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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-02

In the five years that Dwight
Eisenhower has lived at 1900
Pennsylvania avenue he has en-
joyed the convenience of having
his own party in control of Con-
yress for only two years. If Con-
gress remains in Democratic hands
after next November's elections.
Mr.. Eisenhower. by 1860. will have
suffered an opposition Congress
for six of the eight years to which
he was elected President.
This year, he is just vas eager
for the voters to give him that
COP. House and Senate for
which he longed in 1854 and 1856,
when he vainly warned Of the
chaos that would result from "di-
vided government" On Friday, he
told the Republican National
Committee that all Republicans
need to bring that about are good
candidates. faith in a good cause.
and hard work"
It is doubtful that many Of his
listeners shared his optimism.
They, perhaps more than Mr.. Eli
senhower, are in a position to un-
derstand why their party faces
its worst political year since the
days Of Franklin Roosevelt.
First. there are the purely arith-
metic factors which work against
the Republicans. OF the 33 Sem
ate seats that will go on the block
this year, only IL are Democratic,
and five Of these are safe seats in
the South. Almost all of the 81
Republican seats are in States
where party strength is on more
equal terms.
But beyond that, there are other
disadvantages facing Republican
campaigners. The party is divided
and disorganized. and at a time
that comedies with the low point
in the prestige Of Mr.. Eisenhower's
administration.
The divisions stem mostly from
Modern Republicanism. The depth
Of the party chasm was typified
when Representative Nicholson, an
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punished for leaking" informa-
ton to the press as a protest.
The Soviet satellites and their
impact on American public opin-
ion had already restored to the
Army Ballistics Missile Agency
its right to push development of
long-range devices. The Armys
IRBM Jupiter has been ordered
into production. In another quick
post-sputnik order, the Redstone
team was given the green light to
launch a satellite-a mission pre-
viously reserved to the Nays
Project Vanguard. Fridays spec
tacular success was the result.
Happily, the Army is already lay
ing plans for second satellite.
In Western Europe, newspapers
hailed the American success with
unrestrained cheering. The Paris
"France Soir" compared the open
publicity Of the American launch
ing with the tight. secrecy Of the
Soviet sputnik preparations. and
found in the comparison a lesson
for the world. West German,
Italian, and British newspapers
recently occupied with twitting
the United States for its satellite
failures ran enthusiastic 'front.'
page banners Of praise for "Ex-
plorer."
The Soviet Union heard about
the American satellite over Mos
COW radio promptly, but there was
no official comment. Soviet SCENT
ists.- however, offered congratula-
tons. And reports persisted that
the Soviet is set to launch a
third satellite. perhaps of 1000
pounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-02

sions in the world. But there was
no indication that the Kremlin
was giving up in its effort to bring
about an early summit meeting.
Nothing the Russians have said
so far would seem to rule out pre-
liminary negotiations at a level
lower than the summit. Although
the Western proposals have been
brushed aside as inadequate, the
impression persists among OBJ
servers in Moscow that Mr..
Khrushchev will ultimately agree
to a lower level meeting if he is
convinced a summit meeting is
impossible now. But there is no
expectation that he will accede
until every drop of propaganda
value has been wrung from the
Soviet summit initiative. 1t will
be the task of Mr.. Dulles and his
colleagues in the West to seek TO
minimize the Soviet advantage
without yielding matters of SUBJ
stance to the Soviet bloc--a chal-
lenge Of no small significance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-02

Soviet leaders Minsk speech and
his informal remarks at the Mos
COW party, Mr.. White said 1--WE
cannot believe his remarks
are intended as an adequate reply"
to the Eisenhower letter to Mr..
Bulganin.
The Khrushchev attitude, the
State Department spokesman went
on, emphasizes the difficulties
which would beset a short, un-
prepared meeting of the heads Of
government such as the Soviet
Union has proposed" Mr.. White
took pains to note that the con-
tents of the replies to Mr.. Bull
ganin made by Mr.. Eisenhower.
Prime Minister Macmillan Of
Britain and Premier Gaillard of
France had not been made public
in the Soviet Union until they
appeared in IzveStia this morn
ing (Tuesday)."
The Izvestia editorial accompa-
nying belated publication of the
Western texts expressed disap-
pointment. Nothing in the replies,
Izvestia said, offered any contribu-
ton toward a relaxation of ten
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-02
Middle East:
Still Intact

While the diplomatic chess
game on summit talks went on
from move to move, Mr.. Dulles
himself was in Ankara. the capital
Of Turkey. His mission, as he
defined It, was to lend the per-
sonal prestige of the American
Secretary of State to the annual
council Of the Baghdad Pact.
When the sessions began, there
was q danger that the Baghdad
Pact. comprised Of Turkey. Iran,
Iraq and Pakistan. might fall
apart. The only Arab member
state, Iraq. was openly wavering.
The other member nations were
strongly dissatisfied at American
intentions to continue nonmem-
bership in the alliance. And
every Arab nation in the Middle
East. which the pact was formed
to defend. was either openly hos
tile Egypt and Syria) or coolly
aloof SAUDI Arabia, Lebanon and
Jordan.
Mr.. Dulles. usually credited
with the creation of the pact, had
indicated that the United States
did not plan formal membership
in the pact at this time. But
pressures were severe. the argu-
ment being that the Dulles desire
to placate the Arab nations which
have spurned the Baghdad ALI
ance was no longer valie With
Egypt and Syria already eeply
enmeshed in the Soviet net and
about to unite (see story by Ned
Makdisi on Page A-24 there was,
in the Turkish view particularly.
no longer any reason why the
United States should not become
a de jure as well as de facto
member of the Baghdad alliance.
The Secretary resisted these
pressures, and succeeded as well
in keeping the alliance intact. But
by the time the Ankara meeting
ended, Mr.. Dulles had pledged the
full military support of the United
States to the Baghdad Pact pow
ers. in the event of Communist
aggression. Such support. he told
the council, had fully as much
effectiveness as actual membership
in the pact.
While the Baghdad Pact coun-
Gil was meeting, Egypt and Syria
took steps toward their long-con-
sidered union. The two militant,
pro-Soviet Arab nations agreed TO
merge in a United Arab State, with
Egypt's President Nasser as Presi-
dent of the new nation and Syria's
Premier Shukri al Kuwatly as Vice
President. The union accord will
have to be ratified by the Egyp-
tan and Syrian Parliaments--a
virtual certainty after which
each national Parliament will
continue to function within the
greater union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-02
The Explorer

The American satellite, chris
tened the Explorer" by the Army
and Alpha 1858 by the ICY, is
soaring at $4,000 miles an hour
in an orbit going as high as 1000
miles from the earth. 1t is an
80-inch, 30.8-pound tube 6 inches
in diameter. containing two trans
mitters and measuring instru-
ments. Circling the earth in ia
minutes, the two transmitters are
faithfully reporting on cosmic ray
incidence. meteorite interference
and temperatures. It's life in Or
bit has been estimated at from
several months to 10 years.
National pride at the success
full launching transcribed pre-
vailing interservice jealousies. but
to the Army the feat was a happy
vindication. Last year. former
Secretary Of Defense Charles E.
Wilson. in an effort to define roles
and missions and settle the con-
tinual rivalry between the serv-
ices. had limited the Army's mis-
sile job to short range 900 niles
tactical devices. Since DR.. Wern-
her Won Braun's civilian scientists
had already made great progress
toward intermediate and intercon-
tinental range missiles. the Army's
chagrin was deep. At Redstone
Arsenal in Huntsville. Ala. a ca
reer Army colonel, John c. Nick
erson, was court-martialed and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-02

was working, at least to a point.
State Department officials were
tacitly acknowledging that talks
with the Soviet Union. even a
summit talk, were practically in
evitable despite the earlier deter
mined opposition of Secretary Of
State Dulles.
The advantages already gained
by Moscow's steady drum-beating
for summit talks. our diplomats
believe, have made a positive re-
Spouse by the West essential. Con-
tinued rebuffs, no matter how
well reasoned, can now only con-
tribute to the impression that the
Soviet proposes and the West OPP
poses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-02
THE WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE
Road from Peenemuende

In the waning days Of Killers
Reich, when Allied might was
closing in on the shattered rem
nants Of the Wehrmacht. German
science achieved a new and dead
ly weapon. Had it come earlier, it
might have accomplished the
'thousand-year Reich" Of which
Hitler boasted in 1910. From the
Baltic coast city of Peenemuende
reared the first military rockets
the early vi, not much more
than an unnamed airplane. and
the W., true high altitude mis-
sile against which there was no
effective defense.
The W. came too late in the
game for the Germans. Their bat
tered productive plant could not
produce the quantities needed to
be decisive. But it marked the
birth Of a new military era. AS
the armies Of the Soviet Union
and Of the Western allies raced
toward each other across a pros
trate Germany they also raced for
Peenemuende. Their objective: To
seize the scientists and technolo-
gists who had created va. Both
the Russians and the Americans
succeeded in part, and the Ger
man experts were soon at work
for their former foes.
Since the end Of World War
II the Soviet Union and the
United States have poured billions
into a military race for missile
supremacy. The guided missile
carrying a nuclear warhead has
been called "the ultimate weapon"
A device Of intercontinental range.
1t could carry hydrogen-bomb
devastation anywhere in the world
in a matter Of minutes, soaring
so high and so fast as to be vir-
tually impossible to thwart by
present means.
Up until october 4, Americans
in general felt a calm certainty
that American missile develop
ment was at least equal to that
of the Soviet Union, and probably
superior.
There had been warnings that
such was not the case. In fact.
Moscow announced the successful
firing Of intercontinental range
ballistic missiles in August. But
the Russian claims, although
verified by American intelligence
sources. were insufficient to stir
more than a relatively few men
who recognized their portent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-02
Crack in the Door

Secretary Dulles revealed the
crack in the Vests door January
10 when he set forth sample
agenda items he deemed proper
for discussion If any negotiations
were to succeed. 1t seems increaS-
ingly likely now that cautious
steps will lead to a foreign-minis-
ter-level meeting within a few
months. with a summit conference
to follow if all goes well.
The Russians, aware of their
diplomatic advantage and COM
fortably confident in their tri-
umph in the space race, kept up
the diplomatic offensive vigor-
ously throughout the week.
Comrade Khrushchev, display
ing his skill at the homely, jovial
smile, told Western ambassadors
at a Moscow reception that sum-
NIT talks should be like a meal.
First you have the hors d'oeuvres,"
said the First Secretary, then
soup and fish. Then. the main
course. We should do the same.
Let us agree on simple things
first"
Mr.. Khrushchev went on to re-
peat his objections to the Vests
position on the Soviet bid for top
level negotiations. At Minsk the
preceding week he had accused
the West of proposing impossible"
conditions as a prerequisite to a
summit meeting.
AS for President Eisenhower's
proposal for a ban on military
activities in outer space, Mr..
Khrushchev charged that the
United States wanted to prohibit
weapons the Soviet Union has
intercontinental missiles and sat-
elites disable for military pur-
poses-but would not agree to ban
"other forms Of weapons with the
aid Of which they would like to
keep the whole world in q state
Of fear"
When the full text Of the Minsk
speech Of Mr.. Khrushchev became
available last Wednesday, 1t was
even less encouraging to the West
than early reports had indicated.
He bluntly barred any discus
sion Of the status Of the satellite
nations Of Eastern and Central
Europe, a key point in President
Eisenhowers recent reply to the
Bulganin overtures.
Moving with the promptness
that has characterized the State
Departments responses to Soviet
actions in recent weeks, Press Of
ficer Lincoln White told newsmen
Tuesday that the Khrushchev
charges presented "a distorted
view Of United States policies and
motivations. Referring TO the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-02
The Awakening

Then on october 4 came the
awakening. A Russian multi
stage missile of tremendous power
hurled 184-pound artificial moon
into space, and its radio trans
mitter's beep-beep brought to
America the ominous implications
of the conquest of space by
potential enemy.
The initial congratulatory re-
action in the non-C Communist
world to the Russian scientific
accomplishment gave way quickly
to jolting realization of terrible
peril. All sputniks might not be
peaceful, and it was apparent that
the powerful thrust able to launch
the Red satellite was equally able
to hurl a hydrogen warhead at
New York or Chicago.
Sputnik I Officially Alpha 1857
to the scientists Of the Interna-
tional Geophysical Year, and its
November companion, the dog
carrying Sputnik II beta 1850
brought a confused clamor Of
concern over American defenses.
Congress began investigating. The
three armed services complained
of each other and their budgets.
The public and the politicians de-
manded action-Some kind of &C
ton.
There was an almost frantic
desire to "catch up" with the Rus
slams. One result was psy-
Geological disaster when per-
haps too hasty attempt on De-
cember 6 to launch the unteSted
Navy Vanguard satellite failed in
a humiliating blast of flame. The
wrecked rocket was hauled away,
security was strengthened to pre-
vent new mass disappointments,
and a calmer and more orderly APP
proach was begun.
Last Friday night the job was
done, and the Nation and the
whole non Communist world
cheered. At 10:48 pm. a huge
Jupiter c rocket roared from its
launching pad at Cape Canaveral,
Fla, flashed upward and out Of
sight in seconds, and seven min
utes later had put the first Amer
lean artificial satellite into orbit
around the earth. The Army's
Redstone Arsenal missile team.
which includes German veterans Of
Peenemuende, had proved its con-
tention that existing hardware Of
Army development has long been
able to launch a baby moon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-02
Recession Issue

Republican candidates will also
be called upon to explain. defend
or deny the economic recession
with its effects being increasingly
felt in the pocketbooks Of voters.
The flve-month-old recession con-
tlnues and recovery is not in sight.
Unemployment-now near the
disaster" point Of per cent
Continued on Page Ara
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-02
Medaris Looks
Far Into Space

HUNTSVILLE Aa-There John Bruce Medaris He is
tough headed wo-star general with both feet the
ground
Then there is John Bruce Medars, space cadet.
This split personality Maj. Gen Medaris simply is
military who believes the next major may be out of
this world
The 55-yearod general Of the Army Basc Missile
Smyrna times., 1958-09-25
Cleaning Laying
Pens Important

When you move your layers
out of the laying pens, the house
should get a thorough cleaning
before the new pullets are hous-
ed, says George Vapaa, Kent
County agricultural agent.
Normal culling often reduces
numbers in different pens so
some of the pens may be emp
tied by combining the remain
ing birds, allowing the pens to
be cleaned at the poultryman's
convenience.
A good job of cleaning in
cludes repairs to building and
equipment and closing up rat
holes. Establishing a full scale
war on rats is a good policy at
Smyrna times., 1958-09-25

cleaning time, MIR. Vapaa sug-
gested.
Remove all litter and move
able equipment and dust down
the walls and ceiling. Then
move in with water and scrub
brush. Water under pressure is
a considerable time and labor
saver.
Hot lye solution is an effec-
tive cleansing and disinfecting
agent for the scrubbing job. One
can of lye to 20 to 80 gallons of
water is about the right mix
ture. Be careful with it, it can
cause burns, he warned.
Spray a good coal tar disin-
fectant on the walls and into
the cracks, around dropping
boards and nests to get all the
parasites. Mites can and should
be controlled by painting wood
work around nests and rooSts
with red mite paint.
After the paint is dried out
we'll, put in the litter and equip
ment and you are ready to ado
birds and go back into the egg
business.
Smyrna times., 1958-09-25
Safety With Corn
Picker Stressed

A few safety rules may keep
you from becoming a statistic in
the farm accident column under
the corn picked sategory, says
Ernest N. Scarborough, agricul-
tural engineer at the University
of Delaware.
Remember" Scar borou h
says, when you start your corn
picker your chances of having
an accident are eleven times
greater than they are when you
are working at some other nor
NAL farm job, according to acct
dent records"
Rule No. |, Scarborough says,
is to do good job of preventive
maintenance. Doing your lubri-
cation and repair before enter
ing the field will keep you out
of the picker when you try to
do these jobs under pressure in
the field.
Replace all worn parts before
the season starts. Check all slip
clutches by locking the moving
part, such as the gathering
chain, with a bar and then turn
ing the power take-off shaft-by
Hand, with wrench.
Rule Two: Operate and adjust
the picker correctly. Proper OPP
Grafton and adjustment of the
picker not only results in more
corn in the crib and less left in
the field, but means your mach
inc will be less likely to clog
and reduce the need for you to
be clearing and adjusting in the
field.
Rule Three: The most import
ant safety rule for all tractor
drivers to remember is to Shut
Off the tractor and disengage
the power take-off Before leav-
ing the tractor seat to make ad-
justments.
Rule Four: Carry a fire extin-
guisher on your picker or trac-
tor-dry corn stalks or shucks
may be ignited from the tractor
or picker motor.
Rule Five: Be sure to use all
the shields and covers for NOV
ing parts that came with the
machine-they are for your
safety. Don't wait until you
come back from the hospital to
put on the shield.
Smyrna times., 1958-09-25
Temperature Set
For Corn Drying

The temperature at which the
farmer or elevator operator
dries corn depends on the use
that is going to be made of the
corn, says George Vapaa, Kent
agricultural agent.
If the corn is going to be fed
to livestock a drying tempera-
ture of $50 to IT'S is all right,
Mr.. Vapaa adds.
If the corn is to be used for
seed you have to be very care
full about temperature. About
ITO degrees is all it will stand
without causing seed injury.
Corn which is to be sold for
commercial processing purposes
should not be heated above I40
degrees. Higher heating reduces
the value for starch production
and commercial professors find
lit difficult to remove the germ
portion of the kernels and corn
Smyrna times., 1958-09-25
estate Youth
Conference Set

The annual five-state Young
Men and Women's Conference
will be held Oct. 1919 at Jack
sons Mill, Weston, West Vir-
ginia, this year, according to
Sam GWinn, Delaware State All
Club Leader.
The conference is for young
people, mostly between Is and
80 years old, from Virginia,
Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia
and Delaware. They meet for a
program of workshop discus
sions, speakers and recreational
activities.
The objective of the annual
conference is to stimulate lead
ership among young people and
to provide them with an oppor-
tunity to exchange ideas, Gwinn
said.
Young people come to the
conference from All Clubs,
Grange, Farm Bureau, Church,
Future Farmers of America,
YM-YWCA, schools and from
foreign youth exchange pro-
grams.
The program starts at 2 pm.
Friday afternoon and ends at
noon on Sunday. Groups will GO
Smyrna times., 1958-09-25
Better Pastures
Mean More Profit

Pastures continued lush for
all Kent County dairymen dur
ing August. Farmers doing OH.
LA. testing fed an average of
only six pounds of concentrate
feed for every three pounds of
milk. Normally the ratio is about
one pound of grain for every
three pounds of milk. Good pas
turage allows farmers to reduce
the grain feeding requirements,
and thereby produce milk more
efficiently, says Samuel Dixon,
association president.
Dairy farmers have found
that by feeding their pastures
with fertilizer, they can save
grain feed. Not only does fer
tilizer return about $500 for ev-
cry dollar spent, but the COW
helps further. One man put it
this way, "a COW on pasture is
her own moving machine or
harvester, her own feed process
ing plant, and even her own
manure spreader." At present
land valuations and labor rates,
why kill yourself hauling all the
feed to the COW as hay or grain.
Let nature help feed your cows
with good roughage as pasture.
The Holstein herd of Maurice
Adams of Harrington ranked
first in milk and butterfat pro-
duction during the month of
August. His is one of twenty
five herds on official dairy herd
improvement testing work in
Kent County. Fifteen additional
herds perform owner-sampler
testing.
Mr.. Adams 35 cows averaged
40.l lbs. of milk per day and Ia
lbs. of butterfat. The other
twenty-five herds averaged 25.3
lbs. of milk and 0.9 lbs. of but
terfat per day per COW.
The herds of Robert Mason OF
Harrington, William Attix of
Cheswold, William Eliason of
Harrington, Joseph Moore and
Samuel Dixon, both of Dover,
ranked next in order of butter
fat production. Very rarely does
the same farmer rank at the top
two months in succession, which
indicates the lively interest the
members have in doing an effec-
tive job of herd management.
Lactation reports for the
months of June and July show
ed the cows of Woodrow Haas
and M. T. Webb leading the as
ISOLATION. Mr.. Haas had a grade
COW, one of only two grades in
his herd, leading in both milk
and butterfat production. A five
year old animal known as sow
Smyrna times., 1958-09-25

AA2l88, she gave 1880 lbs of
milk and SIG lbs. of butterfat in
the first 305 days of her third
lactation. Mr.. Webb's eight-year
old cow produced l4,650 lbs. of
milk in the same period, with
4S9 lbs. of butterfat to rank
fourth in this department. Also
in July, Robert Mason's five
year old COW, 50WAAl245, pro-
duced 525 lbs. of fat in 296
days.
Other leading cows with out
standing lactation summaries
were owned by Charles Ewing
of Smyrna, u. L. Hartman OF
Marydel, Arthur Short & Son OF
Smyrna, and Joseph Moore OF
Dover.