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strument. for / was able to cut
grass a foot high and TO get in
around lots of flowers as I
couldn't have done with any
thing else.
Naturally, I cut down q few.
But ! do this even with a hand
cycle, so there is a standing
battle at our house about what
i cut down and where. And.
naturally, / get blamed for a
lot that ! don't do.
The grass, however. is all
cut, and all ] have to do now
is to keep it that way. Won't
be so hard in the future.
4 -
Looks like I'm going to be-
come a bird watcher. whether
or no. After calling me over to
see the purple finches. Jane
Church is after me now about
the yellow-billed cuckoo, the
scarlet tanager and the indigo
bunting.
Seems they all stop at her
house and never come on over
to The 40 Acres. Or. maybe
we have them but I don't have
the eyes to see them.
Jane says the cuckoo is nest
ing by her porch and the bunt-
ings and tanagers are just down
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17
LIFE IN
THEcOUN TRY
Ii Pays to Keep Up With Chores
By JAMES BlRcHFlELD

The price Of Incidence. !
Ifind. must be paid OF in hard
work. There is no getting ahead
by sitting and watching the
grass grow.
! feel sore and stir from a
week end Of hard work. made
necessary because I lolled away
my previous week end sitting
on the terrace and drinking in
the sun.
OF course, the grass already
had q head start on me. and
there is always the reluctance
10 start a hard job that has to
be overcome. SO there was
nothing left but to start in. and
that I did.
My wide expanse Of grass /
cut with the tractor, so that
isn't so bad. A tractor mower
win cut almost anything. in
GLIDING small trees. which I
have found to my regret.
Once / cut down the bamboo
that ] had carefully carried
from the st. Marys River in
Southern Maryland. and had
planted down by the pond. And
another time ! cut down the
special mulberry tree that Is
supposed to produce berries
that taste like blackberries.
Fortunately, though, / had
planted two Of these trees and
the other one was out Of reach
Of me and my mower. 1t is still
growing. and I hope will have
berries some year now before
long.
Clumps Of tall orchard grass
had come up around the
edges. That was my chief
grass problem. In addition.
there are daffodils all over the
place, and ! had to try to cut
the grass without cutting of
the tops Of the daffodils. The
leaves must be left so the bulbs
can store up food for blooming
next spring.
I had my first experience
with the whirlygig. or more
correctly, the rotary lawn
mower. It Is a wonderful in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17
Deadly TO DundeIions

Dandelions. once the bane Of
the lawn tender. are no longer
q problem to the homeowner
who has learned TO use 2.4-D.
While harmless to iine-leaved
lawn grasses. this chemical not
only knocks out dandelions
but also routs other broau-
leaved intruders like dock and
|plantain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17

Is sterilissd, free Of weed seeds.
PHI factor is 5.3 to so, 50 there 10
no excessive acid.
This Spring discover how new
Cargill Miracle Mulch can
breathe" new life into your tired
lawn and garden soil. Available
now at leading garden supply
dealers, nurseries, and hardware
stores.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17
NUN SOCIETY
TO SELL PLANTS
ON SATURDAY

The Potomac Chrysan-
themum Society will hold
its annual plant sale Sat-
urday at the home Of Bert
Lexen, 6 Oldham road, Sill
yer Spring, Md. Experts
will be there to discuss the
cultivar, planning, and
growing Of chrysanthe-
NUNS.
The site is near the
Highland View Elementary
School, reached from
Colesville road to Franklin
avenue to Wire avenue, to
Providence and Oldham
roads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17
Two-way breathing action: expands,
then contracts to help loosen and
aerate hard, crusty soil automatically!

The more you know about mulch.
the more you'll appreciate what
new Miracle Mulch can help you
do better for your lawn and gar
den than ordinary, Impressed
Sphagnum peat moss.
Miracle Mulch Is a 1900
organic, yet utterly new
kind Of mulch and soil con- !.
ditioner-made from de-
hydrated hearts Of hybrid
corn cobs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17

q BIT IN the woods. And then
there are the pileated wood
peckers TO see. too.
These birds which nearly
vanished when the large tim
Der was cut. are making a
comeback all up along the
Potomac River and the Chesa-
|peake a Ohio Canal.
! have never seen one that
II know Of. Perhaps ! win be-
fore long.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17
Burberry Plants
Excellent for
Shady Hedge

Some Of the burberry plants
make excellent hedges because
Of their foliage-for shady sit
uations, but do not expect
many berries in such situations.
The birds enjoy them as much
as the gardener.
Select upright growers that
have good branching habits
some Of the better varieties for
this purpose are: Rubel. Penn
berton. Coville and Early Blue.
The latter is especially vigorous.
Plant the blueberries In a soil
that has been well enriched
with compost and peatmoss.
Mulch heavily with oak leaves,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17

lbs. covers up to !, 900 50. it.. de-
pending upon rate of application
desired.)
AtOmized with Humalife
Miracle Mulch, being 1000 or
ganic, returns to the soil. And
it's Atomized with Humalife, an
all-organic additive that aids bac-
terial action, helps prevent nitro
gen tie-up. Also. Miracle Mulch
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17
New Hose Member

A new garden hose member
nov on the market is an adj
vance over conventional mend
lers-no prongs to pound. no
ltreads to turn, no clamps, no
washers. With Klampon the
two squared hose ends are in
serted and a Tightening lever
makes a continuous leak-proof
and pull-proof tube. The con-
hector can be used again. (For
information: Franklin Metal
g. Rubber Co., Jacksonville
road, Hatboro. Pa.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-17

Most Of the expert chrysan-
ahemum growers in the past
nave referred 10 the hardy"
mum with contempt or 81
least treated 1t as somewhat
inferior TO the dishudded types.
How this has changed This
change is quite apparent with
The interest displayed BY the
average mum grower and home
owner who wishes to produce
masses Of color over q period
OF six to eight weeks when the
average flower border would be
devoid Of color. They can be
cut for decoration and arrange
ment by the armful without
any apparent harm to the
. overall vista.
. The general layout should be
planned the prior year while
! the display Is In full bloom.
Garden hardy chrysanthe-
NUNS, such as Remember Me.
Ruby Breithaupt. Paxon. Sea
Gull, Paula. Crusader. Lillian
iDoty and Silver Thrush are ex-
cellent background examples.
These should be started In the
cold frame in April and May.
The plan is to get them into
3-inch jiffy pots early, with an
emphasis on good root develop
ment and a massive plant BY
/. October.
The flower beds which pro-
duced the spring Towering
bulbs make excellent places for
chrysanthemum plants; thus
playing a dual role. After the
daffodils, tulips, etc. have
faded over-plant the bed with
NUNS.
one Huge Flower Pot
The mum bed should be re-
garded as one huge flower pot.
Each plant receives the same
care and is treated as a speci-
men for exhibition. Since the
soil in this area is basically
clay, a generous amount Of i'm
ported peat moss should be in
soorporated into each hole be-
fore planting the mum; q
handful of super phosphate
and q tablespoonful Of q min-
-eralized 5-10-5 should also be
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added. The plants are pinched
early to get the breaks as close
to the ground as possible. AL
subsequent pinches are made
after two sets Of true leaves are
developed. Most varieties beIle-
1T and give beautiful bushes II
pinched up to August /.
j The dense lower branch culti-
var, planted in the same fash
ion later, usually in early June,
will not need the same drastic
pinching and may be planted
closer. Bronze Dot, Velvet
Gown, First Love, Grand Cam
yon Spoon, Elizabeth Hood and
Enterprise are excellent exam
pies of intermediate height
cultivar.
The Cushion Varieties
Next plant the cushion varie-
ties with an eye for the
branchy, dense growing types.
Igloo, Lipstick, Bantam Yellow
and Twinkle are but a few Of
the many available cushion type
|. NUNS.
To be on the winning side
one must, like all good football
coaches, have depth in the form
of substitutes. Rogue out any
undesirable plants Immediately
and transplant from a reserve
bed or cutting bed If preferred
This can be done at any stage
with ease, even when in full
bloom. In addition to the re.
serve bed, NUNS planted in pot'
. come in handy in garden
landscaping. These are strategi'
cally placed to create the de-
, sired drifts of flowers. Planting
, too closely creates some prob
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Evening star., 1959-11-18
DAVID LAWRENCE
Polish Reds Resent the Truth

editorials are very critical Of
the Soviets are not permitted
to have correspondents regu-
larry behind the Iron Cur
tain. Careful scrutiny of all
applications for visas is made
by the Soviet foreign office,
which says, in effect, that
unless a correspondent slants
his news dispatches or broad
casts to suit the Communists
or omits mention of facts
unpleasant to the Commu-
nists. he cannot remain.
There have been instances
in which correspondents who
went home for a vacation
were not allowed to return.
This device is used to shroud
in secrecy the refusal of a
visa.
The facts are available to
show that the Communist
regime in Moscow not only
doesn't believe in a free press
but makes sure that the
captive states don't permit
truthful and comprehensive
reporting.
Yet, if MISUNDERSTANDING
are to be removed and war is
to be prevented, free COM
munication through the
press and radio is most es-
sential. 1t is the only effec-
tive way to keep the peoples
on both sides of the Iron
Curtain informed.
Poland was supposed to be
steering a somewhat inde-
pendent course. The world
has been told that Mr.. Co
mulka is walking a tight
rope and is trying to preserve
close relations with the West
so that loans and aid from
this country might be con-
tinued. But, as the New York
Times said editorially the
other day, IN. Gomulka's
incredibly foolish, utterly
self-d defeating action has
only made Poland's difficult
situation infinitely more diff
f1cult. For he does not seem
to realize that the more ac-
curate the knowledge in the
outside world of what makes
Poland really tick, the more
sympathetic understanding
the world will have of the
position Of the Polish peo-
pie"
(Copyright, 1880
Evening star., 1959-11-18
S. WHITE
Castro Courts u. S. Retaliation

forefront Of its abusers and
enemies.
This is not dollar diplo-
macy" Nor is it any lingo
attitude. Nobody here argues
that we are always right in
our difficulties with our
Latin American neighbors.
We are, for illustration, far
from Spotless in regard to
Panama. Anti-American feel
ing there is in part under
Standable.
But the point simply is
that nobody can possibly be
the kind of good neighbor"
Castro wants. For he wants
to walk all over us, in the
happy belief that we are too
big to retaliate, while we con-
tinue to support his econ
omy-and thus him.
Evening star., 1959-11-18

on a renewal giving some of
our Latin American friends,
notably Mexico, a much larger
share Of our imports.
If this should happen
and powerful congressional
forces are resolved that it
shall happen unless Castro
changes his tune-what then?
Castro will have opportunity
to find the alternative sugar
market he has threatened to
find with the Soviet bloc.
BY all means-Say congress
sional authorities such as
Senator George Smathers Of
Florida, a long proved friend
Of Cuba-let Castro try. For
instead of an eager Soviet
customer he will discover
one of those dull facts of
life of the kind hot-eyed
revolutionarieS so often over
look. This is that the Rus
slams produce all the sugar
(beet sugar. they need, and a
little more besides.
Nobody here, it should be
emphasized, wants to be
forced to take economic
sanctions against Cuba, such
as already are publicly sug-
gested by Senator Allen ].
Ellender of Louisiana. But
this, too, should be empha-
sized: Significant power cen
ters in Congress don't go
along with the State Depart
ment theory that regardless
of provocation we must not
take such action lest we in
jure ourselves with all Latin
America.
The view of Congressman
most concerned with, and
most important in. this is
sue is far different. There
comes a time, they say, when
it is more harmful to with
hold action than to act. For
nothing could be so bad as
for the United States to con-
firm the existing notion that
no conceivable insult will be
effectively resented here.
This kind Of posture would
lead to the justiflable con-
cluSion all through Pan
America that the one sure
way to a permanently guar
anteed favorable treatment
by the United States would
be to be always at the very
Evening star., 1959-11-18
Congress Seen Likely to Block Sugar
Unless Cuban Dictator Stops Insults

Fidel Castro Of Cuba is
playing with dynamite
American congressional dy-
Mantle. Not even the stole
patience of the State Depart
ment is likely to save him
from being blown right out
Of office by his own reckless
ness unless he draws back
soon from his shrilly abusive
course toward the United
States.
This two-bit Cor half-peso)
dictator is nearing the point
Of no return. The whole
position toward Castro here
Is now changing. 1t is in
creasingly probable that Con-
greSS will return in January
determined to take counter
action that easily could
destroy his revolutionary
regime.
True, the State Department
will try to discourage this
sort Of thing, But, as it hap
pens, the critical power here
does not lie with the admin
istration. Nor does it lie with
the congressional committees
on foreign policy, which nor
mally will follow any admin
istration lead.
It lies instead with two
fairly hard-boiled groups
which are never unduly inn
pressed by state" - and
which are fed up to the teeth
with Fidel Castro. These are
the Finance Committee of the
United States Senate and the
Committee on Agriculture
of the House of Representa-
tives.
They have it within their
choice to cut of Cuba's rich
Sugar-exporting quota to the
United States. This quota not
only guarantees a stable mar
ket to the Cubans but also
gives them a price pegged
above the world price. The
sugar quota is at the heart
Of Cuba's life. Not even the
most stirring of great revo-
lutionary leaders" is exces-
sively popular at home once
his policies bring joblessness
and economic ruin.
Congress alone can decide
whether the expiring sugar
quota act is to be renewed as
to Cuba. 1t can decide, too,
Evening star., 1959-11-18
Significance Seen in Emmet J. Hughes
Action After Rop at Eisenhower Policy

1945 -"n o thing but a
geographical location" Nor
does it require much reading
between the lines to under
stand that Mr.. Hughes feels
that Vice President Nixon
took the Dulles policy with
out question or any attempt
at a personal evaluation.
That Mr.. Nixon should
twice, at important moments,
have allowed himself to be
used to further what Mr..
Hughes believes to be a policy
which profoundly has harmed
the Nation. and the Western
countries in general, offended
the authors sensibilitieS.
At any rate, one of the
chief braintrusters Of two
Eisenhower campaigns has
now Joined with Gov. Rookie
feller-not Mr.. Nixon.
This, however, serves also
to emphas size that Gov.
Rockefeller is confronted with
the difficult task of steering
between a political Scylla and
Charybdis-or, hell and high
water. One of Mr.. Hughes
major points in his bill of
indictment was that the ad-
ministration Che meant Mr..
Dulles) was fearful of nego-
tiations with the Russians,
which was the only manner
in which the conflicting and
overlapping problems of in
ternational power politics
could be resolved.
Now, since Geneva and the
action by a new Secretary of
State, the policy of negotia-
Evening star., 1959-11-18
RALPH McGILL

A quiet announcement that
Emmett j. Hughes, one of the
major architects Of two Eli
senhower campaign successes,
has Joined the Nelson Rookie
feller forces is one Of more
significance than meets the
eye.
Mr.. Hughes has just pub
lished a book ("America the
Vincible") which is certain to
become a national discus
sion topic. 1t contains a
point-by-point indictment of
the Eisenhower administra-
tion'S foreign policy.
1t is a document presented
with impressive and convinc-
ing Recommendation and boil
stored by eloquent, persuasive
argument. 1t obeys the old
dictum not to speak evil of
the dead by not mentioning
Secretary of State Dulles by
name. But the Dulles policy
of the Eisenhower admins
tration is left naked and
shivering in the freeze of the
cold war.
That policy, abandoned at
the last Geneva conference,
was, as charged, conflicting.
Nor did its fuel of massive
retaliation, reappraisal and
journeys to the brink of war
ever provide enough diplo-
matte heat to warm the great
chill.
There is other evidence of
great disenchantment with
the present administration.
Mr.. Hughes deplores, for ex-
ample, the evaluation of Ber-
lin by Gen. Eisenhower in
Evening star., 1959-11-18
Jerry Lewis, Rocing
Upstairs, CoIIupses

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 18 (AP).
Comedian Jerry Lewis collapsed
on a movie set after rushing up
a flight of stairs several times
yesterday. A heart attack was
at first feared, but his physician
later blamed overexertion.
The 33-year-old actor was
given oxygen and went back to
work after resting two hours.
He was filming an escape scene
at Paramount Pictures for
Cinderella" a traversty or
the Cinderella story.
Evening star., 1959-11-18
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL.

The small fry set is Washington. They say We'll
fare Secretary Femmng put the cranberreandl
spinach beat the rap.
New York businessmen open drive
Nixon is the only Republican they know who hasn't
raised taxes in New York recently.
Jack Kennedy campaigning hard of his friends
want to invoke the TaftHarey Ac-and impose 80-day
cooling of period him.
Politics is the only business in which fellow scale
the peak of by running down the other side
Former Senator Knowand says Rockefeller hasn't
set prairie fires Presidential qualifications are getting
tougher. This Republicans want nothing less than
convicted arsonist.
Well don't have to worry for a while about catching
with the Russians Since the steel strike truce we're too
busy catching up with ourselves.
One candidate he knew his opponent soop to
singing but thought he'd throw whole cranberry
bog at him.
Evening star., 1959-11-18
Custer ofU. S. Writer Seen furnishing
Khrushchev's Sugar Coated Words

Warsaw, acting under Mr..
Gomulka's instructions, said
to Mr.. RoSenthal:
The question Of falseneSS
or otherwise does not enter.
You have written very deep
ly and in detail about the in
ternal situation, party mat
ters and leadership matters,
and the Polish government
cannot tolerate such piobing
reporting"
And what had Mr.. Rosen-
thai written? Here is an ex-
cerpt:
Always moody and iras-
chile, M. Gomulka is more
withdrawn these days and
seems otter-tempered than
ever. He is said to have a
feeling of having been let
down-by intellectuals and
economists he never had any
sympathy for anyway, by
workers by suspicious
peasants.
IN. Gomulka has made it
clear that he thinks there has
been too much liberalism
among the intellectuals, too
much interest in Western
ways. -.
More than ever since 1856
there are barriers between
M. Gomulka and some of the
men who are important in
his party. M. Gomulka
runs the Polish Communist
ship. but it is not a happy
one"
This was a story of friction
inside the government. In
America and Britain and
France and Italy, where
there's a free press, differ
ences of opinion can be re-
ported without fear of pun
ishment. But the Communist
concept is that what a for
eign correSpondent writes
must always be pleasing to
the powers that be. Indeed,
the Soviet government
doesn't allow any corre-
Spondents to remain in resi-
dence in Moscow unless their
dispatches to the rest Of the
world satisfy the Communist
regime.
Foreign publications whose
Evening star., 1959-11-18

When the Red China
regime refuses to permit
American newsmen to enter
that country, there is a big
hullabaloo. but when the
Communist leader who runs
Poland sends an American
newSman home because his
dispatches aren't written to
suit the government, there's
relatively little noise in pro-
test.
One would think that the
fright to know" crusaders in
our country would be so in
censed they would be organ
izing demonstrations Of dis
approval.
One would suppose that
this exhibition of what Com
munist tyranny really means
would raise doubts as to how
there can be peaceful CO.
existence" in an atmosphere
of suspicion. and of what
benefit cultural exchanges
can be when truth is sup
pressed.
One would suppose, too,
that throughout the United
States many of the persons
who were taken in by the
sugar-coated words spoken
by Nikita KhruShchev during
his visit to America would
be taken aback by this evi-
dence of Communist double
talk.
For Of what avail is it
to argue for closer relations
with Communist countries
when the main vehicle of
communication-the press
is sabotaged?
The Soviet leader boasted
of the superiority of COM
muniSm" over Capitalism"
But not a word of hope did
he ever give out that the peo-
Piles living under the Com
munist system would have a
press that could print the
truth about public affairs.
The expulsion of A. M.
Rosenthal, correspondent for
the New York Times in Po-
land, was brought about by
Wladyslaw Gomulka, the Po-
lish Communist boss. The
foreign office spokesman in
Evening star., 1959-11-18
Rood Deuth Raises
Virginia Toll to us
BY the Associated Press

OJ tA0 AoSOSlnkSu EItse
The death of an Augusta
County man yesterday raised
Virginia's highway fatality toll
to 715-10 under the total Q
year ago.
Clyde L. Kincaid. 20, was
injured fatally when thrown
from a truck which swerved
to miss another vehicle on
State Rte. 688 about two miles
north of Deerfield in Augusta
County. The rear wheels of the
truck ran over him. He died
later in a Staunton hospital.
Evening star., 1959-11-18
Airport Aid Dote Set

The Federal Aviation Agency
has extended until December IS
the deadline for requests for
Federal aid for airport con-
struction for the fiscal year
which starts next July /. The
previous deadline had been No
vember 80.
Evening star., 1959-11-18

support. the Rockefeller be-
levers are not disturbed.
There is, they say, time.
There is, but not too much
Of it.
Meanwhile, there is just
one thing urgently to be
recommended. I am count
ing on Mr.. Hughes to elm
mate that ghastly slogan
conceived before he joined up
who Else But Nelse?"