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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-17
>4eROMANCE
OF FLOWERS
by Eugene T. D~ po~t

In flower talk gift of PLUMBAGOS says Il hopc
prayers will be answered. The pumbago sug
gests rheumatism exotic fruit rather than holy wishes
1t comes from blDmbum lead Early folk called the
flowers eadwor apparently considering them lead
coored than heavenly Or perhaps begga who tinted their
skin lead with European plumbago
call them lead. plants.
In climates the blue plumbago from
South Africa becomes huge scamhng shrub covered with
flowers Northerners prize poi plant for
mer bloom. The lowgrowing Chinese pumbago is harder
in the north and makes effective ground cover
B, The Sea
THRIFT SEA.PINK first came into gardens in Tudor
England suffered shock leaving salty home
the edge of the and adjusting the confines of inland
gardens where il makes charming border plant 1t is in
deed thrifty giving abundance Of flowers from poor
soil During the England put threepece coins
reminder of the need TOR thrift
SEA.LAVENDER keeps company with thrift
cliffs and salt marshes The the garden
'ome from Russia and the Mediterranean regions Bhey
acquired the odd STATICE dke static meaning TO
stop because doctors used the stop bleeding The
flowers have Coored straWke Sepa that the
petals drop and make good everlastings
Moths and Medicine
From distance. colony of MARSH ROSEMARY
looks like mist blown from the Its SPRAYS OF tinv
blooms give purple haze salt marshes both coasts
through summer and we'll into fall In picturesque fashion
the flowers line side of the branches When their
petals drop their chay sepas still cooru Housewives
gather them for winter bouquets and according legend TO
keep moths Of the house
he odd name canker.root started when people used
to chew the plants asrngent canker sores
In the white plumbago from Tropical America
became toothUort. cure for toothache Most plants in
this family have astrngent but modern medicines
have replaced them in tho family medicine chest
liking for salt also typical of plants in this
family Both pink and lavender have leaf glands that
exude salt Thus they grow in salty soil that would
death plants unable throw off excess salt Flowers
the pumbago family have petals Joined in tube al the
base and expanding the top much like Close relatives
the prmroseS
Neu Week: Priwititt ARROH HEADS
For binder Keep nj,
OF 70 ROMANCE or FLOWERS 30, " NY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-14
Wise Qualification

The Fine Arts Commission has acted
wisely in issuing clarifying statement
as to its position on the proposed Free
dom Monument adjoining Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery. It's previous approval
Of the general concept" Of the S23,90O,-
600 shrine had been misconstrued, with
resulting confusion in and out Of the
Congress.
The commission now has made 1t
plain that 1t has not yet approved the
particular design for a 90-foot-high
walled Enclosure chosen by the National
Monument Commission. The commits
sion is properly concerned with the
effect of any such structure on the
Arlington end Of the Capitol-Lincoln
Memorial Mall axis. Sharing this con-
Germ is the National Capital Planning
Commission, whose position on the Free
dom shrine also has been misunderstood
in some quarters. Both commissions
were created by Congress for the specific
purpose of advising on such important
projects and their advice should be
comprehensive and clear-cut.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-14
SubIiminoI Horror

~ was q IOregOne conclusion that
somebody would find way to cope with
the character who turns OF his televi-
sion set during the commercials. He has
been, of course, not only a threat to
that industry but potentially danger
Gus maverick in a contemporary Ameri-
can society where all people are divided
basically into two classes-those who
are vulnerable to soft selling" and
those requiring the sterner treatment
OF hard selling" He has been think
ing, no doubt, that he had set up fool
proof security against either one. It
seems, however, that he has been Ieav-
ing his subconsciousness unprotected
an exposed flank, in a sense-and the
Subliminal Projection Company is pre-
pairing to attack.
The SIP outfit is perfecting secret
weapon technique of invisible ad-
vertising," something one looks at with
out seeing but which penetrates under
the threshold" Of the consciousness.
This is not, by way of explanation,
merely the technique Of indirect or sub
tie suggestion-long practiced in the
advertising arts. Quite the opposite, in
fact Employed to sell soft drinks or
popcorn, in which lines it already has
been tested with repeatedly astonishing
results, 1t conveys It's message-on movie
or television screens-to buy soft drinks
or popcorn in exactly those terms. The
gimmick is that the messages fly past
so quickly, and without breaking con-
tinuity Of the entertainment, that the
viewer is not even conscious of having
seen them. But the barrier protecting
his subliminal has been preached. And
the next thing the poor guy is doing is
wandering up the theater aisle or out
to the family refrigerator for a bottle
OF pop-or something.
SIP claims that six-week test in a
New Jersey Aim house showed an 1871
per cent increase in soft drink sales and
a whopping gain Of ST. per cent in the
popcorn department. Psychologists are
quoted as saying 1t is all scientifically
possible, even though the commercial
effectiveness may be subject to further
testing. SIP is exploring the patent prob
lem and Madison Avenue undoubtedly
already is dreaming up lot of new, in
visible slogans AS for our former fugi-
tive from commercials, his best hope
seems to lie in the warning Of one psy-
chologist that "he might actually form
a dislike for the. product" That would
really give SIP visible shock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-14
CoLLeoe Recruitment

The United States Chamber Of Com
nnerce and the College Placement Coun-
ell, inc, have done good and timely
Job in publishing set Of principles and
practices" to govern the recruitment OF
students for various types of postgrad-
uation employment. Such recruitment
has grown to be a rather large enter
prise in itself, and 1t has led to num-
Der Of abuses that certainly cry for
correction.
Involving high-pressure tactics Of a
sort that ought not to be allowed on the
Nations campuses, the abuses include
az an unfair or misleading bidding-up
Of salaries offered to students by COM
peting employers; (2) lavish entertain
ment, gifts, expense accounts, special
payments and other inducements made
available as part Of the recruiting proc
ess; CD undue influence exercised by
faculty members on job choices, and (4)
lack of good faith on the part OF some
Of the college men who accept an en-
ployment offer and later, after some
body has persuaded them to work for
another company, fail to honor their
original commitment.
In the old days, when jobs we're
hard to find, no such problem as this
existed, but 1t exists now in our expand
ing economy. That is why the Chamber
Of Commerce is publicizing the new
standards. The objective Is to safeguard
the interests Of both the students and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-14
Poy Roise Veto

The Presidents excuses for
pocket vetoing the pay bills
Tor Government employees are
very weak.
In one breath he says they
don't need a pay raise and in
another he says that a sub
cabinet committee study is
being made Of the Federal
salary structure because the
Governments salary position
must always be strong
enough to support ADEQUATE
recruitment and retention Of
able employees.
How stupid does he think
the American people are2
Why should his committee
take so long to study the
FEDERAL salary structure
when more than enough evil
dence was presented to con-
gressional committees to
prove beyond a shadow OF A
doubt the need Of a pay in
crease for Federal employees?
The Congress overwhelmingly
voted for the pay increase.
The President is simply
trying TO pay for foreign aid
out Of the pockets Of Federal
workers.
John Curtis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-14

watch some poor defenseless
bull be killed.
VIM. F. Deeck.
49,
Miss Helen E. Jones does
not approve Of teaching little
girls the art Of fighting the
brave bulls.
II she knew Justo Sierra
and his family she would
realize that the capework
taught by our Mexican mae
stro could not possibly have
been designed to instill i'm
moral ideas in little girls or
to teach them to torment,
torture and kill either ami
mails or humans. For the
ethics and art Of bull fight
ing. / suggest Miss Jones read
Barnaby Conrad Rex Smith
or Ernest Hemingway.
As for her own talents I
respectfully suggest that she
direct hers to q more patent
and timely menace. Let her
try 10 erase. II she can. the
ugly, contorted and hideous
faces of the mobs in Little
Rock and Nashville. I am
sure that the little Negro
girls In pinafores are suffer-
ing far more than all the
bulls killed in the bull ring
since the days Of Crete.
Olel Miss Jones. Viva the
bulls Viva the little pima
fore matadorsl
Dennis Chavez In
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Juvenile Court Reform

Juvenile Court Judge Ketcham Is
making commendable efforts to speed
the machinery of his court, despite the
failure Of Congress to provide the court
with an additional Judge. He cannot
hope to do the work Of two judges, Of
course, but he can see to It that there
Is a minimum Of waste motion. And he
Is doing Just that.
Judge Ketcham's latest move to inn
prove the efficiency Of court operations
is through a special Study by an ex-
pert from the Districts Office of Nam
agement. The new judge has found ZEN
tirely too much duplication Of entries
and too much time wasted In routine
work." More efficient handling Of cases
is expected to reduce the administrative
load of the court, which Is hampered by
q staff shortage.
Earlier, Judge Ketcham had insti-
tuted system Of pretrial detention
hearings. This plan has reduced materi-
ally the number Of cases awaiting trial
and, incidentally, has cut the number
Of children held at the receiving home.
Last month, for example, "a cases out of
So were settled at detention hearings
without necessity of trials.
A plan yet to be worked out calls
for better INTERPRETATIONS co-opera-
ton in disposing of juvenile cases. Judge
Ketcham has proposed a reciprocity sys-
TEN under which probation authorities
outside the District would take over
cases involving youths living beyond the
Districts boundaries, while local proba-
ton officials would supervise cases in
volving District juveniles convicted In
Maryland or Virginia courts. This is q
sensible arrangement that should APP
peal to all jurisdictions concerned, for
all would benefit mutually.
In the meantime, the efforts to OBJ
tain a second Judge for the overloaded
Juvenile Court should not be relaxed.
For 1t has been demonstrated that one
Judge cannot give the time and atten-
ton to individual cases that ought to be
given them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-14

Miss Helen Z. Jones, direc-
tor of educational activities,
Humane Society Of the
United States. deplores an ar
ticle in The Star about little
girls studying and practicins
the capework Of bullfighters. "
This led. she claims. to chill
dren desiring TO see animals
tormented. tortured and
finally killed" Miss Jones
concern is. manifestly, most
laudable; however. her con-
Germ points up a little-known
fact: Most humane and al
legged liberal organizations
devoted TO the betterment Of
the welfare Of all things are
interested mainly in the most
picayunish and trivial Of
matters.
It was Philip Wylie, I be-
lieve. who postulated that the
American people. having a
choice between almost free
and unlimited licensing Of
drivers and automobiles and
slaughter on the highways,
chose the slaughter. The
American people then Injured
themselves to blood and
mangled bodies. kept 1t as
easy as possible to become
licensed to drive a car, and
then speeded up the cars so
that they could do maximum
damage to pedestrians. other
cars, and sundry objects that
an incompetent. driver could
get his sights on. Over 400
people killed over the Labor
Day week end, and Miss Jones
writes an indignant letter be-
cause a few children want TO
see a bullhght.
Perhaps Miss Jones is not
aware that the hapless VIC
tim Of an auto accident
does suffer pain and dies,
Unlike Miss Jones friends
the bulls. the auto-accident
victim is not tormented. but
there is an aspect Of torture
in the pain that he suffers,
and most certainly there is a
casualty or two.
But who cares about poor
old homo sap? Let's license
incompetents, lunatics, and
predetermined people TO
drive cars. Don't for heavens
sake use the power on a "hu-
name" organization TO leeis-
late against carnage on the
highways. But, oh goodness
gracious. let's do something
about little girls wanting 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-14

is taken into consideration.
family income is about $500
greater than when the Tru-
man administration went out
Of ONCE. Judging from the
increases which have been
won by wage earnerS, pre-
sumably family income in
1857 will be even higher.
This seems like an effective
argument in favor of the Re-
publican administration, IL
the q. o. P. can get 1t across
to the voters, and perhaps
they can.
The Old Democratic Cry
1t seems to leave the DEM
ocrats only their old cry
which goes back far earlier
than the days Of Franklin d.
Roosevelt--that the Republic
can Party Is the party Of the
interests" and not a friend
Of the common man. They
will say: what If a worker
is getting SO or SIS or $40
q day, depending on his skill
and the union wage rate--he
still Is not getting his fair
share Of the country's pros
perity; the big businessman,
the executive and the corr
porations are doing far bet
ter" It has q familiar ring.
It has worked on the feelings
Of millions Of laborers In the
past. But in view Of the high
wages paid-and they are
getting higher--many Of the
workers may be harder to
convince. They are living
better than they ever lived
in their lives before, high
cost Of living notwithstand-
ing. and most Of them realize
1t.
President Eisenhower, with
his new Republicanism and
his legislative program, has
sought to dispel the idea
that the COP. is friend only
Of the rich. He has tried to
humanize the Republican
Party. His efforts have, to a
considerable degree, been
frustrated by some Of his
Republican brethren and by
the Democrats, who do not
want to see the Republican
President succeed in remov-
ing the charge that the
, COP. favors only the rich.
SO the Democrats continue to
have what may be still q
potent issue when the show
down comes.
In the old and sometimes
forgotten days. the. Republic
cans claimed to be the bene-
factors Of the workers, and
the full dinner pail" was q
winning issue in political
campaigns. In those days,
too, which is also forgotten,
Democratic rule was by no
means an assurance that
times would be good for the
American people.
Next to war and peace,
economic issues, affecting the
pocketbook nerve, have won
or lost political campaigns in
this country. It looks as
though they viii continue to
do so in 1858 and 1860. Peace
and prosperity could elect
another Republican Presi-
dent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-14
Election in West Germany

Although It is always hazardous to
predict the outcome of any free election,
the signs indicate that Chancellor Kon-
rad Adenauer and his Christian Demo-
cratic Union (CDU) will still hold gov
erning power after tomorrow's nation-
wide parliamentary vote in West Ger
many.
In any event, according to on-the-
scene observers. Erich Ollenhauer and
the Social Democratic Party (SPD) do
not seem to have set the electorate on
fire with their campaign. AS far as do
nestle issues are concerned, they have
warned against the dangers of imitation,
deplored the CDU's "one-party rule"
and called for such things as more
social security. But the West Ger
mans, despite some grumbling over low
wages, are living in booming economy
that gives the sins" distinct political
advantage.
Similarly, in the field Of foreign
policy, Mr.. Ollenhauer and the Social
Democrats have been hard put to whip
up any great enthusiasm for their pro-
gram. This is so, for one reason, be-
cause there is no essential difference
between them and the CDU on the over
riding question Of Germany's partition.
For they hold, along with DR.. Adenauer
and his followers. that the country must
be reuni1ed on the basis Of free cleo
tions and that Bonn cannot negotiate
the issue with the Kremlin's puppet
East German Red regime True, they
have charged the Chancellor with hav-
ing failed to do enough in an effort to
talk the Soviet Union into a decent re-
unifcation agreement, but the charge
appears to have made little impression
IN view OF their vagueness as to just how
they could be better statesmen in that
respect. Moscow, moreover, has cut the
ground out from under them by reiter-
ating terms which they themselves have
described as unacceptable. And the
electorate seems to have responded only
lukewarmly to their call for measures
that would end military CONSUMPTION,
establish small nonatomic volunteer"
army, and tend to weaken the role Of
Germany in the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization.
It is for these and kindred reasons
that the SPD, although an intelligent
and long-established party of moderate
Socialists dedicated to reunifying Ger
many in freedom, is generally regarded
as the underdog in today's election.
More than that, when it comes to per-
sonalities, the fact is that Chancellor
Adenauer, despite his 8O-odd years, tow
ers over Mr. Ollenhauer and all other
Social Democrats as an extraordinarily
commanding figure whose qualities Of
leadership since 1S4o have made him
revered among his countrymen as a sort
Of German Churchill.
OF course, If the SPD should unex-
pectedly win. the event probably would
not be serious setback for NATO, but
It could create at least some tempo
rary uncertainties Of an unsettIing sort.
So naturally enough, in these circum-
stances, our own Government and 9TH
ers in the West, while not openly saying
so, are hoping that the prognosticators
are right and that DR.. Adenauer will
come out on top again in tomorrows
vote.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-14

The joke is that many peo-
pie fail TO recognize it when
1t completely covers q given
space.
The joke is on them. They
think the neighbor has some
expensive stand Of some
strange new grass which costs
a lot Of money.
Tell them, in an offhand
way, that the grass they adj
mire so much is just crab
grass, and they nearly faint.
Then they begin to tell
how it win die out in winter,
etc.
The answer to this one,
Jones says. is to tell them, In
return, how hardy it Is, and
how it is ready to spring into
renewed life in the spring.
4 4
After all, Temp Jones in
sists. a lawn composed Of
crabgrass, mainly, is no worse
looking in the winter than
one made out of this zoysia
stuff. or however you spell
1t. proof Room Note: You're
right, for a change)
Jones hopes that the idea
Of a little water being better
than none takes hold in this
vicinity.
He says that too many
people have been stopped
by people grandly saying,
"Oh, you will bring the roots
to the surface"
Nature, herself. knows q
thing or two. and her roots
come to the surface only un-
der the most extreme cir
cumStances.
It viii take more than q
little surface water to make
an honest grass root turn
clear around and start COM
ing up.
The inner urge Of all roots
is to 60 down; roots pine for
the lower depths, and that Is
why they are immune, gen.
orally speaking, to the blan-
dishments Of a skinny sprin-
king, the kind most people do
because sprinkling the lawn
is the most boresome task in
the world.
Soaking the lawn Is good,
II you can do It, or are al
lowed to do IL; but II you
can't. then q little water Is
better than none. as the man
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-14
WOy Ahead of Him

In response to J. p. Bessor's
letter in The Star Of Septem-
Der s. expressing hope that
women Of this Nation awake
and unite" to prevent atomic
war, he will be interested that
there is such q group. It is
the Women's International
League for Peace and Free
dom. founded at The Hague
in 1915. and dedicated to
peace and freedom ever since.
A recent policy statement
issued by the United States
Section Of the league said:
We are against war and
the preparation for war. We
are against production, test
ing and use Of nuclear weap-
oi1s BY any and all govern
ments. We make no excep-
tons. We are not scientists
and We are not competent to
oner scientific judgments on
the extent Of the danger. But
we can make moral judg-
naents. We believe that as
long as there is any question
OF danger to life anywhere.
or real or possible menace to
children yet unborn, no argu-
ment can justify such risks.
we believe. therefore, that we
90 have to speak out against
tests by our own Government.
ana have q grave RESPONSE
Dility TO do so. We recognize
the risks involved or implied
IN our position but believe
tney are no greater than the
risks our Government Is TAX
ing on the side of death. For
US there is no alternative. we
VIII take our risk on the side
OF life and Of all humanity"
We invite Mr.. Bessor to
Join those few men who be-
heve that membership in this
organization is a way to work
Tor peaceful solutions of the
world problems. Yes-men
are welcome to work with rs.
Janet N. Neuman,
Nau. Cochairman, Public
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-14

We Americans find It diff
ficult to understand why
other nations dislike. dis
trust and sneer at us for be-
ing naive. inconsistent, im-
pulsive and unreliable. In
deed. we find It Incompetent
sible that our great pride,
progress" so aptly summed
up as that beastly religion
Of America" could fail TO be
admired and appreciated by
all. e
Such progress as America
cherishes these days seems
not to be the kind Of prog
ress the world Is so urgently
in need Of, yet we are still
so smugly ostrichlike that
we are incapable Of seeing
ourselves as the rest Of the
world sees US. Mr.. Dulles may
very well be concerned that
recent reports Of school in
tegration may have an adj
verse effect on United States
foreign policy. For q policy
chat is uncertain and vacil-
lating. this could very well
be the finishing touch.
We wait in readiness to
intervene on behalf Of any
nation asking our help in the
Middle East. while q home,
schools and houses are
bombed and our citizens per-
secuted in a way alarmingly
reminiscent Of Nazi methods.
After too many years. we
have finally become aware Of
the Communist menace but
not before approximately one
half Of the world has been
taken over by this insidious
power, and already 1t would
seem that the threat Of COM
munism has taken second
place to the inteeration crisis.
The well-known strategy Of
divide and conquer" seems
to have been completely over
looked as this country sinks
deeper and deeper into the
mire Of complacent ignorance.
It goes without saying that
q great nation that brides
itself on Christian ideals,
freedom and q democratic
way Of life, would do well
TO practice what it breaches
before attempting to aid
others in the attainment Of
that which so far we have
so miserably failed TO achieve
for ourselves.
r. II. Simns0n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-14

Let's give praise where It's
duel The d. c. Recreation
Department deserves a round
Of applause for the fine Job it
does in running children's
day camps. I found it to be a
most rewarding experience in
the life Of my little girl.
Day camps are only one Of
many free facilities the Dis
trict has to offer to It's resi-
dents. / wish them further
success for continuing and
expanding those wonderful
services. Who needs the sub
urbs7
Mrs. Libby Plumb.