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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19

Ger roast WIN zone IN, anu
breast Of lamb for stewing.
Eryers, long q budget ia
vorite. come whole or cut up.
In addition. breasts and legs
Of chickens are priced attrac-
lively. Large turkeys are o
good buy. too.
II ham is your fayorite Easter
dish. you may want to take
advantage Of the special sale
on canned hams this week with
the holiday dinner IN mind. Re-
member. most all Of the canned
hams these days should be kept
refrigerated but DO NOT freeze
them. The hams on sale are
Of several kinds and the weight
runs from Ia pounds to Q
pounds. Fully cooked hams and
picnics are also available.
Beef is In the minority this
week with only q few cuts men
toned. Among steaks. sirloin
and porterhouse are recon.
mended. Rib roast is Q favored
item.
At fish counsers the best buys
are rockfish. porgies, sea bass.
bass fillets, founder fillets, lob
ster tails. jumbo shrimp and
two grades Of oysters stand
ards and selects.
Broccoli coming in from
California. Texas and Arizona
tops the list Of good vegetable
bargains. Supplies. say produce
men. are 20 per cent above last
year and 6 per cent above aver.
age for March. Sweet potatoes,
celery, cabbage. lettuce. pota-
toes, carrots and radishes are
also good buys.
Balmy weather In California
Ahould slash asparagus prices
before too long.
: Best buys among fruits are
oranges and grapefruit from
Florida, pineapples. California
'Avoc q d oes, and strawberries
from Florida.
Produce News
III coffee keeps you awake
when you drink it for dinner
b the evening, there's a new
instant on the market Just for
you.
. sDecaffeinated instant Siesta
coffee Is now being introduced
In local markets by Standard
Brands. Inc. A new product, 1t
Is 100 per cent pure coffee that
has had 81 per cent of the caf-
fein removed. It also has natu-
raj coffee aroma and favor, a
recent development in instant
coffees. Identiflable by a brown
and gold label, Siesta coffee Is
on the grocers' shelves in two
and six-ounce Jars.
To meet the demand for q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19

different" Juice blend that viii
give greater variety to baby's
diet. Beech-Nut is introducing
% blend AZ carrot. tomato. spin
ach. lettuce. and celery juices,
plus q mild seasoning. which
provides Q Juice that is both
palate-pleasing and nourishing.
1t is the first such product to
be marketed by the company.
The blended juices are pas
teurized and are strained and
homogenized for easy now
through q nursing nipple. For
titled with vitamin C, each
ounce supplies over 100 Pc, cent
Of the minimum daily require
ment for this vitamin. the COM
pany states. In addition, they
say one fluid ounce Of the
mixed vegetable Juice provides
more than 20 per cent Of the
minimum daily need Of vita
min A.
Macadamia nuts are not new
but they're getting q big boost
at Larimer's this week in honor
of our soon-to-be 50th SCaCe,
Hawaii. In case you're not ia
miliar with this delicacy. maca-
damia nuts are crisp. rich in
flavor and slightly sweet.
They're delicious with cocktails
or for nibbling after dinner.
Try crushing them and sprin-
king over ice cream. Use them
in cookies, as a garnish for 11sh
or fowl. and they're extra good
in salads. In fact, they're good
any way you choose to eat
them. VT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19
3 THE MARKET
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Canned Hams Good Buy

Flyers, lamb and hams dominate the headlines at
local supermarkets and food chains this week end
This is the fourth consecutive week that one
store another has featured lamb as its lead item
The cuts this week hold to the usual pattern loin
rib and shoulder chops leg of lamb square-cut shout
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19

A sprinkle Of ground ginger
over cheese sandwiches before
grilling gives an added tang to
this luncheon or supper ia
vorite.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02
Rome Speaks Up

The consistently firm position of
postwar Italy in its adherence to the
Western community has been under
scored this week by announcement Of
agreement on the Stationing of Ameri-
can-made intermediate range ballistic
missiles on Italian territory, presumably
in the north. Unofflcially, the missile is
identified as the 1900 mile-range Army
developed Jupiter and the agreement is
the first to provide operational bases for
Western weapons of this type and range
on the European continent. A similar
agreement was reached early last year
for establishment OF IRBM bases in
Britain, and negotiations are under way
for mounting the same category of
defense weapons in Turkey.
The acceptance of missile armament
in Italy, as in any other country in the
forward lines of defense against poten-
tial Soviet aggression, presents both po-
litical and military risks. The italian
Communist Party is large and articu-
late force in that country and its mouth
pieces already are trumpeting that the
decision jeopardizes "the very existence
of the Italian people" It is notable,
however, that Italy is a charter mem
Der of the North Atlantic Treaty Organi-
cation and that its conventional mill
tary forces from the beginning have
been integrated in large measure into
the NATO command jurisdiction. As it
happens, too, Premier Segni and Foreign
Minister Pella are in complete and &C
tive accord with their predecessors in
the top posts in Rome in the overall
commitment-political and economic, as
well as military-to unity with the West.
Mr.. Pella, who is representing his
government at the NATO meetings here,
recently summed up this position as fol-
lows: "The road of the alliance chosen
by our country is not an occasional
or temporary one. It is the only road.
Our foreign policy will not deviate
from these lines" His government has
matched these unequivocal words with
comparably straightforward action. AS
NATO takes stock of itself on its 10th
anniversary, Rome is offering evidence
that there are some strong sinews along
the South European Mediterranean
front.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02

Milwaukee. q s7-year-old captain in the
Cuban rebel army. He is said TO have
joined the Castro forces after hitch
in the American Merchant Marine.
Marks says he likes Cuba and intends to
live there.
This is not altogether surprising,
for his career in the United States could
not have been an entirely happy one.
According to the warden Of Wisconsin
State Prison, where the La Cabana
executioner served Sh years for NOR
ais offense, Marks is "real Stinker."
He has been arrested at least 80 times
on charges which include auto theft,
robbery. burglary, assault, drunken.
driving and disorderly conduct. This is
not record which necessarily estab-
fishes Marks qualifications for his job
with Castro. But neither does it neces-
sarily disqualify him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02
Preparing for the Summit

AS far as date and place are con-
cerned, it is now settled. The Kremlin
has accepted the Western proposal for
an Anglo-French-A merican-S Soviet for
eign ministers conference to begin in
Geneva on May II to deal with questions
relating to Berlin and Germany as a
whole. The acceptance, of course, has
come as no surprise in view of Premier
Khrushchev's recent favorable comment
on the idea and his obvious desire to
bring about summit meeting.
What the West must do now is work
out unified policy in advance of the
May II get-together. Presumably such
a policy will grow out of the consulta-
tionS held between Acting Secretary Of
State Herter and the foreign ministers
of Britain, France and West Germany,
and the whole subject will be carefully
studied at the current sessions of the
15-nation Council of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization. AS result, our
side should be able to show solid front
at next months Geneva meeting-a
solid front in support of clear-cut pro-
poSals designed to maintain the integ-
rity and security of free Berlin and to
promote progress toward an acceptable
agreement on Germany'S reunification.
The Soviet reaction to all this will
not be clear until the foreign ministers
have had chance to sound out each
other to determine whether meeting of
minds is possible Meanwhile, one can
do little more than engage in specula-
ton. The only thing that seems reason
ably certain, despite Mr. Khrushchev's
suggestion to the contrary, is that a
summer summit conference will be too
unpromising to be worth converting if
the May Geneva talks bog down in
disagreement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02
Requiring a Iona Look

IL is not likely that Congress will
respond swiftly to the proposal for
immediate legislation" to transfer
from the Atomic Energy Commission to
the Public Health Service primary
responsibility for the Nations protec-
ton from radiation hazards" For the
proposal, as presented to Surgeon Gen.
eral Leroy Burney by distinguished
group of scientists, calls for such a
sweeping kind of reorganization that
both the Senate and House will almost
certainly want to take long look at it.
In broad outline, what the scientists
have recommended would involve the
following changes, among others: ~
While the Acc would continue to pur-
sue intensive safety activities in its own
installations and those of its contractors
and licensees, ultimate authority" over
the whole field would be reposed in the
PHS. (2) This authority would bear
upon special studies, personnel training
programs and systems of protective
regulations Federal, State and Locally
having to do with the actual and
potential dangers inherent in all sources
of radiation, including X-ray machines,
radioisotopeS, atomic power plants and
nuclear testing. 60 The Public Health
Service, in thus carrying out its "pri-
mary responsibility" in these matters,
would have to make rapidly increasing
annual expenditures that would reach
a fixed level of about $50 million a
year by 1865.
Emphasizing that it in no way
implies any criticism of the Atomic
Energy Commission, the authors of this
plan have based it in part on the
ground that primary responsibility
over the health aspects of radiation
ought not to remain in the same agency
(the commiSSion) that has prime
interest in the military and nonmilitary
promotional programs of nuclear en-
ergy. Nevertheless, sound as that argyll
ment may be, the fact remains, as
Chairman McCone has pointed out, that
the Acc is the only unit of our Govern
ment that "has engaged in extensive
research work in the sampling of the
atmosphere and conducting fallout
studies on a worldwide basis" In that
reSpect, IL is unoOupteoly the NatlonS S,
and probably the worlds, best stated
and most experienced authority on the
subject. Accordingly, even though some
Of its past findings are now open to
challenge and in need of searching
review, there is reason to question why
this phase Of its operations should be
quickly transferred to the PHS.
To say this, however, is not to sug-
geSt that there is no merit in the plan
submitted to Surgeon General Burney.
Actually, MIR. McCone himself has made
clear that the Acc has no desire to
pre-empt the field and that "if the
Congress and the Executive Depart
ment wish to assign part of this activity
to other Federal agencies we will
cooperate with them to the fullest"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02
Burned Child

The latest screed to emerge from
the Democratic Advisory Council is a
massive exercise in irresponsible nom
sense
Sponsored, as it is, by men and wom-
en- OF some stature. the truth torturing
nature Of this foreign policy report"
Is astonishing. Its ostensible purpose
Is to unload partisan H-bomb on the
Eisenhower administration. But even
as fiagrantly political document it is
self-defeating. For example, the report
charges, with reference to the Formosa
resolution, that President Eisenhower
"heedlessly dropped time bomb into
the already explosive Far Eastern situa-
tion." It does not mention the fact that
an almost unanimous Congress voted
for the Formosa resolution. Does the
Advisory Councils indictment extend to
the Democrats who approved the reso-
luton? Also ignored is the fact that
the expression of American purpose con-
tanned in this resolution, time bomb or
not, has served for nearly five years to
discourage Chinese Communist attack
on FormoSa. If this Is catastrophe
error, as the Advisory Council would
have the people believe, we could do
with more Of the same.
This incredible document concludes
on questioning note. "Must we sit in
paralyzed horror for two more years."
1t asks, watching our strength, our in
fluence, our position in the world, and
our alliances dissolve, as just hundred
years ago men watched the Union dis
solve under the weak and palSied hand
of Buchanan" The best that can be
said for this kind of gibberish is 1--WE
hope) that no one will take it seriously
except, perhaps, the members of the
Democratic Advisory Council.
To read the phrenetic language of
the report is to understand why the
responsible Democratic leaders in Con-
greSs have Stunned the Advisory Coun-
Gil. They are better acquainted with
the facts of life, and they have a better
understanding of the harm which this
kind Of ranting partiSanship could do
to the country in time of danger. 1t
is not so easy, however, to understand
why Dean AcheSon would serve as chair
man Of the committee which presumably
drafted the report.
In his days as Secretary of State
Dean Acheson was subjected to much
the same kind of outrageous abuse, and
one might think that as burned child
he would dread the fire. But evidently
he does not. In partisan politics, appar-
emily, the familiar maxims do not apply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02
For the Record

In an interview with me
on March Is, your reporter
made a small error entirely
imputable to the rush in
which both he and I were,
but which ! wish to correct
for the sake of the record.
When commenting upon
the disclosure of gifts &C.
cepted by one official in the
international Co operation
Administration program in
Laos, my reaction was that
it was zone of those occupa-
tlonal hazards" and not-aS
is stated in the story-a
consequence" of the pro-
gram.
AS your title correctly
states, ICA fights against
great odds throughout the
world. and the little kingdom
of Laos, with its more than
600 miles of borders with
Communist China and North
Vietnam, needs all our help
and sympathy in its struggle;
ICA's job in that area is vital
and must be continued.
Bernard b. FAN,
Associate Professor of In
ternational Relations,
Howard University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02
Grateful Parents

Our son. Patrick (Pat)
Charles O'Hearn was born
October z. 1858. at Walter
Reed Army Hospital. Being
premature, it was expected
that his development would
be slow. but after 10 months
Of very little progress DR..
(Col.) Bruton of Walter Reed
concluded that he had cere-
bral palsy. Only parents who
have been told that they
have a handicapped child can
know what this meant to us.
Col. Bruton immediately
referred us to the D. C. So
ciety for Crippled Children as
the organization best capable
Of caring for our child. Here
began an education for us
and a glimmer of hope for
Pat. From the first cursory
examination by DR.. Argv. the
well-known and beloved med
ical director of the society,
and for nearly five years
since. Pats every and slight
est handicap was analysed,
treated and in some areas
remedied with skill, loving
care and sincere interest.
He is now completing his
third year in a preschool
program and next September
will enter kindergarten. He is
not walking yet, nor does he
use his hands very well. but
he has already progressed far
beyond our expectations, and
we feel now that he will
some day be self-supporting
and an accented member of
society. His personality has
been developed to where he
is as much a part of our FAM
lily activity as his three elder
brothers. The psychological
problems inherent in all
brain-damaged children have
been administered concur
rently with educating us as
parents SO that we may bet
ter understand his problems
and our responsibilities and
enabling us to accept Pats
handicap.
To us. the unselfish devo-
ton of the staff Of the D. C.
Society for Crippled Children
is the contributing factor to
Pats present progress and
future life. and to them we
will be forever grateful.
Pats problem and the SIM
liar problems of hundreds of
other children in the area
are being solved through the
contributions made fo' Easter
Seals. Don't make these chill
dren lack for care through
lack of funds.
Maj. and Mrs. Daniel
X. OHearu.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02

all other municipal taxes,
and, further, makes generous
contributions to private well
fare services and exerts lead
ership for city improvement
and growth.
Contrast this with the APP
preparations Committee at
titude.
To Messrs. Rabaut and
Company we make this point
Thanks for your avowed
friendship and increased un-
derstanding, but it is not
enough. It win not be enough
until the stature of the Fed
eral contribution measures
the stature of the Federal
Governments inherent re-
Sponsibility to the munich
pality, its own employees and
the community at large.
First, let there be fair shar-
ing, and second. fair whit
ting. Otherwise, we, the peo-
pie of Washington, are hold
ing the bag.
Milton A. MandeI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

hover though the hand
completely covers 1t.
\ \ \ \
KENMORE DRIVE.
Dear Sir:
I'm reading your column
in The Evening Star recently
I was interested in the letter
applauding your articles on
bird life.
IT also am very interested
in birds, and there are lovely
ones in my section Of Ken
more drive.
Il feed them summer and
winter and see that my bird
bath is always filled.
II have a pet mockingbird
who watches for me each
morning for my raisins.
please do continue your
articles for they are so
pleasing.
MY cardinals do not seem
to have been as numerous
this past winter. ! wonder
why? / put out wild bird
seed as usual.
Respectfully, L. c. H."
+ + y
We do not believe there Is
any shortage Of redbirds, but
they do manage to move
around from block to block,
in what we have called a sort
of limited migration.
Thus. one yard will have
two or three pairs. one sum-
mer, and the next but one
pair, and maybe not even
that.
The presence OF a favorite
mockingbird. too, can drive
the cardinals away for q
time.
Our redbirds are fond Of
seedless raisins and sun
flower seed, and If these two
foods are put out for them
they will help keep them
around. Since both sunfiower
seeds and raisins are loved
by many species, these will
eat them, too, so the watcher
should not resent them but
accept them as part Of the
picture.
We are glad our CORE
spondent feeds the birds both
winter and summer and
keeps the bird bath filed.
Making the songsters at
home ensures that they viii
be around all year. eating
insect eggs and grubs at
the most unlikely times,
weatherly speaking.
From the bird standpoint,
the ever-fiowing granary Of
the bird feeding station must
seem a very fine thing. In
deed. Though they have no
way Of understanding what
we are doing for them. they
do eat. and. in eating. they
come very close to Us, -
they not?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02
Relatively on Hill

There is nothing. perhaps,
so effective in bringing a
politician to terms as the
knowledge Of the effect his
behavior will have on his
voting public.
1t has been suggested that
a law be passed to prevent
Congressman from hiring
relatives. This sweeping gen.
eralization might wipe out
this specific type of corrup-
ton. but / wonder to what
extent it would prove a solu-
ton. The determinant of the
competency of an employee
is not his being a relative
of his prospective employer.
Such a law could deprive the
Government of the services
of some very qualified indi-
viduals and by its discrimi-
nation against a newly Gre
ated minority (relatives of
congressman could pose a
question Of civil rights! Also,
such a law could foster a new
form of corruption. What
would prevent Congressman
who are devoted to their
financial theory of "relativ-
ity" from adopting between
themselves a code of reci-
proclty? You hire my >rela-
tives-I'll hire yours" could
very well bypass the legal
technicalities.
1t would seem more effec-
tive to rule that all appli-
cants for positions in con-
gressional Offices be required
to pass civil service exami-
nations, which would be adj
ministered by persons who
themselves are civil service
appointees. All Jobs with
Congressman should be clas-
sif1ed and graded and a list
ing of all employees should be
made available to the public
at all times. This, to me,
seems fair business practice
for all concerned.
Jessie B. Solomon.
The way to end nepotism
is to raise the salaries of our
Representatives and Sena-
tors. The $22,500 annual SAL
airy, $4,000 annual expense
allowance, slight mileage al
lowance for official travel,
"franking privilege" and al
lowance for Office rental do
not n e arly compensate a
Congressman for the aStro-
nomical amounts of money
needed to wage and win a
campaign. To remain solvent,
he must be at least one of
the following: Cd Rich, (2)
supported by "fat CATS" go
a crook, "a holding an out
side job, go a nepotist. No
Congressman should have to
be rich, corrupt, unethical,
or prevented from serving
the public full time.
Sheila Chidakel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02
Case of Nonsupport

Of the House Appropria-
tons Committees usually
CONSTRUCTED thinking on Dis
trict Fiscal matters, some
improvement has been noted.
Unfortunately, the funda-
mental concepts of the COM
mittee have not changed.
Perhaps members of the
Appropriations Committee
have been listening to too
many of their uniformed
constituents or read in some
outmoded school text that
the Federal Government sup
ports the District.
Let's look at private in
dustry's approach to mu-
nicipal problems: Enlight-
ened industry not only pays
real estate taxes, it alSp pays
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02

Your March Is editorial
dealing with the pressing
need to think now about
Washington'S future water
supply is a timely and inn
portant warning.
OF fundamental Importance
to WashingtonianS, whether
they live in or near the city,
is the proposed comprehensive
Corps of Army Engineers
study. This surveys success
full completion could well be
the most important event of
two or three decades for the
Metropolitan Area.
Civic leadership and con-
cerned Congressman should
resist any attempt to weaken
or postpone the corps study.
Events and official studies
alike point to the need for
a Potomac River Basin in
ventory Of water resources.
This the study would ac-
complish, along with an anal
ySis of water needs.
1t seems automatic that the
Potomac is many things to
many people. 1t is also obyi-
Gus that legislation pointing
to one river use for a few
people is not sound or fair
legislation. This applies even
more so when the paramount
problem of water supply for
millions is subordinated to a
slngle-purpose plan. But such
a plan has been proposed to
the Subcommittee on Public
Lands Of the House Interior
Committee, in the form of
pure" Gao park legislation.
Its proponents-Seeking 1875
miles of uninterrupted river
shore-have deprecated the
corps study which undoubt-
edly would point up many
uses other than limited rec
reation. They also ask that
proposed legislation not rec
ognize the need for the study.
These proponents are sin
gle-minded lobbyists with
Single-purpose bills. They do
not now recognize the fact
that the Potomac River is
more than the mere western
boundary of a park. They re-
fuse to recognize that the
river must serve and benefit
the many. Perhaps their per-
sistently negative, uncompro-
missing posture is seen in
their spokesman's comment
before the subcommittee that
they would rather have no
Dill"-and no park-than to
have one like HR 5194. which
insists ON a Corps Of Army
Engineers study.
1t is to be hoped that such
shortsightedness will not find
Its way into public law.
James Browne,
Executive Director. Potomac
River Development Asso-
citation.