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Evening star., 1938-11-20
Chest Cumpuiqn Closing

TWo-thirds of the money needed
to maintain the fifty-five co-opera-
tive agencies of the Community
Chest during 1899 has been sub
scribed. In only seventy-two hours
the campaign will close. Mean
while, pledges in amount of seven
hundred and fifty thousand dollars
must be obtained if the minimum
budget requirement is to be met.
1t has been explained again and
again that the Chest objective can
not be compromised without hurt
to the work which the agencies do.
Also, it has been made clear that the
Federal Government cannot take
over any part of the burden which
the agencies carry Failure in the
present drive would mean retrench-
ments which the community could
Ill afford. The voluntary relief of
suffering would be handicapped to
q tragic extent; the character-bu
Ing, morale e-sustaining organizations
would be obliged to pare their pro-
grams intolerably at a time when
every thoughtful citizen understands
that their services are demanded as
never before.
More generous giving is the solu-
ton to the problem. Residents of
Washington who have not contrib
uted at all are asked to subscribe at
once. Those who have offered less
than they can spare are petitioned
to enlarge their pledges. In fam
lilies where the husbands have been
enlisted, wives and children likewise
are appealed to. Let everybody sac
riflce at least little in the interest
of the reputation of the city as
neighborhood. The good name of
the Nations Capital is involved. It
might be added that the privilege of
living in free and peaceful country
is not unrelated to the civic duty of
fellowship and honorable charity.
Evening star., 1938-11-20

naturally brings to mind another
Rooseveltian promise that has not
been showing signs of life for many
moons-the one way back in 1882,
about reducing Government expendi-
lures by twenty-f five per cent.
And, just as a reminder, how about
these pledges that have not been
heard from very lately: Tax reduce
ton, taking Government out of busi-
ness, elimination of superf1uous
boards and commissions, slashing the
national debt, farm prosperity, low
ering the unemployment total. If
the revitalized Republicans make the
most of their opportunities, the
President is not likely to be in a
position to say that nothing will be
heard of those matters in the future.
Evening star., 1938-11-20
New Air Force

Congress Will be asked this winter
to increase the size of the Army air
force. This request will open a vital
new field OF study in national de-
fense, or the broader field of CONT
mental defense which President
Roosevelt says has replaced our out
worn policy of purely national pro-
lection.
The exact size of the new air force
has not yet been announced, but un-
questionably Congress will be asked
at least to double the Army's present
goal of 1920 serviceable, modern air
planes. This, of course, will entail
the even more serious problem of
more than doubling the strength of
Air Corps personnel, especially of
military pilots
In a speech at Boston during the
past week Assistant Secretary of War
Louis Johnson, a key figure in the
Presidents restudy of defense needs,
declared that the air supremacy of
the United States is threatened by
European programs. While he set no
definite figure for the strength of our
air force, Mr. johnson said that to
| meet the pace set by the rest of the
world, I'VE must double-yes, treble
and perhaps even quadruple" our
present air force. Statistically
minded reporters, by a process of
multiplication, arrived at an estimate
of $3.50 airplanes in accounts of the
speech.
The exact size of the goal to be set
for our Air Corps will depend, of
course, upon the size of the air force
any potential enemy might muster
for an attack upon the United States.
The Army effort, it is obvious, should
be directed toward building up an air
force adequate to meet any such po-
tential enemy and hold him in check,
If it cannot drive him out of the air,
until our aircraft factories can swing
into full production. This means an
air force capable of meeting all con-
tingencies, including accident and
battle losses, for a period of three
months or longer.
In the light Of troubled world af-
fairs nations can rely for air defense
only upon such equipment as they
nave actually in hand for battle serv-
ice on days notice. To be of de-
fense value, an air force. like the
Navy, must be constantly kept ade-
quate, up to date, manned, trained
and ready for service
These are days for clear, unemo-
tional thinking in the field of defense
by sea, land and air. The cost of
modern armaments has become too
great for loose, unplanned building.
Defense, to be successful, must be
predicated upon the most careful
study of all the complex factors in
volved. 1t is no easy task the Con-
gresS will take up in January, but it
is an undertaking which must be
carried to successful conclusion.
Evening star., 1938-11-20
Model Airport Assured

Grants of funds tctaling 50, 900 900
for the Washington National Airport
at Gravelly Point give assurance that
Washington finally is to have an air
port which will stand as national,
II not world, model.
Officials of the new Civil Aeronau-
tics Authority who, with President
Roosevelt, share credit for making
possible construction of the airport
after twelve years of haggling and
delay on the part of Congress, are
confident that the new airport will
be the worlds finest close-in air ter
minal.
Other airports may be larger, they
admit, but they pay for their size by
being located at almost prohibitive
distances from the cities they serve.
Washington Is singularly fortunate
In having site regarded not only as
adequate In size, but also with un-
obstructed approaches only ten min
utes from the downtown section.
1t is to be hoped that the Federal
Government, which has started so
well, will ultimately realize the full
possibilities of a site which gives so
much promise. Decision to locate
the home of the Civil Aeronautics
Authority at the airport assures an
impressive development there which
should eventually cause the Wash
ington National Airport to rank in
fame with Tempelhof at Berlin, lie
Bourget at Paris, and Croydon at
London.
Evening star., 1938-11-20

but the tragic events Of these more recent
years have compelled us to think more
seriously Of those things that make
secure and permanent what We have
with such feverish haste builded. The
areas of life have been infinitely ex-
tended and cultural advantages greatly
broadened. We are beginning to wonder
whether moral and spiritual values have
had like growth. Certainly there is no
evidence Of this in the mounting records
OF crime.
AS we come to another day set apart
for national thanksgiving we are urged
If we are reflective, to think seriously of
those things that constitute the real and
lasting values of life, and, unpopular as
1t may be in an age of color and swift
movement, we must give thought, and
serious thought, to those elemental val
ues to which the great Master referred as
the rock on which we build. The old
virtues and moral sanctions that in other
days distinguished us as people cannot
be lost sight of if we are to hold our place
and hold it with security in the face Of
WOIlQ uI1IcSt duO OlSOIuclS. IL ~ lS OQ.
fashioned" to revert to these things, then
let us be old-fashioned and in being so
make secure to this generation and those
that are to come after the institutions
and agencies we cherish most.
No institution is dearer than the home,
and Thanksgiving Day stresses it, 1t is
the home that constitutes the foundation
and determines the character of our
social, economic and political life In
the home are generated both the virtues
and the vices that give color and quality
to our life and to the world in which we
live. Families over this land will gather
this week and ties that have been for the
while severed will be recemented. These
gatherings represent our strength, more
so than our industry and commercial
enterprises. Upon what are they built
and by what Of enduring worth are they
secured?
Such thoughts provoke serious think
ing. The measure OF the Nations great
ness is in the moral worth and stamina
of its people, it is the rock that gives
permanence to its strength and integrity.
Evening star., 1938-11-20
SURE FOUNDATIONS
By the Right Rep James E. Freeman, D. D., ILL., d. d.
Bishop of Washington.

We have been 50 long engaged in
building superstructures that we have
given little heed to foundations. What
we see commands more Of our interest
than what we do not see, and yet the
deep things that are out of sight, the
foundations upon which we build, are OF
more vital importance than the struc-
lures we build upon them.
There is fine passage in the Sermon
on the Mount in which the Master tells
in graphic way the story of two build
ers, both contemplating house in which
to dwell. One had the notion that the
interests of utility were paramount and
without deliberation or forethought he
selected site and built his house upon
the sand He gave no thought to the
footings upon which the house rested.
The second, with equal zeal and with
like purpose. gave due consideration to
the foundations rather than to the
superstructure, and the Master describes
him as "a wise man, which built his
house upon a rock" After these houses
were well constructed, He tells of the
storms and winds that beat upon them
The first, on the sand, fell and $great
was the fall OF it." The second, secure
in its footings, "fell not, for it was
founded upon rock"
This parable might be entitled study
in construction. 1t is rather suggestive
of architects plans and builders specif-
cations. 1t is an apt story for our time
and it is pertinent to American ways
and practices. These recent years have
seen us engaged in great building opera
tions. The material fabric of city, State
and Nation has grown apace. The glory
that was Greece and the grandeur that
was Rome" have in these latter days
been surpassed. 1t was a discriminating
Englishman who said after a tour of
this country that what impressed him
most was our magnificent railroad term
inals and splendid banking institutions
Other things which this English visitor
saw seemed less important and conse-
quential.
We have justified pride in the mate
rial growth and wealth of the Republic,
Evening star., 1938-11-20

many of his own supporters did not
dream he could possibly win.
To everybody's astonishment Mr.
Bartlett, running as an "Independent
Progressive" without official support
from the Labor party, soundly
trounced the government candidate
who three years ago polled $4,000
votes in a three -cornered fight with
a Liberal and Laborite, who to-
gether received only 1880 votes.
Mr.. Bartlett fought the campaign on
the single issue of what he termed
the present governments mishan-
ding of foreign affairs, especially its
realistic" program of treating With
the relationships. Mr.. Lloyd George
telegraphed the member -elect for
BridgeWater that the result is a
historic triumph" and Major Attlee,
leader of the Labor party. declares it
shows "the strong reaction existing
throughout the country against the
foreign policy of the national gov
ernment."
The polling was the fifth in a
series of by-election contests held
since the Munich agreement. In one
case the government lost seat to
the Laborites by a small majority;
on the second occasion. at Oxford,
the government majority was cut in
half; in a third instance, at Walsell,
the Chamberlainites kept their ma
jority of the past three years almost
unimpaired, while at Doncaster on
November II the Labor party in
creased its 1885 majority by a sub
stantial margin.
Thus. the tests to which Downing
Street has been subjected since the
deals with Italy and Germany pre-
sent checkered picture. They Ger
tainly do not disclose the British
public opinion as yet is landsliding
against Mr.. Chamberlain.
Evening star., 1938-11-20
Crop Control

The Department of Agriculture is
getting an early start on next years
program to further reduce the acre
age of the major cash crops of the
country. Implying that the failure
of the program this year was due to
the late start. the Agricultural Ad-
justment Administration is starting
now to get its reduction agreements
before the farmers have time to plan
for the coming year.
The new program has some valid
points. 1t is designed particularly
with the small farmer and truck gar
dener in mind, and will limit pay
ments to any individual corporation
to $4,000. 1t will incorporate new
conservation factors and place a
bounty on certain types of flood
control work.
But the effectiveness of the pro-
gram, like that of all such programs
in recent years, remains in doubt
It depends, in the first place, on the
approval of thirds of the pro-
ducers. The recent campaigns,
which brought, among other things,
the defeat of the two Senators who
sponsored the present crop control
act, would seem to cast some doubt
on the probability of such approval.
The new program in no way sets
aside the proposed "two-price" sys-
tenn for the disposal of agricultural
surpluses, but its success would serve
to deter the imposition OF such a
system.
To the country at large, however,
the new and greater acreage restric-
tions over a broader field indicate
only that the Department of Agri-
culture is determined to prove the
validity of an economy Of scarcity, a
theory which has failed consistently
in years past due to one cause or an
other.
Evening star., 1938-11-20

Erie" but the portraits correspond to
those in an earlier and smaller painting
in the Ohio State Capitol. The only
portrait in his Discovery of the Missis-
sippi" is that of De Soto The Govern
rent paid a total of $4,000 for this
painting Powell was chosen for this
work after the commission had been
given to Henry 1nman for his painting,
THE Emigration of Daniel Boone to
Kentucky" which was not completed
In having the eight rotunda paintings
cleaned and freshened up, Mr.. Fairman
explained that after careful washing
they were given a coat Of "Mussini's
medium" as was used by the artists in
mixing their colors This made homo
geneous mixture to paint the surface,
avoiding q vanished appearance, and at
the same time giving the dried paint the
feeding 1t needs to refreshen 1t.
Evening star., 1938-11-20
British By-E!ection

In British politics, as in other fields
of human activity, one swallow never
makes summer, so that the re-
verse just suffered by Prime Minister
Chamberlain at by-election in
Somerset does not necessarily denote
that the Conservative government
Is doomed. But political observers in
Great Britain do not underrate the
significance of the feat just accom-
plished by Vernon Bartlett, we'll
known journalist and radio COM
mentator on foreign affairs, in cap
turing parliamentary seat regarded
as Tory stronghold and which
Evening star., 1938-11-20

Whistler, Melchers and Sargent
were once unknown young art
students. For one who patronizes
the popular price" exhibit at the
Corcoran Gallery of Art, which is
confined to works of present or recent
pupils, there is always that interest
ing ff-chance that he may not only
be boosting the morale of youngster
but also acquiring masterpiece by
some outstanding American artist Of
the future.
Evening star., 1938-11-20

Word comes from Moscow of the
selection of the design for the monu-
ment in honor of Russia's latest
hero a fourteen-year- old boy who
denounced his own father for hiding
grain. There is no indication wheth-
er or not it will take the form of a
gigantic serpent's tooth.
Evening star., 1938-11-20
Shooting Stars
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.

The Land of Yesterday.
When the time of toll is ended and the
stars begin to show,
And the freight fades and f1ickers and
the shadows come and go;
When the present day is fading through
the portals of the past
To join the other days that made the
journey all too fast,
You can't help going with it far enough
to say "good-by."
And maybe it will take your hand and
lead you: and you try
To laugh and hope, just as you did when
everything was new
And you were living in the land of things
you meant to do.
1t takes you to the rainbow which
showed treasures hiding place;
1t shows youths starting point where all
were equal in the race.
The winters f1erceness there was all for
gotten in day,
For nothing was so real as the blossom
ing of May.
The stars that shine afar then seemed
so radiantly near
That one might pluck them from the
sky, should he but persevere.
Life's fairest, truest Joys are those too
fair to eer be true.
They dwell back yonder in the land
of things we meant to do.
Evening star., 1938-11-20

German is primarily pithy and
pungent language. Yet it contains
no word or phrase which, even were
the authorities ever to permit same
to reach the people, is sufficiently
expressive to indicate the utter con-
demnation of those leaders by the
civilized world
Evening star., 1938-11-20

Few young women are fated to
leave behind them memories as
fragrant as those bequeathed by
young Astrid, Queen of the Belgians,
whose statue, beautiful in concept
and execution, and heroic in size, is
now approaching completion.
Evening star., 1938-11-20
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Relatively Calm

From the Cincinnati Tfmes-star
Things are 80 quiet abroad you can
hear . siege gun drop.
Evening star., 1938-11-20

Investigated.
THAT statesman has managed to pre-
sent something of figure in the f1nan-
cial world"
Yes replied the suspicious citizen.
The figure has dollar mark in front of
it and large question mark after it."
Truth Teller.
George Washington in truth so grand
Is one of our most cherished joys.
The Father of our glorious land,
He's raised some very naughty boys.
"You never know when Satan is
gwinter do his best singin'," said Uncle
Eben, "wif de most evil Intentions"
Evening star., 1938-11-20

Practical
"You must have the highest admira-
ton for man of punctilous political
principles"
Yes" answered Senator Sorghum. II
have the highest admiration for him, but
no particular use for him"
"A few enjoy life" said Hi Ho, the sage
Of Chinatown, "by making 1t impossible
for others to be reasonably happy"
Popularity Plus.
On genius once they took vote.
Millionaire remarked, I'll show EN-
Million dollar check he wrote
They vowed it was our greatest poem.
Evening star., 1938-11-20

One of the men who helped design the
original New Deal and who now admits
that world developments leave the origi-
nal New Deal standing on a shaky foun-
dation, with little to show for the billions
it has poured out, now has the following
to say:
There are about 200 men in this
country, making decisions for the largest
basic enterprises and for the largest labor
unions whose attitude can do much to
assure that the recovery now starting in
the United States will continue with rela-
tive stability for many years.
'All that these men need to do is to
understand what world developments
mean to the United States. Then they
can recognize that business and Govern
ment and labor must find basis Of
cooperation. They should get together
with the President and survey the things
that need to be done in this country
during the next 10 years. There is need
for better housing, for better roads be-
tween population centers, for improved
national defense, for modernized rail-
roads and for an expanded electric
utility industry.
"Once those needs are accepted, then
the leaders should determine how best to
fill the needs without upsetting private
enterprise. It may be necessary to mix
up Government and private capital in
the process, but that fact should not bar
consideration of the problem. There also
would need to be some agreement on the
course of prices both of labor and of
goods. But again that problem Is not
insurmountable."
(Copyrisht, 1881
Evening star., 1938-11-20

Collection made at the end Of each month
each week Orders NAV be sent by mail or tel
phone National 5000.
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Main ONCE: 11th st and PENNSYLVANIA Ave.
New York Once: ITO East 42nd St.
Chicago once 43b North Michigan Ave
Evening star., 1938-11-13

which breaks out on the body like
small boils.
1T is the Oldest disease in the
world" Father Connors declared,
"and yet it is the one about which
least Is known"
More Men Afflicted.
While leprosy is both infectious
and contagious, no one has been able
to determine how it is contracted,
according to Father Connors. Dis
cuSsing the various theories ad-
vanced, he declared the most plausi-
BILE one was that leprous bacilli are
breathed into the mucous men,
branes of the nostrils and mouth.
He also mentioned that another
source Of contagion lay in contact
with lepers over long period Of
time. Once leprosy is contracted it
is impossible to determine when the
disease will manifest itself in the
body, he said.
Father Connors said there are
three men to every woman afflicted.
After contracting the disease the
average leper's life expectancy is 10
years. He said the death rate Is
highest among lepers who have also
contracted tuberculosis, malaria or
dysentery, to all Of which lepers are
particularly susceptible.
In addition to this work, Father
Connors must render educational
and spiritual instruction to his un-
fortunate charges.
Indeed" declared Father Con-
nors. Il feel like a fish out of water
in America. China is my home"
Evening star., 1938-11-13
Boat Calls
hg on Proposed
Wing Alleys
Permission Is Sought
For Project in
Northeast

An application by the Brentwood
Development Corp. for permission
to install bowling alleys In Z build
ing to be erected on Rhode Island
avenue near Brentwood road NE.
will be considered by the Board of
Zoning Adjustment at a hearing
scheduled for November 23.
The appeal for q variance from
zoning rules was listed, since the
alleys would be located within 200
feet Of property in q residential
zone. The site Of the proposed
building IS In parcel 143 over IS,
In square 1854.
-Four other petitions are scheduled
for this hearing, as follows:
An appeal by Harry Tinter for
permission to change q non-con-
forming use from . grocery store to
a dry goods store, for property at
the southeast corner of Sixth and
A streets NE.
An appeal by Joseph Walker for
permission to construct q rear one
Evening star., 1938-11-13
Muckuy
ing a Pacific cable to the Orient by
way Of Hawaii.
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ing a Pacific cable to the Orient by
way Of Hawaii.
Ambition to enlarge the telegraph
and cable system inherited from his
father dominated his business ca
reer. With the huge Mackay for
tune, which originated in the famous
Comstock lode, at his command, he
devoted his efforts constantly t.
that end. He eventually extended
the message service of his telegraph
and cable companies to approx
mately three-quarters Of the dis
tance around the earth.
Merger in 1928.
In 1928 merger of the Mackay
companies and the Internation-
al Telephone & Telegraph Co.
brought together a system which
reached to all parts of America and
to European and Asiatic countries.
Mr.. Mackay became chairman OF
the board of the merged company
and a director and member # the
Executive Committee of the In
ternational Telephone & Tele-
graph Co.
Mr.. Mackay was born at San
Francisco April II, 1874, the son of
John William Mackay and Marie
Louise Hungerford-Bryant Mackay.
His father, an Irish immigrant,
jointed the 49ers in the gold rush
to California. Ill-fortune, which
dogged the footsteps of the elder
Mackay, suddenly changed when .
shaft he and three others sunk in
the Comstock lode resulted in the
famous Bonanza Mine, producing
$500 ,O00, 900 in six years.
Seeking investments for his capi-
tai, the elder Mackay joined with
James Gordon Bennett in the for
nation of the Commercial Cable Co.,
and the subsequent purchase as a
land feeder" of the Postal Tele-
graph Co. 80