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Evening star., 1938-11-21
Shooting Stors
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Chained.
pray for wisdom and crave
The sweet content which goodness
gives;
Yet rather would be slave,
Who, f1ercely pressed, midst striving
lives
Than he whom knowledge sets apart
From human fellowship, to dwell
With plodding brain and shriveling heart,
A prisoner in bloodhound cell.
And better the repentant tear
That seeks to right some thoughtless
wrong
Than cold perfection grown austere
And distant from the struggling throng.
I shall not ask by hasty flight
To shun all error and distress,
And dwell upon the mountain height
And view the stars in loneliness.
Evening star., 1938-11-21

mental 400 900 so-called Jews are those
decreed by Hitler as such. If the slight
est trace of Jewish ancestral lineage is
found those unfortunates-to-be are per-
secuted alike.
1t should not surprise us that should
these oppressed innocent and helpless
people find refuge in other countries and
thus rob the thief" of future victims, 1t
will be reported that half million Jews
are still to be found in Germany. Nat
urally Hitler will create" more Jews to
supplant those that have freed them
selves from his clutches.
Strictly speaking, it is no longer a re-
hgious persecution that excites our hui
manitaTian indignation of Germany's
struggle for economic stability. It is the
destruction Of the true and needed Ger
man race under the cloak of Jew" that
demands our protest.
Remember, that today when we show
our wrath for the abuse of five German
Jews, four of them are non-Jews, and
yet not Christians because there is
separate outlined" program for them.
Then who are these four? They are the
remaining true, real, peace-loving Ger
mans. Tomorrow, when we show our in
dignation because of further reported
Jewish prosecutions, all five will be nom
Jews. 1t should properly be labeled
German Persecution by Non Germans" :"
Trusting this letter finds its way to the
fact-hungry public, I remain,
November IS. S. J. POKRASS.
Injustice in Civil Service
Practice Noted.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Your editorial of November 13, Civil
Service Test" spotlights a weakness in
the existing personnel code-removal Of
an employe for cause, inspired or real,
without hearing.
Right Of defense is decreed by the
Constitution and upheld by courts Of
competent jurisdiction. Yet, as an ad-
ministrative procedure, this right is often
denied. Witness the recent instance
occurring in the Federal Communica-
tions Commission. Then, too the United
States Civil Service Commission, when
queried, states: Even where an employe
Is proposed for removal from the service
for cause it is not required that he be
accorded . personal hearing"
Seemingly, insurance for obtaining this
phase of justice lies with Congress-an
amendment to the present statute. Civil
service will become q potential, active
force among Federal employees only when
directors of personnel are disposed to
meet, In the discharge of their official
duties, the spirit and letter of the consti-
tutional precept. It is opportune to re-
move civil service" as practice, from
tho dictionary Of myths. zone example"
said Gladstone" is worth q Thousand ar
guments" LOUIS v. WOULFE.
November II.
Picks Walter johnson
For Congress.
To the Editor Of The Star:
The success Of Walter johnson In his
race for county commissioner for Mont
gomery County, Md, shows the esteem
and respect in which he is held by his
fellow citizens Of that county.
Walter johnson can carry his district
for Congress two years hence and
urge his friends in every county to begin
now to promote his candidacy for that
hoooe. ALBERT q. BROWN.
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Repudiated Originality.

The poets have done great though
unrecognized work for the world, re-
marked the literary person.
Eyes," answered Miss Cayenne. "They
have written so many good things. which
may be quoted, that there is no excuse
for one being stupidly original"
Evening star., 1938-11-21
Clash of Talent.

Clash OF Talent.
That might makes right let none recite,
For every legal artist
Can show that right is with the might
Whose lawyer is the smartest
Evening star., 1938-11-21
Letters to The Star

Letters to the Editor must bear
the naDse and address OF the tOriter,
although the use OF pseudonyn, for
publication is permissible. Please be
brief!
Evening star., 1938-11-21
Not Understood.

Not Understood.
They say you are the logical presi-
Dental candidate"
"Yes," answered Senator Sorghum:
but the trouble is that the average
voter hasn't the slightest comprehension
Of or reverence for logic"
Evening star., 1938-11-21
The CRATER,

His conscience doth lie strangely still,
It's task 1t seems to shirk
With sweet immunity until
The Jury gets to work.
Evening star., 1938-11-21

If people paid as strict attention to
Eben, "as dey pays to de rules Of card
game. de piety of dis world would b
sllmpin' s1rprisin'."
Evening star., 1938-11-21

Most advice" said Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown, "is just conversation. When
you want the kind you can depend on
you hire a good lawyer"
Evening star., 1938-11-21

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@. What famous prizefighter is buried
In Westminster Abbey?-T. r. s.
A. John Broughton, famous champion
of England, who contributed largely to
the scientific development of boxing, is
inferred in Westminster Abbey.
Evening star., 1938-11-21

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Main ONCE: 1lth Ct and Pennsylvania Ave.
New York Office: ITO East 42nd at.
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Evening star., 1938-10-10
WINDOW DISPLAYS
TO AID CHEST DRIVE
Work of Social Welfare Units to
Be Depicted in Stores
During Campaign.

The forthcoming Community Chest
campaign for funds will be aided by
store window displays portraying the
ways in which the social welfare agen-
cies affiliated with the Chest meet the
human needs of Greater Washington,
it was announced today.
The 81 members Of the National
Capital Display Club and display men
from stores in outlying sections, in
cluding Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Silver
Spring and Hyattsville, have agreed
to cooperate in the campaign.
Arthur Gray of Lansburgh's, who is
in charge Of window displays for the
Chest drive, said the Display Club
members had promised to install one
Community Chest window in each of
the stores represented, to be decorated
to present q welfare service message
coupled with an appeal for financial
support. Prizes will be offered for the
best windows in the downtown area
and in neighborhood stores.
Meanwhile, the Chest announced its
campaign solicitation in the downtown
business districts will be aided by
about 200 volunteer workers provided
by the Junior Board Of Commerce.
They will cover area of the Metro
politan unit.
Evening star., 1938-10-10
Washington Observations
Dies Summarizes Facts Established by Anti-Amercan
Probers,' Charging Elaborate Spy Systems.

Federal theater project and the
writer's project, and that these prof.
ects are indirectly financing Com
munist activities.
6. That certain Government oflcials
have manifested a very tolerant atti-
tude toward the Communists and
have, in some instances, openly de-
Tended them.
7. That alien "isms" have been
transferred to our shores and have
become for the first time major
factor in the formation Of our eco
nomic, political and social policies;
that the feuds and quarrels Of Europe
have been transplanted to our soil, and
that the lines, while still indefinite,
are beginning>t to form between Fascist
minded people on the one hand and
Communist sympathizers on the other.
8. That the Communist propaganda
is more clever and effective at present
than Its Fascist and Nazi counter
part.
Perhaps with the Czech-G German
situation Gained down and the sister
American crisis, the World Series,
about to subside, the 1888 political
campaign may get belated look-in.
To date it has been a little Orphan
Annie, with hardly anybody except
candidates so poor as to do 1t rever-
ence. Many hot fight is on here and
there for both State and congressional
Offices, but the Nation at large is
almost completely disinterested Vot-
ers seldom get hot" until October is
we'll advanced, so that the excitement
hitherto conspicuous by its absence
may develop between now and election
day on November 8. Republican wish
full thinkers, as we'll as impartial
Washington authorities like leading
newspaper correspondents, continue to
contend, as the zero hour approaches,
that G.. o. P. strength in the House
Of Representatives may be increased
by anything up to SO seats, more or
less, and that by hook or by crook,
a Democratic Senate seat or two may
be captured
Far prouder than the fact that he
bears an uncanny resemblance to
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
is Jim Preston, assistant administra-
tive secretary Of the National Archives.
elated over the inspiring collection OF
historical American documents now
on display in the exhibition hall of
the beautiful palace Of archives on
Constitution avenue. Jim, veritable
bug on Americana, passion developed
during his famous days as superin-
tendent of the Senate press gallery and
later as Senate librarian, installed the
display under the general direction of
Dr. r. D. w. Connor, archivist of the
United States The exhibition hall,
distinguished by its massive murals
entitled, THE Declaration Of Inde-
pendence" and The Constitution OF
the United States" was originally de-
signed to house those precious docu-
ments, but, as long as DR.. Herbert
Putnam remains librarian of Congress,
there's a. tacit understanding that
neither Of them will be transferred
from Capitol Hill. In the bronze
bound receptacle prepared for them,
Preston has placed q document which,
as he puts 1t, made the Declaration
and the Constitution posable-the
treaty Of peace with Great Britain,
dated September 3, 1888, and acknowl-
edging the independence of the United
Evening star., 1938-10-10
Headline Folk
and What
TheyDo
Silver Shirts Revived
With Anti-Semitism
as Target.
BY LEMUEL F. PARTON.

Testimony before the Dies Commit.
tee features William Dudley Pelley
and his Silver Shirts, with evidence
offered to show working alliance be-
tween this organization and Na1
propaganda groups in this country.
Mr.. Pelley and his associates, re-
rigging the main general framework
Of the Ku Klux Klan, suffered re-
verses in 1884. having claimed 2,000.-
900 adherents, and, when Mr.. Pelley
ran for President in 1896, he received
only 1000 votes.
But, apparently, they have been
coming to life again, with reports of
their renewed activities from various
parts Of the country, and with an in
tensifying blast of pamphleteering.
Their new literature, some Of which
comes to this desk, now stresses anti
Semitism and makes secondary their
hatred Of the Roman Catholic Church,
to which they originally gave first
place. With rare exceptions, they
follow the Ku Klux formula, reviling
the same prescribed groups.
Mr.. Pelley has Indignantly denied
that Adolf Hitler has paid him, but
he has said that he has had many
talks with Herr Hitler, in which he
received counsel and guidance.
"Clairaudient" conversations, they
were, in which, during the years be-
fore he gained power, Herr Hitler
was sending him helpful thought-
waves. He replied in kind, and their
psychic correspondence was mutually
helpful. When Hitler became chancel-
lor on January 80. 1888, Mr.. Pelley ac-
claimed his victory and eloquently rail-
lied his followers to do the same thing
over here.
There seems to be supporting evi-
dence here for G. Ward Prices re-
port that Hitler hears voices. The
distinguished London journalist so re-
ported in his laudatory book, II Know
These Dictators." Herr Hitler and Mr..
Pelley are unquestionably fellow mys-
tics. The latter's literature goes into
astrology, prophecy, metaphysics and
other recondite matters to a degree
which made it, for this reader, diff
cult reading.
The main power plant of Mr.. Pei
ley's followers is now at Asheville
N. c., where their firm, Pelley Pub
fishers, issues Liberation, a Weekly
Journal of Aggressive Patriotism"
Their organizations are the Silver
Shirts, the Christian Militia and the
Silver Legion, the latter being appar-
emily the largest and most abusive. In
his autobiography, Mr.. Pelley has de-
scribed himself as the son of a New
England Methodist minister, a for
mer newspaper publisher, printer, adj
vertising agent and writer Of popular
fiction" He is much given to dis
quieting prophecies, in the Biblical
manner, and one must admit that
some Of his outgiving do seem quite
apocalyptic.
Copyright 1881
Evening star., 1938-10-10
'CHUTE JUMP is FATAL

AUGUSTA, Ca, Oct. 10 R.-
Johnny Spoon, 22-year-old profess
sional parachute jumper of Lansdowne,
Pa, fell 1900 feet to his death late
yesterday in a delayed jump from
which he would have received a purse
Of So.
Observers said Mr.. Spoon delayed
pulling the ripcord until his body
plummeted within 100 feet Of the
ground. The youth told witnesses he
did so in hopes of bettering delayed
jump feats of his instructor He lapsed
into unconsciousness and died shortly
after his plunge.
Evening star., 1938-10-10

F. White that New Deal
looks Wallace with suspicious dislike
The ennty OF the fight, when Wal
lace Presidents bill,
gnaly mobilize for it.
truth that nothing the
get behind the Inflated but in the hyeria Of
that time Wallace be dstrusted for his failure
And then although important ally
last winters drive renewed primng refused
celebrated the
with Postmaster
he would candidates States the
political field
Thus the left
when the President the conservative Democrats
candidate For the present it seriously nconvenent
selling for cents
Even the like tobacco bitterly dissatisfied
with their aomens Farm this will be
less than last In fact after effort
Wallace, the farm situation just about bad be.
AS result something like farmers rebellion starting
In Georgia when farm prepared for the New
Wallace for fear of boomg his audience
Liberty gaining opposition
laces policies the domestic allotment
daily Wallace himself
his through the
the rebels
Smith
loan cotton,
which Republicans
nothing
his enemies within the administration Worst ALL he
lively nsoube whole
New Deal founded farmerabor alliance the
tion would disaster.
beleaguered
Evening star., 1938-10-10

European crisis, it hasn't had oppor-
tunity to digest or assess at its full
significance the material which the
indefatigable Texan and his colleagues
have dragged to light. At this OBJ
servers request, Chairman Dies has
prepared the following summary of
"the facts established by this investi-
CATION" Here they are:
l. That Italy, Germany and Russia
maintain an elaborate spy system IN
the United States.
2. That Italy, Germany, Russia,
Great Britain and France are engaged
in widespread propaganda activities
here. Russia disseminates her propa-
ganda directly through the Commun-
ist party of the United States and in
directly through such Communist front
organizations as the League for Peace
and Democracy, the International La
Dor Defense, the Civil Liberties Union,
the Workers Alliance and other organ
izations unnecessary to enumerate;
that these organizations have WELL
known Communists holding strategic
positions and really directing the work
Of the organization, but that the OYER
whelming majority OF the membership
is unaware of the Communist influence
and direction, and is lured into join
ing by high-sounding and deceptive
titles; that all of these organizations
can be identified by their vigorous op-
position to Fascism and Nazi-ism and
by their silence with respect to Com
munism and, in some instances, by
their open approval of Soviet Russia;
that some 400 or 500 United States
Government officials belong to these
united front organizations.
X X
3. That Germany and Italy carry on
their propaganda activities, respec-
lively, through the German American
Bund and the Italian Fascist organiza-
tions in this country, and that work.
ing in sympathy with the bund and
the Fascist bodies is a number Of So
called patriotic societies whose pro-
gram and literature have all the ear
marks Of Fascist theology, such as
anti-racial, anti-rehgious and strongly
nationalistic sentiments.
4. That the Communists have gained
definite foothold in the C. I. o. and
that a number Of well-known Com
munists occupy important positions
therein and are responsible for such
strategy as the sit-down strike and
the violent class warfare.
S. That the Communists have per-
meated such Federal agencies as the
Evening star., 1938-10-10

States. 1t bears the signatures Of
John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and
John Jay. In an adjacent casket re-
clines the British instrument Of ratif1-
cation, bearing date Of April 9. 1884,
and the signature Of George III.
X X
Some Of Jim Preston's other gems
are the treaty Of alliance with France,
dated February 6, 1778. signed by
Conrad Alexander Gerard, Benjamin
Franklin, Silas Deane and Arthur Lee;
also the French instrument Of ratifi-
cation, dated July 16. 1778, and con-
tanning the signature of Louis XVI
Nearby, too, is the treaty of Ghent,
signed on December "a, 1914, ter
Evening star., 1938-10-10

minating the War of 1912, and bearing
the signatures Of Gambler, Henry
Goulburn, William Adams, John
Quincy Adams, James A. Bayard.
Henry Clay, Jonathan Russell and
Albert Gallatin.
(Copyrisht, 1889
Evening star., 1938-10-10

there could be deal to trade of the Albany
Lehman snatorship the gone
AS the thing has
Tor the New York State organization
overwhelming
The for the "dctaphone
He personally attractive
favorable impression by his
until ne slipped in his
tremendous political His
problems his knowledge of the affairs
energies especially New York City,
o nave proved dc for the Democrats develop
state Issues against wel-fnanced whirwind
Ihe were the calculations which
nominate Dewey acclamation,
sisted and had the Democrats
chances that Mr. emerged as the
Republican white hope 49,
Munich agreements have certainly Deweys
Wnhe In Gov Lehman and the harmony"
up against heavyweight opposition
running Jim MeadWho
New Deal choice for the
or
kentin Line
Evening star., 1938-10-10

United States will
dignity with the
attention they de-
serve the amazing
conditions dug up
by the House
Committee on
Un-American Ac-
tivities, headed
by Representa-
tive Martin Dies,
D e m ocrat, Of
Texas. Because
Of the country's
pre- occ u patton
W it h primary
politics and more
roropflu with tho
Evening star., 1938-10-10

he has always received this will
of the
agricultural and conservation policies Smith
Roosevelt and looks like
impression
for the govnorship this that
capitalize
mistakes we'll
that Mr. Lehman would runhe
called his strong right armI
nomination. by accamaion.
(Copyr
Evening star., 1938-10-10
By FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

ny rhEDEh1C WILLIAM "lAC'
Now that President Roosevelt In
tends to ask Congress to authorize
intensified and co-ordinated national
measures to combat and suppress
foreign spy and other subversive
maneuvers, perhaps a complacent
Evening star., 1938-10-10

naval aspects OF
the CzechoSlova-
khan episode are
beginning to be
discussed here in
terms of what are
the real dangers
of a powerful Of
Tense of air
planes against a
a country with
far-hung bounda-
ries. In high
quarters here the
view is advanced
that the principal
reason why Prime
AH:.;a4an Cham
Evening star., 1938-10-10
Debate Seen
On Defense
Issue
u. S. Must Base Plans
on New Conditions
in World.
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Dy DAFID LAVnCNOLs
Whatever else the recent European
war crisis may have done to shape
policies of governments throughout the
world, it may be taken for granted
that at the next session of Congress
there will come the biggest debate on
national defense which the United
States has experienced in 20 years.
For little by little the military and
Evening star., 1938-10-10

Kept IN line, and Gov. Lehman
himself is opposing the young Re-
publican nominee.
\ X X
Mr.. Lehman Is a conserva-
tive Democrat whose banking af-
f1liations and whose opposition to
the judiciary reform bill won him
much applause in conservative
Republican quarters. He has great
popularity in New York City, where
in addition to the independent vote
Evening star., 1938-10-10

did not want the Repub-
lican nomination for the
governorship this year. The
belief was that If Dewey was
not nominated the Demo-
Gratis would put up Attorney
General Bennett, but that If
Dewey was given the acco-
lade Gov. Lehman would be
drafted. This has now hap
pened, and any calculations
based on the belief that
Evening star., 1938-10-10
Islanders Get Books.

Containing books and provisions,
barrel was dropped recently from the
liner Strathmore for the lonely inhab-
itants of the Cocos Islands in the
Indian Ocean.
Evening star., 1938-10-10
South African Benefit.

Two thousand pounds of sausages
and 1000 pancakes were cooked over
open-air bonfires to help raise funds
for a monument in johannesburg,
South Africa.
Evening star., 1938-10-10


Wallace He worked continuously with caution
could sensible
Considering
matter whether Walces
Intentions end by paving the neither region
by
Evening star., 1938-10-10
Shoots at Rabbit, Four Hurt.

Firing two shots at rabbit near
Beauvais, France, a hunter missed
the bunny but hit four members Of
family. boy Of II being seriously
wounded
Evening star., 1938-10-10
We, the People
Dewey Faces Overwhelming Odds in Race in New
York, Observer Declares.
By JAY FRANKLIN,

At last the nuckes polished and the poca
vocabuas weighed CDcaphoneo
the ring against H. Right ARM Lehman the
ernorshp Of New York
When left the East both New York State parties
for time Gov. Lehman wanted the United
Senate there preense Attorney
Evening star., 1938-10-10

10 odIV VIIc UdII O1 tIIc IIIySUlC dUeSO-
lutte has led him to change his re-
ligious afflliations almost as often
as his clothes. And. on the other,
by steady effort, he has made him.
self one Of the outstanding agri-
cultural technicians in the country.
From the first, he has been
caught between the farmers, clam
oring for high prices, and the
consumers, threatening not to pay
these prices. Certain kinds of New
Evening star., 1938-10-10

HOUSE. And, at Cne mOmenC, ne Is
the most harassed man in Wash
ington.
X X X X
To begin with the least of
his troubles, Wallace is deprived of
the support of his natural allies
within the administration. He is
a conspicuous member of the left
wing of the New Deal, having no
kinship to such conservatives as
Chairman Jesse H. Jones of the
Evening star., 1938-10-10

HE opinions OF ,orers page their not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions are presented IN
readers although such opinions be contradictory
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1938-10-10
The Capital Parade
Wallace Most Harassed Man in Washington as Farm
Surpluses Rise, Incomes Drop.

JOSEPH ALSOP ROBERT KINTNER
power Henry Secretary Agriculture
machinery reaches into county village in
Of his An immense American
him their welbeng citizen