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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09
McCone for the Acc

AS is said Of money, it may also be
said of John Alex McCone that men of
his caliber don't grow on trees. The
President has chosen well in nominating
him for the flve-year term soon to be
vacated by Chairman Lewis L. Strauss
of the Atomic Energy Commission. For
this exceptionally energetic and success
full 56-year-old Californian-an engineer
and an induStrialist Of more than mid
ding renown-iS a stranger neither to
nuclear power nor the gruelling ways Of
Government here in Washington. Al
though a dyed-in-the-wool modern"
Republican, he is well and favorably re-
membered by many Democrats in Con-
greSS for his distinguished service in the
Truman administration as deputy to De-
Tense Secretary ForreStal in 1913 and as
Undersecretary Of the Air Force from
1850 to 1851.
2, Mr.. McCone and Mr.. Eisenhower
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09
Health and the Budget

That Federal economy should be
encouraged in Congress and outside OF
it goes without saying. There are times,
however, when the economy knife can
cut too deeply, with grave damage to the
public interest A good case. In point is
the pending budget for the National
Institutes of Health, the Governments
medical research organization dedicated
to the battle against cancer, heart dis
ease and other human ailments.
The administration sent to Con-
gress a hold-the-line budget for the
NH, restricting its research funds to
the amount allowed for the current fiscal
year-$211 million. Actually, however,
because of certain overhead allowances
and rising costs, the amount directly
available for medical research would be
less than in fiscal 1858. AS a result of
urgent appeals by friends of the NH for
more money, the House approved an
appropriation of $219 million. But a
citizens committee, which includes a
number of nationally known doctors,
has urged in hearings at the Capitol
that the fund be increased to 1929 mil
lion. Among the physicians were DR..
Isidor Ravdin, who operated on Presi-
dent Eisenhower during his ileitiS at
tack; Dr. Wendell Stanley, Nobel Prize
winner, and Dr. Sidney Farber, chairman
of the Cancer Chemotherapy National
Committee. Dr. Ravdin, in testimony
before the House committee, declared
that the economy" budget proposed by
the Budget Bureau means great i'm
pediment to the progress in the field Of
cancer. :. would personally consider
it catastrophe"
With heart disease expected to
claim 100000 deaths this year, cancer
expected to kill 100000 and other dis
eases slated to raise the death toll to
is million men, women and children,
the Government ought to be spending
more money for medical research, in
stead of trying to "hold the line" or
trim down present allowances We hope
the Senate will heed the expert advice
of the doctors and grant the NH sub
stantial increase In funds for continuing
and expanding the war on diseases of
all kinds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09
Hospitals Loss

The untimely death Of Mrs.
Eugene Roberts on May 20
has left us all at the Chill
dren's Convalescent Hospital
with a great and painful void.
Mrs. Roberts was one of our
most devoted volunteers. She
endeared herself in the hearts
and minds of all of us through
her great unselfishness, de-
votion to humanity. and pro-
found sensitivity. Her work
with our sick and deprived
children will long be remem-
bered by all of us.
Her perseverance, love and
giving of herself brought i'm
measurable Joy and happiness
to many children in our hos
pital. The hundreds Of hours
of devotion to child by child
helped bring them back to
health. enriched their lives
and trust in adults, and has
tened their emotional and
physical recovery. She de-
voted hours upon hours to
reading to children. playing
with them. taking those who
could go on field trips to the
Zoo. to concerts, and widen
ing their horizons with many
experiences outside the hos
pital walls.
Annabelle II. Kent
Administrator, Children'l
Convalescent Hospitals
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09
Hospital Costs

In the fog being created by
local private hospitals over
disqualification of the Dis
trict'S INDECENT citizens, where
does the taxpayer come in?
First the hospitals start cry
babying through the press
about not getting enough in
digent patients assigned to
them, and now they are cry
babying to Congress for 1t to
upset the administration of
the program by District OFF,
Gals and order higher rates
paid them than are justifiable.
Several things should be
kept in mind in discussing
this problem: First District
General Hospital was set up
to furnish disqualification for
the Districts INDECENT, and
that is where they should re-
ceive it as far as the District
is concerned. Second, If pri-
vate hospitals Ito further
their own objectivesl are in
terested in participating in
this program they should
make it financially attractive
to the District to cooperate.
And third, the rates computed
for District General Hos
pital (and which are used as
q standard for comparison)
include the cost of physi-
clans services. whereas the
private hospital rates do not.
If it actually costs $28 to
$50 per day for bed and board
in a hospital with some slight
nursing service) then it woult
seem advisable to turn over
their operation to hotel
management organizations.
Tovnovar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09
killing the Umpire

The Star editorial on the
Jenner-Butler bill, killing
the Umpire" May %, effec-
lively debunks the liberal
socialist slogan, Kill the
Umpire" OF course they ap-
prove the decisions of the
Supreme Court since 1945,
which have the common
purpose of concentrating
more and more power in the
Federal Government. Their
secret slogan is xiii the
Republic"
The Star rightly says: "In
this instance-in the case Of
the Jenner-Butler bill-there
is no significant threat to the
independence or to the
proper authority of the
court" On the other hand,
there Is a quite obvious
threat by the Supreme Court
to the independence and
proper authority Of Congress.
the Executive and the States.
The Star expresses some
doubt as to- the, Importance
of the time-honored right Of
the States to make and en-
force their own rules for the
admission Of individuals to
practice law in the State
courts, which the Supreme
Court has now made the
concern Of the Federal Gov
eminent. Unless we are to
concede that the doctrine of
state sovereignty" and the
Tenth Amendment no longer
have any real meaning this
is q matter Of first impor-
lance. There is no telling to
what lengths the Supreme
Court may go unless Con-
gress gives its emphatic ap-
proval to all Of this bills
provisions, which will be one
of the wisest acts of this or
any other Congress.
To the misguided gentle
men of the American Bar
Association and others who
are inclined to denounce the
Jenner-Butler bill l COM
mend these words from an
address by Woodrow Wilson,
in 1907, at Columbia Uni
versity:
You cannot atrophy
the parts without atrophying
the whole. Deliberate adding
to the powers of the Federal
Government by sheer judicial
authority, because the SUI
preme Court can no longer
be withstood or contradicted
in the States, both saps the
legal morality upon which a
sound constitutional system
must rest, and deprives the
Federal structure as a whole
of that vitality which has
given the Supreme Court it.
self its increase of power. 1t
is the alchemy Of decay"
This republic will endure
only as long as it's leaders
accept and practice the po-
litical and moral precepts Of
its founders.
Old ReactiOnary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09

@. Please give the recipe
for the sugar syrup used IN
making crystallized eggs with
pictures inside them PIANO.
rama eggs). / have the mold
but have lost the recipe
j. E.
A. Cook 10 lbs. Of heavy
granulated sugar and 3 lbs.
of water to 371z degrees on
a Baume hydrometer. Make
haIf-egg impressions in mold
ing starch and fill with
syrup. After IL hours, remove
from the starch the sugar
shells which have formed,
and empty remaining syrup
out Of the shells. Then cook
5 lbs. Of heavy sugar and 2
lbs. of water to a syrup OF
1914 degrees Baume. Cool
syrup to 30 degrees F., place
the shells in this syrup and
let remain IL hours. Pour pff
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09
Little Rock Scholar

On an inside page of The
Star on May 20 was a short
account of a Little Rock
Negro who was granted a
scholarship to Michigan State
University. He was Ernest
Green, the first Negro to
graduate from the Central
High School in Little Rock,
Ark. How different was this
account from the one which
appeared in the paper that
day last September when
Ernest entered the school!
The fact that Ernest was
able to finish in the top 10
per cent Of his class deserves
special mention. 1t is need
less to say that the atmos-
phere in which he had to
work was not conducive to
putting forth ones best eff
forts. For him to achieve
such a high level is worthy
Of much praise. l am sure
he must feel that what he
has accomplished was worth
what he withStood at Central
High School throughout the
whole school year.
Much credit must be given
also TO the teachers and prin-
cipal Of the school who did
not let their prejudices get
in the way of honesty and
fairness. 1t would have been
easy for them to have given
him grades that would have
caused him to finish in the
last 10 per cent.
Ernest is an example Of
what perseverance can do
when one has the mental
equipment, and is given the
opportunity.
Ada r. Colen1en.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
BY THOMAS r. HENRY
Venezuela S Early Migration Traced

were secured from several
sites. These should give some
indication Of the antiquity
Of the settlements.
Certain interesting results
already are evident" DIR.
Evans says. THE stone mon
oliths resemble stone align
ments found in British Gui-
ana, Brazil and some of the
Antillean islands, suggesting
that there was a widespread
diffusion Of a religious or GER
emonial cult in late pre-
European times. Since these
stone alignments are most
elaborate in the Guianas, the
idea may have originated
there and come into Vene-
zuela from the East. Certain
pottery traits from Orinoco
sites resemble aboriginal ce-
ramics from the highlands Of
Colombia and it seems likely
that these reflect influences
that came down the numer-
Gus rivers draining from Co
lombia into the Orinoco.
Since the pottery found in
Amazonas Territory shows
almost no similarity to the
pottery from the coast of
Venezuela we have further
evidence that the elaborate
coastal cultures did not have
a. tropical forest origin.
Nobody Stayed Long
"a number of groups APP
pear to have entered and
passed through this part of
Venezuela, but none of them
remained very long. All the
sites have very thin refuse
deposits. Considering the ex-
tent Of the area surveyed
sites are relatively few. The
explanation is readily pro
vided by the geography. The
river banks are typically low
and inundated each year
during the rainy season. Sites
are found only on the occa-
sional high spots that escape
flooding.
Since the Indians depend
on agriculture for a large
portion of their food. they
required unflooded land for
fields. Where this land is
rare they cannot settle per-
manently. Hence those tribes
that came soon moved on.
helping distribute new ideas
to other parts of the tropical
forest"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09
Thirteenth street.

Thirteenth street.
Dear Sir:
do you know any way to
keep magazines? I have them
all over the house, up in the
attic, piles in the basement,
an overflow in the garage.
People who visit my house
always laugh, but to me it is
no laughing matter.
Nobody has their maya
zines bound any more; it
costs too much. and demands
too many book cases, but I
think the old folks really had
something there.
Il can recall as a child
a neighbor owning a COM
plete bound set Of st. Nicho-
Las, and how I used to read
those books!
To-day a magazine is just
something to look at the pic
lures and crumple to most
people, but to me a good mag
azine is almost a book.
Il guess any magazine con-
tains as many words as a
book; in fact I paid Sc for a
book of only 100 pages re-
Gently and felt I got cheated.
4 4 4
"Is there any practical way
to keep my magazines?
1T can think back to the
days when I read the dime
novels as they were called,
but actually they cost 5 cents
apiece.
1.-The man in the little
store on Fourteenth-both
the man and his store have
been gone for many years
well, that man hung his
nickel novels in the window
on a string, and there the
boys could look over the
covers before going inside.
IT like to read magazines
because I feel somewhat
easier with them than with
books. l wonder If anybody
else ever felt the way I do
about this, that books are
somehow too precious to soil,
and you always get chocolate
or cracker crumbs or apple
Juice or grease on them If
you eat while you read, and
I do.
"I like my magazines be-
cause I can eat what I please
as 1 read and no great harm
done.
Let me know about this.
and if you have any pointers,
I will be grateful.
Sincerely yours, HELEN
E. D."
4
The best and most natural
way to keep magazines is in
a big pile on the floor by the
easy chair.
In this way the table is
free for foods, and the hands
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09
Scrap the Zoo?

The only solution to the
Zoo problem is to take all
dangerous animals and poi
sonouS snakes out of Wash
ington, and out of our coun-
try! Washington is one Of
the first places A-bombs
would be dropped, and there
will be hazards enough, with
out worrying about wild
animals and snakes that
might be protected from
death in their thick-walled
buildings in a valley. but who
might be released to prey on
humans after. 1t is extremely
dangerous to have wild
anima ais anywhere near
people!
Also it is no longer neceS-
sary to have wild animals on
display. as children have
many opportunities to see ex-
cellent colored pictures of
them in movies and on TV,
in their natural state. This is
much more educational, in
teresting and enjoyable than
seeing these poor creatures
penned up in the small area
of a cage, which is very de-
pressing to anyone who loves
freedom Of movement, even
for animals.
Although the Zoo is under
jurisdiction Of the Federal
Government, the taxpayers
of Washington have had to
carry the heavy burden Of its
support, while at the same
time they have been con-
sistently told there are in
sufficient funds for badly
needed athletic facilities in
our barren parks (also other
basic necessities such 3 our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

able to hold the magazine
and eat at the same time.
We hope nobody folds a
magazine back, though.
Sometimes we see people
doing this on buses, and 1t
always makes one shiver, be-
cause a nice mag is some
thing to be given considerate
treatment.
All honest printing is worth
taking care of; that is one
reason we dislike to see a
newspaperboy bring a paper
neat and fiat to the house;
and then stand there and
fold and crease the whole
paper preparatory to the last
fling into space, after which
the paper flattens out on the
lawn and you have to, go out
in the rain and collect 1t
piecemeal.
A good piece Of printed
matter deserves care.
Books ordinarily receive
this, or some resemblance
thereto because books cost
money, now more than ever.
Though magazines no
longer come a dime a dozen,
they are very well printed,
and you can't see through
the page often, and the pic
lures are easy on the eyes.
Piling them on the floor by
the chair is good practice, be-
cause then all the reader
has to do is slide them of,
one by one, until the desired
copy is discovered.
This makes a little game
out of each reading.
Funny looking magazine
racks had their day, and
are now used for the dogs
harness and his playthings.
Magazines on the floor by
the side of the chair will
trip nobody, and the vacuum
cleaner may be used around
them without disturbing any
thing.
Experts can select the
desired magazine merely by
the feel of the backbones
between thumb and fore
finger.
This takes nice doing, but
works out very well, unless
somebody has rearranged
things, after which no one
can find anything.
Some keep magazines for
years, but that is a relic of
the past. Today nobody
wants one older than a year.
so the residue is always
smaller. The leftovers can
be stored in the attic, where
they will keep until some
one comes collecting odd
magazines" II they are left
on the porch for the boy
to pick up, he never comes;
that is one Of the mysteries
Of small boys.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09
FOREIGN Trade

The League Of Women
Voters of Fairfax County is
pleased to hear that Repre-
sentative Broyhill is plan
ming to support extension Of
the Trade Agreements Act
when it comes before the
House. We hope that he will
work vigorously for final pas
sage of the act in substan-
TALLY the form proposed by
the administration last jan
uary; that is, extension for
a f1ve-year period. with the
President exercising ultimate
authority for lowering or
raising tariffs within limits
prescribed by Congress.
We are aware that certain
groups who consider their in
terestS threatened by foreign
competition are seeking spe-
cial protection under the
new act, through import
quotas and other restrictive
measures. We believe that
adoption of such provisions
would seriously handicap
United States foreign policy
and would also adversely af-
feet the United States econ
omy.
Much Of the pressure for
import restrictions comes
from domestic producers of
essential raw. materials for
which the United States is,
and will continue to be, a net
importer. 1t is, we believe, of
great Importance to our fu-
ture that the United States
continue to provide a reliable
market for the foreign pro-
ducers Of these materials.
Otherwise, when we most
need to rely on foreign
sources to supplement our
domestic supplies, we may
find that foreign production
has been curtailed, or di-
verted to other markets, pos
sibly controlled by unfriendly
powers.
Furthermore, increase d
United States restrictions on
imports from other countries
will inevitably be met by new
barriers against United States
goods abroad. Important seq
ments of the United States
economy export a high per-
centage of their production
and would suffer severely If
foreign markets were closed
to them. Our own State of
Virginia, with its prosperity
closely tied to high United
States exports of tobacco,
peanut oil, pork products,
apples and coal, is particu-
larry vulnerable in this re-
spect.
We believe that extension
of the Trade Agreements Act,
in essentially the form it was
submitted by the administra-
ton to the Congress, is vital
to both the po'itic" -
economic interests Of the
United State.
Mrs. Sterling Lee.
President, League of Won
en- Voters of Fairfax County
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09

The vast tropical forests
Of Venezuela were a cross
roads Of pre- Columbian hui
man migration.
This has been established
by q Joint Observation-Disclosures
can expedition through the
republics Amazonas terri
tory, according to a Vene-
zuelan Information Service
report just issued here.
Through this area large
tributaries fiow into the Or
inco westward from the Gui-
anas and eastward from the
highlands of Colombia. From
the Orinoco another series
of waterways provides &C
cess to the Amazon,
The expedition was or
ganized by DR.. Jose NJ. Crux-
ent, director of the Caracas
Museum of Natural Sciences.
He invited two Smithsonian
Institution Psychologists. Drs.
Clifford Evans and Betty j.
Meggers, to collaborate. The
expedition was Joined by two
biologists from the Univer-
sity of Caracas and a taxi
dermist from the Museum Of
Natural Sciences.
Archaeological Void
From the archaeological
point of view, the country
has been essentially unknown
up to now.
The expedition spent five
weeks in February investi-
eating the Orinoco, the Ven
tuari, Manipiare and Paru-
otto rivers. Thirty-eight sites
were discovered and exca-
waited, SO being locations of
old villages. Over 1000
pounds of aboriginal pottery
used and broken during habi-
tation, were collected for
analysis. Two monoliths OF
granite were found on the
right bank of the Orinoco
erected by prehistoric Indi-
ans presumably for eeremon-
ial purposes.
Many months study of the
pottery will be needed, DR.,
Evans says, before there can
be detailed reports. When
it is analysed, however, it
should be possible to deter
mine how many different
pottery-making peoples oc-
cupied this area, from which
direction they came and IN
which direction they were
moving. Charcoal samples
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry Driters' correct
names and addresses All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09

INDECENT sick children. which
people could have gotten in
flnitely more benefit from.
Isabel c. Moore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09

syrup, and crystallized shells
are ready for insertion Of
picture in the center. Stick
two shells together to form
whole egg. decorate with
icing around seam and on
top.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09

@. Is it safe to wash the
leaves Of house plants with
soapy water?-D. A.
A. 1t is safe, and it is some
times necessary in order TO
remove SCOT and other dirt.
The earth in the pot should
be protected by wax paper or
plastic. The leaves may be
dipped in soapsuds, or wiped
with a soapy cloth, and then
rinsed with clear water. Deli
cate foliage may be cleaned
by spraying first with soapy
water and then with rinse
water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
By THE HASKIN SERV

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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1958-05-29
M0ntWk Women
Schedule Dinner
ON MenoyuIDay

MONTVILLE-When the Lad
les Aid Society met Thursday
in the Church basement plans
were made for a Memorial Day
Dinner. Serving will commence
right after the services at the
cemetery. Salmon loaf and bak-
ed ham will be featured. Com
mittee in charge are Mrs. TT.
Barber and Mrs. Albert STAN
ley.
Committees from the Aid were
appointed to help serve at the
wedding breakfast and buffet
supper May 81 OF, Miss Rather
inc Wozniak.
1t was voted to send dona-
ton to the International Farm
Youth Exchange in Columbus.
The meeting was conducted by
the President, Mrs. John Twar-
ogowski. All repeated the Lords
Prayer. Minutes of last meeting
were read by the Secretary,
Mrs. Theodore Stone. The Trea-
surers report was given by Mrs.
Mrs. Herbert Koerner. TIL e
next meeting will be a Tea at
the basement June 5 at pm,
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1958-05-29
Rainbow Drill Team
Schedules Style Show

cid, Ohio who is a member of
the Shrine Patrol.
The stores participating in the
style show are Bob Branum, Ju-
lies, Tots T. Teens and The
Country Casual Shop of Char
don. Roger 4 FemmeS of Burton.
The Dress Shoppe, Middlefield
Hammond Organ will be furn-
iShed by Pfabe'S Music Store.
Miss Paige Plamer who will
be the narrator for this show is
known by thousands of women
throughout the middle west for
her TV programs and her lee
lures on topics of interest to the
modern American Woman.
Donations for this show will
be $1.00. Ticket information
may be obtained by calling AV
5-4061 or AV 5-4391 or by con-
tacting any member of the Drill
Team.