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Evening star., 1960-02-24
DAVID LAWRENCE
House Committees Action on u. S. Bonds
Hit as Retaining Dangerous Curbs

The House Ways and
Means Committee has made
q start toward remedying the
Ill effects that have come
from political tinkering with
the Nations interest rates.
Spurred by the sensible
leadership of Representative
Wilbur Mills of Arkansas,
Democrat, and the sympa-
thetic attitude Of Speaker
Sam Rayburn, the House
committee has approved a
bill that gives the Treasury
a certain amount Of flexibil-
ity in fixing interest rates on
long term Government bonds.
This doesn't go all the way
toward removing the impedi-
mentS to the natural opera
ton Of the law Of supply and
demand as between lenders
and borrowers, but it is a
step in the direction Of re-
building confidence in the
future of the financial struc-
ture Of the United States
Government.
The controversy. simply
stated. is over the power of
the Treasury to refinance the
national debt with interest
rates that lenders are willing
to accept. One would think
that authority as simple as
this would be Immediately
granted. But, unfortunately,
the politicians who think the
electorate is unable to un-
derstand the issue anyway
are crying out that the Gov
ernment wants Ito boost in
tereSt rates" The claim is
made that the Treasury seeks
to favor the bankers. But
this is mere demagoguery of
a political variety easily rec
ognized in an election year.
Actually, the issue has
back-f1red. 1t is the refusal
to remove the ceiling on in
terest rates fixed by an old
law that is today forcing in
tereSt rates up and making
1t difficult for borrowers to
get mortgage money with
which to buy houses except
at unusually high rates.
From all parts of the
Evening star., 1960-02-24
WILLIAM S. WHITE
Party Seen as Seeking to Blame G. O.P
Until 1t Can Pin Blame on Nixon

Two circumstances are
handicapping though not
halting the Democrats in
their efforts to lay a national
defense lag at the door of
their opposition.
First, all logic would COM
pei them to grapple directly
with President Eisenhower.
But the political realities
would make this perilous and
a foolish course. Private
Democratic opinion over
whelmingly agrees with this
estimate.
Second, there are so many
rival Democratic presidential
posSibilities-at least four
as to make difficult the devel-
opment of any all-Democratic
position.
Senator Stuart Symington
of Missouri goes the farthest
among the Democratic aspir-
ants. But in significant places
he is left alone along this
road He accuses the Eisen-
hover administration" of
having misled the country on
defense.
Senator Hubert H. Hum
phrey of Minnesota adopts
much of the Symington ar
gument of weak defenses. But
he stops short Of the charge
of actual deception by the
administration. Senator Sym
ington. himself. having made
that charge, does not carry
it a step onward and so &C
cuse Mr.. Eisenhower person.
ally Of deceiving the coun-
try.
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson
of Texas speaks in general
terms of alarming Russian
progress. He does not speak
Of deception. either by the
administration" or by Mr..
Eisenhower.
Senator John F. Kennedy
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OF Massachusetts, audibly
fears that we are not in
position to negotiate from
strength with the Russians.
But he, too. says nothing
about deception-by anybody.
Most detached observers
here believe there is a good
Democratic talking point on
defense. But how the Demo-
Gratis are best to exploit that
point is actually the livelier
present political question.
Whatever may be wrong
militarily, the man uniquely
responsible in our system is
President Eisenhower. him.
self. But the President is 60
ing out of an office, not try
ing to get into one. Vice
President Richard Nixon, the
designated successor to the
G. o. P. presidential nomina-
tion, is the one man the Dem
ocrats need to hit in political
terms.
The unavoidable fact.
however, is that Mr.. Nixon
did not make these military
preparations, be they good
or bad.
So if the Democratic guns
are turned back upon Mr..
Eisenhower, himself. What
then? Well. apart from the
central fact that the PreSi-
dent isn't running for any
thing, there is this:
Most people are simply not
going to regard the President
as mistaken on any military
matter. Whether he is actu-
ally mistaken or not is not,
politically, the point. The
majority doesn't believe he is.
Even fewer are going to be-
lieve that he Cor anybody
else with his CONSENT has
consciously misled the coun-
try about defense. And here
the great majority is right
Evening star., 1960-02-24

Names voters spring from
just such an ethnic and reli-
gious background.
Senator Smith, running
for her third term, is older
than Miss Cormier, but her
handsome SlenderneSs has
suffered no change since she
moved over to the Senate
from the House in January,
1949. She can point to mem
bership on three of the Sem
ate's most powerful commit
tees-Appropriations. Armed
Services and Aeronautical
and Space Sciences-and she
is proud Of virtually never
missing a roll call.
Mrs. Smith, herself, de-
cideS on how she can best
serve her State and country
by her vote on those roll calls,
an exhibition Of independ-
ence which some of the more
orthodox Republicans find
tiresome. She has not neg
lected her home fences, how
ever, according to her sup
porters, and they profess no
doubt about her success
against Miss Cormier or any,
one else.
Democrats insist that Miss
Cormier will be formidable
and has a good chance to pre-
vail. They expect her to say
yes sometime this week; in
fact, they will be in a fix if
she doesn't, as they are bank
ing on her.
Evening star., 1960-02-24
Predicument in College Reading

piecing together thousands
OF small pieces at very great
coSt-has changed little since
the early Egyptians"
But chemicals, electronics
and petroleum, by research,
now earn most of their prof.
its from new products which
were not even on the market
10 or IS years ago. Agricul-
ture has new techniques,
methods and increased pro-
duction via research. The
Federal Government is spend
ing $119 million this year on
agricultural research. But the
ONCE of Education has only
slightly more than $6 million
for that vital need.
One thing is sure-We can't
stand still.
Evening star., 1960-02-24

program, do the reading of
themes and assist with in
struction in remedial reading
courses and in ungraded tests
and exercises. Nor, of course,
is the system of teacher aides
restricted to English. They
also can supervise cafeterias,
Railways and Fairgrounds.
A growing number of
schools today are employing
the innovation of teaching
aids. of television, tapes and
recorders.
But the number so doing is
relatively small.
Two ingredients are essen
tial. One is the boldness of
leadership which will break
through the old concepts and
apathy, and lack of knowl-
edge. Of the average school
board. The second, of course,
is money.
DR.. Diederich spoke to the
annual convention of the
American Association of Ad-
ministrators. A short while
before he spoke the Educa-
tional Writers Association
heard the same subject dis
cussed in even more en-
phatic terms by Philip H.
Coombs Of the Fund for the
Advancement of Education.
He said fatty that while
money is the great lack, we
cannot hope to meet our
explosively expanding needs
simply by spending more
money to do on a larger and
more expensive scale what
we are already doing in the
schools and colleges.
I'VE cannot do So" he said,
because almost everything
we are doing is obsolete and
inadequate"
His theme was that edu-
cation, like some industries
in America, has not done re-
search and experimentation.
1T is" he said, much like
the housing industry whose
approach to building a dwell
ing-by cutting, fitting and
Evening star., 1960-02-24
Camera Club to Meet

! The Old Dominion Camera
Club will hold a meeting deal
ing with black and white
prints at 8 pm. Thursday at
the Broyhill Real Estate audi
torium, 4610 Lee Highway,
Arlington. Members will sub
NIT prints on subjects of their
choosing for review by Paul
Schmick, Star staff photogra-
pher. Anyone having an interest
in photography is invited.
Evening star., 1960-02-24
RALPH McGILL
Bold Leadership and Money Held Need
To Solve Threatened Literucy Loo

By 1870, roughly one
fourth Of the boys and girls
applying for college admis-
sion will be rejected because
they cannot read and write
on a college level. The au-
thority who has reached so
melancholy a conclusion is
Paul D. Diederich of the
Educational Testing Service.
Princeton, N. J.
Enrollments by 1870 will
mean the average teacher
will deal with 200 pupils
each. DR.. Diederich calcu-
lates from this that it would
take each teacher SO hours
to grade and correct one
batch Of themes. II teachers
asked for Just one written
piece Of work per week they
would have to read papers
every school night from 9
pm. to midnight, plus nine
hours on Saturday and nine
on Sunday.
Hence. concludes DIR. Died
erich, by 1870 a teacher of
English can hardly handle
more than four themes per
year-a test far too meager
to teach or instruct.
DR.. Diederich urges drastic
action to revise the meth
DDS, stating and concept of
English study"
There is a grievous lag. It
is not new. AS long as 20
years ago Harvard, Yale and
other Eastern universities, in
desperation, created a high
school English class for their
freshmen who came unpre-
pared to read or write at the
university level.
Nothing else was done un-
til six years ago when the
Fund for Advancement of
Education financed expert
mentS in teacher aides Thev
were most successful. Every
neighborhood has a great
number Of housewives who
are college graduates with
training In English. They
could, after instruction in the
Evening star., 1960-02-24
DORIS FLEEsON
ANFemoIe' Contest in Maine

Representative Coffin can
be described as a brilliant
young liberal with rather
more warrant than most for
many reasons, including a
summa cum laude from Bates
College and a cum laude
from the Harvard Law
School. Had not the Demo-
cratic Governor died, who
was elected on the ticket with
Senator Muskie in 1858, it
is probable Mr.. Coffin would
have chosen to make his
career in the Congress.
But the president of the
Maine Senate succeeds a de-
ceased Governor, and Repub-
lican John H. Reed took over
and is running for Governor
in his own right this fall.
This made it necessary for
Democrats to name a strong
man and Coffin was indi-
Gated
Maine Republicans have a
two-to-one advantage in
registration, which, with the
turnout of a presidential elec-
ton, should prove helpful to
their Governor and Senator.
1t was, nevertheless, Demo-
Gratis who pressed for years
to hold the Statewide and
presidential elections stimuli
taneously; they still think it
will help them materially to
get out their vote.
A Smith -Cormier battle will
get headlines; in fact it is
already being billed by the
staid Wall Street Journal as
an "All Female Combat"
Evening star., 1960-02-24
Benson Will Speak
At Brotherhood Fete

Agriculture Secretary Benson
Gov. TaweS of Maryland ano
District Commissioner Robert
E. Mclaughlin will address the
annual Brotherhood Luncheon
sponsored by the Kiwanis Club
of Georgetown tomorrow.
The theme of the meeting, tc
begin at noon in the main ball
room of the Mayflower Hotel
will be brotherhood Through
out Government" Secretary
Benson will discuss the topic or
the Federal level, Gov. Tawes
the State, and Mr.. Mclaughlin
in local government.
Evening star., 1960-02-24
Pusternuk Review

Mrs. Helen B. z. Yaksobson,
associate professor Of Russian
at George Washington Univer-
sity, will review Russian novel;
ist Boris PaSternak'S Doctor
Zhivago" at 1890 pm. Friday
at the B'nai Birth Hillel Foun-
dation of George Washington
University, 2l29 F street NV.
Evening star., 1960-10-09
Woman Grows 60 Varieties
OF Geruniums miller House

pulled Of. The stem end is
dipped into q roofing hormone
powder and Fermate, a fungi
eide to help prevent blackleg
rot. I
A light, sandy soil is used In
2-inch pots. In q month to
six weeks, when the roots begin
to nudge through the bottom
of the pots, the plants are
shifted to 4-inch. pots.
MOist-NOt Soaked
The plants are kept moist,
but not soaked, and they are
kept on a bench of moist sand
in full~ereenhouSe sun in the
winter. Bonemeal is mixed into
the potting soil at the rate Of
a 4-inch potful per bushel of
earth. In April the plants get
a ration of liquid fertilizer.
The buds are kept pinched
of until the end Of April so
that all the growth goes into
strengthening the plant. The
plants are permitted to bloom
indoors until all danger Of frost
is ended. Then they are taken
outdoors.
GeraniumS do best in a tenn
perature range Of 60-70 de-
grees. They need all the sun
they can get in winter. For
winter bloom, root your cut
Evening star., 1960-10-09

tings In August. Don't give the
plants too much nitrogen,
which will produce excessive
foliage, not much bloom.
Starting from, Seed
If you are the more daring
type gardener and want to start
from seed. put down a shallow
layer Of fine soil, topped with
a covering of vermiculite. Soak
the seeds in warm water for a
few hours, then SOW them and
cover them lightly. Keep the
planting box in a warm place
and keep the contents moist.
Transplant after several leaves
have developed, first into small
pots and then into larger ones.
If your plants are straggly,
don't throw them away. Take
cuttings and start new ones.
You can prevent legginess by
nipping of the tips Of the
shoots. This Is good advice
for many of your house plants.
Cutting of long shoots and
pinching OF new tip buds re-
suit in more compact, bush
plants.
Evening star., 1960-10-09
Second Lecture
In League Series

The National Capital Garden
Club Leagues second lecture in
the series on garden design will
be held 10 am. and / pm. at
Dumbarton Oaks, Tuesday.
Themes are site Preparation;
Construction" by Theodore
Domonick. Tickets are 81 for
each session. Mrs. BENJAMIN
w. Thoron is chairman Of the
leagues landscape design COM
mittee.
Mrs. w. Harrell Wilson of
Greenville, S. c., will be heard
in lecture October 20 at Ana
costa Methodist Church at
10:30 am. For tickets at So
call Mrs. Eli Busada, 325S
Highwood drive Sc, or Mrs
H. S. Bowman, jr.,. 26O5 Thirty
fourth street Sc. A part OF
the proceeds will go to the
league.
Evening star., 1960-10-09
Mum Show Plans

First chTysanthemum show
Of the season. the Falls Church
Garden Club Silver Dollar Mum
Show. will be held October 21
and 20 at Lansburgh's Shirling-
ton, Virginia store. Entries will
be received at the garden shop
October 20 from 7 to 9 pm,
and October 21 from 7:30 to
1880 am. Judging will begin
at II am. Friday, after which
Evening star., 1960-10-09
AzuIeus

From Mrs. Herbert L. Propst,
2I Tally Ho lane,
Alexandria, Va.
The azaleas have been given
lime. and sprayed with mala-
thion but seem to continue in
poor condition. Should the iron
be continued, what else needs to
be done? They may be crowded
by a holly. can it be pruned?
AsRDer
The leaves appear to be only
slightly chlorotic. Suggest the
soil be acidified with the addi-
ton of sulphur-212 pounds per
100 50. #. Also, suggest that
you apply the malathion three
times at weekly intervals to
secure more complete control
of the sucking insects. Doubt
If applying now will help since
the season is about ended. Do
not mulch too heavily with
.peatmoSs. 1t crustS and then
excludes both moisture and air,
The holly may be pruned at
any time, but it is probably
safer to wait a week or two so
as not to stimulate new growth
at this late season.
Evening star., 1960-10-09
QUESTION BOX
FOR GARDENERS

ther conditions. Certainly their
roots heal best at that season.
Evening star., 1960-10-09
By EARL ARONSON
Associated Press Writer

GeraniumS are one Of the
most common sights in the
garden, wherever you 60. Their
striking blooms and foliage are
. bright spot in many windows,
summer and winter. They are
one Of the easiest plants to
grow from slips and from seed.
We've rooted cuttings in
water, in potting soil, in YER
miculite, in peat moss, in mix
lures of the latter three, and
we've heard of some rugged in
dividualists succeeding in saw
dust.
Most Of us know only one or
two varieties, but there are
many. In Memphis, Tenn,
Mrs. Early Mitchell, an au-
thority on the subject, has
more than so varieties at her
home. These include dwarfs,
Fancy Leaf, Fragrant Scented
Leaf. Lady Washington, Gar
den and Zonal.
Some Sage Advice
This is her advice about
raising the geranium:
~ Keep the plants in small pots
SO the roots are somewhat
crowded. Feed them every 10
days or two weeks and water
them sparingly as the soil dries.
Mrs. Mitchell recommends
that they be potted in some
thing fairly substantial. She
uses one-half garden soil and
hurnus mixed, one-fourth sand
and one-fourth peat moss.
When the weather is cold, she
keeps the geraniums in her gar
den room on trays of small
rock in the windows and on
movable carts. AS the weather
YARNS, she moves them to the
terrace where they flourish in
filtered sunlight under a huge
oak.
5000 Cuttings Annually
"A Northern municipal gar
dener who makes 5000 cuttings
annually replaces old plants
each year to obtain best foliage
and bloom. The best of the old
plants provide 5 to 10 cuttings
each to perpetuate the colorful
display. This is how he does it:
He cuts off a 5-inch length
Of stem at the nearest node. All
but two or three leaves are
Evening star., 1960-10-09
YOUR GARDEN CHORES

Continue bulb planting with the exception of the
tulips and Dutch iris which might well be left until after
= Thanksgiving The planting of grass seed should be
finished possible
Dig the Peruvian daffodS either before after frost
does not make difference in keeping qualities
Store tuberouS rooted begonas after the foliage has
thoroughly dried in their pots beneath the laundry trays
Repair the codframe that it will be ready for
:. next spring.
Pot up chrysanthemums and place where their blooms
-$S will show to the best advantage
Place the rooted cuttings of azaleas well small
perennas in protected frame made from wide boards
set edge.-YOUNGMAN
Evening star., 1960-10-09
Grass Woe

From Mrs. C. J. Ellis,
1915 ESSEX Avenue,
Springfield, Va.
Our beautiful. crabgrass-free
lawn is now being invaded by
Bermuda grass. What can we
do to control it without de-
stroying large sections Of the
present lawn?
AnstDer
You might get control with
the oil can method. Dissolve
two ounces Of Amitrol (Amino
triazole) in 100 ounces of
water. Squirt a small quantity
around each Bermuda stem
where 1t comes through the soil.
In this way you will affect very
little Of the blue-grass-fescue
plants and it may be that the
Bermuda viii absorb enough to
kill the entire plant. It's worth
q try.
Evening star., 1960-10-09
Phone Tip Schedule

The Montgomery County
Agents "tip-a-phone" service
this week (PO. 2-5454) are:
Monday-Bring in house plants;
Tuesday-C -Chickweed, clover
control; Wednesday-Leaf spot
of elms; Thursday-Boxelder
bug and control; Friday-Satur-
day-Spider mite on evergreens.
Evening star., 1960-10-09
Walk, Doewood
From F. N. Nettleship,
7702 Chatham road,

FROM +. M. NetLLeSntp,
7702 Chatham road,
Chepy Chase, Nd.
What can be done to remove
the moss from q shady walk?
A dogwood that was planted
last June died. When should it
be replaced? When is the best
season to transplant dogwoods? ?
AsnDer
The removal Of moss from a
brick walk is rather difficult
because moss lives where there
is surface moisture-com compacted
soils. Suggest trying the prod
uct known as Kali, but apply
very lightly so as not to wet the
soil to any appreciable depth.
Believe dogwoods trans
planted or set out In late March
or early April are less likely to
suffer from unfavorable wea-
Evening star., 1960-10-09
Pigeons

From Mrs. BGinbridge Eager,
324 A street NE.
What can be done. to keep
the pigeons from gobbling all
of the berries from my fire.
thorn?
AsnUer
Believe mention has been
made Of using a mounted owl,
cat, or other predators. Person.
ally I believe the Capital pi-
geonS are too hardened for
such repellants to be effective,
otherwise would suggest killing
one and hanging it on bush
(very effective in keeping crows
out Of garden). Perhaps the
Fish and Wildlife Agency, De-
partment of Interior, might
have suggestions.
Evening star., 1960-10-09

exhibits will be open to the
public. Cash awards will be
presented beginning at S pm.
Saturday.
Evening star., 1960-04-24
WEDNESDAY Proerom Listinss

wagon troin. Word Bond, Rob-
ert Horton, Marshall Thompson.
Henry Hull.
5-Ftieht. Adventure.
1.-The Dark and the Light.
l Hour. Port II. The tense strue-
gle for power and freedom under
Evening star., 1960-04-24
April ~


woy in Africo. John Dolly, nor-
rotor.
e-The Race for Space.
Hour. David L. Wolper's doeu-
mentory film reports on the roce
between the United Stotes and
Russio in missile development.
500
5-Five Stor Feature. Movie.
Z Hours. THE Ghost and Mrs.
Muir" l947. A widow lives in a
house haunted by solty SEQ
coptoin. Gene Tierney. Rex Hor-
rison, George Sonders.
S:3o
4-The Price Is Right. Color.
7-0zzie and Harriet. C'medy.
Ozzie's ideo for the aona to rent
bicycles and ride up TO BIueberry
Rock is overruIed by Harriet.
Storing the Nelson fomiIy.
9-Men Into Space.
Col. McCouley is grounded otter
finding O prehistoric fossil. VIII
iom Lundioon stors.
500
4-Pevry Como Show. Variety.
I Hour. Sir Ralph Richardson,
Moreot Fonteyn, Michost Somes,
the Duke Of Bedford, FsnsIIo
Fielding, Harry Secombs. Russ
Convoy. Topped in LondonJ
7-Howoiion Eye. Crime.
! Hour. "Typhoon." A quartet
Of crminoIs tokes refuge from
q tropicol storm in the house OF
retired Army colonel. Anthony
esIey, Bob Conrad, Connie Stew
ems, WiIliom Quinn.
9-The MillioAoise. Drama.
The Moro Robinson Story" A
gypsy fortune telIer's knowledge
Of the occult fois to provide
prediction Of her own future
when she meets weolthy Vir-
oinion. Debro Poaet, Rick jason,
sobeI EIsom.
$50
olive Get q Secret. Panel.
1000
4-This Is YouV Lite.
5-Rscket Sauad. Detective.
Reed Hodley stors.
7-lnVitotion to PaFis. Special.
Hour. With Maurice Chevolier,
Jeon SobIon, George Ulmer JOG
queIine Francois, Potochou, Les
Compoenons de 10 Chonson, Les
Diinns, Con Can doncers and Line
Renoud. Comedion FsTnondeI ond
Anna 6oyIor teke viewers on
tour.
Evening star., 1960-04-24

Before y0u buy Q new TV, why not be sure how
1t operates in your own home. Play safe! Compare
. Muntz with any Tt at any price no wander
In the Washington area and two million now in
use in the nation! Call Lincoln s-l4O0 for free
home demOnStT alton
Evening star., 1960-04-24

Continued From Preceding Poqs
7:30
4-Woson Troin. Western.
I kouE. "Triol for Murder"
Port |. A murderer goes on trioI
os lynch mob feelings grip the
Evening star., 1960-04-24
'-Cirele ThaataT. Drama.

] Hour. "oishonor System" The
proctice Of some college students
in hiring others to toke exomino-
tons, write popers and prepore
theses for them is exonnined.
Douglas edWords, host -norrotor
Evening star., 1960-01-10
Eskimo Teen-Ager
By PHILIP J. HOON
Sunday Group
FAIRBANKS, Ala

FAIRBANKS Alaska-What is it like to be Eskimo teen
ager living in Alaska?
Emerging goos the picturesque Eskimos of the
frozen notwithstanding the young oneShave peered through
their owdrfts at the United way e and decided it's
here to stay-for them too.
Toays crop Eskimo teenagers likely to be city dweers
fathers instead of hapoong seals building houses
running business Mother instead of scing whale bubber
is probably working in store employed in fish cannery
Taking civilization in stride the Eskimo teenagers of such
Alaskan cities Anchorage made for lot
They would scarcely be considered by their
fellow teens they turned up at rockandro session in
Dallas Duluth.
generation of the 49th State is Eskimo
cutie pie school Patricia Hopson and at home by
her Eskimo of Engilook.
The daughter Fairbanks Eskimo family which dates back
generations Pat who IT, attends brandnew Lahrop High
School, babyss to pin money buys all the new pop
records goes dancing typical teen skirt and blouse and can
drive dog team a north woods apper Only in the
latter most other teens Her family like
many others ancient Norhens has gradually dred
ntnuedOn