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Evening star., 1958-05-02
Municipal Court
Almost Current

In an address commemorate
ing Law Day. Municipal Court
Judge John L. Smith, jr., last
night told the Kalorama Citi-
zens Association the District
Court is almost current in its
cases"
This is in sharp contrast to
other parts of the country,
where the docket is more than
two years behind. he added.
Judge Smith is a former
president of the Kalorama
group.
In other business. the asso-
citation again backed the cam
paign to save the streetcars,
Endorsed the erection of a CEN
ter for performing arts oppo-
site the National Gallery of
Art and it accepted a new
slate of officers for the year,
With G. M. Koockogey named as
president for the fourth con-
secutive year.
The meeting was held at the
Adams School, Nineteenth and
California streets NV.
Evening star., 1958-05-02
Bill Asks $1,000
For New Teachers

A bill TO give starting school
teachers in the District $4,000
annually was offered in the
Senate yesterday by Senator
Beall, Republican Of Maryland
The measure is identical with
one just introduced in the
House by Representative Aber-
nethy, Democrat, Of Mississippi
They acted on the request OF
school teachers, who took the
proposal first to the Board OF
Education, which rejected It for
a less liberal measure now be-
fore the District Commission
ers. The board has asked for a
$4,000 starting annual salary,
compared to the current $4,000
beginning pay.
The Beall bill calls for a $780,
800 annual salary for the Dis
trict school superintendent,
who now draws $4,000 maxi
mum. The Senate already has
passed a bill raising the super
intendent's salary TO $4,000 a
year.
Senator Beall also gave the
Senate a bill amending the
charter of the National Union
Insurance Co. of Washington.
1t would fix company capitali-
zation at 81 million and provide
for 100000 shares at par value
of $40 each.
Evening star., 1958-05-02
Retired Officers
Elect Gen. Cutes

Gen. Clifton B. Gates, retired
commandant of the Marines,
has been elected to the board
of directors of the Retired
Officers Association as second
vice president.
1t. Gen. Willard S. Paul,
association president, said Gen.
Gates succeeds Gen. Alexander
A. Vandegrift, who recently
resigned.
Evening star., 1958-05-02
Cathedral Sets
Flower Mart
Date for May 9

The Washington Cathedral
flower mart will be held from
IL am. to 6 pm. Friday, May
8. Mrs. Lewis S. Thompson,
mart chairman has announced.
Sponsored by All Hallows Guild
of the Cathedral, the event will
take place in the Oak Grove of
the Cathedral, Wisconsin and
MASSACHUSETTS avenues NV.
The apartment dweller, whose
garden space is limited and
those searching for the un-
usual in flower pots can visit
the booth manned by Mrs.
William Francis, Mrs. Ray
mond Cox and Mrs. Drew
Pearson. They will offer flower
pots in assorted sizes hand
made on old potters' wheels
and ordered especially for the
mart from craftsmen in Geor-
gia. The flower pots will also
be sold the day before the
sale.
For the first time a seedlings
booth, under the chairmanship
of Mrs. William DePuy, will also
hold an advance sale for the
convenience of gardeners seek
ing petunias. primroseS, to-
mato plants. etc. Another in
novation, in keeping with the
Dutch theme of this years
mart is the booth headed by
Mrs. William Ritchie. Mrs.
Ritchie will take orders for
tulips to be shipped directly
from Holland in the fall.
Mrs. Robert Joyce's "Pig-in-
a poke" booth will offer pack
ages worth up to $25. Surprises
such as antique china. per-
fume, leather billfolds and
hairdressers' certificates will be
found here.
Two interesting exhibits in
the Cathedral museum. are the
needlework kneeler made by
Queen Mother Elizabeth Of
England and the statue. Prod
igal Son" by sculptor Heinz
Warneke. Donated to the Ca
thedral by Mr.. Coleman Jen-
nings, the statue will be placed
in the Cathedral Rose Garden
sometime during the next few
Evening star., 1958-05-02
London Show
Postponed

The Landon School azalea
garden show In Bethesda.
planned for the benefit OF the
schools scholarship and en-
dowment funds for tomorrow
and Sunday, has been post
poned. IL was announced this
week.
Scanning the nye-day
weather forecast. sponsors Of
the show found q rainy week
end prophesied and set the
show a week hence on May 10
and IL. Any tickets presented
this week end viii be validated
for the coming week.
Evening star., 1958-05-02
WILD, IMPRESSIVE RHoDoDENDRoN

were: Best bloom. Mrs. Benja-
min S. Killmaster of Arlington;
best red bloom, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Sanders of Bethesda: best
pink bloom, Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff
ford C. Presnall of Washing
ton; best variegated bloom, DR..
and Mrs. Arthur Maryott of
Bethesda; best white bloom,
Mrs. Benjamin S. Killmaster.
Evening star., 1958-05-02

inches, red. salmon. white, ETC..
short season spring bloomer.
CaIliopsis-6 TO ~ inches,
daisylike flowers with maroon
zone, spring season.
Candytuft - 3-l2 inches,
wlIte, very popular, several
named varieties.
Globe amaranth, or Com
phrena-Purple and white va
rieties, s inches, likes hot,
sunny situations.
Lobelia-4-l0 inches. upright
varieties best for edging. blue.
white and red varieties now
available. Give the pobelia a
cool situation.
MarigOlds, dwarf-Both Afri-
can and Dwarf French s
inches, Petite Dwarf, won ALL
American in 1858. Hot, dry
situations.
Nasturtium - Several dwarf
varieties, about IL inches, many
colors, sunny situations-do
not feed.
Nierembergia - Blue Cup
flower, 6 inches, lavendar and
violet blue.
Petunias-Several dwarf va
rieties, 6 to IL inches. About IL
inches, creamy white, white.
pink, rose, etc.
Phlox, dwarf bedding-Sev-
eral varieties. 6 inches, white,
red and pink.
Prtulaca Cmoss rose)-
Creeper, should be planted in
fall or winter. Likes hot, dry
situation.
SnapdragOns, dwarf - Magic
Carpet and Tom Thumb. 4 to 8
inches. Good soil and not too
dry.
Verbena - Several varieties,
4 to 10 inches, range of colors.
rich. soil, moisture.
Zinnias-Several varieties, as
well as z. linearis. 4 to IL
inches, sunny situations.
Next season look for Dwarf
Sweet William.
Evening star., 1958-05-02
CumeIIiu Winners

At an informal show held by
the Camellia Society of the
Potomac Valley during its last
meeting in the Broyhill Build
ing in Arlington had approxi-
mately 300 blooms representing
some 35 varieties of outdoor
grown camellias. Prize winners
Evening star., 1958-05-02
Dwarf Plants for Low Edginqs

Plant breeders have reversed
the emphasis on larger anS
bigger flowers TO give us plant,
better adapted to small Dor.
ders. We have long used pan,
sizes. ageratum and sweet alys,
sum for edging plants because
they were available. Today w
also may select petunias. mas.
turtiums, candytuft. phlox, zin'
MAS and many other kinds Il
suit our particular situation
color combinations and per.
sonal tastes. Thus the colo
range has been greatly ex.
tended and includes more Of
the long season bloomers tC
lend variety to our foreground
paintings.
Edging plants for the border
should be neat and trim to give
a finished edge to the bed
Moreover, we should not try
to crowd them into a too
narrow space so as to have more
room for the taller-growine
flowers behind. Many of the
dwarf plants grow into mats q
foot in width, providing a mass
Of color that makes an effective
display.
1t goes without saying that
the summer border should be
selected from plants with a
long season of bloom. The
CHEEKY pansieS that make the
spring border so colorful sell
dom last, except in a shady
situation beyond the middle OF
June of the first of July. The
lovely dwarf English daisies
have about the same duration
The dwarf calliopsis, an annual
coreopsis, is another that sell
dom lasts beyond the middle oi
the summer.
Only a few of the edging
plants do best in a cool, shady
situation; most of them are
real sun lovers. The petunia
lobelia and sweet alyssum are
tolerant of shades. The snap
dragons will take very light
shade as will nemophila.
Most gardeners think OF
starting an edging planting OF
ANIMALS in the spring, thus
they should net attempt to use
portulaca and California poppy
which do best If sown in the
late fall or early winter.
List of Annuals
Ageratum-Number of varie-
ties, 2 to 9 inches. Most varie-
ties blue, but one dwarf that is
white. For absolute uniformity
of growth it is necessary to
propagate by cuttings.
AlysSum - Several varieties,
4 to 5 inches. White is the more
common, but Violet Queen and
Carpet Of Snow are being more
freely used.
Bells - English daisy, 6-8
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-21
DORIS FLEEsON
KnowIond and the 1860 Race

mia poll says that Attorney
General Pat Brown, who will
be the Democratic nominee,
is keeping the strong lead he
took from Senator Knowland
soon after Gov. Goodwin
j. Knight withdrew from the
race for Governor. The poll
said fiatly that II voting were
held today, Mr.. Browns ma
jority among Democrats, plus
his Republican support,
would insure his election.
It's latest findings show
both candidates with equal
strength in their own parties.
1t suggests they have equal
strength among nonunion
voters and that union voters
are by no means unanimous
for the Democrat.
This underlines the strong
effect that personalities can
have In politics and the i'm
poftance Of good candidates.
Senator Knowland's char
acter Is unassailable. Mr..
Brown, much more liberal
and Endorsed without reser-
walton by liberals in his
party. has earned respect for
ability and fairness. In such
a race. national trends are
less important.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-21

Ass leader of q delegation
from what will soon be, ac-
cording to population statis-
tics. the first State, the Sena-
tor would be in a position to
influence what was done in
1860 and to raise a standard
to which conservative Repub-
leans might repair.
1t already has been put on
the bitter defensive by Eli
senhower Republicanism. If
Senator Knowland loses, its
appeal to the Nation gen.
orally will be written of in
the political trade which has
always preferred survival to
going down with q sinking
ship.
Senator Knowlands i'm
mediate task Is to galvanize q
tagging campaign. The i'm
preston that he had chosen
q bad issue in q right-to-
work law has been fortified
BY the recession, which has
had substantial impact here.
He is only just getting his
Embarrassing channels or
ganized.
A just-completed Califor-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-21
Some in California Think Senator Feels
1t May Not Be Republican Year

SAN FRANCISCO-Sena-
tor william F. Knowland ar
rives here this week end to
file formally for the race
which will determine wheth-
er traditional Republicanism
is going to have q powerful
champion from a big State
to lead 1t in the 1860 presi-
Dental convention.
The Republican Senate
leader is assured Of his par
tvs nomination for Cover
nor. II he can win election
this fall. the more orthodox
Republicans Of the Nation
will certainly offer his name
as the next President.
A strong opinion here is
that Senator Knowland feels
1860 is not q Republican year
and that he will not strive
too hard, whatever his point
Of vantage, to wrest the presi-
dental nomination from his
fellow Californian, Vice Presi-
dent Richard M. Nixon.
Nonetheless. the position the
party takes and its definition
OF the issues in the platform
will be important to him and
to the brand Of @. o. p.
thinking he represents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-21
The Weather and the Economy

due to advance the 412 bill
lion rate Of last autumn to
about $26 billion some time
this year.
Third. gross national prod
uct will see an increase of
$40 billion In the $434 billion
rate for all goods and serv-
ices which was the figure for
the fourth quarter Of 1857.
Fourth. consumer spending
will see in The fourth quar-
ter an increase for goods and
services Of about $l2 billion
over the same period last
year.
Fifth, spending for resi-.
dental construction will be
up Is per cent by the fourth
quarter Of this year over the
fourth quarter Of 1857.
Sixth. bank credit should
increase by IS billion due to
recent removal OF" restraints.
Seventh, science and. de-
Tense items should increase
by more than a billion dollars
this year both Government
and private spending.
All these indicators are
derived in large part from
programs which have already
been announced. but no one
knows exactly how long it
takes to get any of these fac
tors into full-speed opera
ton. For it isn't possible to
look at the national economy
at any given moment and
get a concept Of what is ac-
tually happening. The only
sure way Of knowing is by
examining the statistics Of
q particular week or month,
and usually these are not
available till after another
month has elapsed.
But there can be no deny
ing that the prospect Of a
tax cut of a permanent ma
ture across the board" and
the expectation Of larger
Government expenditures al
ready has created q lot more
confidence nationally about
the future than prevailed q
month ago.
Reproduction RiGhts Reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-21
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Vice President Nixon says he opposes a tax cut now
This must be the brandew Nixon, because last
the old new Nixon favored tax cut
Names Gov Muske will the Senate It's discreet
not to question motives The desire to Washington
be somewhat less ardent than the to get out of
Maine
Ike doesn't want q summit conference in WASHINGTON
He'd have to put Khrushchev up the night Then the
FBI would be after him for harborng Communist
White House.
Gen. Medaris named chief Of all missile projects The
way things are going he have to shoot down couple of
satellites soon-to get little head upstairs.
One young lady Is consulting psychatrist about her
speech defect Every time she tries say NO. says Yes
Speaker Rayburn backs q $4,000 pension for ex-
Presidents 1t will be interesting to who applies FIRST
Herbert Hoover. Harry Truman-or Sherman Adams
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-21
ADMIRAL RABORN- Substituting for Stokes
PoIoris:: War Deterrent Missile

Nations deterrent forces to
prevent About or total war.
Aircraft carriers will continue
to play o vital role In the
limited type Of war. To use
the words of Admiral Arleigh
A. Burke. Chief Of Naval OPP
erations:
Since the Nations safety
can never be dependent upon
q single weapons system, the
fleet ballistic missile system
will not protect the Nation by
itself. We must exploit all Of
the abilities we now have and
maintain at least the mini
NAL capability to meet any
contingency that may threat
en- US.
This requires carriers,
ASW ships, amphibious ships,
and all the other war poten-
tial Of the Navy and the
other military services to
maintain our national secu-
rity. o
Current commitments and
requirements will still be with
us and we have perhaps more,
rather than less. q need for q
strong, able and versatile
Navy. always ready to do
whatever is needed to support
the national policy all around
the world. All Of our military
capabilities should continue
to be designed so that in their
totality they are the servant
and not the master of our
national policy"
We must continue to arm
for Q conventional or Ko-
rean-type Of war. The car
rier Is the naval "queen Of
battles" for this, and Is a po-
tent force in antisubmarine
warfare. It Is the most YER
satile and powerful instru-
ment Of war yet devised for
such actions.
Although the Navy Is very
enthusiastic ABOUT Polaris
and its progress, it feels that
1t would be doing q disservice
to the Nation to emphasize
this new and glamorous to-
tal-war weapon to the point
where we cannot afford the
conventional : type weapons
for border-type incidents. The
proper distribution Of funds
among these systems requires
the most astute judgment.
Regardless Of what type of
war, or where it is located,
we must continue to arm our
boys with the most efficient,
up-to-date weapons we are
capable Of producing. Polaris
will be a welcome addition to
this Nations arsenal.
(copyright, 1858, By United Feature
Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-21
Turks Look at Summit Issue

Soviet agents land the USSR
is spending gold lavishly in
1raq. Jordan and Saudi
Arabia did not fail to ex-
plot this Washington haste;
neither did they fail to point
out that without the effective
assistance Of Russia this
Arab dream" would never
have been a Geo plish e d.
And" they add. this is only
the beginning. Within the
next two years all the Arabs
in the Middle East will be-
come one nation with one
government and one ideal:
To get rid Of the remaining
'imperialist influences" The
Turks. who live next door to :
the JAR. recognized it only
on March IL, after all the
major powers had given their
approval to this hybrid re-
public.
The Turks are watching
these developments with con-
Germ. though without exag.
gerated fear. They realize
that the day may come when
they may be completely sur
rounded by the USSR and
her direct and indirect
stooges. But they seem to
have implicit faith that Amer
lea cannot afford to let the
free world go down the drain;
that America will soon realize
what there is at stake for
her own security in this area
and will wake up while there
is time. This does not mean
that any thinking man be-
lieves America should adopt
the same policy britain l.
France adopted in the past.
1t can improve its position
without actually using force.
What is essential, say our
Turkish friends, is to make
the peoples of the Middle
East feel that force exists.
And what is equally impor-
tant Is that America shall
not treat the people in this
area as loathsome, poor
handicapped relatives" as
some of our agencies give the
impression that they feel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-21
BY REAR ADMIRAL
w. +. RABORN
Director Of Special Projects.

Director OF Special Protects.
Bureau Of Ordnance. o. Q. Navy
The Nays Polaris. symbol
Of q new and powerful COM
bination Of nuclear-powered
submarines and long-range
ballistic missiles, is an en-
tirely new kind Of weapon.
In spite of the fact that the
newspapers, magazines. and
television channels are full
of references to "ballistic
missiles" relatively few peo-
pie have a clear-cut concept
Of the basic nature Of this
new weapon.
Preliminary role of all bal
listic missiles is TO provide a
major war deterrent through
q new and much faster means
of delivering nuclear war
heads to enemy targets at
great Enthusiastically,
with H-bombs.
The ballistic missile itself
is fundamentally unlike any
weapon or aircraft ever con-
ceived, though it combines
characteristics Of several con-
ventional weapons. It is ba-
sically different from air.
craft Of any type In that its
path Of flight, for the first
time In military history. trav-
els through "outer space" 1t
uses the earth's atmosphere
only to reach outer space and
again to pass through Just
before its impact on the tar
get. In this, the ballistic mis-
sile is entirely unique. 1t is
the first true space weapon.
In simple terms. the ballis-
tic missile starts out as q
guided missile" propelled by
one or more rocket motors
and. shortly after launching,
diScardS all Of its rockets
and its guidance - and
from then on the warhead
sails through space entirely
on its own. just as any pro-
jectile fired from a gun.
In the Polaris system, it
is planned that launching
will be from beneath the
surface Of the sea from a
nuclear-powered submarine.
Thus, in the Polaris Fleet
Ballistic Missile. when de-
veloped, the country will
have q major war deterrent
weapon Of unique and awe
some significance. It may be
fired from any spot that Q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-21
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Leaders Feel Eisenhower Won't Bulge
Unless Ministers Settle Problems

ISTANBUL. Turkey (By
Airmail). - Turkish political
leaders are more convinced
than some of their opposite
numbers in America that If
there is a summit meeting
land they doubt it because
they say it is so obviously a
Soviet propaganda gimmick)
1t will be held on Washing
toms terms"
They feel that President
Eisenhower won't bulge from
the White House unless the
Russians are ready to discuss
and settle at the foreign min
isters' level at least some of
the major international prob
lens such as the uniflcation
Of Germany and genuine re-
auctions Of ornaments.
The views of the Turkish
leaders are worth reporting
because Of the position they
occupy at present in world
affairs. They are also worth
mentioning because the Turks
have a unique intelligence
concerning Soviet affairs.
The leadership here is not
awed by the Soviet might,
although that is definitely
far greater than Turkeys.
But officials refuse to be
panicked. IF the worst
comes" they say, I'VE may
have to fight it out with
them. We have done it in the
past and will do it again."
But the majority of those
charged with guiding the
destinies Of this young re-
public seem convinced that
the Kremlin won't take any
risks unless. And when
you press for an explana-
ton Of that unless" they
point politely to the mistakes
of the Western world and
especially of the United
States. These mistakes. they
maintain. sprang from fear
that our comforts might be
interfered with If we talked
back to the Russians in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-21
Winter Storms Hitting Notion Called
Factor in Upsettinq Business

lures. along with rain and
snow.
Considering the bad
weather. it is surprising the
statistics Of retail trade are
not any worse than were re-
corded in January and Feb
ruary, but it makes one won
der what the country would
have witnessed in the way Of
buying If there had been nor
NAL weather.
Bad weather also has added
to unemployment in a num-
Der Of industries. such as
numbering. fishing and con-
struction. Fishermen all along
the Atlantic Coast, for ex-
ample. have been kept in
port much Of this winter by
storms and cold weather.
There is another factor,
moreover, which is often lost
sight Of in appraising the
business situation. The length
Of time. for example. between
a decision to spend Govern
ment money and the week
or month the spending actu-
ally begins depends on a va
riety of factors that nobody
can analyze with accuracy.
1t takes time for blueprints
to be made and contracts to
be allocated and materials to
be gathered before labor is
employed.
Thus. Senator Frank Carl
son Of Kansas, Republican.
made q speech in the Senate
in which he blasted economic
"pessimism" and cited seven
items which could spark "a
vigorous, dynamic upswing
in our economy" Here are the
seven items which he said
had been furnished him by
q business analyst:
First. steel output now run
ming at the rate Of II mil
lion tons q year IL expected
to 60 above the annual rate
Of lis million tons at some
point in 1858.
Second, defense orders are
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only manner they understand
shaking a fist at them.
The recent notes between
Premier Bulganin and Presi-
dent Eisenhower make these
Turkish leaders feel that
America is finally beginning
to find herself-as she should
have done soon after the last
World War.
OF course. 1t is fully real
lied here that the Middle
Eastern situation is increas-
ingly dangerous for the free
world. The Soviet Union is
making important strides
while our defensive stand
creates the impression among
the Arabs that we are afraid
Of the USSR.
Officials here scoh at the
forced optimism Of our State
Department that the United
Arab Republic has been Gre
ated to oppose Russia's drive
in the Middle East. Unless
America adopts a more viru-
lent policy. they say. there is
a strong possibility that the
same thing may happen
with the Iraq-Jordan fedora
ton and with Saudi Arabia.
The fact that Nuri is get
ting along in years Che is in
his late 70s) is no handicap.
All the strong men of our day
are old-Adenauer, Rhee and,
until recently. Churchill are
well beyond the Biblical age.
But what bothers the OBJ
servers in Iraq is the atti-
tude of the young intelli-
gentSia and Of the masses
who are intensely national
istic. They see what hap
pened in Egypt where Nasser
won a complete victory over
the Western imperialists."
Observers point out that the
haste of the American Gov
eminent to recognize within
a few days the new UAR
created quite an impression
in all Arab countries. The