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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-21
Inspected Meets

- a ACNNAAk AAN NO a. WIZ uAAA
in an editorial in the April 3
Evening Star mention was
made Of British difficulties
with the composition of
Dangers (sauSagel. 1t was
pointed out that British au-
thorities cannot control the
amount Of beef in pork sau-
sage. pork in beef sausage, or
the amount Of cereal or other
extenders in sausage In gen.
eral because Of the absence
Of adequate testing methods.
A considerable number of
your readers may have
gained the impression that a
similar condition prevails in
the United States. However.
this is far from the fact. A
large majority Of the sausage
prepared in this country is
made in establishments op-
Grating under supervision Of
the Federal Meat Inspection
Service Of the United States
Department OF Agriculture.
Labelling regulations OF the
Federal Meat Inspection
Service require that the name
used to identify product be
the common or usual name
and one which clearly iden-
titles the product. No mis-
leading labelling is permitted.
Product Of a federally in
spected meat packing plant
which is labeled beef sau-
sage" or pork sausage" for
example. must be prepared
with the meat named to the
exclusion Of other meats.
Federally inspected pork sau-
sage may contain only pork
as its meat ingredient and no
offenders are permitted In
pork sausage. Items such as
frankfurters, salaIni, bologna,
etc. may contain q variety of
meat and meat by-products
but may contain not more
than ga per cent Of cereal,
nonfat dry milk. soya flour
and the like singly or in
combination. The label for
such product is required to
bear a prominent statement
listing all Of the ingredients
in their descending order of
predominance.
The Federal Meat In
spection Service has func-
toned efficiently for more
than so years and the Amer
lean consumer can be sure
that meat or meat food prod
ucts bearing the marks OF
Federal inspection are whole
some and truthfully labeled.
A number Of States and
municipalities have efficient
inspection systems and eff
fectively protect the public's
interest in plants under their
supervision.
J. Scott,
Chief Trade Label Section,
Meat Inspection Div.
Department Of Agriculture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-21
Arlington Schools

AS the mother Of a child
who has completed ele-
mentary school in Arlington
County. and is now in his
second year of junior high,
/ have reached certain con-
illusions. I do not want to
destroy the public schools. I
do not want to drive anyone
TO resign. But I don't think
our schools are too good TO
be improved
Two changes that have met
with my enthusiastic APP
prevail are the proposal to re-
turn to old-fashioned grad
ing on elementary report
cards. and the recent school
board compromise on the
teaching OF the general edu-
cation course in junior high.
While my son was in ele-
mentary school. I found the
narrative report then in
vogue quite misleading. but
since I was able TO keep
abreast Of his progress by
frequent talks with his teach
ers. ! never spoke out. Now
! realize that this system Is
all wrong for the children
themselves. The spur that a
definite grading system gave
my son when he reached jun
ior high was astounding. For
the first time he really be-
gan to work. And he really
feels bitter toward the school
board because he never had
grades" in elem tary
school. Comparing notes with
friends I find that almost in
variably their children have
reacted in a similar fashion.
They like to know what they
are accomplishing, it seems,
AS far as ! was ever able
TO ascertain. the argument
against the old-fashioned
grading system was that it
led to undesirable compete
ton" among children and
that 1t was not entirely fair.
Well. nothing is ever entirely
fair-no system of grading
certainly not that Of the mar
rative report. since these re-
ports necessarily are ex-
tremely subjective on the
part Of the teacher. And my
son seems to compete. not
with other children espe-
cially. but to compete as a
golfer does. who is trying TO
break par for the course!
In regard TO the change in
the general education course.
the school board has decided
that in the 7th and 9th
grades the course will be
taught by one teacher as at
present. but that she will give
separate grades In the courses
which compose the subject
surely a simple and easy
change which gives both stu
dent and parent much more
exact information.
The school board has fur
ther decided that next year
ninth graders will be al
lowed to take separate
courses in English and social
studies (history. civics. etc.
II their parents desire them
TO do so. The fact that LOO
students have so chosen as
opposed to 800 who wish to
continue the combined course
would seem to indicate that
1t is not a mere minority Of
disconnected crackpots who
approve some changes in our
sacrosant system!
L. X. Ross.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-21

interested in keeping busi-
ness healthy for the automo-
bile industry. They don't de-
serve it. / am more inter-
ested in keeping out Of debt.
Yes. I have money TO buy a
new car now. and next year
too. But l am not going to.
My 1850 sedan is doing very
nicely and no sales force is
going to get 1t in trade. They
Auto Be Ashamed"
John q. Public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-21
Too Much Pork

IOuT cOlVOIlhl, lOO MUCH
Pork" in regard to the
Presidents veto Of the omni-
bus flood control bill over
looked the significant point
at issue in the conflict be-
tween the President and Con-
gress.
The President makes 1t
clear that in authorization
measures of this type, he
would limit the field In which
Congress can act to those
projects which have already
been approved by the Budget
Bureau. In other words. II
he win reject any bill that
contains projects not pre-
viouSly approved by the
Budget Bureau. he is allow
ing Congress only the mega
tive power Of failing to au-
thorize some Of the Budget
approved projects.
The majority Of the men,
bers Of Congress feel that
they have a responsibility in
this field. and that that re-
sponsibility embraces both
the right and the duty to
authorize projects which they
believe are meritorious and
justified. no matter what the
opinion of the Budget Bureau
happens to be.
Most Of the disagreement
between Congress and the
Budget Bureau stems from
opposition in Congress to the
Budget Bureau policy which
sharply increases, in many
cases, the traditional require
mentS for local contribution.
This policy has never been
approved by Congress but
was instituted entirely by
direction Of the executive de-
partment.
You appear to accept with
out question the validity of
the Presidents statements
about various items in the
bill. Actually, the projects
in question were found not
to be justified on the basis
OF a tortuous new formula
including q highly specula-
tive item called taxes fore
gone" This is another result
of the new Bureau Of the
Budget policy.
The Eisenhower admins
tration's objection TO devel-
opment Of our water re-
sources was made clear In
the 1859 budget message,
which proposed a sharp cut
back in planning and survey
funds for already authorized
projects This was proposed,
as stated in the Presidents
message, with o view toward
reducing the demand for
new projects.
Despite any other state
ments to the contrary, there
is ample reason to believe
that the Presidents veto is
a further step to carry out
this policy Of choking of
water resources development.
l do not believe Congress
will accept this assumption Of
the legislative power by the
President and the Budget
Bureau, nor will Congress
accede to the administra-
TONS policy Of choking of
water resources development.
II the present veto is not
over-ridden. I am confident
that Congress in 1859 will
pass an even more compre-
hensive flood control bill.
Frank Z. Smith.
Representative from
Mississippi.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-21
LETTERS TO THE STAR.

Pen names may be used "
letters carry priters correct
names and addresses All
letters are subject to conden-
sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-21

@. Where is Eritrea? Is 1t
an independent country
o. p.
A. Eritrea is a former Ital-
ian colony near the southern
end Of the Red Sea, just
north Of Ethiopia. Since 1852
1t has been an autonomous
(self-governing) province
federated with Ethiopia. In
general, the elected Eritrean
government exercises author
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-21
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
By THE HASKIN SERVICE
BY The HASkIN SERVICE
facual ouas,or 49,
{ Please nose Wv" washington

Q. How big is the mem
brane in ones inner ear, and
what does 1t DOH. B.
A. The membrane. which
supports hair cells. is micro
scopic in width and about an
inch long. The middle ear
converts sound waves into
vibratory movements of the
liquid Of the inner ear. Diff
ferent pitches excite different
places on the membrane and
also affect different fractions
Of its total length. High
pitches affect only a tiny
group Of hair cells; low
pitches may stimulate the
entire. membrane. These vi
brations start messages trav-
cling along the flbers Of the
auditory nerve.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27
Who's The Hoofer7

and Scottish dance expert named John
McConachie was imported to teach Cary
his steps. Cary ended up by teaching
McConachie few, including the Schubert
Alley Hop" and the ''Of-To- Buffalo"
Years ago, as Archie Leach, Cary APP
peared in such forgettable Broadway cias-
sizes as ''Nikki' and Boom Boom"
Il got a real kick out Of dancing again,
says Cary. Il also came up with fantastic
Charley horse" C. D. n.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27

The comedy high spot in the new film,
"Indiscreet," is Highland fling It's per
formed by an old musical-comedy man
named Archie Leach. You might possibly
know him better as Cary Grant.
The sequence was filmed in England,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26
Whut's Ahead

Forthcoming: Notes From
the Warsaw Ghetto" by
Emmanuel Ringelblum. a COL
lection Of short notations
about life in the ghetto
which were buried In tin
boxes and dug up between
the years 1946-l950. Ringel-
blum was the prototype for
Noah Levinson. the archi-
visit Of the Warsaw ghetto
in John Hersey's novel. The
Wall"
"The Sparks Fly Upward"
the memoirs Of Field Marshal
Viscount Montgomery OF Ala,
mein, X. G.. Unlike other
reminiscing warriors. Monty"
goes back TO his childhood.
The Promised Land and
Other Poems" a collection OF
modern Italian poetry whose
editor. Sergio Pacifici. as
sistant professor Of Italian at
Yale. says: That this redis-
covery of Italian letters
should have sadly neglected
poetry is particularly dis
tressing. especially II we
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26
Trial Scene
Of Shorp Wit
THE LONG ARM. BY

THE LONG ARM. BY Henry
Cecil. Harper a. Bros;
$500
This is a rather dry legal
Joke on the subject OF COIN
cidences. Mr.. Cecil takes the
case Of a rogue, who insures
a huge sum Of money against
theft. has 1t stolen and on the
discovery that this sort OF
thing has Happened TO him
before. is hauled into court on
charges OF fraud. His de-
Tense is a marvelously clever
col ection OF condolences
which befell the wives OF the
Judge and the prosecutor. At
the end. he overdoes II. but
for q while It's great. sly fun.
Mr.. Cecil's asides are rather
meatier than his theme. He
Ia brilliant. for instance, on
the subject Of bores.
M. Moo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26
Biography Of
French Poet
vERLAINE: FOOL OF GOD.

vERLAINE: FOOL OF GOD.
BY Lawrence and Elizabeth
Hanson. BRANDON House:
So
This life Of that strange
genius Paul Verlaine is not
at all lurid. although 1t might
well have been in less Nordic
hands than Mr.. and Mrs.
Hanson. They not only sue
coed In making the mad
Frenchman understandable,
they even create sympathy
for him. Not. Of course, any
thing emotional. They do feel
that zone has only to think
Of the rise Of the genius Of
Vincent Van Gogh under the
influence Of drink TO realize
that the ordinary standards
Of morality do not apply to
the great artist"
They write in a quite schol-
arly way about Verlaine's
poetry. the liberating infiu-
ence II had upon all modern
verse. and they are best. I
think. when they get TO that
strange late period In his
life when he was almost q
success. They realize the
irony Of this. He was created
for failure. but almost out
lived his destiny by becoming
honored and even popular.
EDWIN TREBLE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26
Biography
OF WoIsey
Seems Era
NAKED TO MINE ENEMIES:

NAKED TO NINE ENEMIES:
The Life Of Cardinal Vol.
sey. BY Charles w. Fergu-
son. Little. Brown & Co.,
SCI
Mr.. Ferguson has written
a full-scale. ambitious biog-
raphy Of an Ipswich mer-
chants son who was a cleric
in name only and the Lord
Chancellor Of Henry VIII.
For most Of that time, the
lordly cardinal. AN ofiicial
in shepherds clothing" as
his biographer aptly dubs
him. could do no wrong in his
royal masters eyes. But he
failed to obtain an annul-
ment Of Henry's marriage to
Catherine OF Aragon and for
that. Henry stripped him Of
all his powers.
1t is a fascinating period,
and Mr.. Ferguson has done 1t
full justice. His descriptions
Of home. school and court life
in Tudor England. are wildly
informative. He is less sue
ceSsful. however, in bringing
his subject TO a speaking like
ness. Mr.. Ferguson takes the
rather easy out Of depicting
the worldly prelate as basic
ally insecure due TO his
bourgeois background and
ever compensating by high
handedness and greed.
Mr.. Ferguson takes note Of
Wolsey's passion for building,
his Roman persistence that
his name should live on after
him through schools bearing
his stamp. He also shows
Wolsey as a gifted amateur
judge. presiding wisely over
the Star Chamber. But he
does not. 1t seems to me. ex-
anime fully enough the rela-
tionship between the Card
inal and the King. which
should be the core Of the
book.
II is Mr., Ferguson's con-
tention that despite his cas-
ual. almost invisible spiritual
ity. the Cardinal was welded
10 the idea Of the Papacy and
fell thereby.
An editor OF the Readers
Digest, Mr.. Ferguson has
made his long study extreme
ly readable. There is, how
ever. q great unevenness OF
style. He begins on q high
medieval note c'He tarried
but q whitley but steadily
descends TO the point where
in describing the attitude Of
the populace watching the
events Of the Field OF the
Cloth Of Gold, he says TO
hell with politics. M. McG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26
ProdigoI Is
NoveI'sTheme
THE PRODIGAL. By Jose

THE PRODIGAL. BY jose
phine Lawrence. CHarcourt,
Brace & Co.: $685.
Josephine Lawrence. q past
master at tackling posers.
turns a searching eye here on
the parable OF the prodigal
son. For the many who must
wonder about IL, she seeks an
explanation Of the seeming
injustices In that familiar
Bible allegory Of Gods mercy
toward the sinner.
Her 20th-century prodigal
is a concert pianist. Alric
Dowell. who spends his free
time In pursuit OF pleasure at
the financial and psychology
ical expense Of his family.
Although Alric has no use for
his mother except when
broke. Mrs. Dowell encourages
his leech-ism, sacrificing not
only herself but also a second
son Dane. his wife Halle,
and Alric's daughter TO this
devouring child. In her senil-
ity. she admits that Alric is
her only love.
Mrs. Dowell's ungrateful
acceptance OF Danes support
In every crisis is a source Of
finely-drawn torture to Halle,
the novels key figure. After
hearing a sermon on the
prodigal son which leaves her
sick with rage. Halle poses
the central question: How is
II fair that AL the good.
patient men must go I'M
rewarded while the selfish are
perpetually honored guests2"
In giving her answer. the
author does not contradict
the Bible story-she adds an
other chapter. Her book is
not the least bit "preachy."
II is a compassionate study
OF a not uncommon problem
and the tenuous business Of
living with II day after day.
Miss Lawrence writes about
people with gentleness and
humor and stunning accu-
racy, This, her 2lst novel. IL
wonderful reading.
AMELIA YOUNG
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26

standing alone In naked de-
fiance Of the Nations de-
clared public policy"
The border States fell
away from the South to 60
with the Union. now as In
1860. the others remained
adamant.
In reviewing history. Mr..
Ashmore does not feel that
social segregation was "in-
herently evil. but could be
defended as a bridge In the
Negroes progress from slav-
cry to citizenship"
He adds: Pride Of race
and the desire TO maintain
its integrity are not ignoble.
What was ignoble was the
SouthS' refusal to recognize
that in practice It's effort to
translate custom into law did
not grant TO the black South
any preceptible degree Of the
human dignity 1t was at
tempting TO maintain for it
self"
This is indeed q thought
full book. No one who Is in
terested in reading q South
erner's detached. unpreju-
diced analysis can afford 10
overlook II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26
In ALBERT CAAIUS. !

In ALBERT CAMUS. The
Inyincible Summer. by Albert
Marquet, translated by HERNIA
BrifIault tBraziller: $3.75l
an attempt is made TO ex-
plain the philosophy and the
art Of the writer who recently
was awarded q Nobel Prize.
Mr.. Camus is. like most
current French writer's. much
given to symbolism and i'm
agery. His writing usually Is
clear enough outwardly. but
its inner meanings often are
puzzling, subject to more than
one Interpretation.
Mr.. Maquet comedies that
camuS "situates man at the
very center Of the world
spectacle and registers the
strange music that penetrates
him progressively as his pres
ence there endures. II Is q
music OF discordant tonalities.
since it simultaneously ex-
presses happiness and bitter
ness"
Camus, according 70 Mr..
Maquet, assumes literature
has a moral purpose. but this
Is no mere moralistic pre-
tension. for camus once said:
II detest virtue that Is only
smugness. I detest the fright
full morality Of the world. and
I detest 1t because 1t ends,
Just like absolute cyniciSm.
in demoralizing men and
keeping them from running
their own lives with their own
Just measures of meanness
and magnificence."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26
South African
Family Story
HAMILTON AVENUE.
Ronald Byron. tMacmI

HNWALAON nv ENCE. by
Ronald Byron. CMacmfl-
LAM $3.75.J
This is the first novel of an
Englishman who practices
medicine in South Africa. It
tells Of the life and times Of
q Negro family living in the
city OF Newclare.
1t is a good. exciting story
with believeable. why'd char
acterizations. and the book
has passages Of finc writing.
However. Hamilton Ave-
nue." suffers from the stilted
dialogue that Mr.. Byron has
his supposedly simple. I'M
educated characters speak.
This tends to make the whole
narrative seem unnatural and
a trifie forced. And the
author. with a kind OF medi-
cal detachment. often seems
TO view his characters emo
tional problems as outgrowths
Of physical ailments.
The book is not concerned
with inter-racial problems,
but rather with the psyche
logy and insight Of the South
African Negro. and his adj
Justment from the uncom-
plicated. rural ethos of his
race into the complex struc-
ture Of city dwelling. As
such, 1t Is worth reading.
BARTON BIGGS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26
Rucinq at LuureI

From the second exhibition
Racing at Laurel" held at
the race track during the
recent fall meet. q selection
Of paintings and sculptures
by Washington and Balti-
more artists is at the Play
house Art Gallery. 727 Fiji
tenth Street NV. through
next Saturday.
The original show OF about
so works was held under aus
pices Of Artists Equity Of
Baltimore and the Society OF
Washington Artists. Anthony
Mazzola. art editor Of Town
and Country Magazine: John
Chapman Lewis. painter and
Corcoran School instructor.
and Kenneth Sawyer, art
critic Of the Baltimore Sun
selected the show and
awarded the prizes. Three
Of the winners are in the
Playhouse show.
First prize for sculpture.
Robert Kuhn's horse and
jockey. reduced to essentials.
is outstanding. Jack Bonsal's
Fast Track" first prize for
painting is an abstraction
resembling q snow storm.
Clare Ferriter's After the
Races" tsecond) is a slmpli-
fed impression Of horses In
q stable. in browns and
greens.
There Is considerable va
riety in this little collection.
from naturalistic to abstract.
including such witty items as
Aaron Sopher's little pen and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26
Goodby, Dixie

Harry s. Ashmore. execu-
tive editor OF the Arkansas
Gazette. has summed up
Segregation and Southern is
sues in general about as well
as anyone could. better than
any one else I've read. in
AN EPITAPH FOR DIXIE
Morton; $500
What the South was de-
Tending over the years.
then" he writes, was the
right to be wrong-wrong. at
least. as q substantial ma
tional majority judged the
issue Of slavery and segrega-
ton. 1t is. Of course. a basic
right, the one upon which an
entire structure Of law. has
been erected. TO protect mi
porities. But the South de-
based 1t by using 1t as a cloak
behind which the loca
Southern white majority de-
MED the common rights and
immunities Of citizenship to
the black minority"
" And he concludes: I'm
any event. and for better or
worse. the South must now
ind its future in the national
pattern. The angry cries of
defiance sounding across the
region do not echo a gallant
past. only a contemporary
temper tantrum.
Outwardly. he maintains,
"the old tragic pattern re-
peats itself. In 1858. as in
1850. the region finds itself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26
Author! Author!

william Morrow d Co.
stung by insinuations in q
newspaper that Erie Stanley
Gardner got a helping hand
in writing two stories under
his name. has offered to pay
100000 to anyone who can
prove that anyone has ever
ghosted for or collaborated
with Gardner on any book
ever published over his own
name or any Of his pseu-
donyms.