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Evening star., 1938-08-25

just as 1t is the blend in apple sauce
which makes that q dish liked by so
many people.
Those not accustomed to this way Of
eating may protest such q combination
as here offered.
1t curdles anyway they say. That is
true, but this "curdling" is not as bad
as 1t sounds. Some words seem worse
than the action they describe. This is
well known attribute OF some words.
Curdling, as we call 1t, is a natural
reaction. 1t is simply the first step in
the digestion of certain types of food.
1t is all right, provided the consumer
does not see it in operation
Mixing OF milk and orange juice be-
fore drinking gives a poor appearance
and "cheeSy" taste, whereas taking
them in alternate small mouthfuls mix
ing the two together for each swallow,
puts the thing out of sight, and does
not give the combination enough time
to make any chemical change. All that
happens in the blend.
xA
Crushed peaches, or even peach juice,
could be used in the same way, but old
fashioned sliced peaches have been used
so long that there is little likelihood of
most persons making any change
There is no hurry-up breakfast in the
world to compete with milk and orange
juice, singly or together, because they
are among the few foods which can be
swallowed quickly with benefit.
Scientists who have investigated the
matter claim that digestion OF milk,
contrary to wide popular belief, is aided
by swallowing it quickly.
Peaches and milk, or peaches and
cream may be consumed in a tremen-
dous hurry, If necessary without any
slightest trace of indigestion afterward.
While We are on this subject, let us
not fail to mention the strawberry and
peach shortcakes.
Universally beloved, especially the
former, these are not easily digested by
many persons. The combination of acid
fruit and dough not only violates the
propositions of some food experimenters,
but more, it actually gives a severe case
Of indigestion to many eaters, which is
even more to the point. Theory is good,
but actual practice often is better There
can be little doubt that while youngsters
can and do mix all sorts of foods without
undue stress and strain older persons
often find that discretion is the better
part of valor.
If shortcakes, despite their delightful
taste, do not agree with one, it is only
folly to persist in eating them, espe-
cially as the concluding item in a heavy
meal.
Some who will not give up their short
cake have decided to eat them as a meal
in themselves, and report betterment
that way.
Those who feel that the mixture is
too much for them had better try eating
the fruit one time and the cake another.
Perhaps best, they might eat peaches
and cream, or Strawberries and cream.
What is better, in season or out?
Evening star., 1938-08-25

Columbia nag Is about to reach a sue
cessful conclusion. That campaign had
Its inception more than a decade ago
under leadership Of the Committee on
Correct Use OF the Flag, District D. A.
r. 1t was little incident In connec-
ton with Navy Day Of last year that
really led to final congressional action.
At that time the District D. A. r. was
asked to present District flag to Dahl
gren Hall at the Naval Academy, to hang
beside 48 State flags contributed by
State societies. Mrs William D. Leetch,
State chairman Of the Flag Committee
of the District society, appealed to Dis
trict Commissioner Hazen In her d.
lemma,. but the Commissioner was just
as embarrassed as Mrs Leetch over the
Districts lack of nag.
With the cooperation OF District au-
thorities, the District D. A. r. thereupon
launched an unremitting drive for pas
sage by Congress of bill to remedy the
situation. The legislation finally was
enacted, the District Flag Commission
was created and selection of a design
was begun.
The D. A. r., the Flag Commission
and others who have worked so tire
lessly to give the National Capital an
official emblem should derive great salts
focfjoo froy,o tho Lpouladrn That 3bara
need be no embarrassment in the future
when the District is invited to unfurl a
flag Of its own alongside those of the
sovereign States of the Union.
Evening star., 1938-08-25
DIR. Byrd's Invitation.

DR.. H. c. Byrd, president of the Uni,
verslty of Maryland, has opened the
door to several speculative questions by
forsaklng the role of educator to throw
his support to the forces seeking the
defeat of Senator Millard Tydings in
the Maryland Democratic primary.
One question Immediately arising is
the probable effect of DR.. Byrds action
on the Tydings campaign, while another
concerns the future plans of DR.. Byrd
and his reported ambition to serve in
the Governors mansion at Annapolis
The educators warm invitation to
President Roosevelt to defend his phi
losophy of government" in Maryland,
seemingly inspired by something more
than traditional southern hospitality,
probably will hamper the campaign of
the incumbent Senator. DR.. Byrd sup
posedly is popular with the farmers,
upon whom Senator Tydings counts
heavily, and any votes the latter may
lose there will be hard to recapture else
where. There is also the consideration,
for what it may be worth, that DR.. Byrd
would hardly have gone so far out of his
way to invite the President into Mary
land had he not felt confident in his
own mind that he was politically wise in
doing so. Although Dr.. Byrd has never
been candidate for public Office, he has
long been close to the Maryland political
scene and is regarded as the possessor
OF too much political sense to have
broken with his friend if the latter
were likely to remain a power in Old
Line politics.
The college head has never publicly
declared himself as an aspirant for the
governcrship, but there is little doubt
that he has had his eye on that position
for some time. Should the President
succeed in eliminating Mr. Tydings from
Maryland politics DR.. Byrd will be able
to claim some of the credit for that
result, and will be in a position to call
on Mr.. Lewis and the New Deal, If it Is
still in power for help should he decide
to run for Governor four years hence.
From the immediate New Deal view
point, the situation undoubtedly is well
come, since it will give the President
a colorado excuse, however superficial,
for campaigning in Maryland for Mr.
Lewis, should he decide to carry the
Tydings purge to that length. While
Mr.. Roosevelt has never been backward
about waiting for invitations under such
circumstances, it is known that some of
his advisers have urged against any direct
Intervention that might offend the Mary
land voters. That objection has to some
extent been removed, however, by DR..
Byrds invitation, which will serve as a
handy springboard should the President
make up his mind to Invade" Maryland.
Evening star., 1938-08-25
The Fort Drive.

The Commissioners have again de-
cided to rub the P. w. A. Aladdin's lamp,
this time to realize the dream of a beau
tiful boulevard connecting the chain of
historic Civil War forts around the Cap-
ital. 1t is hoped the Genii will produce
slightly more than million dollars for
actual construction work.
Ever since the city development plan
of 1901, Park and Planning Commission
dreams of this artery to aid cross town
traffic and provide a pleasure highway
have been Observation-Disclosures of
piecemeal aquisition of land instead of
a continuous orderly project. At long
last the sites are available and only lack
of funds prevents completion.
There are certainly things more
urgently needed in the District than
such drive. Yet it is not far wrong
to say that no project approved for the
District by P. w. A. to date better
Justities grant of Federal funds than
this one. Aid to the District schools and
hospitals benefits the locality; the Fort
Drive, because of it's historical signif-
icance, has national flavor.
If the project is approved, P. w. A.
will presumably follow its usual pro-
cedure of forty-five per cent grant and
fifty-five per cent loan. This very
nearly approaches the equitable sixty
forty Federal-District financial relation
ship provided by substantive law now
repealed
Passage of the project in the annual
budget would doubtless mean that the
District citizens would be called upon to
foot virtually the entire bill This is
both undesirable and unfair. On the
other hand, 1.-THE project is again cut
out of the budget in favor of a more
urgent civic need, the drive will con-
t:nue in its dream status. The appeal
to P. w. A. is therefore as expedient as
it is just-a splendid solution, If it goes
through.
Evening star., 1938-08-25
Alsop and Kintner Noted
Hewing to Party Line.

To the Editor of The STAR
IT WAS very interesting account of
the testimony of DR.. Matthews before
the Dies Committee which you printed
August %, when he disclosed the tactics
employed by Communists when attacked.
According to the doctor, their neatest
trick is to shout "red batter" at any one
who dares to show them up. This usually
silences the critic effectually, or causes
him to become an object of scorn and
derision, because, as Dr. Matthews ex-
plains an American liberal would rather
be accused of slapping his grandmother
than of batting reds.
After reading this, turned to Alsop
and Kintner's column and was very
much surprised to find these two gentle
men following the party pattern de-
scribed by the doctor-they were Shout
ing Red batter" at the Dies Committee.
They had singled Mr.. Dies out for the
"sadist smear"-that is, making him ap-
pear ridiculous, physically as well as
mentally.
Heretofore had considered Alsop and
Kintner as fairly unbiased writer's, more
interested in the news than the party
line" However. it looks as though they
are now revealing their true color.
M. D. BLACKMON.
Evening star., 1938-08-25
Replies to Franklin on
Republican Votes.


A BOUT once month. for no good rea
son. I glance through Jay Franklin's
space filler in your very worthy publica-
ticn. Long ago found his writings dis
playing SO much of what to me appears
to be loose thinking, not to be more
explicit and call it crooked thinking" :"
that prefer not to waste my time on
his column.
But I did read his column in The
Star Of August o. which shows him to
be running temperature because Re
publican Participation in Democratic
Primaries ds) Sabotaging Popular Sow
ereignty." He uses such phrases as stuff
the ballot boxes ringers" stack the
cards against the voters and load the
dice against popular sovereignty"
And all because of what? 1t seems
that Republicans are voting in Demo-
cratic primaries. This dastardly prac-
tice is being resorted to in order to defeat
the New Deal.
Whose votes placed the New Deal in
power? Certainly it was not the votes
of Democrats. In 1928 there were barely
100000 Democrats, as shown by the
popular vote for the presidency. They
would have needed three-quarters of a
million additional votes in 1882 to equal
the Republican vote. In 1920 and in
1924 the Democratic votes were only a
little more than half as many as the
Republican votes.
More than five million fewer Republi-
can votes were cast in 1882 than in 1928.
Did all of those Republicans stay at
home on election day? Isn't it perfectly
obvious that many of them must have
stuffed the ballot boxes" in favor of
the New Deal presidential candidate?
Were they then +ringers?"
Popular sovereignty is indeed in jeop-
ardy right now, but not from voters who
see fit to change their party allegiance.
The danger is from entrenched power
which, in order to perpetuate its rule of
ruin, is adopting course of action
which, to use Mr.. Franklin's own words,
"negates the basic principles of democ-
racy." A DEMOCRAT.
Evening star., 1938-08-25
HankOw's Defense.

At the present rate of Japan's conquest
four months more will be required for the
capture of Hankow, one of the several
provisional seats of the Chinese govern
ment.
Nearly a month after the investn7 snt
of Kiukiang, around which the Chinese
made one of their most heroic stands,
the Nipponese have only now reached
Juichang, according to their own claims,
twenty-one miles west of Kiukiang and
one hundred miles airline distance from
Hankow.
Unless total collapse of Chinese de-
fenses alters the course of events in sue
ceeding weeks the Japanese appear
doomed to crawl toward their goal at
tremendous cost of life and resources.
Already it is reported from the Chinese
side that Japan is drawing on stocks of
ammunition bearing date of 1918, a sub
stantial portion of which is useless.
If, as is reasonable to suppose, Chinese
resistance stiffens the closer fighting gets
to HankoW, around which more than a
million Chinese fighters have been con-
centrated, the forecast of Hankows fall
even within four months is optimistic.
The approach of winter with its added
hardships for military operations in the
hilly terrain along the banks of the
Yangtze creates obstacles which are
aggravated by intensified guerrilla at
tacks upon attentuated lines of COM
munication along the Yangtze River.
The farther the japanese front pushes
into China the more precarious becomes
the army's task of maintaining the flow
OF supplies to the fighting forces.
Unlike the campaign around Shanghai
and Hangchow last winter the Japanese
will not be fighting in relative proximity
to their bases. The rapid advance to-
ward Marking was made possible only
by the steady flow Of reinforcements
through Shanghai and Hangchow. The
necessity of transporting troops more
than five hundred miles by steamer from
Shanghai to the army above Kiukiang
will seriously cripple that flow this year.
Japan is in for many years of fighting
If she expects to subdue all of China.
If and when she conquers Hankow she
will not yet possess a foothold deep in
central China. Beyond Hankow lies
Chungking, seven hundred and fifty miles
farther up the Yangtze, and nearly five
hundred miles to the southwest of this
upper Yangtze port is Yunnanfu, which
Gen. Chang Kai-shek is preparing for
his last stand
Before these two strongholds give way
the Japanese army must battle many
weary months through the rugged up
lands of the Chinese interior and will
have sunk so deep in the morass of
China that mere policing of the country
and protection of supply lines will tax
her human and economic resources to
the utmost.
Evening star., 1938-08-25

strengthening the Corrupt Practices Act
of 1925 to give greater Federal policing
power over primaries.
Among other suggestions are those Of
Senators Walsh and Hatch to erect
numerous barriers to the use of Federal
funds or patronage, directly or indi-
rectly. for election purposes.
When such prohibitions and protec-
tions are thrown around Federal job
holders and Federal funds, Representa-
tive Ramspeck and those agreeing with
him in seeking more general acceptance
of the merit system may consider a
major obstacle removed And perhaps
the quality of elected ONCE e-holder will
improve simultaneously.
Evening star., 1938-08-25
Will You Take
Your Question?

Here is the very latest thing for games
and parties. A compilation of $50 new
questions and answers on special and
miscellaneous subjects that are educa-
tional as we'll as entertaining. The
particular value of the questions in this
collection is that they have actually been
asked by various persons-they are on
subjects that everyone wants to know
about. Check up on yourself and on
your friends. Put yourself to the test
and see how many you can answer.
Inclose ten cents to cover cost and
handling.
Evening star., 1938-08-25
The d. C.. Gets a Flag.

Deadlocked over choice of an official
flag for the District of Columbia, the
District Flag Commission has called on
the Commission of Fine Arts to choose
between two attractive designs favored
over other proposed emblems. One of
the designs features stars and bars and
is patterned after the coat of arms of
George Washington, while the other is
an all-star arrangement submitted by
a member of the D. A. r.
Thus, it appears that the long CAM
paign by the Daughters of the American
Revolution for adoption Of q District Of
Evening star., 1938-08-25
Politics and Jobs.

Representative Ramspeck, consistently
aggressive supporter of civil service and
extension of the merit system in public
employment, effectively condemned much
OF American political practice in single
rhetorical query before the Rural Letter
Carriers Association here recently
In simplest fashion, the Georgian
pointed out the impossibility of main
tanning respect among members of Con-
gress for the merit system as long as
their campaign successes are to be meas
ured SO largely by their strength and
tactical skill in maneuvering an army
Of public job-holders
1t would not be fair, of course, to blame
this practice exclusively upon the New
Deal. But it is fact that the creation
of w. P. A. and other Federal agencies
OF a relief nature, plus a material in
crease in outright Government employ
ment, has multiplied the number of
voters who are personally concerned
about who is to be elected to office
That this circumstance has been
turned to political use was indicated
very clearly in the Kentucky and Ten
nessee primaries.
Many things might be attempted as
cures for this evil; certainly steps should
be taken before another two years brings
a repetition or even more widespread
abuse of public employment.
Although the Senate Campaign Ex-
penditures Committee has the power to
investigate senatorial contests and rec
ommend against seating of candidate
II 1t has evidence of campaign malprac-
tices, the committee comedies it has
neither sufficient power nor Jurisdiction
to cope with some of the situations un-
covered this year. Already, it has an
nounced its intention Of extending and
Evening star., 1938-08-25

will follow the end of our democracy,
and democratic form of government, and
with their end liberty will cease to exist
among us, for then all power will be
centered in the hands of the President,
and he will be dictator in fact as well
as in theory May God save us and our
posterity from such fate, for it will end
in repetition of the civil strife that is
now destroying Spain. Let us not lull
ourselves into the belief that 1T cannot
happen here" for it can and will hap
pen here unless our people are vigilant
and resist the efforts that are being
made at present to bring these things
TO pass. POLITICAL OBSERVER.
Evening star., 1938-08-25
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Peaches have been plentiful this sum-
mer, but not Of the best quality
This Is rather tough on ardent lovers
OF this great fruit
Peaches and cream!
II there ever were a combination
which deserved an exclamation point,
there it Is.
Peaches and cream, or Just plain
peaches and milk, providing one lacks
the cream, make dish flt for the famous
gods Of antiquity.
The use OF sugar In such a dish is
common mistake. Nothing spoils the
true peach flavor SO, but probably nine
out OF ten persons do not realize this;
they load the slices down with the sweet
stun, until the resulting mixture has
very little OF the true flavor or fra
GRANGE.
1t Is curious fact that while most
persons are willing to eat cream or milk,
on peaches, they often believe that milk,
as food beverage, does not CO. with
most fruits.
The famous Corrigan avoided this
issue by eating simply orange juice for
his breakfast
He might add a glass or two of milk
with profit to himself
The flavor which results from alter
nate sips Of orange juice and milk Is
like nothing else in the world. This is
the only way that many people can take
orange juice, but few of these cases
know 1t. They 60 right ahead thinking
and saying that they cannot eat
oranges"
1t is not realized that the distinctly
acid taste OF the orange meets too
violent reaction from the taste buds
in the mouth.
They protest, in other words, and we
say the fruit is too sour.
Many persons get headaches, they de-
clare, If they 60 ahead and eat oranges
anyway.
They would not become Ill If they ex-
perimented with the milk and orange
combination, and discovered whether it
agreed with them.
With some persons, the mental equa-
ton would operate against success with
this combination, but those who kept
an open mind probably would discover,
as many have, that it makes the eating
of oranges possible.
And then there is the flavor, like
nothing else In the entire food line
X
This combination flavor is the result
of making individual mixtures of orange
juice and milk at each mouthful, not
the pouring Of the two together in ad-
vance. This is sometimes advocated, but
neither the appearance nor taste of the
combination is good. And no wonder
the result is plain curdling in advance
When a small sip of orange juice is
taken, then this is followed by a small
sip of milk, and the two mixed in the
mouth, the combination does not have
time to curdle before being swallowed
All that happens is that the two are
blended
1t is this blend which gives the taste,
Evening star., 1938-08-25
Letters to The Star
Proclaims Greed as a
True New Dealer.

Pr0clalmS Greed as
True New Dealer.
To the Editor OF The Star:
TO BE a good and true New Dealer
and share in the more abundant
life" designed by "the brain trust and
achieved by "purges" / must believe in,
tndorse and support without reserva-
ton:
President Roosevelt, even when he
changes his mind and does not notify
me OF the fact.
Mrs. Roosevelt and her speeches. and
Son James and his insurance business.
Jim Farley and the wing of the Demo-
cratic party over which he presides
Henry Wallace, his destruction of food
when people were starving and his am
bitions to be domiciled in the White
House.
Secretary Ickes and his pretense of
loyalty to an administration he Gin large
parD deplores.
Harry Hopkins, the w. P. A., the
Workers Alliance and the American La
Dor Party.
Nine. Perkins and Harry Bridges, John
l.. Lewis and the sit-doWn strikers all
and sundry.
AAS VoSACl nSG dl4O IliS ~ ~. N. D.,
operating like the Spanish inquisition.
Dear Alben' Barkley, Senator Min
ton. Mayor La Guardia, Stanley High,
Jay Franklin, Pearson and Allen.
G. H. A. and bargain rate" medicine.
T. V. A. and other yardstick expert
ments too numerous to mention.
Reorganization under spoils system
auspices.
The World Court and 50-cent dollars
Mr.. Hull's trade treaties and a good
neighbor policy which plays into the
hands Of Cardenas in Mexico and SINH
lar gringoph~bes in other Latin Ameri-
can countries.
Modernistic art on post office walls
and free dress suits for reliefers.
The notion that Mr.. Roosevelt headed
of a revelation in 1882 and the theory
that he can head off another in 1910.
ALDEN WARD.
Evening star., 1938-08-25
Shooting Stars.
BY PH1bANDER JOHNSON,

Generous,
1t is cheering to know,
When discomforts oppress,
That the worlds sure to show
One great cure for distress.
Though the ills we endure
Are, alas, far from nice,
OF this we are sure
We can get good advice.
1t is put into print;
1t is breathed in the air;
'Tis conveyed as hint
In an epigram rare.
So feel no dismay,
Though most prices may be
Over what you can pay
Good advice is still free.
Evening star., 1938-08-25
Twenty Years Ago
The World War Day by Day
August rs, 1918.

Their tanks did splendid work.
Mangin reached q line from Chavigny
to Crecy-au-Mont. Here again the en-
emy counter. attacked, but had no sue.
eees, losing heavily In menN
Evening star., 1938-08-25
Dictatorship Is Paramount
Issue Before Country.

TO The Editor OF The Star:
MIDST all the confusion, elimination
~ and recrimination that character
ize the present political campaigns
there stands out one great paramount
issue-an issue that should be hammered
into the minds and consciences of the
American people day in and day out,
namely, democracy versus dictatorship,
for if Roosevelt succeeds in purging
from the Congress all members of in
dependent thought and patriotism, who
put love of country above partisanship,
the court packing" and reorganization
bills, and other subversive legislation
win surely be revived. and viii Is surely
Evening star., 1938-08-25

Walt Whitman was q prophet. If
proof of his claim to that distinction
be wanted. let this thought from his pen
be cited: Are those really Congress-
men? Are those the great judges? Is
that the President? Then I will sleep
awhile yet-for see that these States
Sleep"