
shown to bear a reciprocal re-
lation to that Of desegregation.
These were mirrored as cam
paigns for the salvation of de-
mocracy-half religious and
wholly altruistic. So pictured,
we embraced them. The So
luton of the problem of segre-
cation actually will help clear
up the credentials of democracy
at a time when these are at
stake in much of the world.
Hence. inventive and enter
prising initiative is much more
justifiable in this instance than
in those in behalf Of the late
wars and Of many of the social
aspects of income taxation.
Such notwithstanding as a
catalyzer-may establish the
fallacy of our democratic"
formula that-if there is to
be a society that gives a sense
of protection and Importance"
there must be an abused
and exploited minority as its
lowest stratum. This formula
is very ably defended under
the pretext of safeguarding
States rights. Any changes
that mirror the growth of our
social conscienCe-in times like
these-deserve headlines. The
people who need this kind of
information most generally do
not read editorials. Though
we are astir, we may not have
the fortitude to arise out of
our accustomed grooves, and
rational changes in connection
with desegregation may con-
tinue as mot newsworthy."
John p. MurchisOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-15
DepIores Commercials

When you've worked hard all
day,
Not q moment for play,
And you want to sit back and
relax,
You turn on your dial
With q sign and q smile
And you get the sad wall Of a
sax.
Then, You're out for a collar?
Get the best for your dollar
BY buying a Watzis and
Whoozit.
They never will rumple
Or wrinkle or crumple,
You'll be wise guy If you
choozit."
do you want a new car?
Get the best one, by gar!
But golly. gosh dingit and
durnit!
Just how far will you get
If you just set and set
With your hand on the wheel
and don't turn it?"
$50 you want a new washer
Get a Splasher and Dasher;
Twill give you a thrill that's
ecstatic.
We don't want to be urgent.
But do use a detergent,
There's a box in each new
automatic"
This could go or forever
And ever and ever
With poetry" spun by the
mile.
But when you've had enough
OF this kind of stuff
Thank your stars you can
switch off your dial.
Dorothy Baxter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-15

President Eisenhower is
showing a sound interest in
the American farmer and his
problems-and with good cause.
The farmer, although the pre-
dictions by the Department Of
Agriculture are for a better
year ahead for him. has been
an economic stepchild in an
era Of great prosperity In this
country. Also. the gains made
by the Democrats in the No
vember elections took place
almost entirely in the great
farm States west Of the Mis-
sissippl River.
During the campaign. the
President promised to visit the
ever-increasing drought area,
which runs from the South
west right up to the Dakotas,
with appalling disaster for the
farmers of that tremendous
area. He has made that prom
Use good. and it is expected he
will seek, with the aid of Con-
greSs, to do more for these dis
tressed farmers and rural
communities. In his budget
message to Congress the Pnesi-
dent has included recommen-
dations for farm legislation
designed to improve the farm
er's lot generally. too. When
he addressed Congress last
week on "the state Of the
Union" the President said: II
am gratifled that the long
slide in the farm income has
been halted and that further
improvement is in prospect"
He commented that three
tools we have developed-im-
proved surplus distribution,
improved price support laws,
and the soil bank-are work.
ing to reduce price depressing
Government stocks Of farm
products" The President added
that the administration is
constantly searching for new
ways to make the farmer
share more fully in the coun-
try's prosperity.
Rigid Parity Believed Out
Apparently the President Is
determined not to turn back
the agricultural-aid clock to
the old system of rigid 80 per
cent Of parity price supports.
Under that system. which was
developed to persuade farmers
to more and more production
during the war and continued
after the war, huge Govern
ment-owned SURPRISES of farm
crops rolled UP, a constant
price depressant for the
farmers.
There is no gainsaying the
fact that the farmers in the
Western States were incensed
last year-and the year be-
fore-and took it out in the
votes cast in the 1855 elections.
1t is true, too, that while the
President carried all Of these
States. he lost much Of the
farm vote he received in 1852,
and in some States, If the cleo
ton had been left to the farm
ers, he would not have won.
For the farmers, particularly
a large number of the younger
farmers. voted their concern
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry UriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
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further Withdrawals from the
Sinai desert.

Ollld1 QCSCLts
Let US remember that
Americans can not live by
pacts alone. We must work
with zeal. idealism and vision;
for where there is no vision.
the people perish"
The sand dunes Of Sinai do
not cry out to us for their i'm
mediate return to Nasser: the
voice Of the blood Of the in
nocent victims of the fedayeen
murderers cries out to us to
exert all of our power and
vision for a just and immediate
settlement.
Isaac z. Hast.
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BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

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Who Is This?
BY HELEN CBLO

THIS was part Of the grid squad at
i Business High School in 1921, when
the senior student at right was captain
Of both the football and the basketball
teams.
He is the grandson of a man who
came from Scotland and entered the
steam boiler repair business in Balti-
more. When, in 1861, the grandfather
couldn't get supplies in Washington to
take care of his contracts to renew
Government heating systems, he moved
to the District, where he established
an iron foundry on the present site
of the Internal Revenue Building. Sew
eral blocks away, where the Chesapeake
& Potomac Telephone Co. structure
now stands on Thirteenth street, he
built a family homestead and stables.
AS eminent commander of DeMolay, he
travelled aStride his favorite horse in
paradeS. A leader in the affairs of the
Nations Capital, he served as both chief
Of police and superintendent of the
Board of Education here.
His nameSake, the lad in the picture,
was born on october II, 1900, at 1882
Newton street NV. The second of five
children, he attended Powell and West
Elementary Schools. At Business High,
he was active in student government.
debating and took part in spring plays
During summer months he worked in
the plumbing business his grandfather
had established, and of which his own
father had become president