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Evening star., 1937-12-19
Urges Opening Of
Naval Ordnance Plant.
To the Editor of The Star.


THERE are wars and rlmors Of wars
and no one can tell when we will be
forced into one for defense As q national
defense measure and . saving Of the tax
payers money, President Roosevelt should
reopen the Charleston, w. Va. Naval Ord
nance Plant, closed by the late President
Harding
The plant, built when the President was
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy cost
S24,500.000. 1t made arnor plate for S246
ton and the present armor needed for
the two new battleships being built in navy
yards for $4,000 less each than con-
tractors will cost about $500 ton. The
last bid was $3.50 a ton.
Some of the machinery was shipped to
Washington yard, but the two 100-ton
open-hearth furnaces capable of turning
out 200 tons of molten metal every 16
hours, the largest forge press in the United
States U4,000 tons) and most other equip
ment is there in good shape. guarded by
marines In three months all the workers
and key men could be gotten together and
casting could be made.
With $3,0o0,oOO W. P. A. grant this
could be made the second largest ordnance
plant in the world Germany largesD. The
surrounding country has iron, coal, nat
ural gas and cheap Government electricity.
The objections, as before, will come from
the Navy League. Many Of its members
were formerly Army and Navy officers, who
are interested in the steel companies.
This plant is needed now to supply work,
to operate in the national defense program
and to save the taxpayers money. w. P. A.
grant veterans who are little too old to
pass civil service could be employed
JOHN RIGGLES.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
Life of Indians Depicted
In Movie Shown in Italv

ROME P).-The American Indian, as
italian newspaper readers see him in .
movie ad:
THE most spectacular adventure finn
King Of the Redskins
The great romance Of j. Fenimore
Cooper. THE Last of the Mohicans' in
splred this new film which dramatically
revives the legendary enterprises of the
Mohicans and their struggle against the
terrible redskin 'scalpers' In that burning
crucible OF primitive and savage life appear
the first white troops, bearers of another
civilization, advance guard Of filibusterers
edventurers, bootleggers, gangsters and
kidnapers.
But the thinking Of the Redskins,-
does not 60 into this second phase of n.
adventure, contenting itself with the hero,c
part, exalting its warlike undertaking. and
sacrificial gestures"
Evening star., 1937-12-19
Useless Lumber In
Emergency Administrations.

emergency ADMINISTRATORS.
To the Editor Of The Star:
\ S ONE Of those not allowed to work
because I am past lovely youth"
and since the brain does not age by proper
use, may offer few words in support Of
the letter Of S. Alexson in your recent issue
In which he says:
Twenty per cent Of the Works Progress
Administration administrative forces were
never on relief and are holding jobs they
can well afford to give up and make room
for many Of the destitute unemployed"
In the opinion Of this writer, that state
ment Is disgracefully true not only Of
the Works Progress Administration, but Of
many other Federal groups and bureaus
and throughout all the State commissions.
where the political machines" take care
of all their political "sucklings" between
elections.
Administration lists and all other Federal
and State groups be investigated" and
"house cleaned" of useless lumber.
There is also and even more so, that
matter of the (2,000,000) aliens mem
toned in the letter (same issue) OF Charles
Sherman, in which he says this Govern
ment has given employment TO tnat num-
ber for three years. I object to that, while
my own brothers, three representative and
able Americans, cannot get job at either
Of three professions in the building trades.
I say just this, that if the autocratic
schemers in the White House and Congress
do not move in the American way (Which
they can do) to mend these political
preferential" conditions, there will be fur
ther crime waves and rebellions that will
appall them and the world.
Wantonness may cause lot Of crime,
but want and injustice produce more and
worse crimes.
Every family in these United States who
has two members or more on q civil or
Government pay roll, unless each member
is the head Of another family. is guilty Of
robbing those in need, and have no work,
yet are willing to work. There is more
truth than fiction in o. Henry's sketch as
to "The Guilty Party"
y say the guilty party Is political pref
erence" and the army Of selfish political
3obholdrs Ia tbs States and Nation.
q. i ooAT1D.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
Swedes Are Enthusiastic
Receiving Robert Taylor

STOCKHOLM R.-Movie conscious
swedes know and like Robert Taylor, who
once appeared with swedens own Greta
Garbo in q notable film. So when Mr.. Tay-
lor visited Sweden recently his fans pre-
pared an enthusiastic reception at the air
port.
The airplane TAXED up and the crowd
jamed forward. Out popped Taylor, smil-
ing, to say word. From the silent crowd
Q beaming but slightly confused Swede
stepped forward and bawled into . micro
phone:
Long nve Robert Taylor. the Nobel
pg11e winner"
Evening star., 1937-12-19
Economic Future Hard to See
With Prediction Bases Broken
Trend Toward a New Federal State for United
States Confuses Inevitable YearEnd
Initiation Forecasts
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

N YEXT week and the week after the
N year-end seers will be with us, the
| " reviewers who look back over the
past year. the predicters who FORE
cast the new. The latter, the foretellers,
before they make their representations,
ought to 60 through ritual of contrition
They ought to go back to the beginning
Of 1887, look over what they wrote at that
time, and see whether, as they gazed for
ward last January, they correctly antici-
pated where we would be in December
Did any Of them foresee the present re-
cession in business?
Many of the predicters year ago were
uttering alarms about inflation-about
rise In prices which in late stage would
reach the runaway form and result in the
purchasing power of the dollar going down
to 80 or 40 cents or even less. That has
been widely predicted for several years
but the end of 1887 finds the country in the
midst of a drastic and dramatic fall in
prices, of stocks on the exchange and prices
Of most commodities
I am not here intimating that the pre-
dicters of imitation were necessarily wrong
Thye may still be right, we may be nearer
imitation now than we were a year ago
The predicters of imitation may be wrong
only in their timing. Some of the most
highly placed of them continue to be as
certain imitation is coming as they have
been for three or four years past. They
find support for their confidence in the
experience Of other countries In which
violent imitation has taken place
I have talked with an American econ
omist who made study of the French In
f1ation of the early 1920s, in which the
franc went from a purchasing power Of
about 19 cents down to about cents. He
says that the path of the French imitation,
the graph of it, was one of long price
rises followed by brief, violent drops, with.
Evening star., 1937-12-19

and industrial disturbances, nor are they
criminals Our problem, then, Is to put
every willing and able e-bodied man to work
There is no valid excuse for wholesale
unemployment in this country. We can
forget all fear of a surplus as long as
thousands are starving and freezing be-
cause of the lack OF the necessities of life,
and an amazing percentage Of our people
have reduced their budgets to bare bone
and single suit of clothes under pinching
purchasing power. Even should we have a
slight surplus, would it not be far more
sane and humane for the Government to
purchase this surplus and utilize it in
alleviating want instead of spending billions
Of dollars in direct relief, to the humilia-
ton Of American manhood? Why not pay
for overproduction instead of underpro-
duction? The latter has been carried to
such an extreme that our people are not
allowed to keep themselves at work in pro-
ducing their own needs and must depend
upon competing products from other coun-
tries. We are far more concerned about
balancing our trade than our budget.
We would like to see the Government
get its hands off of private business and
stop maintaining an immense bureaucracy
Of idealistic experimentalists (at the tax
payers expense)D who try to tell the
native son of the soil how to run his farm
and the experienced industrialist how to
conduct his business. If they want to
help, it might be done by securing easily
obtained credit and low interest rates. We
would like to put an end to the multi
plicity Of confusing laws for the regula-
tion Of everything in the universe and let
nature again have a chance to try out
her laws, which we believe the Supreme
Court would not declare unconstitutional
We verify believe that the appalling catas-
trophies visited upon us in recent years
are only display of Gods anger at our
puerile attempts to wrest His laws out
Of His hands and the wanton misuse and
waste of His blessings, which He has be-
slowed for the sustenance and happiness
Of His creatures. DAVID A. TAYLOR
Evening star., 1937-12-19
Successful Democracy Needs
Healthy Opposition.

Healthy Opposition.
To the Editor of The Star:
CINCE the beginning Of political organiza-
ton and throughout the history Of
governmental rule there has consistently
existed one fundamental in every body
polite, that Of the minority. 1t has al
ways existed and no doubt always will,
until of course the manifestation Of the
divine order of which the good book speaks
becomes realization to those who visualize
the Shangra-Lai Of the future. It's posi-
ton in modern social orders, especially IN
democracies, is of vital Importance.
In authoritative states, where the dicta-
torial regimes hold sway, the voice of the
minority has either been regimented to a
point where it has become negligible, or
else curtailed to nothingness by the colorful
display of propaganda so ingeniously publi-
cized by such set-ups. Most students OF
government believe that strong minority
Is the best check possible as regards legis-
lative procedure in a republican form OF
government. Despite the warning Of
Washington relative to party government,
history has proven that the best means Of
continuing successful democratic state is
by means Of two strong parties, each one
to act as . brake upon the other. When
Jefferson, although an anti-Federalist at
heart, came into the presidency in 1901, he
took over the strongest principles Of the
Federalists and was joined by many Fed
eralist leaders. The Federalist party was
destroyed by the success Of its own prin-
ciples in the hands of its opponents. For
more tnan decade there were no distinct
issues and no strong parties. Men divided
on personal grounds and this so-called
EZRA Of good feeling" was really period Of
bitter personal politics.
In the spring of 1888, when the people Of
this country wanted . change, it was en-
tirely healthy for one party to receive an
overwhelming mandate Of confidence but
as the political exigencies developed during
the next few years. 1t was Just as imperative
that healthy opposition should arise to
point out the mistakes and fallacies Of
those who piloted the ship Of state. It Is
not for the writer TO commend O. condemn
aets x ~ adm1nilcDtioA ~ y anna
Evening star., 1937-12-19

~oNFUsIoN, unfortunately, has
arisen over the utilization of hos
pital beds at Glenn Dale. I can
~ we'll appreciate that what has been
stated now and then must have left a
sense OF confusion with the public in gen.
eral I am most anxious that this will be
corrected, and above all, I am anxious to
make myself clear to the press, for, after
all, the press Is the great medium through
which public understanding is furthered
Briefly, then. the following points I believe
are material to an understanding of our
problem.
tuberculosis Is communicable disease
The source OF infection nowadays is essen
TALLY from human beings, pasteurization
and the tuberculin test having practically
eliminated bovine tuberculosis as factor
The control program for tuberculosis calls
for:
l. Finding your case and
2. Bringing it under control.
The control measures are largely repre-
sented in withdrawing the infected patient
from contact with others, which means
disqualification. disqualification, in turn,
does not merely serve the purpose of with
drawing the source of infection, but mani
festly should secure the cure of the patient
as well as his education. so that when re-
leased from the sanatorium he may not be
menace, through careless practices, to
his environment.
Applying these general well-establshed
principles of practice to the local situation,
the question arises, How many beds ought
we have to deal more effectively with our
problem?
The National tuberculosis Association
recommends two beds for each annual
death as reasonable minimum standard
in providing sanatorium facilities. Applied
to the local situation with more than $50
deaths annually, this would mean that We
should have some 1900 beds for the tu-
berculosis patients. AS matter of fact
we are locally, on the basis of this stand
ard, short by approximately 400 beds. The
number Of beds at present available is as
follows:
Glenn Dale building for adults 400 beds
Glenn Dale. building for children 800
Gallinger Hospital al-170
Evening star., 1937-12-19

\ YEXT week and the week after the
Y year-end seers will be with us, the
" reviewers who look back over the
ma st wear the nredicterS uhn forn-
Evening star., 1937-12-19
From The Stars Letter Mail
DR. Rutland Discusses the tuberculosis Pbe-Vws Unemployment
Importance of a Strong Minority.

The tollo,Uing letter from DR..
Ruhland is in reply to one from
The Star requesting classification
OF the problem of disqualification
for children and adults at Glenn
Dale.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
CoIumnist Set Right
On Puerto Rican Patronage.

To the Editor OF The Star:
T SUSPECT that q faulty information
L source is responsible for inaccuracies in
comment made by H. r. Baukhage in the
issue of November 10. In the concluding
paragraphs of the colnmn the writer refers
to the intrusion of national political patron
age into purely insular matter.
Mr.. Baukhage was presumably discussing
appointment of the director Of the newly
organized tourist bureau Of Puerto Rico.
This enterprise is financed by the insular
government and the appointee is Puerto
Rican. At no time did Postmaster General
Farley nor Secretary Chip Robert have
any more to do with selecting the can
didate than they had in appointing Mr..
Baukhage to his editorial assignment The
appointment had been under consideration
for more than six months. The only ap-
pointments in Puerto Rico that 60 through
the mill at Washington are for Federal
posts and the half dozen positions In the
insular government filled by the Presi-
dent.
Mr.. Baukhage begins his comment by
saying that Gov. Winship lacks political
insight because Of his former Army service.
If this were true he would not have con-
tinued in Office for four years. Were he
as lacking in executive skill and Judgment
as the columnist suggests, he would not
have achieved recognition by the three
principal political parties in Puerto Rico
as the most popular and efficient Governor
the island has ever had He enjoys the
complete confidence Of the authorities in
Washington and OF the majority Of Puerto
Ricans Affairs Of Puerto Rico are cleared
Avaf af a
where every precaution is taken to prevent
any conflict between insular and national
politics .
These are facts your readers should know.
G. LEIGH STEVENSON,
Publicity Section, Department
OF Agriculture and Commerce,
Government Of Puerto Rico.
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WOMANS WORLD
BY ARDEN II. DUANE
(for AMP
STYLE CHATS

Designers are choosing sumptous
fabrics for their evening dresses this
year Duvetine as soft as velvet !. +.
patterned metal lanes IL. metal
shot taffetas and sheers double
faced satins silk iaces .. silk
jerseys ribbed silks metal
threaded matelasse.
Not all the skirts will be as mar
row as an eel this time. There will
be gathered fullness back and
front. The backs of some of the day
and evening dresses are gathered
thickly to give wide swing while
the front is slim and straight.
The well-dressed women will sure
ly carry this idea out this winter.
She will wear a hat especially de-
signed for dinner gowns.
Dress buttons arc Playing an inl-
portant part this winter. Wooden
buttons in forms Of animal, signs q
the zodiac, flower designs. Belt
buckles are in the same theme. you
can use your antique coins Of gold
and silver for smartness and md
yiduality. Have the coins trim the
suit lapels. Hang a few on your
charm bracelets on into necklaces.
Coin buttons are also used on winter
dresses. And, use them as fobs Iof
key rings.
Have you seen the new coilec1loh
of formal and informal bags! Inc
now ;eweled fabrics are used loI
evening bags. Isn't this fuli q
snarkle, rhinestone mesh Wh'.e
,.h;nestones on black seed pearls
On satin (the satin must match the
color Of your evening slippersl. biaes
ante,opes and satins are desigheu
for tea-time and dinner costumes
Tbev have extremely odd shapes
so.n,s &c bottles, pyramids and feea
haos There is also q bag Just ~
.ftarnoon or dinner. 1t is black sat'h
u,;th 4 chiffon handkerchief tiea =
tho TOP handle or pulled under ','e
Gan 10 make the handle. Ihls manu-,
,arch;ef can be removed easily anu
: : ao,ored one substituted. Isn't tnat
charming way to carry oo' 0ns
ao,or ! scheme of your costume
' - ~, are thinking Of purchasing
) new evening wrar for the gay t'naes
: @ = : IL yon'll want to know about
4,,.a ,'' nav material. 1t is suede crush
nroof and waterproof 'os' =.
49, indeed for crowded antomo--
h;,es and rainy. snowy nights.
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lions $ Baby
Contest Ends

Tuesday evening of next week,
October 26, marks the close of a
strenuous baby contest sponsored by
the Trustee and Usher Boards Of the
Zion Baptist Church.
This vigorous contest has aroused
unusual interest and the outcome is
awaited eagerly. First prize is $40,
second prize is SIS, third prize SIS,
and fourth prize, $3.50. Each en-
trant will receive modest souvenir.
The participants have been drawn
from various sections of the com
munity including several churches
and civic organizations. The moth
ers are listed as follows:
Mrs. n. Bishop. Mrs. B. Golfer,
Mrs. NJ. Couzens, Mrs. Dorothy Jef-
ferson, Mrs. III. l.. Mcneil, Mrs.
RUBY Jones and Mrs. vergie Happy.
The public is invited to attend the
victory meeting at Zion Baptist
Church.
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Young Beauticians
Making Progress at
Rernice's 5 School

The student body Of Bernice's
School Of Cosmetology are working
with great zeal and earnestness and
portray very promising group Of
3eaatlcians. Regardless how diiii-
cult the assignment, either theory or
practical they never hesitate until
Il Is mastered. Under the guidance
Of Miss TreadwelI with her extreme
/ interesting technique Of teaching
The school will turn out the best
in the country. Students
mav still enroll for the small sum
of $500
The school wishes to remind the
public that the student clinic IS stu
ii operation. Any student you de-
sire to give you treatment IS at your
disposal at 8 am, / pm, and p.m.'
Monday through Friday with the ex-
eention of Friday evening. Prices for
all work NAV be obtained by calling
at the school. \.
All work done in the clinic ls
supervised ether by Miss Johnigan
Or 81 Miss Treadwell, and special
emphasis is placed on cleanliness
neatness and ease Of operation.
Bernice's School Of Cosmetoiogy'
424 S. Western Avenue, Dayton W
Phone, AID. 9623.
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LEGAL. NOTICE
WILLIAM o. STOKES, Atty.
Fifth and Sprague SITS, Dayton, o

Ethelee Nelson, whose last known
place of residence was Louisville.
KY. and is now unknown, will here
by take notice that on the twenty
third day of September, 1887, COOPER
Nelson filed his petition against her
in the Court of Common Pleas, Iii
vision of Domestic Relations, Of
Montgomery County, Ohio, being
case No. 1924 DR.. on the docket
of said Court, praying for a divorce
from her on the grounds Of Gross
Neglect of Duty, that said case is
entitled Cooper Nelson, Plaintiff, vs..
Ethelee Nelson, Defendant.
Said Ethelee Nelson will further
take notice that she is required to
answer said petition before the ex-
piration Of six weeks from the date
Of the first publication of this notice,
to-wit: September %, 1887.
Cooper Nelson, Plaintiff.
William @. Stokes, Atty.
Dayton, Ohio.
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working with young boys and has
developed the capacity Of under
standing their Viewpoints and atti-
tudes.
Adams is thoroughly equipped to
interpret all problems of financial
or business nature, with his business
training and his capacity Of certified
public accountant. The school sys--
tenn in Dayton is a two and half
million dollar year business, and
the Women's Civic group feels that
one meber Of the school board should
be qualified to interpret to the other
members an TO the public the pro-
cedure of handling the public funds.
Thomas Mitchell has proved his
integrity and business ability and
CONSCIENTIOUS interest in community
welfare by his management Of has
own affairs and his participation in
civic movements in the city. He has
contributed his time and energy in a
volunteer capacity in many worth
while community projects.
The Women's Civic Group, design
ed to encourage responsible citizen
participation IN city government,
feels that it is the obligation, not
only Of their organization, put of
eveiy member of the community, TO
elect honest, sincere, unprejudiced
lcrsons best qualified to nasluie tne
affairs of Dayton schools to serve
as members Of the school board.
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ganization, participating In city
election. The group supporting for
election to the board oil education ri
ticket of four candidates Of it's own
selection.
The candidates who, in the opinion
Of the group, are best qualified to
contribute valuable service to Dayton
schools are Mrs. Charlotte Whit
more, Harvey /. Allen, Richard II.
b. Adams and Thomas Mitchell. Each
candidate was approached by the
Women's Civic Group and persuaded
TO run for election to the board as
civic obligation, and not one So
licited the support of the organiza-
ton.
Mrs. Whitmore, for Is years per-
sonneI director at the Mccall Com
pany and now personnel director at
Leland Electric Company, has a
background that fits her for under
standing the value of vocational ed
ucation in the public schools and for
being able to work with people sue
cessfully. She is the mother Of five
children, three of whom are now at
tending Dayton schools.
Allen served as recreational dircc-
tor of the YMCA for a long period
Of years, a position which enables
him TO recognize the Importance Of
supervised recreation as form Of
social education for school children.
He has spent q great deal Of time
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cORINTHIAN

The Rev. w. G. Thomas and wife
leftleft for Pittsburgh, Pa, Mon
day morning, October 18th, where
they will be the guest of honor in a
ten-day revival service at the Bap-
tist Temple Church of which the
Rev. A. McClintock Howe is now
pastoring. The Rev. r. L. Gates will
be in charge Of the Rev. Thomasss
pulpit All loyal members please fill
your seats. We are praying for his
success, and safe return home. Re-
viva services will begin at Corinthian
Church, November Is.
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AUX. and D. Of A,

Nile-Council No. i, AUX and D Of
iii ho.d It's annual banquet, Oc-
.Goer 20 1T tie Supreme head auart-
is Of tie supreme ufand Council
f the Aaciene United knights and
Daughters Of Africa, 1862 Washing
ton street. Tickets are 35 cents.
There will be short program. sefv--
ng will begin at pm, the public
invited. The hall is located at
Hawthorn and Washington SITS.