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Evening star., 1938-02-03

and perhaps real suffering for some
Of his neighbors in fur and feathers
in the Green Forest, in the Old
Orchard, on the Green Meadows and
in the Old Pasture. The first thinr
he did was to clear the ice from the
feeding shelf at one Of the windows.
and on it spread bountiful supply
OF food for the feathered folk who
were sitting about disconsolately in
the trees Of the Old Orchard.
Just as soon Is the morning chores
at the barn were finished Farmer
Browns boy put on his skis. and
with his pockets filled with nuts
and slung from one shoulder 4 bag
filled with corn, some shelled and
some on the ear, and with the corn
some buckvhsat, starter for the Green
Forest Hs bad eons only 4 uttla ~
Evening star., 1938-02-03

in the Green Forest when he heard
ahead Of him angry voices. He
grinned.
Happy Jack and Chatterer are at
it again. It is too bad those cousins
never can agree. My. my, just hear
them bark and scold!" said he to him
self as he stopped to listen.
Then he moved on, changing his
course so as to try to see that quarrel.
ing pair and to find out what it was
all about. When he came in sight OF
them Chatterer was, as usual, chasing
his big gray cousin. but they were not
in the tree tops. No, sir. they were not
in the tree tops. The icy-covered
branches were too slippery for any
running and jumping there. They
were running about On the icy crust,
dodaang around trunks Of tsses and
Evening star., 1938-02-03
Bedtime Stories
By THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Who succor to his neishbors lends
VIII never lacking be in friends.
Happy Jack Squirrel.

FARMER BROWNS BOY was a
l. good Samaritan. He didn't
think Of himself as such, but he
L was. A good Samaritan is, you
know, one who goes to the aid Of those
in trouble. This was just what Farmer
Browns Boy was doing. When he had
first looked out that morning and
drawn . long breath Of sheer delight
in the beauty Of glittering landscape,
everything, even the tiniest twig, en-
cased in ice, hs had at the same
time realized that this meant, human
Evening star., 1938-02-03
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nut, then tossed Happy Jack another.
When that was gone the good Samari-
tan broke an ear of yellow corn in half
and tossed one piece beyond Happy
Jack. The latter ran after it, picked
it up and kept ON running until he
was out Of sight.
(Copyright, 1889
Evening star., 1938-02-03
never getting far from . certain tall
stump high up in which was q hole,

At last, having driven Happy Jack
some distance away, Chatterer re-
turned to this stump, ran up it and
disappeared In that hole. A few Sec
onds later he reappeAred with . nut in
his mouth. This he carried OF some
distance and proceeded to eat. In .
flash Farmer Browns Boy understood
the situation. He saw that the hole,
while being enough for Chatterer, was
too small for Happy Jack. He saw the
marks Of teeth around the edge and
guessed that Happy Jack had been
gnawing there. He knew the habits Of
Chatterer and he knew those Of HAPPY
jack.
80 that 4 where your storehouse
1!" hs exclaimed. looking Over :at
Evening star., 1938-02-03
Floating Flour Mills.

Flour mills that float on the tide
operate on the Danube River in Ru-
mania. Anchoring where the current
Is swift, the mills utilize the energy
Of old man river to turn the wheels
that grind the grain.
Evening star., 1938-02-03

6weden'S exports Of iron ore are
breaking III records.
Evening star., 1938-06-08

priation to carry the two institutions
through the next fiscal year. Three
so-called Alternative plans" were sug-
gested by the Budget Bureau, which
apparently had Its tongue in Its cheek,
but the committee, in common with all
ofacials in touch with the problem.
found none of them to be feasible.
The dilemma confronting the school
and the home was the result OF hasty
and ill-considered action by members of
Congress who were dissatisfied with con-
ditions there. However, the criticized
conditions, for the most part, long since
have been corrected. This the House
committee admits In its report on the
deficiency bill.
Both institutions undoubtedly can be
unprecedented, in the case of the Re-
ceiving Home, improvements are needed
most urgently. The home is housed in q
made-over apartment building that is
wholly unsuited for child welfare pur-
poses. New facilities are needed at the
National Training School for Girls.
Congress can render constructive serv-
ice to both Of these agencies and to
the whole community by providing the
Receiving Home with an adequate build
ing OF its own and by cooperating with
District authorities in developing the
National Training School for Girls into
a model institution.
No time should be lost in studying
the neecs of all child-caring institutions
in the District, 50 that concrete recon-
mendations can be presented to the next
Congress.
Evening star., 1938-06-08
Administrative Integrity.

The disclosures Of abuses in admins
tration Of the social security program in
Oklahoma are extreme manifestations of
playing politics with human misery"
For as result Of the inexcusable ex-
ercise Of politics" in the issuance Of
public assistance checks to dead persons.
to persons owning property beyond any
measure of need, and to others ineligible
for various reasons, the State admins
tration succeeded in depriving all persons
for an indefinite time OF needed Federal
aid.
The real tragedy of this situation. Of
course, Is that those who suffer by the
withdrawal Of Federal funds are not
those responsible for the abuses but
rather the persons dependent upon such
aid. It is to be hoped that those han
ding the funds during the, succeeding
weeks, in which Federal money is to be
advanced on restricted basis only
viii have sufficient conscience and sense
Of justice to make sure that those ia
need do not suffer distress.
As for the manner in which the situa-
ton has been handled by the Federal
Board. the uncompromisinS detsrmiua-
Evening star., 1938-06-08
Shooting Stars.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Preparation.
See the rooster strut and bluster
AS he goes upon parade
In a suit Of feather-duster
Handed to him readymade.
He is proud beyond endurance.
He is laughter than q king
And he has the blamed assurance
To imagine he can sing.
He believes it is his splendor
Which the crowd cannot forget
That compels attentions tender
As they treat him like pet.
He doesn't know they feed him
With solicitude complete
For the reason that they'll need him
When he's fat enough to eat.
There is many a human duffer
Who is jollied by his fate,
Thinking he's the merry buffer
Whom all hands congratulate;
And he seems secure and steady
In bumptiousness profound
Till the wise guys find him ready
To be cooked and passed around.
Evening star., 1938-06-08
45,OOO.T

1hrty years ago, when the British
Navy launched the worlds first all-big-
gun battleship and Herewith christened
all capital ships Of that type with the
new and generic name of dreadnaughts,
a man-of-war displacing $4,000 tons, as
did the initial leviathan to fly the Union
Jack, was considered the size limit
to which any of the worlds fleets were
likely to 60 in many moon. Now dis
closure Is made that, by tacit UNDER
standing between the United States and
Great Britain, the long discussed super
battleships that may later be laid down
by these parity powers" will, as gen.
orally foreshadowed, be vessels of At, 600
tons and mount 16-inch guns. These
figures are the result of a compromise
between British preference for 10000
tonners and the American desire for
1S-inch batteries.
1t must be presumed that our ordnance
experts were finally persuaded that no
loss of striking power or battle efficiency
would ensue through installation of
smaller-barrelled weapons in ships of the
heavier displacement which we favor.
Because OF the United States lack of
naval bases at strategic points through
out the world, our needs and traditions
call for floating fortresses" of maximum
size commensurate with wide cruising
radius. 1t has evidently been decided
that 45,000-ton, 16-inch gun battleships
will answer all our purposes, and espe-
cially that they will be able to nego-
tiate the Panama Canal.
In consequence OF the Vandenberg
amendment to the $1,150, 100000 naval
expansion bill enacted by Congress in
May, the three projected monsters are,
for the moment, IF" ships. That is to
say, their construction is authorized only
IN the event that, and when, the Presi-
dent definitely learns that other naval
powers have actually arranged to build
45.ooO-ton vessels. This provision was
written into the bill in order that no
step should be taken needlessly by this
country to increase the heavy cost of
adequate American sea power or gratui-
tously give impetus to an ornaments
race that is already burdensome to all
nations.
The circumstance that London and
Washington have agreed on dimensional
details Of craft likely to cost 100000 900
apiece would seem to indicate that their
construction has entered the realm of
probability-thanks mainly to- the sus-
picious unwillingness OF Japan to be un-
equivocal about her big-ship program,
when invited by Britain, France and
this country for months ago to do so
Evening star., 1938-06-08
Montreal Gazette.

When a North American newspaper
celebrates one hundred and sixty years
OF continuous publication, the event is
worthy Of more than local notice. Such
q record would be distinctive anywhere
in world in which good and useful
enterprises Of the human spirit not
infrequently die altogether too young.
However, the Montreal Gazette,
founded June 3, l778, has other claims
to fame than merely that of advanced
yet vigorous maturity. It's original
sponsor was Benjamin Franklin; its first
publisher his friend and former employe,
Fleury Mesplet, the latter gratefully re-
membered in his own right as a CAM
paigner for the freedom OF the press
from arbitrary control Of every kind.
The purpose of the paper at its be-
ginning was to promote fraternity be-
tween Canadians and the people of the
Thirteen Colonies then engaged in their
struggle for liberty from the system Of
misgovernment personifed in King
George III.
But larger destiny, service perhaps
not entirely unvisioned by its architects,
was to be the Gazettes lot during the
next century and a half. It became,
when the emergency Of the Revolution
had passed, great journal of news and
opinion which reasonably might be
likened to fortress of civilization in
the st. Lawrence Valley. Quebec grew
from a town Of ten thousand souls to
a metropolis Of, probably, two hundred
thousand. The community and Mesplet' s
infant periodical developed as a single
force, strong with a natural strength.
Each made the other, and the result is
something for rejoicing. The Evening
Star of Washington congratulates the
present generation of owners and readers
on their inheritance and the oppor-
tunities for further expansion which
certainly lie ahead.
Evening star., 1938-06-08

ton Of Federal officials to force house,
cleaning In Oklahoma and to withhold
Federal funds until assurance is avail
able that they will not be further wasted
is wholly commendable procedure.
Nothing could be more damaging to
q Nationwide system Of social insur-
ance and public assistance than feel
ing that integrity OF the system could be
disregarded without reproach by irre-
sponsible administrative officials. In the
final analysis, responsibility for this in
tegrity is vested in the Federal Board
and 1t cannot be too scrupulous in ad-
herring to strict Interpretation Of the law.
Evening star., 1938-06-08
A Logical Decision.

The House Appropriations Committee
has come to the rescue of girls of the
National Training School and children
Of the Receiving Home with a practicable
and sensible solution Of the problem Of
what to do about these two important
havens for unfortunate youth. Reversing
Its previous policy, the committee has
decided to leave the institutions alone
Tor another fiscal year.
In other words, instead OF abolishing
the Training School on July and the
Receiving Home on January next
without provision for sheltering the in
mates elsewhere, the committee now
recommends continuation of both estab-
lishments in their present buildings. The
committee also Endorsed the suggestion
Of Senate subcommittee that careful
study be made. in the meantime, of the
whole child-caring situation in WASH
ington.
AS matter of fact, the House COM
mittee had no other choice than to urge
Congress to grant deficiency appro-
Evening star., 1938-06-08
JAPAN'S CABINET SHAKEUP
LAID TO MILITARY REPJJLSE
Financial Burdens and Civilian Impatence Declared to
Have Forced More Aggressive Action in Attempt
to COnquer China.

Long delay in the attempt to conquer
China is held responsible for the shake
up in the Japanese cabinet, which has
brought military leaders into increased
prominence among the rulers Of the
country. 1t is described as q desperate
move, brought about by the cost Of the
war, the impatience at home, and the
failure to show any impressive results.
THE very fact that Japan resorts to
these extreme measures is best proof of
its desperate straits" says the Long
Beach (Calif) Press-Telegram. The
Cleveland News declares: "The whole
change In policy is brought about in an
atmosphere of great calm, but 1t actually
Is desperate measure. II it fails, not
only will China win the war but Japan's
prestige as military power will collapse;
financial distress will burden the nation
for years; and Russia may settle 30-year
grudge."
'They are finding out that Chinese
subjugation is virtual impossibility."
states the Los Angeles Times, with the
conclusion that ''the farther an invader
penetrates into that country, the tougher
the job gets: the more he seems to win,
the nearer comes his ultimate defeat"
The Newark Evening News says that
living costs in Japan are rising, foreign
trade has fallen of, national credit
abroad is dwindling, and there are mis-
givings about Japan's ability to hold
Manchukuo against possible Russian
assault"
THE end of the war is far distant"
agrees the San Jose Mercury Herald.
'and victory anything but certain.
Japanese aggression has infuriated 400
100000 Chinese people and alienated all
the nations save Nazi Germany and
Fascist Italy. The militarists have made
a desperate gamble with the empire as
the stake, and they may lose"
further estimate, as made by the
Evening star., 1938-06-08
Says Germans Offer
Talents to the World
70 the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
It is refreshing to the American spirit
to read Mr.. Horace F. Cullington's letter
headed "Unwarranted Attacks on Ger
man Race Deplored" He has clearly and
concisely stated the case.
This is cosmopolitan nation and it is
very important not only for the various
nationals that compose it but for the
Nation as q whole to avoid any internal
racial conflicts. The German segment
Of this country has identified itself with
the best traditions Of the United States.
They do not exploit nor attempt to over
lay their culture on the Nation. They
simply offer their talents without propa-
ganda. Their case is far too seldom
stated. as they do not exercise major
control over press, radio and moving pic
lures. Again, thanks to Mr.. Cullington.
j. w. KELLEY.
Evening star., 1938-06-08

Pasadena Star-News, is that "Japans
h1gh-handed attitude toward foreign in
terests and their open-door treaties
threatens far-reaching involvements. -
The Adrian (Mich.) Telegram advises
that the generals and admirals will be
forced to exact every penny of tribute
from the people to pay for the exploit" /"
The Toledo Blade predicts super
aggression" as "the new policy"
Japan has for so long been dominated
by the army and navy cliuues," comments
the st. Paul Pioneer Press, that the re-
vision OF government personnel appears
less significant than 1t otherwise would.
IN reality the military are not taking
over the government so much as they
are simply coming out from behind the
scenes to make and carry out their poll
cies openly and with full responsibility.
It was the military men who thought the
conquest OF China would be matter of
weeks and got their country into the
present mess which threatens its very
existence. But now, instead of being dis
credited, they are of necessity given even
greater power. It is a lesson in the
danger of allowing the military author
tiles to be independent of civilian con-
troll
X
The triumph of Suchow," suggests
the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, has
already emerged as a minor one for the
Japanese. China's armies are still in
the field, playing the game of attrition
against Japan, which has already seen
her treasury dwindle, her foreign trade
diminish, her casualty lists grow and her
task Of servicing scattered army 1900
miles away from home grow heavier.
Rehabilitation must await a Japanese
triumph, to say nothing of paciflcation
OF Chinese guerrilla forces and Chinese
labor. To the north awaits the powerful
Soviet Russian army with grudge to
even up at the opportune moment. Japan
appears to have more than face to save"
Evening star., 1938-06-08
Building Program.

Inc new pulldlng program Tor WASH
tngton. for which initial appropriations
are contained in the deficiency bill re-
ported to the House yesterday, will pro-
vide greatly needed buildings for the War
Department, the Social Security Board
and the Railroad Retirement Board.
But is it not time for the city planners
and those responsible for locating Fed
eral buildings to stop crowding more
large and costly structures into North
west Washington and begin the logical
development of Northeast Washington
that has been SO long delayed?
The site for the new War Department
Building in the area between Twenty
first and Twenty-third and c and E
streets NV. was picked long ago. The
Social Security Building will be erected
at Indiana avenue and Third and Fourth
and B streets NV. These sites are prob
ably fitting and have been carefully Sc
lected for these new buildings. But the
effect Of locating these large structures
with their hundreds Of employees in
Northwest Washington will be to aggra-
vete the congestion already prevailing in
this part of the Capital. The tendency
seems to be to crowd building after
building within a relatively small area
south of Pennsylvania avenue and west
Of the Capitol. The years to come will
fnta "a of
made in placing so many large buildings
within the so-called Avenue Triangle.
That mistake cannot be rectified but its
repetition can certainly be avoided by
the adoption Of some consistent policy of
locating large and important Federal
buildings in parts Of the city which afford
ample space and are free of the traffic
problems found in the congested centers
OF town.
In connection with the building pro-
gram, 1t is unfortunate that the authori-
ties have found 1t necessary to spend
$4,000 in the construction of "tempor-
ary' addition to the temporary" Mu-
nitions Building. This additional space
is undoubtedly required because of the
increased shipbuilding activity in con-
nection with the naval expansion pro-
gram, but every time temporary addi-
ton is built on temporary building.
the building becomes more permanent
The $4,000 addition to the Munitions
Building is described as temporary
type of penthouse" to be constructed on
top of the existing building. The ex-
penditure is justified because the rental
OF comparable private Office space would
in a few years amount to more than the
building cost. 1t is to be hoped, however,
that completion OF the New War Depart
ment Building and later the new Navy
Department Building will mean the final
and complete demolition Of the NUM-
tions Building, which has remained
temporary" too long.
Evening star., 1938-06-08

While Secretary Wallace offers an oc-
casional suggestion as to political pro-
cedure, it has evidently become the in
tention of his old running mate, Mr..
Tugwell. to devote himself to considera-
ton of the cost of West Indian rum and
molasses. 1t is an old rule inherited
from the kindergarten that success de-
pends on doing one thing and doing it
well.
Evening star., 1938-06-08
Never Too Much Trouble
to Cultivate Friendship
TO the Editor OF The star:

70 the Editor Of The Star:
Too much cannot be said about true
friends. The poet who said, "A friend
thou hast and his adoption tried grapple
him to thy heart with hoops of STEEL"
spoke truly. Difficulties Of all kinds can
be overcome by talking them over with
friend. Pleasures can be much more
enjoyed If shared with friend. When
our loved ones pass on TO their reward we
turn instinctively to our friends for
advice and suggestions. God sent us
friends; let 1t never be too much trouble
to cultivate their friendship.
LEILA e. KILLERS.
Evening star., 1938-06-08

search and inquiry ensues when he dis
covers that two members Of the family
are black sheep. two other people who
may be involved are mentally of ball
ance and two other members Of the fam
lily stand to benefit by the latest known
desires Of the departed aunts. With all
Of these conflicting elements, however,
the tale Is not very exciting, even though
tho activities Of Superintendent Wilson
Aro strenuous and effective.
Evening star., 1938-06-08
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