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Evening star., 1938-11-07
Aftermath of the
Georgia Primary.
To the Editor of The Star:

40 tile hultoE oI Inc olaT.
Georgians at large have been elated
and have had reason to be over the re-
nomination of Senator George in the
September primary in spite of the great
efforts of the President to prevent it,
Also, to be very proud of Mr.. Georges
conduct throughout his entire campaign
this summer. 1t was irreproachable His
speeches were very informing, prompting
thoughts on the wonderful beneficent
advantages accrued to the citizens of
the United States when the Government
functions as planned by it's founders.
Mr.. Georges 16 years Of invaluable
service in positions Of great RESPONSE
bility, were marked with his answering
efforts to meet the new needs with the
old fundamental principles.
In his campaign this summer he
walked on the highway of challenge and
at no time was he found in the dubious
paths of political besmirching, yet he
had to take the continual besmirching
efforts of some of his political oppo-
nentS, whose sole method seemed to be
that of villification, but he took it all
with heroic silence.
And as if that was not enough he had
to receive the insulting attack upon him
and the whole State of Georgia from
the President of the United States at
Barnesville, where he went to touch the
button to turn on the electricity for a
hundred miles around. That was won-
orf, wi for o11 of
were having electricity for the first time,
but Mr.. Roosevelt proved that his main
reason for officiating was his desire to
control the Georgia election by naming
candidate to oppose Mr. George as
Senator So intent was he on this that
he forgot entirely to press the button.
Senator George, had he not been de-
prived of his patronage rights, undoubt-
edly would reappoint the present col
lector of the Port of Savannah, whom
we want, but now we are in line for
man not of our own choosing. Georgia
doings toward the State, for he has be-
smirched us throughout the Nation,
rating us as slum State, which we re-
sent very much. He appointed a COM
mittee to survey us, supposedly for our
benefit, but with the result that Mr..
his economic problem No. /.
My main reason for writing the fore
going is the hope that some one will read
this who has given no thought to these
things, particularly the fact that no
President of the United States has any
business to interfere with the private
affairs of any State.
SALLIE NJ McALPINE.
Savannah, Ga.
Evening star., 1938-11-07
Maryland Election.

After one of the most spirited cam
palgns in the history of the State,
Maryland voters will decide tomor-
row If a precedent is to be broken
and a Republican reelected Gov
ernor or the Democratic party re-
stored to it's accustomed rulership
at Annapolis
The gubernatorial contest between
Governor Nice and Attorney General
OConor outshines all others in the
Free State. The senatorial race,
which held the spotlight in the
primaries, is of secondary Importance
since Senator Tydings weathered a
presidential purge" to win renom-
lnation over Representative Lewis.
All observers believe he will win
handily over his Republican op-
ponent
The chief factor which makes the
outcome of the O'Conor-Nice race in
doubt is the religious issue. Although
never raised openly in the campaign,
it has caused the Democrats more
concern than all the talk of taxes,
roads, schools and other conventional
problems combined. An under
cover, whispering campaign" against
OConor was all that political leaders
would concede existed, but the topic
has been almost invariably discussed
whenever two or more voters got to-
gether. Two Maryland religious
groups openly issued appeals for
tolerance" during the campaign.
The only other potentially impor-
tant factor against Mr.. O'Conor ap-
pears to have been overcome in the
closing days of the campaign-the
attitude of Mayor Jackson of Balti-
more, whom he defeated in the
primary. 1t was a cruel blow to the
personal ambition Mayor Jackson
has cherished for years, yet he
promised to support Mr.. O'Conor at
the nominating convention, and, as
the election neared, made a sub
stantial contribution to the cam
paign.
Aside from the support of the
powerful Jackson political machine,
Mr.. O'Conor finds ground for con-
fidence in the huge majority the
Democratic party enjoys on the reg
istration books and his own vote
Evening star., 1938-11-07
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Defiance.

Defiance.
Winter time is comm,
Comm mighty soon,
Northwind he jump up an bit
A piece right out O. de moon.
See de branches lose deir leaves
In a single night;
Like dey's rollin' up der sleeves
Fob to hab a fight.
Winter time is comm,
Summer got to go;
Got to take de grass an flowers
An trade 'en off for snow.
What I say is Let it come.
amt scarf ner beat;
Jes' as soon be shiverin' some
AS hollerin' bout de heat"
Evening star., 1938-11-07
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES f. TRACEWELL.

Leaving humps and hollows in the
bottom means that air will remain there,
and an undue amount Of moisture COL
lect in them.
The bottom should be Ieveled of so
that the base, or large end of the bulb
rests fatty across it.
If little clean sand is put in, as a
bed, so much the better. 1t offers good
drainage.
One does not have to plant tulip bulbs
with spirit level, however.
Nature has way all ner own of tab
ing care of misplanted bulbs. Even if
one is put in upside down, she sends
the small roots down, finally, and the
stalks up.
1t is amazing, but nature does it.
There is no use, however, of making
her do it.
1t requires just that much more effort
and time on the part of the great silent
intelligence of the universal mother.
1t is easy enough to plant bulb
properly, but an amazingly large num-
ber of gardeners, especially newcomers,
put them in sideways. and sometimes
even standing on their heads.
1t will not do any good to wish for tu-
lips next spring, unless the bulbs are put
in the earth this fall.
This is a little text sometimes over
looked by newcomers to a joyous art.
Unless, Of course, one wants to do
what>one local family did as joke.
Tulip flowers were purchased at the
florists in deep winter and stealthily in
serted in the ground overnight.
Neighbors next morning were amazed
at as brave an Out-of-Season tulip dis
play as ever graced yard.
1t was good joke, but it was not good
horticulture.
After the bulb is placed squarely on a
fiat base in the hole, the earth is raked
in with the hand and pressed down care
fully around it,
The hole is then filled completely and
pressed down, but not too hard. The
earth is frmed, but not stamped. The
idea is to get a surface which will not
hold rain in little puddles, nor be so
bumped it will permit all precious mois-
ture to run off.
Once you have planted your tulip
bulbs, forget about them; do not worry
over them every time snow comes, for
they love it; nor at thaw, nor when
green leaves bravely appear in a world
Of ice.
Many a gardener makes himself un-
happy to no good purpose, fuming and
stewing around over his precious plants
and bulbs.
The famous tulip mania of old Hol-
land, when speculator gladly bartered
his house and lands, with his wife
thrown in, for one new bulb, is fortu-
nately thing of the past; the new tulip
mania is this business of worrying over
bulbs, once they have been planted and
| are in natures care.
Evening star., 1938-11-07
A Defense Congress

When AmericanS-with the dis
graceful exception of the disfran-
chised residents of the District of
Columbia-tr to the polls tomor-
row, they will elect a House and
Senate that may go down in history
as the Defense Congress of the
United States. AT any rate, it is
now indicated that one of the imme-
diate and vital proposals to be laid
before the Seventy-sixth Congress
when it takes office on January
will be recommendation by PreSi-
dent Roosevelt to authorize an air
fleet of 1000 planes and full war
equipment for nucleus army of
100000.
Such a scheme calls for tripling
the Army Air Corps present goal of
1920 first-class fighting planes, and
creating an initial protective force"
to include Regular Army and Ma
tional Guard units, with essential"
semi-automatic rifles, anti aircraft
guns, bombs, tanks and gas masks.
The program also contemplates has
tening the acquisition of war reserves
for a force of 100000, which would
take the field within a few months,
should the United States become
involved in major international
conflict. Last, but by no means least,
this comprehensive rearmament en-
terprise includes farsighted plans to
shift American industry quickly from
a peacetime basis to war emergency
productive capacity. 1t is estimated
that an additional $500 100000, more
or less will finance the projected air
force and army augmentations.
Thus, upon men and women whom
the voters are about to elect a pecu-
liar and unprecedented obligation
will rest. For Congress has no higher
duty, no more solemn responsibility,
than to safeguard the national de-
fense. Fortunately, it has recent
history to serve as a guide for it's
patriotic conscience. That history
can be epitomized in a single word
Munich. 1t has particular applica-
ton to the proposal to give this coun-
try the mightiest air force in the
world.
The democracies Succumbed, the
relationships prevailed, at Munich
on September 20, because Hitler and
Mussolini between them held the
mastery Of the air in Europe.
Messrs. Chamberlain and Daladier.
conscious that Britain and France
were no match for Germany and
Italy in aviation, took refuge in the
ancient doctrine that discretion is the
better part of valor. The United States
must not commit the error of which
the British and the French were
guilty-of letting Germany and Italy
obtain such superiority in the air
that the Berlin-Rome axis was able
to dictate terms when the Czecho-
slovak crisis came along to demon
strate the folly of the policy of
neglect pursued by London and Paris
while Berlin and Rome armed to the
teeth
The American people want no Mu-
Mich. They will expect the incoming
Congress to insure that there shall
be none.
Evening star., 1938-11-07
Lunar Legerdemain

Hold everything, ladies and gen.
tlemen of the radio audience. Take
1t easy. There is nothing to be
alarmed about in the latest news to
be broadcast this evening from the
planetary front. This time it is
just the moon, that perfectly harm
less old man of the sky with the
benign smile that would not frighten
. baby. So different from his nasty
neighbor, Mars, host to strange crea-
lures that crawl and blow smoke
from their eyes.
Old Man Moon is up to his old
tricks again, it seems. He is about
to sneak behind the earth and hide
his shining face from the sun in
disappearing act commonly known
as an eclipse. But this will not be
an ordinary eclipse, and that is why
the American Museum of Natural
History has made plans to invade
the skies by airplane and give radio
listeners a bulletin bulletin &C
count of the spectacle.
The observers in the plane and
thousands of persons on good old
terra firma will have the rare oppor-
tunity of viewing the fully eclipsed
moon and the sun at the same time,
If the weather man co-operates.
When it is realized that lunar eclipses
occur only as the earth comes di-
rectly between the moon and the sun,
one can readily understand that it
will take something akin to magic
to enable terrestrial beings to see
both heavenly bodies at the same
time from the same spot.
It Is not done with mirrors, the
astronomers nasten to assure every
one, but with something akin to
MISREPRESENTATION In other words,
the earth's atmosphere will bend the
rays Of the sun in such way as to
make it appear that the moon and
Evening star., 1938-11-07
REARMAMENT ADDRESS
WINS PRESS SUPPORT
Editors Indorse Presidents
Resolve to Defend Monroe
Doctrine.

The recent address by President
Roosevelt in which he expressed the
belief that this country, despite its love
of peace, should prepare adequately to
resist aggression, has received the al
most unanimous commendation of the
American press. The suggestion that
this Government intends to preserve the
Monroe Doctrine while remaining aloof
from European quarrels met with par
vey of editorial comment after the ad-
dress.
"a warning. friendly in tone, was alb
viously intended to let dictators and
others know we are Wide-aWake and
mean business" suggests the Indian
apolis Star.
''The democratic nations must develop
and maintain unity and strength to de-
fend their way of life" states the VIM
ston-Salem Journal, with the conclusion
that the President knows that the
enemy of human liberty cannot be con-
quered by surrendering to it," and that
there is mo peace in a world that is
dominated by hatred, tyranny and fear"
The country does not want to be in
volved IN Europe's quarrels," says the
Pasadena Star-NeWs. But if it is true
that when those quarrelS reach the boil
ing point this country has to pay con-
siderable for them, it must be to the Ma
tons interest to do what it can before
hand, without entanglements, to get
those quarrels adjusted"
'The hard course that lies before us, if
we are to preserve some small area of the
world in which to trade, will be thornier
than it might have been If we and the
European democracies had recognized
earlier the real interests of peace loving
nations and protected them," according
to the Baltimore Sun.
The American people," concludes the
Providence Journal, 'are with the Presi-
dent in his program for making the
country ready for any defensive need
but they regret public speeches which to
the slightest extent needlessly provoke
enmity abroad"
'The President, with lasting peace un-
attainable," says the Louisville Courier
Journal "reasserts in unmistakable
terms the Monroe Doctrine" The Al
toona Mirror feels that America must
be prepared to meet successfully any
application of force against US The
Macon CGa) Telegraph advises that I'VE
should not start anything we are not
prepared to finish and must be prepared
to finish anything the enemy may start"
1t is agreed by the Cincinnati Times
Star that 'if we do not intend to fight,
we should abstain from speech making
which may get us into war that we do
not expect, and failing in that, may ac-
complish the even more undesirable re-
suit of leading our friends in Western
Europe to expect assistance from us
which they will not receive"
There ought to be prompt and i'm
pressive strengthening Of our air forces, ="
according to the New York Times, while
the Boston Transcript advises that our
people are determined to avoid all con-
flict which is not in self f-defense."
The President left U.S." says the New
York Herald Tribune, "on the horns of
the now familiar dilemma: There can be
no peace unless somebody goes to war;
there can be no war of that sort as 1t
would bring an end to peace"
Evening star., 1938-11-07
There is still plenty Of time to plant

There is still plenty Of time to plant
tulips.
What wonderful things Holland has
given the world!
Not that tulips originally came from
the Netherlands, but the hardy, indus
trious, artistic people of that country
made them all their own.
1t is fine to think that any one Of us
with porch box, or a tiny yard, or
large garden may have few of these
creations Of the horticultural world.
The very bulb itself is an artistic
thing.
AS you take it out of the paper bag,
regard it in this light. Note its sheen,
its texture, it's shape and formation
1t is a beautiful white bulb, wrapped
in coat of brown, bearing within it
natures mighty marvels of shape, tex
ture and color.
Holland still gives us the best tulip
bulbs, just as she gives us wonderful mu-
sicians, buttermilk soaps and tobacco
pipes.
quite like that of the little country
across the sea.
Swept by the cold ocean breezes, frozen
up tight in winter, its soil possesses just
the proper something to mature the tu-
lip to perfection.
Bulb growing, with these busy people,
is business today. They grow them by
the million, and ship them all over the
world to lovers of the beautiful.
Phlegmatic Dutchman may seem,
but it is safe to say that the heart of
a true Hollander thrills today at the
rejoices in the springtime at the glad
acres of loveliness.
Something of that thrill may be had
by anybody with imagination as the
bulbs are taken from the packet and
placed in the ground at this season.
Until the ground freezes, there is al
ways time to plant the tulips, and many
another so-called Dutch bulb; remem-
ber that the bulbs come from a cold
climate, where the winds blow and the
rains fall, and sometimes even the sea
sweeps over the dikes.
Be prepared for cold and red fingers,
in tulip planting.
That IS part of the fun.
The main thing is to be bundled up
warmly enough.
Putting these gnomes into the ground
is ceremony, after all, and it is done
very, very close to the earth.
No standing. here, and dropping them
from the hand
One must kneel, and place each bulb
correctly.
The hole is best dug with a. troWel.
The proper depth is between and
inches.
The bottom of the hole should be fiat
This means that the hole must be a
great deal larger than the bulb, in order
to get the hand down to make the bot
tom fiat.
Evening star., 1938-11-07

sun are slightly above the horizon,
instead of below it, as in actuality
they will be.
Strange doings-yes. But GER
tainly nothing to cause one to seek
out the hills, unless it be to get a
better vantage for a weird but harm
less show.
Evening star., 1938-11-07
Twenty Years Ago
The World Var Day by Day
November I, 1918.

Sedan was occupied by the French,
with American help. East of the Meuse,
Americans reached Woevre Forest.
British gained ground south of Tournai.
The French, east of the Oise and north
of the Aisne, pushed forward ten miles
against an enemy in wild rout.
The German fleet revolted the en-
listed personnel mastering Kiel, VIII
helmshaven, Heligoland, Borkum and
Cuxhaven. A large part of Schleswig was
IN the hands of revolutionaries. Twenty
thousand deserters from the army
marched through Berlin. In Hamburg
and Lubbock, bloody riots occurred. Il
was the beginning Of the end tn Germany.
Evening star., 1938-11-07
Behind the Scenes in the
Dies-Anderson Broadcast.
ro tbs Editor of The Star.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Every American citizen should resent
the Misrepresentation and unfair per-
sonal insinuations with reference to
Martin Dies of the House Un-American
Activities Committee that were made by
Paul Y. Anderson in a radio broadcast
on the evening Of october 81. Those
who looked behind the scenes probably
saw Anderson as trained seal of the
writing profession-answering his mas
ter's voice.
AS the gentleman with the brown
derby said: Let us look at the record?"
Gov. Murphy of Michigan took an oath
to support the Federal and State Con-
stitutions and the legislative acts in
accordance therewith-as did President
Roosevelt. They both knew that with
duty there was no compromise. Prac-
tically every one knows what they did,
and the record is open to those who
do not.
With the blood stream of our Nation
poisoned and the whole country dotted
with fostering sores it is certainly time
for our people to wake up and come to
the support of men like Representative
Dies, who has been, and is, honestly
striving to render patriotic construc-
tive service for the benefit of our people
and country. I formerly supported the
Democratic ticket because I believed in
home rule-i.e., that you could run your
business better than some theoretical
bureaucrat in Washington (many OF
whom could not earn an honest living
outside Of an endowed institution or on
a government pay rolD could run it for
you.
The activities of the present borrow
gimme and loan administration might be
compared to the squid or cuttlefsh
which discharges an inky fluid to hide
behind The administration has with
increasing frequency-as time passed
thrown up smoke screens to conceal
their adventures with your money.
On october IL The Evening Star of
Washington published letter from j. B.
Carper,. engineer geologist, that con-
tanned the germs of sound construction
for our people and country. Mr.. Carper
said in part: "The monopoly most i'm
portant to be regulated is that of key
minerals and fiuXing chemicals.
THAT is-manganese, cobalt, tin, mica,
titanium, vanadium, platinum, potash
and other chemicals.
THE United States pays, according to
the very competent statisticians of our
Department of Commerce, an average of
two billion dollars per year for the FORE
going elements-outgoing to foreign Ia
bor machinery, banking and transporta-
ton. Conceive how many new jobs the
United States could create at home by
producing two billion dollars worth of
key minerals and chemicals"
We might be compared to beggar sit
ting on a pile of gold and not having
sense enough to utilize it. In Conti-
mental United States alone we have an
undeveloped area whose natural re-
sources and climatic conditions are not
equaled in the entire world. There is
ample room for more than twice our
present population. With creative ef-
fort they could attain prosperity, peace
and comfort not found elsewhere in the
entire world. In the face Of all that
what do We find? Gold brick legisla-
ton. Our country overrun with mounte-
banks, and social service vet nurses who
Evening star., 1938-11-07

Need anything more be said con-
corning the Districts need for a new
Jail than the simple statement that
IN the projected structure the elec-
trio chair will not have to be in the
general dining room?
Evening star., 1938-11-07

are demoralizing our people and souan-
dering your hard-earned money. Any
halfbaked provincial should know there
is something wrong.
CONSULTING ENGINEER.
Suggests Curb on Motorists
Rather Than Pedestrians.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Wha'dye mean, pedestrian control?"
Are the pedestrians to control auto
trafflc? Might not be bad idea at that.
Here are a few points that seem to
have been overlooked:
With very few exceptions the traffic
lights are timed for the automobiles, not
the pedestrians. Right and left turns
often make it impossible for one to walk
across the street on the green light.
Ninety per cent of the drivers ignore
the safety zone If unoccupied. The other
day was crossing Constitution avenue
with the light. A car making a left turn
bore down upon me and jumped into
safety" zone. But had to jump out,
for that car split the zone wide open.
Worst OF all is the blocking of cross
walks by cars, buses and even street cars.
The cause of that lies deep. There is
mistaken idea that a driver should not
enter a street intersection on the amber
light. Even the motor cycle police believe
that, and there is the reason for an in
excusable jam. The traffic policemen
know better. They keep the crosswalks
clear. When a driver cannot step be-
hind the line he should be allowed to
drive on through the intersection. But
he is afraid to do so, hence he stops on
the crosswalk.
Drivers making right and left turns
seem to forget that the crowds they
plow through are walking with the
light.
Most autoists seem in a great hurry
to reach the intersection even when the
light is red and they will have to wait
They dash up to the white line and
scare the daylights out of pedestrians
who do not know whether they mean to
stop.
Cars coming into line of arterial
traffic are given little consideration.
Most drivers will put on extra speed in
order to close up gap, and thus keep
the other cars shut out. They do this
even when there is red light waiting
to stop them.
Fifty per cent of the autoists ignore
the signals of the drivers in front of
them. A driver signals his intention of
pulling into another lane. Instead of
slowing down, the average autoist will
speed up to cut him off. I know, for
that happens to me every morning on
Pennsylvania avenue.
ELMER C. HELM.
Another Reader Praises
Stars New Type.
To the Editor of The Star:
I wish to congratulate you-the new
type is fine in your Evening Star and I
am sure it will be much appreciated by
your reading public. listened with in
terest to the broadcast this morning and
tried to realize the labor and thought
which all this change entailed.
Wishing you great success always.
Evening star., 1938-11-07

A pet lover has provided her three
tame squirrels with little sweaters
for out-of-doors excursions. Prob
ably Marys little lamb should have
had squirrelskin coat.
Evening star., 1938-11-07

Members of the Hitler Youth"
seem to tend to act at all times very
much as the average American boy
acts on Halloween night.