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Evening star., 1939-05-27

tory exhibition Of mathematics.
Even the least responsive spirit is
stirred by the poetry of the display
For Outstanding philosopher the
growing enthusiasm for astronomy
in all its many phases is an encour-
aging phenomenon. The National
Capital Amateur Astronomers Asso-
citation is but one of a number of
societies engaged in building tele-
scopes, polishing lenses and mirrors,
reading standard scientific books,
listening to lectures given by author
tiles, putting into practice the
knowledge of the heavens so
obtained.
OF course, it is possible to exist
without appreciation of "the starry
armament on high" but the human
race is endowed with eyes for behold
ing the grandest glory of which
mortal mind can conceive and it is
good to think that they are being
employed as they were intended.
Evening star., 1939-05-27
CITIZENSHIP

Inc return OF Grover BergdOll, no.
torious World War deserter who ap-
parently has decided that an Amer
lean Federal prison is better place
than Hitlerian Germany, has raised
subtle question over which there
may arise hair-splitting arguments.
BY military court martial the man
has been stripped of all his rights
as a citizen" 1t is not quite clear
that this is equivalent to depriving
him of his citizenship. 1t might be
contended, how logically one hesi-
tates to say, that citizenship is some
thing more than the sum of all the
rights and privileges, classified and
unclassitied which pertain to it.
Citizenship is status acquired by
birth within the geographical limits
of a sovereign power. The govern
ment has no control over it. The
United States tacitly accepts certain
responsibilities toward its citizens
by birth. 1t may not want them, but
it can hardly get rid of them. 1t GER
tainly has no power to dump it's un-
desirables on another sovereign
power. There is no spot on earth
even in desolate Antarctica-which
is not claimed as the territory of
some government. Consequently
there is no place to which a citizen
Of tho TTritoI Ctofnc
to go.
But there are certain specified
ways in which a person born in the
United States can forfeit citizenship
altogether-not just all the rights of
citizen. He may become naturalized
in another country. The other coun-
try deliberately accepts responsible
ity for him. He may take an oath of
allegiance to another sovereign
power. Many Americans who served
in the allied armies during the World
War lost their citizenship in this
way. The logic is not quite clear, but
it worked out that way.
SA 6ooAi, oo 4d1 do hllOWIl, lids
done neither of these things. A
strong presumption of his unquali-
fed acceptance by the German gov
ernment, however, may be based on
his long residence there during
which no effort was made to deport
him. Did this, in itself, constitute a
sort of naturalization? Probably it
did, in the view of many constitu-
tional lawyers.
Out of the whole discussion, en-
tirely aside from the actual person.
alities involved, may come a clearer
definition of just what constitutes
that somewhat intangible, however
fundamental, status known as "citi-
zenship."
Evening star., 1939-05-27
Easton, Md.
May %.
Asks American Greeting
For King and Queen.

To the Editor of The Star:
Speaking as an average American I
can't help but chuckle over all the fuss
and feathers attached to the proper
method of greeting the King and Queen
OF England when they visit the United
States.
Surely, genuine American hospitality
will be desired by their majesties far
more than poor imitation of English
court procedure.
We in America are known by the
clasp of the hand, and true feelings can
be interpreted by that method.
am sure the American way will be
less humorous or embarrassing than the
creaky joints and ungainly gyrations
that are sure to follow if the English:
way is tried by those who are not usec
to this mode of greeting.
But maybe laugh or two would ease
the situation. J.. S. MITCHELL.
May %.
Evening star., 1939-05-27
Such lunquuqe!

The Townsend Old Age Pension
Plan is political hot potato that
bounces around with all the brisk
and restless abandon of a lost atom
IN bowl of soup. AS no one individ-
ual or group cares to handle it long
enough to get burnt, it is hastily
passed on and on and on. Hence no
one has ever taken the trouble to
open up this weird object and study
its inner works, until Representative
Fish heroically took the job. Peeling
of the hide and digging in at ran
dom, he discovered the following
choice verbal spasm.
Throughout the act the present
tense includes the past and future
lenses; and the future, the present.
The masculine gender includes the
feminine and neuter. The singular
number includes the plural and the
plural the singular. Shall means
must and is mandatory. May is
permiSSive: All terms used in the act
shall receive liberal construction with
a view toward effectuating the OBJ
jects of the act and promoting JUS
tice."
Mr. Fish, recovering somewhat, op-
posed submission of the bill to the
House on the ground that its collec-
tive mind might crack under the
strain, but gave high praise to the
Townsend Plan. He says that at
present it has a past with a glorious
future, and an even more glorious
future which is well in the past, all
included under the generic term of
the present which shall in the man
datory sense pinch hit for all other
lenses conceivable to the minds of
ToWnsendites. All Townsendites,
even if feminine or neuter, are to be
clasSed as masculine and draw razor
blades every Thursday, and even if as
plural as the national debt it will be
permissive and accurate to refer to
them as Singularly singular In other
words, it can be considered as was
except when it is to be, in which case
she and it become he and all will be
(Were) (are) any.
Evening star., 1939-05-27
THIS AND THAT
BY Charles E. Trdce1Del,.

IN the direction Of his objective, 1. O.,
feeding station, in this case
On the other hand, the apparent fra
gility of shrub offers no barrier, a
squirrel can walk up such a cane as
easily as thick one; it gives him all
the aid he needs.
We do not believe that the rodent can
climb up bare wooden surface, but
know 1t can up house wall of shingles.
Several years ago in this column there
was described, in letter from a local
resident, an unusual type of feeding sta
tion built in bodily in his living room.
He had removed bottom pane, in a
multi-paned window and had con-
structed a glass-walled little room, like
an aquarium turned upside down.
This constituted small recess, open
from the outside, closed from the inside,
actually jutting into the room, visible
from the front, two sides and the top.
II we continue the likeness to an
aquarium, it would be a glass -bottomed
one, of course, with the bottom up, and
the outer end knocked out.
** ~
1t occurs to us that a similar station
might be built into a screened porch,
that is screened boxlike affair might
be set in cut portion of the main
screen
This might be foot deep, feet high
and from 2 to 4 feet long
The bottom would be Of wood, and
on this would be placed tray of seed,
while Suet, raisins, cut apple and the
like, not forgetting grapes, could be sus-
pended from the walls. There might be
a pan of water.
For best effect and results, the entire
outside would be open, so that the birds
could fly in and out without fear.
1t would be possible, however, to
screen the outside with wide-meshed
chicken wire, which would permit only
small birds to fly in, keeping out pigeons
and squirrels, but this would also keep
out such large fellows as the blueiays,
which are among the most beautiful and
interesting of all birds at feeding sta
ton, Jays seldom stay long, nor do they
ordinarily do any harm to other birds
at the station
A pot of plants might be put in one
end of such feeder, to make the birds
feel more at home. If the plants were
petunlas, the blossoms would attract
hummingbirds.
Such a feeder as this could have a
screened door, opening onto the porch,
so that it could be cleaned and stocked
every day-preferably at dusk-from the
inside
After the birds got used to it, they
probably would not mind people sitting
on the porch, provided there were no
very sudden movements Once in full
swing, this kind of feeder would afford
amusement all day long.
Evening star., 1939-05-27
EAST FALLS CHURCH, Va

Dear Sir:
please suggest proper feeding station
for birds on our back porch.
1--WE have squirrels, and feeding sta
ton would have to be where squirrels
could not get to 1t.
Sincerely, A. P. G."
Well, ma am, there won't be any feeder,
in that case, because there are very few
places squirrels cannot come at.
These are the most persistent, agile
animals In the world, certainly the top
fight fellows of our suburban gardens.
To devise feeding station which ac-
tually would keep them out, no foolin',
would require the brains of an Einstein,
the inventive genius of an Edison, and
the imagination of a Maeterlinck.
Even then the chances are that 1t
would be failure.
SQUIRRELS can get to feeders placed out
an upstairs window above a sheer brick
wall
Ever seen a squirrel climb up the side
of brick house?
This is one of the cleverest things 1t
does Catching with its claws the NOR
tar between the bricks, it goes up as
easily as you please.
The animal is greatly helped, of course,
If there is vine, as there often Is; this
is just the same as a staircase to a
squirrel.
X
Without q description of the porch,
greens and trees, one finds 1t difficult
to suggest a feeding station to meet
the requirements of our correspondent.
1t must be stressed that even at its best,
such feeder would find squirrel in it,
sooner or later.
If small boxlike feeder, with tray, is
affixed to the outside of porch pillar,
looking into the yard, and almost up to
the roof of the porch, the chances are
that small birds will use it.
There Is also some chance that this
situation will keep squirrels out, depend
ing upon the distance from the ends of
branches of trees, etc.
1t must be kept in mind that the squir-
rel is not only persistent, but very clever
in getting where it wants to CO. and
that it has sufficient body weight to
swing branch down many feet when
it jumps onto the tip from above.
X Y
These rodents have knowledge built
through centuries of just about how far
down branch will swing with their
weight.
They also know almost to the ounce the
stress and strain very willowy and thin
bough will have under the impact of
their jump.
This means that squirrel can swing
himself by an end branch for many feet
Evening star., 1939-05-27

good will and tolerance among students
and teachers in all the schools, and be
it further
Resolved, That the superintendent of
schools of the city of New York be in
structed and empowered to take all nee
essary steps for the immediate and effec-
tive furtherance of the above resolution,
and that the superintendent of schools
shall so instruct the principals, and re-
quire official reports by them of such
assemblies" Whereupon Supt Camp
bell of the schools of New York City is
sued bulletin requiring all schools to
hold two assemblies monthly to effect
the purposes of the resolutions, and fur
ther requested conferences and reports
to improve or evaluate the teaching.
The writer knows that in many en-
Gghtened school areas to the south of
Washington young white students are
being taught, and are evincing a real
desire to become more tolerant and fair
in dealing with the Negro in their own
midst.
Many of our local problems of health
OF crime, of delinquency, of poverty, of
taxation and of suffrage would be nearer
solution were we older people wise
enough, bold enough, or capable of
teaching the young generation how to
live better together for the greater good
of all. Eventually segregation and dis
examinations must disappear if democ-
racy is to survive. Why not begin now
to lessen our undemocratic practices
toward minorities?
E. B. HENDERSON.
Falls Church, Va.
Nav IS.
Evening star., 1939-05-27
Parallel of Politics and
Naval ManeuverS Drawn.
To the Editor of The Star;

To the Editor of The Star:
In small, but succinct, book entitled
The Royal Navy" chat is to say the
British Navy-for we have not as yet
applied the term Royal" to our own
national naval establishment, the au-
thor says of Wellesley [afterward the first
Duke of Wellingtonl in the Peninsular
War that "at each remove" of his base
by land in the Iberian Peninsula, he
found that "he dragged lengthening
: chain"
How long ''lengthening chain of
broken undertakings can an elected
person construct as he shifts his base,
and still retain a prospect of being re
elected to representative" Office, in a
democracy"
HARRISON TILGHMAN.
Easton, Md.
May %.
Evening star., 1939-05-27
The Squulus Rescue

Our daily task, which yesterday seemed
great;
Which thwarted U.s. no matter how
We fought;
Which baked our wits, until the hour
was late;
And baff1ed us, and seemed to come to
naught;
How small it seems today, compared
at last
To the stupendous task of valiant men
Who, In a ten-ton diving bell, were cast
Two hundred feet below the sea, and
Brought to the surface human beings
who
For frightful hours were torn twixt
life and death;
Who during long black moments never
knew
When dreaded gas might stifie their
next breath -.
These men were brave-a laurel for their
brow
Small things, think, can never vex
them nowl
H.p. sroDDARD.
Evening star., 1939-05-27
Kinq Cotton

Although the United States re-
mains overwhelmingly the greatest
producer of cotton in the world, our
annual crop dwarflng that of all
other countries put together, DiXie's
great staple is not king" to the ex-
tent of being able to maintain the
world price or divide world markets
on basis guaranteeing stable pros
perity for the cotton growers Of the
United States, especially in the in
dispensable field Of export.
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
announced in Arkansas yesterday
that the Washington Government has
decided to convene an international
cotton conference for exploration of
ways to improve prices and regulate
markets equitably among the ma
tions which compete with us for ex-
port trade. The State Department
has received favorable responses
from the governments of all the i'm
portant countries in question.
The American cotton industry no
longer dominates the world market,
as it once did Ambitious rivals are
in the field. Foremost among them
Is Brazil, our South American good
neighbor, with whom we are now
entering into far-reaching economic,
financial and military relations.
Egypt's long-staple speciality is COM
ing to be more and more of a COM
petitor for our standard cotton
grades. The British, who have paid
Dixie cotton tribute for century,
are encouraging intensive cultivation
in Egypt. France and Italy are
straining every energy to coax cotton
out Of their colonial earth. On this
side Of the world, besides Brazil,
Argentina, Mexico and Peru have
developed a considerable cotton pro-
duction.
Mr.. Wallace explains why the
United States Graves an international
new deal in cotton marketing. Our
exports for the current year will
approximate only 100000 bales
normally about a third of the Ameri-
can crop-and will be the lowest in
sixty years. "The South simply can
not afford to lose its export market
for cotton" pleaded the Secretary
of Agriculture in justification of the
administrations move for a world
conference
The hope of ameliorating condi-
tions by that route is a tacit con-
fession that even the application of
Government subsidies to cotton ex-
ports, upon which we are about to
embark, holds out no prospect of
adequate sustenance for the industry
upon which the economic life of
dozen OF our States depends. Senator
George Of Georgia, who led the con-
gressional opposition to the subsidy
program, assails the conference plan
as a panacea which symbolizes the
collapse" of the whole Roosevelt
Wallace cotton program. Others.
who heard the Secretary of Agricul-
ture spring his newest proposal
at Little Rock, termed it a "shot
IN the arm" Cordell Hull, who loses
no opportunity to pillory such arti-
f1clal aids to trade as Government
subventions and who must have lent
his approval to cotton subsidies with
Wry face, doubtless hopes earnestly
that an international conference
may evolve methods sounder than
Federal doleS to exporters to solve
the South's economic problem No. l.
Evening star., 1939-05-27
former.

When James Wolfe got to the top
of the cliff above the cove which
bears his name he liked what he saw.
When the descendant of Wolfes
master nearly two hundred years
later made the same climb he ex-
perienced the same gratified feeling.
Evening star., 1939-05-27
Welcomes Editorials in
Lighter Vein.

To the Editor of The Star:
I just wish to say that the third
column in your Evening Star" contains
more wit than find in all the so-called
humorous magazines I look for it every
day. "The Tornado Tanner" of May
20 frightened up several days for me.
MISS EDITH HALLOWELL.
Sandy Spring, Md.
MAY q.
Evening star., 1939-05-27

"The beefsteaks of the Argentine
should be tasted rather than de-
scribed," declared an American tour
ist recently arrived in Buenos Aires.
Perhaps certain high official wishes
he had confined himself to the
former.
Evening star., 1939-05-27

Lou Nova, heavyweight, now train
ing for his fight with Joe Louis,
makes "yoga" part of his program.
The aim of yogi" it is explained, is
through concentration to get in di-
rect touch with reality" 1t is
thought that the challenger will get
his wish.
Evening star., 1939-05-27

as Mr.. Hopkins supports can be ex-
pected to ease commercial friction
and thus political irritation -
throughout the world, in the end i'm
proving the United States own COM
mercial and political situation.
Evening star., 1939-05-27
Objects to Criticism of
Writers Project Book.

To the Editor of The star:
Regardless Of personal opinions, the
strongly biased attack in The Star upon
the Federal Writer'S Project by Mary
Carter Roberts does not constitute good
journalism.
MISS Roberts not only attacked the
quanty OF the writing in These Are Our
Lives" but criticized the authors. In
regard to the quality of the work we get
an entirely different opinion from critics
IN other parts of the country R. L..
Duftus, staff writer for the New York
Times finds the collected life histories
Absolutely priceless . 40
The Raleigh IN. c. News and OBJ
server also praised the book, while Time
Magazine concluded that g. . 3. it gives
the South its most pungent picture of
common life, the Writers Project its
strongest claim to literary distinction. !"
Charles A. Beard, who cannot be ac-
cuSed of being either relief writer or
dishonest in his opinion, says: Some
OF these pages are as literature more
powerful than anything I have ever read
IN fiction, not excluding Zolas most
vehement passages"
Since the stories in question were of
sufficient quality to merit the praise of
established men of letters, it should not
be necessary to question the ability of
the writer's. Bernice Kelly Harris one
of the contributors, is a playwright and
author OF the recent novel, "Purslane,"
dealing with life in a Carolina rural
community. James r. AsWell, another
contributor, has written for Harper's and
other magazines of national circulation.
Miss Roberts writes that THE subject
in each one has had bad time in the
material world; he has lacked education,
ETC., etc" Many of the characters pre-
Sented were high school and college
graduates, farm owners, landlords, a.
country doctor, small town merchant, a
Negro dentist-graduate of Howard Uni
verslty. True, some had suffered reverses.
but others were comparatively we'll to do.
To any one familiar with Southern
literature during the past half century,
These Are Our Lives" must be welcomed
as a distinct contribution to the litera-
ture of our time. JOHN C. ROGERS.
Alexandria, Va.
May %.
Evening star., 1939-05-27

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to it or not Otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights of publication OF special dispatches
herein also are reserved.
Evening star., 1939-05-27

What with this idea of establish
ing corridors across corridors. as be-
tween Prussia and East Prussia. Eu-
rope may soon resemble waffle.
Evening star., 1939-05-27
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Evening star., 1939-05-27

Note.-The review of "These Are Our
Lives" written by Miss Roberts, book
review editor of The Star, reflected her
personal appraisal of the book, not her
opinion of the Federal Writer'S Project.
The Star, in publishing the views of
Mr.. Rogers, does not accept his opinions
as being correct, but believes he is en-
titled to express them.
Evening star., 1939-05-27
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@. Is 1t true that parts Of the Temple
wall in Jerusalem are still standing?-
L.
A. There is no vestige left Of the an
cient Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. It
was razed and later the ground over it
was plowed.
Evening star., 1939-05-27

@. How long does it take the average
liner to cross the Atlantic?-R. W.K.
A. The average time of crossing by
the larger liners is six days. The fastest
crossing at the present time is four DAYS.
Evening star., 1939-05-27
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also introduced the melody in his opera,
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DANCES FOR ALL
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
group Of who like to square dance plan to
gather in the Meeting Room above the Variety Store
Saturday night at O'Clock to practice dances
and to have informal good time. Tie hope to do
this every Saturday gt there is nothing special
going in town. If sufficient interest develop
(see October issue of Life Eagazine, pages As-47)
may have regular old time dances in the Social
Room. All interested invited.
Howard C. Custer
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