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city, which plans will doubtless be under
the control of those officials responsible
for the defects of which I am complain
ing. And this prospect is so discourage
ing that I feel like wailing. How long,
oh, how much longer is the welfare of
Government workers to be sacrificed to
the fads and fancies of the architects!
July %. HENRY A. HAYWARD.
Editors note-Nathan C. Wyeth,
the municipal architect, tells The
Star that he and his colleagues have
made study of the idea of maxi
mum light as primary consideration
in the planning of the new library"
He said that in order to achieve this
maximum lighting, he had avoided in
his plans all columns and cornicesD
Evening star., 1939-07-25
Quantity vs.. QuuIity

<uunt'ty vs.. xuollty
The story OF the last District day
OF the session in the House yesterday
was one of quantity rather than
quality Of legislative action.
Eleven bills, most of them minor in
nature, were passed, but two far
more important measures were laid
aside until January, one to limit the
number of taxicabs and the other to
make reckless driving an offense for
which a motorist would be required
to show financial responsibility in
the future.
OF the eleven bills approved only
one, designed to relieve dangerous
congestion in the psychopathic wards
Of Gallinger Hospital by amending
the lunacy law, could be regarded
as urgent in character. 1t is to be
hoped that the Senate will concur in
this measure before adjournment, so
that the more serious mental cases
may be transferred expeditiously to
st. Elizabeth's Hospital, or to the care
Of the Veterans Administration.
The taxicab limitation bill, side
tracked by parliamentary tactics on
previous District day, was not called
up because of fear that it would
again be blocked and prevent passage
of the non-controversial minor bills.
AS result drivers will continue to
struggle for living, with 1900 cabs
In operation here-a larger number
than the aggregate of several large
cities. And when Congress adjourns
there will be even less business for all
these cabs to draw upon until the
next session convenes No one in the
House has advanced convincing ar
gument against the taxicab limita-
tion bill. The Public Utilities Com
mission, the police and traffic au-
thorities, majority of the drivers
themselves are in favor of it. The
opposition Is purely and narrowly
selfish.
If the bill had proposed arbitrary
resembling of licenses the House op-
position would have been more un-
derStandable. But the plan was to
bring the total down gradually by
not replacing licenses voluntarily re-
linquiShed, or revoked for cause.
The reckless driving bill was called
up, but failed to obtain unanimous
consent. Here was a measure to
make the streets of Washington
safer by requiring motorist who has
been convicted of reckless driving
involving injury to show, by insur-
ance or otherwise, financial RESPONSE
bility thereafter. There is nothing
unreasonable in that proposal.
Either Of these bills would have
been more beneficial to Washington
than most of the measures that got
through.
There probably was nothing more
District Committee members could
do, under the circumstances. Never
theless, it shows how difficult it Is to
obtain action on District legislation,
with only one day available every
two weeks, especially near the end
of session, unless bill is so unim-
portant as not to provoke any dis
cuSSion.
The minor nature of the bills that
won approval serve only to empha-
size the desirability of giving the
Commissioners broader power to de-
eide routine questions, leaving Con-
gress free to devote more time to i'm
portant local legislation that now
gets lost in the adjournment jam.
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Never, Never Lund
From the Pittsburgh Post Gazette.

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Some day everything will be lovely
no wars, no selfishness, no crime, no envy.
What load some day" carries. The
audience will please sing Beautiful Isle
Of Somewhere"
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return until September II. At least
until that date, it seems that the
Roosevelt-Farley firm will continue
and it is better than an even bet 1t
will be in existence long beyond that
day.
Evening star., 1939-07-25

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The story Of the last District day
OF the session in the House yesterday
was one of quantity rather than
quality of legislative action.
Evening star., 1939-12-24
Losses in War at Sea


The following lists during
the 18th week. from December II to December o. ncusve
Sunkb
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verse their opinions based on the
Changkufeng incident.

verse their opinions based on tho
Changkufeng incident.
The Swedes and Norwegians may
pass from letting through allied sup
plies and sending volunteers and Bo-
fors munitions to active military
support Of the Firms. But-granted
further Finnish successes and q
thorough convincing Of the West
ern world as to the poor quality Of
the Russian steam roller-the prin.
cipal result may well be the pass
ing Of the fear which has almost
seemed likely to bring about q four
power combination Of England,
France, Germany and Italy against
the Red menace.
Once the Red ghost is really laid,
In London and in Paris, there will
expire With 1t the brightest Of Adolf
Hitler's hopes Of peace in the west,
q free hand In the east. There
seems at least measurable possi-
bility that the real reason for Hit
ler's sudden check Of his prepared
invasion Of the Netherlands on No
NSAA0SA a. woo WIG A4VCAA6CAlCC az
the last moment of Russia's inten-
tions regarding Finland, which i'm
mediately inspired the hope Of Just
such peace as the frightened
allies watched the Russians over
whelm the Firms, and, therefore,
caused the Fuehrer to draw back his
hand from an unforgiveable action
In the west. If that bright hope
dies there will be recasting of plans
in Berlin-perhaps even a return to
the former plan of an attack on the
Netherlands, or move into the
Balkans.
The northern sector Of the strange
war front of today is thus by no
means the least important, and the
swoop of the Finnish ski columns
upon Salla, Suomussalmi and Salmi-
jarvi may spell Red ruin to distant
peoples who never in all their lives
heard of the existence of those
distant, snowbound Finnish town.
ships.
(Copyrisht 1880. by New York
Tribune, Inc).
Evening star., 1939-12-24
Large Aluminium Plant
To Be Built on Coast
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 23.-Roy A..
Hunt, president of the Aluminium
Co. of America, announced tonight
several million dollar" metal-pro
ducing plant will be built at VAN
couver, Washington, to take care
of an increased demand for alumni
mum on the West Coast"
Construction will begin in the
near future, he said, and the plant
will be finished "in about a year"
It will have an initial producing
capacity of 100000 pounds Of
aluminium annually, boosting the
company's total annual peak capa.
city to more than 400, 900 900 pounds.
PORTLAND, Greg, Dec. % R.-
Bonneville Administrator Paul Ra-
yer said tonight the contract with
the Aluminium Co. Of America was
the first industrial contract COM
pleted for use of Bonneville power.
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Murphy Is Seeking
Increased Funds
.ToCarry on Work
$50 Additional Men
Each in F. B. !. and
Antitrust Urged
By the Associated Press.

- the Associated Press.
Attorney General Murphy Is seek
Ing more money for the Justice De-
partment next year.
Mr.. Murphy said yesterday in an
interview that while he had joined
IN what he described as q general
effort to economic, the demand for
more strength In some fields of
activity made 1t necessary to raise
the departments appropriation re-
quest from 5000, 900 to $4,000 900
above that for the current fisca!
year. Last year Mr.. Murphy asked
for $50, ,544 $40, which includes the
judiciary and prison and parole sys-
TENS in addition to the regular
Justice Department functions.
Funds for about $50 additional
men each will be asked for the anti
trust division and the Federal
Bureau OF Investigation, the At
torney General said, and some"
extra help will be sought for the
lands division.
The F. B. I. had around $50 men
and was given an appropriation of
$500 900 at the start of the present
year. With the outbreak Of war
In Europe. President Roosevelt
authorized $50 additional men and
81 SOC, 900 to bolster the bureau in
its protective work against espion-
age and sabotage.
II Mr.. Murphy's request for more
men is granted, Director ]. Edgar
Hoover would have a stan of 1850
and around 1000, 900 to work with
next year.
Thurman Arnold, assistant at
torney general in charge Of the anti
trust division, now has about 1876
lawyers. His budget for this year
is 81 800 900. He has made it known
that he feels his staff should be in
creased by $50 men and his appro-
priation by at least $4,000 900 If the
Job Of attacking rigid" price struc-
lures Is to be carried on successfully
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Dies
Continued From First Page.)


be interviewed on the Texas border
Wednesday by Chairman Dies of
the House Committee Investigating
Un-American Activities, it was
learned last night from an authori-
tative source.
Mr.. Dies. now spending his
Christmas vacation at his home in
Orange, Tex, is expected to stop
to see Mr.. Trotsky at some point
on the border on his way to WASH
ington this week for the regular
session Of Congress, convening
January 3.
Chairman Dies, it is said, is par.
tlcularly desirous to procure any in
formation Mr.. Trotsky may have as
to developments in Russia since he
went into exile several years ago.
He would like, it was learned, to
procure statement from Mr.. Trot-
sky to furnish climax to the Sec
ond year of investigation of un-
American activities by his COM
mittee.
Plans have been arranged for Mr..
Dies to meet Mr.. Trotsky in a Sc
cluded spot near Dallas, Tex, next
Wednesday morning. The only bar
rier to such a conference, It was
said, Is the American State De-
partment.
Mexican ofncials, it is understood,
have no objections to Mr.. Trotsky
crossing the American border to talk
with Representative Dies-as he has
previously indicated he would be
willing to debut the American
State Department, at the same time
1t was reported, is worried whether
the Mexican government would
allow Mr.. Trotsky to return to
Mexico City after a conference with
Representative Dies. Mr.. Trotsky
cannot cross the American border
without the approval of the State
Department.
The Dies Committee will expire
upon the convening of the regular
session Of Congress unless additional
funds are appropriated for its con-
tinuance. At the last special ses-
sion of Congress, Mr.. Dies intro
duced q resolution to continue the
committee for at least another year.
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Income
Continued From First Page.)

ton increase since 1929, he add
ed, the per capita output for the
present year was below that Of the
peak a decade ago.
The increase in income to indi-
viduals was attributed principally
to gains in salaries and wages. Mr..
Hopkins noted, however, that divi-
dends had increased substantially,
particularly in December, while in
terest payments were practically un-
changed.
Indices Show Climb.
Using 1929 as 100, the Commerce
Departments seasonally adjusted
index of income payments was 8S.8
in November, compared with 1871
in october. The index Of wages and
salaries was 87.5 in November, COM
pared with 86.7 the previous month.
Mr.. Hopkins said industrial pay
rolls showed the greatest advance
over November, 1898, rising Is per
cent to $185 100000. Wages and
salaries in the distributive and serv-
ice industries were 5 per cent high
er, while the Governments contri-
button to employees income fell 10
per cent as q result Of q drop Of
$4,000, 900 In work relief wages.
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program in Government court, be-
tween L and M streets at Twenty
first street NV.
In some Of the city's embassies and
legations, the spark of the spirit of
Christmas has not been struck Ex-
cept for brief hour of respite at
religious devotions tomorrow, for in
stance. Minister Hjalmar j. Procope
OF Finland and his staff will have no
time or stomach for observing
Christmas. Minister Procope said:
with our families and friends at
home suffering untold hardships as
a result of the Communist invasion,
we have no desire to participate in
our customary Christmas festivities.
If we were home, we would be fight
ing in the front lines against the
Russians. Since we cannot be there,
we will do all we can here to support
our brothers in Finland. Unhappily,
we can't do that around a Christmas
tree"
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1.-Two Senators 10 Address
(
Social Science Sessions

"a Two Senators and a number Of
Government officials are scheduled
:. on the program of the annual meet
sings Of 13 allied social science as
A 4sociations in Philadelphia on
December a. %, 20 and 80.
= Speakers listed include: Senator
= OMahoney of Wyoming and
4 Senator Murray of Montana, A. j.
FAltmeyer, chairman of the Social
4 Security Board, and Joseph B.
{ Eastman, chairman of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission.
Z The organizations which are meet
=. ing jointly are the American
: Economic Association, the Ameri-
4can Statistical Association, the
/. American Sociological Society, the
rAmerican Farm Economic Associa-
4 ton, the American Marketing As
!, sociation, the American Association
for Labor Legislation. the American
= Business Law Association, the
j American Rural Sociological Society,
the American Association Of Uni
.tversity Teachers of Insurance, the
!. Econometric Society, the Institute Of
Mathematical Statistics, the Tax
! Policy League and the American
:. Accounting Association.
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Marriage License
Applications

William Blakey. 40, 2O30 Eighth street
NV; and Catherine s. Stuart. 2O30 H
Thomas Craig. 90, seaford. Del. ard
Juanita 3; Lewis. 20. JENNINGS. Fa.;
Samuel Chandler. 81. 1O4 I street NV.
and Margaret Marable. 10. 230 C
john ASTON ne syvesse5 Monra. MOSS Street
NV: and Helen j. wallace. 90. Be
thesda: Md the Rev. Oliver J. Hart.
Eldred w. McCarl, 90. Bellwood. Pa. and
Helen Z. Langford. %. s17 Eighth street
NE the Rev G. K. RAY.
John 8. Whitcomb. 81, Park Lane Apart
ments. and Christine willard. %, Park
Lane Apartments; the Rev. r. c. Mar
Arthur K stellhorn. 80 Rochester. NY.
and Jean r. Carpenter 2s 1922 Kerr
you street NV: the Rev. E. c. stellhorn.
John 2. Jones. 20. 1911 N street NV. and
Cecile L. Dement,. 20 Park Lane Apart
ments: the Rev W. A. Emmans:
James c. McNamara. 26, 1889 street
NV: and Elizabeth A. Stowell. 90, Los
Angeles, Calf; the Rev. w. r. Wheeler.
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example, has no right to be in ex-
istence at all. OF course, as with
troops, the Russian air strength
which Is actually employable against
the Firms Is strictly limited; not by
available total numbers, but by the
capacity Of the available permanent
bases within range Of the theater of
operations.
The increasing size and complexity
Of the ground organization required
by modern air force is, indeed, as
Liddell Hart remarks, the Achilles
heel Of air power. It is no longer
possible to operate military planes
from any COW pasture; nor can even
/, reasonably good temporary bases
be easily provided in the sort
Of weather and terrain available
around the shores of the Gulf Of
Finland in winter. This admitted,
1t Is still certain that the Russians
could bring to bear an overwhelm-
ing numerical superiority in the air,
and it is impossible to escape the
conclusion that their air force is not
OF the first quality, to put 1t politely.
The Finnish air force appears to
be very good. and one begins to sus-
pect that it has been reinforced not
only py Italian planes and pilots, but
perhaps by others. Indeed, there are
rumors that the allied air aid to the
Firms may rapidly grow to really
decisive proportions, and the re-
ported move of the German fleet
toward the Norwegian coast to cut OF
Finnish supplies "a report not con-
firmed, as yeti checks with our sur
mise earlier in the week as to the
purpose of the British offensive ac-
tivity in the North Sea.
Supplies May Decide Fate.
1t is quite possible, indeed probable,
that in the end the fate of Finland
will be decided by her ability to con-
tinue to receive supplies-and REIN
forcements, such as the Swedish VOL
unteers-from outside.
The Russian blockade appears
fairly effective in the Gulf of Fin
land, but not at all in the Gulf of
Bothnia, where the Russian fleet
has been unable to penetrate. The
Russian defeat in the north has
apparently saved the Bothnian ports
from seizure by the Red Army, at
least for this winters season. Else
where, the Russian fleet has ap-
parently done nothing, save add to
its quota Of experience on the in
advisability of attacking heavily
armed coastal fortifications with
warships' guns-a lesson which 1t
appears determined to learn the
hard way, as the Red Army ac-
quired its flrst-hand knowledge of
why massed infantry attacks against
entrenched machine gunners so
often turn out badly.
The success, so far, of the Fin
nish resistance may very well have
far-reaching results. The Japanese
whose military commentators, for
face-saving purposes, have been
playing down the Finnish successes
and saying they could not last
may come to certain conclusions
about the Red Army, which may re-
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(x1ncludes deaths vessels damaged but not sunk.
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Cemetery Group to Meet

BURTONSVILLE, Md, Dec. 23
(SpeciaD The annual meeting of
the Union Cemetery Association will
be held December 26 at 2 pm. in
the Burtonsville Grange Hall.
Evening star., 1939-12-24
Finns' Strength in Air Deemed
Northern Wars Chief Feature
Fate Of Finland May Be Decided in End by
Ability to Continue Receiving Supplies
BY MAJ. GEORGE FIELDING ELIOT.

For the moment .. any rate the Russian attack Finland
were made conditions forced the Red stan
ana xsuo indeed promised little
ne northern drives necessarily
detachment operating respectively depos
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
By Robert Mclaughlin

Alice Dumbach, waddling gen.
tly, went on down the street.
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
DQi|y'Short Story

} Didn't you qualify?"
Il said, sure I could do it, that
7 was a homemaker extraordi-
nary. God knows, I'd had enough
practice before I came to New
York. So 1 pitched in, cooked
meals, fixed tasty breakfasts, went
caroling around the kitchen in
my best housewifely fash o n.
It was sort of fun-I've always
liked cooking"
"And ?"
THE POUNDS RETURN
"It worked beautifully. I won
mamma completely - but I lost
Pete"
1 nodded, underStandingly. 81
can't imagine Pete going for the
homebody business.
"Oh, he didn't mind that.
Seemed to like it, rather. 1t was
me he objected to-"
You? What's wrong with
you?'
She grinned again. got out of
the car. Then. opening her fur
coat, she said: "See?"
I saw. 1t was Alice inside the
coat all right, but a different
Alice from the one of the spring
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
RENAISSANCE OF ALICE DUMBACH

She looked thoughtfully at the
wheel. Il suppose you might say
so. We went up there this sum.
mer, just mamma and Pete and
myself. And when we arrived there
weren't any servants. Mamma
said she got bored with servants
that she liked the rugged life
every now and then. And this was
one of the now-and-thens."
Were you elected to be the lit.
tie Slavey?"
She nodded. That's it. Mamma
took me in her arms, purred con.
tentedly. swore that she loved me
as a person but was afraid !
couldn't give Pete the kind of
home life he needed. She said that
she was afraid I was just like all
his other women, and wouldn't
work to make Pete change his
ways"
That's a large order"
What she wanted for Pete, she
said, was someone who was an
accomplished homemaker, who
would keep Pete in nights, lay
out his slippers and fill his pipe
that sort of thing. And she
said this summer would prove
whether I could do it,
The Washington times., 1939-01-12

Recipe
CLEAR SOUP

8 lbs. top round l green pepper
212 lbs. veal l red pepper
! large stalk large onions
celery bay leaf thyme,
! bunch carrots mace
Put in large kettle and cover
with water. Cook until all veg
etables are thoroughly done.
Let stand over night. Strain
and clear. Add 6 Savita bouil-
lion cubes and beat thoroughly.
Just before serving, reheat and
add p cup sherry. Serve with
slice of lemon in each plate.
CUCUMBER JELLY
Line large ring mold with
sliced stuffed olives. Slice 4
small cucumbers, soak in salt
water about 10 minutes, and lay
on top of olives. Cut up l
large onion and boil in l pint
of water with sugar, salt, cay
enne pepper, and y cup of vine
gar for Is minutes. Add 112
packages dissolved gelatine.
Strain and cool. Add 2 table
spoons olive oil and 112 table
spoon Worcestershire sauce.
Strain through fine strainer and
pour over olives and cucumbers.
Chill and serve with tartar
sauce in center ring.
The Washington times., 1939-01-12

The NEAT Time saw
her the slim lines Pete
liked were gone. She had
gained 25 pounds.
CORSEY FIGHTS SONS MAR
RIAGE TO ALYS FORTUNE"
A TRANSFORMATION
you're Alys Fortune?"
She grinned and nodded. Nee
Alice Dumbach. Dumbach was
always such a handicap"
Are you going to marry a dope
like Pete de Corsey?"
She inhaled deeply. IF I can
outWit Pete's mama"
"That'll be a job, all right" I
said, remembering Pete's mother
as a huge, indomitable old lady.
She was two-fisted and ruthless
in everything she did and
couldn't imagine Alice-even in
her Transformation - defeating
such relentless fighter.
Il think mama has just about
quit struggling" she said. Any
way, she's invited me out to their
place for the summer. I guess
I'm supposed to disgrace myself
to trip over the backdrop or fall
into the bass drum, so that Pete
will give me up"
You sound pretty confident"
II am. You know how Pete is
1 did. He was a playboy and even
more of a cipher than most. I'd
see him occasionally at first
nights or in cafes or at race meet
lngs, and each time he was escort
ing some vision of slim loveliness
-lithelimbed ladies with elabo,
rate hairdos and mask-like faces.
They looked like thoroughbreds
in everything except intelligence.
And I guessed that that was
where Alice had the jump on her
competition.
Anyway, watch out for mama" 4"
I cautioned her. She's a superb
strategist."
"I know. And I'll watch her.
With Pete only a year away from
his inheritance, I'll watch her like
a hawk"
She left in a little while-to
meet Pete-and as 1 watched her
go, sleek, delightful, self-possessed
I felt a small curling of envy for
The Washington times., 1939-01-12

wind cold on my face and the
snow close-running on street and
sidewalk, when saw Alice.
WRAPPED IN FURS
I saw her wrapped in furs, as
she wheeled large roadster into
the curb and snapped off the ig-
milton.
Hello, hello" I said going over.
"She looked up, smiled pleas
edly. Jim! How are you?"
Fine. And you?"
"Never better"
I rested a hand on the door.
And the romance? Are you Alys
Fortune or Alys de Corsey?"
She shrugged. Neither. I'm
just plain Alice Dumbach again"
so mamma won after all?"
The Washington times., 1939-01-12

ut wasn't slim, svelte Alys For
tune-but hefty, hearty, bouncy
Alice Dumbach.
MY own meals were so good
I gained Is pounds-and lost a
husband"
looked sympathetic. But a
little dieting will repair the dam
age. You did it once"
She sighed contentedly. "No
more dieting for me. I'm through