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AuruMuBILEs EoR SALE AuroMuplEs FoR Sale

FORD RNGLIsH PREFECTD 81
4-dr. sedan. owner, garage
kept; 5000 or best offer. Mr..
MOORE, Ma. s-1177 or EX.
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DODGE IS Custom Royal con-
vertiole, ss poSsr steesing aeao sna oraksS, ,ass
sharp; Sl,9e5.
AkerS OldS-Cadillac On
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FLORIDA PROPERTY
SEASH0RE PROPERTY
GARAGES

l-ACRE CLEARED LOT, south
Ocean Beach; $3.50. AP. 7-S726.
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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

CHEVROLET SO 2-dr.: green I'm. /;
full price. $3.50, terms. ORRISOH
RAMBLER, Used Cars, 704 West
Broad. Fails CHI, Va, JE. 4-9595
CHEVROLET '5s Impala convert
ible; blue; radio and heater. auto
matte: 81 .7o6.
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FORD '59 Galaxie Tudor sedan;
extras; take over bal. payments;
can be traded for an older model,
any make. Call OWNER. IA. 2
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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE
MERGIRY ,57

VS. hardtop coupe;
standard shift; has special built
335-h.p Marauder motor at fac
tory: lucky 70 have this one for
sale. not any around. II interested,
hurry. won't be here long at this
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MOTORS INC


Authorized Mercedes-Benz Dealer
END and NV. FE. 7-2830 Till 8 P. M
MERCURY so 2-door; driVe-avay
special, 500. ORRISON RAM
BIER, Used Cars, 7O4 W Broad.
Falls Church, Va, JE. 1886.
MERCURYS $50; clearance, .
Montereys, 2 Montclairs, will be
sold at cost. Will take trades,
Financing available.
LEE D. BUTLER. INC.
l12l 21st ST. NV. FE. 7-610O
Quality and Value Since 1880
MERCURY '54; auto trans, r. and
n. Wv. tires; looks like new,
$685., dealer, TU. 2-566O.
MERCURY 1853 Monterey hardtop:
power steering, power brakes, auto.
trans, T. and h., Wv. tires,
driven 1000 mi; sacrifice at So
$50. JU. S-97O4.
MsEsRRCCURY '5S Turnpike Cruiser;
S4O0 and assume payments. Will
consider trade. RO. S-12O7.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
Helping Those Farmers

The biographical sketch on Sena-
tor Williams, Delaware Republican, in
the Congressional Directory notes that
he was "born on a farm" and that
before entering politics he was in the
grain business" Now beginning his
third successive term in the Senate, Mr..
Williams has demonstrated on many
occasions a high level of ability to get
at the kernel of issues. He has done
so again with a few facts and figures
on how the whole "Rube Goldberg"
structure of high, rigid farm price sup
ports operates on behalf of the poor
and the little farmers.
Mr. Williams has submitted to the
Senate Government report on where
the really big crop subsidy money went
in 1857 The biggest payment, of nearly
Sis million, went to farmer" named
the Producers Rice Mill, Incorporated,
of Arkansas, to encourage the produc-
ton and high price of rice. The next,
of S12 million, went to the Delta & Pine
Land Company of Mississippi for grow
ing cotton, and the third, of 1854 900, to
Westlake Farms of California for some
more cotton
The high rigid support program"
Mr. Williams noted, sis little more than
a Government guarantee on the opera
tionS of corporate type farming and
actually encourages and UNDERWRITERS
absentee ownership to the detriment
of the small farmers"
Mr. Williams information and OBJ
ServationS were inserted in the Congress
SionaI Record with mo objections"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
Dishonoring Washington

The Washington National Monu-
ment Society has spoken out with JUS
titled wrath against the wartime ITEM
porary" ShackS that continue to destroy
the beauty of the Mall within the
shadow of the memorial to the country'S
first President and the Capitals founder.
The tempoS tend to dishonor Washing
ton, the man, and to mar the attrac-
tiveneSS of Washington, the city.
The society, in resolution adopted
at its annual meeting on WaShington'S
birthday anniversary, declared that the
demolition of the park structures is a
necessary prerequisite to plans for re-
storing and developing the Monument
Grounds and adjacent Mall areas. PreSi-
dent Eisenhower, who is president of the
society, ex off1cio, could expedite the
clearing of these parklandS by sending
word anew that the tempoS must go
at the earliest possible date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
Hurricane Brewinq

Storm signals indicating the posi-
bility of hurricane-type disturbance
were hoiSted in Puerto Rico this week,
with an added warning that the biggest
blow may hit the mainland in due time.
If it does, it could be violent and de-
Structive.
1t is not, in this case, weather
disturbance. 1t is, instead, the threat
of a full-scale labor war between the
AFL-CIO and the outcaSt Brotherhood
of Transfers. The Transfers them
selves set up the struggle in recent an
nouncementS of their intent to organize
the entire labor force-about 100000
on the Caribbean island Furthermore,
while the AFL-CIO Executive Council
was meeting in San Juan during the
past fortnight, the Transfers sent rep
reSentativeS to the island to get their
organizing drive under way. The Fed
Grafton, thus challenged, has countered
by voting to charter a Puerto Rican
local with authority to take in all kinds
of Notwithstanding teamsterS.
1t is only possible that the clash
will be confined to the island Since
the TeaMSterS were ousted from the
Federation on corruption charges in
1857, there have been threats of an or
ganizing war from both sides James B.
Carey, aggressive president of the ALL
CLIO Electrical Workers, has been one
of those repeatedly anxious for show
down and he was sponsor of the move
to open the battle in Puerto Rico. Only
Joseph Curran of the National Maritime
Union diSSented from the council deci-
sion, and with the warning that it prob
ably would touch off mainland fight
of massive dimensions.
Both sides are strong, Of course, in
money, members and determination
and the record of such "juriSdictional
wars" shows that the target workers and
industries, perhaps the national econ
Omy as whole, could pay the highest
price in such a struggle for power. If
the Transfers have an advantage, it is
that their own control is centralized
one union and one boss, President
Jimmy Hoffa-While the Federation rep
reSentS a variety of interests under
direction of leaders repeatedly at odds
on several issues at San Juan. One of
these issues, incidentally, was Walter
Reuther'S f1amboyant plan to stage
march of the unemployed" on Wash
ington. President Meany apparently
has Sidetracked this scheme in favor
Of calling a Legislative conference" on
unemployment in Washington, but re-
ports persist of factional disSenSion
within the Federation. For an about
joust with Mr.. Ho1Ia and his outfit, the
AFL-CIO will need to keep its ranks
tight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25

1t seems that the American
Bar Association is unhappy
about certain decisions Of the
Supreme Court which they
think give comfort to the
Commission. If they are cor
rect in their conclusions, the
matter is alarming. Those
eminent justices are not
children: they knew what
they were doing. Or did they?
Did they know what they
were doing to the Nations
Capital? The sad part OF that
is that the damage is ire
mediable. Future historians
will say that the plight of
our Capital is the handwork
of the Supreme Court.
Elmer c. Helm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
18th Amendment

The Fourteenth Amend
ment was conceived in a
spirit of hatred and revenge
by a Civil War Congress con-
trolled by extremists which
ran roughshod over Supreme
Court and President alike.
The intent of the amendment
was not to advance the lot
of the freed slaves but to
humiliate and subjugate the
PROSTATE white inhabitants of
the South. The ratification"
OF the Fourteenth Amend
ment was driven through
unwilling State Legislatures
at the point of Federal bay
onets. An unwilling Sec
rotary of State was forced
by threat of political repriSal
to give the ratification" Of
fetal sanction. In subsequent
years the Supreme Court of
the United States. which is
supposed to protect and de-
fend the rights and liberties
OF all the people, has refused
to pass upon the validity of
the Fourteenth Amendment,
diSmlSSing the matter as be-
ing of political" and not of
judicial concern.
Had the principles Of the
Fourteenth Amendment been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
Iran Threatened

The Kremlin is making an eXtraor
binary and rather myStifying fuss over
Trans sovereign decision to sign a'Secu-
rity agreement with the United States.
Actually, the agreement similar ones
are to be worked out with Turkey and
PakiStan) amounts to little more than
a reaffirmation of our country's long
standing defensive commitments to the
Baghdad Pact However, with Premier
KhruShchev himself leading the chorus
of invective, the Soviet Union has
chosen to magnify the matter in the
most eXtravagant terms, and it has cut
loose with bitter propaganda against the
Shah and his government.
Just a bit more than a week ago,
a top team of Russian negotiatorS in
Teheran abruptly broke off negotiations
aimed at concluding a Soviet-Iranian
pact of friendship and nonaggresSion."
As MoScow'S propagandiStS have since
tried to explain, these talks have col
lapSed only because the Shah'S govern
ment is "two-faCed' and has tied itself
to American aggressive policy" But
the fact is that the Kremlin has with
drawn from them, and unleaShed its
wrath, primarily because of Teheran'S
refusal to join the USSR in a type of
treaty that might easily have had the
effect of weakening or destroying Trans
ties with the free world-tieS that are
maintained through such instruments
as the Baghdad alliance and the i'm
pending defensive understanding with
the United States.
The Kremlin'S anger, moreover, has
been voiced in menacing language. BY
way of illustration, the Soviet AmbasSa-
dor to Teheran has just been quoted as
warning that Iran definitely will be-
come our enemy if it signs bilateral
military agreement with the United
States" and he is rumored to have de-
clared that the USSR may react by
moving troops against its southern
..neighbor. All such talk, of course, adds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
Vital to Our Future

Dr. James R. Killian, jr, the PreSl-
dents Special Assistant for Science and
Technology, has given voice to another
good and timely warning about the
danger of doing too little in basic re-
search. The sad fact is, as he has just
indicated to the Economic Club of
Detroit, that our national effort in this
field is insufficient to an extent that
could eventually become perilous-Spe-
cifically so in terms of our countryS
position viS-a-viS the Soviet Union in
the world balance of military, industrial
and other forms of power.
Thus, as of now, our Government
and private institutions are investing
a combined total of approximately $40
billion annually in all types of research
and development. But of this sum,
according to DR.. Killian, the overwhelm-
ing bulk is for practical" projects, with
only about 6 per cent being spent on
purely abstract studies and intellectual
inquiries aimed at enabling the human
mind to acquire fundamental new
knowledge along scientific frontiers that
are still virtually unexplored. In short,
although we are doing a great deal in
the explored areas, we are not moving
deep enough, or fast enough, into those
mysterious territories that are crying
aloud for trail blazing pioneers.
In DR.. KillianS opinion, this imbal-
ance of scientific effort, this disparity
between the practical and the abStruSe
i,,O INT O1octitnfoc
a national hazard. AS he has put it,
The future of the United States, to an
extraordinary degree, is in the hands of
those who probe the mysteries of the
atom, the cell, and the stars. Especially
is this true of that tiny part of our
creative effort which we inadequately
term basic research" For such re-
search, even though it may not seem
to be Immediately applicable to every
day life, is absolutely indispensable to
the making of those discoveries that
account for progress in all fields of
human activity, military and nonmili-
tary alike.
This is point that can be demon
Strated by many striking examples, but
one will Suffice-namely the develop
ment of nuclear weapons and nuclear
power out of EinStein'S 1905 mathe-
NAUTICAL equation depicting energy as the
equivalent of an inert mass multiplied
by the square of the velocity of light.
AS recently as couple of decades ago,
all but relative handful of scientists
would have dismissed this formula as
an incomprehensible abstraction wholly
irrelevant to the real world, But how
awesomely relevant it has since become!
Small wonder, therefore, that authori-
ties like DR.. Killian, aware that there
will be other such discoveries in the
future, warn as they do against any
American neglect of basic research.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25

up to diplomatic intimidation of the
worst kind. But the Shah's government,
speaking through Premier Eghbal, has
made clear that it is still its own master
and is not going to be browbeaten or
frightened into abandoning its unchal-
lengeable right to enter upon a purely
defensive accord with our country or
do whatever else it may deem necessary
for national security.
Premier Eghbal has defined his
country's position in an admirable fash
ion. He, the Shah and Iran as whole
can be sure that they have the support
of the entire free world in thus defying
MoScow's wholly unwarranted threats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
Answers to Questions

A reader can get an answer by
mail, to any question Of taCi ~
writing The Star Information B4-
Ieau, go + street NV Washington
I, D. c Please inclOse return po.J-
age or seli-addresSed. stamped
q. Where was the diamond
Star of the South" found,
and what happened to it?-
jim.
A. In 1853, a slave woman
in the mines at Bagagem,
Brazil, found this diamond,
which was named "Estrella
do Sud" (Star of the South
by the syndicate of Paris
merchants which later pur-
chased it. After it was shown
at the London Exhibition Of
1862, the diamond was bought
for the equivalent Of $500.
. 000J by The GeakWar Of
Baroda and was mounted III
a necklace among his Crown
Jewels. In the rough. the
stone weighed 26l.88 metric
carats: when cut, it weighed
1898 nc, and was about p
inches long, 1Is inches broad.
and % inch thick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
Capitol Nepotism

Over the course of the
years the foibles of our Con-
gressmen have been a never
ending source of amazement
and amusement to us an
guished taxpayers. Year after
year we are treated to a Won
derful display of theatrical
talent, including surprising
ly large number of ham ac-
tors. Maybe the brand of en-
tertainment is not up to New
York standards (there is no
chorus line or luscious fem
mine Lead. but as long as We
pay the bill (pluS tax We
might as we'll enjoy the show.
Now it appears that some
of the boys are about to stage
a revival of that old congress
sional favorite, The Good
Family Provider," or 'Nepo-
tism Rears It's Ugly Head"
However, this time there is
variation. Good tall Iowa corn
is sprouting all over Capitol
Hill, and has even made an
appearance on the coast-to-
coast circuits. This show al
ways meets a mixed recep-
ton. The recipients of the
good providers largesse seem
to feel that subsidy is in
order, and that a mans fam
lily is as deserving as any
farmer. On the other hand,
there are people who shudder
at the thought of giving
19-year-old student $11, 900
a year for his off-campuS &C
Invites, even if he does put
in time Cand work. in the old
mans office. As for me, I'm
just plain envious. For that
kind of dough l would go
back to school and complete
my freshman courses, and
even be willing to help out
with the party chores.
Angus Sinclair.
X 4 4 X
The story concerning Dem
ocratic Representative Steven
V. Carter of Iowa and his
19-year-old son, is indeed
diSmaying to District of
Columbia residents. Tax
payers of the Nations Cap
itol will be interested in
the fact that this 19-year-
old boy is carried on his
fathers payroll at a salary
of more than $1,000 an
nually.
The seth Democratic Con-
greSs seems unable to appro-
pirate the previously author
lied $32 million Federal
contribution to the District
budget, but does seem able
to permit its Democratic
members to pad their pay
rolls with part-time student
employees such as Represent
alive Carriers son. 1t is in
deed doubtful that such an
employee could possibly render
services commensurate with
such a salary as quoted.
II will be interesting to see
how Representative Carter
votes when the question
OF Congress meeting its obi
cation to the District of
Columbia reaches the floor
OF the House.
Carl L. Shipley,
Chairman, Republican State
Committee in and for the
District of Columbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
Criticizes Mcclellan

On February 10, Senator
Mcclellan wanted to know
why a witness named Kelly
let fear of death keep him
from testifying. Life is not
that sweet" said the Senator.
1T is not worth it.
l would like to suggest a
way the Senator could have
put this question. He could
nave asked: why don't you
show the courage of the
little children who went to
school in Little Rock? Why
do you act like those who
stood by and let the mob
take over?"
There are, of course, impor-
tant moral issues involved in
labor racketeering and hood
lumism in general. But the
moral indignation of man
who defends segregation is
highly suspect. When Senator
Mcclellan works up enough
courage to oppose segrega-
ton. he will have earned the
right to make appeals to
conscience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
BioIoqicoI Test Station in Antarctic
By THOMAS r. HENRY

extreme rarity in the Antarc-
tic. The hills are covered
with a rich fora of moss, fos-
sill beds with both animal and
plant forms and a rich va
riety of life in the surround
ing sea waters.
The proposed station would
be quite close TO the southern
limit of plant life, except for
occasional patches of MOSES
or lichens on high mountain
tops. This is in striking con-
trast to the situation in the
Arctic.
The poverty of plant life
is due, fundamentally, to the
mean low temperature. EX-
cept on the Palmer Peninsula
summer temperatures seldom
rise above freezing. Other
factors that produce sterility
in Antarctica are aridity, the
frozen desert tundra, strong
winds, and absence of enough
direct sunshine. Even near
the site of the proposed sta
ton vegetation can be found
only in moist valleys or on
sides of low hills protected
from the winds. Bare, rocky
coasts are the most suitable
sites but these usually are
occupied during the summer
by penguins in large numbers
so that plant life cannot
survive.
Flora Little Known
The soil is productive
enough although not much
can be expected in the open
air. Imported flowers will
bloom. Hyacinth bulbs have
been raised,
Collecting probably would
be a considerable activity of
the proposed station. Despite
its scarcity, the flora of the
land below the Antarctic Cir
Gle is little known and fan
tastic species of plant life
could be expected in some OF
the still UNEMPLOYED Palmer
Land valleys.
Two kinds of Towering
plants have been found to
date. One is a grass and the
other a plant allied to pinkS.
Both forms are poor and
dWarfed. They have been
found on the western coast
of the peninsula and on the
sub-Antarctic islands, the
South Orkneys.
Hope Bay is relatively
sheltered. 1t is two miles wide
at the entrance, allowing
passage of almost any ship.
and it indents the coast for
about three miles. The west
ern entrance is a steep wall
of ice, backed by steep, sharp
rid G ed mountains which
trend southwestWard, form
ing the walls of a sheltered
valley ideal as an animal
refuge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25

Plans are underway for a
permanent biological expert
ment station in the Antarc-
tic.
This, as projected, would
be at the now vacant Argen-
tine naval base at Hope Bay,
near the northern tip of the
Palmer Peninsula-the Brit
ish Graham Land-on the
Weddell Sea.
The projected station re-
suits largely from the inter-
ests of Capt. Luis r. A, Ca
purro of the Argentine Navy,
himself a physical oceanog-
rapher, Antarctic explorer
and one of the best known
Latin American scientists.
During recent months very
close cooperation has been
set up between United States
scientists and the Argentine
international Geophysical
Year establishment, Scien-
fists with special projects,
unable to get aboard Ameri-
can or British ships because
of crowded conditions, have
been taken anywhere they
wanted to go aboard Argen-
tine cruisers. Extensive prof.
ects have been carried out
in meteorology, geology and
the biology of Antarctic
waters.
Biologists Dream"
The base seems to fill the
need of an establishment
where long term observations
could be made Among these
is a basic study of the rela-
tions of endocrine gland
functions to emotional and
physical strains.
The area, according to a
report to the American Insti-
tute of Biological Sciences, is
close 10 a biologists dream.
There is a rookery of more
than $4,000 Gentoo penguinS.
These, popularity known as
"JohnnieS," are the most
northerly of the strictly Ant
arctic penguinS. They sell
dom venture further south
than the extent of open wa
ter. Since the eggs, distin-
guished by scarlet yokes, are
edible, the rookery should be
an abundant source of food
in an emergency. The Hope
Bay rookery is on a rocky hill
high above the shore line,
with large nests constructed
Of moss, sea weed, bones,
feathers and stones. The Cen
too is notable for its calls, re-
sembling the sound of a tin
horn or the braying of an
ass. 1t misses when excited.
It's ways of life now are little
known.
There are many species of
flying birds which hover
around the Gentoo rookery
and a small freshwater lake,
Lake Boekella, which is an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
Warren w. Morse.
Doqs and People

In reference to the new
Montgomery dog law, one
article said a big turnout was
expected at a public hearing.
Another article. on the bill
to relax liquor laws, states
County lawmakers have in
dictated that despite the num-
Der of liquor bills being re-
Ceived, their mail from con-
stitUentS has been light on
the liquor question"
Does this mean that, in
Montgomery County, dogs
are more important than
people? Josephine Cox. e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

ture of birds is higher than
that of human beings, they
see no difference whatever,
evidently, between bathing in
sum mer and bathing in
winter.
A small flock of starlings
will flop all the water out of
a bath in no time at all.
If any one thinks Starlings
are not worth catering to,
let him fill the bath, anyway;
after he has watched the fun
for a time, he probably will
admit, though perhaps re-
luctantly, that starlings are
fun, too.
4 = 4
Do it yourself garden
plans also call for informal
bird feeding stations.
You can buy very fancy
ones, but it is easy to make a
good feeding station with a
little patience.
The Wintering species know
nothing of fancineSs, all they
ask is food.
1t is the food that counts
with them, and this can be
served even from the ground,
the first table of all wild
things.
If a certain spot is chosen,
and food put there every day,
the birds soon learn to find
it, and will scratch at the
window if the food is not
forthcoming.
The mockingbirds will, at
any rate. They soon learn to
associate people with food,
ard are happy to inform you
when the food is not prompt
ly forthcoming.
This is one of the joys OF
winter feeding.
MoCkingbmdS are beautiful,
interesting and happy birds,
and we are fortunate in this
vicinity to have a good supply
Of them in the cold months,
and more in summer.
RaisinS are their favoIite
food. They do not eat many at
a time, not more than three or
four, so it is not worthwhile TO
put out any more, unless you
want to cater to Starlings,
too. These will eat a whole
boXful in 5 seconds.