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Evening star., 1939-06-13
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Mr.. Lee.

You can see from the bidding
that my partner was sore about
blowing the hand before, and as
one of the opponents had just fin-
ished reminding him that there
were 13 cards in each of the suits he
was in the mood to throw a seven
bid into them.
The club lead may not have been
the best at Vests disposal, but I
had put one over on him a few
deals earlier and he didn't think
he would look very good if he got
caught twice in the same session.
The eight of clubs won the first
trick, Easts duce marking West
with four to the queen originally.
Trumps were drawn, leaving West
with six red cards. When the ten
fell on the second round of hearts
1t looked tough. If East had the
long heart he could be squeezed if
he held the king of diamonds. So l
played the ten of diamonds to the
ace to provide dummy with stuff
cards, released the king of clubs,
returned to my hand with the ace of
clubs and led the last two trumps.
The last trump. of course, breaks
East's back with a two point
squeeze.
MY partner turned to the oppo-
nent who had given him the needle
and said, Yes, there are 13 cards
in each suit, but it looks as if you
needed IA Of course, bridge would
be a more pleasant game without
any needing or gloating, but some
players just must rub it in at times" :"
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You were the dealer yesterday
and held:
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vAKxx
<QJ10x
4x
What do you bid?
Answer-Your correct bid is one
spade. With three four-card suits
there is strong presumption that
your partner will respond with the
one in which you hold singleton.
Evening star., 1939-06-13

New-hatched sparrows are bare as
they can be. and the same is true
OF young crows. Baby owls are
bare, or almost bare, at the start,
but they quickly grow a thick coat
OF down. Sparrows and crows are
much slower in growing down, but
at last they do obtain it.
The knigfisher is among the few
kinds OF birds which do not have
down before they grow feathers.
The down of bird may not be
colored at all like the feathers of
its parents. The snowy owl, for
Evening star., 1939-06-13
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.
More Than Even

For today's hand we are again in
debted to William D. Lee of Evans
ton, Ill. AS usual, Mr.. Lee injects
great deal of personality into his
letter, and we are delighted to print
1t verbatim. Mr.. Lee writes: Here
Is rather neat hand that came up
few nights ago. My partner had
just blown spread hand with both
sides vulnerable, so 1 thought we
were lucky to get another shot at
the rubber"
South, dealer.
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MIR. Lee.
The bidding:
South West North East
Evening star., 1939-07-29

don railway stations confirm the
view that the I. r. A. is engaged
now not in war of mere sabotage,
but in a war against the persons Of
Englishmen themselves.
The damage terrorism does to the
Irish cause is immense. World
opinion naturally judges the Irish
cause by the methods used to pro-
mote it, and what merit there is in
the Irish demand for reunion-and
there is some-is prejudiced by the
crimes Of that small faction which
insists, against the counsel Of cooler
and wiser Irish leadership, on a
policy OF extreme violence.
The Irish people and their aspira-
tions should not be judged by the
manifestations of a relatively small
but impassioned band of irresponsi-
bles, yet the fact that the Irish cause
Is being fought partly by such meth
ods puts 1t under dark cloud. What
ever concessions Great Britain may
have made in the face of foreign
threats Of war it is not conceivable
that the British people will be in
Inundated into reunion of Ulster with
Ireland.
Evening star., 1939-07-29
New |. R. A. Tactics

The latest episode of terrorism in
England-a series of five bombings
in London and Liverpool which took
one life and wounded twenty per-
sons-demonstrates the evolution of
the Irish Republican Army from the
tactic of sabotage to the tactic of
murder.
I. R. A. leadership presented to
the British government in January
an ultimatum, threatening sabotage
unless reunion of Ulster with Ireland
were Immediately effected, and in
the ensuing months the I. r. A
which is outlawed both in England
and In Ireland-carried on a cam
paign of destruction of property at
vital points, but carefully avoiding
injury to human beings.
That policy was abandoned with
the bombings among crowds in Pic
cadilly Circus Saturday night, June
"a, when a score Of persons were
injured. The explosions Wednesday
among noontime1rowds in two Lon
Evening star., 1939-07-29

Nor has 1t any connection with the
Senate bill to end foreign silver pur-
chases. All these silver maneuvers
simply confuse the public.
The new proclamation is the result
Of more pressure from the silver bloc.
In view Of the unreasonableness of
their perennial pressure, one must
sympathize with the Executive at
whom much Of 1t Is directed. For the
silver group operates with unashamed
greed. 1t appears that newly mined
silver takes while to pass through
the smelter. Thus it happened that
"about two million ounces" of the
white metal mined here during June
could not be delivered to the mints
under the deadline of the earlier
proclamation. Early in July Congress
enacted a perpetual subsidy of sew
enty-one cents an ounce for Ameri-
can-mined silver. But the new law
was not sufficiently retroactive to
take in the two million ounces Just
mentioned.
So the silver bloc in Congress got
busy again. Not content with the
handsome tribute it has been exact
ing from the people ever since 1888,
and not content with the statutory
and unlimited market it has now
been given for all silver mined here
after, the mining group sought sew
enty-one cents an ounce for the two
million ounces, in place of the thirty
five cents the Treasury otherwise
would have given for it. Rather than
sell their two million ounces for
thirty-five cents an ounce, the silver
companies relied on their Congress
men. The attendant uncertainty and
delay, Nevada's sole Representative
sadly recounted, were seriously af-
fecting producers "and have already
resulted in some shutdowns."
This is an absurd plea. An amaz-
ingly small group which has just
maneuvered itself into a lifelong
pension complains because the gift
was not made retroactive. That it
was not made retroactive is evidence
Of the inexcusable circumstances un-
der which the Adams amendment
was laid before the Senate. The
sooner this country does away with
all silver subsidies, domestic as we'll
as foreign, the better it will be for
our national self-respect.
Evening star., 1939-07-29

Ihe baAy dove came flying over the
house on It's own power
Landing on the driveway, 1t went for
ward with the true dove waddle to the
feeding station.
This is one Of the prettiest birds to
come to the feeder, which has served
hundreds Of songsters in the past four
years.
This young dove has certain quality,
strictly his own, which tends to make
him stand out among the many which
have been our guests.
He is, in the first place, as handsome
as they come.
Every feather is just so.
When he raises his barred wings, with
the typical turtle" markings, he shows
his soft pearl gray body featherettes.
*'* ~
But his great feature Is his fearless
ness
No jumping around for him, sparrow
like. No rapid flight when the white
stomached squirrel makes a dive in his
direction.
This Is monkey Of a squirrel, to be
sure. All Of these rodents are roguish,
but this one is a specialized clown, al
ways running at birds, but with an air
which says as plain as words, Jaw, am
just having fun!"
He doesn't have much sport with the
baby dove, for that fellow is not in the
least scared of him. 1t stands its
ground, permitting the rodent to dodge
past.
1t pokes around on the driveway, some
feet from the feeder, seeming to find
there all it wants.
Probably seeds which have blown over.
or been scattered by other birds or squir-
rels The latter are great seed scat
terers. Squirrels insist on burying much
that they find. One may wonder if they
ever go to it again. Another curious
fact is that very few of these buried seeds
ever sprout and break through the lawn.
Perhaps the squirrels, with the wisdom
OF their kind, bury them too deep.
-
The young dove at first gave the i'm
preston to watchers that he was not
good flyer, owing to his reluctance to
leave the driveway.
Scores Of sparrows would go up in a
cloud, at sign Of alarm, but the dove
stood its ground
Approach of dogs and cats did not
worry 1t much.
1t would remain put until the animal
was within few feet of it. Then, with
out the whistling sound these birds
usually make, it would take off with the
greatest of ease, and shortly would be
going up over the house in the most
nonchalant manner
Somehow this flight over the house
struck one as unusual The dove was
seemingly such ground bird that it's
flight almost struck one as a hen above
the house might.
Evening star., 1939-07-29
THIS AND THAT
By Charles z. TraceUell.

The face Of this young dove is much
finer than of most birds.
Birds faces, as 1t were, are not much
Really they somewhat resemble famous
comic character in the "funnies." Per-
haps it Is the lack of chin.
Birds eyes, however, and their bills,
serve to give character to faces which
might almost be refused the name.
This baby dove has a real face with
more genuine contour, and bill which
blends perfectly with its shape. 1t has
very fine eyes,
We have not seen the parent doves
with the baby, although they have been
around In the neighborhood since last
fall.
Mourning, turtle or Carolina doves, all
Of which they are sometimes called, are
birds which rather grow upon the OBJ
server. This not true Of all songsters,
by any means; sometimes one admires
grackles, at first sight, only to discover
what ruthless, mean fellows they are,
after which some of the admiration dis
appears. No two observers, perhaps, will
have exactly the same likes and dislikes
among birds.
Perhaps not all will admire the dove,
but generally it seems so inoffensive that
it is difficult to see how any one really
could dislike it. Above all, it adds note
Of difference to any yard, and we do not
mean its moaning, or mourning, note, but
simply the peculiar construction of the
bird
Here is one bird without the long,
rather slim build which distinguishes
most OF the charmers which come to our
gardens the year around
The dove is thick, both up and down
and long ways.
This helps account for its popular
name of turtle dove. The markings on
wings and tail, of course, have some
thing to do with this, but mostly it is on
account of the way the body seems set
almost flush with the ground, together
with the peculiar bumped appearance.
Its waddling walk has something tor
toiselike about it.
Humpy, as we call him, has the charm
Of his species, and more.
To date, we have not heard him make
a sound.
Probably the typical dove notes do not
come until the spring after the creature
is born.
The first summer, fall and winter are
spent in growing up
The song comes later. with the as
sumption of full dovehood.
So far, Humpy is just nice kid, with
open eyes of wonder
He has found the feeding station to
his liking, and may be seen there, rain
or shine, almost any day.
Where he roosts, we do not know. All
that we can say is that he goes to the
southland We insist that somehow it
seems surprising-on his own power.
Evening star., 1939-07-29
All Is Confusion

The confusing hysteria, or is it hys-
terical confusion, which has sur
rounded efforts on the House side to
amend the Fair Labor Standards Act
is clarified very little by the latest
decisions on the part of the battling
Rules and Labor Committees.
The latter, incensed at what it con-
siders affronts directed at its legisla-
tive integrity, plans for the third
time to ask the House on Monday to
suspend its rules and consider out of
order set of carefully culled amend
ments. Included in these proposed
revisions is an exemption for white
collar workers earning more than
5000 monthly, and a relaxation Of
punitive provisions where employers
are judged not Intentionally in vio-
lation Of the act.
Under the Labor Committees re-
quest, needing a two thirds concur
renee of the House, the amendments
must be accepted or rejected without
change.
Meanwhile, the Rules Committee,
with its majority apparently just as
determined to clear the way for
an attack on the act as the Labor
Committee is determined to shield it,
has voted a rule which not only
would permit House consideration of
the Labor Committees bill but would
allow substitution of the so-called
Barden measure which is under
heavy fire from administration quar-
tiers or the Ramspeck bill which is
something Of a compromise.
Beyond the probability that the
whole situation will drift into a par
Hamentary tangle, prediction as to
eventual action on the widely desired
revision is exceedingly difficult.
And seemingly forgotten is the fact
that no consideration whatever has
been given to the matter on the SEN
ate side of the Capitol, neither in
committee nor on the floor. If the
Congress succeeds in adjourning next
week, an unprecedented burst of
speed would be necessary to get Sen
ate concurrence in whatever decision
the House may make.
Evening star., 1939-07-29
Gongster Pigeons

The pastor of a church in Okla
homa is being annoyed by a horde
OF gangster pigeons who have mus
cled in on the parish and are picking
the church to pieces. They are cut
ting down the ecclesiastical overhead
by pulling nails, bolts and washers
from the roof. All attempts to pre-
vent them from gradually throwing
away the building have failed; the
hoodlums, strutting arrogantly on
the ridge pole. rudely reply GOO COO"
and continue their work of de-
struction.
Police, following the usual proce-
dure, assigned stool pigeon to worm
his way into their confidence. His
report was Illuminating. "say, listen,
Chief" he said. dose boids is tough.
DER main joint is down by de gas
house and de vinegar woiks. Dey
rule de roost and don't take no non
sense from nobody, nohow. Dey even
have cats bringin' 'em in barb wire
for breakfast, or else. Dere amt
nuttin' va kin do about it."
And so the matter stands, for lack
OF a little imagination. The solution
is obvious enough, in view of modern
methods of social regeneration. They
should be invited to form the Pigeons
Social and Political Club, where the
matchmaker could keep them away
from church by arranging a series Of
well-balanced feather-weight bouts.
Thus, in time they would become use
full citizens, especially on election
day, when they could deliver every
vote in the ward to right guy willing
to talk pigeon with them.
Evening star., 1939-07-29
Urges Neighborhood Bully
Cure for Japan.
To the Editor of The Star:

In my boyhood and school days I
noticed the community always had
champion bully who lorded it over the
weaker boys as long as permitted to do so.
but when some one gave him a thrash
ing he became as meek as you please.
The present-day world is confronted
by three bully nations, Germany, Italy
and Japan. There will be no peace until
one or all have had their wings clipped
by more democratic nations.
Take Japan with her 81 demands on
poor old China. She gives as her excuse
that she must dominate China in order
to survive and feed her teeming millions.
that she is small country and must
have more land. She makes this state
ment despite the fact that she already
has Korea (taken by force), the islands
formerly owned by Germany and the
puppet province Of Manchukuo, amply
able to provide her with food, etc.
She shakes her fist at the rest of the
world and keeps marching on. But to
the man in the street, including the
writer, it appears that if England, France
and the United States should send
portion of their powerful navies to open
up the ports of China to admit supplies,
we would soon see a change in Japanese
tactics. We could do this without dec
laration Of war or sending of troops.
What is our Navy for. If not for some
kind of action? We could at least show
that We are utterly opposed to rule by
force Of weaker nations and live up to
our professions Of democracy. Why not?
r. II T.
Evening star., 1939-07-29
Lewis Takes in Too
Much Territory.

To the Editor OF The Star:
VIII Rogers used to say about all he
knew was what he read in the papers.
see by tonight's Star that John L. Lewis
today at congressional hearing called
Vice President Garner IAN evil old man"
and accused him of taking a drink, play
ing friendly game of poker and favor
ing the American Federation of Labor
and indirectly being out of sympathy
with the c. l. O. sit-down strikers, and
Mr.. Lewis also declared Garner would
never be President! Suppose President
Roosevelt passed away before January,
1941? Why would not Garner be Presi-
dent, if alive? Could Mr.. Lewis stop
him? Seems to me John L. again took
in too much territory. J. D. MASON.
July 27.
Evening star., 1939-07-29
Defends Secretaries
OF Senators.

To the Editor Of The Star:
have read with great deal of in
terest the letter appearing in your Satur-
day, July %, edition, signed "A Vote
less Taxpayer"
The letter is so full of misrepresenta-
ticn and shows such total lack of
understanding of the real facts COM
planned of by the person who signs
himself "A Voteless Taxpayer" that in
fairness to secretaries to Senators it
should be answered. I refer specifically
country are now to be burdened with
the payment of gratuity of 8 cents a
mile to the secretaries of Senators for
vacation travel to their home States and
return each year.
The party in question charges that
the qualifications of Senators secretaries
seem to be only legal residence in the
Senators States and no objection to
three or four months vacation every
year with pay Apparently this "Vote-
less Taxpayer" is not very well ac-
quainted with the duties that necessarily
fall upon the shoulders of each and
every secretary during these busy times,
because if he were he certainly would
not so narrowly conf1ne the qualifications
of these ladies and gentlemen.
The writer has been employed on Cap
itol Hill for 20 years and during that
period has seen the volume of work
grow and grow until today the duties
of a secretary to a United States Sen
ator cover tremendous field. Requests
of every conceivable nature are made
upon their offices and not only by their
own constituents, but by friends of their
constituents. The stress and strain of
the present economic situation is ever
apparent in all Senators offices.
When the Senators secretaries and
part of their Office staff return to their
respective States upon the adjournment
they Immediately fall heir to a vacation
period that extends from that time until
the reconvening of Congress. Most of
the Senators not only keep their offices
open in Washington so as to be of service
to their constituents, but maintain Offices
in their own home towns, which are open
at all times This policy Is absolutely
necessary and is followed not only by the
Senators, but by great majority Of the
members Of the House Of Representa-
tvs.
Row. with respect to the question Of
the 8-cents-a-mile vacation travel. Per-
sonally, even If this bill that has passed
the Senate should be passed by the
House Of Representatives and enacted
into law, the writer would only benefit
to very, very small extent and Il makes
Evening star., 1939-07-29
Problem of Idle Youth
Needs Consideration.
To the Editor Of The Star:

10 the Edltor OF The Star:
The Chicago University weekly broad
cast devoted last Sundays period to the
topic "Out of School and Out of Work"
The startling fact was revealed that
there are four million jobless youth be-
tween sixteen and twenty-four years of
age who are not attending school, This
phase of the unemployment situation is
perhaps the most serious of ALL The
idleness of this horde of youth is not of
their own choosing but is imposed upon
them by the industrial situation which
confronts the Nation. There are more
workers than there is work to be done.
Naturally enough the most easily elimi-
nable are the first to be eliminated.
All proposals to solve the unemploy-
ment problem have so far proved in
effectual.
The question inevitably arose during
this round-table discussion as to the
effect of present day education upon the
problem of unemployment. The general
drift of opinion was that our educa-
tlonal programs today are lamentably
irrelated to the life conditions and work.
Ing opportunities of our youth.
The great field of mechanical and
Industrial labor does not pre-suppose
industrial education for the great mass
OF toilers, beyond the usable knowledge
OF "readin', writin,' rithmetic." It is only
the higher reaches of industry which
includes scarcely one-fourth of the toll
ers that call for preliminary skill and
special technical attainments This
leaves the burden of our educational
curricula of high schools and colleges
practically irrelated to the task of the
working world.
The foregoing considerations have the
broadest application and refer to Amer
ican youth in general without regard to
race, color, or class distinction. How
ever. when we attempt to apply them
to the special conditions which confront
Negro youth we are doubly appalled, at
the lack OF harmony between educational
program and life which awaits them
Herein lies a field for educational wis
dom and craftsmanship Adaptable to
present-day needs such as Booker T.
washington devised suited to his day
and generation. Unfortunately there has
been little or no original thinking In
Negro education since the days of the
famous Tuskegean.
July "a. 1899. KELLY MILLER.
Evening star., 1939-07-29

very little difference financially to him
whether the bill becomes a law or not.
However, it is quite an item and would
prove OF tremendous assistance to those
secretaries who come from distant States
and who have families who must be
transported from their homes to WASH
ington and return every session of tho
Congress. The expense of this trans
portation in many instances amounts to
hundreds of dollars. The secretaries on
Capitol Hill feel that this is an expense
which should be betrayed by the Fed
eral Government.
1t is certainly a distressing thing to
learn that "A Voteless Taxpayer" feels
that the United States Senate has lost
the confidence of its constituency be-
cause 1t sees f1t to take care of its sec
retaries in the matter of transportation
to and from their homes in the pursuit
OF their official duties.
WESLEY E. MCDONALD.
Evening star., 1939-07-29
Perpetual Pensioners

On July rs the President proclaimed
the purchase, at 64.64 cents an ounce,
OF all silver mined here before July 2,
thereby bestowing on the silver min
ers a gift of $1,300,000. The new
proclamation should not be confused
with the silver law enacted July 6. It
has nothing to do with the previous
proclamation which expired June 80.
Evening star., 1939-07-29

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All rights of publication of special dispatches
herein also are reserved.
Evening star., 1939-07-29
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