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Mischief-Making at Lima
As S. S. Santa Clara, bearing Sec
retary Hull and the United States’
delegation, approaches Lima, word
comes from the conference city that
our representatives face not only the
legitimately difficult task of culti
vating Latin American sentiment, but
the far graver problem of combating
subversive machinations from non
conference quarters. It is not sur
prising to learn that the mischief
making emanates from agents of
Berlin and Rome, or that its purpose
Is to depopularize the idea of inter
American solidarity and make our
Central and South American friends
believe their true interests lie not in
New World democracy, but in Euro
pean Fascism.
Washington has long been aware
that these influences were at work
beyond the Rio Grande and the Isth
mus, boring away like termites to
undermine the structure of free gov
ernment and unhampered trade, and
to supplant it with totalitarianism.
But Messrs. Hull, Landon, Berle,
Steinhardt and their colleagues could
hardly have suspected the imme
diately pre - conference conditions
which are turning Lima into a hot
bed of underground intrigue, specious
propaganda and shady diplomacy.
John W. White, seasoned South
American correspondent of the New
York Times, cables a chapter-and
verse account of the Nazi-Fascist
activities at the Peruvian crossroads
where the sister Americas are about
to pool their minds and interests.
"Agents of the Rome-Berlin axis,”
Mr. White reports, "have begun a
determined battle to prevent the
formation at Lima of a Pan-Amer
ican axis that might strengthen the
United States’ influence in South and
Central America at the expense of
Germany and Italy.” To that end
there has recently been an influx of
German and Italian unofficial’"ob
servers” who are now busy in pre
conference lobbying among Latin
American delegates. “Their main
argument,” the New York Times
writer explains, “is that Pan-Amer
icanism makes Latin Americans the
tail of the North American dog,
which does all the wagging. They
urge Latin Americans to tie up with
Europe commercially and politically
as independent nations, rather than
become North American protec
torates.”
One might suppose, at a moment
when German-American relations
are strained to the breaking point by
the Nazi carnival of anti-Semitic
brutality, that the Reich would order
its minions in South America to lie
low, in so far as thwarting the United
States at Peru is concerned. That is
to say, this might be supposed, on the
premise that Hitler and Von Ribben
trop wish to re-establish friendly in
tercourse with this Government and
people. Berlin is following a course
at Lima calculated to postpone, if
not utterly to prevent, resumption of
even tolerable relations with a regime
which is inimical to the American
way.
Jim Farley says he is “convinced
that the people of any city or State
resent outside interference in their
local affairs.” Many of us are con
vinced we can recite some of the
recent happenings that helped con
vince him.
t Beyond the Law
The mistrial in the Warring case,
unfortunate in itself, points to a
deplorable weakness in our law—a
situation in which a man charged
with one crime can plead another
crime as his defense without being
prosecuted for the second offense.
The Warring brothers and a tax
consultant were tried for a con
spiracy to violate the income tax
laws. Explaining the failure of the
Warrings to pay certain income
taxes, it was asserted they were
engaged in the numbers racket and
therefore had found it expedient to
pay large sums to policemen for
“protection.”
As every one knows, the operation
of a numbers game and the payment
of bribes to police officers are both
crimes. Yet, because of a legal tech
nicality, there can be no prosecution
on either count on the basis of the
facts brought out in the tax trial.
The law requires the prosecuting
authorities to prove the “corpus
delicti”—the body of the crime. In
the bribery matter, for instance, it
would be necessary for the district
attorney to show that money had
been paid to a particular policeman.
Because the bribed officers cannot
be Identified, the Warrings cannot
be tried for that offense despite the
fact that several witnesses testified
in the income tax case that the
Warrings had admitted making such
payments.
Undoubtedly the legal technicality
here involved has served a useful
purpose on other occasions, but in
this case it seems an unreasonable
barrier to the administration of
justice. Some revision of our law
appears in order—at least to the
extent of making it impossible for
an alleged offender to plead one
crime, for which he cannot be pun
ished, as a defense to another crime
of which he stands accused.
Pedestrian Control
The District Commissioners have
set December 29 as the date for a
public hearing on proposed regula
tion of pedestrian traffic. They
have drawn up two suggested regu
lations for the purpose of discussion
at that time—prohibition of pedes
trians crossing in the middle of a
block and regulation of pedestrians
crossing at intersections whether or
not the corner is controlled by lights
or police.
These proposals were adopted after
a study of regulations in fifty-six
cities by the director of traffic and
other District ofljcials. They found
that nine cities prohibit crossing in
the middle of blocks, twenty-nine
cities and the same number of States
require pedestrians to obey signals
at intersections, twenty-two States
forbid crossing between intersections
when lights control adjacent corners
and thirty-one States allow pedes
trians to cross anywhere when there
are no signals, but give motor traffic
the right of way.
The action of the Commissioners
brings Washington a step nearer to
the solution of one of its major
traffic problems, particularly in view
of statistics presented by Traffic
Director Van Duzer showing that
more than half of the accidents
involving pedestrions occur between
intersections.
The matter is now up to the citi
zens. Their views are asked and
their co-operation is necessary if the
toll of death and injury is to be
reduced. Any form of pedestrian
control must be co-operative, on the
part of motorists as well as of pedes
trians. Persons on foot crossing a
street legally must be given their
right of way if numerous individuals
are not to be driven to unlawful
crossing1,
Every pedestrian must learn his
responsibility. But he must be
yielded his full rights. Perhaps one
solution would be a slight lengthen
ing of the time for clearing controlled
intersections and for the more wide
spread use of the arrow system of
lights in the congested areas.
Whatever regulation is adopted,
however, the motorist and pedestrian
alike must bear in mind that the
fundamental purpose of any control
measure is to define precisely the
rights and obligations of each.
Policies of Taxation
In addition to some seemingly
logical grounds for doubt as to the
constitutionality of a Federal system
of “incentive taxation” as a means of
encouraging more widespread experi
mentation with profit-sharing plans,
the very idea o£ governmental bar
gaining through tax concessions
shapes up as neither sound nor prac
tical economics.
In their primary purpose, taxes
are instrumentalities for raising rev
enue and each departure from this
purpose merely distorts and compli
cates the tax structure. Under the
theory of incentive taxation, if one
party benefits by lighter taxes an
other party automatically must pay
heavier taxes. The only escape from
that injustice, should such taxes be
adopted, would lie in the willingness
or ability of-government to subsist
on an amount of revenue made
smaller in direct proportion to the
concessions granted. On its face,
this is not a sound economic condi
tion.
As for the practicality, it is even
more obvious that adjustment of
each corporate tax return to a rate
determined by the amount of profits
shared with the employes would be a
tremendous administrative task. And
since the employer taxpayer already
may obtain a degree of tax relief for
his profit sharing merely by includ
ing the extra distribution in his de
ductions for compensation paid em
ployes, some inducement already
exists.
In questioning the wisdom of in
centive taxation, it must be ac
knowledged that similar objections
apply with even greater force to
punitive taxation. It behooves those
who currently are shaping the Fed
eral tax policies to examine more
closely some of the existing levies,
perhaps to discover that incentive
might be extended merely by with
drawing provisions now punitive in
effect.
New Industries
Charles F. Kettering is a practical
man. He dreams things, but he also
does things. And the things he does
wke constructive, positive in their
character. It follows, then, that his
opinions are important. When he
says that America needs new indus
tries he is speaking as an authority
to whom the whole public should be
glad to listen. The automobile, the
motion picture, mechanical refrigera
tion, air-conditioning, organic chem
istry, medical science—all these have
enriched the people of the world, not
excluding the United States, What
is wanted is further progress in the
same direction and to the same
effect. Specifically, Mr. Kettering
proposes “an inventions congress or
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conference here” to study “probable”,
advances. )
Of course, he does not believe that
riches can be wished into existence
at a word of command. Rather, he
knows only too well that “some of
the most important things to do you
can’t do in a hurry.” But there is
no efficiency in delaying the start.
The Federal Government has tried
to promote prosperity by arbitrary
redistribution of the earnings of such
men as Mr. Kettering. It now might
do worse than try the method of
“organized common sense,” giving
inventors and financiers a license to
attempt the solution of the problems
of poverty in line with their own
philosophy of production.
The idea is not new. Utopian
visionaries for centuries have argued
for a civilization dependent upon
“the best brains.” Mr. Kettering
would make an ideal chairman for
the meeting he suggests. If even one
new industry develops as the result
of the gathering, the effort will be
worth-while.
'Beater'
Quite a few years ago Merrie Eng
land was in the grip of a fascinating
game known as “Beaver.” It was
played by all classes of society, from
’Erbert the ’uckster up to Lord Mont
morency and his monocled minions,
and consisted in keeping a weather
eye peeled for beards. The first one
to spot a luxuriant specimen of home
grown facial fungus would announce
his discovery writh a loud cry of
‘Beaver!” and score one point, while
the contestants continued on through
Piccadilly flushing other quarry.
Densely foliaged members of the
Conservative Club raged at the sac
rilege and followed the time-honored
custom of writing to the Times; but
nothing could be done. They had to
slink along the byways of London,
nerves aquiver and ears wide open
fV the dread cry of Beaver, until in
desperation they bought razors and
resorted to surgery. The lack of a
sound conservation policy became
evident soon. The beards of Britain
were decimated to such an appalling
extent that no more sport was avail
able, and the players were obliged to
fall back on cricket and get only
vicarious thrills out of watching
Ponderby-Jones’ stupendous feat of
bowling out St. John Kingsford
Smith in two hours and a quarter for
a giand total of only a hundred and
twenty-three earned runs.
Now, it may be, better days are in
store—when H. M.'S. Research gets
back to port. The Research is a
non-magnetic ship, built for the ad
miralty, and no iron or steel is al
lowed aboard other than the mag
netic instruments she carries. The
instruments are particularly allergic
to razor blades, so the crew have had
to leave theirs with the dock 'purser.
At sea, while they are checking up on
the vagaries of the earth's mag
netism, nature w’ill function relent
lessly, and by the time they get borne
they will have qualified for the Gil
lette chamber of horrors. Then, as
they scatter for cover, there may be
one last field day for the devotees of
Beaver.
Shooting Stars
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Dodger. »
Talk about your autos and the way they
burn the air—
The speed that they are making doesn’t
really compare
With the swiftness that's expected from
the average citizen
Who gets into the hustle and the bustle,
now and then.
He's got to keep on dodging to the left
or to the right,
He longs to teach his muscles the rapid
ity of light.
If you feel yourself unwilling to be cut
down like a flower,
You've got to side-step at the rate of
sixty miles an hour.
Dodging airplane? as they whirl in
strange delirious glee; •
Dodging grafters all alert wherever you
may be;.
Dodging consequences when some foolish
thing is said;
Dodging some dictator who decides to
punch your head;
No wonder men get nervous as the days
go rushing by.
The Nation's indigestion isn’t wholly due
to pie.
This life's a constant study to develop
speed and power
When you must side-step at the rate of
sixty miles an hour.
Close Observation.
“Do you think there are any great
orators left?”
“Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum.
“It is my opinion that great orators are
nearly always left.”
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“The pen is mightier than the sword,”
said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, "but
it doesn’t make near as much show in
a parade.”
The Approaching Congress.
Though now and then a great man
reaches
Renown, but little it avails.
He makes about the same old speeches
And tells about the same old tales!
Serenely Skeptical.
“I wonder if the people on Mars are
speculating on whether this earth is in
habited by people of superior intelli
gence?”
“No,” answered Mr. Cumrox. “If they
have any facilities for accurate observa
tion, they probably announced that this
Earth is populated and let it go at that.”
The Limit.
Our earth speeds on the stars amid.
We sit last and admire.
Let’s hope that it will never skid,
Or get a punctured tire.
“Des low flym’ aviators,” said Uncle
Eben, “might at least pervide a plain
walkin’ man wif a cast-iron umbrella
when he has to go out on de road.”
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New Books at
Random
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By Margaret Germond.
BEHOLD OUR LAND. By Russell Lord.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Americans as a whole are rather proud
of their knowledge of their own land,
and with good reason. It is a land about
which so much has been written and
proclaimed from so many angles that
until now most of us have probably been
content in the belief that the coverage
had been thorough and the record as
nearly complete as constantly changing
social and economic conditions permit.
But Mr. Lord has traveled a new road to
a barely known destination and here pre
sents a chronicle that is wholly different
and that arouses interest in a subject
that has become a challenge to the far
sightedness, the patience and the in
genuity of man.
Specifically, “Behold Our Land” is
the story of America’s soil, but it is also
considerably more than that. Mr. Wil
liam Allen White describes it as a trans
lation into human terms of the “vast
topographical differences of the various
regions of the United States.” And Mr.
Lord’s pronouncement in the first chap
ter that “the story starts with stardust
and ends in the troubled present” is no
overstatement of fact. His chronicle of
the soil of this broad land goes beyond
the dawn of history, before there was
life on the earth, tracing the vast proc
esses of nature leading to land formation
and moving on to the development of
vegetation, the growth of great forests
through thousands of years and finally
to the settlement by white men on the
virgin soil of the unknown continent.
What happened to the soil at the
hands of the white man is the burden
of this unusual narrative, which is an
evolution rather than the carrying out
of an idea. In 1934 Mr. Lord was asked
by the publishers of this book to write
a story giving an Easterner’s view of the
West, that vast territory stretching be
yond Pittsburgh to the Pacific. He
went down to his farm in the tidewater
region of Maryland to write, but before
getting very far he was called to Wash
ington and asked to go out over the
country for the newly created Soil Con
servation Service and write its first na
tional bulletin. As a newspaperman as
well as a farm owner he traveled as a
seeker after information and as a stu
dent of the soil. And what is more im
portant, he entered into his new work
with consideration for and appreciation
of the differences of regional character
istics that distinguish the various popu
lation'groups of America. Soil, climate,
blood, social organization and other
tangible and intangible elements that
make eacli section of this vast country
different from the other sections are ac
counted for in a story about the land of
America and what has happened to it.
“We are giants and masters of de
struction,” states Mr. Lord, and “every
soiled stream and Uuststorm in the
United States today advances the spec
tacle of one farm, county, and State
moving into another or out to sea at a
rate for which there is no known prece
dent, over a country as a whole. Given
one of the richest and most beautiful
lands <jjn earth to tend, we have taken
shamefully poor care of it.”
* * * *
Only in recent years has soil erosion
and soil wastage been recognized as a
matter over which there should be grave
national concern. Floods, drought and
duststorms have been more or less taken
for granted as a part of the toll exacted
for progress. Even the knowledge that
man s greed for land and his feverish
haste to make it pay were largely re
sponsible for waste through flood and
storm did not serve to check abuse and
neglect of the priceless heritage of land.
Now the situation is one which affects the
whole economic structure of the Nation
and that requires remedial measures on
a large scale.
Mr. Lord does not go into a discussion
of ways and means for restoration of the
damage already done, nor does he propose
a plan to put an end to practices so long
engaged in by American land owners
who have failed to recognize the danger
they have themselves created. Neither
does he take the matter into the realm
of politics. The purpose has been sim
ply to arrest public attention and arouse
opinion in a matter that is of vital im
portance. Such a task is not easy of
accomplishment with a race of the
temperament of United States Ameri
cans, but this book has a compelling
quality^ that is irresistible to any one
who opens it, whether for merely curious
reasons or because of genera^ interest.
It is a good book from every standpoint,
and one which a united citizenship
should accept with gratitude, for it is
a plea to restore full health to a living
body, thus described:
“Land and sea, plain and mountain,
cloud and stream, desert, Arctic cap—
all Earth is of one body and alive. Sun
shine is the pumping heartbeat. Water
Is Earth's blood circulating, bearing
food in solution, breaking down dead
tissue, building seed, and bringing it to
life. Rock is Earth’s skeleton. Soil is
her skin, her lungs, her entrails, and
her womb.” This, the author admits,
may sound abrupt, but he believes that
“Americans are old enough now to be
told about the soil.”
Seeks Accurate Presentation
Of Tuberculosis Data.
To the Editor of The Star:
The District Health Department, In
making an analysis of tuberculosis death
rates in 46 cities, says:
“It is interesting to note that San
Antonio, Memphis, New Orleans, Balti
more, Cincinnati and Birmingham,
which were all among the 10 cities with
highest rates, all have large colored
populations.” According to the 1930
census, the colored population of San
Antonio, which had the highest tuber
culosis death rate in 1937 of any of the
46 cities studied, constituted less than 8
per cent of the total population; Mem
phis and Birmingham each had 38 per
cent colored.
It is evident that wherever these high
death rates prevail, the “large” colored
population will be blamed, whether such
population constitutes 8 per cent or 38
per cent of the total. If the colored
group were actually responsible for the
high tuberculosis mortality rates of San
Antonio, which have so long been at
tributed thereto, that group would have
long since become extinct. Tubercu
losis is a serious problem, and if it is to
be fought effectively the truth must not
be concealed. ROBERT H. HOLLEY,
December 3.
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THIS AND THAT
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By Charles E. Tracewell.
Christmas pudding for the birds Is
prepared as follows, according to a recipe
sent in by a correspondent"
1 pound lamb kidney suet.
1 cup chopped raw peanuts.
1 cup bird seed, mixed.
1 tablespoon dried currants.
1 teaspoon sharp sand.
“Chop the suet,” says this friend of
birds, “and melt, and when cool and still
soft, add other ingredients, and pack
into pine cones and hang to ends of
branches."
* * * *
“Your comments on birds in your ‘This
and That’ are interesting and instruc
tive and no doubt have been of great
benefit to them, bring to your readers a
better understanding of the habits and
requirements of our little feathered
friends,” says this correspondent.
“I am sending you a recipe for prepar
ing bird food. You may like to share it
with your readers. It was given to me
at one of the flower shows in New York.
“You will note that the recipe calls for
sharp sand, which we are told is most
necessary and at times impossible for the
birds to get it during winter.
* * * *
“Only yesterday I was asked if it is true
that hummingbirds never alight. I had
heard it said that hummingsbirds feed
on the wing only.
“This is a mistaken idea. For the past
two years at our place in the country we
have installed a ’hummingbird bar.’
".Small bottles, with flower-shaped
pieces of red flannel around the neck,
filled with sweetened water, were hung
along the railing of the porch.
“At short intervals all day until eve
ning we had the fascinating amusement
of watching our winged visitors sipping
' while they sat on the bottle.
"Often they would perch on the rail
ing, rest awhile, turn their heads from
side to side, contemplate their audience
silting on the porch, then return to the
bottle and take as many as 35 long
drinks before flying away, then return
soon to the feast. Their visits continued
until September 10, one year and a day
or two earlier another September.
ik A * *
“At a summer residence in our locality
the gardener built a splendid shelter for
the winter birds.
“He used corn stalks, fastening them
with heavy wire over the top and partly
down the sides of the grape arbor.
“Suspended a little below this roof is
a large feeding tray which is entirely
protected from the snow and wind. Many
birds use it as a roost at night and, of
course, their food is always dry and
available. It is certainly an excellent
idea.”
* * * *
There is often some situation in the
aterage yard where such a shelter could
be built, but care should be taken to put
the protection on the west and north, if
possible.
The open side preferably should be to
ward the house, so that the friends of the
songsters which winter with us will be
able to watch their guests.
This Is an Important point, In placing
all feeding stations, whether in shelters
or out In the open. They should be so
located that they are visible from a favor
ite window, if from a favorite chair, so
much the better.
After all, birds need food more than
they do shelter of any kind, at least
the human idea of shelter.
* * * *
The best service a shelter offers is to
keep food dry and clean.
We do not believe birds like soggy
food, although they will eat it if noth
ing better is at claw.
Food exposed to moisture mildews in
a short time; certainly a bird could find
it no more appetizing than a human.
Recent research tends to show that
certain types of mildews and smuts of
grains will cause diseases in birds.
It is a sure fact that no one who goes
to the trouble and expense of feeding
the winter birds wants to run any chance
of causing sickness to his feathered
guests.
* * * *
Hence some sort of cover over the
mixed grains and seeds is good policy.
Most of the feeders made today offer
small roofs over the feeding platform.
•The roof may not seem large, but
usually it is sufficient so to protect the
food except in the case of the most slant
ing rain.
With a good turnout of guests, the
feeding stations is cleaned out at least
once a day, and usually oftener, especial
ly in bitter cold.
This means that even if wet the fo6d
is eaten too quickly to go bad; it is bet
ter to feed simply on the ground than
not at all.
* * * *
We note this, because it is a mistake
to feel that there is anything compli
cated about feeding the birds, or that ex
pensive equipment is necessary.
Most of the feeding stations, of various
types, offered for sale, are well built and
will last for years, with ordinary han
dling, and are not expensive, considering
the service they give. »
The important thing is the food. Chick
feed, mixed with sunflower seeds, is good,
but will not attract the better birds as
readily as seed mixtures, made for the
purpose, and commonly called wild bird
food.
If these types of food are not avail
able, much may be done with old bread,
crackers, or odds and eeds of breakfast
foods and the like, often simply dumped
into the garbage can.
The ardent bird fancier will not stick
at sorting over the cleaner types of food
leftovers, and putting them out for the
birds. A vast amount of waste might be
utilized in this manner. There would
still be enough for the pigs.
Letters to The Star
Oroup Health Member
Defends Community Chest.
To the Editor of The Star:
Probably this letter is too late to do
much good. But'the more I read of the
withholding of Community Chest con
tributions because of the Group Health
argument, the more annoyed I get.
Now I belong to Group Health. And I
am prepared to take^sides for it in its
"current dispute with "the D. C. Medical
Society. And, furthermore, I have pledged
what I felt I could toward its support.
But I have also pledged something for
the Chest, which sum, as always, I shall
contribute as I have promised.
And it seems to me that even a child
could see that the hospitals are not re
sponsible for the action of the Medical
Society, and that to withhold Chest
funds, although it may represent a pro
test, far from doing any real good, only
penalizes those citizens who cannot in
any way be held responsible for the
situation.
The families on the Chest rolls do not
and cannot belong to Group Health. The
hospitals cannot stand up against the
Medical Society. The association is no
doubt acting according to its own best
judgment. And those Chest contributors
who have reserved their pledges are, I am
sure, using v. hat seems to them the most
effective protest, possible.
But It should be easy to see that the
only result is to leave the innocent by
standers on the Chest rolls holding the
bag. It is not their dispute. They are
not interested in an academic argument
between organized and socialized medi
cine.
It is all very well to protest the stand
of the Medical Society. But to do it in
such a way as to penalize our less fortu
nate and such worthy neighbors seems a
peculiarly asinine thing.
December 5. M. F. B.
Little Red Schoolhouse ,
Program Appreciated.
To the Editor of The Star:
Permit me to express my appreciation
for the “Little Red Schoolhouse” broad
casts heard over Station WMAL every
Wednesday at 4 p.m. They are a graphic
demonstration of present-day educa
tional methods and results accomplished
in the elementary schools. I have tuned
in with great interest on the broadcasts.
As a parent of two young hopefuls, I
sincerely thank you for your part in
making these broadcasts possible.
1 A. R. EVERHART.
November 23.
Urges Necessity of
“Stopping” Hitler.
To the Editor of The Star:
It seems to me a terrible thing for
Hitler, the dictator of Germany only,
thank God, to drive the Jews out of Ger
many when the world knows there are
among them some of the greatest scien
tists" and musicians, and the rich ones
have been very generous to charity al
ways. It seems a pity to send any of
them to South Africa or Madagascar, as
it won’t be long before they are driven
out of there if England and France con
tinue to let Hitler run mad.
We saved the world 20 years ago from
the tyranny of Germany, but it does not
seem to have lasted. It is a pity that
England and France allow Germany to
get so far ahead in armaments. I sug
gest the United States stay out of Euro
pean fights, but fully believe in very
strong preparedness in this country at
all times. Back of all these wars is Je?.!
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ousy, enw and hate of the success of
other countries. This country must take
care, first,, of the twelve million unem
ployed here before we accept any others.
It would do the Jews no good to come
here as there is no work for them and
would only mean more suffering for in
nocent people. There is a God and He
will find some place for them to live
safely. This terrible situation in Ger
many cannot continue any longer.
Something must be done about it. Hit
ler must be stopped.
MILDRED A. RUTTENCUTTER.
November 22.
Urges That America
Act Now to Aid Jews.
Tb the Editor of The Star:
The united response of Christianity to
Jewish sufferings reflects the real spirit of
the teachings of Jesus. It is like a ray of
sunshine in the mist of the darkness of
religious persecution.
The Old Testament says that, if one
saves or helps one person it is like he has
saved the world and that the Lord has
special rewards for such deeds. Right
after the war America overlooked its own
war wounds and went to the aid of the
enemy, to feed those who had spilled
American blood. Such deeds are unique
in history and have accumulated a lot
of interest to America’s credit in the
Lord’s bank.
One can now see that America is in
line to receive payment. When God
wanted to repay Egypt for her hospital
ity to Abraham, He had Joseph's brothers
sell him into slavery in order that he
might become the savior of Egypt.
If we and our sister republic in this
hemisphere will aid in the transplant
ing of these people we will harvest all
the fruits for generations.
Bishop Hughes was right in turning
back the pages of history to Haman.
When Mordecia tried to enlist Esther's
aid and she hesitated, he told her if
Haman had his way she would not be
safe, even in the king’s palace. How
right his words are now! We see that
our Christian brothers are now not safe
in the king’s palace. The flames of hate
are burning their churches and homes.
What will become of us if we only stand
and condemn these flames of hate?
America must act before it is too late.
The flames of hate reach out for our
children and our homes.
ANNA LANSBURGH.
November 17.
Recommends Article on
Peace of Munich.
To the Editor of The Star:
I should like to recommend to the peo
ple of Washington and neighboring
towns Demaree Bess’ article, “European
Showdown,” in the December 3 issue of
tire Saturday Evening Post.
Every native American and every
naturalized American who is faithful to
the ideals of his adopted country ought
to read this article. In these days of
confusion we need more constructive, in
formative and enlightening reports like
this one. It serves well as an armor
plate against the revolting propagandas
that are bursting all about the Americas
today. NATIVE AMERICAN.
November 38.
Answers
To Questions *
By Frederic J. HasJcin.
A reader can get the answer to any
question of fact by writing The Eve
ning Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin, director, Washington,
D. C. Please inclose stamp for reply.
Q. Please give the names of some
women who are presidents of banks.—
J. G. H.
A. A partial list is as follows: Miss
Flaude B. Cleveland, Addison 'Mich.)
Savings Bank; Mrs. Jane Brown Davis,
Bank of Athens (Ohio), N. B. A.; Mrs.
Annie M. Ward Ganguet, president and
cashier, the Bank of Cuba (Ala.); Mrs.
Wilma Sinclair LeVan, the Union Sav
ings Bank & Trust Co., Steubenville,
Ohio; Miss Lillian O’Connell, First Na
tional Bank of Coalgate, Okla.; Mrs.
Mary G. Roebling, Trenton (N. J.) Trust
Co.; Mrs. Josephine M. Brice, State Bank
of Wheatland, Wyo.; Mrs. Rutfi Malcolm,
Farmers’ State .Bank, Canton, Wis.;
Emma Duerrwaechter, Germantown
(Wis.) State Bank.
Q. Where is the city of the Dahlia?—
E. J. N. % t
- A. Inglewood, Calif., is so called'.
Q. What is San Jacinto Day?—W. S. G.
A. It is the anniversary of thfe Battle
of San Jacinto, which occurred April 21,
1836. It is a legal holiday in Taxas.
Q. Who said, “Our country, right or
wrong”?—O. H.
A. “Our country! In her intercourse
with foreign nations may she always be
in the right; but our country, right or
wrong” is a toast given by Stephen De
catur.
Q. How many Jews are there in Italy?
—S. J. H.
A. There are 57,425 Jews in that
country.
Q. What position does a man take
when escorting two women?—R. F.
A. When a man is walking with two *
women, he occupies the position next to
the highway exactly as he does when he
is walking with one woman.
Q. Which of our Presidents were bald
headed?—*?. H. M.
A. John Quincy Adams was the only
President who was bald-headed.
Q. Please give a list of children's an
nuals similar to “Cnatterbox.”—J. H. M.
A. Some of the best children’s annuals
are as follows: “Big Book for Boys,”
“Big Book for Girls,” “Chicks Own Man
ual,” “Holiday Annual,” Piaybox An
nual” and “Tiger Tim Annual.” *
Q. Is Mahatma Gandhi married?—
K. H. L. *
A. He is, married and has four sons
and several grandchildren. Married at
the age of 13, in 1900 he took a per
petual vow of celibacy.
Q. What nation is best prepared for
war?—M. H. S.
A. Soviet Russia has an armv'consist
ing of nearly 2,500.000 men and a trained >
reserve force of 18.000.000. In addition
there is a partially trained reserve of
13 000.000. The country, has the world's
largest fleet of submarines and 40.000
airplanes either ready or under construc
tion. Twenty per cent of the national
budget ($4,000,000,000) is being spent on
armament.
Q. Who owns the ovster beds?—R.
G. H.
A. The Federal Government has juris
diction in sanitary matters, but State
fishery authorities control the oyster in
dustry. In the Southern States oysters
are generally from public grounds.
Q. What are the diseases which cause
the most deaths in the United States?—
F. J.
A. The nine leading causes of death in
this country are in order: Heart disease,
cancer, apoplexy, pneumonia, accidents
of various kinds, nephritis or kidney trou
ble, tuberculosis, diabetes and appendi
citis.
Q. Who are the editors of the maga
zine Your Life?—L. K. G.
A. Wilfred J. Funk is editorial director,
Douglas E. Lurton, editor, and Donald
G. Cooley, managing editor.
Q. What are some of the most historic
trees in New York State?—J. H. M.
A. A partial list as compiled by the
New York State College of Forestry at
Syracuse University is as follows: The
Friendship Elm, planted by King Edward
VII when Prince of Wales, Central Park,
New York City; the Friendship Elm,
planted by the Duke of Windsor when
Prince of Wales, Central Park, New York
City; European Green Beech, planted by
Queen of the Belgians, Central Park,
New York City; the Wayne Black Walnut,
Stoney Point, N. Y.; Hessian Beeches,
Bay Ridge, N. Y.; Verplanck Kentucky
Coffee Tree, Fishkill on the Hudson;
Caledonia Council Elm, Caledonia, N. Y.
(high school grounds); Council Elm,
Johnstown Cemetery, Johnstown, N. Y.;
Elm of Italy Hollow, near town of Potter,
N. Y.; Fort Stanwix Elm, Rome, N. Y.;
Markam Elm, Avon, N. Y.; Pioneer Elm,
Ballston Spa, N. Y.; Republican Party
Oak, South avenue and West Onondaga
streets, Syracuse, N. Y.; Seneca Council ’
Elm, near Kanandesaga, N. Y.; Council
Maple, Cayuga, N. Y.
Q. Is the height of girls increasing?—
E. W. M.
A. A study shows that during the last
30 years the average height of students
entering Vassar College increased an
inch and a half. The average height of
girls entering Stanford University ini
creased one and a fifth inches.
Q. What material is used for wrap
ping cotton bales?—W. J. B.
A. Until recently cotton bales were
wrapped in jute, but a cotton bagging
has been developed which weighs 4 Vi
pounds per pattern instead of 12 pounds.
It also gives better protection than Jute.
Q. What famous artist went with the
Rough Riders to Cuba?—E. S. G.
A. Howard Chandler Christy went to
Cuba with the 2d United States Regulars
and Rough Riders.
Q. Where was Prances Perkins mar
ried?—E. H. M.
A. The Secretary of Labor was mar
ried to Paul Caldwell Wilson in Grace
Episcopal Church, New York City, on
September 26, 1913. The ceremony waa
performed by the Rev. Charles Slattery. ^