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Evening star., 1938-12-08
December Z
Takes Issue With Suggestion
For Joint Church Action.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
In an editorial in The Star of Novem-
Der 26, the suggestion was made that
churches not Roman Catholic unite with
that organization In scheme of educa-
ton for the preservation Of democracy.
What the nature of the scheme Is the
editorial did not reveal.
The Declaration of independence and
our Federal Constitution are the prod
ucts of free minds and embody the
great principles that underlie our free
Government, namely: Complete separa-
ton Of church and state: liberty Of con-
science; freedom OF worship; free
speech and assembly, and non-sec-
tartan system Of free public education,
known as the public school system.
These principles have made US
great Nation of free, independent citi-
zens. They have stood the test of
criticism for more than q century and
half and are as applicable today as at
the beginning. No other method, i'm
bued with the spirit of sectarianism,
can take the place Of these principles in
q real democracy. We want no Sec
tarianism in our form Of government.
ORIN D. PIERCE.
November 28.
Evening star., 1938-12-08
Tolerance, Sympathy and
Brotherliness Urged.


1t is heartening and uplifting to OBJ
serve in what numbers the Christian
world has come to the defense of the
Jew. Some think that where so much
persecution exists there must be justifi-
cation for 1t. BY analogy, then, the
killing Of Jesus and Socrates and Joan
OF Arc and the long roster of other
saints and martyrs was justified, for
each Of them had thousand enemies,
to whom right meant little more thar a
dislike for the unlike. Principle never
depends upon numbers nor the acci-
dental fact that 1t may be popular for
the time being.
II the human mind is to see into in
finity 1t must have a thousand eyes
Christian eyes, Mohammedan eyes and
Jewish eyes. Truth, like a diamond, is
multi-faceted, and not all facets can be
seen at the same time nor do they all
perhaps shine with equal brillancy.
When Lincoln spoke of "firmness in the
right as God gives us to see the right"
he recognized that there may be germ
Of truth even in the belief in slavery
and disunion. And 80 while we should
be firm for the right, let us see that that
hrmness has in it no trace of intoler-
ance, lack OF sympathy and understand
ing, and unbrotherliness.
~...- HERMAN FELTER.
November %,
Evening star., 1938-12-08

races are terrorized. Abundant evidence
points to the existence of such terrorism
IN parts of the British Empire, like
British South Africa, and in large part
Of the United States.
Unless it is simply matter of making
Germany do as we say not as we do"
which England and the United States are
willing to support by force of arms, there
Is little to be gained from English and
American protests. Such protests are
lacking in moral force.
As far as the United States is con-
cerned, this country has made but
weak defense of its position as IAN
accuser of doubtful standing" before
world public opinion.
When the National Government, which
regulates interstate commerce, permits
the discrimination against Negroes on
railroads crossing State lines, when it
permits all forms of segregation and So
cial suppression in its own Federal Dis
trict of Washington, D. c., it does so be-
cause ignorance and bigotry have the
controlling interest.
The issue is clear. The United States
which has been fighting the battles of
"Nordic supremacy" up to the present,
cannot fight on the side Of racial equal
ity without abandoning her former po-
sitions.
1t may be that some have realized
at least that true Christianity is the
only real fundamental basis of peace.
The basic equality of races which was
preached by Christ, and ever since de-
MED by professors of Christianity, is
the beginning of the solution to racial
problems. Then, as now, we may accept
the doctrine of the brotherhood of man
as the only way to lasting peace; or we
may take up the sword to continue su-
perior-inferior race relationships-and,
eventually, perish by the sword
ALBERT N. D. BROOKS.
December 3.
Evening star., 1938-12-08
Unauthorized Strikes

The right to strike Is organized la
bor's most powerful weapon in its
struggle for social and economic JUS
tice for the working man. Recogni-
tion of that right was won only after
long and bitter warfare on the labor
front. It has become firmly estab-
lished in the realm of employe-em-
ployer relationships.
Because of the enormity Of the
power potentially embodied in this
instrument OF" labor protection,
grave responsibility rests upon those
in a position to make use of it. 1t is
an instrument of compulsion which
may become difficult to control. It
may be aimed at local condition,
but the effects of the blow can prove
injurious to the public welfare and
thus react to the detriment Of labor.
The latest news from Detroit, scene
of numerous labor controversies in
recent times, Is most reaSsuring,
therefore, to those who hope for a
better understanding between en-
ployers and the laboring man. Ho-
mer Martin, president of the United
Auto Workers, an affiliate of the
Congress Of Industrial Organizations,
has repeated a warning to his fol-
lowers against unauthorized strikes
The warning serves to put teeth in
a policy already approved by the
c. I. o. "Whatever measures are
necessary to enforce this policy" he
declared, will be taken without re-
spect to persons" Officers and men,
bers of the union will be held strictly
accountable" for unauthorized ac-
tions, he said.
The strong pronouncement un-
doubtedly was prompted by wildcat
demonstrations which have proved
embarrassing to c. l. o. leaders de-
sirous of consolidating hard-won
gains on other fronts. The firm stand
taken by Mr.. Martin, obviously with
the Endorsement of c. I. o. strategists,
must be backed by affirmative action
when necessary, if the warning is to
be more than gesture. The tone of
Mr.. Martins edict would seem to hold
promise of such action.
Evening star., 1938-12-08
THIS AND THAT
BY Charles Z. Trace1oeu.

He will flnd, however, that not much
Of the fare on the ground goes to waste.
Most species Of wild birds like the earth
as their table. They ask for nothing
better.
Birds, themselves, are very wasteful in
their eating habits.
If plenty is supplied them, they become
very "choosy," rejecting seeds which to
all appearances are as good as any they
eat.
In this, perhaps, they are measurably
human, giving one more instance OF the
strange relationship between all forms
Of life. 1t is impossible, for instance, to
watch small fishes in an aquarium, with
out coming to realize how much like us
they are, in many ways, and how they
respond to certain stimuli Just as we do,
within their limited scope.
bird which is frail and much in need
OF good food regularly supplied finds a
supply Of 1t in garden.
Happening to see other birds feeding,
he flew down, sampled the fare, decided
to stay. The next day he returned, to find
more food and his new companions,
augmented by few more birds.
AS the days 60 by he grows fat and
healthy. He is warm and contented.
But does he eat sparingly and daintily?
He does not. He dashes his bill into
the mixture, making seed and grains
ny in all directions.
He walks over what he dashes out, dis
daining that which is soiled, although q
few weeks before he would have been
glad to get the dirty feed he so Thoughts
lessly walks over.
And that brings up an interesting
small question-why do we use the term
feed" for animals, and food" fof
humans?
Either way of speaking, it is food.
Let us hope that no homeowner who
likes to feed the birds and who is willing
for the English sparrows to help lure
other birds, will try to run the little
fellows away at last.
That, surely, is not the way to do it.
1t is true that some of the rarer species
prefer to eat by themselves, and thus
the yard with plenty of English sparrows
probably will not have quite as many
chickadees and titmice, for instance.
He-especially she-should not worry
about this. There will never be many
chickadees around, at best; let them
compensate for their sparsity by their
occasional presence, when they will be
all the more welcome.
In the meantime, take such birds as
come, thankfully, in the grand manner
OF welcome, with open heart as BELTS
the season, and not as the overseer of a
chain gang, who would put little birds
into stripes and compel them to eat
or not eat to order.
Evening star., 1938-12-08
japan Closes the Door

At Toxic today, according to fore
casts in newspapers which ordinarily
reflect the governments intentions,
the final act in closing the open door
in China was scheduled to be played.
Foreign Minister Arita summoned
the British and American Ambassa-
dors to confer with him for the
purpose Of hearing Japan's last word
on the question of equal trade rights
for all nations in China.
1t is indicated that Sir Robert
Craigie and Mr.. Grew will be told
what the United States learned in
reply to its October protest against
Japan's efforts to monopolize the
Chinese market. To this country's
remonstrance Toxic retorted, in
effect, that the open door was old
stuff, that a new order in Asia"
now prevails, and that Western
powers would do well to face the
revised music, because it is irrevo-
cable, as far as Japan is concerned.
Japan, thus, has banged the open
door, but whether it is to remain
closed is another matter-and a
matter not exclusively for Toxic to
determine. The United States has
contented itself for the time being
with notifying the japanese that
their representations are "unsatis-
factory" Great Britain has gone
further. She proposes to grant sub
stantial export credits to China. In
informing the House of Lords on
Tuesday that Britain stands squarely
with the United States behind
treaties upholding the open door, the
Earl Of Plymouth, Undersecretary for
Foreign Affairs, solemnly reminded
Japan of the "incalculable conse-
quences" of trying to exclude other
powers from China. The sum Of
100000 pounds is mentioned as
the credit that may be extended to
Chang Kai-shek's government.
While such aid would be purely
commercial, 1t would actually help
impoverished China to carry on her
war against the invaders. From that
standpoint, it would be tangible
evidence of British readiness to see
the war prolonged and Japan pro-
gressively weakened-the strategy
which is China's chief hope of end
ing the undeclared campaign of
conquest Of which she has been the
victim for exactly seventeen months
this December 8, 1898.
Action like that which London
projects Is the kind of protest
perhaps the only kind-designed at
this late stage to halt Japans pro-
gram to dominate China. Washing
ton Is momentarily the scene of an
anti-monopoly inquiry with respect
to the home market. Possibly the
hour is ripe for considering practical
measures for thwarting monopoly in
China. John Bull seems to have
found one.
Evening star., 1938-12-08

A reader calls attention to the service
which he says the English sparrows
render other birds at this time Of year.
They are the first to fnd food at
feeding stations, and thus decoy the
chickadees, titmice, nuthatches, cardi-
mails and others.
Probably 10 out Of 20 persons who feed
the birds do not begin until fall. Usually
the first arrivals are the sparrows.
This Is as true in the suburbs as In
the city.
Usually these birds come in q group,
ranging from q dozen to three or four
dozen; the band will visit different sta
tions in the neighborhood, mostly staying
together wherever they 60.
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AS soon as the rarer, and, to most per-
sons, more desirable songsters see the
feeding going on, they, too, in their
turn, are tempted to fly down.
1t is significant that no bird has any
such spleen against the English SPAR
rows as is held by many humans, often
by those who like to think OF themselves
as bird lovers"
Beautiful cardinals will eat freely from
the feeder when 1t is surrounded by a
flock of sparrows.
Other members of the sparrow family,
including the charming white-throated
sparrow, the song sparrow and the fox
sparrow, will come unhesitatingly to
the stations.
This is service to birdland which
should not be overlooked.
The English sparrows have their
faults, but they are by no means as bad
as they sometimes are pictured in the
popular Imagination
No person interested in bird life, and
especially in those species which winter
hereabouts, can get the maximum of
enjoyment from the sport of bird feeding
If he is always resenting some bird or
other which insists on regarding Itself
as a guest, too.
These creatures have no way OF know
ing that they are not desired. The food
is there before them, and If they like it
they will eat it.
4
Thus every feeding station sooner or
later, has Its share of pigeons, which
eat their weight of seed each day.
The person who foots the bill would
rather they stayed away.
Squirrels find much desirable food in
almost every feeding station, especially If
it holds some portion of sunflower seed.
Few birds like these plump seeds any
better. Squirrels will rake their paws
through the mass OF seeds to get at these
choice morsels.
When they do this they throw out on
the ground much seed spectacle which
at first rankles the observer nightly.
Evening star., 1938-12-08
Sanctuary

Beyond the reach Of Hitler's brazen han:
Away from strident talk Of brutal
deeds;
In sun-nt room, an aged scholar reads
His thumb-marked Buddenbrooks by
Thomas Mann.
No tyranny can touch, no hate can span
The walls which hold this quiet, hal
lowed hour; 81
No ruthless proclamation has the
power
To dim one page his eyes intently scan
No conqueror can subjugate his mind;
Nor burn the works Of Einstein at his
door; !
Dictators and their schemes seem far
away; 80.
And he, tonight, by candle light vii find
In Beethoven's Ninth Symphony" far
more
Than all the rulers Of the earth can
H.. p. sToDDARD.
Evening star., 1938-12-08
The Family BUDGET

The buying power Of the average
American family is on the upswing,
according to studies of the relation
ship OF prices and wages. The aggre-
gate gain is $75 100000 month over
last summer, even when the unem-
ployed are included. And compared
with year ago, the losses OF the
recession period have been wiped out.
This increase is due in part to
recent declines in the cost of food
and other necessities, but gains in
employment and higher pay rolls
are largely responsible. It is this
that gives a brighter tone to the
future. Prices are increasing, a
slight setback to the individual buyer.
but an important gain to industry.
Pay rolls are rising faster, however,
which should offset the rise in prices,
These signs of improvement in the
national picture are reflected in a
small barometer in Washington. The
new Christmas savings clubs which
opened week ago have more men,
bers and larger deposits in every
bank than a year ago. In some
cases the tellers were swamped with
the flow OF deposits. This in spite of
the fact that the former high in
terest is not paid on these accounts.
and the banks make no effort to
advertise the advantages of such
thrift. Bankers account for the in
crease only by the general improve
ment in Washington's business con-
ditions, and by the presence of more
ready money than was available a
year ago.
Evening star., 1938-12-08
Sees Need for Practical
Humanitarianism,

dumanltaflanlSm.
To the Editor Of The Star:
have Just read the letter in your
paper presenting "Sir Walter Raleigh
49," with an Oriental cast in the leading
role. That there is beautiful spiritual
ism about the incident cannot be denied.
But much more beautiful is the humans
tarianism therein implied, and it is just
as practical as 1t is beautiful. wonder
if the West grasped the lesson taught by
the East.
The world today has much need for
practical humanitarianism, even here in
the greatest of democracies Thousands
Of men. women and children are shiver-
ing in the face of economic storms, yet
few of their fellows show a disposition
to help with the comforts that could be
so readily provided Here in America
there is enough to 60 around.
I do not wish for the impractical
Utopias OF the late Huey Long or the
E. P. I. c. of California, or its substitutes
I am thinking of the essential comforts:
a home, car, economic security for
CNCAy AAlcIlCdAl, Oil VI WIlACH UOcS 1lOC
necessitate the confiscation of private
property nor the thwarting of individual
initiative.
Elsewhere in your paper there is a
story Of the possibility of closing the
Districts schools due to lack Of funds
For the past year have had opportunity
to watch economy" at work, children
shivering in freezing classrooms. strain
ing their eyes to read in half-lighted
rooms. Why? So that the budget can
be balanced? But don't We increase
outlays for human destruction? I do
not oppose the big stick to defend the
democracy. But why provide such a
strong cover" when the inner mass"
is allowed to deteriorate? To balance
the budget? To keep down the taxes?
No doubt.
1t is very difncult to share your over
coat with the other fellow. It takes
supermen for that. We are just Demo-
Gratis. A. V. A,
December 2,
Evening star., 1938-12-08
Shooting Stars
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Looking West.

Over dar in twilight town,
When de sun goes driftin' down.
Driftin' to his place of rest,
'Mongst de shadows in de West
OATS whar things appear to me
Jes like what a town should be.
Castles risin' fob yoh view
Shiftin', changin', always new.
Walls Of crimson, seas of light,
Golden streets to LET an right.
Wouldn' I jes like to go
Oar, and not come back no mol
OATS de place where all is gay
While you look 1t dies away!
OATS de way VIII all yoh dreams,
OATS de way wit all yoh schemes
Glorious fob q little while,
Den clean faded, like a smile,
Or a dew drop, or a rose,
OATS de way de story goes.
Castles rise an tumble down.
Same as dar in twilight town.
Evening star., 1938-12-08
Arlington Safety Council

There probably is more than a CO.
incidence in the fact that a safety
council is functioning in Arlington
County this year and that traffic
deaths have decreased from eight in
1887 to two 30 far In 1898.
Not only has the Safety Council, a
volunteer organization of fifteen
members elected by delegates from
most of the civic organizations in the
county, helped keep the public safety
conscious, but It also intends to ana
Evening star., 1938-12-08
Krazy Kat Jazz
Degrades Sublime Organ.
To the Editor of The Star:

10 the EDITOR OF The Star:
The organ is noble instrument; its
proper use is to inspire reverence and
devotion. If there be soul to music,
surely it is perceivable in compositions
expressive of the organs lofty grandeur.
1t is we'll, therefore, to emphasize the
conviction that the organ is not chop
stick instrument for slapstick perform
ances. If a noisy noise must be made,
clacking horns and racketing dishpans
are much more suitable for that purpose.
JOSEPH w. CHEYNEY.
November %.
Evening star., 1938-12-08
Politics Seen in Presidents
Sympathy for Jews.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Many readers have been asking why
the President has shown such keen
sympathy for the Jews of Germany, yet
never showed even the slightest bit of
interest in the unfortunate plight of
other minorities.
May offer reply? True, the Presi-
dent did overdo his horror" over few
broken windows in Germany. Still, when
one considers that the majority Of Amer
ican citizens whose brothers across the
seas are being prosecuted are compara-
lively poor, and the Jews have millions,
one begins to see light. The third term
Is very near, and to go over, will need a
huge campaign fund. And two and two
make four. ONE MANS OPINION.
December 3.
Evening star., 1938-12-08

Audacious Adolf probably never
heard Of the eminent United States
geologist, Thomas A. Jaggar, but,
with no offense to the good scientist,
the two men have something in
common. Each lives on the edge of
q volcano.
Evening star., 1938-12-08

Inhabitants Of one Chinese prov
ince are said to have to pay taxes
thirty years in advance, the 1868 in
stalments having just been collected.
This dealing from the bottom of the
calendar deck puts its authorities
one up even on our New Deal.
Evening star., 1938-12-08

1T is not the quantity of speech that
makes the speaker" said Hi Ho, the sage
Of Chinatown, "it's the attention he can
command when he does express himself"
Evening star., 1938-12-08

Cagy.
$50 you are still hunting work?"
Eyes, sir" answered Flooding Pete.
Don't you know that on the farms
they are willing and anxious to give men
employment"
Sure do OATS de reason I likes de
city. You can 60 on huntin' work widout
bein' disturbed"
Evening star., 1938-12-08
Other Interests.

I note that classical quotations are
seldom employed in public address"
YES" answered Senator Sorghum,
people have grown more practical They
are interested in market quotations"
Evening star., 1938-12-08
Not Appreciated.

The weather sage in calm or storm
Preserves an aspect bold;
Predicting colder" when its warm
And warmer" when it's cold.
Evening star., 1938-12-08

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herein also ara reaerYed
Evening star., 1938-12-08
Letters to The Star

Letters to the Editor must bear
the name and address OF the writer,
although the use Of pseudonyn, for
publication Is permissible. Please be
brief!
Evening star., 1938-12-08
Acceptance Of Racial Equality
Held Key to Peace.

To the Editor of The Star:
At time when the attention Of the
world is focused upon outrages against
the Jews in Germany 1t is but natural
that the spotlight should f<ll also upon
Evening star., 1938-12-08

R.,Iy and md, Sunday yr :Isoo' II 90 mo- 81
Sunday only-----l ". $500; mo. 81
Evening star., 1938-12-08
The Once Holder.

VuC OUIC0 11UlU6Ts
Now for his record shed a tear,
Though still 1t runs. along.
He does but little year by year,
And does that little wrong.
Evening star., 1938-12-08

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Evening star., 1938-12-08

"Dar amt gwinter be no use," said
Uncle Eben, "of tryin' to square IL
months Of backskdin' vii one day of
New Year resolution"
Evening star., 1938-12-08

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@. What Is a sibyl?-J. c. H.
A. The sibyls were women believed to
have been endowed by Apollo with the
ability to foretell the future. The
Cumaean sibyl at Cumae was the most
famous.
Evening star., 1938-12-08

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@. Does Washington, d. c., have
women on its police force?-J. M.
A. There are 23 policewomen on tie
force at Washington. Capt. Rhoda i
Milliken is director of the Women's Bu-
reau Of the Metropolitan Police.
Evening star., 1938-12-08

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Evening star., 1938-12-08

@. How much whisky is produced in
the United States?-T. L. X.
A. Whisky production for the fiEal
year which ended on June 30, 1888,
amounted to 102,895,872 gallons.
Evening star., 1938-12-08

November 28.
The Omaha guide., 1938-10-22
Maine State Wide Vote
Refuses To Go Back To
Horrors of Prohibition

In connection with the general
State election in Maine Septem-
Der II, every district in the State
was required by law to vote for
or against the continuation of the
sale of liquor in such district.
Now with the returns coming,
into the office of the Secretary of
State there is no evidence yet that
Maine is prepared to take back
poisoned alcohol and moonshine
liquor after having voted down
Prohobitin four years ago.
Everywhere the cities and towns
retained .thcir present systems of
the sale of alcoholic beverages and
a number of the small town, form
erly Dry, turned over into the Wet
ranks. Several of the smaller towns