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Evening star., 1938-06-03
Unwarranted Attacks on
German Race Deplored

To the Editor Of The Star:
For some years have read with won-
der the increasing attacks on the Ger
man race, with whom our basic strain Is
allied with blood and culture.
The Germans are an old, virile and
honorable people. They have as clean
a history as any people extant. Germany
is still the cultural and scientific center
Of the world. Germans are leaders in
political science, chemistry, physics,
medicine, music and war.
Is it crime to survive in world wheNe
survival is to the fttest? Should an in
telligent race die that other races might
live? No people worthy OF a name would
do that.
Germans are creators, builders, culti-
vators, developers not deStroyers.
Wherever they have emigrated In num-
bers they have built clean civic centers.
I have seen their homes in Central and
South America. No German ever built
a hovel or slum. OF the poorest place on
earth, he makes clean home.
Germans are loyal, patriotic and or
derly and they give their souls to their
home, wherever it may be. Germans
took part In the winning of our wilder
ness-in the development of our frontier.
The record Of the Germans in the Civil
War Is one that any people could ENVY,
They gave not only leaders and states
men, but great regiments of real fighting
men.
The German record in the World War
;e alo cd rf a,.Jo frin
and intelligence. 1t will stand for all
time as historical tribue to Germans.
No other people similarly situated could
have stood that strain In such way
In Germany the natives believe that
while the race was fighting for its right
to life, a certain minority destroyed the
social, economic and political fabric of
the country, and that this minority after
wards bought up business with hidden
wealth. and also turned loose a mess of
anarchy called Communism. On top Of
this, the allies cast a burden that no peo-
pie could possibly carry. 1t must be re-
membered that when the German army
left the soil of It's outside enemies it did
so solely because Of the undermining at
home. 1t accepted wilson's IA points.
not because of defeat, but because Of
anarchy at home. All this made life i'm
possible and the weak governments sue
ceeding the Hohenzollerns we're helpless.
The Germans believed that Adolph Hit
ler spelled life and survival. Is it any
wonder they follow him? Is there any
intelligent race worthy of the name man
that would die without a struggle? Ger
mans have a strong urge to survive, to
live, and they will do so in their own land.
HORACE F. CULLINGTON.
Evening star., 1938-06-03

result would merely help those IRE de-
partments which stay in the fireworks
business to obtain monopoly.
The fact that many Marylanders con-
cur in the District Of Columbia policy
of banning fireworks sales altogether is
evidenced by town ordinances prohibiting
them in several nearby municipalities
and State law forbidding their sale In
certain areas of Montgomery County.
Aside from the potential danger of
dispensing firecrackers on or near busy
highways, the temporary stands from
which they are sold aften remain q
permanent eyesore. Although permits
for such stands are issued with the
understanding that they are to be torn
down within ten days after July 4, OH
cials often find 1t difficult to enforce this
regulation.
AS the Maryland Assembly will not
meet until next January there is no
prospect for remedial legislation this
year. Instead, another Fourth marked
by the mushroom growth Of fireworks
stands around the District line, with
attendant dangers of fire and trafic
accidents, is inevitable. Many groups
beside the firemen, however. are looking
to the 1899 session Of the Assembly and
in the meantime making the most Of
the fact that the legislators are to be
elected in the fall. Platforms are being
drafted to which candidates are asked
to subscribe. A plank calling for ban
on the sale of fireworks in the metro
politan area of Prince Georges and
Montgomery Counties might well be in
cluded in such platforms. The city Of
Washington as well as the counties
would benefit immeasurably.
Evening star., 1938-06-03
No More Heart Balm.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
Whether or not there was balm in
Gilead, heart balm in Massachusetts, is
soon to become thing of yesterday.
Damages in breach-of- promise suits are
no longer to serve as balm for hurt
minds" The broken engagement will
not prompt women, grieved or pretend
ing to be grieved, to give the poets invo-
cation a Goth century version and ask:
Sweet Hope, pecuniary balm upon me
shed. The General Court, in its wisdom.
has decreed that breach of contract to
marry shall not constitute an injury or
wrong recognized by law" The Governor
has signed the bill. s.e. l.
There is no doubt that breach-of-
promise suits have been in great many
cases disguised attempts at extortion.
That fact has long been suggested to
the cynical by the term heart balm, =
dear to the hearts Of the headline writ-
ers. A condition arose that might per-
tinently be described as the heart-balm
racket. Mrs. Katherine A. Foley, mem
ber of the Massachusetts, House OF Rep
resentatives, wins fame as sponsor Of
the measure which ends the racket in
this State. Indiana. Illinois, Michigan
and New York have already done like
wise, In dealing with an undoubted evil.
It would be too sweeping to say that
all the breach-of- promise suits that have
been brought In this State have been
without merit. So in getting rid of an
evil there Is sacrificed something that
may serve 3 proper purpose.
Evening star., 1938-06-03

Fourth of July fireworks went off on
some other date. Moreover, merchants
large and small denounce the proposal:
they say that 1t would severely dislocate
business In the circumstances, the out
look for the bill seems none too favor
able. 1t may appeal to common sense
as desirable, but sentiment and hard
necessity are aligned against it.
1t would hardly be fatal to New Jer-
sey.' suggests the Burlington Hawkeye
Gazette, but it would be awkward to
observe holidays by a system different
from that of the rest of the country
One of the reformed calendars proposed
in recent years would make the first of
every month fall on Mondays, and would
therefore freeze all holidays on certain
days of the week. We might get used
to that as nation, but not one State
at time"
"An unprejudiced observer" concludes
the Providence Bulletin, might think
that with last year, this year and next
we were getting enough of Monday legal
holidays to satisfy us for long time
Nature Is obviously taking it's course
these years. Businessmen in general.
probably. will be very glad when this
odd calendar stretch of coincidental
Mondays comes to an end for a time.
Aside from all economic considerations,
however. there is something destructive
OF sentiment in the thought of taking
all legal holidays of a national or world
significance away from their fixed
places"
Replying to the argument that the
plan would defy the solar system" the
South Bend Tribune maintains that this
objection sis not so weighty now as it
was before the solar system was 'defied'
by widespread adoption of daylight saw
ing time" The Tribune also comments:
New Jersey might be impressed more
by the argument of Newark. N. j.,
retail establishment operator that the
proposed law would severely dislocate
business, which already has a hard
enough time getting along"
Evening star., 1938-06-03
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL.

The tendency in all amateur gardening
is to put the accent on the wrong thing.
Instead OF worrying about roses. which
really need some worrying. the gardener
gets all "het" UP over the ants.
Instead Of seeing what Is eating the
rhododendron leaves (silver lace bugs),
he froths at the mouth over squirrels.
If he feeds the birds, he pays more
attention to the pigeons, which he does
not want, than to all the songsters he
does like.
Grumble gardens, we have called such
yards, and that truly describes what
often goes on in them.
Grumbling takes the place Of labor.
Nagging that of money. Growing the
place of intelligence.
All the insects in garden really have
as much right there as the plants. the
grass and the trees-and the gardener.
The garden is their world.
No one would advocate giving up
spraying, or ending inimical insects and
blights in other ways: that is just COM
mon sense, and this is practical world,
after all.
What is necessary is to change the
mental attitude, so that some of these
undesired things may be allowed in the
yard without too much worrying.
Consider the ant.
1t is capable insect, but really will
not harm things, in the long run Cunless,
of course, it is the type which eats wood)
y 4 ~
Most Of the ants we deal with, or try
to deal with, in gardening. belong to
two classes. the sweet-eating ants and
the fat-eating ants
If sugar-eaters they may be poisoned
by putting liquid bait. properly sweet
ened, in little Jar, filled with excelsior,
or even a small, straight stick. Down
these ladders" the ants 60 after the
food. This they take back to the nest
and feed to the young. Hence, accord
ing to the theory, the whole hive is wiped
out
The fat-eaters are satisfied with a
large mutton bone, or other fat meat
bone.
After they have covered this with
their members according to the experts,
you simply lift it into pail of boiling
water.
One would have to stay home from
work to operate this system?
Probably but the experts don't bother
about that.
That, Of course, is your worry.
X
All in all, we believe the best way
is to let the ants alone.
1t Is true that there will be muddy
spots in the yard, but in time the grass
will grow over them.
There will be scores of ants on the
peony buds, but they are only after the
nectar. They are not eating the bulbs,
or preventing them from opening. Heavy
rains may, but not ants.
Actually ants do little damage, unless
1t may be that they carry plant diseases
from one specimen to another. There
are SO many other carriers, such as bees.
about which no gardener bothers that
1t is moot question.
Gardening is for the gardener; if he
cultivates his mind as well as his plot,
he will grow some of life's fairest flowers,
and probably have a better garden, to
boot.
Evening star., 1938-06-03
A Bluff Is Called.
I'm the Omaha world-Herald

From the Omaha World-Heralo.
The Czech crisis has demonstrated
more forcefully than any other recent
event the extent to which Nazi Germany
relies upon plain, old-fashioned bluff to
carry out it's conquests. The demonstra-
ton, indeed, is so clear that it might
have been ordered as a laboratory ex-
pertinent.
First there was Austria. Under the
combined assault of internal agitation,
inspired hysteria and military threat,
Austria fell-fell to the status of a Ger
man province. just now emerging from
two months of terror.
Immediately Hitler turned the same
technique to the conquest of the Sudeten
Germans. Full blast went the attempt
to inspire national hysteria, with con-
trolled Nazi press and controlled Nazi
radio contributing their utmost And
finally came the military threat: Ger
man planes flying over Czech territory,
troops mobilizing on the frontier,
onimous hints Of an impending march.
But the Czechs were ready, and the
Czechs were firm. They had been ex-
pecting this day for months. They were
prepared. With efficiency that matched
the German invasion of Austria, they
manned the line OF forts protecting the
border, modified reserves blew up
bridges on the crucial roads.
The effect was instant and dramatic.
The Hitler threat vanished like a de-
fated balloon. calm was restored. and
suddenly we found Henlein conferring
with the Czech government-conferenc
which a week earlier he had indignantly
rejected.
So it begins to appear that Germany
da4es not risk a war Exhibitions of
military strength and effciency-yes. The
crucial testing of that military strength
against real defense-no. Germany
lacks the resources to carry on a pro-
longed war, and her theory of the
lightning war" sudden and devastat-
ing attack upon the civilian populace
designed to bring the enemy to its knees
within few weeks, has been blasted
at Guernica and blasted at Barcelona.
Europe can take comfort from this
conclusion; the Nazi army is most ter
rifying when, as in Austria, it faces no
opposition; the Fascist army is most ter
rifying when, as in Ethiopia it faces no
opposition.
Evening star., 1938-06-03
A Contingency in the Air.

Explaining that it is due to a con-
tingency which has arisen" since trans
mission Of the regular budget, President
Roosevelt on Wednesday asked Congress
to appropriate an additional 5000, 600
for purchase of Army anti-aircraft ma
terial.
House and Senate conferees, having
just agreed to increase the military
appropriations bill by approximately
100000 for anti-aircraft guns and
other requisites for defense against
aerial attack, the War Department is
apparently to be authorized to expend
altogether an extra $130oo,Ooo on pro-
tective facilities necessitated by intro
duction of the deadliest weapon of war
fare now in use. The congressional con-
ferees, in token of the urgency of present
conditions, even for country living in
profound peace-for the essence OF air
war is its surprise element-gave the
Army permission to enter into contracts
for anti-aircraft equipment totaling
slo,Oo0,o0O during the fiscal year be-
ginning July /, to be paid for later.
The President does not disclose the
nature of the suddenly arisen con-
tingency" which impels him to recon-
mend acceleration of anti-aircraft de-
lenses. Current international Develop
ments speak for themselves. Events in
the Spanish and Sino-Japanese wars
are bringing the terrors and horrors of
the afr threat home even to the secluded
american people. Within the past week
the Spanish loyalist port Of Alicante
was mercilessly air-bombed by Frances
1talo-Germ squadrons, with deadly
results to more than six hundred men,
women and children. A few days later,
after the insurgent planes were driven
away from Barcelona by alert govern
ment anti-aircraft artillery, they sheered
of to the north, and. intent on victims.
let down barrage on Granollers that
killed another five hundred, mostly nom
Soa1SotoAAt S4fAAd4An' n 1CW llOuIS tdTll6T,
japanese planes raided Canton and its
teeming millions, moving down helpless
thousands Of inhabitants of that human
anthill.
Amid the adherence such wholesale
slaughter arouses among civilized
peoples, callous as they seem to have
become toward such organized savagery,
1t is at least satisfying to find our own
Government ready to take all possible
precautions against repetition even on
these sheltered shores of the terrible ex-
periences the people Of Spain and China
are undergoing. That is undoubtedly the
grim contingency" which inspires Mr..
Roosevelt's call for an expansion of anti
aircraft defenses. Congress should act
promptly on the Presidents recon-
mendation.
Evening star., 1938-06-03
Find the Cause!
rom the Cleveland Plain-D Dealer

From the Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
The authorities do well to seek every
possible clue which might explain the
airship crash which occurred almost at
Clevelands doorstep. Evidence is diff
cult to find in case like this. Safety
in air travel, however, requires that the
causes of such disasters shall be deter
mined as nearly as possible.
This latest plane tragedy happens
within few minutes Of Cleveland Air
port. Passengers and crew. numbering
half score, perish. Such tragedies are
due to one or more of three causes:
Faulty nagivation, structural defects in
the ship, or weather conditions that
make safe flying impossible. Witnesses
say the ship was in flames before 1t
crashed into the wooded hillside What
this may indicate experts should be able
to determine.
No one Is alive to tell what occurred
in the pilots compartment. But this
much is certain, travel by plane will
not be discouraged Railroads have all
but eliminated hazards in travel. Air
lines, working toward this end, will ulti-
mately reach it as man and machine
gain In competence and efficiency.
Evening star., 1938-06-03
Regulating Fireworks.

Maryland authorities, who have faced
a difficult problem in connection with
the regulation of fireworks ever since
their sale was banned In Washington,
apparently are about to receive aid from
an unexpected source.
The State Firemen's Association, whose
members have been among the chief
dispensers of fireworks, has announced
the adoption of q legislative program
calling for the regulation Of their manu-
facture. storage and sale. Details OF the
legislative proposals have not been dis
closed, with the exception of provision
prohibiting sales Of fireworks at gasoline
stations. This suggestion is so sound that
1t seems futile to inquire whether the
Evening star., 1938-06-03
Maritime Troubles.

TWO developments of critical impor-
tance to the American merchant marine
figured in yesterdays news.
First, was the disclosure that foreign
owned ships, operating at the lower cost
levels Of foreign shipping, are exerting
killing competition against American
lines in the Latin American trade.
Second, was the calling OF a labor
holiday" on all American shipping in
New York Harbor by the National Mari
time Union.
The first condition is the most complex
and most difficult Of solution. Basically,
it is the same problem that has faced
virtually every one Of Americas indus
tries whether seeking markets abroad
or at home, namely, that Of meeting
foreign competition geared to 1 lower
scale OF production costs. u an OBJ
stacle springing from the higher Ameri-
can standards Of living and one which,
presumably, viii always prevail.
It has been met In some Instances BY
tarin barriers, in others by snbsidies.
In the latter, the American shipping
companies already have shared. OBJ
viously. however, such policy may even-
tually reach q point Of economic unwis-
dom, q point where the necessary subsidy
may exceed the value of preserving the
segment Of industry involved.
This particular competitive condition
is made worse, Or at last it takes on
the character of adding insult to injury,
by the fact that the foreign Lines are
importing cheap labor toserys Is stsiks-
Evening star., 1938-06-03
A Patent Discrimination.

From the Daily oklahoman.
Just the other day we were reading
that our Government authorities had
forbidden the sale of helium to Germany
for fear that the helium thus sold to
the Teuton might find its way into a
European war. And now we read that
the last giant airplane of consignment
Of five has been loaded onto the Air.
lnasen in San Pedro Harbor and will
be rushed speedily to Japan for service
in the Oriental war.
Is our Government competing for a
prize offered for inconsistent conduct?
We merely fear that Germany might
employ our helium in destructive war,
but we know beyond any peradventure
that the planes we are selling to Japan
will be employed inv the war that Is
wasting China. We know that the
Japanese are buying these American
planes to spew incendiary bombs all over
the Chinese landscape and dismember
hundreds and thousands of helpless
Chinese women and children.
Mind you, we are not protesting the
helium embargo or insisting that helium
should be sold to the Germans. We
merely point out our, Governments in
consistency In withholding an essential
military ingredient fromsa country that
Is not at war at all and permitting the
unchallenged and unlimited sale of
essential military supplies to another
nation which is waging most destruc-
tive and murderous war. We believe that
our government should have one policy
for all nations, and we charge that its
present policy is no policy at all.
Such inconsistent conduct will in
eyitably make enemies for our country.
Germany Is under no illusions consider
ing our refusal to sell her the helium
she has asked for. She knows that she
has been Disseminated against. She
knows that we are resorting to sub
terfuge when we base our refusal to sell
upon the fear that helium might be
used in q European war. When she sees
consignments Of, A1uerican-made air.
planes rushed to the Oriental battlefront
without encouDtering any protest at all
from our Government she knows ful1
well that our refusal to sell helium to
Germany Is not based upon any deep
seated and conscientious opposition 10
var. Who can doubt that Germany will
be offended and who will deny that she
has reason for being offended
Evening star., 1938-06-03

breakers for their own countrymen who
are rebelling at the low-wage conditions:
and the displaced seamen now are be-
coming deportable--at the expense Of
the United States Government.
Thus far, discussions through diplo-
matte channels have failed Of solution.
A partial answer may be found in
amending the immigration laws to allow
exclusion Of the foreign strike breakers.
Congress should not conclude its session
without exploring this situation and
taking whatever legislative action is
needed to empower the Government to
extend increased protection to a sorely
tried industry.
As for the second of yesterdays de-
velopments. the calling Of the one-day
maritime strike. the regrettable feature
is that it was prompted, according to
press dispatches, solely. by union
rivalry rather than because of any
grievance against operators of the struck
ships. In fact, the N. M. U. holds con-
tracts with most of the lines involved.
For labors own good, to say nothing
of the shipowners involved and the
public, 1t should be remembered that
indiscriminate offenses against neutrals
is an easy way to gain new enemies.
The strike has been recognized as labor's
legal weapon of last resort, but as On
instrument Of protest against a third
party 1t might too easily prove boom
erang.
Evening star., 1938-06-03

The estate of the late John Ringing,
the circus man, is estimated at over %
millions OF dollars. The amount of in
huence this fortune might exert in
Florida affairs if turned into politics as
well as show business is not authorita-
lively estimated. Florida has already
had one go at large boom figures, from
which it has brilliantly and bravely re-
covered. -@@ 1'-@2
Evening star., 1938-06-03
Epiphany Chimes

The church bells flung their sweet chime
Across the busy city street:
! paused. forgetful OF the time,
The church bells flung their low sweet
chime,
And in their melody sublime
MY heart through joy found rest COM
plete,
The church bells flung their low sweet
chime
Across the busy city street.
MONICA WILLIAMS.
Evening star., 1938-06-03
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANpER JOHNSON.
II Edison Were Here,

If Edison Were Here,
If Edison were here again
I'll bet he'd easily explain
How lights may best be kept a-glow
For just little coin or 50.
I'll bet his genius would arise
And speak, to conquer our surprise
In estimating the expense
OF what he wrought with clever sense
He was no man of. lengthy speech.
He KNEW what others tried to teach.
Things might be easier to explain
II Edison were here again
Evening star., 1938-06-03

Even feminine interests become
slightly subordinated in the course Of
time. Nobody asks what Mabel Walker
Willebrandt is going to do about pro-
hibition.
Evening star., 1938-06-03

Students even when delivering college
orations are not expected to explain why
the supply of wheat is SO remarkably
large and the amount Of bread sold for
eight cents is so remarkably small. The
old question of distribution is still a vital
feature in public economy.
Evening star., 1938-06-03

A definite estimate of how much It
will cost to rid this country of crime
is not provided by j. Edgar Hoover. It
may be doubted, however, that the sum
will be hard to raise after all the urgent
demands for funds in other directions
have been satisfied.
Evening star., 1938-06-03
Mexico's Needs.

From the Detroit News.
Now that Mexico has gone into the oil
business, all it needs is customers, for
eign distributing set-up and radio
coRnie with an accordion.
Evening star., 1938-06-03

The next step in the education of the
Dionne quints will reverse customary
procedure and seek to make them COM
Portable as mere students without the
stimulation of public attention.
Evening star., 1938-06-03

A. good motorist is now regarded as
one who knows how to answer some of
the questions pertaining to the manu-
facture as well as to the operation OF
cars.