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Greenbelt cooperator., 1938-08-03

typlst, has had to spond much Of his
ti-ao tipping, ond I myself who cn
typist havo spent hours each wook pock-
i12C cut III ~ ctrips. Probably VIC -
should como to consider, tho typists,
stencil cuttor, and niraooG raph operator
not ,aonbors Of tho cooporot tive but
as. employees Of tho cooperative to be
paid definite SUNS.
But for the present I shall only
rocornacnd that although ourProfit
and Loss ste mont only shows Profit
of S13. .75--Which raocns that only
havo $6.9 araGiloblo for distribu-
tion according to our rulcs--still
I suggest that VIC draw on our ro-
sorvos for $500 to cdd to tho $3.50
SO that will havo 531. IS to dis
tribute. Perhaps this cannot be just
ifiod by strict accounting (olthouGh
tho fact that VIC cro discoutin6 4O%
Of our advertisement accounts out
standing should not be Forgotten, bu5t
our workers must not be forge tton. Lot
us distribu the $500 from tho
reserves this ti~o, and sec that tho
distribution Of funds is moro oqui toblo
hereafter. Last month alono VIC paid
asst in advertising corn1iG Gsion to ono
porson end yor VIC havo only $6I88 to
distribute among Tho rest Of tho work.
orG. Until VIC can have @ smooth run
ming end fairly managed business orgoni-
zction VIC should not ovon consider O
printed pcpor or ovon cry pcpor.
One final word. Tho popor is in G
much str ongcr position than is cvi-
don't. Soon tho town Will DO compile toly
."c upiod end oil the st5ros Will be
running ond VIC con hovo moro odvo1-
tising rovCnuo from local stores. We
oro c:ddirG now blood to our staff ovory
nd alyc CTR t-O r c4-Y h111-o
rosponsi bility and mako this c truo
community undertaking .instocd Of tho
work Of Q fow, should 60 for.
HoT'ovor oil undertakings must hovo
thcir. solf-socrificinG pioneers and VIC
have chosen to play that role hero.
Evening star., 1938-03-21
SPENDING IS URGED
AS DEMOCRACY AID
Taxes Must Be Paid to Keen
System Alive, Coyle Tells
Modern Forum.

Pay taxes and keep democracy alive,
David Cushman Coyle, economist asso-
ciated with the National Resources
Board, urged for America last night
The Federal Government, DR.. Coyle
said in Modern Forum lecture, must
spend laviShly to insure the continued
existence Of our form of society. He
spoke at the Washington Hotel.
"All We have to do is to spend
enough to keep our country prosper
Gus. We're spending about half
enough now" he said, attributing the
current economic decline to the cur
tailed governmental expenditures.
Taxes must be paid to run de-
mocracies if democracies are to con-
tlnue. Unless We are willing to pay
taxes to maintain our democracy, then
our democracy will get what is coming
to it.
The American people are going to
suffer terribly until they learn that
1t is by activity, not economizing. that
machines are made to produce wealth. q"
The members of the panel who dis
cussed DR.. Coyle's point with the
speaker after the prepared talk were
DR.. George Strasser. professor of pub
lie finance at Georgetown University,
and Representative Crosser, Democrat,
of Ohio.
Evening star., 1938-03-21

gins to fall from the scalp it starts
to grow inside the ears and nose and
over the eyes. causing the characteris-
tic bushy eyebrows of the old.
A constant increase in the blood
pressure is to be expected. DR.. Cannon
said. Diseases due to blood accumula-
ton are more likely.
The meeting was also addressed by
DR.. j. j. Eller of New York, director
general of the Pan-American Medical
Association, and DR.. Lee Hurd of New
York, who described a type of sinus
operation which produces a cure in
IS per cent Of the cases of true sinus
infection.
Evening star., 1938-03-21

JUDGE JOHN J. MAHER.
Judge Maher jumped from
his bench in Detroit Record
er's Court during a trial, COL
Jared Raymond Macdonald,
1uho paS standing before the
bench, dragged him to the
door OF the courtroom
slapped his face and kicked
him into the corridor.
-Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1938-06-15
France Refuses
To Be Terrified

Ero0 the L0utsvlle Oourlef-JoufnsL
Il am convinced that this lombard
ment"-the attack on French territory by
Spanish bombing planes and the third
such attack in ten days-"was made with
q double objective in uew." is the some
what cryptic explanation of Premier
Daladier OF France, who as minister OF
war is investigating the aerial raids along
the Pyrenees frontier. I'VE shall not
have war;" he adds with similar breHty
and crispness, IF we are strong and de-
cided. II we look straight ahead with
out fear we shall be able to avoid It,"
The two "objectives," it may be sur
missed, are the closing Of the frontier In
order to cut OF supplies for the Spanish
Loyalist forces and intimidation Of
France 20 that it will not attempt to open
1t again. The power line and the right
Of way Of the Toulouse Barcelona Rail-
way were damaged by the bombs. One
Of the principal reasons why Gen.
Franco had not been able to score de-
cisive victory Is because the government
is able to get munitions from the OUT
side just as he is able to get them. To
defeat his antagonists he first must
starve them out, and this he cannot do
even with the combined assistance Of
italy and Germany Through the passes
Evening star., 1938-06-15
Compulsory Idealism.

Miss Josephine Roche, representing
the Federal Government, has notified
the American Medical Association that
"there will be concerted public action
eventually for a national health pro-
gram" and that lone third of our people
are not going indefinitely to remain ILL
fed, ill-housed and ill-cared for in
sickness" The only question remaining,
she insists, "is whether highly special
ized groups, experienced and trained in
ways and means of meeting human
needs, are going courageously and quickly
to offer all they can give in constructive
and progressive leadership and help in
the meeting Of the vast human problems
Of today"
But the problem to which Miss Roche
refers is but fractional part of larger
issue. What the public as whole and
each citizen as an individual must decide
Is whether or not idealism can be COM
PEELED. In theory, it can. Yet it is the
verdict of history that the human race
never has been coerced successfully very
long. Even the authority of democracy
Evening star., 1938-06-15
Pressure Politics.

Little valid criticism can be directed
at the basic philosophy cited in behalf
Of the controverted amendments to the
Walsh-H -Healey Public Contracts Act.
namely that firms being favored by
Government contracts should be forced
to bid on basis of compliance with other
laws in this case the labor relations law,
just as do their competitors.
As drawn, however, the measure pre-
sumes that a finding by the National La
Dor Relations Board Of non compliance
is conclusive evidence of guilt, without
recourse to the usual protective appeal
to the courts. In other words, the pro-
posed amendments would have the effect
Of removing for public contract bidders
some Of the checks and balances con-
tanned in the labor relations law itself.
Further, the bill Of amendments did
not end with provision directed at the
broad objective Of compliance with the
labor relations law, but went to the point
of contemplating punitive action by
setting up three-year period of in
eligibility following q violation, by au-
thorizing the keeping Of a blacklist" and
in emphasizing these rather extraordi-
nary provisions by giving them a retro
active effect.
The measure also threatened serious
administrative complications by extends
ing its application downward to con-
tracts of only $4,000, rather than the
present $4,000 limitation, and to sub
contracts Of only $500.
Action of the House Rules Committee
Evening star., 1938-06-15

proves futile when 1t attempts too much.
The greatest power the world ever has
seen-namely, that Of organized religion
was defeated when. logically enough, 1t
endeavored to dictate to conscience.
Specifically, the medical profession Is
the present object Of attack by those
who believe that altruism can be forced.
Tomorrow the lawyers or the teachers,
perchance, may be commanded to social
ize themselves. Sooner or later the
humblest corner grocer might be driven
into line. If 1t be fair to appropriate
the physician, it certainly would be Just
to enslave to the state all Of his con-
temporaMes who may be possessed Of
ways and means of meeting human
needs" Where would the policy of
subjection stop? The answer of the
Communist is: Nowhere!
But does dragging down the so-called
upper" two-thirds really benefit the
suppressed" and "underprivileged" one
third of the population? Radicals con-
f1dently reply in the affirmative. Their
more conservative neighbors are not so
sure. Poverty, they argue, is not elimi-
mated by being shared. 1t also might be
contended that generosity ceases to be a
virtue when it is prevented from being
voluntary.
Only the blindest of optimists can
persuade himself that "a national health
program" of any authentic merit could
be put into effect without the willing
assistance Of medical practitioners as
q class. The current campaign to con-
script their assistance appears to be
unwise in both motivation and result.
Perhaps some of its sponsors might care
to remember that the average doctor
already is giving his services to patients
unable to pay. Under the most benign
group health plan ever formulated there
still would be people who could not afford
expensive medical attention. The same
might be said for many other luxuries,
not excluding that Of rest and recreation
conducive to physical and mental
well-being.
Evening star., 1938-06-15
Airport Kick Back

Perhaps more will be heard about the
manner in which the Camp Springs air.
port project was promoted. only to be
checked in the House of Representatives
last night when by vote of 1873 to SO it
was sidetracked. Sufficient for the pres
ent, however, is the fact that disclosure
was made that Representatives of the
Government had gone to owners of land
in the area proposed for this purpose and
had made propositions for kick back"
on sliding scale in case their properties
were selected for this purpose. It may
be that in the haste for adjournment
there will be no further immediate
chance to disclose this enterprise in all
its details, but the matter should not be
allowed definitely to lapse.
The genesis of this plan to locate the
Capitals airport at the comparatively
remote site in Maryland has been OBJ
scure from the start. It was bruited
some time ago, when there was a dispo-
sition to look farther away for a suitable
landing field than the present site on the
Virginia shore. 1t was mentioned re-
Gently in connection with the Presidents
dream Of disaster. There seemed to be
a chance that it might be rushed through
Congress in the final hours of the ses-
sion. Then came the last-minute dis
cussion of the measure, with the aston
ishing charge that there had been busi-
ness proposition on the part of certain
as yet unnamed persons who apparently
considered themselves to be sufficiently
representative Of the Government to en-
gage in a proposition of mutual interest.
In the haste for adjournment it is
likely that the matter will lapse. It
should not. however, be allowed to rest
as 1t is. II there has been a corrupt
undertaking to foster the Camp Springs
site it ought to be thoroughly disclosed.
Yet it is to be borne in mind that after
all the main point Of importance is that
Congress should proceed as quickly as
possible to enact such legislation as may
be necessary to provide definitely for an
aviation landing field Of such size and
location as to assure the best and safest
of service for all time. II there has been
a corrupt undertaking on the part of
Representatives of the Government"
that will stand as side issue, compared
with the Importance of giving the Cap
ital suitable airport.
Evening star., 1938-06-15
Democratizing Poverty.

1t Is a favorite contention of radicals
that the wealth Of the world should
be redistributed according to the needs
Of the people. At first glance, such
a proposition seems equitable enough.
Only when 1t is examined with care
is 1t found to be faulty. The productive
factor has been forgotten in the franz
ing OF the theory. Its sponsors have
neglected to remember that riches are
created by supply as well as by de-
mand.
Unemployment on a large scale u .
tragedy which traces back to something
much less accidental than the Hoover
depression of 1880 or the Roosevelt de-
preston of 1888. It is a symptom OF
a condition which cannot be corrected
by Federal doles. Hundreds of thou
sands. II not millions of Americans never
have been usefully engaged in any labor.
They are professionally idle, habitually
unadjusted to the realities of life.
Psychologists understand the human
differential involved. The general public
prefers. more commonly, to refuse to
think about 1t. Yet the facts remain
unaffected.
The question is: Can the Nation be
advantaged by policies which, in the
name Of humanity, democratize poverty?
For five years, the New Deal has been
sharing the wealth" of the middle
classes to benefit supposed "one third.
ill-nourished ill-clad ill-housed." But
the results are disappointing. The poor
are just as poor as ever; their neighbors,
once more fortunate" cannot answer
afdrmatively the challenge: Are you
better off?" And the reason is not
popular resistance to reform. Rather,
1t is an instructive consciousness of the
futility of any effort, however idealistic
1t may be, to uplift some individuals
by dragging others down. Not every
citizen has thought through" the
dilemma, yet the majority are sensitive
to its implications.
Evening star., 1938-06-15

in refusing to grant preferential status
to the legislation involves more than
the merits Of the measure, apparently.
with pressure politics playing a large
part in the decision.
Such manner Of influencing legisla-
tive opinion. whether it is a device of
organized labor, as 1t has been on be-
half of these amendments, or organized
industry, or any other organized group.
too frequently has been the determining
force in shaping and making the laws
OF our democratic form Of Government.
In this instance the pressure either
boomeranged on those exerting it most
openly or was overbalanced by some
greater pressure not so openly applied.
In either case, it is hardly the best
measuring rod for deciding the merits
OF legislation even though the result
may have been most advisable in the
current instance.
Evening star., 1938-06-15

majority in Congress, and one of them
represents the congressional district of
which Santa Clara County is a part.
An overhauling of anti-business tax laws,
labor relation laws, regulation laws is
necessary"
speaking in the Senate" says the
Boston Transcript. Senator Vandenberg
urged the adoption of his plan to give
administration of relief back to the States
and to force them to contribute Is per
cent OF the total expense Of the under
taking. This is so clearly the course Of
common sense and so certainly in the
interest Of efficiency and economy that
1t ought to be adopted forthwith. Mr..
vandenberg showed, by actual figures,
that 1t would produce much more well
rare Tor less money and so convincing
were his statistics that the New Dealers
DID not even try to dispute them. Their
only argument against the ARRANGEMENT
was to the effect that it might mean a
restoration Of the dole and a consequent
destruction Of the morale Of some of the
unemployed"
Contrast the conditions of the needv
in Chicago and Cleveland" says the New
YORK Sun. "and other communities where
direct relief has all but dried up with
the comparative ease found among w.
p. A. workers who have been lucky
enough to hold part-time jobs on days
when they are not engaged on Federal
work. Complaints are being heard that
persons seeking painters, carpenters,
gardeners and other workmen find it
hard to obtain men who will put in q
week or two of uninterrupted labor. The
reason Is that contractors boss painters
ana carpenters in numerous places can
hire trained workmen only for so many
days week, because these workmen
spend the other days on w. P. A. prof.
ects. The mounting taxation necessary
to sustain such farcical system has con-
triouted to the financial plight of cities
now unable to find means to succor tens
OF thousands not on w. p. A."
Evening star., 1938-06-15
OF RELIEF ~...-
FACES CRITICISM IN PRESS
Some Cities Suffer From Poor Local Financial Conditions
and Have Adverse Effect on Moves to
Meet Situation.

Comments on the relief situation, based
on reports received from all parts of the
country. point to difficulties in the way
Of providing for those who are in need,
while in some cases distress results.
An example Of what the whole coun-
try is coming to-" advises the Sioux City
Tribune, lis afforded by the relief situa-
ton in Cleveland, where there is money
for w. P. A., but none for those 50 un-
fortunate as not to have w. p. A. Jobs.
In such circumstances the needy must
turn to State and local agencies-and
the time is fast approaching when some
States and communities can do nothing
for them. The Government is spending
literally. but its funds are all ear marked
for w. p. A. or P. w. A. and there is not
sufficient flexibility in the spending of
Federal funds to meet such emergencies
as that at Cleveland. Occurrences Of this
kind are likely to become more common
as depression drags on. OF course, both
w. p. A. and P. w. A. make large con-
tributions to the relief situation in every
community where relief is needed"
4
After a study Of Michigan conditions,
the Ann Arbor News comments: 1.-TWO
reasons seem to exist for disparity be-
tween w. p. A. employables and w. P. A.
employees. One is that the number of
employables listed by local officials is
greater than the number actually avail
able; in this case, q thorough survey is
needed. The other possible reason is
that persons assigned to w. p. A. prof.
ects for some motive remain on direct
relief anyhow. II they remain on direct
relief, they may be doing so because they
would rather be cared for than care for
themselves"
Unemployment is growing" states the
San Jose Mercury Herald, because dol
lars must go to work before men can 60
to work, and dollars are idle. The Mtua-
ton shows the need Of change in Con-
gress, for no effective recovery program
giving confidence to business will, be
adopted so long as the yes-men are q
Evening star., 1938-06-15

Of the Pyrenees come stream Of guns.
ammunitions and food.
Premier Mussolini has clustered and
shaken his fist at France because that
nation would not close the undefended
gateway into the neighboring country.
Failing to win his point by diplomatic
means 50 that the Spanish insurgents
could win the war, he recently broke of
negotiations looking to a Franco Italian
friendship accord. Now force is used
and bombs are dropped on French terri
tory, shifting the danger zone in Europe
from the Czech-German border to the
frontier between France and Spain.
II Mussohni and France are attempt
ing to blum their way through they are
doomed to disappointment. I'VE shall
not have war If we are strong and de-
cided," says Premier Daladier.
Evening star., 1938-06-15

1t was not until after his death that
the prestige Of Ben Franklin asserted
itself in connection with the accumula-
ton of fortune. He is still honored but
his fame is handled often with more re-
gard to the cash register than to the
bell of freedom with his name is still
distinctly associated by the Nation.
Evening star., 1938-06-15
First-Aid Booklet
For Vacationists

Vacations, camping, and summer out
ings bring their inevitable toll of bumps
and bruises. Know what to do when
these emergencies arise by having at
hand an up-to-date copy of the First
Aid Booklet. It tells how to treat SUM-
burn and sunstroke. wounds, bruises,
snake bites, dog bites, poison ivy burns;
how to check dangerous bleeding. how
to rescue drowning persons. Handily
lndexed to guide the reader instantly to
material on the case at hand. See that
you have a copy in your vacation bag.
Only ten cents postpaid.
Evening star., 1938-06-15
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES &. TRACEWELL,

realism, since that Is the sort Of thing
they have been finding in natural pools
for about 10000 years.
Most baths are made in two pieces,
the pedestal and the bath proper.
Too often the bowl is knocked Oh and
broken. Dogs, in particular, specialize
In this sort Of happening.
In such an event 1t is q good plan to
sink the bowl slightly in the earth, and
permit it to function from that lowly
but natural position.
It will be found that such bath looks
well and draws the birds. It may be set
In border among iris, where it makes
q nice break in the green.
4 = ~
The common belief that birds like
their baths in shady place, especially
under shrubs or in some sort Of bower,
Is not borne out by observation.
The creatures probably have some idea
Of lurking enemies in such places.
Our belief is that the bath out in the
open is likely to attract more songsters.
Certainly it can be watched to better
advantage. Perhaps it is more natural,
in a sense.
A common failure Of bird bath keeping
Is to let them get dry. This is a very
easy thing to overlook on hot summer
day. One just forgets about it, or be-
neves the bowl filled when it is empty.
Some real thought must be given to
this. matter, for an empty bath Is q
mockery.
After all, there is no way to compel
birds to come.
They are free, and they do as they
please. The reasons which motivate them
often are mysterious to a degree.
You can put out a bath, but If the
birds won't come to it there is not much
you can do about 1t.
They are very capable creatures, per-
fectly well able to take care of themselves,
except for the accidents which happen,
now and then, to all living things.
If they stay away, there must be some
reason, but what that reason is often
Is impossible to be found by thinking.
Watching, all in all, is q much better
way to knowledge in this matter.
BY watching a bath closely, the OBJ
enemies of Birds such as cats, dogs, and,
alas, man, are too much present.
These enemies also include birds. A
PASSOAA AAoW Ahoy VIC AL Vic 1iCl6IlUOl
hood, Birds have acute senses of hear
ing, and will no. stay in any neighbor-
hood where they hear the scream of owls.
Nor will they linger where sounds of
guns or sounds resembling them are
heard.
Birds may not nest in q yard for five
years, then suddenly five or six species
will adopt garden for their own.
Why?
The owner will not know; all he can
observe Is the fact.
Birds do not like strange-to them
movements and noises of any sort.
In our correspondents case, the prox-
unity to Rock Greek Park may have
something to do with it. Or there may
be a bath In neighbor's yard which
they prefer.
We would suggest taking the bowl of
the pedestal and sinking it flush with
the ground, in flower border, and plac-
ing sand or pebbles to bring the bottom
within an inch Of the rim.
On the other hand, the most patronized
bird bath we have seen was on pedestal
So there you are.