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Evening star., 1938-03-15

CHEVE. con. cpe.. 80. A beauty; new
paint. top. tires: runs like song; 5-day
trial Sl31. Lee D. Butler. Inc, 1877
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Evening star., 1938-03-15

CHEVROLET 1881 ?-door sedan with
trunk; with $500 actual miles; will sell
equity for small amount and transfer
notes. This Car is Just like new one.
Mr.. Berman, Col. 126I.
Evening star., 1938-10-28
The Washington Negro.

In an effort to solve the economic prob
lem confronting the colored race in
Washington, group Of the Capitals
civic leaders is considering the forma-
ton here Of branch Of the National
Urban League or of a similar group.
The problem has been dominated in
recent years by its economic factors, due
to migration as we'll as to the depression,
with migration offering the greatest diff
f1culties in the long view. Students Of
the problem find wave of colored per-
sons moving into the industralized cities
Of the North and East from rural Sec
tions. They are not equipped to do
skilled work and fall Immediately into
the lowest economic levels.
The difficulty is more pronounced in
Washington than in almost any other
city, largely because of the Capitals
geographical location, It's large colored
population and because of the absence
Of industries within the city.
AA1C p1obICLi 10 a Clldl4CAA6C w VIC CA-
tire community. The Negro has been
given educational and civil equality. He
is offered many opportunities for train
ing in skilled trades and professions
through the schools and colleges pro-
vided for him. yet the doors of the
economic world often are closed to him
after he has availed himself Of these
opportunities.
The purpose Of the proposed organiza-
ton would be to provide trained experts
to seek constantly for means to advance
the Negro economically and culturally.
The providing Of opportunities for the
Negro to earn his own way and to
achieve standards OF self-suficiency and
wholesome living undoubtedly would give
the communal ledger an imposing ad-
dition to its assets.
Evening star., 1938-10-28
Montgomery Survey.

Montgomery County has decided to
spend up to 5000 to find out whether It's
governmental machinery Is antiquated.
The outlay may properly be classified as
research, and the Board of County Com
missioners authorized the expenditure
in the expectation Of getting it back by
ehecting economies in the county gov
ernment.
Certainly the commissioners are Jus
titled in the belief that county grow
ing as fast as Montgomery should pause
occasionally to examine the basic prin-
ciples on which its governmental ma
chinery functions to see If changing
times have made them obsolete.
The County Civic Federation, which
urged the survey. pointed out that
Montgomery still is operating along lines
laid down when 1t was entirely rural
community. The problems that have
arisen because Of the rapid suburban
growth have been solved piecemeal.
Civic leaders note that there are now
seventy different tax rates in forty-nine
taxing units; the police force must serve
both rural and urban communities where
crime problems are vastly different, and
the county boards authority does not
extend to some functions ordinarily ad-
ministered by county governments.
These and other issues will be scruti-
nized during the survey. which will be
conducted by some outside agency.
The fact that such things have been
called to public attention is a credit to
the alertness of the Civic Federation,
and it Is safe to predict that the tax
payers Of the county will find the in
vestment in the survey to have been a
wise one.
Evening star., 1938-10-28

professions and arts, whose Least interest
seems to have magic in It. Perhaps
they know Just little bit more than
the average, or have q surer touch In
putting their knowledge into effect
This surety Of touch Is always very
much admired by the person who lacks
1t. Take piano playing One person may
be able to play the instrument nicely,
but knows down In his own heart and
mind that he lacks the deft surety which
the masters possess.
y + T.
Well, 1t is the same in plant growing.
One rose lover seems to have no
trouble at all-at least 50 he says. The
next finds that every bush is q new
problem.
Experts say there is no control for
certain disease.
Our strong friend says he has solved
the problem completely.
He knows, in other words, more than
the experts. "Tsk, tsk." as they say In
New York.
Now 1t may be that he is Just plain
fortunate, and it may be that he blindly
stumbled onto the right path. It may be
that he had better stock to begin with,
and 1t may be that rose growing is not
great mystery, after all, but yields
to ordinary common sense and plenty
of elbow grease. Especially the latter)
X X 4
One solution to this mystery is that
the ultra-succesSful one is using new
ground, at least ground in which roses
have never been grown before.
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China asters, as they used to be called,
grown to perfection in earth which
never held them before, only to yield
next season to as poor group of flowers
as might be seen anywhere. And these
were sown and tended by the same
hands. backed by the same mind. which
had been somewhat uphfted by the
success of the year before.
Rose bushes are not supposed to be
50 susceptible to such influences, but
1t well may be that they are, neverthe-
less. that the grower who puts them in
virgin soil, as far as roses are con-
cerned. has given them the best food in
the world, to begin with, and 50 the
background Of strength to resist insects
and blights.
The newcomer to rose growing should
never forget that he is giving all his
enthusiasm and strength to his hobby.
We speak not here Of the confirmed,
in-the-grain rosarians, whom MOTH
ing can stop. but only Of the average
home lover who plants few roses, and
has high hopes.
He is the one who Is downcast by
the boastful one who never admits that
there Is anything wrong with his own
roses, or. if there is, but what he can
cure 1t overnight.
If this is true, he has the others
congratulations, but at the same time,
the latter may be human enough to
wonder If all is as rosy as the ultra
successful gardener has pictured 1t.
Evening star., 1938-10-28
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES 3. TRACEWELL.

Gardeners are . boastful bunch, but.
no gardener sticks his chest out quite
80 far as the successful rosarian.
Every one knows, Of course, that rose
growing is not easy. There are 20 many
insects, 50 many diseases, 10 many
things which may get the matter with
roses, that raising good ones Is q mat.
ter for congratulation.
Ones hat is OF, therefore, to the sue
cessful amateur grower of fine roses
but one would like to give him what is
technically known as swift kick" for
his rather SNUG attitude in the matter.
None Of the fungus pests, insects, or
diseases which bother roses in ordinary
yards seem to bother his specimens at
all
His bushes are blissfully untouched.
In the few cases In which q marauding
spore dared enter his garden gate, he
got rid Of it in short order.
Spraying?
Why, that is no work at all. It is
ridiculously easy. Even a 4-year -old
child could spray q field OF roses with
out breathing more quickly.
~ X
A hard-working amateur rosarian will
rectly.
He knows all the troubles and tribu-
lations OF growing his favorite flowers.
He rather imagined taking care Of
them to be somewhat Of chore, in
the real sense, an undertaking not to
be assumed lightly, and to be carried
forward with prayerful regard for the
latest dictates of the experts
Here comes along a strong fellow who
tosses off his rose duties with one hand,
while with the other he gathers hum
dreds-so he says-of little chrysanthe-
mum plants which have literally
sprinkled his garden since he put in
those IL plants last spring. Interesting,
II true.
Our hard working rosarian, who ut
times feels as If he must give up roses
altogether, wonders II all this makes
sense.
Or is the well-satished gentleman just
fortunate2
There can be little doubt that some
persons are marvelously fortunate in
all they touch.
In the old days women who were un-
usually successful with house plants we're
said to have lust the right touch"
Every flower they took up throve and
bloomed.
II there were any insects around, a
spraying with simple soap suds drove
them all away.
Other peoples plants might grow
pale. and languish. Mealy bugs by the
hundred attacked other peoples plants.
but not those Of the really fortunate
grower.
There are such persons, Of course;
often at the beginning of any venture,
and sometimes all the way through.
Napoleon was such a man, at least
until the drive into Russia.
There are scores OF persons in all
Evening star., 1938-10-28

proprietor who deducted pay from work.
ers called by the grand jury to identify
men suspected OF robbing the store.
1t IS difficult to understand why a
victim of crime should want to penalize
witness seeking to aid In identifying
and bringing to justice the perpetrators
OF the offense. The crime problem can
not be solved without wholehearted CO.
operation by the victims and potential
victims Of lawlessness. Law enforcement
fails when public support fails.
Justice Bolitha j. Laws, in addressing
the Petworth Citizens Association prior
to issuance Of the prosecutors warning,
pointed out that the citizens role in
administration of justice is of para
mount Importance. As a witness, he
said, the citizen can sway jury and
judge, and as juror he has the power
to decide the fate OF his fellow man.
He should not shirk either duty, however
inconvenieht such service may be.
If you find yourself not receiving
justice in the courts" Justice Laws de-
clared, land If you are inconvenienced
by long delays. crowded dockets, dis
courtesies on the part of court attaches
it is your job to take part in working
to remedy the situation"
There is no doubt that many citizens
have had cause for complaint about
time and patience lost at court, or in
the uncomfortable anterooms or cor
ridors thereof, while waiting to be called
to the witness stand. Some of these
delays are unavoidable, but others might
be obviated by improvement of court
procedure to speed up trials and by
reciprocal attitude of cooperation with
citizens on the part Of court attaches
who may have become lax in this re-
spect. Since the courts and the citizens
play interdependent roles in law enforce
meht. justice is bound to suffer unless
there is the fullest coordination of
their mutual obligations. Certainly, no
one should be permitted to place un-
necessary obstacles In the path Of q
witness in a criminal case.
Evening star., 1938-10-28
Abandonment of Marine
Memorial Deplored.

AO2n0Onment OF Marine
Memorial Deplored.
TO the Editor Of The Star:
Much is being said these days about
our Navy and the glories Of our sea
service. Posters have been placed every
where reminding the people Of the vital
Importance, past, present and future,
Of our Navy and merchant marine. BY
next Friday little or nothing will sur
vive Of this momentary enthusiasm.
In all the articles about Navy Day
and the coming celebrations not one
mention is made of our only sea me-
morial-the Naval and Maritime Me-
morial-which stands unfinished and
abandoned In our Capital It has 50
stood during five years. Indeed, some
not very friendly and not very patriotic
hand has attempted to obliterate it
little by little from the sight of the
public by planting bushes and trees
around 1t.
I have the privilege of being one Of
the largest contributors to this memorial.
A group OF patriotic men and women
undertook years ago to erect this en-
during tribute Of gratitude to the men
who during the three hundred years Of
our national life have served US on the
seas. To the heroic deeds Of these men,
in peace as well as In war-are due
the glories which we prepare to celebrate
on Navy Day. This group Of true
Americans devoted their time, efforts
and money under the sponsoFship OF
Evening star., 1938-10-28
REVERSAL OF TREND
SEEN IN AUTO GAINS
Policy of Greater Output Held
Real Recovery Move.

Alfred P. sloan's action in announcing
An increase in the number and pay Of
workers employed by General Motors
is held by the Nations press to be q
turning point in favor Of the economic
policy Of increased production for re-
covery. This is called an abandonment
OF the plan that has been tried by the
present administration. General Motors
leads movement extending to other
automotive producers and Is expected
to speed up all industry.
"The time has arrived" according to
the Long Beach (Calif) Press Telegram,
when the national recovery program
must be reversed and a policy of greater
production. not curtailed production, be
adopted" That paper Is convinced that
1t is the only solution for putting ten
or eleven million men back to work"
Let US hope" says the Omaha World
Herald. that the $4,000 men going back
to work, spectacle stirring national
rejoicing, are portend Of better under
standing, of more temperate spirit and
Of better times"
The industry is now ready to 60 to
work on an ambitious scale. in anticipa-
ton OF good business year." concludes
the Baltimore Sun, and the Syracuse
Herald points out that "the autumn re-
covery, as measured by the auto demand,
Is accepted as signal for operations
more extensive than the corporation had
anticipated"
"Inasmuch as the car industry has
for 50 many years set the pace OF busi-
ness as a whole, the present announce
ment Is particularly encouraging" de-
clares the Cleveland Plain Dealer and
the Kalamazoo Gazette calls the action
"the most auspicious industrial develop
ment in months" and one through which
"the thrill Of renewed hope and conf
dence is sent tingling across the
country"
More important than the addition Of
new purchasing power and the jump in
morale Of the workers." argues the Bos-
ton Transcript. "is the fact that the
good news comes from an industry which
has been tagging in recovery and with
out which recovery Is unlikely"
1T is significant because the upturn
comes" as viewed by the Flint (Mich)
Journal after a year Of reduced pro-
duction and at time when the busi-
ness skies are clearing" The fact that
all industry will be affected is em-
phasized by the Rochester Times Union,
the Hartford Times. the Providence
Journal, the Miami Daily News and the
TROY IN, " Record.
THE announcement reveals confidence
In the public" says the New York Sun.
and the New York Times offers the
estimate of "a 80 per cent gain in a
weeks output of new cars"
mo Government announcement how
ever large the appropriation and no
matter the number Of jobs that could
be offered, could produce the national
jubilation created by this from General
Motors" states the jackson CMich.)
Citizen Patriot. The Pueblo (Colo.)
star-Journal recalls that ut was the
motor industry that led the country
out Of the doldrums three years ago."
Evening star., 1938-10-28
Letters to the Editor must bear
the name and address OF the writer,
although the use Of a pseudonym for
publication Is permissible. Please be
briefI

three secretaries of the Navy to the
realization Of this lovely memorial! Two
thirds of the fund were raised and the
memorial was erected with the excep-
ton Of the beautiful sea green granite
base.
The memorial is still "veiled" In the
heart Of the Government. We feel
that while it was wonderful for patriotic
Americans to realize their debt of grati-
tude to the sea and to offer two-thirds
OF the memorial fund, this does not
relieve the Government, which at times
spends millions to commemorate by
stately monuments individual patriots,
from its patriotic responsibility. The
Government should be grateful to the
countless subscribers to this memorial
who have reduced to a nominal sum-
less than $4,000 the expenditure nee
essary to complete it.
If the spirit and ideals of our great
sea service in all its branches, Navy,
merchant marine, Coast Guard, avia-
ton, etc. have meant anything in the
past and will mean anything in the
future of our country, this memorial
should be completed and unveiled.
ABEL I. SMITH,
october Is. Norfolk, Conn.
Evening star., 1938-10-28
Money Trouble.

The closing of impoverished public
schools In Dayton, Ohio. shows how
serious may be the results Of inadequate
finances, and calls attention to the fact
that 1t can conceivably happen here.
The serious difficulties faced by the
local schools as a result of the fuel ap-
preparation cut made by Congress have
already been reported. Meetings of civic
groups and the length Of night school
courses may be affected. It has also
been pointed out that for the first two
months of this fiscal year the schools
have been exceeding expenditures which
would enable them to keep within the
allotment.
The Board Of Education has ruled that
classes may not be held in rooms where
the temperature is too low, and last year
several schools were temporarily dis
missed because work being done on
boilers prevented maintenance of an
approved temperature.
A cold winter requiring large use
OF fuel could easily bring the school
system uncomfortably close to closing
because of the legislative rider which
makes it imperative that they stay
within the fuel allotment. Such a pro-
vision in the Law while broadly desirable,
makes 1t imperative that the appropria-
ton itself shall be adequate. For while
1t probably won't. 1t could happen here,
even as In Dayton.
Evening star., 1938-10-28

his sword at the astounded rulers breast,
that gorilla asked whether he had come
to infringe upon the English kings au-
thority." The Emperor. who wanted his
dinner more than anything else, replied
cheerfully, mo, indeed" He was most
Hospitality entertained.
And this, may be, will be the reception
that1l be accorded to Great-Khan Hitler
whenever he elects to see England as q
friendly visitor" King George, may be.
will get a similar reception here. He
may want to revive his ancestors claim
to sovereignty over "his rebellious sub.
jects." FRED VETTER.
October a., 1888. 14l-
Evening star., 1938-10-28
Letters to The Star
Points to Confusion
In Palestine Issue.
r. tha EAyta~ - T9ha Gta .

To tho Editor Of The STAR
Two related. yet distinct, facts have
merged in American public opinion and
are causing confusion over the Pales-
tine question.
One fact is the widespread persecu-
ton of Jews. against which the sense
OF justice and decency in every normal
person revolts. The sympathy Of all
civilization is with the Jews in their
horrible and banning plight.
The other fact is that Zionisnn is seek
ing complete control Of the land that
is holy to three faiths. Weismann's
famous demand that Palestine must
become as Jewish as England Is Eng
lish or America is American" is still
the spirit and purpose of Zionism.
When he uttered these words. there
were only about $4,000 Jews in Pal
estine, living amicably with about 700,-
600 Arabs" as the descendants Of the
original inhabitants of the land are
loosely called. Now. because Of subsi-
died immigration there are more than
400 900 Jewish residents and, by natural
increase, more than 100000 Arabs" ="
Zionism insists upon unrestricted i'm.
migration until it shall have ma
jority population. meanwhile spurning
any sort Of legislative representation
based upon population.
Finding themselves being steadily dis
possessed of land and opportunity, in
the country which has been their home
land continuously for thousands Of
years, the Arabs" have risen in revolt,
Just as our forebears did in the 1770s.
The British and the Jews call them
bandits" and "terrorists." quite In the
fashion that prevailed in England dur
ing Revolutionary times.
Now tremendous pressure IS being put
upon the American Government to in
tervene in Palestine, which would mean
that America would lose her historic
primacy in the affection and confidence
of all Near Eastern nations. I found
In Palestine this year that the British
are already shrewdly shifting upon
America at least partial responsibility
for their blundering course.
Obviously our duty Is to confine our
selves to protection Of the rights OF
America and Americans in Palestine.
Let Great Britain shoulder her own
responsibilities and accept the conse-
quences Of her actions. Because we are
her friends is no reason why we should
cooperate in her blunders.
Meanwhile, whatever may fairly be
done to stem the world tide of anti
Semitism should be done by every Ameri-
can possessed of what William Penn
called "a public mind"
WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
October Is. swarthmore, Pa.
Evening star., 1938-10-28
Hope Revived.

Washington has needed an auditorium
for many years. President Roosevelt,
soaked to the skin by the downpour Of
rain which marred his second inaugura-
ton, declared on January %, 1887, that
the demand was urgent" The late
Senator Joseph T. Robinson Of Arkansas
had introduced a bill to create COM
missioA to deal with the problem, and
the President went out of his way to
approve the proposal. Secretary of the
Interior Harold L. Ickes similarly engaged
himself with the subject, testifying before
the Senate Committee on Public Build
ings and Grounds to the effect that, for
structures to accommodate large crowds,
the Nations Capital "is worse of than
any other city of comparable size"
The Senate passed the Robinson pro-
posal on January 80, 1887, and the House
of Representatives acted shortly there
after. Mr.. Roosevelt signed the bill on
February %, 1887. Plans for a nine
million-dollar building to be erected at
Third street and Constitution avenue
then were approved by the Capital
Auditorium Commission on April 18,
1898. But Congress adjourned without
providing the money required, and the
site suggested has been claimed for other
purposes. A new and corrected plan,
therefore, will have to be developed. The
area near the end of East Capitol street
is indicated for consideration, and it is
urged that an armory for the District
National Guard be Incorporated in the
design.
Citizens also have asked that q sta
dium be provided adjacent to the audi
torium, and young people especially have
expressed the wish that this be done,
The non governmental uses of the COM
pleted plan, 1t is argued, would be
numerous and profitable. Communities
equipped with such facilities commonly
find them practical in every purpose.
The Washington Board of Trade re-
peatedly has called attention to the fact
that the District of Columbia suffers
economic loss from iS lack Of . con-
vention center. Now that negotiations
Evening star., 1938-10-28

between Federal and District onicials
give ground for hope that the next
Congress can be persuaded to take final
action, 1t would appear to be wise to
make the plan as inclusive Is possible.
An auditorium In the modern meaning
Of the word would add to the attraction
Of Washington tremendously.
Evening star., 1938-10-28
Twenty Years Ago
The World Var Day by Day
October 20, 1918.

The French advance between the Oise
and the Serre continued for another two
miles. Germans were able to retreat
through Belgium comparatively unmo-
Tested due to heavy rains. Americans
were bringing up artillery for a further
assault beyond the Argonne.
British and italian forces drove four
miles beyond the Piave and took 1000
Austrian prisoners, making a total OF
more than 10000 in four days. In Al.
bania, the Italians made a notable adj
vance. In Serbia, the Allies swept for
ward with little opposition.