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Evening star., 1938-11-22
Paciiist Changes Mind
About War.
r, ~. rd,tor ~ rb. at.r.

To the Editor Of The Star:
wish to inform Mr.. James S. Sweet,
who wrote in The Star on November II,
30 years. But when beheld the NaA-
Fascists' encroachments, not only upon
the lives and liberties, but on the very
conscience and souls Of millions of peo-
pie, I changed my ideals with start.
I am now praying for war.
What is there 50 precious about a
human body that it is superior to the
principles of civilization and honor?
Chamberlains and Daladiers, after their
Munich monstrosity, may disagree with
me, but today they plainly see the writ
ing on the wall-writing Of the euraged
Britons and Frenchmen, clamor3hg for
war.
Every intelligent person abhors i'm
perialistic wars. But when the earth
sprouts whole hordes Of human hyenas,
bent. on destroying our sweetest hopes
and dreams, then it becomes our moral
and sacred duty to retaliate.
Due to the precarious destinies Of the
worlds democracies today, want to see
our Armistice Day parade next year
bristlng with whole forests of sharp,
cleaning bayonets. It would gladden. my
heart to witness great, rapidly moving,
highly trained, mechanized Army,
manned by a million men, with myriad
modern bompers overhead, ready at any
time to spit 1re and brimstone, to Rain
death and destruction on the enemies Of
all progress.
GODFREY MONROE.
HyaS.as.atHAp -
Evening star., 1938-11-22
Urges Useful Memorial
To Thomas Jefferson.

To the Editor Of The Star:
After reading the flippant and face
tious account of the cherry tree" dem
onstration in your paper this evening I
can only conclude that it was due to a
mistaken idea of humor on the part Of
young reporter, or that The Star stands
for needless destruction of valuable trees
and the erection of an extravagant and
useless memorial to one who needs no
empty cenotaph. I do not believe the
latter Is true.
Many people have protested verbally
and in writing the erection Of the pro-
posed memorial to Thomas Jefferson,
and yet, as Mark Twain remarked about
the weather, Nobody seems to do any
thing about it."
The mass meeting at the Tidal Basin
was not a melodramatic gathering of
hysterical females, as might have been
gathered from the report in your COL
unns, but an assembly Of dignified rep
resentatives from many important civic
organizations.
Although I should regret the needless
destruction of any tree, believe the re-
moval of the cherry trees is, after all,
only a minor point In the general feeling
of dissatisfaction with the present plan
to honor Thomas Jefferson.
You recently published very fine let
ter from the president Of the P. T. A. of
the Langdon School for Crippled Chill
dren, protesting the erection of the pro-
posed memorial, and suggesting the
funds be diverted to some more suitable
purpose-possibly q school for handi-
capped children. It would seem to me
that any educational project would be
a more suitable memorial than a pile OF
meaningless marble.
Since there is such strong public senti-
ment against this project, can nothing
be done about 1t?
Of course, we citizens and taxpayers
Of the District are helpless at present.
but a newspaper is such a powerful fac
tor for good had hoped something con-
structive might be accomplished before
1t Is too late.
MARGUERITE G. COLBERT.
November 18.
Evening star., 1938-11-22
THIS AND THAT
BY Charles Z. Traceuell.

and they are bnndly Oh to the activity
next to looking after themselves, raising
offspring.
Their calendar Is their feelings. I
am coming to believe that, like many
human beings in our country today, and
the cats, II they could be assured Of
care and shelter, they would hang around
forever near the source Of such blessings
and let tradition, even bird tradition, 60
hang.
"Yours sincerely, E. G. r."
4 4 \
We believe that the examples noted
by our correspondent are simply the ex-
ceptions pointing to the great total bird
sanity.
Birds are not stupid, as birds, when a
few individuals refuse to respond to the
great blind traditions which have been
the safeguards Of their race.
Practically all migrators have gone
South. Just why they 60 is not known.
Human minds have studied this for CEN
turies, with no answer assured as yet.
There are many theories. Light is sup
posed to have something to do with it,
and also food. No one, 1t is safe to say,
has put a mental finger on the real
reason for the annual migration, that
astounding movement which leads some
birds for thousands Of miles around the
world.
The response Of the bird tribes to the
sight Of the house cat is really not stupid
at all.
The clamor which a bird puts up. is
good for birds, as group.
It apprises other birds OF the nearness
Of the enemy.
If an individual bird used human craft
and guile, instead Of bird invective, it
might save It's own life, but it would put
the group in danger.
While birds are not the same sort Of
communists that bees are, they seem to
resemble them in such traits as these.
The instinct, call 1t blind or what one
will, is toward safety of the group, rather
than of the individual. This, curiously
enough, seems to be one of the basic
ideas at the bottom of the Nazi philos-
ophy although they profess to hate all
things communistic.
The dream of changing the life habits
of birds probably never will be realized,
short of some natural catastrophe which
would make the southwark trek physi-
cal impossibility.
Even If the entire northern part Of
our country were to assume sudden
year around summer temperature, the
birds would migrate just the same.
Under such circumstances, there might
be few more birds left here iniwinter,
but in comparison with those viii III had
left they still would not be many. Neither
food nor light nor warmth explains mi
grafton, by any means; the real expla.la-
ton lies in the habits built up over
thousands of years, and which 80 per
cent of migrating birds are sensible
enough to follow. The per cent Of
stupid ones must take what comes. To
be q sensible bird, one must be bird all
over, and do what the other birds do.
Whether there is a lesson in this for man
one may doubt. ...
Evening star., 1938-11-22
Shorinq the Profits

It Is we'll that there is acknowl-
edgment in the very beginning Of
the Senate study of industrial profit
sharing plans that neither a rigid
formula nor a compulsory statute
could bring about successful appli-
cation of this theory in American
industry.
For as has already been empha-
sized by competent witnesses, and
echoed by committee members, such
a plan must have all the qualities
Of cooperative and voluntary
arrangement, free Of any design for
keeping basic wages low while hold
ing out hopes Of extra rewards.
When applied on the sound basis
of legitimate wage structure, how
ever, there may be much merit in the
augmented distribution of industry's S
income. That such distribution,
moreover, should have the effect of
creating increased employe con-
sciousnesS of his part in production
and his responsibility for quality
workmanship is a natural and desir-
able development.
The Senate committee making the
current survey can render service
by presentation of a full picture of
the history and the workings of such
plans, together with fair appraisal
Of both commentator and criticism.
Beyond this point, it would be wiser
to let industry, and perhaps labor,
decide when and how the idea might
best be applied.
Evening star., 1938-11-22

families which have, In some cases,
dominated the land for centuries.
But Mexico Is confronted with q
problem which is troubling more
than one government-how to get
the land in the hands Of the peasant,
the man who actually works the soil,
and at the same time pay for proper
ties taken from the wealthy. In
Russia it was done with VIOLENT revo-
luton just as in Spain, where the aim
Of the Loyalists, somewhat clouded
perhaps by theological complexities,
is to split up the large landholdings
Of the church and the landed aris-
tocracy for the benefit of the working
agrarian class.
1t Is hardly to be expected that the
dispossessed Mexican landholders
will summarily surrender their claims
against the government. In the ab-
sence Of such a surrender the Mex
lean government might make some
effort to compensate Mexican land
holders for their properties, If for no
other reason than to prevent the be-
lief that the government is discrim-
mating in favor Of foreign interests.
It is much easier to pay domestic
claimants than foreign because the
element Of exchange does not arise.
Although it may be necessary to bur-
den the budget in order to pay Amer
ican claimants, because of the neces-
sity OF bringing the amount into the
balance Of payments, such a con-
tingency does not necessarily arise in
the case Of domestic claimants, and
it ought to be possible to make some
provision for payment of former Mex
ican land owners without unduly up
setting the governments fiscal plans.
Equality Of treatment OF both for
eign and domestic interests is an
axiom of good government, and an
axiom Of good politics which the
Mexican President would do we'll to
observe.
Evening star., 1938-11-22

ment under which they are 10 un-
fortunate as to be obliged for the
moment to live. Dictators are
cheered, certainly; but the precau-
tions taken to guard them furnish
evidence Of their apprehension Of
danger. Mussolini never trusts him
self in a crowd: Hitler keeps himself
surrounded by picked janizaries:
Stain is voluntary prisoner in the
Kremlin; the Son Of Heaven never
has been seen by his subjects.
OF course, the question will be
asked: Why is it that tyrants are
permitted to assert their presumptu-
Gus claims at all? Why, in brief, are
they not stopped in their wicked pro-
cedure before they are fairly started?
The explanation may be found in
the lack Of an adequate dynamic for
democracy. Phrased in other Ian
guage, there is a worldwide need for
a more direct and forceful correla-
ton Of the individual to society.
That does not mean, must not mean
subserviency. Rather, it suggests q
larger development Of independence.
more comprehensive privilege as well
as greater responsibility for the
average soul. The citizen must cul-
tivate within himself the right and
the duty to function both as bene-
f1ciary and a stalwart defender Of
liberty. He must share in the busi-
ness of the state, he must express
his instinct for freedom intelligently,
unselfishly, patriotically. Lycurgus
was not jesting when he told his
critic, go you, and try a democracy
in your own house" To deserve JUS
tice and equity and peace, the hu-
man family must learn how to prac-
tice fair dealing, tolerance and
mercy.
And that is the lesson which the
masses are being taught today.
Chaos, 1t seems inevitable, is prepar-
ing its own correction. The race, tor
tured through quarter century, has
been educated into an appreciation
of the decent amenities of life such
as it never before had dreamed. It
understands at last the significance
Of Shakespeare's aff1rmation: "'Tis in
o,,ren1xyoe ho ora <1,,,c
Evening star., 1938-11-22
Federal Publications

Publication Of Federal bureau
house organs, ranging all the way
from mimeographed sheets to pre-
tentious magazines, presumably is a
valid activity.
There is scarcely a Government
organization in Washington that
does not have at least one such
publication. They are paid for, OF
course, by the taxpayers money.
They serve number Of functions
the publication Of technical reports,
the promotion Of morale by printing
departmental news, etc. They vary
all the way from such austere col.
lections of reports as the Technical
Journal of the Bureau of Standards
and the Monthly Weather Review to
amateurish little newspapers" filled
with personal items and adorned
with sophomore humor.
Whenever a new bureau is set up
one Of its first moves, it would seem,
is to establish a new publication OF
some sort or other. Funds usually
can be found somehow-out Of the
appropriation for administration, for
example. Some Of them actually pay
their own way from subscriptions and
close most years with tidy profit
because, like any publication worth
its ink and paper, they render a
genuine service.
Among the functions they serve is
that of keeping the public informed
of what the bureaus are doing in
more detail than is possible for the
daily newspapers. Some of them
have only intrabureau calculations.
These also have useful purpose in
keeping employees informed about the
activities of other branches Of their
own service.
During the past six years there
has been a prolific Towering Of them,
some flimsy and short-liyed, some
substantial and presumably perma-
nent. One thing to be remembered,
however, is that they are issued by
branches Of the Government of the
United States and edited by employees
Of the United States-even If a par
ticular editor" happens to be a file
clerk.
Chairman Dies of the House Com
mittee Investigating Un-American
Activities says that he is in possess
sion of secret testimony from Gov
ernment employees that some of these
publications have been used deliber-
ately Ito spread class hatred through
out the United States" That, OF
course, is serious charge; one that
should be made only on the basis OF
substantial evidence. Until the con-
trary is shown, it may be assumed
that Mr.. Dies has the necessary
evidence, and, If that be the case,
he should make it public as promptly
as circumstances permit.
Evening star., 1938-11-22
Garner Seen ~ Future
Democratic Leader.

To the Editor Of The star:
Seventy years Of age today, Vice Presi-
dent John Nance Garner receives the con-
gratulations and good wishes Of his coun-
trymen. He is at the apex Of his INTEL
lectual powers, enjoys excellent health
and reasonably may look forward to at
least another decade Of useful public
service.
1t is an open secret that there is plenty
of work for him to do. Thousands of peo-
pie have turned to him for leadership in
guiding the Democratic party back to
sounder and more definitely constructive
policies Of government. To him Is to
no other individual the Nation appeals
for protection against the radicals who
have employed the New Deal TO wage .
class war in the interest Of . proletarian
dictatorship.
Mr.. Garner. 1ich IA experience. knows
Evening star., 1938-11-22
ROSSLYN, VA.

ROSSLYN, VA.
"Dear Sir: After close observation Of
bird activities outside my door for tho
past few days, am impelled to discuss
with you whether the birds, too, may
not be classed with the stray cats which
you recently described as being ready
subjects for the dole system.
TN short, just like said cats, 1t seems
to be = fact that birds are downright
stupid about arranging their own activi-
ties. Out Of some blind tradition-wed
call it conservatism in humansEin nor
NAL years they fly southwark.
"A queer season like the present, how
ever, leaves them baf11ed and distrait.
This September, as in other years, the
robins and bluebirds and other varieties
gathered In large groups in the fields
and presently disappeared, leaving us
to all intents and purposes birdless for
a few weeks. For a day or two only we
had q swift invasion of juncos, sup
posedly heralding the arrival Of winter
itself. But the wind and the rain didn't
come and the ground continued open
and sunny. Roses still bloom in some
gardens and the chrysanthemums are
displaying an unprecedented snowy
array.
"Are we to suppose that an elected
agent for the birds flying up and down
the garden rows has noted this? At
least, such lovely weather promotes the
nest-building instinct. A few days ago,
two or three chickadees perched over q
wren house on the front porch, quarreling
about the entrance which they could not
penetrate.
yesterday titmouse wore thin the
feathers about his neck in his effort to
get farther into the house than his
shoulders. And today violent scolding
on the back porch finds kitty nom
chalantly licking his paws while a
bright -colored Carolina wren with an
f1aunts his checkered feathers angrily
against the porch rail. This last in
cidentally, bears out the idea Of birds
being stupid. How they have suffered
from this bold and worrisome attack on
prowling cat life, only a close count Of
their mortality would show. No clever
deceitful maneuvers on their part to
lure the cat away from the danger zone;
instead, screaming childish Get out!
which has the unhappy effect Of in
triguing the cat and leading him on to
the ultimate discovery Of the nest. Ex
perience teaches the feathered ones
little.
80 all this talk of wild life having a
mysterious foreknowledge of weather
conditions ahead seems 50 much bunk.
For the first time we have great nest
high in our hickory tree, near the woods,
probably belonging to q certain gray
squirrel who built it out Of sheer lazi-
ness in view Of easy access to nuts.
IF the birds, too, were furnished with
food and perhaps a warm aviary, won
der whether they would not stay here all
winter. It is the chilliness In the air
that sends them scurrying along warm
drafts Of wind southwark; II it stays
warm here, their vital processes respond
Evening star., 1938-11-22
Shooting Stars
BY PHu.ANDER JOHNSON.
The Day Of Rest.

The Day OF Rest.
OF all the days it's Sunday that really
like the best.
The sun seems brighter, like twas glad
to see folks take rest,
An it's good to feel that sermons are
delivered through the land
Std Of speeches or of testimony on the
witness stand.
It's not of creeds an doctrines that the
echoes seem to tell
When they waken in the morning to the
rtngin' Of the bell
It's just glad reminder that our cares
are laid away,
An everybodys feelin' kind an friendly
like today.
Evening star., 1938-11-22
Most Appreciated.

what is the most picturesque spot you
ever saw in this Vcinity?" asked the
enthusiastic tourist.
Bronco Bob gave the question some
thought before he answered:
"A one-spot, when was drawing to q
royal fush."
Evening star., 1938-11-22

Hitlers hoodlums, who are desirous
of the return Of their lost colonies,
might at least attain the level of in
telligence of the child who realizes
that just before Christmas it pays to
be as good as one can be.
Evening star., 1938-11-22

These suspended sentences may be
good thing in police and other
courts Of law, but they are awful at
q dinner party.
Evening star., 1938-11-22
BAckhre.

There's peril in the Ecker's way,
Which some 50 constantly pursue;
Because your foot may slip some day.
And then, oh what q bump is due.
Evening star., 1938-11-22
Letters to The Star

Letters to the Editor must bear
the name and address of the
1Criter, although the use OF
pseudonym for publication is per-
missible. Please be briet!
Evening star., 1938-11-22
The Dodger.

'Tis not in money nor in land
That life its happiness reveals:
It Is In dodging motors and
Assimilating three square meals.
Evening star., 1938-11-22
Not Often.

Does the Office ever seek the MANI"
occasionally" answered Senator Sor-
ghum. But when it does you will
usually find that the salary attached to
it is only nominal"
Evening star., 1938-11-22
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All rights Of publication Of special dispatches
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Evening star., 1938-11-22

DE man dat is allus talkin' bout his
great friendship fob me-" said Uncle
Eben, generally sounds like he was
ttinkin' bout doin' me q bad turn an
was holdin' . mental argument VII
hise'ei."
Evening star., 1938-11-22

"one of the most cherries people in
the world" said Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown, us the person who thinks he
is doing others favor by never enjoying
himself"
Evening star., 1938-11-22

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Evening star., 1938-11-22

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Evening star., 1938-11-22

@. Please give the origin Of sky
writing.-J. K. G.
A. Hazel K. Wharton in the New York
Times says: "Skywriting is a develop
ment OF the World War and was origi-
mated in England by Maj. John c. Saw
age, r. A. F., who conceived the idea as
a means Of sending military signals over
great distances when other communica-
tions were impractical or impossible. It
was not perfected until after the war.
however, and was used for advertising
purposes first when Capt. Cyril Turner
wrote Daily Mall above the heads Of
amazed racing enthusiasts during the
running Of the derby at EPSON Downs
In England in May, 1922. In October Of
the same year Capt. Turner introduced
skywriting to America when he wrote
Hello, q. s. A. high above New York"
@. What famous men are represented
by the nine statues on mantelpiece at
West Point?-F. r.
A, There are nine statuettes of his
torical characters on the mantelpiece in
the academic board room at West Point.
They include three Christians: Charlie
magne, King Arthur and Godfrey Of
Bouillon; three Jews, Joshua, David and
Judas Maccabeus, and three pagans,
Hector of Troy, Alexander the Great and
julius Caesar. In the mantel they are
arranged chronologically and historic
ally. The choice Of the subjects was
suggested to the architects by Cations
preface to the first volume Of Sir Thomas
Mslory's "Morte d'Arthur."
Evening star., 1938-11-22
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@. What is the salary Of stewardess
on the United Air Lines?-W. j. H.
A. Stewardesses on United Air Lines
receive about $40 month.
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-09-03
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CITY SOFTBALL LEAGUE
Lions 9; Bankers Z.
PIEDMONT LEAGUE
Durham 1; Winston-Salem 5.
Charlotte IL; Norfolk 6.
Richmond 1; Portsmouth 0.
No other games played.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 6; Boston 4
Washington 4 Philadelphia 2.
Only games scheduled.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
st. Louis IL; Pittsburgh 10.
Only games played.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-09-03
PIEDMONT LEAGUE

PIEDMONT LEAGUE
Winston Salem at Durham.
Rocky Mount at Asheville.
Richmond at Portsmouth.
Norfolk at Charlotte.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington at Philadelphia.
Boston at New York:
Cleveland at st. Louis.
Detroit at Chicago.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
st. Louis at Pittsburgh.
Chicago at Cincinnati.
New York at Brooklyn.
Philadelphia at Boston.