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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-26
WEE WOMEN

bought a five pound pack
age at a local chain store OF
necks and backs for 40 cents.
I saved the best of the back
pieces and fried them for
supper. The necks and a few
of the back pieces were
cooked up to make soup and
broth.
put a quart Of chicken
broth in the freezer for some
future soup, made a large
bowl Of noodles cooked in the
chicken broth for supper to
serve with the chicken backs.
Out of the meat from which
the soup was cooked. ! made
a big bowl Of chicken salad
which made at least half a
dozen nice thick sand
wiches all this for 40
cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-26
READERS CLEARING
HOUSE
Two Questions-One Suggestion
Mrs. r. w. ~, Alexandria

MIS-. Il. W. NJ, AIeLdHdTIu
Can someone tell me how to turn inside out-with a
minimum of dfculty-a shaghetti" strap blouse top
that supposed be sewed closed and is only
about quarter inch wide? took several days push
ing here and there to poke and pick through sharp
pointed instrument making ragged looking strap when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-26

Constitution Hall, Smithson-
ian Institute. Congress and
the White House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-26
Sightseeing Mop

MTS. y. W. u, VIHWNU
Do any of you D. c. readers
know where I can obtain a
"sightseers" map of the fol-
lowing places. l also would
like to know If they are open
to the public weekdays. and
the hours: National Gallery
of Art, Corcoran Gallery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03

but It seems to have become an issue
down Florida way because somebody de-
scribed as miami segregationist" has
discovered sinister connotation in one
book, at least, which pictures our wise
piglet as black.
Since mixing black and white bun
MES already has created trouble in Ala
bama, this Miami person proposes that
1.-THE Three Little Pigs" simply be re-
moved from circulation. That, 1t seems,
was just what the big, bad wolf had in
mind all along. But even the wolf, color
unknown. was smarter than some OF the
people we have been reading about.
1t would be q good thing II these people
would start acting more like people, and
less like rabbits, pigs, or even squirrels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03
Females, First

Eve was created on q Sat-
urday afternoon and her
traits. according to Alexander
Dumas. reveal Gods fatigue.
Yet. although she entered
the world last, we let females
have the historical honor Of
leaving the earth as the first
ones In q return trip into
space: and Khrushchev Is no
better: the dog which he
chose to be the first live being
to circle the world was O
female. tool
Are females preferred for
such missions because they
are less likely to hold back
any secrets learned on such
q trip? Or is 1t because with
her tongue. Just three inches
long. q woman can 80 easily
kill o man six feet tall-and,
therefore, probably also Kiln o
threatening Mars monster?
OF course. they are superior
in complex computation. so
important In space explora-
ton. In figuring and refigur-
ing their age. women never
lose q year. The years which
they deduct from their own
age are VIGOROUSLY added to
the ages Of other women.
Maybe we Just succumbed to
their conviction that women
are out Of this world and
that we for that reason con-
slider them better suited for
space travel.
Yet, mans constitution IL
most sturdy: he often sur
wives not Just Q short space
trip but many years Of mat
rimony. We should have sent
up males on that historical
journey. there are enough
tough monkeys among the
males.
william r. Perl. Ph.D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03
Who Hasn't Got Them?

Senator Kennedy, attractive young
Massachusetts, Democrat, may well have
widened the field Of his partys potential
presidential candidates when he sueci-
ned that the nominee should be "vipor-
Gus, progressive and effective" For mo
man In public life, Of whatever party.
would hesitate for moment to claim all
Of these attributes
Actually, Mr.. Kennedy's weekend
television interview with q Republican
colleague, Senator Heating Of New York.
added up to quite an effective" political
address in itself. As leading candidate
for the presidential nomination. Mr..
Kennedy placed party considerations
above individual, spoke kindly of at least
one potential rival Senate Majority
Leader Johnson of Texas), bid modestly
for some consideration" for himself
from the people who belong to unions"
and declined to say anything uncompli-
mentary about Vice President Nixon or
Governor Rockefeller Of New York-one
OF whom Is almost certain to be the
Republican candidate.
In offering realistic advice to his
own party, however, the Massachusetts,
Senator was on very sound ground in
saying he does not believe that Just any
Democrat can beat any Republican in
the race for the White House. There
have been striking examples in the past
Of how overconf1dence can lead a party
to defeat. And the Democrats, under
standably buoyed by their "big win" in
the congressional elections of 1858, are
the ones who have most to fear from
overconf1dence in 1860. Certainly, in
the inconceivable event that either party
should select candidate who feels I'M
able to call himself vigorous, progressive
and effective" it will not be much Of a
contest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03
Save DoIIors-or Lives?

Aviation death figures cited to a
House Appropriations subcommittee con-
stitute a strong case for improvement of
the Weather Bureaus special forecast
ing service for flyers William X. Law
ton, executive director of the National
Business Aircraft Association, pointed
out that the latest available tabulation
for 1957-Showed that more than 600
persons were killed In air accidents
attributable in whole or in part to bad
weather. More than 200 crashes were
blamed directly on weather conditions.
Last year the Weather Bureau re-
ceived only half Of the So million it had
told the Budget Bureau was needed to
improve and expand It's forecasts for
private flyers. While the weather warn
ing service for commercial airliners Is
considered reasonably adequate, flyers
for business Arms, crop busters and air
minded sportsmen have urged that bet
ter weather service be supplied to all
parts of the country for the benefit of
the $4,000 small-plane operators and
their passengers.
For the next fiscal year the Weather
Bureau Is reported to have asked again
for some So million, but the Budget
Bureau cut this request to $3.75 million.
1t would be poor economy, however, to
save dollars that might save lives. Con-
gress should keep that thought in mind
in deciding how much money to grant
the bureau for its important warnings
Of weather hazards facing ctAil flyers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03
Positive NeutroIity'?

It comes as no surprise that Irau,
which recently withdrew from the Bagh-
dad pact, now has formally renounced
American military and economic aid.
After all, since the revolution of last
July, the flow Of such aid has dimin-
ished, and Premier Kassems government
has repeatedly voiced the intention to
stop accepting it.
Nevertheless, from the viewpoint Of
the United States and the West as q
whole, the act Of though
not unexpected-adds UP to something
less than good news. This Is so because
1t suggests that Iraq, while still receiv-
ing relatively small amount Of arms
from Britain, has made up its mind to
sever its special ties with the free world,
In which it used to be regarded as one
Of the Middle East's staunchest anti
Communist powers.
It is true, Of course, that Premier
KasSem's regime has been at pains TO
emphasize that its action In this respect
ought not to be interpreted as an ex-
preston Of unfriendliness toward the
United States. On the contrary, accord
Ing to the foreign ministry in Baghdad,
Iraq Is anxious to develop and maintain
the best possible relations with US, and
1t has decided to do what It has done
only because it wishes to pursue a pol
icy Of positive neutrality" in relation
to the East-West cold war.
However, although such a policy is
undeniably the right Of any sovereign
government, Americans must be par
doned If they take q questioning view
OF the fact ~ that Iraq still seems to
be playing host to scores Of Soviet mill
tary advisers and (2) that 1t has said
nothing about rejecting additional Rus
sian arms shipments, several of which
1t has already received. Certainly, DOS
tive neutrality" In this instance should
apply as much to the USsR as to our
own country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03
Parking Dilemma

When I first moved to the
100 block Of Harvard street
in 1o4s. 1t was q two-way
street with two apartment
buildings facing 1t. One could
find a parking space any time
during the day or night. A
few years later, another
apartment building was
erected, and q mo Parking
Entrance" sign was put up.
eliminating two parking
spaces. At the same time.
another fire hydrant was in
stalled across the street, elm
mating two more spaces.
The next encroachment on
parking spaces occurred when
the west-bound buses were
routed down Harvard street
The stops, Of course, took
away a total Of ten or twelve
parking spaces.
But the last straw was laid
on the camel's back when
mo Parking At Any Time"
signs appeared from above
the junction Of Adams Mill
road and Harvard street to
the bus stop at the Irving
street cornerl That elm
mates an area equivalent to
a long city block. Not only
does this affect the residents
there, but 1t will make it
impossible for visitors to the
ZOO to park, for on Sundays
that whole side was filled
with cars.
Do the police realize that o
car cannot be reduced to a
mathematical formula and
put in ones pocket. nor can
it be brought into ones apart
ment? What can we do with
them when all the legal space
such as 1t isis taken?
There are three choices: Cd
move; CD sell ones car; 90
park illegally.
y Jeanette N. Wright.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03

l stand aghaSt ct the I'M
critical character Of your two
editorials on the deeply-re-
spected. Woodworking Secre-
tary Of State John Foster
Dulles.
In one, you devote major
attention to critics of Mr..
Dulles-of whom there were
and are many-as one would
berate mischievous children
who had no cause to criticize.
In the other, you naively sue-
gest that Mr.. Dulles tragic
and needless death may cause
0 turn In the cold war.
I feel you have done q dis
service to truth and history.
] call this to public attention
In no way to lessen the just
respect due q stalwart fellow
American who Is now with
the ages-may he rest In
peacel
However. I do plead for q
return to editorial critical-
nesS-not pettiness-which
has become 50 lacking in the
american press during this
tranquilized decade.
Robert G. Murray,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03
Overemphosis

Some weeks have now
elapsed since President Eisen-
hover appointed Christian
Herter Secretary Of State.
Prior to the announcement Of
this appointment, Mr.. Herter
subjected himself to a thor
ough physical examination in
order to assure the President,
and himself. that he was able
to assume this heavy respon-
sibility. The result Of the ex-
animation was widely pub
lished: the appointment fol-
lowed.
Secretary Herter has been
performing well in his new
role. than which there Is
none more difficult in the
world at the present time.
Yet, today. any reference to
the Secretary 10 likely to be
accompanied by q further ref
erence to his use Of crutches.
How cruel can people be-
come? Who is more aware Of
this handicap than the Sec
retary himself? It is difficult.
indeed, to see this reference
in print without wincing.
Personally. ] have seen 1t far
too often. 1t Ii no longer
news, why not omit 1t? Would
that the Secretary could lay
aside his crutches as eaSilyl
Ada M. Wentz.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03
Wild Men and Horses

H.R. 2725. introduced by
Representative Barring Of
Nevada, and now pending be-
fore the House judiciary
Committee. would prohibit
the use Of aircraft or motor
vehicles to hunt, for the pur-
pose Of capturing or killing.
any wild. unbranded horse.
mare. colt or burro running
at large on any Of the public
lands or ranges. or to pollute
the watering holes"
Since the war some 10O,-
900 mustangs have been bru-
tally killed in Nevada alone
primarily for sale as horse
meat. These beautiful horses
are sent running in terror by
swooping planes. lassoed
from speeding trucks with
ropes fastened to rubber tires,
and left TO try to free them
selves until they are ex-
hausted; then they are nose
hobbled (their nostrils are
slit and baling wire is stuck
through the Sits and twisted
tightly 30 that they cannot
get SUFFICIENT air to run
away. tied, dragged into
trucks and taken OF on wa
terless trips to rendering
plants and slaughtered. Colts
are abandoned to starve to
death when their beaten
mothers are thus disposed Of;
severely wounded horses are
simply left TO die Of their in
juries.
The Federal Government,
which controls much Of these
lands. makes absolutely no
provision for the protection
Of these wild horses, fast on
their way to extinction since
only 10000 remain In the en-
tire country; and the horse
meat hunters seem eager to
kill OF all remaining mus
tangs before legislation can
stop this horrifying deprav-
ity.
Unless Congress acts on
this matter. 1t viii very soon
be too late to save the last
Of these wild horses from the
greedy Commentaries so in
tent upon their destruction.
James Hafley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03

The one-mile cutoff road
that Is proposed to connect
Route $40 with the George
Washington Memorial Park
way on the Maryland side Of
the Potomac River Is q fla-
grant waste Of taxpayers
money and property. Since
the value of my property
would either remain UNI
changed or would increase
slightly If this road is con-
structed. I feel that I can
speak with q fair amount Of
objectivity.
The construction Of q
cloverleaf type interchange
where Route 240 would APP
proach the proposed Cabin
John Bridge Is such an OBJ
vious solution to the manu-
featured dilemma that it
should not need to be men,
toned. To waste millions Of
dollars on an approach road
that would nearly parallel
Route 240 to save q couple Of
minutes travel time seems to
border on the ridiculous.
At the meeting Of the Ma
tional Capital Planning Com
mission on June 4 the discus
sion would be put to better
use as to why this cutoff
road was ever seriously con-
sidered, rather than TO which
of two equally needless routes
it should follow.
1t seems that highway con-
struction, rather than being
q carefully planned public
service, has become an end
in itself!
Robert Z. MartAnot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES (. TRACEWELL

word Is "forcibly." II the
water is merely trickled over
the end Of the bill, harm
viii not usually result.
4 y y
We are told that between
feelings and overnight. the
nest should be covered with
Q soft cloth, light enough
to pass air for breathing.
Room temperature should be
between 10 and 80 degrees
and the indoor nest located
in o place free from drafts
and sudden changes.
Because Of the very ner-
vous condition Of these young
birds, they should be ham
died only when it Is abSo-
lutely necessary: even then
with extreme care and gentle
touch.
"As soon as they can fly,
turn the birds loose to feed
for themselves. Normally, the
parents teach them 10 find
food; II handled too long,
they will be unable to find
food. It should always be
remembered that it is against
the law to keep migratory
birds In captivity"
+ 4 4 4
An explanation:
"Yo'lr This and That IL
very popular because It Is
whimsical.
II was amused recently by
a letter from q cousin who
writes that I would be helped
out Of q period Of despond-
ency If I would read your
column!
you were right In saying
the cardinal was killed In the
street.
"She was seeking elm seeds
in the gutter.
II have a friend who re-
CARDS any love Of birds as
fanatical and refuses to
listen TO any bird talk as
angrily as some people re-
ject gossip.
"It is to me always q pleas
ure to compare bird notes
with q neighbor who loves
birds. too"
So says B. r. Of 41st street.
The word gossip" means
God relation, that Is, God
plus Sibb, or relation. Our
modern psychological word
shilling" comes from this
root.
There is, Of course, good
gossip and bad gossip. Good
gossip is fun. let the chips
fall where they may.
Birds gossip, we are sure;
If you have ever watched
purple martins at the doors
Of their houses, you are sure.
too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03
Causes of Initiation

Inc idea that ordinary
wage-earners can, by high
wages. balance the economy
is ridiculous.
The wage-earner can and
does produce up to 20 times
as much as he can use. He
has always been able to do
that. from the time Of peon-
age and serfdom UP to to-
days machinery-based econ.
omy. and he has never re-
ceived in wages enough to
buy more than q meager
fraction Of his own produc-
ton. It Is not possible for
him to bid sufficiently high
in the market for the goods
he produces to cause infia-
ton. On the contrary, his low
earnings, which low-grade
human genius and effort,
tend to have q deflationary
effect on the economy.
Economists must look else
where for the cause Of infia-
ton, particularly in the areas
Of speculation and credit, the
areas Of paper manipulation
where nothing is produced
but where scarcities are ar
ranged for profit. They must
look into the delusion that
the American working man
must go on and on support
ing undeveloped nations
rather than sending them
machinery and machiEe-tools
so they can support them
selves. They must investi-
gate the theme that this
Nation must maintain and
protect a paper-manipulation
and nonproductive economy
In Europe.
And particularly they must
look into the national debt
where q few paper-holders
can regulate interest rates
and demand and get tribute
from the whole people. i'm
posing q rising tax and an
artificial price on every prod
uct in the Nation.
Hal AnnaS.
Suffolk, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03
Epitoph for Dulles
In II Maccabees, chapter 8

In II MAccabees, chapter D,
verse 81. appears the follow
ing:
And thus this man died.
leaving his death Tor an
example Of Q noble courage,
and q memorial Of virtue.
not only unto young men,
but unto all his nation"
Gould there be O more fit
ting epitaph for John Foster
Dulles? v. r. j,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03
What Color Was the Wolf?

In our younger days an effective les
son was taught about three house-build-
ing pigs-rather charming characters in
their separate ways. The smart pig, we
thought then and still do, was the one
that built himself a house of bricks
while his small friends took an easier
way out. Well, it seems that big, bad
wolf came along and he huffed and he
pulled those other houses right down.
but not that brick one. Since memory
tends to fade with age, we are not at
all Sure of the color of that smart pig,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
BY THOMAS r. HENRY
Mars Has Blue Gross-fH Has ANY

plants and their hybrids can
be transferred successfully n
Mars In tina
~ AN
A solid mountain floating
In clouds
This explanation is offered
for one Of the outstanding
mysteries Of solar system
astronomy, the great red
spot on Jupiter, In o report
to the American Association
for the Advancement Of Sci.
ence. It is q brick-red area
OF more than 2 hundred mil.
lion square miles seen on tho
visible cloud surface Of the
largest planet.
The explanation advanced
by DR.. s. L. Hess OF Lowell
Observatory at Flagstaff.
AriZ.. Is that 1t must be q
vast block Of some solid ma
terial light enough to float In
the atmosphere. Anything Of
the sort Is unknown on
earth. A possibility, DR.. Hess
says, is that the material 10
metal hydrogen. Hydrogen
Is the lightest Of the ele-
ments which can CONCEAL
into O solid.
Not on Solid Surface
It might, DR.. Hess says,
be O titanic mountain pro-
jecting about Jupiter's thick
clouds were it not for the
fact that 1t does not rotate
with q constant period. So
1t cannot be fixed to the
solid surface Of the planet.
THE manner In which
cloud matter flows around
the great red spot" he says
strongly resembles the now
Of the terrestrial atmosphere
around the Tibetan plateau,
which is in shape and rela-
tive size an analog. It has
been suggested that 1t Ia o
floating island with its base
well below the cloud surface.
This would explain all the
observations but 1t Is difii-
cult to imagine q solid sub
stance with suficient low
density to float in an at-
mosphere."
Every now and then the
red spot turns white. This
can be explained. DR.. Hess
says. as q snow-covering. the
snow crystals being solidif1ed
ammonia. Previous theories
have held that the atmos-
phere Of Jupiter was COM
posed Of ammonia gas and
methane, or marsh gas. Both
these are very heavy gases
and 1t now is believed that
the atmosphere must be very
light with its major constit.
uents the lightest Of all ele-
ments, hydrogen and helium.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03
Labor Legislation
Let's have a labor

Let's have q labor bill that
will control labor.
House members are drag
ging their feet now and will
wait until Congress is ready
to adjourn before taking any
action; and If they do act, it
will be on some bill that Is
inadequate or watered down,
such as the Kennedy bill; or
else let 1t ride until next ses-
sion Of Congress. Meanwhile,
the unions would be as I'M
controlled as before. So let's
have some action now, and
let's cooperate with the
President by abiding by his
request for a stronger bill
with controls.
John Dee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03
Prods Conqress

Our agricultural problem
needs immediate attention.
Both parties should get to-
gether at once and work to-
ward q solution. It's the only
way to save our Nation from
future suffering. There will
be other campaign material
by 1860. Perhaps the citi-
zens should refuse to re-elect
members Of Congress who
do not take q positive stand
for constructive solution Of
the vital problems Of the day.
After all. why do we send
lawmakers to Washington?
Frances Ray.
RalSton, Wash.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03

A. This ancient custom,
practiced in many lands, re-
quires that the father Of .
newborn infant pretend to be
going through the same ex-
periences as the mother, and
act as If he were physically
affected by the birth. The
custom is believed symbolical,
and to have arisen partly
from the ancient idea that
the father must formally &C
cept the child as his own and
assume responsibility for it.
The name "couvade" il
French. from the gerb
"couvei." to hatch.