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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-21
STORM SIDELIGHTS
STORM S1DELTGHTS
Electricity for Victims Iron Lung
Supplied by Firemen for 4 Hours

Firemen supplied electricity
for the iron lung Of a polio
victim with a portable genera
tor for 4 hours yesterday when
the regular power went of.
Mrs. Elizabeth P. Grant, 81,
of 1929 North Capitol street,
who has lived in electrically
powered respirators since Au-
gust. 1855. apparently suffered
no i'll effects from the power
failure. according to her
mother. Mrs. Clarissa r. Smith.
The lung continued to oper-
ate until 9 am. on its batteries
after a power failure at $50
am. When the batteries began
to run down. Mrs. Smith called
on the Fire Department for
assistance.
In two minutes, Fire Depart
ment Rescue Unit No. 2 of En-
CINE Company IA arrived to
hook up a gasoline-run portable
generator TO the lung. The
commercial power was restored
at 1880 pm. and the generator
was taken back to the Fire De-
partment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-21
Two Dogs EIectrocuted

Two dogs were electrocuted
today when they brushed
against a wire fence at the
Jefferson Village ball park in
Fairfax County. The wire had
been charged with electricity by
"a fallen power line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-21
Mails Close to Normal

Mail deliveries from the
Washington Post Office we're
close to normal today after
some interruption yesterday.
Washington Postmaster Roy
North said that three city sta
tons which normally use mail
sters." small three-wheeled We
hicles. to deliver residential
mail. made only partial deliver
les yesterday.
The biggest delay, Mr.. North
Evening star., 1958-07-09

Remember: We Service What We Sell! Our Factory
Trained Sales Experts Will Advise You which One Of Our
/ Many Movers Best Suits Your Lawn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-23

The 60-day Jail terms imposed on
IL Prince Georges County teen-age par
Elephants in ganglike rumble" that
ended in shooting are unusually stiff,
measured by most Juvenile court stand
ards. However, all but three of the
youths had been in trouble with the law
before and evidently had not been deeply
impressed by their experiences with the
police or with judges. They piled into
cars, armed with variety Of weapons
conventional or mproviSed-and con-
verged to engage in what was described
as vengeance night" In the course
of the fight one boy was kidnapped and
beaten and another boys leg was shat
tered by shotgun blast at close range.
AS Juvenile Court Judge Mamma
commented In sentencing the IL Offend
ers, they were lucky that they we're not
brought into court on murder charges
you can't take the law into your own
hands," Judge Mamma told the youths
This business of II we get ours, they'll
get theirs cannot exist. 1t has to stop
or an innocent bystander will get killed"
In the light of the circumstances, Judge
Mamma had cause to crack down. Leni-
ency too often has resulted in contempt
for the law and has encouraged further
laWleSsneSS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-23

mistake In turn could unleash a vast
and indescribable tragedy on the whole
OF humanity.
Although other experts may not
share DR.. Hagen's uneasineSS, his warn
Ing certainly seems plausible enough TO
lend special force to President Eisen-
hower's repeated efforts 10 interest the
Soviet Union In establishing an effective
international system designed to con-
troll spatial developments for peaceful
purposes. The Kremlin has more reason
TO be concerned about this than about
the wholly legitimate and unmenacing
operations OF SAC. Indeed, II Premier
Khrushchev Is genuinely anxious to
stage a meaningful summit conference
(the III" is a very big one), here Is one
subject that ought 10 have an impor-
tant place on the agenda.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-23
How to Vote 'Nyet'

Soviet visitors repeatedly are dis
playing great curiosity about American
voting machines on display at the
Worlds Fair in Brussels. One, identified
as staff member at the nearby Russian
pavilion, has examined the machines
carefully but with great Skepticism
about whether the counting meter
actually is not recording each vote in a
way to associate it with the individual
voter. 1t is, no doubt, question Of
valid concern to those who vote in the
Communist heartland. Any temptation
to split ticket is quickly discouraged
where Ivan goes to the polls. Still, it
is an intriguing thought that the Soviets
might be so fascinated by the American
machines as to install a few and let
Mr.. Khrushchev's popularity be tested
in curtained booth without benefit OF
nonmecbanical tally clerks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-23
Poderewski Marker

The great Polish pianist
and statesman Ignace Jan
Paderewski died In New York
City on June 20. l94l.
BY q resolution of Con-
gress. Paderewski was &C
corded the honor Of burial In
the Arlington National Gene
terry as a temporary measure
since his last request was to
have his final resting place
in his homeland after the
restoration Of Poland's free
dom and independence.
Seventeen years will have
elapsed this June and 1t will
still be impossible to fulfil
Paderewski's last request. In
spite of this length of time,
however, there is still no
marker in Arlington Gene
terry to show Paderewski's
burial place. We wonder If
the approaching anniversary
of his death would not be an
appropriate time to erect a
plaque to mark his temporary
resting place. Surely the
friends and admirers of this
great musician and patriot
would willingly subscribe the
necessary funds to do him
this small honor.
Karlis KalninS.
Adam M. Schmidt.
Charles V. West.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-23
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
BY THOMAS R. HENRY
Dinosaurs Not as Bad as They Looked

natural devices either escaped
from their enemies by speed
and agility or found protec-
ton In tremendous size and
weight. Many Of these we're
amphibious, retreatinR 10
river and swamp environ
mentS.
All the dinosaurs, DIR.
Dunkle points out, presum-
ably were stupid animals.
This certainly is true II brain
size is very directly related 10
intelligence. The bony cap
sule inclosing the brain occu-
pies a very small portion OF
the skull. II has been postu-
lated that the diminutive
brains may have been a
major cause OF the extinction
OF their owners when they
came into competition with
the somewhat more alert
primitive mammals.
Extinction Never Explained
But" says DR.. Dunkle.
"the complete disappearance
and extinction have never
been entirely explained. How
ever. throughout earths his
tory. great changes in its
surface have taken place.
caused by the upheaval OF
mountains and the enlarge
ment Of continents and the
destructive tearing down OF
these by the myriad factors
Of erosion. Life must adapt
itself to the consequent vari-
atoms in climate, food sup
ply and other environmental
conditions. When IL cannot,
that life vanishes. Such, SCI
entists suppose, was the fate
OF the dinosaurs.
So lack of brains may have
been a relatively minor fac
tor. considered over many
millenniums.
The ultimate origin Of the
dinosaurs is a moot question
but. DR.. Dunkle points out.
reptiles we're fairly abundant
in the Triassic period OF geo.
logical history about 200 mil
lion years ago. These were
the thecodonts. They were not
themselves dinosaurs but had
some Of the same skeletal
characteristics Of the earliest
of these reptiles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-23
Heavenly Danger

AS a practical matter, despite the
KremlinS lurid propaganda to the con-
trary, the defensive exercises Of our
Strategic Air Command are so carefully
controlled that there is no real reason
to worry about the possibility Of their
involving mistakes that could acct
dentally set of a nuclear war. How
ever, according to DR.. John p. Hagen,
director Of the Nays Project Vanguard,
the same does not hold true for the
artificial earth satellites that are likely
to be sent into orbit in increasing num-
bers during the months and years
ahead.
Thus, in his testimony before the
House Select Committee on Astronautics
and Space Exploration, DR.. Hagen has
warned that the launching Of such We
hicles-carried out by two or more
countries on an internationally indis-
criminate or uncontrolled basiS-could
stir up sudden fears and lead to human
errors capable OF plunging the world
into an accidental atomic-hydroge
war. AS he has explained 1t, this is
real danger already in the making, and
1t must be reckoned with because radar
and other detecting devices will be ex-
ceedingly hard put, as man-made moons
become increasingly numerous in the.
heavens, to distinguish accurately be-
tween those moons and intercontinental
balliStic missiles or wandering meteors
Hence, in the coming years, when ICBMs
will loom larger and larger in peoples
thoughts, nonmilitary satellites might
be mistaken for the terrible outer-space
weapons Of mass-deStruction, and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-23
School Horossment'

/ do not agree with the
letter of Elizabeth p. Camp
bell Mrs. Edmund d. Camp
belD published in your April
Is edition relative TO School
HarasSment."
DR.. T. Edward Rutter has
not been harassed and 1t is
noteworthy that his good
character and integrity will
not permit him to tell an
untruth about alleged" har-
assmentS to further politics
OF the ABC.
Mrs. Campbell alleges DR..
Rutter was recently put in
the position of needing to
defend and yet not being al
lowed to defend school en-
ployes for whom he was re-
sponsible." DR.. Rutter had
determined to resign and
what could possibly hinder
him from saying or doing as
he chose? Who is harasSing
whom? Mrs. Campbell is
mixed UP:
I am acquainted with the
majority members on our
present school board. trust
them and know II they are
allowed TO function without
interference by Mrs. Camp
bell and her followers our
school education will 60 for
ward. The parents Of Airing
ton could be sure their chill
dren would be educated
properly AZ good Americans
and our excellent teachers
would be happier.
Elizabeth r. Magruder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-23
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

From Wheaton. Md, wv.
D." writes about his pyra-
cantha hedge, which shelters
a part of the yard where the
bird-feeding station is To-
Gated.
"A flock of cedar wax
wings" he writes. stripped
the hedge of berries.
Hedges of this character
play a good part on a place,
not only in marking of ones
property, but also in provid-
ing food for birds.
There are many kinds OF
hedges, and all good.
Some persons today seem
to resent hedges and fences,
going on the theory. evil
IDENTIFY. enunciated in the
song so popular a few years
ago, Don't Fence Me In"
Actually, a hedge or fence
not only fences in, but it
fences out.
But actually, this is a sort
of mild fencing.
A fence or good hedge does
not keep out, but merely says,
please stay out"
A hedge is a request.
A fence is a plea.
Just as one never really
owns land. but is a sort Of
trustee for it. so the fencing
or hedging material merely
marks of.
Ruthless persons who want
to violate the plea can do so.
This is history.
In fact, history might be
written as stemming from
such violations.
X
The firethorn. and any
other good hedge, makes for
happiness because it does set
limits.
Human beings need limits.
If you call these repres-
sions. well, so much the
better.
The sad spectacle of peo-
pie. both old and young. with
out repressions, is ever be-
fore us.
Even the animals and birds
know better. and probably
the fishes.
1t is no unusual sight to
see a mother cat whack her
kitten with her paw when
it violates some strict ami
NAL rule.
The idea that repressions
are invariably bad is a queer
one to evolve out of the CEN
turtles.
One may ask how 1t got
started, and why 1t endures.
The fence or hedge is a
reminder, that is all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-23

1t tells the wayfarer, Il
have something behind this
/ prize. You don't know what
it is. 50 II you leap over. you
may step on it."
This Is quite a speech. for
a hedge, but it is TO the point
and true. One home gar
dener may be interested in
medical plants Of the old
botanical schools. not as
medicines any longer. but
simply as growing materials.
Some might call them Wild
flowers, which is as good a
term as any. 1t means a
wild growing thing. with
little flowers, often I'M
noticed. but with some part
Of the plant having a long
and interesting history.
Here is a plant, looking
for all the world like a weed.
whose root is the part used
in botanical medicine. Herbal
medicine, some call 1t.
This root was ground up
and soaked in water. and
thus taken TO offset the
ravages of a common cold
or worse.
Strangely enough. It did
good" for many centuries.
1t has now been lost to most
cold sufferers. but there are
still those who swear by it.
Hedging materials may be
prickly with good effect.
The owner should not mind
what people say. People are
always saying something or
other. II any one gets
scratched. it will be his own
fault, for the plants and their
thornS say as plainly as any
thing, Stay outl"
Our correspondent adds
that he scatters sunflower
seed on the ground almost
exclusively.
One could do a great deal
worse. Sunflower seed is loved
by many songsters, and is a
powerhouSe Of energy and
warmth for them.
If raisins of the seedless
kind were added for those
birds we have called the raj
sin eaters. including the
mockingbird. a very good
bill Of fare would be pro-
vided in these two foods
alone.
Their sugars and starches
furnish Just exactly the sort
of energy and warmth needed
by birds in the COLOR in
the heat. for that matter, for
nature takes care Of these
things for the birds. She
drains of too much heat
when necessary. or conserves
it when essential.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-23

Most dinosaurs probably
we're peaceful animals.
Despite their awsesome APP
pearanee they were plant
eaters that. regardless OF
their great size. had no
temptation 10 prey on fellow
creatures.
This is stressed by DR..
David II. Dunkle. Smith
Sonian Institution paleontolo-
eist, In a publication recently
issued by the institution. He
tells the story OF n race OF
long-extinct reptiles which
were the dominant animals
on earth for approximately
100 million years and which
disappeared about 20 million
years ago.
Varied Enthusiastically
These reptiles. whose near
est extant relatives are the
vastly different birds and
crocodiles. included the larg-
est creatures ever TO inhabit
the land. Some. however,
we're no larger than chickens.
During their long tenure OF
existence they underwent
fantastic variations. Many
walked upright OF their hind
legs. Some got about on all
four legs. Some developed
heavy suits of bony armor
Some became flesh eaters
and must have been ex-
tremely terrifying.
The descriptions Of the
terrible lizards" are based
largely on the fossil material
in the United States National
Museum collection. one Of the
best in the world. The rep
tiles are divided into two ma
Jor groups. distinguished by
the structure of the pelvic
bones. That OF one is lizard
like, Of the other birdlike.
First were the so-called sau-
rischia. which included all
the fiesh-eating types and a
few Of the plant eaters. The
blrdlike group appear some
what later. They were the
ornithischia. nearly all OF
which were plant eaters.
Among these the bone armor-
plate was developed. Appar-
emily it was needed for pro-
lection against the flesh
eaters. Those without such
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-23
CHALLENGE for Tomorrow

The latest report Of the Rookie
Teller Brothers Fund might be compared
TO the log OF a space ship making
scientifically important exploratory voy-
age. En- route, II was diverted briefly on a
rescue mission. For this study OH the
economic and social aspects OF the
Challenge to America" was undertaken
more than year ago, at time OF high
business activity, and deals In major
part with the opportunities and require
mentS for a strong and healthy growth
OF our economic social system during the
next ten years. But when the current
recession developed In the course Of the
study, the panel Of outstanding business
and professional consultants wisely rec
ognized that their long-term preScrip-
ton for the national well-being should
include some recommendations for i'm
mediate treatment.
1t is in this category that the Fund
group offered six-point program In
which tax reduction was given first
priority Significantly, 1t was empha-
sized that tax relief should be granted
all axpayerS-individual and corporate,
and without eliminating any large
group entirely from the rolls. In the
business area, too, the panel proposed
that depreciation allowances be LIBERAL
ized-specifically for capital improve
ments undertaken within the next
twelve months. An acceleration of public
works was recommended but again
with emphasis on those that could be
started quickly and completed within
a maximum of Is months time. And, in
summary, the group urged prompt
action" rather than 'piecemeal APP
proach" to this program on the ground
that delay might require massive
measures" later.
For the long term, the panel gave
somewhat greater weight to the social
aspects of the overall recommended
tons. Tax revision, for example, again
was given high priority but with en-
phaSiS upon reform rather than upon
simple relief. Noting that expenditures
at all levels Of government are likely to
increase, the group proposed that CO.
ordinated study be made OF Federal,
State and local levieS with the objective
of creating incentives for growth instead
of impeding it through inequitable and
overlapping taxation. With the growth
potential protected-and the panel rates
it as substantial in our type of free
enterprise economy-there are recon-
mendationS for expanded social invest
ment in schools, hospitals and research
of all kinds. Agriculture, transportation
and urban renewal are treated as prob
lem areas" in which further study and
action are considered urgent.
Some Of the findings and opinions
are controversial. The report insists,
however, that there is no challenge to
America which America cannot meet If
our intelligence, our energies and our
resources are modified in the effort.
This confident spirit dominates the re-
port, and encourages faith in our future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-23
Major Road Solution

The new compromise plan to bring
Maryland'S Route 240 passenger cars
into the District provides very effec-
lively an essential traffic artery along
the Potomac River-all the way from
Cabin John to downtown Washington.
We hope the State, Federal and District
officials who have agreed to 1t establish
the highest possible priorities for con-
struction.
There are aspects of the new plan
which, happily, appeal to all the agen-
cieS and citizen groups concerned with
the frustrating Route 24O imbroglio. The
Park Service, for example, will be able
to build the kind of truck-free, four
lane parkway 1t wants along most of the
river. The District will have its eight
lane truck expreSSway from Key Bridge
to Foggy Bottom. A new Potomac bridge
will be built at Arizona avenue. A nom
truck parkway will go through Glover
Archbold Park. And residential and
business areas will be virtually unim-
paired.
1t should be remembered, however,
that these things are possible only be-
cause OF the temporary abandonment
of the crucial factor in the 240 contro-
versy-the Federal Bureau of Public
Roads edict that an all-purpoSe ex-
preSSway should be built between Wash
ington and Route 240 near Rockville, as
part of the Federal system Of interstate
highways. In effect, the real decision
has been to forget such an interstate
system connection for the present. And
that decision has made it possible for
the Potomac River route to be planned
partly as a truck-free parkway and
partly as truck route.
. During the recent studies OF pro-
poSals for the interstate connection,
The Star urged selection of the Potomac
River route between Cabin John and
WaShington-the precise route now
planned for the noninterState road. We
feel that the new agreement will con-
tinue to provide most of the original
benefits to commuter traff1c, and it
appears that equitable financing ar
rangements have been made. AS high
way officials point out, however, the
Washington area may still have to face
the job Of finding an adequate inter-
state connection to Route 240 in the
future, as traffic increases.
A most heartening aspect Of the
plan is the voluntary agreement be-
tween park and highway officials on the
use of parklandS for roads. The indi-
cations previously were that any high
ways along the Potomac would involve
a fight in Congress, and that dismal
prospect fortunately has been averted.
Commentator is due all the off,
Gals who worked out the new scheme.
1t is encouraging, too. that for the
second time in a week the powerful
influences of the White House have been
used to mediate highway controversies
(LaSt week end, the White House an
nounced a Constitution avenue bridge
agreement) We hope the President
maintains his interest in breaking such
administrative deadlockS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-23
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE
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portant in atomic and mis-
sile programs, the Govern
ment has financed much
research on refining methods
and in many cases costs have
been reduced considerably.
1'itanium, for instance, now
sells for around Q per cent
OF its price a decade ago.
@ Was Chile's national
hero Bernardo O'Higgins
born in Ireland? p. o.
A. O'Higgins was born in
Chile. His father, one-time
Governor of Chile for the
King of Spain. was an Irish
man who had entered bust
ness in Chile and become
wealthy there. Bernardo
O'Higgins C1776-1842, &C
tive in the military cam.
paigns that led to the over
throw of the Spanish in
Chile. became the head Of
Chile's first permanent ma
tional government in 1918.
In the face of widespread
discomfort he abdicated in
1923 and went to Peru. but
he is now regarded as one Of
Chile's great national heroes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-23
Which Fields to Tend9

since money Is our only
medium Of exchange (the
late Senator Borah to the
contrary Notwithstanding,
when he said. apropos the
1929 slump, that it takes two
bushels OF wheat to buy a
dollar. and since it is also
the medium by which the
growth Of nations is meas
ured. 1t would seem fitting
to compare such growth with
the growth of a plant.
1t is the generally accepted
theory among farmers that
the fields which require the
most fertilizer are those
which have the lowest
amount Of plant food, and
they know from sad expert
ence Just what fields they
are. Moreover, they seldom
ask for help in arriving at
that conclusion.
We are the most progress
sive nation on earth. We
are growing but we can al
most stop. Our continued
growth depends upon the
proper application. the proper
kind to be used and the
proper fields Of endeavor to
which such plant food should
be supplied.
This should not be difficult
for those who have been en-
trusted with that RESPONSE
bility.
l believe it was the late
Will Rogers who said, in eff
feet. upon his return from a
long visit in Russia that he
was astonished at the lack
of smiles on the faces Of the
Russian people and that they
seemed to be congregating in
great numbers at almost
every railroad station travel
ing from one place to an
other to find jobs. Mani
testify, somebody over there
didn't know anything about
fertilizer or, worse yet, how
to use 1t.
Lowell FraEee.
Mitchellville, Md.