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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-07-09

AOOCI1O VyC1.
"Nekdo znamy k nam jde a
pes no poznal," Tekl Pf1hoda a
zustal sedeti.
Pojednou otevrely Sc dvefe
a ma prahu stanul voj1n v pro
moklem plasti a S opefenym
kloboukem ma hlave. Zraky
vsech obratily Sc k prlchozlmu
zvedave.
"Pozdrav vas panbGh vespo
lex! TAX uz jsem doma," fekl
pTichozf a snav klobou, postou-
pill ode dveT1.
"Jenik!" vykTikl Prihoda a
vytrestil oci.
Baruska vykrikla pronikave
a sahla 81 k srdci.
"Kristapana! Mrtv1 vstavaj1
z hrobu!" zvolala Marica.
"Jenze jsou ziv1," dial Sc Je-
mix do smichu a chopil matku
do naruce a zacal il l1bati.
Kdyby toho nebyl ucinil, byla
by spadla Sc zidle, nebot byla
blizka mdlobe.
Ted Sc take ostatn1 vzpama-
tovali.
Prihoda chopil Jen1ka do ma
ruce, tlskl no k sobe a fekl
"Myslili jsme, ze's mrtev."
"Vzdyt nam psali, re isl
zmrzl," rekla Marica.
"Ani mne nenapadlo," small
lse Jenik, svlekaje promokly
plast.
Marica honem shanela We
ceTi a potion ~nastalo ~vysvetlo-
lvani a domlouvani. Pc ztrnu-
lem pTekvapen1 dostavila Sc
povznesena nalada re stastne-
no shledan1.
"Me zlate d1te, co jsem sc
pro tebe naplakala, 'Fekla Ma
RIGA, hlad1c syna pc tvafi.
Gale proc jste mne povazo-
vail "a mrtveho?" small Sc Je-
mix.
"Kdyz nam to psali cd ira.
du," rekl Prfhoda.
"A mdj lfstek, ktery jsem
YAM postal pc pfevratu, jste
nedostali?"
Gnu dostali, ale myslili jsme.
re je to starry l1stek," fekl Pr.
hoda.
Baruska sedici naproti bra.
ltrovi a hled1c1 mu stale S bla.
zenym 1smevem do ocf, zavr-
tela pojednou hlavou: "Zmuz.
mel isl tam, ale zdas Sc mi ne.
Ijaky jiny, myslfm oblicej mas
nejaky CHI"
Jenfk sc jen usmal a pood-
hrnul vlasy S celia. Objevila sc
dlouha jizva tahnouc1 Sc k u.
chu. Baruska sebou leknute
trhla, matka sepjala ruce na
prsou a otec rekl: "Tys byl ra.
men do hlavy?"
Jenik Sc jen usmal: INA Pi.
ave mi tenhle "pozdrav z dali
poslali MadaTi."
Jenik jedi smazena vejce
ktera mu matka ma rychlo pfi
pravila, Baruska skocila dc
hospody pro zbanek piva a Pr
hoda pfinesl z druhe svetnice
modrou 1redn1 obalku. "Tuhle
mas cerne ma b1lem, re isl uni
eel Albanii," Tekl.
oak mohl jen tenhle omy
povstati?" divil Sc Jen1k vyta
huje dopisy z obalky. Kdyi
vypadl listek l~egitimacnf, ude
Til sc pesti do celia a zvolal
"Uz tomu rozumfm. Zavini
jsem to sam. Kdyz jsme ustu
povali Albanif, to uz jsem ne
byl zajatcem, ale slouzil jsen
jako porucik v srbske armada
a dial jsem sve rakouske kalho
ty jistemu silhankovi, kterJ
byl re zdejsf krajiny. Tat1nel
Dude vedeti, ktery to byl, pc
chazel z nektere bl1zke obce
protoze mne znal. lima byls
kruta a on mel jen cvilinky
chtel jsem no tedy zachranit
pred zmrznutfm, ale nezachr;
nil jsem no. Nasel jsem no pal
mezi zmrzlymi zajatci pfi sill
nici. Nez jsem mu spodky dial
zapomnel jsem odvazati OF
kapsy svnj rakousky legitima'
nj medajlonek, no, kdyz potion
Rakusane zmrzleho Silhank;
nasli, soudili poole tohoto list
ku, re jsem to ja."
Gale matku by to hnedle by
10 zabilo," pravil otec. Ivy
.|starala mi jednou tyhle listing
ktere jsem pred nj ukryval
omdlela. Bali jsme sc tehdy
re z toho umfe!"
Gale ted uz, manu., neumre
te?" lichotil sc Jenlk k matce
libaje il ruku.
Ii NToD x - 10 hx,oh LxyI
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-07-09
Diva legionafi
POVnKA Napsal BeMch MWavec T

uloziv no tn ma plasti, sedl 81 k
n6mu a dr1mali sede. Kdyz
parn1k mfjel Zadnl Indii, ude-
lalo sc Marinkovi tax spatne,
re Vondracek k nemu zavolal
lekare. LekaT jen zakyval hla-
YOU a naTidil, ably Marinko byl
pTenesen do kajuty nemoc-
nych a ulozen ma lGzko.
"VezmeS ST no ma starost,
bratre?" ptal Sc lekar Won
dracka.
"Nehnu sc Cd neho," odvetil
tento ochotne.
"Budes hnedle vysvobozen,"
Tekl lekaT tiSe.
Vondracek vytTestil leknu-
tim oci. Lekar jen prudce "a
kyval hlavou a opustil kajutu.
V Columbu nakladal parnfk
move zasoby potravin a Marin
ko projevil pTan1, kdyby mel
trochu limonady, &c cftf v pr
sou velikou palcivost. Vondra-
eek vymohl 81 hned dovolenf,
adv Sc smell odebrati do mesta
a "a p1l hodiny vratil Sc s dve-
ma lahvemi limonady.
Marinko pill hltave.
"Dekuji ii, bratTe," rekl sla-
bym hlasem. "Ulevilo sc mi
znacn6. To bylo dopoledne,
odpoledne parnfk opet vyplul
a pokracoval v ceste. Sotva
octl Sc ma Siren mort, volal
Vondracek lekaTe k Marinko-
vi. Objevil Sc tenky prame-
mex krve, ktery vyprystel Ma
rinkovi z list a stekal mu kout-
KEN pc tvari. Oblicej nemoc-
neho dostaval Sedivou barvu a
ztracel svou podobu.
"Je konec," Tekl lekaT.
Jeste jednou otevrel Marin
ko oci a zaseptal slabe: aka
ma"
eco to rekl?" zeptal Sc le-
kaT Septem.
"Nerozumel jsem," odvetil
Vondracek a dial Sc do place.
O pGlnoci zastavily sc vsec-
ky stroje parnfku a parn1k sta
null ma Siren mort. Bratr1 Sc
radili Sc ma palube Poole rot:
byla jich paluba pima. Diva
bratrf pTinesli mrtvolu Marin
kovu oblecenou V legionarsky
pTivazanem ma prkne a
zahalenou cervenob1lym pra-
porem. Nastal velebny okam-
xix. Plukovn1k pronesl mad
mrtvolou rec, pri n1z bratTf sta
Ii jake sochy. More bylo tiche,
We svitu mes1ce podobala Sc je-
no hladina roztavenemu stT1-
bru. Velebnym tichem zazne-
la pojednou re sta hrdel veleb-
ma hymna "Kde domov muj" a
diva bratrf spustili otevrenym
pazen1m mrtvolu do more.
Vondracek dial Sc nahlas do
place a uprchl dolG do podlo-
di.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-07-09

Tret1ho dine vratil Sc Jenlk
do Prahy. PTichazel pax cas-
tell domG ma navstevu a tax u
plynula lima. Marica il letos
dobre ~prestala; znacne k to-
mu pTispela radost, re ma oba
syny 1--WE. Ma jare pTisel do
pis cd Marinka. Zm1nil Sc v
mem take O panu Najeki a je-
no dceri Akane, jak jsou k ne
mu dobr1 a jak mu tato INA
most usnadnuje cekani, nez Sc
dostane dom1.
"Naposledy Sc ten chlapec
take v cizine ozen1," usmal Sc
Pffhoda. "Pa 81 privezl Srb-
ku, Jen1k Italku a Marinko 81
snad pfiveze Japonku."
Jaro uplynulo rychle "a sta
lie prace, v lete byl Jenlk do
ma ma delsf dovolene, ably po-
mohl otci pri zn1ch. Nina psa-
la stale listy pine touhy a ne
trpelivosti a Marica nutila Je.
n1ka, ably pro MIMI dojel.
Muslin 81 opatrit cestovn:
prGkaz a dojeti pro MI" rex
Jenfk. "Kdo vi, kdy mlsto maj
du a ona by Sc mi utrapila."
"Ostatne je jedno, ceka-li I
svych rodicG nebo u nas," do
dial PTihoda. "Jen pro nj do
Jedi"
Bylo v polovine srpna, u Pr
hodG sklfzeli ovsy, Jenlk by
jeste donna a prevleceny V OBJ
cansky oblek, pomahal otc
svazeti 1rodu S poll. Rodin;
sesedla Sc prave ku svacine
kdyz Baruska, vyhlednuvsi
okna, zvolala: eide k nam ne
legionar!"
"Marinko!" z~volala Marica
I (Pokracovanf.)
Evening star., 1937-01-27
Mississippi Flood Problem.

Once again we pay the price OF agrt-
cultural greed and neglected reforesta-
ton in the great areas of the United
States drained by the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi Rivers.
For nearly 80 years the United States
Engineering Corps has built the levees
higher and higher while timber cutters
destroyed the natural watersheds and
reclamation projects drained the vast
swamps which provided natural over
flow for the lower Mississippi. In that
time there have been four major floods,
but the residents of the river cities rarely
passed Spring without fear of mum
dation. OF course, the primary cause Of
the present disaster is the open Winter,
which allowed the heavy rains to food
all the small streams where the moisture
usually is frostbound until Spring. But
had the trees cut from riverlands during
this 30-year period been replaced and
the drained swamplands, good only for
an occasional crop, been opened again
as natural overflow the now ever-present
danger of flood might be averted.
There is vast area adjacent to the
banks Of the Mississippi between Cairo,
Ill, and Memphis, Tenn, once known
as the Southeast Missouri" section, ex-
Evening star., 1937-01-27

now taking the form of an organized
drive to destroy Jewish shopkeepers by
boycott. Already all Jews have been
forced to leave certain townships. Jewish
attendance at universities has been re-
duced about sixty per cent. Refusal by
the minister of education to approve the
segregation of Jewish students Is con-
stant source of riots and strikes. An in
teresting aspect of the controversy is the
attitude of the Socialist party, which
alone among important political groups
openly opposes anti-Semitism. Socialists
insist there would be no Jewish question
in Poland if the national economy were
reconstructed so as to permit peasants to
earn respectable livelihood. BY and
large, there is regrettably cumulative
evidence that Polish Jews face conditions
as oppressive as those under which their
German brethren are suffering.
The situation, with its peril of spread
ing to other sections of the Old World,
lends special interest to the approaching
meeting in Washington of American Jews
associated with the United Palestine Ap-
peal. Among its leading participants
will be DR.. Chain Weizmann, who, as
president of the World Zionist Organiza-
tion, has rendered such eminent service
in making the national homeland a
haven for prosecuted Jews from many
lands.
Evening star., 1937-01-27

tending well into Northern Arkansas.
Thirty years ago it was veritable ever
glade of swampland and the scene of
vast timber operations. Soon after the
best Of the lumber was gone the great
reclamation dredges were biting their
way into the area, along their self-cut
bitches, draining the swamp waters into
the river and erecting levees to raise
fine crops Of corn. Losses were frequent
from the overflows, but prices were good
and the land was SO fertile that farmers
could afford to take the chance.
Then came the great floods of 1928
Strangely enough, the floods seem to come
in consecutive years. The waters again
poured through this whole area and the
residents huddled on railroad embank-
ments and lived in freight cars until the
Red Cross could get them back to their
lands. During the past few years farm
ing has not been so profitable in this
area, and 1t is here that the Army
Engineers expect this perhaps greatest
of all Ohio-M Mississippi floods again to
pour into its natural spillway and re-
lieve the weakened levees. 1t is the first
real test of their plan and if successful
will encourage extension of the spillway
system.
But in the final analysis until there Is
some definite policy of reforesting the
watersheds and "reclaiming" drained
swamp lands for the rivers, the race of
levee builders against the floods probably
will continue and Congress will be asked
to pour additional millions into the lower
Mississippi and Ohio Valleys.
Evening star., 1937-01-27
Advocates a Later Date for
The Inaugural Procession

To the Editor Of The Star:
The letter published in The Star
headed Hold the Inauguration Festival
in May or June" written by Mr.. Fowler,
is a most sensible one and deserving of
serious consideration by those with
legislative authority. 1t seems that we
learn very slowly how to do things in a
sensible way. Why should we hold in
augural ceremonies in season OF such
dangerous weather as is usual in the
Winter months? 1t was on the 30th of
April, 1789, that George Washington took
the oath of Office and instituted the first
inaugural ceremony.
7 suggest that the oath of office be
taken as provided by the Constitution in
January, but that the parade be post
poned till April 30, the anniversary Of
the Inauguration of George Washington.
If that is too early for the ceremony, I
suggest June 14-Flag day-which would
be a fitting occasion for the ceremonies.
RUSSELL ROCKS.
Evening star., 1937-01-27
Paint Is No Protection
At the ''Safety Zones''
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
After reading an account in Saturdays
Star Of young woman being severely
injured when struck by an automobile
while standing in Wisconsin avenue
safety zone, I am convinced that your
paper can render great service by i'm
pressing upon the Public Service Com
mission and other District officials that
1t is more imperative to protect human
lives than Snow-removing equipment.
The excuse that the turtle-back but
tons, which should protect every safety
zone, were temporarily removed to facili-
tate removal of snow and eliminate dam
age to plowS, seems indeed ridiculous.
Furthermore, spreading little yellow
paint to designate safety zone is no
protection to those unfortunate souls
who depend on street cars for transpor-
tation.
Last october I was practically wit
ness to an accident when a mother was
killed and her small son severely in
jured by an automobile driven through
the safety zone at Woodley road and
Wisconsin avenue. This accident like
wise occurred at zone having no turtle
back markers.
Shortly after this tragedy turtle-back
markers were installed, but recently they
were taken up again. Since their re-
moval have observed that invariably
many motorists pay no attention to the
yellow lines marking the zone. Last
night, while standing in front of our
apartment at 1905 Wisconsin avenue, I
noticed that about every other car drove
directly through the zone. Unless proper
steps are taken to correct this condition
further loss of life or serious injuries will
occur to more innocent people.
After all, persons holding public Office
are nothing more than Salaried employees
of the people. Therefore we must look
to them to put stop to this slaughter
and injury of human lives.
If it takes turtle-back button markers
or additional traffic patrolmen or the in
stallation of more traffic signals, then
the people are entitled to such protective
measures. L. G.. EMMERT.
Evening star., 1937-01-27
Two Mistakes.

General Motors executives made
mistake in refusing to attend Secretary
Perkins conference. They may have
lacked, and with very good reason, faith
in the Secretary of Labor's ability to
accomplish anything by the conference.
The Secretary of Labors ability to
accomplish much by conferences has
not been demonstrated.
That, however, is not the point. Gen
eral Motors executives had just seen
John L. Lewis, by his inept statements,
put himself neatly in hole. They
plainly enjoyed the advantage of public
sentiment which resented Mr.. Lewis
bombaStic attempt to bulldoze the Presi-
dent. But instead of using that ad-
vantage for their own ends, General
Motors executives neatly pulled Mr..
Lewis out Of the hole and put them
selves in. That is where they are for
the time being.
The American people are not as much
interested in the demands of the labor
organizers and the rights of the auto
mobile manufacturers as they are in
getting this strike settled through peace
able and reasonably fair agreement.
Such agreement can only come through
conference. And the attitude that no
conferences will be possible until the
other side has made certain concessions
Is not conducive to any settlement.
In the meantime, Secretary Perkins
has not covered herself with glory in
her tacit conformation of that newly
imported French novelty-the sit-down
strike. This weapon is new in the United
States under the name it now bears
But it has been known in the past as
trespass. And trespass has not, in the
past, been condoned by the Federal
Government In stating that the legal
tty of the sit-down strike has yet to be
determined" coupling that opinion with
others which indicate that, like other
forms of strike and picketing, it will
become legal, Secretary Perkins has
shown partisan attitude which can not
be helpful and may prove to be dangerous
1t is true that the sit-down strikes
legality is yet to be tested. Public author
tiles have been slow to act in interference
with the sit-down strikers. Public senti-
ment has not crystallized in its appraisal
of this particular form of force. People
are reserving judgment until they know
more about what is behind the sit-down
strike and what may be its potential uses.
But when the sit-down strike is tested
In the courts, 1t is difficult to believe that
the decision will be anything but that it
is not only Illegal but highly unfair and
dangerous to the public interest.
Evening star., 1937-01-27
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Aggressive Benefactor

The Aggressive Benefactor.
Each mortal that you meet
AS you travel down the street
viii tell you he is busy with a plan
Which, he hasn't any doubt,
viii in course of time work out
In ways to benefit his fellow man.
1t may be weapon neat
For warriors when they meet.
He'll present it to his own special clan.
Great good he means to do,
Even though he kills few.
It's all to benefit his fellow man.
Evening star., 1937-01-27
Bus Driver Takes Exception
To Editorial i'm The Star
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
In The Star of January 10 there ap-
peared an editorial under the headline of
Roasting in a Bus" In my opinion, it
was general slam at all city bus opera
tors. This is certainly unwarranted.
We operators are governed by set OF
strict rules and regulations, which are
put out by the P. U. c. and the Capital
Transit Co. Naturally, all of these are
not obeyed 100 per cent. No person, COM
pany or corporation is perfect. There
fore we must look for and expect mis-
takes, especially when the local transit
company has had to make SO many
changes.
There are always two sides to ques-
ton. Not so long ago the cry was for
more heat and more ventilation. The
latter was to come from sources other
than the windows. Now they have both
and the nature Of the latest cry was
clearly expressed in the editorial men
toned. Some people are cold-blooded,
some hot-blooded and the others are
just moderate. Some dress in wool,
some in silk and satin, some wear over
coats, some wear topcoats and others
wear none. The moral that it is i'm
possible to please every one, learned
from the story of the man, boy and mule,
would serve we'll in this case.
If some were to have their way they
would probably do as follows: Inclose
each seat and have private heaters and
ventilators which would be regulated by
a porter upon request of the rider. This
is not a slur or slam. but I just want
some to find out how their own medicine
tastes.
I think the transit patrons of Wash
ington are, as whole, polite and very
patient But in ironing out your diff
culties please be considerate. am will
ing to take my share of the blame.
ARTHUR GILCHRIST.
Evening star., 1937-01-27
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

slowing up for a second. without one
thought or care that the pedestrian
crossing the street might slip.
1t took some of the Joy out Of Spring
in January, but not all Of it.
The cardinals still were singing to
each other over the tops Of the highest
oaks.
They managed to get along in their
flying without Smacking into each other,
without running down any smaller birds.
One wondered why human beings, with
their superior intelligence, couldn't
manage to do the same thing achieved
by these other two-legged creatures.
Maybe-such was the suspicion-the
machines had really gotten out Of his
control?
Maybe the machines had taken control
themselves and were dashing along
highways Of their own free will, which.
because it was a perfectly mechanical
will, was utterly devoid Of sympathy,
prudence, thought Of others.
Maybe these things which came roar
ing at him out of the semi-dark really
were bent on manning, killing him.
He had better be careful, in any event.
n Il ~
WAldb hCPO NOA1AA4AS boNh dA4A hAAONhAAA6
at his heart and mind, time after time,
was the thought2
But why won't they give me chance?
"When they see me trying to cross on
such a wet. slippery morning. they know
perfectly well that am fallible human
being as themselves.
"They know that I might slip, or I
might start to think about something
else
"If they, as fellow humans, had any
regard, in the abstract, for their fellow
human beings in a tight place, surely
they would slow down just trifle.
That trife would permit me to make
the curb easily"
He wondered II 1t followed that the
great average human being behind
wheel really lost his regard for other
human beings, in the abstract.
Placed face to face with any pedeS-
trian any motoriSt would have at least
an abstract regard for him to a certain
extent, as worked out over the CEN
turies. 1t is in the very blood and bone
and mental fiber of men of good will, at
least. But in a car he seems to lose this
good abstraction. And one wonders
why. Can it be that machines make
might right?
1t was more refreshing, undoubtedly
better, to think about the cardinal birds,
singing their Spring song in January,
when they had no business singing it,
but how glad 1t made the morning seem.
and how free from the danger of wheels
and steel and gasoline!
The modern trinity-steel and wheel
and gasoline. And the gobblins will
git yu, II yu don't watch outl"
Safe in the trees the birds sing away,
answering the lure Of rain and warmth
together.
Sweeter than gasoline is rain. safer
than spark-plug the warmth Of the day.
Storm clouds bank up in the South.
Another rain is coming!
Safe on the other curb at last, the
pedestrian uses what little breath he has
left to sing with the cardinals.
AS we walked that way we thought we
caught strain Of his song:
Didn't get me that time! I am not
old enough yet. They prefer their VIC
tins to be so years and up, preferably
3 score and TO-"
Evening star., 1937-01-27
Jews i'm Poland.

Anti-Semitism Is no phenomenon in
Poland. Internationally since foundation
Of the republic at the end of the World
War, the plight of the Jews there has
been distressing one. Recurring War
saw governments, well-intentioned for
the most part toward citizens of Jewish
faith, have never been able fully to re-
press widespread popular and political
prejudice against them. With the in
filtration of NaN influence across the
border after the advent of Hitlerism in
Germany, the country has witnessed a
progressively rising tide of anti-Semitism,
which now has reached proportions that
threaten to engulf not only Polish Jews,
but co-religionists throughout Eastern
Europe, in the merciless fate that has be-
fallen the race in the Reich.
To their credit, the present authorities
at Warsaw have refused resolutely to
deprive Jews Of their rights as equal
citizens, despite the clamor of their enc
mics for discriminatory treatment. The
governments attitude is maintained with
difficulty. It faces the opposition both of
the National Democratic party and of
growing numbers among it's own sup
porters. At the moment, the cabinet is
concentrating upon resistance to a cru
SADIE designed to bring about wholesale
evacuation of Jews. At one time Jewish
leaders favored such a project, and were
planning systematic migration to the
French colonies, but such an exodus is no
longer feasible because Of the necessity
to confine available financial aid to help
ing Germany's destitute Jews.
AS result, the anti-Semitic movement
is gaining momentum in Poland. It Is
Evening star., 1937-01-27
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
A Definition.

A Definition.
What is to love? To hear your voice
while knowing
That you are far away, deep seas
dividing;
To feel that should you need me I'd
be going
On a winged flight to where you are
abiding.
Apart, to read the books we loved to
dive in
And see your face in pages conned
together;
Seek out your friends, the ones who
used to drive in
And chat beside your fire in bleak
weather.
If Fate so wills 1t that we must be
parted,
I left in lone estate, you afar rowing,
Then to accept the mandate, broken
hearted,
And live in thoughts Of you. Is not
this loving?