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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
Privileged Non-T taxpayers

One of the few things Congress gave
District taxpayers to cheer about in the
windup of the recent session was its
failure to complete action on bills to
exempt a whole slew of additional
Federal off1ceholders from District of
Columbia income taxes. Unfortunately,
however, the reprieve probably will be
Short-lived.
Both the House and Senate already
have passed bills which require only
conference to iron out differences. So
the presumption is that Congress will
attend to this promptly in January, and
speed the measure to the White House.
If this happens, we hope the President
will veto Ike bill. 1t is the height of
irony, especially at time when most
residents of ths Capital City face drastic
increases in their taxes, for more and
more Federal employees to escape share
of the costs of municipal benefits which
they apd theiS families so freely enjoy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22

Every Government employee who lives
in this city should pay the income tax,
with credits applied for taxes which may
be paid to home States.
Especially irresponsible is the Sen
ate-passed bill, which would add 108 job
holders to the list of 1870 already exempt.
1t was not long ago that Congress Topped
of some Of the more fragrant exemp-
tions. Now, the indications are, 1t is
headed back down the same old trail.
The cost to the District, If the Senate
version prevails, will be about SAC, 900 a
year. The real injury, however, lies not
so much in the loss Of revenue as in the
extenSieh Of special privilege which
has no equitable justification.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
The Man for the Job

It Is good that Charles E. Bohlen,
former Ambassador to Moscow and now
Ambassador to the Philippines, has been
named to serve as Secretary Herter's
special assistant on Soviet affairs. The
shift will take effect next month, and
1t probably means that he will accom-
pany President Eisenhower on the lat
ters projected fall visit to the USSR.
This is welcome prospect. Just
few months ago, for reasons difficult to
fathom, little band of diehard Re-
publican Old Guardsmen came out in
opposition to Mr.. Herter's reported de-
sire to enlist Mr.. Bohlens help as full
time aide and expert on Soviet-Amer-
lean relations, The President seemed at
the time to be Indifferent to the whole
matter, but he soon made clear-after'
reading some interpretations of his at
titude-that he highly esteemed the
ambassador and was in no sense against
the idea of placing him in a top advisory
post in connection with our Govern
ment's dealings with the Kremlin.
So now the reaSsignment has been
made. Mr.. Bohlen, of course, since he is
eligible to retire after 80 years of serv-
ice, might have found it better in terms
of personal income to enter upon an
economically more rewarding private
career. But he has chosen instead to
accept Mr.. Herter's offer-which is also
che Presidents offer-even though it
may entail some financial sacrifice. The
Nation has reason to cheer his decision.
After all, wholly apart from his fluency
in the Russian language, he is excep-
tionally talented as specialist in Soviet
affairs, and his continued service in that
field is bound to be of value to the
country.
Clearly, in that respect, it may be
said that the right man has been placed
In the right job-a job for which he is
especially well qualified. Certainly few
Americans are better equipped than Mr..
Bohlen to travel with the President in
Russia or to advise Mr.. Herter on how
best to get along with the USSR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
Questions and Answers
Inv THE HASKIN SERVICE
reader get snsger mail question
Please

@. Who invented the first
vacuum cleaner?-W. D.
A. H. C. Booth, of England,
made and patented the first
appliance Of. this kind in
1901. 1t is said the corona
ton of Edward VII the fol-
lowing August gave it a
tremendous boost. After the
full-dress rehearSals in West
minister Abbey, the vacuum
cleaner was used on the car
pets, and society ladies were
so impressed that they began
giving vacuum-cleaner teas.
In the United States David
T. Kenney of New York in
stalled the first pure vacuum
system in 1902, and about
1905 DR.. William Noe of San
Francisco invented the port
able model.
@. Were United States SOL
dierS in Korea fed by field
kitchens while they were at
the front?-H. S.
A. In some cases a field
kitchen was set up in a tent
just behind the front lines,
and here meals were pre-
pared for troops who were
able to leave their position
in small groups. Sometimes
the kitchen was o 21a-ton
truck with a trailer, equipped
to serve troops on the move.
When heavy action was TAX
ing place, foRd was placed in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
ModestIy Ambitious

House Republican Leader Charles A.
Halleck was doing only what comes
naturally to him when he said his an
Swer would be Eyes" if he were asked to
take the COP. nomination for the vice
presidency. One of his own facetious
stories about himself is that my first
spoken words as child were 4 am not
a candidate for public Office, but if nom
mated and elected, will serve to the
best of my ability"
Actually, Mr. Halleck has been nom
mated and elected to every Congress
since he was chosen to fill vacancy in
his Indiana district in special election
in January, 1885. The evidence is plenti-
full that he has served to the best of a
high level of political ability. Mr.. Hal
leck is, in fact, real pro" in big-time
politics and he has never proved it more
dramatically than during his vigorous
performance as Minority Leader in the
recently ended first session of the Both
Congress. With one of the smallest
minoritieS IN modern political history at
his command, Mr.. Hallecks skill at get
ting the most out of his troops" has
contributed much to the respectable
administration record on Capitol Hill
this year. Along with Senate Minority
Leader DirkSen of Illinois, Mr.. Halleck
teamed with President Eisenhower in an
unusually effective trio of legislative
policy-makerS.
AS the Indianan himself said, "you
don't run for Vice Presidential least,
not ordinarily. Either the top man on
the ticket expresses preference that is
apt to prevail, or some particular re-
quirements to give the ticket balance"
are the determining factors. There is,
however, no barrier to advertising ones
availability. The Republicans might
look farther and do worse than pick the
frank and energetic Mr.. Halleck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
A Time for Courtesy

Although he is pretty provocative
himself, Premier KhruShchev obviously
does not like having other people be
provocative toward him. This may seem
to be rather thin-skinned and I'M
reasonable violation of the ancient prin-
ciple Of tit for tat, but he is nonetheleSS
the guest of the President and the Ma
ton, and he must be treated as such.
He is not here to be badgered. He is not
here to be heckled. He is here as the
Communist worlds most important chief
Of state, and he is here on invitation as
major international dignitary entitled
to a courteous reception wherever he
goes. Mr.. Eisenhower, speaking through
Press Secretary Hagerty, has issued a
timely admonition on that score. Inten-
tional impoliteneSs, intentional rude
ness, intentional batting can be most
harmful to the talks that he and the
coming week end. The talks will be ex-
ceedingly delicate, and they may have
a crucial bearing on the question of
war or peace. All Americans would do
well to govern themselves accordingly.
The stakes involved are much too big to
warrant elephantine jokes, irresponsible
horseplay or naStiness just for the sake
OF being nasty. BY the same token, Mr..
KhruShchev ought to realize that this
is a two-way proposition and that he
would be wise to bride his own peculiar
brand of hectoring and his tendency
to be offended too easily by remarks
not really meant to be offensive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
Takoma Park.

dhOL1ld al 4.
Dear Sir:
Recently I saw some giant
geraniums in passing a house.
These old favorites have
always intrigued me, so I
stopped in and asked the
owner about them.
"She said they were just
ordinary geraniums, but that
she fortified them and they
had grown so high.
They were at least 4 feet
in height, with about 20 bios
som heads on each side, or
40 all told.
$50 much stress is placed
on new plants today that I
think some Of us should write
about. talk about, grow and
love the old plants.
I'm this group I would like
to include the iris, the glad
iolus and the rose.
Sincerely, M. j."
4 = 4
Into our correspondents
good list we would like to put
the petunia.
And. among the shrubs,
the lilac.
The well known things of
yesteryear appeal not only
to the oldsterS, but to the
newcomers.
Heavily shaded areas, COW
cred with trees, are partly
responsible for the tempor-
airy eclipse of some of the
oldies
In we'll freed areas, it is
more difficult to raise roses,
for instance, so that you do
not see so many of them as
a few years ago.
The geranium was one Of
grandmother'S favorites. in
which group we must place
the bleeding heart, too.
The latter is always a fav-
orite Of the children, today's
merry kids as well as the
more sedate youngsters of
yeSteryear.
+ + 4
There is a legend that the
roots of the geraniums may
be hung up in the attic dur
ing the winter, and that they
will take up in the spring
where they left off in aut-
umn.
Perhaps some reader will
give us information on this.
Offhand, it sounds very
much like a fairy tale.
Household operations are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Biological Preserve in Pacific
BY THOMAS R. HENRY

craters suggest some wild
landscape on the MOON"
The islands, says the report,
are entirely the result of vol
canic action. They never
have been linked in any way
to the South American con-
tinent. This is evidenced by
the fact that very few South
American animals exist there.
1T is reasonable to as
sume." says the UNESCO re-
port, shat these islands are
Of purely oceanic origin and
that all the fora and fauna
must originally have drifted
to their shores with the
ocean currents or flown there.
Thus isolated the fauna fol-
lowed its own course Of evolu-
ton and most Of the animals
that have evolved there exist
nowhere else in the world.
Surprisingly Tame
Unique is the whole COM
oination Of fauna. Penguins
and seals Of antarctic origin
and marine iguanas, typical
representatives Of the tropics,
live side by side under the
equatorial sun. This is ex-
planned by the cold Humboldt
current from the south which
undoubtedly brought the PEN
gums to the tropics.
"A peculiar feature of most
Galapagos animals is their
surprising tameness. None of
the sea lions, iguanas or the
little birds shows any fear
probably because there were
originally no terrestrial car
vigorous mammals on the is
lands. They were a little
paradise. but they ceased to
be so when man set foot
on them"
The islands are a colony
Of Ecuador. Twenty years
ago the Ecuadorian govern
ment passed strict laws for
the protection of the animals
but, the report points out,
poachers and settlers often
have disregarded these laws.
Besides they introduced cats,
dogs, rats. pigs and goats
which ran wild and consti-
tuted an added menace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
Aid Where Justified

Congress showed good judgment in
killing an administration proposal for
sharp curtailment in the immediate flu
ture of Federal aid to impacted school
areas, including those near Washington.
Testimony before House subcommittee
had shown that the impact of sudden
reduction of such funds would be as
diSrupting as the impact of Federal ex-
pansion has been. Virginia and Maryland
would have been hit especially hard,
with nearby Virginia schools losing $3.6
million year and those in nearby Mary
land losing SIS million.
Administration witnesses made out
a strong case, however, for eventual
tapering of Of school aid to Federally
impacted communities. This aid is JUS
titled only so long as Government ex-
panSion imposes an unfair educational
burden on local counties and towns.
The Federal establishment continues to
grow apace in the Washington Metro
politan Area, so that continued aid to
the affected communities is essential
In other areas, however, the need for
impact aid" undoubtedly has dimin-
ished, perhaps to the vanishing point.
The subcommittee was right, there
fore, in its announced belief that Ger
tain notifications" in the program may
be desirable" While opposing any draS-
tic cuts at this time, the subcommittee
plans to study the need for modjfica-
tons during the next session of Congress.
The study should be thoroughgoing and
objective, with view to seeing that
Federal aid goes only to communities
still suffering from the effects of too
fast Federal growth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
THIS AND THAT
CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

always filled with such tales.
We recall one from the old
coal furnace days. If you
shoveled the ashes back on
the fire. banking it with the
same. they would burn up
later. they said.
They did not burn up
later. All they did was put
the fire out. as everyone
who tried it discovered. But
the plan. such as it was,
had a wide vogue for a time.
Fertility is the key to the
tall geraniumS.
In their native habitat,
they are said to grow Z or
8 feet tall.
Today the geranium may
be purchased in various de-
greeS of pinkness and red.
ness.
The foliage. when proper
ly grown. is a fine dark
green, with lighter edges.
There seems to be some
dispute about watering them.
Some say once a week,
others every day.
Certainly if in sun, as they
should be, they need water.
ing every day.
The best geraniums we
have seen are given a good
watering every evening after
the sun goes down.
The small amount of a
special fertilizer is given
once every two weeks.
There is, indeed, as MI.
points out, a world of quiet
satisfaction in the older
plants.
They not only are beauti-
full and interesting in them
selves, but for millions Of
persons among the older
brackets they might bring
back memories of home.
Maybe the old home in
clue ed grandparents, too.
Grandmother was always
fuSSy about her plants, es-
pecially the house plants.
Today the African violet,
in its hundreds of varieties,
seems to have quite taken
over the houseplant field.
But there are many other
flowers, of course.
The geranium is a bold but
pretty offering of mother
nature in one of her best
moods.
More people should grow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22
Few Mourners

There are few regrets among citizens
in general and war veterans IN particular
over the failure of Congress to resurrect
the once-killed Freedom Wall" project.
We hope this controversial monument
will remain buried-insofar as the plan
for erecting it adjacent to Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery is concerned.
Congress never should have author
lied the building of this monument at
the Arlington end Of the Mall axis with
out the benefit of full details as to what
was planned. The 1854 legislation slipped
through Congress almost unnoticed by
the general public, which has rightful
interest In safeguarding the Arlington
Cemetery hillside from Objectionable
structures. And any such huge walled
enclosure as originally planned or as later
reduced in height would be Objectionable
in that important location. Efforts last
year to obtain congressional approval of
supplementary legislation sought by pro-
moterS of the shrine were defeated. This
year, however, the bill was revived-and
in an even more controversial form, since
it would have bypaSsed the National
Capital Planning Commission and the
Fine Arts Commission in the choice of a
final design.
Meanwhile, veterans organizations
modified against the Freedom project
and in favor of reserving the site for an
extension of congested Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery. The veterans proposal,
alsoelost in the legislative shuttle, still
makes more sense than the wall" prof.
ect Congress, at the next session, should
repeal the 1854 shrine authorization
and pass legislation dedicating the site
as a resting place for those who have
given their lives in the service of their
country. Could there be any more appro-
pirate freedom shrine than that2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22

a large area OF one OF the
most fantastic regions on
earth-a "throwback" to the
age Of reptiles 100 million
years ago-soon may be set
aside as a world biological
preserve.
The region is that of the
2,800-square-mile Galapagos
Islands, 600 miles in the Pa
ciflc from the coast Of
Ecuador, where a century
ago Charles Darwin de-
veloped many Of the ideas
Of evolution. The centennial
Of the great naturalist's first
publications in this field will
be observed in November.
UNESCO Project
Results Of a biological sur
vey Of the present status of
the areas weird and unique
life have just been reported
by DR.. Irenaus Eibl- Eibes-
feldt to the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization CUN-
ESCO). The survey was
carried out under U. N. aus
pices with the sincere CO.
operation Of the Ecuadorian
government.
Although hunters and set
tiers have been guilty of
great depredations during the
past half century, DR.. Eibes-
feldt found. there remain at
least remnants of the fan
tastic life found by Darwin.
"A visitor" says the re-
port, might we'll imagine
himself back in the reptile
age, for hundreds of dragon
like marine iguanas bask on
the black lava cliffs. flight
less cormorants fish busily
of the shores, and giant tor
toises crawl along their age
old pathways.
THE largest craters rise
to 5000 feet above sea level,
their TANKS assured by recent
eruptionS and furrowed by
dried up streams of black
lava. The weird great lava
cliffs and craters following
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-22

bulk in insulated containers
and taken to the front lines
by truck or jeep. Where SOL
diers were out of reach of the
field kitchens they were given
packaged meals to take with
them.
@. Did John ward
Payne, who wrote Home,
Sweet Home" ever live with
the Indians?-E. S.
A. Yes. He became in
tereSted in the Cherokee In
dians, and lived with them
for a time in the home of
John Ross, their famous
chief. During this period he
wrote magazine ar ii cles
about the Cherokees and COL
lected their myths and tradi-
lions.
@. Where did the "Wel-
come Wagon" idea originate?
&C. P.
A. The Welcome Wagon
Service originated in Mem
phiS, Tenn in 1928. 1t is
said to have been inspired
by the old custom of greet
ing wagon trains with bas-
kets of provisions. with the
idea of attracting settlers to
new communities. Thomas
w. Briggs originated the
present service which now
operates in hundreds OF
cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-01
Anniversary
Purty Plunned

The Women's City Club
will celebrate-its 40th ami
versary Wednesday evening
at q party honoring six Of its
members.
Miss Marjorie Webster. one
Of the special guests, also viii
give a talk on her recent trip
to the Soviet Union. Her
subject will be IAN Interha-
tional Incident in Russia"
The others to be honored
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-01

want the agony Of viewing
her for the last time. Do you
think we were disrespectful
to our mother?
LOVING CHILDREN.
Ignore the criticism. The
Lord land I am sure your
mother) knew what was In
your hearts. Who else mat
tiers?
What's your problem? For
a personal reply. iDrite to
ABBY. care OF The EUenin0
Star. Inclose a stamped. SELF
addressed envelope.
By McNausht syndicate. Inc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-01
DEAR ABBY
She Lost Body to Sove Herself
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

going to have q baby. For
reasons which I cannot tell
you, there is no chance Of
the baby's father marrying
me now or in the future.
I know ! will have to leave
school and return home
pretty soon. My greatest
problem is whether I should
keep this baby or give 1t UP
for adoption. ! have cried
and prayed but the answer
doesn't come to me. Can you
help me?
TROUBLED SOUL.
The best answer / can offer
Is to share with you this let
ter from q girl who has had
to face the same problem.
Hope you will profit by the
wisdom in her thinking. God
bless you and help you.
80
DEAR ABBY: ] am 10 years
old and q university student.
Last year ! gave birth to an
illegitimate baby. The father
couldn't marry me. OF
course I had to leave school
and tell my parents why.
When my condition was i'm
possible to conceal, I went
to a home for unwed mothers.
Abby, you can't imagine
what 1t is like in such a home.
There were so Of us girls
from every imaginable sta
ton in life, all drawn to-
gether by one common ex-
perience. We all had little
jobs around the home which
we did gladly. There were
classes offered and plenty Of
recreation time. we we're
allowed to take short walks
around the neighborhood
every afternoon.
With the birth Of each
baby, the home buzzed with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-01

the big question: us she
keeping her baby?"
Yes. many kept their babies.
! gave mine UP.
He was q beautiful S-pound
; boy and ] know he is making
some young couple very
happy. ] also know that
although ! "lost" my baby,
he is gaining more than !
could have given him.
My best friend kept her
baby. She writes to me often
and says she is very happy
and has no regrets. ! think
each Of us made the right
choice for ourselves.
If I were to advise q girl
who had to make this deci-
sion, I would tell her to ask
herself, Can I give my baby
q good home? Will I be &C
cepted? Will I ever resent
my child? Will my child
ever resent me?"
Sincerely yours,
A FORMER
UNWED MOTHER.
Z 1888
DEAR ABBY: ! am q men,
Der Of a family who recently
lost an aged and beloved
mother. We are being severely
criticized because we did not
all go to the mortuary the
day before the funeral.
We all loved our mother
very much. We're very emo
tional and did not want to
display our grief publicly.
In her death notice we pub
lished the fact that we
would receive friends and
relatives in my home, which
Is a few blocks from the
mortuary. We requested the
Ncasket be closed during the
funeral services as we didn't
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-01

The community services
section Of the Chevy Chase
Junior Woman's Club will
meet at $3.50 am. Wednes-
day, at the home Of Mrs. Don
Pardue in Bethesda.
Club members will make
Thanksgiving tray favors for
Suburban Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-01

DEAR ABBY: I will make
this short although I could
write a book about 1t. I am
a sophomore In college. I
have just learned that ! am
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-01

are Judge Hurnita Shelton
Matthews. Commissioner
Pearl Carter Pace Of the For
eign Claims Settlement Com
mission: Mrs. Dorothy D.