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'14th STREET.

Dear Sir.
1.-THE sunflower has come
into it's own in recent years
as a food, not only for cattle,
but for people.
Health cranks, as they
are called, MUNICH them for
in-between snacks; they are
supposed to be good for
what ails you
"In our back yard this year
I tried raising these big
plants and was very success
full with them.
"They were at least 10
feet tall, with flower heads
almost a foot in diameter.
Should I leave them for
the birds to pick off, or should
I take them down, dry them,
and put them into seed mix
lures in my bird feeding sta
ton?
Sincerely, A. N. T."
y y y
The birds, we feel sure, like
to eat them on the stalk.
For this purpose, the long
brittle stalks may be staked
up lightly. The seeds thus
constitute a free lunch that
will help many a bird far in
to the winter.
Those who feed the wild
birds always discover how
many species like the SUM-
flowers.
Also the pumpkin seeds,
and the watermelon and
cantaloupe seeds.
In recent years, scientists
have learned the vitamins
and minerals in these seeds,
the protein content, and now
the amount of fats, and the
kind.
The scientists have found
out that there are two kinds
of fats, the saturated and
the unsaturated.
The former are not so good
for heart patients.
How much of these discov-
cries will be held true 20
years from now is another
matter.
Please don't ask us to ex-
plain the difference between
saturated and unsaturated
fats. 1t is a complex matter,
and from the explanations
we have seen, almost unex-
plainable to a layman.
y X y \
The birds and the squirrels
and the Russians uncon-
sciously knew these things
years ago.
The simple reason was:
They liked them!
Something about the taste
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-26
Tide of the Times

Secretary of Commerce Mueller
made speech the other day in vigorous
support of middle of the-road conServa-
tism and free competitive enterprise.
AS a businessman in private life and
during four years of service in the higher
ranks of the Commerce Department, Mr..
Mueller has identified himself before
with this philosophy of orthodox
capitalism.
On this latest occasion, however,
the Secretary went step further to
speak boldly and confidently of how the
tide is running in this troubled decade
and his case was not weak one. Con
servatism," he said, sis no longer in the
DOLLHOUSE. It has won massive acclaim
and support" He cited then the record
left by the first session Of the 86th
Congress, and the play of forces which
contributed so much to the shaping OF
that record.
Most notable, of course, was the
months-long battle spearheaded by
President Eisenhower for budget re-
sponSibility and the curbing of infla-
nently, too, was the better than-ex-
pected performance of the Congress in
enacting labor reform legislation. Quite
properly, Mr.. Mueller pointed out that
these and other accomplishments were
coalition achievements in which perhaps
the strongest factor of all was a public
sentiment aroused in defense of the
middle-of- the-road conservatism in
preference to PHILOSOPHERS of socialist
celebration.
1t is not far-fetched, either to look
abroad and note that the tide seems
currently running in the same direction.
Britain'S Labor Party, as case in point,
has suffered one of its worst defeats
after campaign in which its modified
socialist doctrine inspired minimum
of enthusiasm. Not long ago, West Ger
manyS Socialist Party-a long time
loser-iSSued a new manifesto, likewise
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-26
THIS AND THAT
Bv CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

of the seeds appealed to
them.
1t is said that the Russians
eat them like candy, taking
a handful as we do popcorn.
Popcorn has little food
value, but a sunfiower seed
is packed with it.
So arose the fad of eating
these seeds, but the birds
were eating them hundreds
of years ago.
Europeans have said for
many years that Americans.
in their daily lives, waste
too much food.
1t is possible to brush out
and save all the watermelon
seeds, the cantaloupe seeds,
and the pumpkin seeds.
These then may be dried,
and put out for the birds in
the cold.
A separate feeder might be
established just for these
well-stocked foods. The nu-
trients in them are just what
the wintering birds need.
1t is always a pleasure to
watch the birds come to a
plantation of SunflowerS and
hover over the flower heads.
,Sunf1owers cannot be called
highly decorative in the aver
age cultivated garden. For
this reason they are best
planted at the extreme rear
of a yard, or over in one
corner behind the garage.
If the stalks fall, it makes
no difference, because the
birds will find the seeds any.
way.
Fats and carbohydrates will
make some people fat, but
they do not bother the birds
in this way. You seldom see
fat bird. Nature keeps them
just right. Their extreme &C
tivity, high temperature and
outdoor living combine to
burn up all their food. Their
metabolism, or utilization Of
foods. is perfect.
Normal temperatures of
birds range from 101 to Ill
degrees in various species.
They are, indeed, food mo-
tors, with the accent on
sugars and starches in win
ter, and proteins in summer.
1t is for this reason that so
many of the birds like the
Seedless raisin. With the ex-
ception of the startling, none
of the more Sedate species
will eat them to surfeit. The
startling will grab and down
as many as he can, but the
mockingbird, for instance,
takes only two or three at q
time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-26
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Indians Pioneered Chemical Warfare
By THOMAS R. HENRY

siderable value in the field
for which they originally
were designed, as insect
killers. All the Russian re-
ports Of the work Of the In
stitute Of Elemento- Organic
Compounds, abstracts Of
which are translated by the
Department Of Commerce.
stress that the syntheses are
directed toward finding safer
gases for use by agricultural
workers. The chemists. Of
course, do not know before
hand what the physiological
effects Of any new gas will be.
A report describes the
synthesis of 26 new organo.
phosphorus compounds.
These originally are volatile
liquids easily made into gases.
In both forms they are adj
ministered to mice who then
are observed for IA days for
their anti cholinesterase
properties.
An example is a so-called
"heptachlorine" which is
described as having marked
cumulative properties. 1t first
stimulates and then inhibits
nerve activity to the point
of death. Dead animals
show infections Of liver. kid
neys and lungs. Obviously no
very dangerous gas which
turns up in the experiments
would be published.
Protective Steps Taken
It may be assumed other
countries also are at work
on the chemistry of nerve
gases and nobody knows what
may turn up-or where.
Much work is in progress
on protection and there still
is far to go. There are masks
available which will protect
from the known nerve gases,
if they are used in time.
This, of course, is a big If"
for a civilian population be-
cause of the insidiousness OF
the early symptoms. The
gases also can be absorbed.
but more slowly, through the
skin.
The standard treatment
when one has been gasSed is
injection of another poison,
atropine, a belladonna con-
stituent which counteractS
the anti-cholinesterase &C
tivity. Big and dangerous
doses, however, may be
necessary in severe cases.
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We shall soon do honor to
the boys who paid the last
full measure of devotion to
their country. orators refer
to them as having $50 will
ingly and freely given their
lives for the cause" Not
every one subscribes to this
Technology. Rather it may
be said that their lives were
sacrificed to the demon god
of war.
Along a similar strain, it
may be asked: Did the Cali
lean Prophet willingly give
His life as ransom for many?
Rather did He pray that the
cup might pass Him by; and
a little later He felt that His
Creator had forsaken Him.
Did Socrates willingly drink
from the hemlock cup? Not
at all. He argued long and
diligently in his Apology" as
reported by Plato, pleading
for his life.
Did st. Stephen enjoy being
stoned to death? The record
shows that his spirit went
out while he was praying for
mercy.
Did st. Joan of Orleans
delight in looking forward to
inhaling the hot flames from
the burning fagotS heaped
around the stake? No. For
months she had pleaded her
innocence and begged for
justice.
Even in former days, wars
could sometimes have been
avoided by concessions being
made. One side must be the
first to make q concession.
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llt klLlu VI CtlCkAAASui wal
fare designed to knock out,
temporarily or permanently,
the nervous system Of an
enemy is really old in the
world. It's inventors and
chief practitioners in the past
were the people who invented
a lot of things for which they
get no credit, the Indians.
They were, of course, alto
gether empirical chemists,
but they produced some
weird stuff. Take, for exam
pie, curare, arrow poison OF
Ecuador's head-hunting Jiva-
ros. A drop Of this strych-
nine-like poison in the blood
almost instantly would in
activate the nerves that
activate the striate muscles,
essential for all external
movement. A victim lay as
If dead, unable to witch an
eyelid and aware Of every
thing that was going on
about him. But he couldn't
do anything about it while
the enemy removed at leisure
his head and those of his
neighbors.
Gas Like Curare?
"Death-in-life stuff" sur
geons call it. They have
found a quite limited use for
curare in modern medicine.
It is an extremely dangerous
drug.
Could there be a "curare-
like" gas? There are uncon-
firmable reports indicating
that something of the sort
exists somewhere. An effect
of all the nerve gases pub
licly admitted to date, how
ever, is to destroy conscious
ness. The Jivaro arrow poi
son is mentioned only as an
illustration of the almost in
finite variety of reactions
conceivable with the juggling
of formulas. Skilled chem
lists both here and abroad
are hard at work with this
juggling.
Take, for example, the
Russians. In their scientific
literature-but only within
the last few months-there
have been voluminous reports
of work with the organo-
phosphorus compounds, pre-
Sumably the basis for most
present-day nerve gases, al
though not necessarily so.
These gases still have con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-26
Will World Never Learn Historys Lessons?

surdity and vanity. One
verse will be sufficient:
So when the summer calleth,
From forest and field of grain,
With an equal murmur
falleth,
The gentle drip of the rain.
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment day;
Wet with the rain the Blue,
Wet with the rain the Gray.
In an ancient fable, an OK
and a colt went to the spring
together. They disagreed as
to precedence, even though
there was room enough for
both to drink at the same
time. The argument was so
hot, they decided to set
tie 1T by mortal combat. Just
then, looking up, they saw
vultures wheeling low over
head, ready to pick the bones
of the vanquished. With this
doleful reminder, they began
drinking from the spring as
friends.
The victors and vanquished
additionally meet to arrange
terms of settlement after the
battles are over. Why not
meet when war is imminent
and endeavor to make rea-
sonable concessions in order
to render war unnecessary?
Were it possible to employ
the same diligence to recon-
Gle antagonisms at the con-
ference table when war
threatens as at the peace
table after the close of the
war, most of the worlds con-
tlicts might be obviated.
Xanthippe.
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mouthparts in a few minutes
and then it can be removed
easily. After removal. the
wound should be painted
with iodine or other antisep-
tic-and hands and tweezers
washed with soap and water
or rinsed with alcohol.
o. How much ground cof-
fee should be used per cup
in making drip coffee?-V. S.
A. This is a matter of
preference, but most people
like coffee made with two level
tablespoonfuls of coffee for
each cup. Coffee ground espe-
cially for drip must be used,
and the water must be boil
ing vigorously before it is
poured over the coffee. Never
use less than three-quarters
of the pots capacity-for ex-
ample, make at least three
cups of coffee If using q four
cup pot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-26
No Small Protest

On OCTOBER Il, q Star ar
ticle, entitled County Gets
New Bid for Apartment Zon-
ing" referring to a bid by
Lawrence l.. Levin for recon-
ing 62.8 acres of land from
rural-residential to medium
density apartments, contained
misleading statements.
First, it stated: About rs
persons protested the applica-
ton, ;" The Randolph
Civic Association, which en-
compasses Randolph Hills,
Randolph Farms, Franklin
Park, and Montrose Park
Subdivisions, Inc, retained
Attorney John Ritterpusch
to represent over 1900 fam
lilies in opposing this APP
plication. Then, prior to the
hearing, we were contacted by
the Civic Associations of
Stonybrook Estates, repre-
senting over $50 families,
Wheaton Woods, representing
over 1000 families, and Twin
brook, representing well over
1000 families, all of which
wanted to appear in opposi-
ton to the proposed rezoning.
Also, the Allied Civic Group,
representing well over 5000
families, stated that it would
be represented in opposition
to the rezoning. We had a
conference, and split our time
among representatives of each
of these groupS-and each ap-
peared and spoke at the hear
ing, along with several eX-
pert witnesses and several
individuals who spoke in OPP
position on their own behalf.
All in all, the rezoning appli-
cation of Mr.. Levin was and
is opposed by more than TO-
600 families. About rs per-
sons, or more, sat through
hearings on six other coming
applications, in order to at
tend the hearing on Mr..
Levin's application.
Another statement was:
"They argued that it would
increase traffic along Viers
Mill road and depreciate
home values" We argued
that the only access to the
area in question is along Gay
nor road, an unimproved dirt
road for the most part, from
either Randolph road or Viers
Mill road. VierS Mill road is
a dual lane concrete highway
which is already carrying ca
pacity traffic-but our argu-
ment here is that the inter-
section of Viers Millyoad and
Gaynor road is already very
bad, and is where residents
of Stonybrook Estates must
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we CdnIlOG property wage wal
and call it waging peace; not
after the herald angels an
nounced the advent of the
Prince of Peace, as they sang
of good will to men,"
The principle of live and
let live was shown in the mar
rative of Abraham and Lot.
One of them said, in effect:
Let there be no hostility, I
pray thee, between us; or be-
tween your herdsmen and my
herdsmen. Let us agree on
which pastureland will be
yours and which mine. If you
want the east field, I will take
the west. If you choose the
west field, I'll take the east.
History wildly describes
the slaughter of Pickett'S
men at Gettysburg. Last sum-
mer I was privileged to walk
over another great battle
ground of the Civil War,
Shiloh, where so sanguinary
was the awful struggle that
after a downpour of rain the
creeks actually ran red. These
and many other battles give
us SOLDERING thoughts.
All this loss of life and
horrible bloodshed could have
been avoided by a DISPOSE
ton of good will; like that
exhibited in civil, individual,
personal affairs of logical
and enlightened people.
One of the saddest poems,
perhaps, in all literature is
entitled, THE Blue and the
Gray" by Finch, showing the
equality under the Creator,
as well as wars futility, alb
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Crafty KremHn

The kidnapping and deten-
ton of American diplomatic
officer Russell A. Langelle by
Moscow secret police demon
strates for the thouSandth
time the true nature of the
Kremlin beast. Let gullibles,
wishful thinkers, ignoramuses
and faSt-buck traders permit
themselves to be entrapped
by the fraudulent coeXist-
ence and peaceful COMPETE
ton" propaganda if they
wish. But let Sound-minded,
patriotic Americans remem-
Der that the Soviet regime
which has murdered tens
of millions of it's own people
to keep itself in power and
enslave alien peoples cannot
be expected to treat our ma
tionals any kinder.
The "cold war;" declared
by our enemy on December
"a, 1917, six weeks after it
had forced its barbarian rule
upon the Russian people, will
never be discontinued by a
Khrushchev or any successor.
The methods might change,
the temperature might go up
or down, but it will always be
used as a weapon for the
avowed goal of commanding
the world, no matter how
many vodka toaSts we drink
with them, no matter how
many summit meetings or
Camp David meetings we hold
with them.
If the fast-buck business
men of the West have their
way, if our officials lift the
restrictions on shipment to
Soviet Russia of our strategic
materials, machinery and
technology, our economic
doom will come that much
sooner, and the ultimate sink
ing of our whole civilization
will be a foregone conclusion.
]. Anthony Marcus,
Institute of Foreign Trade.
New York City,
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Bridoe Solution?

The difficulty of finding a
satisfactory design for the
Washington approach to the
Theodore Roosevelt Bridge,
and the ensuing controversy
between Engineer Commits
Sioner yelling and the Com
mission of Fine Arts, stem
from the location which was
finally adopted for the pro-
posed bridge. The original
proposal introduced in Con-
gress January 6. 1854, by Mr..
Broyhill to construct "a
bridge over the Potomac
River and Theodore Roose-
welt Island, from the vicinity
of E street on the District of
Columbia side of the Potomac
River to connect with U. S.
Route so on the Virginia
side" would, if allowed to
materialize, have resulted in
building the structure in
far better location than that
presently contemplated.
Unfortunately, Mr.. Broy-
hills proposal was talked into
defeat by various well-mean-
ing but ill-informed organi-
cations and individuals, and
now it is too late to turn
back to it, because a large
apartment house has since
been erected athwart the Vir-
ginia approach.
Y The chief objection to the
present plans of the Highway
Department is that they
show, in close proximity to
the Lincoln Memorial, an
elaborate and extensive COM
pick of curved ramps and
underpasSes comprising three
levels of concrete roadway.
This condition, we are told
by the highway planners, is
brought about by the neces-
sity of providing a smooth
two-way flow of traffic to and
from E street, Constitution
avenue, Rock Greek and
Potomac parkway. Ohio
drive, and finally, the So
called South Route of the
proposed Inner Loop. If the
laSt-named connection were
eliminated, the residual prob
lem, I believe, would be great
ly simplifled, and a satisfac-
tory approach to the bridge
would be easily obtainable.
My suggestion is to aban-
don once and for all the
section of the South Route
of the Inner Loop from the
proposed Theodore Roosevelt
Bridge and Lincoln Memorial
to the new Highway Bridge.
Washingtonians may not
realize it, but this section of
the Superhighway is designed
to pass close to the Lincoln
Memorial and through West
Potomac Park. If it Is re-
nounced and stricken from
the plans, West Potomac
Park will be preserved, the
Lincoln Memorial will be
saved from dissertation and
an amicable agreement may
be reached between Gen,
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yelling and the Commission
of Fine Arts over the Wash
ington approach to the Theo-
dore Roosevelt Bridge.
william E. Shepherd.
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luncheon at the Sulgraye
Club. and after the recep-
ton that afternoon to q sup
per at the Carlton given by
Bob Learnard Of the Alu.
minimum Co. of America and
his wife. And there are
a rash Of parties preceding
the dinner on Saturday.
CARLETON SMITH. vice
president Of NBC, general
manager Of WRC and WRC.
TV, and president Of the
United States Fund for WASH
ington. is altar bound. He and
Ruth Newburn Sedan Of New
York. successful free lance
advertising agent. viii ex-
change VOWS In late April :.
They will be married at his
brothers place in Swarth-
more. Pa. Courtney Smith Is
president Of Swarthmore Col
lege.
The bride-to-be, although
q resident Of New York for
the last % years. used to live
In Washington. In fact, she
and Cartoons late wife Anne
were sorority sisters. and her
late husband Bob and earle.
ton were fraternity brothers.
THE BELLS ARE RING
ING" opened at the National
last night with a loud clang.
Not only was the audience
studded with familiar social
figures. but q whole flock Of
telephone answering girls at
tended. Inasmuch as Judy
Holiday plays the role In the
rollicking musical comedy Of
the girl on "Susanswer.
phone" Jane Marley, presi-
dent Of Courtesy. Inc. took
her entire answering stan OF
IS to the show. "Judy's inter-
probation is slightly opposite
to the way we operate"