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Evening star., 1938-05-29
THE NATION REMEMBERS
BY THE RIGHT REV JAMES E. FREEMAN D. d. L. D, d c.
BISHOP OF WASHINGTON.

Memory is Gods chosen endowment
whereby he keeps alive in the hearts Of
His children the treasured story Of other
days. We are all gifted with faculties
and capacities that make us in ourselves
Books of Remembrance. Possibly no
quality of the human mind is of such
surprising worth as the gift OF memory.
We are hidden to employ it again today.
Covet as we will our material possess
sions. boast as we may of our stored-up
wealth and our incompatible genius as
disclosed in many ways, the true and
enduring wealth of the Nation is in the
men and women who have given them
selves that this Nation under God,
should not perish from the earth"
In the sacred annal which memory
invokes, we must chronicle the names
Of the heroes Of peace as well as those
Of war. They belong in the one fellow
ship of selfless service. Some served on
battlenelds and served nobly, others did
their full duty where no eye noted their
acts of devotion and no pen recorded
their sacrificial offering. They are all
of that ever-increasing army that con-
stitute the salt that preserves and sweet
ems the life of community and State.
fully think today Our youth, as well
as those of mature years, need these days
of remembrance, without them we should
lose the refreshment and inspiration
which heroic service lends to periods
that are gray and colorless The events
of life that brighten the pages OF the
past are inevitably those that tell OF
the fortitude, courage and sacrifice ex-
hibited by those who had learned the real
meaning and purpose of life.
In this mighty comradeship Of those
who serve, there stands One who has
brought all mankind to love Him through
the giving of His life for worlds saliva
ton. Here is the supremest example OF
self-giving. Here is the matchless ex-
ample Of utter devotion. In Him count
less thousands, yes millions have found
the strength and inspiration to carry
on. The great white Comrade" is still
on the highways of life and in Him all
who serve find their companion and
friend.
Thus once again, we open the Book OF
Remembrance and CLEAN from its pages
new hope for the days that are to be.
Evening star., 1938-05-29
Legal Wiretapping.

The action of the Senate In approving
q, bill to permit overlapping by law
enforcement officers under certain cir
cumstances in criminal cases will, If
finally passed, prove most valuable
aid in the war on crime. The Senate
approved measure has been sent to the
House, where officials charged with en-
forcement of the laws hope 1t will receive
prompt consideration.
Under Section COS of the Federal Com
munications Act it is felony for an
officer or anyone else to tap an inter-
state telephone wire, and If wire should
be tapped the evidence so obtained can
not be used in court against defendant,
no matter how serious the crime.
-That was decided by the Supreme
Court this year in the so-called Nardone
case.o The ruling came as blow to law
enforcement agencies, since wiretappine
had proved highly effective means Of
coBAng with criminals, particularly in
KIDNAPPING cases. That decision was held
Evening star., 1938-05-29

ing that 1t is wise for them to bid for
certain industries which find 1t desirable
to locate on the fringe rather than In the
center of large city. It is reassuring to
observe that they have stipulated that
the proposed county industrial commits
sion work in conjunction with the Mary
land National Capital Park and Planning
Commission. If the new group is sue
cessful in co-ordinating both the indus
trial and the residential growth of Prince
Georges it may make notable contribu-
ton to the county's advancement. A
false step. however, would affect the
entire Washington area.
Evening star., 1938-05-29

of an entrepreneur. It can either finance
individual business men in ventures that
will add to employment and to business
activity, or 1t can use the funds offered
to it to finance its own projects.
The result is that study Is being given
to plans that would open the way for the
Government to push into the business
of building houses, for rent or for sale,
on a vast scale. Private interest would
be invited to participate and would be
assured of an opportunity to take over
the projects if it should pan out. Other
ventures of that type are projected for
the railroad industry and the public
utility industry.
The point is that, If private banking
and private business are unable to find
work for the Nations vast supply of
money, Government is preparing to do
the job, either directly through corpora
tions of its own, or indirectly, through
subsidy inducements.
If recovery fails to develop between
now and next January, Congress will be
asked to put the Government much more
deeply into banking and business.
(copyright, 1889
Evening star., 1938-05-29

There is q singularly beautiful passage
in an old book, in which the writer speaks
of the continuing comradeship OF those
who have a common ideal and serve a
common purpose. It Is said that "a
Book of Remembrance was written" that
chronicled their names, thus uniting
them in the mystic ties of an unbroken
and continuing fellowship.
1t is concerning such Book Of Re-
membrance we are compelled to think
on these recurring Memorial days. 1t is
a volume that contains the names OF all
those, known or unknown, who have
served their day and generation with
selfless fidelity and for the good OF their
fellows It is not of the "bivouac OF the
dead" we think today, but Of the great
assembly of triumphant hosts who have
entered into the larger, fuller life. We
keep our tryst with all those who counted
1t more compensating to serve, and to
serve at any cost-even to the giving OF
the "last, full measure Of devotion. +"
Whether they were of the humble and
obscure or of the great and famous, they
have their reward, and their just place
in our Book of Remembrance. Death
levels all distinctions, but it does not and
cannot efface the story of heroic deeds
or of a service worthily performed. We
cannot accept the reasoning Of Shake
speare when he says:
"The evils that men do, live after them,
The good is oft inferred with their
bones"
Any adequate study of the record OF
mems lives makes evident the inaccuracy
of such harsh conclusion. 1t may be
that in the swift rush of life we are too
mindful of the good done by those who
have gone before us, but in our better
and more reflective hours we do take
Increased devotion" as we contemplate
the record of heroisms and sacrificial
service performed by men and women,
who counted not their lives dear unto
themselves"
A nation that has memorial days and
keeps them, enkindles in the soul of each
succeeding generation new hopes and
aspirations and builds in its sons and
daughters qualities of character that
serve it in days of need. A forgetful
nation forfeits the very gifts and virtues
that give 1T security and permanence.
Evening star., 1938-05-29
Suburban Development.

The utmost caution should be exercised
by commission about to be set up in
Prince Georges County to encourage in
dustrial development as a means of
combating unemployment, lest the plan
prove boomerang. For industrial COM
munities usually are hit hardest in q
depression.
Furthermore, Prince Georges, like other
counties adjacent to Washington, has
made rapid strides in recent years be-
cause of residential developments. Addi-
tional growth may be expected for
years to come as the population of WASH
ington expands, provided the basic resi-
dental character Of the county is main
tanned. Once an industrial plant is set
up in q neighborhood, however, its
residential character Is permanently
impaired.
AS Prince Georges is . large county.
embracing almost 500 square miles, no
doubt there Is room within its borders
for both industrial and residential areas.
While county officials can only be COM
mended for attempting to care for the
jobless, 1t may be noted that Prince
Georges already is fortunate in having q
number of sources of employment, other
than industrial, such as the University Of
Maryland and the Animal Research
Center at Beltsville. If present plans
materialize 1t soon also will have q start
in the industrial field through the con-
struction Of an abattoir, , brick plant
and an airplane factory.
County leaders apparently are reason.
Evening star., 1938-05-29

An important theory as to Government
is advanced in the case of DR.. Harcourt
Morgan, who does not entertain the view
that in order to hold Office man must
be either elected or dependent on re-
sponsible appointing authority. The
idea is cheerful in way, but seems
liable to add to a confusion that spon-
taneously asserts itself.
Evening star., 1938-05-29
Unwise Economy.

A penny-wise, pound-foolish policy Is
being followed by certain members Of the
House in regard to the appropriation for
forest fire prevention.
1t is doubtful if single member of the
House would neglect to carry adequate
fire insurance on any of his own prop
critics. yet the lower branch of Congress is
trying to economic" on the allowance
for "insuring" one of the Nations great
est assets, its forests.
Fortunately the Senate is fighting for
an increase in the customary sum pro-
vided for prevention and control of for
est fires. The item is part of the agri-
culture appropriation bill, now in con-
ference.
The House has voted for an appropri-
alton OF $l,610,000 for fire prevention.
while the Senate favors $2,500 900. The
sum backed by the House is about the
same amount that has been provided
annually in the past. The Senate figure
is the maximum allowed by law. The
difference, $500 900, is not large when
the factors involved are considered.
Every year forest fires burn over an
area about the size of New England,
causing property damage amounting to
$50,OOO,c0O
Although the Federal Government has
been making appropriations since 1924
to help the States and private land own
ers in preventing fires, 40 per cent of
the Nations forest lands still are without
protection and 80 per cent of the fires
occur in the unprotected areas.
In addition, every fire is threat to
wild life. Each year the costly and
laborious efforts of conservation author
tiles are partially nullified by fires that
destroy game and convert fine trout
streams into bleached and barren beds
of stones in summer and raging torrents
after spring rains.
When it is remembered that s2.000,-
100000 has been spent on the Civilian
Conservation Corps, chiefly for reforesta-
ton work, and millions more for flood
control projects, it seems unreasonable to
economic" by failing to provide every
possible safeguard against fires that
would destroy the c. c. c. forests and
make hills barren and conducive to
floods. A..
In view of the vast Federal spending
program designed to create jobs, provi-
sion of the comparatively trifling appro-
priation for fire prevention, which would
create jobs as we'll as safeguard property,
seems logical.
Public sentiment in favor of the Senate
proposal has been reflected in large
number of letters received on Capitol
Hill since the bill went to conference.
House members advocating the smaller
sum argue that the day Of forest fires is
over because the system of prevention
has become so efficient that blazes are
checked before they make much head
way. The 100000 0O0-acres annual loss,
however, seems adequate answer to such
an argument.
Those who, for political reasons, are
urging economy in regard to this appro-
priation may indeed be playing politics
with human lives. An average Of four
teen people perish each year in forest
fires. Last year fifteen lost their lives in
the Blackwater, Wyo, fire and in the
fonooue Clonuet Are in Minnesota in 1914
four hundred died of burns. There is no
guarantee against such tragedies, but the
logical safeguard is larger forest fire
prevention appropriation.
Evening star., 1938-05-29

Maude Adams wants to play girlish
parts. Her judgment In such a matter
is entitled to respectful consideration.
Some of our leading boy actors remained
successful juveniles regardless Of the
perfunctory, records.
Evening star., 1938-05-29

It will be the privilege Of Representa-
tive Derry O'Connell to try out the ques-
ton Of whether Jersey City is not using
amateur methods in conducting strictly
professional political game.
Evening star., 1938-05-29

The sit-down strike has succeeded
rather unfortunately in becoming in
volved with demonstrations of a most
active nature. 1t is deplorable that a
strike can very seldom be held to the
peaceful terminology by which it was
originally described.
Evening star., 1938-05-29

The season approaches for words Of
deep significance in college orations.
This fact however, does not prevent
convincing supply Of political theory
from experienced practical sources.
Evening star., 1938-05-29

Strict propriety is being urged upon
New York City for its conduct OF a
Worlds Fair. Chicago's famous midway
dance produced effects from which this
previously conservative republic has
never quite recovered.
Evening star., 1938-05-29
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Evening star., 1938-05-29
Shooting Stars.
By PH1LANDER JOHNSON.

AftnurQale.
The great metropolis no more
Will in esteem prevail.
For, though that sounds from shore to
shore,
We turn to Arthurdale.
It is West Virginia town
But little known before;
1t gains collegiate renown
And dazzles more and more,
Just thirteen pupils are arrayed
In graduation dress.
But millions hear and are dismayed
BY life's impending stress.
We pause and listen with smile
While wisdom deigns to teach.
Big cities may be silent while
The small town hears speech.
Explanation.
"Why did you arrest this man?" asked
Senator Sorghum.
Suspicious character replied the
officer.
= But he says he was working hard"
HE was"
II see your point. You go on the
theory that nobody around here would
work that hard unless he was due to
spend money for drink or numbers slips"
Flight.
Things might be worse in every way.
When the old mule, with might and
main,
Kicks up, be patient as you say,
Thank heaven he's not an aeroplane."
II do not attempt to criticize college
SPORT" said Hi Ho, the sage of China
town. But I do question the amount of
dependence to be placed on the young
gentleman whose education never gets
beyond the hazing stage"
Awakening.
'You will find some interesting argu-
ments on woman suffrage in this
magazine"
THAT isn't why want it," replied
Jud Tunkins. II have discovered that
there is some wonderfully quaint and
startling material in the beauty adver-
tisements."
The Language That Survives.
The great man who Is laid away
Leaves thoughts that help from day to
day.
But when memorials we seek
We like Egyptian styles or Greek.
Oh let us greet with reverence true
The language that we always knew
And hail triumphant DER the fates
The man who talked United States.
There is always more or less OF q
masquerade" said Uncle Eben. Even a
young man going home on . vacation
hopes people on the train will size him
up Is . smart drummer for . big busi-
ness ooncern.s
Evening star., 1938-05-29

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employed.
Until now. spending has been concen-
trated largely on activities like w. P. A.
that appear to the public not to repre-
sent paying investments. The national
debt rises as a result of these expendi-
lures and the country has some i'm
provement to show in return, but there
Is no continuing annual income to meet
the interest on money borrowed to pay
| for the projects.
There is difference between this type
| of borrowing and that now being under"
taken by the Commodity Credit Corp.
and the Reconstruction Finance Corp.
The same is true of other Government
corporations, including the Home Own
ers' Loan Corp. and the Federal Hous-
| ing Authority, which borrow under their
own names.
This borrowing does not show in the
Treasury budget and the funds that are
acquired are put to work in a way that
can produce cash income to cover the
charges of borrowing the money. The
| Commodity Credit Corp. has actual COM
modities as security for its loans, the
r. F. c., in the case of the National
Mortgage Association, intends to have
actual real estate mortgages to back up
| its borrowing. and the Federal Housing
Authority will offer actual low-cost
housing developments in return for the
money it borrows and uses Interest and
rents pay all or part of the costs.
Today's planning concerns ways and
means for extending this type Of opera
ton. Government, In other words, is
moving or being pushed into the invest-
! ment banking business and inta the role
Evening star., 1938-05-29

There is always more or less Of q
masquerade" said Uncle Eben. Even
young man going home on . vacation
hopes people on the train will size him
up as . smart drummer for big bust-
ness ooncesn.s
Evening star., 1938-05-29

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II do not attempt to criticize college
SPORT" said Hi Ho, the sage Of China
town. But I do question the amount of
dependence to be placed on the young
gentleman whose education never gets
beyond the hazing stage"
Evening star., 1938-05-29

deavoring to raise the standard of de-
mand and supply in housing for low in
come groups.
As contribution toward a movement
to end the evils of poor construction, the
Federal Home Loan Bank Board is
sponsoring service plan, already intro
duced in a score Of cities. Created to
establish dependable value in the
small house field, 1t offers a low-cost
technical service by architects through
mortgage lenders or others to whom the
prospective home builder brings his
problems The plan seeks to provide bet
ter located, better designed and better
built homes-a program which protects
the home builder from the start, provid-
ing him with building counsel which is
carried out through supervision Of con-
struction until the home Is In his pos
session.
The plan is being developed with the
cooperation of the architectural profess
sion both nationally and locally. Its
leaders for some time have been active
in stimulating individual architects to
supply in the less-than-$10.000 home a
special, modified architectural service at
fees within the means OF the small
builder. It is believed the undertaking
will have q decided influence on future
home building and help to avoid specu.
lation. one Of the periodical deterrents
to home ownership.
Evening star., 1938-06-13
FEDERAL LAND BANKS
CHICAGO PRODUCE.

IS rScss h.ns anf rmer M iafoatry chiefsns easi.f ys
hens over 5 pounds. is; pounds and
m Lefhon fymoub sheksn sna Ws erqsrs
Plymouth and white ROCK. 1917: springs.
colored, ~; Plymouth Rock 30; White
Hock: rnn. 2o13 bareback chickens, 1918;
t1Tkeys hens is toms rs; fSostsTS NO. Turkeys
"a; ducks, A., pounds UP white and
Creamery. specials (s3 score. $685.;
az. Ss4s7ns ,sts ,ssSS ,oa seconds
tralised carlots s4 .sn0ases ESes 'ss ss5: ss9
steady; fresh graded extra frsts. local, onl,
l9ia: cars. 1894; firsts, local 1ss4: cars,
I9A; current receipts, Is; storage-packed
Potatoes, $50; on track. 431: total o. 8.
New stock: California White Rose slightly
stronger. demand moderate; Southern Tri-
umphs best quality frm, slightly stronger
ssndsney tender demand ne good; AZ quality about
plies liberal: Sacked per s eWt., si Bliss m Tri-
according 70 condition; Arkansas 1.so.
sboSns aIrs1 to o5lahoma
carolins. 2.1o; North Carolina cobblers' ft5' g.
8; No: l; 1890, according to conditio
mostly 1880; California White Rose.
r. 9S1 aa.ts bliss x.1htg Trigmghs Is. No
Old stock about steady: supplies light; de,
mand light. Sacked, per cwt.. Michigan
Green Mountains U. s. No. /, 1.6O
Evening star., 1938-06-13
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK.

CHICAGO. June 13 Up Omitted States
Department of Aericulture) Choice and
prime fed steers, especially medium weight
and weighty offerinss. opened fully steady
today. Some slowness developed on COM
mon medium and good Grades. with the
market weak Hogs continued to ad-
vance, the top getting UP to $50. Lambs
HOES. $4,000, including 5000 direct:
mostly 10 to Is higher than Fridays
average; practical top, a.25: part load,
$50: sood and choice. 16O-25O pounds,
a;O0-925; 26O-29O pounds, 5000 10: 300
$50 pounds, s.75-9 90: good 400-55O
pounds. PACKING sows. 7.e0-s.25; hEhter
Cattle. $4,000; calves. e,ooo;- long fed
medium weight, and weighty. fed steers
fully steady; but others slow. weak
heifers strong to shade higher; cows
slow steady: very scarce; only. q very
moderate run Of bulls here. and market
steady to strong; vealers and small sup
ply steady; best fed steers early. 1885
several loads. 1O.25-75: not much done
from 1000 down, however. especially at
800 down; prime yearling heifers up to
9.S5; new high on crop; small killers
taking several loads at g.25-6O; practical
top weighty sausage bulls. 600; vealers,
Sheep 1000, including $500 direct:
native spring lambs opening mostly to
small killers: few sales steady to easier
compared with Friday at 9.00-25; packers
Choice 80 pounds AVERAGE, 9.60; as yet
no action on clipped lambs; indications
weak: sheep steady to easier; bulk, 1885,
13O pounds. medium ewes. $50 down.
Evening star., 1938-06-13
BIG DECLINE SEEN
AT CHAIN STORES
May Volumes Show Drop
of 11.3 Per Cent From
Levels Year Ago.
specisl Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, June l3.-Chain
stores showed a decidedly sharp de-
cline in their monthly sales in May.
exceeded by only one other month
since the 1929 depression, according
to the monthly compilation released
yesterday by Childs. Jef1ries q Thorn
dixie, Inc.
The first IS chains reported an ag-
gregate May business Of $213,262,273,
decrease Of $27,18l,4 ,443, or 11.3 per
cent, from the same month . year ago.
For the five months ending May
81 these chains had sales totaling
$959. 9.181 1851. This compares with sales
Of s1.o16,896,645 for May. 1887. q drop
Of s57,714.7s4, or ST per cent.
Although this represents a large re-
duction in retail sales volume from
May. 1887, it compares favorably with
May, 1886, when the chain stores
reported sales Of 5000, ,929,345 for the
month and 1892 ,4o6, $50 for the same
five-month period.
Following is a compilation Of the
sales for the rs chains for May and
for the five months, arranged in
prOllpS.
Evening star., 1938-06-13
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK: June 13 A'.-Butter, l.
163, 1877; steady. Creamery. higher than
extra. .2e-26s4;. extra !s2 score5. 2bN-N;
f5sts 15N (ss-aD. sa1a-a5H; seconds 1s4-s75.
Cheese 1s477s; ~. e.. about stessyy; state.
held. 1887 1sh-21h; fresh, fancy,
Eggs. es11s; unsettled. Mixed colors.
2ss. sPss.al 1sekS 2sss s.sond; '1sna.Tss 21M
diums, 1872: dirties, No. 1. 1sh; average
checks. 17h; storage-packed hrsts,
20a4-21
Dressed poultry easy: fresh chickens,
s1os1z seas toxiIs pspnS. 5ssss:'s5s
Ola J SNSosfssIs; Nsis:., ,l4&W:1sh; & TaIxsys 5ress-
25i2; Ducks. barrels: 131a-11. Frozen:
Chickens, roasters.. 16-33h. Fowls, un-
keys Northwest and Southwest, 23h-32.
Ducks. barrels, .15h-16.
Live poultry. by freight weak. Broilers.
Rocks. 81. Fowls, colored. 1aA-2l. mostly
21: Leghorn. 17-19, mostly Is.
BY express weak. Chickens. crosses. 20:
1aR:ai,, mostly. 20; reds, I7-is. mostly
IL. Leghorn, 1917. Fowls. colored. FL:
Leghorn, 10.