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ness is in some degree a slave. It
is slave to its animosity or to its
affection, either of which is sufi-
cient to lead it astray from its duty
and its interest. Antipathy in one
nation against another disposes each
more readily to offer insult and injury,
to lay hold of slight causes of
umbrage, and to be naughty and
lntractable, when accidental or trifling
occasions of dispute occur. Hence
frequent collisions, obstinate, enven-
omed, and bloody contests .. The
peace often, sometimes perhaps the
liberty, Of nations has been the vic
tim.
so, likewise, passionate attach
ment of one nation to another pro-
duces variety of evils. Sympathy
for the favored nation, facilitating the
illusion OF an imaginary common
interest in cases where no real COM
mon interest exists, and infusing into
one the enmities of the other, betrays
the former into a participation in
the quarrels and wars of the latter,
without adequate inducement or JUS
tiflcation. = 3.
Against the insidious wiles of for
eign influence Il conjure you to believe
me, fellow-citizens) the jealousy of a
free people ought to be constantly
awake, since history and experience
prove that foreign influence is one
OF the most baneful foes of republi-
can government =
THE great rule of conduct for us,
in regard to foreign nations, is, in
extending our commercial relations,
to have with them as little political
connexion as possible. So far as we
have already formed engagements,
let them be fulfilled with perfect
good faith. Here let us stop.
Europe has set of primary inter-
ests which to us have none, or a verv
remote, relation. Hence she must be
engaged in frequent controversies.
the causes of which are essentially
foreign to our concerns. Hence,
therefore, it must be unwise in us
to implicate ourselves by artificial
ties IN the ordinary vicissitudes of
her politics or the ordinary combi-
nations and collisions of her friend
ships or enmities. ="
In the light of the great loss of life
and substance that resulted from our
last participation in a European war,
how wise does our Colonial statesman
ship appear in contrast with that more
recent! Have we still failed to learn
our lesson?
100 PER CENT AMERICAN.
August l.
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Police estimates Of the crowd attend
ing the production Of Puccini's pop
ular masterpiece approximated
twenty-five thousand. c. C. Cappel,
manager Of the National Symphony
Orchestra, expressed the belief that
nine thousand persons paid for the
privilege of being present. Miss Alice
Eversman, Star critic, closed her re-
view Of the occasion with the
affirmation that: "The very obvious
inference from this operate ven-
ture = Is that the public enjoys
it and welcomes the opportunity to
hear it,
But opera is expensive. The costs
Of an operatic season in Washington
would be high. Experience has
taught more than a few enthusiasts
that the proper staging of music
drama requires money in abundance.
There are many practical reasons
why such ventures are hazardous for
impresarios lacking financial re-
sources equal to the need. Yet the
Nations Capital no longer is merely
IAN overgrown country town"
Rather, it rapidly is becoming a
metropolis. The population of the
city soon-perhaps within the next
decade-may reach a million. So
there is cause to hope that support
shortly will be available for opera
as well as for other cultural enter
prises of undoubted value.
Doctor Hans Kinder and his fell
low-artists in the symphony organ
ization have done much to prepare
the way, and Alexander Smallens has
demonstrated that, even under
difficulties, opera is not infeasible in
Washington. The community thanks
all concerned for a memorable
triumph.
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Sees Present Value In
Farewell Address.
70 the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
At this time, when our Americanism
seems to be considerably diluted with
pro-British favoritism, it might be well
to quote the following admonition from
the historic farewell address of President
George Washington:
I'm the execution Of such a plan,.
nothing is more essential than that
permanent inveterate antipathies
against particular nations and pas
sionate attachments for others should
be excluded; and that, in place Of them,
just and amicable feelings toward
all should be cultivated. The nation
which indulges towards another an
habitual hatred or an habitual fond
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"LEBAUM ST. Sc.

Dear Sir:
Some time ago you mentioned In your
column the care Of leather bound books,
particularly with reference to treatment
against mildew.
Gould you repeat this information or
give me the date on which 1t was pre-
viously published?
yours very truly, H. G. Y"
This is another case In which an ounce
Of prevention is worth pound of cure.
Cool, damp weather offers the exact
conditions which cause the forms Of
parasitic fungi which we call mildew.
1t is not realized by many booklovers
that keeping a house shut up, in order
to keep 1t cool, helps provide these con-
ditions.
Keeping the first floor of house open
all day long, doors and windows, is the
best way to prevent mildew.
The house may be a bit hotter, but
ones precious volumes will not suffer.
Mildew is an insidious thing-it creeps
onto books, both cloth and leather, be-
fore one realizes it.
books on which the paper dust jackets
have been kept, for it is there that it
first forms.
Books bound in red cloth are peculiar
favorite, although green, blue and brown
get their share.
Books bound in black may show the
mildew first, since it is usually a light
gray in color.
We speak of mildew in the singular,
but there are many mildews, which are
closely related to molds.
Sometimes they take on the color Of
the cloth to which they stick, and upon
which they increase.
If they are discovered, in time. they
may be wiped of completely with cloth
or tissue. If they are too old, most of
them will come of. but not all.
The sooner discovered, therefore, the
easier gotten rid Of; this means, in prac-
tical application. that the booklover will
make 1t a practice, in muggy summers,
especially If the house is beneath trees,
to inspect the books regularly.
Books behind glass seldom suffer. It
is the volume in the open bookcase which
gets the mildew. Yet there is an air
OF bookishness to this type of case which
makes it indispensable.
X
Mildew at first looks like a gray pow-
der, and may be brushed of very easily.
1t is necessary to take of the dust
jacket-many Of them today are ex-
tremely artistic-and wipe of both the
backbone of the book, and the hinges,
in the grooves, as we'll as the back of the
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Asks Results Of
Poison Probes.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
I am wondering how many other read
ers OF the daily news want to know what
became Of the thorough Investigation
that was launched to obtain the facts
concerning the poisoning of some three
to four hundred Staten Island school
children on June %. Did the investiga-
ton capsize or isn't the public entitled
to the facts?
Nothing more has been heard of the
case in Hebron, Md, where sixty persons
were poisoned from food eaten at
church picnic on July l8. Surely the
health departments know the causes by
now, and If so why don't we know?
Alexandra, Va. MRS. M. s. SNOW.
August z.
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the effort to save our land from ero-
sion."
These comments have been advanced
with the thought in mind that since
the Negro is an integral part of the
agricultural scene in the South his
leadership and assistance should be in
cluded without question in the national
soil conservation program of the United
States Soil Conservation Service.
s. j. PHILLIPS,
Field Representative Tuskegee 1nsti-
tute, Alabama.
July a.
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Opera in Wushinqton

The success of the performance Of
Madame Butterfly" at the Water
Gate Wednesday evening raises again
the question of opera in the Nations
Capital. A large number of people
residing in the District of Columbia
appreciate the best In music drama.
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The Indians so valued the bill of
an ivory-billed woodpecker that as
many as three deerskins were traded
for one. And, just think Of 1t, they
had no Great Chief with the power
arbitrarily to raise or lower the deer
skin content Of . woodpecker's head.
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more they have. in many instances,
given high type OF unselfish COM
munity service. The towns would
suffer a distinct loss If deprived of
their knowledge and ability as town
administrators.
Evening star., 1939-08-04
Owen Scott Article
Pleases Reader.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The article in today's Star by Mr.
Scott on Business Need Not Wait" is
good, especially as it concerns repeal of
the Agricultural Administration Act. It
shows a keen sense of the realities
Some of your other columnists might
study it to very great advantage.
Arlington, Va. EMIL K. MELIN.
July 30.
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the 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.
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To the Editor Of The Star:


control, he stands ready to answer to the
call of soil conservation.
In the other agricultural programs
sponsored by the Government, such as
Negro extension work, vocational agri-
culture, farm security and other govern
mental agencies, Negroes are assisting
IN carrying farm programs to the Negro
farmers. The Negroes have become ac-
customed to Negro leadership and d.
rection when included in the programs
for the good of all the people. And it
may be safely stated that these work.
ers, because Of obvious factors, have
been able to secure commendable re-
sponses.
The same response would be secured
In the all-important program of soil
conservation. It Is without doubt true
that the ef1cient, effective and COM
plete execution of the national soil
conservation program of the United
States Soil Conservation Service de-
pends largely on reaching all the farm
ers, white and colored, in an effective
manner.
1t may be accepted as the duty of all
the people, urban and rural, to seek
every means to save the soil of this
Nation. AS Chief H. H. Bennett 80
emphatically stated. 1.-THE doctrine of
soil conservation should become form
of religion among all the people" It
is our duty to future generations to
do what is best to effect this important
task. Dr.. Bennett further stated, mo
cost should. be considered too great In
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Bernard jefferson
To Speak at Fifth St.
Y Physical Dept. End
Annual Banquet

DAYTON-0n Friday. May l2tA
at q I'm, the Physical Education
Department Of the Fifth st. Branch
YMCA will have its Second Annual
Banquet with Bernard jefferson,
football star Of Northwestern Uni
versity as he guest speaker. The
committee has planned very good
dinner, and also very fine pro-
gram
The menu will be fried chicken,
candied sweets or mashed potatoes.
hot rolls, combination salad, choice
of beverage and ice cream with
waters.
The Rev. Fl. Laurence Mcneil has
consented to be the toast master tor
the occasion. Rev. Mcneil is q for
mer pastor of the church which Mr..
Jefferson attended. We are expect
ing to have very enjoyable evening
The several teams which represent
the Y will be recognized at the ban
quet.
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who was hit BY car.
Hospital bed and back rest, wom-
an heart trouble and dropsy.
Blood transfussons: boy 10, ty
.nhoid. man Of 20, diabetes; man AZ,
ruptured appendix; man, 81, pneu-
monia, and 50 on.
Wheel chairs: lady, 65, arthrltic;
man 62, weak spine; man. ", IN
fant;le paralysis; girl 10, infant.le
paralysis; boy II, same. And many
others have 60 ten, and will still
pet. the same sweet charity as long
as smalls lives, and prospers, in his
store
If were in Germany, Adolf Hit
ler would hang me for saying that
this jew Is the equal Of any Christ
ian / have ever met, and the super
ior Of all thedictators put together.
We honor such man as Smalls, not
because he is a Jew, but as he says
III his charities, regardless Of that
non-relevant on Of any other. For
the same reason our president ap
pointed Jew. Felix Frankfurter, to
the supreme court That's why Hit
ler thinks we are cra2y,-and that's
why we know Hitler is crazy.
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The Recreation Program Of the
Works Progress Administration has
spread from crowded city neighbor-
hoods 70 villages AMI ndmlets il,
mote communities. Today, 10000
trained workers of the WPA are eI4l-
ployed in recreation programs under
way in 10000 communities located
il forty-seven states and the Dis
trict Of Columbia and Hawaii.
Back of the success Of this vast
program are wide awake Advisory
Councils composed OF representa-
tives of church, education, civic ard
fraternal organizations. Individual
citizens who see the need Of health
giving, cultural and enjoyable acti-
vities In their neighborhoods are also
among total of more than 10000
people now serving on Advisory
Councils about the country.
Pictured here are young and older
participants in the wholesome lelr
sure-time activities carried on in
the Recreation Program Of the
WPA.
Left to right across the top row
of photographs are youths playing
tennis in big city play-street; q
children's band at a community
house and eager youths in model
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air craft class.
Health play in the fresh air and
bright sunshine engages the Children
pictured ID the lower left. Adults
have their place in the recreation
program Of the WpA as shown by
the man at work (center photo) on
marionette which will delight
hundreds of spectators viewing pup
pet shows. To the lower right are
young artists applying their talents
in recreation center art class
taught by instructors in the leisure
time program Of the WPA.
People need recreation says
Df. Eduard G. Lindeman, who has
been directing WPA recreation pro-
jects, mot because they are poor
OF rich, young o. old, but because
they are people. A danA ocratic lei
sure-tme program IS one intended
for all Of us, on the theory that the
best is none too good for the Ameri-
can people,
Constructive use of leisure in the
WPA Program means balanced per-
sonality, development Of the skills,
participation in the arts, continuing
education, participations In civic af-
fairs, enjoyment of nature and time
for contemplation.
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are becoming increasingly active in
preparation for any eventuality; for
the general outlook in Europe is
more gloomy today than at any time
since the Munich crisis,
u # 4
A hundred and fifty years ago last
Sunday, in the city Of New York,
George Washington took the oath as
the first President of the United
States under the Constitution. Last
Sunday, April 30th, President Roose-
welt and most Of the Members Of
the House and Senate participated
in a ceremony at New York COM
memorating that historic event of
a century and a half ago, and off
cially opening the New York Worlds
Fair as the closing triumph of the
Sesqui-C Centennial celebration which
began nearly three years ago, A
million American citizens paptiei-
nated in. the New York celebration
Sunday, according to estimates made
by those in charge of the affair. It
was perhaps the largest single gath
ering ever held in America
Il
From all over the United States
BUSINESS and industrial leaders have
gathered in Washington this week
to attend the annual meeting Of the
United States Chamber OF Com
merce. The multitude of problems
that confront the heads of business
today are being discussed by out
standing leaders in the various fields
Of human endeavor. Group meet
ings are being held for those inter-
ested In special subjects. One of the
high lights Of the week was the SER
les of dinners given by the various
state Chambers bf commerce for
their state groups on Wednesday
evening. Quite a large number Of
/ Ohio executives attended the An
nual meeting and enjoyed the Ohio
Dinner at the Hotel Carlton on We'd
nesday night.
The Federal Bureau Of Investiga-
tion in the Department Of Justice is
fast becoming one of the centers Of
attraction in Washington for the
thousands Of tourists who regularly
visit their capital city. As d part Of
the program in their fight against
crime, department officials regularly
conduct large groups Of visitors thru
the new quarters of the G-Men
where the finger print Identification
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are becoming increasingly active in
preparation for any eventuality; for
the general outlook in Europe is
more gloomy today than at any time
since the Munich crisis,
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w ith a Buckeye
In Congress.
BY CLARENCE J. BROWN
Msmber Of congrsss, 7th Ohio District

The reply Of Adolph Hitler last
Friday morning to the message
President Roosevelt sent him two
weeks before was about that which
was expected by Washington observ-
ers. The International situation has
become more tense as a result Of the
Hitler speech before the Reichstag
and it is now believed that the die
tsiil be cast for war or for peace
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THE DAYTON COCA COLA BoTTLING co.
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system, various crime laboratories.
and exhibits Of famous criminal
caeas, eraw exciamaticns 81 awe a.id
surprise from the visitors. Don't
miss seeing the Federal Bureau Of
Investigation the next time you
come to Washington.
One Iii Of good news for the
business interests Of the country has
just come from the Ways and Means
Committee Of the House. wherein
all tax measures originate, te this
effee that that important commit
tee has just voted to recommend to
the Congress an amendment 10 the
Social Security laws auspending for
three years the increase of one-half
of one per cent tax on payrolls
against both employers and workers
originally scheduled to take effect
the first Of next January. The COM
mittee action means that the Social
Security tax for old age benefits,
when approved by Congress, will re-
main at the present rate Of one per
cent on both the employer and the
employee and will, temporarily ut
least, prevent the placing Of an ad-
ditional burden of nearly three mill
lion dollars in annual taxes on the
business and industry of the country.
Evidently well organized cam
paign is under way in behalf Of the
passage Of the Ramspeck Bill H.R.
960-to put government employees,
not already so protected under the
provisions of the Civil Service Law.
Thousands Of letters and messages
are flooding in on Members of Com
gress urging the passage of the Bill
in order that the merit system may
be extended, efficiency in govern
ment may be increased, economy
brought about, etc. However, many
of the individuals and organizations
asking for the passage of the Bill do
not seem to know that the measure
actually provides for the blanketing
IN under Civil Service, without any
competitive examination or merit
test whatsoever, more than two hun
dred thousand governmental em-
pioyees, most of whom were appoint
ed as political patronage to posi-
tons specifically exempted from Civil
Service when new agencies OF gov
ernmept were, created during the
past few years. Republican Men,
hers of Congress insist that the pro-
cedure in making such original APP
pointmeHss, and the purpose of the
Kamspeek Bill, violate the whole
, spirit and intent of the Civil Service
laws, and insist that such employ
ees now being placed under Civil
Service should be required to take
competitive Civil Service examina.
tlons open TO all qualified persons,
regardless Of political affiliation 1t
is the Republican contention that the
Bill must be amended to provide for
connective examinations If the
merit system is to actually prevail
in Federal government.
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within the next two
weeks. Members Of
ongless are about
equally divided in
their opinion as to
which will be the
answer Of the pres
ent European di-
lena. Various gov
prnmental age ncies
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or creea'-"IKE sMALLS Me
DICAL AID FUND, Inc. Nom
Ssetarian. -
A Jew in Des Moines, Ia, doing
more for helpless Chri elans than
any Christian there is doing. He
has store, just d business. But
with the money he earns he dispeh-
ses charity 60 all who reed i and
who come within his reach. He y
supervised by state law IN Iowa,
and licensed under bond. Al! he
does, is to pay the bills and give his
energies and time to unique work
OF charity and human love, as
unique as anything ! have ever met
face to face.
He has il commit eev of II
prominent names, d set of three
illegal advisers, Il good doctors on
a medical advisory board and SIX
nurses on an advisory board.
All he does, he the Jew, i to pay
ont the money, the cash and the
costs, for the aid rendered. He
makes all the money in his store. It
is all his, he could keep i.
From The immeas surable list q
thase whom he has aided, have Sc
1T | viii give you
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Spend your money where
rom cam work. Patronage stores
thst eruplov Negro clerks.
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Subscriptions Ra.ss
THE DEED
OF A JEW
By WILLIAM PIcKENS
for ANPl

Rendering aid to the "desti-
tute-regardless ef race, coior
or creed'"IKE SMALLS ME
DIcAL AID FUND, Inc. Nom