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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Instant Bread Mix for Douqhboys
BY THOMAS R. HENRY

Bread now can be made In
a fourth the time hitherto
required.
This is a development
from a Joint research project
OF the National Research
Council and the Army Quar-
termaster Corps. which con-
sists primarily Of an instant"
bread mix. Designed to make
fresh bread always available
to troops in the field, it may
be equally applicable to the
household kitchen.
Bread remains the Army's
staff of life," essential in
nearly all rationing opera
tons. The standard mobile
bakery now used in the field
can make enough to feed
100000 men when operating
on a 24-hour basis. 1t
weighs SO tons and requires
$50 men to operate and about
so vehicles of all sorts for
transporting men and equip
ment.
Leavening by Chemical
The new formula substi-
tutes chemical leavening
agents for the conventional
fermentation process now
required. Not only is the time
for turning out a finished
loaf cut about three-fourths
but there are expected to be
corresponding reductions in
manpower and equipment.
The process, still under
test. is expected to provide a
basis for small, mobile field
bakeries which can be at
tached to a regiment, or any
group Of about 1000 men.
During peacetime, both in
the United States and over
seas, most bread for the mill
tary is obtained from COM
mercial bakeries. In combat
the soldier must be supplied
with crackers, canned bread,
or bread baked in one of
the mobile bakeries. Sup
plying troops with canned
bread is opposed to current
detectives of reducing weight
and bulk of critical mate
rails. Nearly half the weight
of this product is in the
metal container and IS per
cent Of the product itself
is water.
Field forces in the future
probably will be composed of
relatively small units, COM
pletely mechanical, highly
dispersed. and capable Of
covering large distances rap
idly. The present bread sup
ply system is not designed
for any such set-up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15
LONGEVITY Blues

To read Of Representative
Broyhill throwing out the
crying towel in sponsoring a
bill to cut time lags in top
grade raises sounds more like
feeding the rich and starving
the poor. Is Mr.. Broyhill
aware that one Of the gross
est wrongs to Federal CLASH
fed employees is to those poor
souls mired in the goo Of a
longevity increase? 1t is to
this category OF workers that
the illustrious House Civil
Service Committee should
render the needed lift IN
morale and money. too. This
is the group that has reached
the end of the road. salary
wise, awaiting the meager
crumbs that a longevity in
crease brings after a frugal
wait Of, not a mere 18-month
period, but a staggering 84S
month period. That is the
group Disseminated against
and to be pittied in this era
Of high cost Of living.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15
The Fiqht Must Go On

Failure Of CongreSS-Or, more cor
rectly, the House-to provide funds for
safeguarding the taste and purity Of
Washington's water supply does not
signal the end of the battle. The fight
to protect our drinking water from the
threat of contamination by treated sew
age from the new airport at Chantilly is
too important to permit of surrender
We hope that President Eisenhower will
extend his stop" order against make
shift solution Of the airport sewage
disposal problem until Congress at its
next session can rectify the grave error
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15

The new mix is expected
to prove a great boon also
to thousands Of small city
bakeries. While 1t has proved
entirely satisfactory In lab
oratory tests. further field
tests are required.
4 y n
American hot dogs, steam
ing hot with mustard, now
can be dished out at the
South Pole - or anywhere
else on earth.
The problem of the uni
versal frankfurter, it is be-
lieved, has been solved by
scientists Of the Food and
Container Institute Of the
Army's Quartermaster Corps.
Frankfurters in the past had
to be frozen for shipment to
distant military posts, which
might take as long as six
months. Freezing itself in
terfered with their flavor and
they often arrived so rancid
that they were green, and
completely inedible.
Scientists Of the institute,
which acts as the corps liai-
son agency with the food in
dustry, as we'll as industry
and military meat experts,
made up frankfurters in sew
eral ways. Addition of anti.
oxidants, use of hydrogen
ated lard. and variations of
the meat formula were tried.
Formula Tested
The only thing that ex-
tended the life of the prod
uct, according to an insti-
tute report, was to cut the
pork content so that the
product consisted of three
fourths beef and one-fourth
pork. This. however, resulted
in a product 80 tough it was
like chewing a baby's teeth
ing ring"
The toughness, it was de-
termined, was due to the
large amount of smoke nee
essary for preservation. This
could be reduced greatly, it
was found, by using fatter
beef so as to increase the to-
tai fat content.
The formula now is being
tested at several industrial
food processing plants and
seems to answer the prob
lem. although more testing
will be necessary.
The same group also has
drawn up formulate by which
remote military posts also
can be provided with such
delicacies as Dreaded shrimp,
a relatively new product on
the American market.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15

@. Does the wind blow in
the center of a hurricane?
r. Y.
A. At the center Of a hur-
ricane there is an area known
as the "eye of the Storm"
where there is little or no
wind. All around this rela-
tive calm is the encircling
wall of hurricane winds
which produce a rumbling or
roaring sound. The diameter
Of the relatively calm center
is not the same in all storms,
and it averages about Ia
miles. Though the wind in
the "eye of the storm" is
light or calm near the sur
face of the earth. there have
been indications from recon-
naissance flights that motion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15
Homeword Bound

The seth Congress headed for home
today, figuratively If not literally pass
ing Soviet Premier Khrushchev as he
arrived at the city limits. For the most
part, the legislators were quite satisfied
to let the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee play host to the visitor from
Moscow at a tea-time meeting on Cap
itol Hill tomorrow.
In other respects, also, the law
makers were reasonably pleased with
their own record of accomplishment
during a first session that lasted more
than eight months. And while critics on
the right or the left were picking at
shortcomings in this record, there has
been little or no evidence that the coun-
try as whole diSapproveS of the fact
that moderation emerged as the prevail
ing mood in the overall accommodation
between Republican executive and a
Democratic-controlled legislature.
1t was, to many at least, an I'M
expected development, but one that is
explainable in retrospect. The massive
Democratic election victory last fall gave
the party its largest majorities in House
and Senate since the early 1930s. There
was an initial assumption that it fore
cast heavy emphasis on liberalism"
BY the time the early session formalities
had been attended to, however, the
middle-of-t he-road pattern began to UNI
fold. This was, for one thing, the estab-
liShed way of business for Speaker
Rayburn and Senate Majority Leader
Johnson. Their determination in this
respect was reflected in their consistent
position that it was better to legiSlate
responsibility than to strive for partisan
political issues. The economic recovery
reduced the pressure for much of the So
called social legislation advocated by
the more earnest liberals. And, finally,
President Eisenhower assumed a much
stronger role than ever before in his
dealings with Congress.
As II to disprove fears that lame
duck" President-the first under the
constitutional amendment limiting a
President to two terms-would lack in
fluence, Mr.. Eisenhower forced an early
showdown over the related issues of in
flation and Government spending. Max
ing his case repeatedly in messages to
Congress, in news conferences and in
appeals Ito the people," the President
won majority backing on this issue as a
whole. His impressive record with the
veto, broken only once in nine occasions,
also made 1t clear that there was strong
public and political support for his
views He suffered major defeats only
in the Senate rejection of the nominal
ton of Lewis Strauss as Secretary Of
Commerce and the overriding of his veto
on the second public works bill Among
the major accomplishments, for which
both parties may share credit, were the
granting Of statehood to Hawaii and
enactment Of reasonably strong labor
reform bill
The legislators now have nearly four
months In which to talk face to face
with the folks back home. What they
hear probably will be reflected quickly
when they return for an election-year
session next January. At this point,
however, it seems not unlikely that the
mood of moderation will be Endorsed and
continued
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15
By Easy Stages

President Mohammed Ayub Khan
has set in motion plan designed to
re-eStablish democracy in Pakistan, but
on step-by-Step basis. The plan calls
for the popular election Of local councils
in urban and rural areas, and for the
establishment of higher regional and
provincial bodies whose members APP
parently would be made up largely Of
individuals specifically approved by the
central government.
The arrangement falls considerably
short of our kind Of governing system
or the kind that prevails in countries
like Britain. However, according to Gen
eral Ayub, past experience has shown
that Western-type democracy could not
be tranSplanted or imposed upon soil
that was not prepared for its nourish-
ment and growth" What he has had in
mind in saying this is the fact that only
16 per cent of PakiStan's more than 80
million people can read and write-a
rate of illiteracy that initiates against
sound democratic procedures.
1t was this fact, coupled with PAX
istanS economic troubles and widespread
bureaucratic incompetence and corrup-
ton, that led General Ayub to stage last
October's bloodleSS coup against the
country's parliamentary system. He
promised at the time that democracy
would be restored just as soon as work.
able new constitution could be drawn up
and passed on by people who know
what they are doing" His latest move,
though limited, suggests that he is genu-
inely anxious to fulfill that promise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15

that daring venture, con-
ceived. organized and put
into operation by the afore-
said Russell, Majors and
Waddell, and which started
its first relay pony runs car
rying mail, westward from
st. Joseph. Mo-. and east
ward from California. both
on April 3. 1860.
My interest in keeping the
record historically true and
straight can be found in my
book, Phantom Riders OF
the Pony Express" published
in 1858 by Dorrance g. Com
pany, Inc.
Vim. II FI0vd al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15
McGiHs Notes

C0lumnlSC Halpn MCGlIl' III
his article Southern School
Notes." would have his read
ers believe that white schools
being overwhelmed by massed
numbers of Negroes, and
forced social" mixing OF the
races within those schools
and elsewhere. are but
myths" that are being fos-
tered by Segregationlsts to
engender unfounded fears,
1t would seem to me that
either Mr.. McGill is being
deliberately dishonest. or
that he is totally ignorant OF
conditions as they exist to-
day in the public schools and
in places of public recreation
within the District Of Co
lumbia. Harvey II. Hewitt.
Before accepting Ralph
McGill's columns for print. it
might be advisable to give
him an intelligence test OF
some sort. It seems impos-
sible that a bright person
could have written the be-
fuddled diatribe such as APP
peared in his column of Sep
TENDER 7, Southern School
Notes."
James J. Matthews.
I say Amen" to a Two
Edged Sword" Ralph Nc
ellis fine column.
When, under the guise of
speech freedom, purveyors of
pictorial and narrative filth
seize upon that privilege to
pour outright pornography
into the eyes and minds of
youngsters not sufficiently
matured to put even the So
called classics" into per-
spective, the time has come
to resoind their constitu-
tional privilege.
Charles C. Miller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15
Our Civilization

We hear talk of civilized
people and of civilized ma
tions. but seldom stop to
think Of Just what those
words imply. except. in a
very vague sense. that the
people can read and write.
make or use modern ma
chinery, and that they live in
houses instead of caves and
huts. But. in the true sense
Of civilization, civilized people
are those who have learned
to recognize, respect and re-
frain from infringing all of
the just. equal and inalien-
able rights of their fellow hui
man beings, and are in the
process of learning how to
govern themselves properly
in such a manner that the
Just. equal and inalienable
rights of lawabiding, civilized
people shall not be infringed
by the uncivilized, lawless
elements Of the society among
which they have to live upon
this earth.
A civilized nation is one in
which civilized people have
learned to govern themselves
properly. so that all civilized
people within all the boun-
diaries of that nation are equal
before the laws thereof, and
have equal rights. privileges
and opportunities. so that
none need fear suffering I'M
Justly, or needlessly, because
Of the greed and selfishness
Of those who would attempt
to misuse their rights and
privileges, by taking unfair
advantage Of them, as a
result of, or by means OF
faulty laws, dishonest lawyers
and unjust judges.
Any nation which is COM
posed of some civilized people
and some uncivilized people,
and keeps in public Offices OF
authority in its government
dishonest or unciviliZed
people, is but partly civilized
to the extent that truly civil
tied people properly enforce
the just laws of a civilized
citizenship which are de-
signed to protect their just.
equal and inalienable rights
against infringement by UNI
civilized people.
Isaac N. Cramer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15
CoHinq Doctor

There is some question
about the propriety of a
doctor charging a fee for
q professional call over the
telephone. Since the doctors
living is made by dispensing
advice based on his judg-
ment and his experience,
there is no question in my
mind Of his right to make
a charge. OF course, circum-
stances alter cases, and no
doctor would charge to an
swer many inquiries made,
but advice proffered which
would be ordinarily offered
, at the DOCTORS Office should
be paid for. except when the
doctor requests that the
patient make the particular
call
Charges are not ordinarily
made by the doctor, but the
decision as to whether to
charge or not lies with the
doctor.
Attention should be di-
rected to the danger of tele-
phone consultations. Indi-
gestion may mean coronary
disease or appendicitis, or a
gall stone attack, or kidney
collie, or perforated ulcer;
headache may mean in
creased blood pressure with
an impending apoplexy; a
chest pain might mean
pneumonia or pleurisy or
hiatal hernia; a sprain may
be a fracture. The doctor
does a disservice unless he
examines the patient before
prescribing.
Names of drugs are often
so alike as to be misunder-
stood. If the patient writes
at the doctors dictation for
medicine. the mistake of one
letter could change a mild
medication to a fatal one.
Whether your doctor
charges for phone consulta-
ton or not, you should dis
continue the practice for his
reputation and your own
welfare.
James A. Cannon, Sr., MD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

OF any extra sort, just enough
to get by, and that of a very
ordinary sort.
Your average dog or cat
seems very much smarter
than a snake. probably be-
cause they are so intimately
attached to the human
household, whereas a snake
is little esteemed and un-
wanted by SO persons out of
the proverbial hundred.
About all a snake does Is
slither away when it sees a
human being.
This may indicate a high
rate Of intelligence, but it is
rather disturbing to the
human ego. This enmity
between snake and man was
noticed long ago and, as was
the custom in those days, a
story to account for it was
made up at once. We call
them fables now.
Today'S snakes are still
Slithering away in the
ancient manner.
Since most of today's peo-
pie live either in cities or
suburbs. most of us have little
opportunity of seeing snakes,
which is perhaps Just as we'll
for the snakes.
The instant reaction of the
famous SO persons is to club
it to death. This may be all
right, from the average
standpoint, but surely not
from that Of the snake fam
lily. AS our correspondent
says. some snakes are a real
aid to mankind, especially
the blacksnake, that looks so
fearsome but is said to be
kind and gentle in its habits.
The rodent menace on
farms outweighs the fears
of snakes. so that most farm
ers and farm boys have
learned to let certain species
of serpents alone, in the be-
lief that the live foods they
take will benefit everybody
concerned except the rodents.
1t is almost impossible to
feel sentimental about snakes.
One can fall in love with a
goldfish. now and then: we
recall old Whitley, an albino
with red eyes; he is buried
beneath the lilac bush over
by the west gate.
Snakes are in a different
category. They crawl and
creep and slither, and every
mans hand is against them.
Even in the beautiful vision
of the time when the lion
and the lamb shall lie down
together, nothing is said
about the snake. He I'M
doubtedly is supposed to lie
down someplace else.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15

Miss Strive appears great
ly perturbed because the
press referred to the former
Anne Marie Rasmussen as
having been a maid. But, II
she had been called. e.g. an
artist or a lawyer, what
then? 1t is customary for
the press to mention the &C.
cupation or the profession of
a bride or a groom. so that
in this case its only choice
was to refer to Mrs. Rookie
Teller as a former maid. Your
correspondent failed to say
why she alone was upset.
She admitted that both fam
lilies had ignored the situa-
ton.
At least IS per cent Of
women over all the world
do some kind of domestic
work. so 1t is safe to assume
that in using the term
maid" reporters had no
thought whatever Of belit-
ting Mrs. Rockefeller.
However. certain readers
OF this fairy story were sur
prised that newspapers made
only slight reference to the
fact that the brides uncle,
who alone was responsible
for her entering this country,
was not invited to the mar
riage. (This was particularly
noticeable because the couple
under discussion had stressed
the religious significance Of
their weddingD Nevertheless.
Miss Strive apparently saw
nothing unusual about this
omission. 1t would seem,
therefore. that what one sees
depends entirely on the d.
rection in which the eye is
focused.
Au.1s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15
Honey Hospitality

Having read OF the regal
reception accorded President
Eisenhower by France. with
all the trappings of Napole-
onic splendor I can hardly
wait for President de Gaulle
to see our welcoming fire en-
CINE wrapped in cotton bunt-
ing-only the ladders, that
island receive the cheap
souvenir key to the City"
from one Of our honey Com
missioners dressed in a busi-
ness suit. with coat open and
tie flying! Dergne West.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used "
letters carry tDrtterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15

@. What is Colorado's
nickname?-S. l..
A. Colorado has six nick
names: The Buffalo Plains
State. now rarley used; the
Centennial State, because it
was admitted to statehood
100 years after the signing
of the Declaration of indie
pendence: the Lead State,
the Silver State, and the
Treasure State of the Rockies,
because of its minerals: and
the Switzerland Of America
because of Its magnificent
scenery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15

in the "eye of the storm"
aloft is generally of a de-
scending or downward mo-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15
Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

reader mail to question Of fact
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15

VIM. H. Floyd Sd.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-10
.Zoning
Short Cuts
Are Urged

A short cut in zone planning
has been proposed by the Subur.
ban Maryland planners for spe-
cial zoning in Montgomery
County.
The proposal would allow the
director of the Department of
Inspections and Licenses to zap
prove those special exceptions
which are usually non-contro-
versial iii nature, However a
person can still take applica-
tons to the board if they desire,
or to appeal to the Board from
a decision by the director.
The Maryland-National Cap
ital Park and Planning Commits
sion has forwarded IS items to
the County Council for ap-
proval. 1t was the County Coun-
ell that originally asked for the
short cut in order to reduce
the number of eases heard by
the Board of Appeals.
The following is the list of the
special exception uses the direc-
tor would be empowered to au.
thorize.
Commercial Automobile park
ing lot In CT; boarding house
for up to three guests, R-30,
RIO, Rio; Child care homes for
up to five children, any residen-
tial category; private education
al institution for up to five per-
sons, any residential category
elementary and philanthropic
institution, CO and CT; mini
allure golf courses and golf and
baseball driving ranges, CO and
CT; home occupations, RIA, r.
80, RIO, and RIO.
Also: hospital and nursing
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-10

the radio towers would create
somewhat of a hazard in the
residential areas.
Also non-commercial riding
stables for not more than two
horses used for personal or fam
lily purposes, RIA; rooming
house for three or less guests,
R-3O, RIO, RIO; temporary
structures in residential zones;
and renewals of most temporary
special exceptions originally
granted by the Board of APP
peals or the Director of Inspec-
tons and licenses.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-10

care homes and medical and
dental clinics, R-30, RIO, RIO,
and CO, CT, and CT; off street
parking for commercial or in
dustrial uses, R-30, RIO, RIO
and CO If the land is not re.
served for streets or highways;
offstreet parking on land re-
served for streets or highways
if commercial and industrial
uses are lawfully conducted on
remaining parcels; public util-
ity structures IL and II.
Radio stations would have to
be excluded under IL and IL
and come under a special head.
ing. This is due to the fact that
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-10

Drew Stabler, Fred Fry; Swear
pins--Melvin Glover, Charles
Schwartzbeck; 10-year pin
Charles Linthicum; 15-year pin
Grover Walker.
Also: All members who rep
resented Maryland in out of
State activities in 1959-dairy
judging, Waterloo, Jack King;
Richmond, Connie Mills, Ken
meth Stiles, poultry judging,
Harrisburg, Sandra Umstead;
vegetable judging, Washington,
Michael Umstead; poultry
demonstration, Harrisburg,
Eddie Suddath; National All
please Turn to Page B8)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-10
Heads Dallia Society

Carl r. Greimel, of $3.50 Ridge
dr., Brookmont, was elected re-
cording secretary, and Edward
E. Christopher, 10000 Blossom
Ia, Silver Spring, was elected
manager for 1860.