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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1959
A-10
No Thaw in Moscow
There Is no point in attempting to
put a softer face on the results of Prime
Minister Macmillan’s trip to Moscow.
As far as bringing about any improve
ment in the international climate is
concerned, the trip has been a total
failure.
In a negative sense, some benefits
may have been derived. Thus, if Mr.
Macmillan really went to Moscow on a
“reconnaissance" mission, he has seen
and learned a few things. Primarily,
he must have learned that his opposite
number, Mr. Khrushchev, is a harsh,
crude man who is not responsive to tra
ditional diplomatic approaches. And he
may have obtained some impressions as
to why Mr. Khrushchev is so arrogant
and so uncompromising. If so, these
impressions, when passed on to the
other Western heads of state, should
serve to fortify the united front which
the West must resolutely maintain in
the face of Soviet threats. And the
West, in this sense, most assuredly in
cludes the people of the Western coun
tries. In the aftermath of the almost
insulting treatment of the British Prime
Minister, there should be no popular
misconceptions as to the gravity of the
situation which will confront us in Ger
many in the next few months.
For all of his seeming intransi
gence, it is difficult to believe that Mr.
Khrushchev will provoke a war over the
Berlin and German issues. And cer
tainly the West will not wilfully do this.
These are issues which should readily
yield to earnest negotiations, and it
will be a monstrous crime against hu
manity if they have to be resolved by
war. Nevertheless, the. threat of war
is something which must be faced. And
there is little evidence, as far as we
can see, that it is being faced in any
very realistic sense at this time.
Assignment to Rio
President Eisenhower is calling upon
a versatile and able person in nomina
ting Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce to be our
next Ambassador to Brazil. The attrac
tive New Yorker has won distinction in
many fields—as magazine editor, play
wright, correspondent and author in the
field of international affairs, member of
Congress and diplomat. From 1953 to
1956 she served as our Ambassador to
Italy, a critical period in that country’s
postwar economic and political develop
ment. From the earliest days of her
active interest in international affairs,
Mrs. Luce was outspoken in her warn
ings against Communist designs.
Her appointment to the post in Rio
de Janeiro comes at a time when a no
table effort is being made to strengthen
ties within the American hemisphere.
Among our neighbors to the south,
Brazil has been one of our staunchest
allies. Its size and resources contribute
to its importance in the American com
munity. Relations between Washington
and the Brazilian capital will be in
good hands when Mrs. Luce takes up
residence in Rio.
Logical Route Decision
The Virginia State Highway De
partment has made a logical choice
of proposed “corridors” through thickly
populated Arlington County for Vir
ginia’s newest interstate expressway,
Route 66. In deciding on the so-called
Fairfax drive-Bluemont corridor, State
officials have followed the recommenda
tions of local authorities concerned,
including the Arlington County Board,
county planners and road engineers, a
citizens’ advisory committee and a pro
fessional consultant. All agreed that the
route selected, while somewhat longer
than more northerly courses under con
sideration, would cost less and would
cause less disturbance to property own
ers than the shorter routes.
It was inevitable, of course, that
the cutting of such a superhighway
through Arlington would involve the
destruction of some homes and other
; buildings. Route 66, running largely
across open country from Strasburg,
: Virginia, to the Potomac River at Wash
: ington, was not dreamed of when Ar
: lington was undergoing its rapid growth
in recent years. It was not given se
rious consideration by Virginia until the
| enactment in 1956 of the Federal Inter
• state Highway Act, under which the
• Federal Government will pay 90 per
• cent of its cost.
All of the route had been selected
• as far as an intersection with the
• proDOsed outer circumferential high
• way, near’Dunn Loring. when contro
: versy arose in Arlington over the course
the expressway should take through
that county. Strong civic opposition
arose over proposals to run the high
way through heavily congested areas in
North Arlington. Ahd county officials
were opposed to a plan for broadening
Arlington boulevard into a leg of the
expressway. The compromise finally
agreed upon will carry the expressway
generally along the line of the old Blue
mont division of the Washington It Old
Dominion Railroad —a location that will
minimize the impact on private prop
erty. The precise course of the highway
through this corridor will be charted
later, after engineering surveys. Thus,
there will be some flexibility in deciding
on exact location of the right of way
within the corridor. Whenever consist
ent with engineering requirements, the
flexibility of choice ought to be used to
the fullest in easing the adverse effects
of the expressway on homeowners and
other property holders along the route.
G. 0. P. Face-Lifting
Forty-four Republicans have been
given a mission that will challenge their
political Imagination and ingenuity. It
is, in brief, to write a new definition
of Republicanism calculated to intrigue
the Nation’s voters. The need was
demonstrated last November.
Appointment of the task force has
been in the making for the past month,
and was preceded by critical and sepa
rate examinations by top party leaders
of the G. O. P. defeat last fall. National
Chairman Alcorn was among the first
to publicize the need for sofnething in
the nature of a fresh start for the party
and he is forecasting now that the
project will add up to “a more exhaus
tive and significant study” of purposes
and objectives than has, ever been un
dertaken by a political party in this
country.
Certainly the G. O. P. concern about
its “image” in the public eye is under
standable and the interests of an effec
tive two-party system in the country
call for clarification, if not a reshaping,
of the Republican philosophy. President
Eisenhower, for example, has expressed
his regretful opinion that “some of the
features of this (Republican) face have
become distorted . . . unfairly.” Mr.
Alcorn has put the problem more in
terms of constructing a new face, rather
than correcting the old one, ifi empha
sizing that the 44-member committee
must direct its attention to “the vast
horizons of the new era we are enter
ing and our responsibilities as a political
party in these changing times.”
As a practical matter, of course, the
Republicans are divided among them
selves—just as are the Democrats—and
any definition of common purpose must
be adjusted to reconcile divergent views.
The makeup of the committee itself
reflects a full awareness of this fact of
political life. Included are representa
tives of virtually all. of the professions,
of business, of labor, of practical
politics, of conservative and of liberal
factions, men and women, young and
old. Significantly, the chairmanship has
been handed to an energetic 39-year-old
industrialist, Charles H. Percy of Chi
cago, who has moved in the past few
years to the forefront among the non
professional Republican leaders.
Mr. Percy is going to need all of his
talents. For the political fortunes of
the G. O. P. are not going to be sal
vaged by a face-lifting which amounts
to nothing more than glib slogans and
vague promises. The party wi’l have to
find some vote-getting ground on which
to stand. It has searched for years
without finding this ground, and it is
not going to be easy to find it in the
future.
'Leap in the Dark'
From the standpoint of both senti
ment and principle, free peoples every
where have reason to be pleased when
ever a country moves away from auto
cratic or dictatorial rule and under
takes to govern itself through the dem
ocratic process. This is what the old
Himalayan kingdom of Nepal, for the
first time in its long and picturesque
history, is now attempting. It is doing
so by holding parliamentary elections
(which will continue until April 3) to
establish a constitutional monarchy
more or less like that of Great Britain.
However, although such a prospect
may be theoretically encouraging as
evidence of expanding democracy, there
are some reasons for misgiving. The
following facts, among others, explain
why: (1) No fewer than nine different
parties and 865 candidates —of whom
337 are affiliated with no party at all
are competing for 109 seats in Nepal’s
projected new House of Representatives.
(2) Apart from the Communists among
them, these groups and individuals seem
to have in mind no clear-cut policies
or programs beyond a common sharing
of rather vague proposals for land re
form, industrialization, education and
“neutralism.” And (3) less than 6 per
cent of the country’s population of 8.5
million can read or write, and the bal
loting must therefore be guided by col
ored symbols representing the various
contending sides. Obviously, as a result
of these and similar conditions, it seems
unlikely in the extreme that any of the
parties will even come close to winning
a parliamentary majority. That is why
one outstanding Nepalese politician,
speaking to a New York Times reporter,
has voiced the fear that the vote is “a
leap in the dark” which “will bring no
good to the people—only more chaos
and instability.”
This may be an overpessimistic
assessment, but certainly—especially in
view of the electorate’s tremendous illit
eracy—there is solid ground for the most
serious kind of doubt that King Mahen
dra’s people, who exist as a strategically
important buffer nation between India
and Red-controlled Tibet, are really
ready for democracy. The free world, of
course, must hope that they are and
that they will succeed in setting up a
stable parliamentary system in Nepal.
'But I Don't Want a Penthouse!'
LETTERS TO THE STAR
Industry Pays Its Way
As a citizen of Montgomery
County I am deeply con
cerned by the inexpert opin
ions contained in a recent
letter to The Star by Pat
Holt, relating to industrial
parks and development in
the county.
The basic problems which
must be faced by suburban
areas is that the largest In
dustry in the Washington
area (Federal Government)
is a non-taxpayer. Therefore,
these counties are in the un
enviable position of having
to provide all county services,
schools and other community
facilities for their residents
on an income base from
which one of the props is
missing. Fiscal authorities in
the counties who must deal
with budgets have become
increasingly aware of the
necessity for additional new
tax-producing industries to
assist in balancing their
budget without having re
course to continually increas
ing tax rates levied on resi
dents and small businesses.
The fallacies of Mr Holt’s
letter are too numerous to
mention, but I would like to
point out a couple:
(1) To suggest that new in
dustries must match existing
family incomes in counties
overlooks the fact that one
out of every three suburban
families has a second earner.
Therefore, if an electronics
plant employing women and
paying an average wage of
*5.000 a year were to locate
in Montgomery County, it
would provide a family hav
ing an income of $9,000, an
income of $14,000 with the
wife working. Therefore, new
industries in the suburban
counties really represent an
economic gain in terms of
additions to family income
as well as surplus tax reve
nue to the county from the
property.
(2) The question of
whether there are people em
ployed or unemployed is not
the significant question for
Montgomery County. The
question is whether Mont-
gomery County is to be only
a bedroom county with all
of us paying property and
other taxes while other jur
isdictions would have all the
industrial plants and labora
tories paying taxes to them.
In other words, let us imagine
that if all residents of Mont
gomery County worked in
Prince Georges County—then
Montgomery County would
collect no taxes at all on
the employing establishments
while Prince Georges County
would collect taxes on es
tablishments employing peo
ple from both counties. It
is quite obvious this type of
system would penalize Mont
gomery County.
The only satisfactory an
swer must be balanced de
velopment, which means
there should be more private
industries located in Mont
gomery County than we now
have. I do not wish to imply
that we should not attempt
to maintain quality of resi
dential developments. This
is where industrial parks
come in. In past devolpment
we have crammed industries
onto small lots in the side
streets of Silver Spring, and
along the railroad between
Lyttonsville and Rockville,
and tucked away in other
spots.
If we encourage the de
. velopment and attraction of
' industry which is compat
ible and desirable, the stag
gering costs of future county
services will be borne more
equitably and Montgomery
County will realize at least
a part of its true potential
for ecopomic progress.
Jerome P. Pickard, Ph.D.,
Research Director,
Washington Board of Trade.
Economic Development
. Committee.
View of Front Roval
White students were not
driven from the Front Royal
high school by court or
NAACP action. They were
driven away by Virginia's
“massive resistance” laws
and are new staying out by
choice.
Most of these students will
return to the school in the
fall and the white people
of Warren County will no
Pen names may be used ts
letters carry writers’ correct
names and addresses All
letters are subject to conden - '■
sation.
longer pay the larger part \
of the school - supporting \
taxes when Negroes there
control equal income and
wealth. The former are but
paying Tor their monopoly
on privilege and opportunity.
Race prejudice exacts a price
—a high one—from all
parties concerned.
J. W. Haywood, Jr.
About the Anthem
A letter from the gallant
Harvey I. Miller, colonel of
the Marine Corps, protested
the omission from the Star-
Spangled Banner of the third
stanza.
As a charter member of
the American Legion, George
Washington Post No. 1, in the
early days I had the privilege
of sitting in post meetings
with a former official of The
Star, Charles B. Hanford
• Henry Hanford’s brother),
who had been a distinguished
Shakespearean actor.
Mr. Hanford had a mag
nificent bass voice, and it was
a treat to hear him recite the
Star Spangled Banner.' He
made a point of including all
four stanzas. I believe he
retired from the stage be
cause of physical infirmity,
perhaps arthritis. But he
never lost the magic of a dig
nified, impressive presence,
and the carrying quality of
his wonderful voice.
Some years ago Senator
Keyes of New Hampshire
had reproduced a facsimile
of the national anthem in
Francis Scott Key’s hand
writing, of which I have a
copy, and the third stanza
appears in that.
A somewhat common error
is made in the rendition of
the first stanza, as the orig
inal shows that the line
1 should read “And the rocket’s
■ red glare, the bomb bursting
t in air,” the two nouns being
• in the singular, instead of the
: plural as usually printed.
Congratulations to you and
Col. Miller.
John D. Rhodes.
Official Reporter, United *
States Senate.
Captive Nations \
It is amazing that even \
illustrious Western public fig- ]
ures seem to believe in the :
possibility of concluding a ]
durable agreement on Euro
pean problems with the So
viet Union which just violated
an international agreement 1
on Berlin.
It is equally amazing that
influential Western politi
cians are sponsoring the plan
of a European security pact
between members of the At
lantic and the so-called War
saw pacts.
Such a European security
system would mean that the
Western powers give not only
political but even military
guarantee and protection to
all the satellite regimes in
cluding the Kadar regime in
Hungary which was branded
by the U. N. General Assembly
as placed in power by the
Soviet army.
The deterrent effect of
both the American nuclear
power of retaliation and the
determination of the cap
tive peoples to regain their
freedom has been in the post
war period, and still is, the
mainstay of Western Euro
pean security. Therefore, it
would be fateful for the West
to eliminate definitively the
hope of the captive nations
in the Western powers’ firm
ness to stick to the basic
principles of freedom and
justice.
The plan of giving Western
military guarantees to the
Soviet and satellite regimes
is predicated on the highly
questionable assumption that
the negative Soviet policy on
the reunification of Germany
is motivated only by consid
erations of security and not
I by plans of further expansion.
r By their acceptance of the
, European security plan, the
' Western powers would per
’ petuate the enslavement of
. the peoples of Eastern
Europe.
j Laszlo Bartok.
e Former Hungarian Envoy
e and Minister Plenipoten
o tiary.
Seoul vs. Tokyo
The “common sense” which
you call for to bring about a
mutually satisfactory settle
ment of the current dispute
between my government and
Japan is the very element
which is noticeably missing in
the actions of the Japanese
officials. I think that your
readership might have re
ceived a negative impression
from your editorial (“Seoul-
Tokyo Squabble,” February
•18) because of the lack of
proper statement of our posi
tion and full elaboration of
the facts.
Yes, it is true that there
are some 600,000 Koreans liv
ing in Japan, most of whom
are impoverished. But this is
because they originally had
been conscript labor and had
been forced into virtual slav
ery in Japan before and dur
ing World War H. The Jap
anese never fulfilled their
pledge of compensation. The
impoverishment of these Ko
reans stems from the basic
neglect and the Japanese
failure to keep their promises.
It could well be that the
many thousands of our Ko
rean residents in Japan are
subject to all sorts of Com
munist pressures. No one can
be sure of how “free” their
choices really are.
It is very obvious to see
how the Japanese repatria
tion proposal could seriously
threaten the Republic of
Korea. It is a known fact
that the Communist puppet
regime of North Korea is now
suffering a severe manpower
shortage. A forced repatria
tion of tens of thousands of
Koreans to North Korea
would not only bfc a valuable
weapon directed against the
Republic of Korea but against
the United Nations command
as well.
A more constructive solu
tion to the problem would be
for the Japanese officials to
honestly shoulder their real
responsibilities, make proper
arrangements for the long
due compensation and halt
the discriminations against
the Korean residents.
You conclude your editorial
by urging that American “in
fliiAvwin Ua flltmof a/I ♦ Ail? n r/I
fluence be directed toward
persuading Mr. Rhee.” How
ever, American public opinion
should be directed toward in
fluencing the Japanese offi
cials, who provoked the crisis
by their unilateral declara
tions with most peculiar tim
ing. Why must you single out
my great President as the
focal point iui your criticism?
All of the Korean people are
united on this question, even
including the leaders of the
Opposition Party.
Pyo Wook Han,
Minister, Charge d’Af
faires ad Interim,
Korea Embassy.
Annuitants' Plight
Retirement annuities are
gradually vanishing because
of inflation. Why do some
Congressmen become econ
omy-minded and object so
strenuously when it comes
to giving deserving senior
annuitants a small raise to
help them exist? How can
anyone play politics with
human misery? Millions are
given away anually to foreign
countries. We are not asking
for charity. We gave our
best years to our Government
and country. We only ask
fair play. The Government
has a continuing responsibil
ity for the welfare of retired
Federal employes.
Jacob Knofer.
Site for Pillars
I have noted that the Com
mission for the Extension of
the United States Capitol has
no plans for the disposition
of the 24 sandstone pillars.
I can suggest what I believe
to be an excellent use for
these 24 pillars, or at least
some of them.
Plans have been approved
for the erection of a Munici
pal Stadium for the District.
Why not use as many of these
old sandstone pillars as pos
sible in the various entrances
and exits of the new Munici
pal Stadium? In addition to
the practical economy of my
i suggestion, the pillars will
have a historic interest for
the hundreds of thousands of
, people who will attend various
activities in the stadium.
Percy R. Schultx.
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
By THOMAS R. HENRY
Army Keeps Cradle From the Grave
A gas proof “cradle” has
been designed by Army
chemists.
It is intended to protect
babies and small children
against both war gases and
disease germs which might
be released by an enemy
against civilian populations
in another war in which non
combatants would be in as
much danger as soldiers.
The present design, how
ever, is planned primarily for
protection of children of mili
tary personnel at posts where
gas and biological warfare
experiments may be in prog
ress. The work was carried
out in co-operation with the
Civil Defense Administration
which has adopted the idea
for civilians.
The design, as described by
the Army Chemical Corps, is
essentially a portable protec
tive inclosure into which in
fants and small children can
be placed at the first alarm.
It is an elongated, tentlike
structure made of flexible
plastic and supported by an
easily erected metal frame.
Necessary oxygen, carbon di
oxide and moisturp inter
change between the inside
and outside of the protector
and detoxification of the en
tering air are accomplished »
by means of panels of filter
ing materials installed in the
slanted side walls. One of the
side walls is fitted with a
clear plastic window to pro
vide good vision both for the
child and the “baby sitter.”
Easy to Store
A baglike extension pro
jects from one end of the
protector to accommodate the
feet of larger children. A car
rying strap is attached to
the metal frame. For storage,
the protector can be folded
into a flat, rectangular shape
and slipped into a flat case
to protect it from moisture
and contamination.
The Chemical Corps, in co
operation with the Forest
Products Laboratory of the
Department of Agriculture,
also has developed a fiber
diffusion board to be built
into homes for the better
protection of civilian adults.
Somewhat like ordinary fiber
board, but having charcoal
and other added components,
the material could be man
ufactured commercially in
large quantities. It could be
used for construction of small
shelters, or as a liner in
existing shelters.
"The board is so construct
ed,” says a Chemical Corps
report, “that air diffuses
through it, with the material
acting as a filter tp take out
solid particles, droplets and
liquids or vapors of toxic
agents. Shelters constructed
of this board would act as a
barrier for toxic particles but
would allow clear air to pass
through.
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES l. TRACEWELL
Eating in the old days was
more fun, wasn’t it?
Nobody worried about cal
ories then, and food was so
cheap that everybody had
plenty.
Mrs. C. P. C. of Cleveland
Park writes:
“I wis particularly touched
by a recent correspondent’s
words about coal ranges and
red tablecloths.
“Like you, I always ate in
the dining room, but as a
child I loved our large warm
kitchen with its alluring
scents and cheerful aspect
"Occasionally my mother
gave a ‘ladies' luncheon’
complete, in the r'neties.
with lighted candles under
pink shades, in the middle of
the day
“Sometimes my father j
would take me to Harvey’s— 1
then at Twelfth and ‘the Ave
nue’ —for frogs' legs or some i
exotic dish, but I much pre- i
ferred to be relegated to the
kitchen and to lunch off the
red tablecloth there—so much
livelier than our dull white
cloth in current use.
** * *
“Mush, too, struck a remi
niscent note.
“How many good things we
had to eat then that could
be well prepared only on a
coal range. We had a gas
stove in the kitchen for sum
mer or emergency use. but
generally the coal range
burned steadily with a soup
kettle simmering and a big
pot of oatmeal steaming for
six to eight hours.
“I attended Mrs. Somers’
School—now Mount Vernon
Seminary—then at Eleventh
and M streets.
“We day scholars remained
until 1:30 and by the time 1
reached home on McPherson
Square it was 2 o'clock and
the family had left the dining
room.
"I always ate in solitary
state with a book or the
Youth s Companion propped
up on the table in front of
me, and my favorite of all
luncheon foods was fried
mush and molasses —of which
I consumed quantities incon
ceivable now, in these calorie
conscious days.
“We always had eggs,
chicken or chops for lunch,
but I liked such tidbits to
be accompanied by macaroni
and cheese, batter cakes and
syrup or other tasty trifles,
with oranges or apple sauce
for dessert.
“With it all, I never seemed
to gain weight.
"Our dining room was pa
pered in blue, also, but our
paintings were good ones—
Max Weill’s landscapes, many
of which are still in my home,
and pictures by Holmes,
Moser and other flrst-rate
artists.
“We still use our silver
“Where the breathing of
the occupants of small In
closed shelters would ordinar
ily cause a hazardous accu
mulation of carbon dioxide, a
special feature of this board
allows carbon dioxide and
water vapor to diffuse to
the outside. Approximately a
square yard of this board
would provide enough breath
able air for one man for an
extended period.
“The board is capable of
filtering out atomic or radio
active dust but it does not
afford protection against di-
rect radiation from an atomic
blast. Like wallboard. it can
be planed, sawed and nailed.”
** * *
Bats may constitute a big
reservoir of virus diseases to
which they themselves are
immune.
They harbor the organisms
in their blood. These are
passed on to mosquitoes
which pass them on to man.
Both the extent of the
reservoir and reasons for the
immunity of the flying
mammals, in some respects
rather close to humans, are
being explored by biologists
of the Army Chemical Corps.
From the research, they hdpe.
may come new techniques for
producing immunity in hu
mans.
Basic research has shown,
say the Army doctors at
Fort Detrick, Md„ the corps’
biological warfare center, that
when bats are inoculated
with either Venezuelan equine
or Japanese B encephalitis
they build up an extremely
high concentration of the
virus but do not develop any
symptoms of the disease. The
concentration is built up over
a three-day period, main
tained for 26 days, and then
quickly disappears. This im
mune response of a virus host
is not known elsewhere.
Bats Related to Man
One presumption at Fort
Detrick is that when mos
quitoes and bats have a com
mon habitat the insect in
oculates the bat with a rel
atively harmless concentra
tion of the virus. Three days
later it would take from the
. bat a high concentration.
, sufficient to infect man or
• some other mammal,
i The present study deals with
> the reaction of bats to other
i Vtiimnn
viruses which produce human
diseases. Bats, the research
ers point out, are more closely
related to man, apes and
monkeys than to any other
animals on the evolutionary
scale. In the past, however,
they generally have been
overlooked as laboratory ani
mals, although it may gen
erally be assumed that their
pathological reactions would
be more similar to those of
man than would those of rats
or rabbits.
napkin rings—even though
they are dated! By which I
mean that both my own and
my husband’s bear the dates
of our respective births.”
** * *
When Temp Jones weighed
only 90 pounds, and was as
thin as the proverbial rail,
he loved all the good things
mentioned above, plus animal
crackers, soda crackers, gin
ger snaps and pretzels.
It was not these things,
however, that distinguished
young Jones, but the way he
ate them.
For weeks on end, he
would eat nothing but ani
mal crackers and milk.
His family, friends and re
lations all thought him mildly
insane, and maybe he was,
but he enjoyed it. '
Then, suddenly, for no rea
son, he would switch over to
soda crackers and milk. Those
were the big crackers com
monly sold out of barrels in
the corner grocery.
After a run of several
months, the crackers would
be given the go-by for
ginger snaps. •
These were not ordinary
ginger snaps, but the ex
tremely thin, crisp sort sold
in tin cans.
Three or four months
would go by, and Temp would
switch once more, this time
to pretzels.
With plenty of milk (no
body was afraid of "fallout,”
then), the curly pretzels
mildly salted and served with
a big white pitcher of creamy
milk—Washington has al
ways had the best milk in the
world—Templeton Jones was
set up for a hearty meal.
And he never gained an
ounce. After he had given
in to the combined pleas of
his family, and gone back to
a conventional diet, he ate
heartily, and still didn’t
gain.
Those were the carbo
hydrate days!
Now the dietetic pendulum
has switched to proteins, and
we are told that unless we get
from 70 t< 120 grams of pro
tein per day we will suffer
severely.
“Maybe,” says old Temp
Jones, as he still sits down
to cracker's and milk.
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Q. In the Roman calendar,
did the ides fall on the same
date each month? —W. P.
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given to the 15th day of the
month in March, May, July
and October, and to the 13th
day of the other months.