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Evening star., 1960-03-20
Peach Tree Jelly

From Mrs. Leroy w. Brooks,
Dedle, Md.
There are masses of jelly
like material on the trunks Of
our 4-year-old peach trees. We
have sprayed with DDT but
what else can be done to pre-
vent this condition?
Evening star., 1960-03-20
Berries Display

From Mrs. NJ. A. Schooner,
5203 Manor DTiUe Sc.
Have several Nandina bushes
but last year the blossoms on
several were not full, there were
fewer berries. What care is
needed in order to obtain a
good display of berries?
AnStDer
The Nandina needs to be
planted in a soil that has been
well enriched with leafmold,
compost or peatmoSS. They
need considerable moisture and
should be watered whenever
rainfall is inadequate. They
need some protection from
strong winds in order to insure
good Towering and fruiting.
Evening star., 1960-03-20
CumeIIiu Winner

A seven-foot camellia plant
given for a drawing at the
Armory Flower Show was
awarded by Hills Camellia
Garden to Mrs. Joan H. Spriggs.
1904 Fort Davis street Sc.
Evening star., 1960-03-20

Think of all those crabgrass seeds in the SOIL just
waiting to sprout. Think how you can frustrate
them with HALTs. One Uinter application lays down
a"barrier that picks off crabgrass sprouts Pro-
Evening star., 1960-03-20
AmoryIIis Gore

From DR.. Edpdrd S. Smith,
2707 Thirty-Sirth Street NV.
We have a beautiful amaryl-
lis in bloom. Please tell me
how to treat this bulb so that
it will bloom another time.
When will 1t bloom again?
AnSUer
The amaryllis will develop
its leaves shortly and the pot
should be kept in a sunny win
dow, watered and fertilized oc-
casionally until the weather is
warm enough to plant it out
Evening star., 1960-03-20
QUESTION BOX
FOR GARDENERS

The Star Is able to pub
Hsh only a portion OF the
queries mailed In. To insure
reply, enclose q stamped,
selt-addreSSed envelope Nth
letters.
Evening star., 1960-03-20

IS JUST PARTIAL LISTING OF THE MANY SPECTACULAR SPECIALS
AWAITING YOU AT OUR TWO LOCATIONS
Evening star., 1960-03-20
HOUSE PLANT
TOO BIG FOR
BUYERS ROOM

What to do with a plant
too big for the house?
Mrs. Cora Lee Pierce
bought a tropical plant
from the Miami Beach
(Fla) exhibit at the Ar
mory flower show. When
she arrived back with it
at l409 Kanawha, West
Hyattsville, Md. it would
not fit."
Arizona tribune., 1960-04-15
Youth Given
10 Years

A l9-year-old So-called "first Of
fender" who beat and robbed a
6l-year-old man of $4 today faced
a minimum of 10 years in the
state prison.
Leroy Brooks of 32l1 E. Wood,
an expelled South Mountain High
School student, received the stiff
term Monday from Superior
Judge E. R. Thurman on his gull
ty plea to robbery and aggravated
assault.
The youth used gun, fists, and
feet in attacking Santiago NAL
donado, of 1899 E. Adams.
Victims of at least three other
beatings and robberies Identified
Brooks as their assailant after he
was arrested Nov. Is.
Arizona tribune., 1960-04-15

"You can walk a rail easier
if YOU don't look down
in fact, you can do anything
easier if you keep looking
up."
Arizona tribune., 1960-04-15

Everyone enjoyed artistry
in Hair" at the Riverside
Ballroom, Sun. April 10
Arizona tribune., 1960-04-15

WILLARD c. BYNUM became the first Negro municipal
ployee advanced foremanshp through
atiOnS
He has been employed in the city Phoenix sanitation
department for nearly eight Showing dependaby and
studying technical provided by city n-service
program, he recently qualified a supervisor.
Mr.. Bynum and his wife Dorothy Phoenix eleven
from Peeksk NY The couple and their four
children live at 1926 E. Chi pnan Road
advises city employees advantage the
advancement program urges Negroes apply
the various classificatons of jobs offered.
Evening star., 1960-12-06

fiuence of power, it might take serious
inventory Of its taste with two ends in
view. The first of these is an honest as
sessment Of whether movies do project
an excess of sex, violence and licentious-
ness for box ONCE purposes. Also it might
well examine its advertising, much Of
which is distasteful, some both dis
tasteful and dishonest.
The Bishops certainly are not with
out evidence to support their attacks on
Hollywood'S taste and standards. On the
other hand, to face historic truth,
neither are members Of the clergy
necessarily immune to the temptation to
strike out at an old, yet possibly re-
deemable, whipping boy.
Lacking the wisdom of Solomon, one
can only suggest that both seek a less
surcharged atmosphere in which to
mediate calmly upon the inevitable
differences between moral and box
ofice-aesthetic approaches to movies.
Evening star., 1960-12-06
Problem for Solomon

Solomon, himself, might find 1t
dificult to arbitrate the controversy
between the Catholic Bishops of this
country and Hollywood. This is an end
less dispute, sometimes in allegiance,
never settled and, at the moment, at one
Of its peaks Of intensity.
Emotions run deep on both Sides
The Bishops are indignant at the moral
content of Aims. Hollywood is aggrieved
that, of all entertainment and communi-
cations mediums, 1t is so singly and un-
varyingly the target of the Catholic
clergy. There is no Legion of Decency
oath, it points out, that aims at novels or
plays, or night clubs, or television. Ac-
cordingly, Hollywood resents being sin
gled out as society's most dangerous
producer of temptation.
A less emotionally upset Hollywood,
however, might find the Bishops always
admonishing voice fiattering in a way,
suggesting as it does the immense power
Of the movie medium as compared
with others. Always remembering Lord
Acton's I'm about the corruptive in
Evening star., 1960-12-06
J0I's the Place for Him

Bombarded with demands from the
far Left, Dag Hammarskjold has called
upon Congo President Kasavubu to see
that his prisoner, Patrice Lumumba, is
accorded "due process of law"
What ''due process Of law" may
mean in the turbulent Congo is a nice
question. But it certainly does not have
and cannot have the same meaning
which attaches to the phrase In the
United States. There is much that Is
obscure in the Congo. But one thing is
clear enough. The struggle between the
elements headed by Mr.. Kasavubu and
those who support Mr.. Lumumba is not
q political contest as we In this country
understand such things. It is q grim,
relentless, unprincipled battle for sur
viyal. There will be no winner and loser
in the conventional sense. Instead, one
will win and the other win be destroyed.
In this situation, the United Nations
cannot escape reality by invoking lofty
phrases. A choice must be made. And
that choice, however painful, clearly lies
between the two men, between Kasa-
vubu and Lumumba, between one who
may strive for at least a measure Of
freedom in the Congo and his opponent
who is all too obviously tool Of the
Kremlin and who would convert the
Congo into another Communist satellite.
This being so, we think the West
should welcome the failing of Mr.. Lu-
mumba. Surely that is where he belongs.
AS for the future. who can tell? Presi-
dent Kasavubu may not be able to con-
sohdate his control Of the Congo. He
may prove to be very difficult to deal
with II he can assume effective control.
Still, given things as they are, it would
be foolish for the United Nations to
help cut him down in favor Of Patrice
Lumumba.
Evening star., 1960-12-06
HeIp for District Court

The helping hand which the United
States Court of Appeals has agreed to
extend to the overloaded District Court
should ease the crisis which confronts
the lower tribunal. Chief Judge David
Pine of the District Court and his col
leagues are faced with a steadily mount
ing influx Of civil cases at time when
the court is shorthanded due to death
and illness. The assignment Of Appellate
Judge Walter M. Bastian to sit in Dis
trict Court from December IS to Janu-
ary 81 is especially welcome, since he
had years of experience there before
being appointed to the Court of Appeals.
The District Court has been handi-
capped by the loss of Judge James w.
Morris, who died recently, as well as by
absences on sick leave of several judges
during the past year. Meanwhile, an
unprecedentedly large number of civil
suits has been filed In recent months
most of them growing out of automobile
accidents. The District Court here, for
the first time, leads all other Federal
courts in number of civil and criminal
cases filed, although there are fewer
Judges here than in some other districts.
Nearly 1000 more civil and criminal
cases were filed during fiscal year 1860
than during the previous fiscal year.
Judge Pine has had the court concen-
trate on keeping the criminal docket
current, but the accumulation Of civil
cases has grown until now 1t takes about
IA months for civil jury case to reach
trial, once 1t has been put on the ready
calendar. Judge Pine holds that such
delays tend to defeat justice.
The Chief Judge is particularly con-
cerned over the possibility that the re-
cent upward trend in civil cases may
not be just a temporary development.
If temporary, he should be able to cope
with the congestion with the help Of
Judge Bastian and perhaps additional
judges lent by other circuits. II the in
creased rate of filing should take on the
aspects of permanency, however, the
only hope Of keeping abreast OF the
workload will be through legislation to
increase the number Of District Court
judges.
Evening star., 1960-12-06
Recalling Dependents

What q civilian thinks
about the Government cut
ting the number Of military
dependents overseas: The
sacredness and safety Of the
family should not be sacri-
feed because Of the present
crisis in the value Of the
dollar. Other means Of solv-
ing this problem should be
undertaken - perhaps the
spending Of tourists and the
movie stars could be limited.
Separating vulnerable chill
dren and teen-agers from the
discipline, leadership. train
ing and companionship Of
their fathers is not the
answer. This could only con-
tribute more toward juvenile
delinquency. In the Bible.
God said when he made Eve,
1T is not good for man to
be alone" These men need
their families as much as
their families need them.
What happens to the econ
omy and value Of the dollar
for the family who must
maintain in q half sort Of q
way two homes? 1t is the
American way of life and the
American heritage for fam
lilies to stay together, pray
together and play together.
/. for one, hope this plan is
not carried out.
VirRinia MOOFe.
Evening star., 1960-12-06
Soviet Double DeoIinq

Inc soviet union apparently was
taking a calculated risk in its Security
Council veto of the admission of newly
Independent Mauritania to the United
Nations. Presumably Moscow feels that
1t will gain more by throwing in with
Morocco, which is disputing the inde-
pendent status Of Mauritania, than 1t
will lose by affronting not only this
former French colony but other ma
tionalist-minded members Of the sensi-
tive Afro-ASian bloc.
Faced with this choice, it was not
surprising, however, that the Soviet del
egate to the Security Council, Valerian
Zorin, devoted relatively little of his
time and oratory to the merits of the
Mauritanian application itself. There
are, he said, several controversial
elements" involved "a reference to
Moroccan claims, flrst voiced in 1957-58,
to suzerainty over the large but SparSely
populated West African state. But it
was before debate on this point, and
entirely apart from the Mauritania case
itself, that Mr.. zorin laid the ground
work for his negative vote.
Turning to an old Soviet technique
of attempting to force package DEAL"
the Russian delegate moved that admis-
sion of Outer Mongolia be considered
along with that Of Mauritania. On two
votes, q Council majority rejected the
suggeStion-as it has done periodically
for the past IA years, on grounds that
the northeast Asian region is not truly
AwaAA kAkA avail hA
rasSed by the failure Of It's efforts at
blackmail, the Soviet Union was Joined
only by Communist Poland in voting
against Mauritania. For the Soviet, 1t
was its 91St veto.
1t is early yet to forecast the effect
Of the Soviet strategy in the African
phase of the cold war. Morocco itself
has been moving steadily away from the
West. Agreement was reached last year
for evacuation of American military
bases there by 1868, and there may be
renewed pressure for an earlier date.
Departure of French forces also is being
demanded, and within the past few
weeks it was announced that Russian
military aircraft and crews were being
supplied the Rabat government. At the
same time, Moroccan claims to Mauri-
tanian territory have been opposed by
some African Substantially TuniSia-
and have aroused apprehension in some
of the others. It was pointed out, too,
in the Council debate that the Soviet
attitude toward Mauritanian independ-
ence hardly jibes with its professed con-.
Germ for liberation of colonial people.
Consistency for its own sake, Of
course, has never been of deep concern
to the Kremlin. There is no doubt Of its
long-term objective in Africa-to cap
ture a balance of power by any means.
1t was far more preoccupied with this
objective over the past week end than
with any sense of Illustration over the
status Of Outer Mongolia.
Evening star., 1960-12-06

his life at least doubles his
fat content between 20 and
go. The relation of this sup
posedly degenerative change
to general health remains to
be studied"
Ages of men and women
can be told by their radio
activity.
Henceforth. probably, it
will be silly to lie about it.
1t can be determined by the
amount of the element po-
tassium in the body. chiefly
in the muscles. A certain
proportion of this potassium
is the radioactive isotope P40,
the amount of which in any
individual can be told from
its characteristic radiation
waves.
This has just been re-
ported to the. American As
Sociation for the Advance
ment of Science by Drs. E. C.
Andersen and w. H. Lang
ham of the Los Alamos Sci
entific Laboratory of the
University of California.
They base their conclusions
on P40 measurements of 1890
males and females ranging
in age from less than year
to 70 years. Slightly differ
ent formulas are required
for men and women.
Pattern Traced
Potassium concentration In
the muscles for both sexes,
they found, increases from
the first year of life to a
maximum at the age of eight
or nine. Then there is a
sharp decline which con-
tinues for females until about
Is. Then the adult pattern
is reached.
In boys, however, there is
a sharp increase starting at
about IA and reaching a
maximum at Is. Girls do not
show this secondary max
imum.
After Is potassium con-
centration shows a rapid
decline in men to about 81,
comparable to the decline IN
females between II and 16.
After this, in both sexes.
there is a persistent and
about equal decrease with
age in both sexes.
There apparently is little
If any relationship between
the amount of potassium
and body weight.
Evening star., 1960-12-06
Writer of Purple Prose

/. Ohio's Senator Young, sometimes
described as the most uninhibited letter.
writer to hit Washington since Harry
Truman, has returned to favorite and
ito him) inspiring theme in a magazine
article about the Federal civil defense
program. Mr.. Young describes it as a
biIlion-dollar boondoggle, kept valiantly
alive by "diligent and relentless applica-
tion OF poor planning, confused thinking
and colossal ineptitude." He does not
think well Of it.
There are two ways, perhaps, to
weigh Mr.. Young's words: One is to con-
slider the substance of his criticism, and
without necessarily sharing to the
fullest his massive indignation, to agree
with his conclusion that civil defense
measures have not yet lulled us into a
tranquil feeling of immunity from dan
ger. There Is appeal In his thesis, for
example, that better way to assure
safety would be to drive from mems
minds the madness of making war, to
find some international agreement on
disarmament-andm meanwhile to keep
our powder dry. While this is not
simple prescription, there is little evi-
dence thus far that the American public
is as interested in equipping its homes
with bomb-shelters as with cook-out
terraces.
But another way to consider Mr..
Young's words, pleasurably and without
regard to subject, is from the standpoint
of sort Of literary critic. On that basis,
his vibrant and angry proSe-his rare
fed rhetoric" to borrow a term from a
distinguished school Of expression-is
unfailingly refreshing. Even those who
disagree should delight in defending his
right to write.
Evening star., 1960-12-06
Human Rights Day

On december 10 the world
marks Human Rights Day.
the 18th anniversary of the
unanimous adoption by the
U. N. Of the Universal Decla.
ration OF Human Rights. It
Is well that this commemora-
ton falls near the observance
Of Bill of Rights Day on De-
cember Is, for the 80 articles
OF the world declaration of
rights were patterned after
our own Constitutional guar
antees adopted 159 years
earlier.
The President has asked
all Americans to participate
in this commemoration and to
join with other nations of the
free world in its observance,
Since its adoption in l948,
the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights has been
translated into 46 languages
and circulated throughout
the world. The task now re-
mains for us to translate into
action, at home and abroad,
Its pledges, for 1t is this per-
formance by deed that the
peoples Of the world under
stand far more than any ut
terance. no matter how elo-
quent.
Human Rights Day and
Bill Of Rights Day, coming
as they do so close together,
should move US all to reflect
how we may best maintain
the American Revolution
rather than the Russian Rev.
olution as the inspiration of
the world.
DR.. Fred s. Buschmeyer,
s Chairman.
Roy H. Millenson,
Human Rights Vice Chair
man. National Civil Liberties
Clearing House.
Evening star., 1960-12-06
College News Show

Your sunday Star TV
magazine for November 27
carried an article under the
heading students Protest"
which interests me greatly,
and I cannot let it pass with
out giving you my COM
ments.
AS a student at Dunbarton
College here in Washington,
and later at Catholic Uni
versity. I was a participant
on the now defunct ABC-TV
show, college News Confer
ence." Six times appeared
on the show during 1852
1860. My impression was that
Ruth Geri Hagy, moderator
and owner of the show, was
not impartial.
1t does not surprise me to
learn that the United States
National Student Association
Is organizing" a protest"
against ABC's cancellation of
College News Conference. I
attended the 18th annual
congress of that organization
last August and observed first
hand just how tightly con-
trolled 1t is. The so-called
/ million members do not
know one-half the protests"
organized on their behalf. !
would also like to point out
that Miss Hagy is on the Ad
visory Board of NSA-serv-
ing as their financial adviser.
I, for one, will not miss the
show, and know many other
students who feel the very
same way.
Carol Dawson Bauman.
Evening star., 1960-12-06
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used "
letters carry iDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
teTs are subject to condensd-
tton. Those not used irfn be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied BY self addressed.
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1960-12-06
Traffic PLonner

Here are a couple Of pro-
posals for alleviating trafic
jams in the District Of CO.
lumbia area:
l. Non-motorists and nom
commuters should campaign
to raise q toll on the Potomac
bridges and other places, dur
ing peak trafiic hours. on each
empty seat in each passenger
vehicle, with q subsidy to
each passenger vehicle for
each surplus standing pas
senger. It is equitable that
those responsible for a pub
lie nuisance should be the
ones who pay to reduce it.
The resultant savings in gas
soline. wear and tear Of au-
tom0biles, and time should
more than pay the toll. A
commuter is entitled to Just
so much room on the road,
and should pay Q toll II he
wants more than his share.
Eight-lane expressways are a
charity for gluttons with
empty seats, such as me. II
don't own a bus company
2. Motorists who drive less
distance per year than the
average distance driven by
automobile insurance policy
holders in their insurance
category should insist that
insurance be sold to them on
a mileage basis instead Of q
yearly basis. The cost of
a spoofproof odometer would
be only q negligible part Of
the cost Of automobile in
surance. I have heard that
truckers do this. II such a
boycott were carried out.
yearly insurance would even
tually fold entirely. Insur-
ance cost should be propor-
tional to risk, and risk is pro-
portional to mileage, not to
time insured. Other factors.
such as the traffic density of
the policyholder's area, could
be considered.
! want to keep my automo-
bile whether I drive it to
work or not. I want my in
surance because it relieves me
OF making plans to leave the
country. Sometimes I might
ride buses to work for 81 a
day II ! could collect the
more than so cents a day I
pay for liability insurance. I
always would II I had to pay
8 cents or 10 cents q mile for
liability insurance. which is
probably what an insurance
company would stick me IL
they submitted to my plan.
Raising a toll on Key Bridge
would also stop me from clut-
tering up the road. My pro-
posals might also delay the
next increase in bus fares.
because buses could move
faster and do more business.
make more profit. and fail to
convince the authorities that
a fare hike is allowable.
Henry X. Bradford. Jr
Evening star., 1960-12-06
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
Body's Fat Content Grows With Aoe
By THOMAS r. HENRY

The older you get the
fatter you get.
This was reported recently
to the Federation of Ameri-
can Societies for Experiment
tai Biology by DR.. Jeffrey
H. Fryer of Cornell Uni
versity. His report referred
to both visible and invisible
fat-the proportion COM
pared to other things of
which the body is made.
The finding was based on
studies Of so men more than
go years old. Fat was deter
mined by the specific gravity
the actual weight relative
to an equal amount of water.
This was determined by
weighing the subjects entirely
immersed in water except
for the heads.
Fats and waters have about
the same weights. Other
body tissues-blood and the
like-are heavier. A lower
specific gravity means either
a gain in fat or water in the
body or a loss of other
tissue.
How Body Changes
The tests showed, Dr.. Fryer
reported, that a reduction
in body specific gravity ap-
parently is almost inevitable
with increased age. The data
indicates that, on the aver
age. fat content of the body
is two or three times greater
and water and lean tissues
are lower in older men. From
skin measurements it is sus-
pected that an older man
gains fat internally as well
as beneath the skin when
compared to his younger
counterpart"
After 80, however, the
mean specific gravity tends
to rise-probably due to the
fact that naturally lean
men tend to live longer.
AS fat increases. DR.. Fryer
reported, lean tissue de-
creaseS.
weight" he said, "can be
a poor indicator of true fat
ness in older men and a wide
range of fat content probably
occurs within a given height
weight range. Even under
weight may not be incom-
patible with being over-fat.
1T seems likely that a man
who remains at the same
supposedly ideal" weight all