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Who Gets What

already constructing military bases
Rumanan spols will complete this
baon the Capathians the Russian
Danuban valley and in the Iron Gate they viii
of the greatest strategic points in all Europe
the invasion OF Ruania will naturally not b
without vast repercussions Turkey Will be intimately con-
Yugosava fearful the Russians the
fight although the Yugosav military establish
ment said extremely directly threatened
we'll talk alliance and OF
always supposng the blueprint
partition OF Rumana amply explains Germany
Russian alliance.
~ released by yNothAmer Newspap. 1nc)
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YuIe Again Makes
Sonto Claus Busy Town
By the Associated Press.

6y the Associated HfeS6.
SANTA CLAUS. Ind, Dec. 8.-The
post Office of this out-of-the-way
Southern Indiana town, namesake
of the Christmas saint, now is
handling about 25,000 letters a day
Postmaster Oscar Phillips said
he was receiving mail from nearly
every English-speaking country in
the world to be postmarked and
forwarded.
He's put on four extra clerks ana
plans to add four more when busi-
ness reaches its peak, probably next
week.
Santa Claus, with less than 100
inhabitants, is not even on rail-
road. An automobile takes mail
daily to Lincoln City, S miles west
Of here on the southern line.
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New Steamer Sets Marx
On Chesapeake Run
By the Associated Press.

by tDc ASSOClAteu TIeSS,
BALTIMORE, Dec. 8.-The Ex-
porter. first Of feet Of eight new
freighters being built for the Amer
lean Export Line, set new record
last night for the 144-mile voyage
from the Capes to Baltimore Harbor
Capt. Edward M. Sennott said the
473-foot ship averaged 1890 knots
completing the Chesapeake Bay run
In Z hours and 80 minutes.
IF I had known we were really
setting a record I'd have ordered
full speed" said the skipper.
The previous record was set In
1894 by the Japanese motorship
Hokuroku Maru, at 8 hours. 80
minutes,
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oxygen Tent for Doq

: EVANSVILLE, Ind.-L. r. Berry
man made an oxygen tent at home
to save the life of his pneumonia
stricken bird dog, Sally.
Bergman put the gasping dog
into an alright box with a glass
cover and fed oxygen through a
hole from a 1l0-cubic-foot oxygen
cylinder.
In few minutes Sally was
breathing normally. A veterinarian
told Bergman she had good
chance to recover.
Evening star., 1939-12-08
Democrats Plan Dance

DAMASCUS, Md, Dec. 8 (Spe-
ciaD.-The Young Mems Demo-
cratic Club of this town will hold
a dance tomorrow evening, begin
ming at 8 o'clock, in the high school
auditorium.
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ment and buS1-
ness than has
J u S t b e e n
adopted by the
c on SIS of
American I n =
dustry, which is
4 annually spon-
sored by the Ma
tional Associa-
ton of Manu-
facturers.
It has been
the habit Of the
N. A. M. in re-
cent years to
sue declara-
-
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Three-Cornered Grab

understand the blueprint the partition 1t need
full picture roughly
oval 1t is bounded the north by Russia and Russian Poland on the
Yugosavia
the Black Sea The Capaan through Ruman from
which
escapes Carpahans
to the Black Sea.
West Of the Capathian crescent the Hungarian side mountain
claimed by Hungary Above Bulgarian border
the Black Dobrd district claimed Bulgaria
North running along the Russian border Braba claimed
by Russia.
Roughly speaking blueprint thecornered
through Besarabia the Germans
Hungary attack Tranania and the Bugaans grabbing
Dobudja attack should could hardly
resisted by the Rmanan German and Russian missions have
Bulgaria for time bring the Bugars into line
Hun
through This refused
with behind effective
difficult imagine concentrations
Bessaabian border have long been reported.
Who Gets What
after Rumana has been the blueprint correct either the
The Buarns will be tossed the Dobruda their
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all the rest.
In resources and strategic i'm
portance, the Russian share Is 90
per cent of the Rumanian prize
The Russians already have the oil
Of Poland, despite Germany's dire
need for this commodity. They
will also have the oil OF Rumania
and her most productive farm
lands. In the North. If the Finnish
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necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented n re
readers although opinions may be contradictory
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
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nothing about It,"
Cost Of the Garand rife number production etc.
all from Amsngy enough most Of
information contained the published hearings the War Depart
yea-available
trouble printed ANYHOW the Garand rifle asco
gossip in Army circles
gives infantry
fire that OF the next-best
infinitely
superior traditional Springfield And has taken the
United States 10 begin ready its
Snoirs Pace
26 calber
then Chief Staff wisely ordered that 80 abe should be the rule
rifles accommodate ammunition the Spring.
field United States which 30caber weapons
his
until 1936ve laterthat the rifle
After three
chief of testified before the House
Appropriations Subcommittee military appropriations that
had 7,460 Garand rifles.
g. 1t expected to manufacture total Of 12500 in 1889
would be prepared produce 200 day. by this December
The $08 rifle but would drop $50 rifle the
200-perday schedule.
year step up production
basis Of Top production with
ment (24hour, shifts a day.
soldier s..
Garand rifle.
According testimony the Chief
227 034 Garand rifles Immediately At
production will take four peacme Army
should become involved hosie
future would daily production of 2whh than
times the absolute production possible at
Well, We Have Navy
capacity Springfield Armory
ordinary rifles shift With construction addi
shift working could 1872 Spring.
fields ordnance rkops would take Of
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to conceal gross inefficiency.
Take the famous Garand semi
automatic rifle-the most important
ordnance development Of recent
times. This subject is classified as
ian official secret" at the War
Department and Army officers
engaged in public relations go SO
far as deliberately to avoid OBJ
tanning information on the subject
80 we can honestly say we know
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Bozuor Too Successful

GRANTS PASS, Greg. (P.-The
pre- Christmas bazaar conducted by
the women of st. Luke's Church
proved too successful.
Checking up, they found some
body had sold even the church
decorations.
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N. A. Wins
Praise by
Platform
Text Described
As Notable
Pronouncement
hO0Ou0CSmcnt
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Rarely has national organiza ton
of businessmen proclaimed more
interesting or constructive platform
on the relations between Govern
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BY CHARLES G. ROSS.

That was fine speech that
Postmaster General Farley, the
National Democratic Chairman,
made this week before the Wharton
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We, the People
Experience With the Gorond Rifle Reveals
Delays in Procuring Proper Munitions
BY JAY FRANKLIN.

Behind the srewd Republican demands investigate national
military bureaucratic
stalled effort in the last World Warby refusal to
Lewis machegun and modifying the French % to
interchangeable control
digging behind the camouhge
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available production
the real boteneck To the Garand rifle 23 gauges
dies required OBJ
| Tense program
| Navy!"
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The Capital Parade
Rumuniu Believed Next on Russio's
List; Reich to Help, but Get Little
By JOSEPH ALsoP and ROBERT KINTNER.

Russian but 1t is
predicted that Rumania will be next High American
join these predictions they believe they
Rmana In the
pact blueprint Hters
to MS ally is truly staggering.
the next will depend to some extent the Russian
military
allied astondd the quality Soviet mill
the Baltic Russian
appeared rabbe Discipline
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fields year. Army ordnance reck
imum production to turn out
ordinary rifles for an army Of
100000 men.
Two years!-four years!-how
many years would an enemy allow
us to develop our strength?
Spurred by this thought, the
Army recently let contract to Win
chester for about $4,000 Garand
riffes-but Winchester cannot manu-
facture these weapons any faster
Gf as fast) than the Government.
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poor, supply and organization are
worse, and material is said to be so
unreliable that large numbers Of the
bombs dropped on Helsinki actually
failed to explode.
Neverless, the force Of Russian
numbers Is so great, and Russia's
present and prospective victims are
so weak and ill-defended, that 1t
seems unlikely the Russians will be
halted in their course.
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Well, We Have q Navy

matter fact capacity of the Springfield Armory 5000
ordinary rifles ones basis With construction add
tiona shift working could 1872 500 Spring
ordnance reckops
Evening star., 1939-03-26
Rebels of Art

By George Solcombe. NeU York Robert Mcbride Co.
This biographical half critical
ebel artistic history between the
and that of Msse
group reproductions
paintings by the lives
largely into two grouphose which elementary that only
beginning student will them and those which
artistic education their readers The book
stand about midway
parent for those who politely would
to improve their acquaintance 1t perfectly readable thing
seems rebel
movement IN pantngts initiation with the exhibition of Manes
Olympia ana LIE Deuner LHerbe its through the bat
ties OF he shows its assistance by the house Of
-tsue It's camponing
its final enhnemen these now anciently historic episodes
Mr. socombe describes wildly briefly enough for them
With this general theme he also give a considerable
1und OF personal history about his
the Lack o, which attended their solitude their
oy respectable
which heaped them.
cessve pictures OF genius ngo Goeh writing to his brother
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Brief Reviews of New Books

Letters.
THE LETTERS OF T. E. LAW
RENEE. Edited by David Gar
nett. New York: Doubleday
Doran & Co.
Collection of letters to various
friends, revealing and frank. Should
be had by all Lawrence collectors.
MODELLING FOR AMATEURS
BY Clifford and Rosemary Ellis.
New York: Study Publications.
A handbook for beginners. With
photographs. Should be helpful.
Confessions.
I MARRIED A JEW. Anonymous.
New York: Dodd Mead g. co.
One of those well-meant things.
Novels.
ADRIANA. BY George Dyer. New
York: Scribners' Sons.
A lively adventure story of the
sea and sailing. Harmless.
FIREBRAND. BY Tom Gill. New
York: Farrar and Rinehart.
Sturdy strong man stuff from the
timber country. It would seem to
need sturdy strong man to bear
1t.
Low HEAVEN. BY William j. Wal
tiers. New York Dodd Mead &
Co.
Romantic stuff about white man
and native gal. Resign yourself.
THE MIDDLE PASSAGE. BY Ro-
land Barker and william Doer-
finger. New York: The Mac
milan Co.
Exciting tale Of the sea in the
slave-running days. Rather good.
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mysteries.
STRAWSTACK. BY Dorothy Cam
enon Disney. New York: Ran
dom House.
Murder just outside of Washing
ton, if you please, and a good lively
one at that.
CRIME TO MUSIC. BY Peter Drax
New York: D. Appleton Century
Co.
Carefully worked out tale, well
worth reading.
DEATH AND THE MAIDEN. BY
@. Patrick. New York: Simon
and Schuster.
Death on university campus.
Pretty good.
Short Stories.
WAR ON PEACE. Edited by Al
fred Brant and Frederick Houck
Law. New York: Harper and
Bros.
A fine collection of war stories,
including also some selections form
famous novels. Worth having.
POEMS,
COLLECTED POEMS. BY Robert
Graves New York: Random
House.
Earnest, intelligent but rather
bumpy verse on a variety of sub
jects.
SELECTED POEMS. BY Sister M.
Madeleva. New York: The Mac
milan Co.
Talented religious verse.
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The Arts, by Hendrick Van Loon
1887. W.V32.
Masters of Popular Painting. Text
by Cahill, Gauthier. Casson, etc
Museum of Modern Art. 1898
WP MA.
Biogra phies.
Paul Gauguin's Intimate Journal
translated by Van Wyck Brooks
1896. W10G234a.
Portrait of an Era. by F. D.
Downey. 1886. W10.G355d.
Letters to an Artist, by Vincent
Van Gogh. 1886. W10.G559a4.
Heads and Tails. by Malvina Hoff
man. 1886. W10.H673.
Oil Paint and Grease Paint, by
Dame Laura Knight. 1886 Wl0.-
K74
Recollections of Picture Dealer
by Ambrose Vollard. 1896. W10.V88
An Artist in America, by Thomas
Benton. 1887. W10.B447a5.
Charles Sheelel, by Constance
Rourke. 1898. Wl0.Sh33r.
American Artists Series.
George Bellows, by G. w. Eggers
1881. W10B42e.
Alexandria Brook, by E. A. Jewell
1881. W10.B79j.
Mary Cassatt. by Forbes Watson
1882. W1O.C267w.
Glenn o. Coleman, by C. A. Glass
gold. 1882. Wl0.C673g.
Arthur B. Davies. by Royal Cor
tissoz. 1881. W10D29c.
Charles Demuth. by William Muir
rell. 1881. WlO.D39m.
William Glackens, by G. p. Du-
Bois. 1881. W1OG452d.
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Tuscan Spring
A NoDel About SQndrO

BotticeHi. By James Cleugh.
Ne1D York: Reynal & Hitchcock.
All the drama in Botticellis life
was intellectual. He lived in the
golden age of the Italian Renais-
sance and was a part of it, but he
was painter and spent all his long
life at his work. He was born Ales-
andre del Filipepi, a tanners son,
but Medicean Florence was the land
Of opportunity and be became the
most celebrated painter of his day.
His life lacked the melodrama of
some of his contemporaries and
Mr. Cleugh in this novel has wisely
refrained from invention and exag-
geration. Leonardo da Vinci called
Botticelli master. There could be
no nobler climax to an artists life.
The Renaissance was a day of
giants and they are here in plenty.
Thousands of books have been
written about the men and the era,
but both still fascinate those who
live in smaller days and among
lesser men. Portraits of Leonardo,
Lorenzo de Medici, Savonarola, Fra
Lippi, Vespucci, Perugino, are all
conventional and no more is needed
for this book. Some of the other
f1gures-Michalangelo, Macchiavelli
and Rafael-are introduced in a
dramatic fashion.
Tuscan Spring" is a picture of
the Renaissance but 1t never loses
sight of its hero. Mr.. Cleugh traces
the history of each of Botticelli's
great paintings and subjects each
to discriminating, nom n-professional
criticism. He does not attempt to
oversimplify Botticelli's character
nor does he attempt to invest him
with too many complexities. He
sees him as a poet, mystic and
dreamer, seeking to express his as
pirations for the dignity Of the
human spirit in terms of his art.
Whether he succeeded is q question
answered by each generation for
itself. EFT.
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Prize Winners.
Franklin C. Watkins. Magazine
of Art, November 1896.
Robert Phillip. Magazine of Art
April 1888
Morris Kantor. Magazine of Art
February 1885.
Ernest Fiene. Magazine of Art
February 1887.
American Art.
Art in America in Modern Times
edited by Holger Cahill and A. H
Barr, jr 1884. W83.C2.
New Horizons in American Art
with an introduction by Holger Ca
hill. 1896. W83 N42n.
Modern American Painters. by S
M. Kootz. 1890. WP10.K42.
Art in America. by Suzanne La
Toilette. 1929. W83L13.,
General Works.
Primer of Modern Art, by Sheldon
Cheney. 1924. W157.C42.
Modern Art, by Thomas Craven
1884. W157 C85.
Cubism and Abstract Art. New
York. Museum of Modern Art
1886. Wl57.N42
Significant Moderns and Their
Pictures, by C. J. Bullet. 1896
WP .B88.
Expressionism in Art, by Sheldon
Cheney. 1884. WP .C426.
Modern Movement in Painting
by T. w. carp. 1886. WP .Ea2.
After Picasso, by j. T. Soby. 1885
WP So2.
Modern Painters and Sculptors as
Illustrators. New York. Museum
of Modern Art. 1896. WSB NAB.
Evening star., 1939-03-26
Spanish Prisoner
BIZ Peter Elstob. NeU York:
Cdrrick d EDdns,

oV ISLST GtStOO. NeU OE.
Carrick & EDdns.
The great thick stream Of books
by those daring young men who, at
the outbreak of hostilities in Spain,
rushed into the International
Brigade in order to fight Fascism
and so be able later to write books
on fighting Fascism, has decreased
very noticeably in these last months.
There was time, to be sure, when
one could hardly pass a week with
out being apprised by publisher
that some Mr.. Harry Brighteyes,
who had served all of six weeks in a
Spanish training camp and had once
been bombed by mistake, was now
presenting the world with his
memoirs of his days as fighter for
democracy-a thrilling masterpiece,
rendolent of life iH the front line
trenches and full of bits of agoniZ-
ing studied prose which gave away
70 the reader instantly Harry's
preferences in literature. so care
fully were they modelled on the
works of the young mans favorite
master.
Sometimes this. would be Joyce
and sometimes D. H. Lawrence, but
always Harry burned with a fine
fury against Fascism-and managed,
in the interims of his warfare, to
have a poignantly beautiful love af-
fair with little Rosita, the warm
hearted girl comrade who kissed him
between sniping wicked rebels. The
reviewers jaw got to aching from
her yawns over these ambitious
phonies, and she developed, as her
readers will probably remember, a
nasty peeve at Harry and his ilk. So
she was not sorry to see the Harry
masterpiece die down in numbers.
Now the other side Of the business
begins to be presented. In this pres
ent work we have the story of a
young man who enlisted to fight the
Fascists. but who is frank enough
to say that he did so because his
money had rune out and he had
, nothing else to do. This young man
did not love his comrades and was
not received as generous foreign
helper at all.
For no sooner had he put his foot
in Spain than he was clapped into a
foul Jail and there he stayed-and
his jailers were not the Fascists, but
the Loyalists whom he had come to
succor. His record is of his expert
ences and they were narrowing
enough. He had to see fellow pris-
oners shot down, he endured ver-
min, poor food, overcrowding, abuse
and about every other indignity
which the Latin imagination seems
to regard as part of the proper treat
ment of helpless enemies. Eventually
he was released. He says that he
still hates Fascism, but he went back
to England just the same. His book
is not particularly interesting, save
in the side of the matter which it
brings to the sentimental public at
tentiOn,
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WHAT IS BEING READ TODAY?
Best Sellers in Woshinofon and Other C;+;e<
Washington.

Washington.
Fiction "Rebeccs Daphne Du Mauer "Al
TO- Rachel Field The Patriot" Pearl S Buck; The
Liberty Ehzabeth Page Seasoned Timber Dorothy Canfed
Disputed Passage Lloyd Douglas.
Non-Ficion-"Men Kampf," Adoph Hitler, Reyna
cock and Sackpoe Sons; Through Embassy
Dodd Reaching for the Stars Nora Vain; MY Memoirs
Boiling Wilson; Betrayal in Europe" E Gedye
. racuonAh This and Heaven Too Rebecca The Patriot
Ihree Harbours, F. Van Wyck Mason: disputed
Non Fcon-"A Peculiar Treasure, Edna Ferber
lchard e. Byrd Reaching for the Stars Days
Pierre Van Paasen; "Men Kampf.'
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Ficton"An Too" Rebecca" Disputed Pas
sage. The Patriot.
Non n-Fcon-"A Peculiar Treasure
tor Here's Your Hat Joseph A Jerger; Alone,
Ffction"Au The Patriot" Rebecca
The Tree Of Liberty" Disputed Passage"
Non Fcon-"Reaching for the Stars Kampf"
cuar Treasure Betrayal
San Francisco.
Flcton"Al This and Heaven
becca Address Unknown
Elizabeth Bowen.
Nom Fcion-"Days of Our Years"
Embassy Eyes, Men Reaching for the
Stars"
Copyright.
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Book List on Contemporary
Art Compiled by Library

connection with the biennial exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery
OF Art the division of fine the Public
following addition
ensive collection of color paintings
and European available
borrowed at the central library NV.
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Bv NC. X.

aggressive style that our
eur citizens who have oae
to assist in the place on that ever
@ pop nsS DR. IRE aDed WELL
pa e he as M the arehpe m and who proclaim
defense Of abroad political
eoDea and a,g a g 1hsse
are se talking king he declares the applying
IMPOSSIBLE m @ x sq ns m m
h % h means & by he fine flaming genera and
specifically applicable But hundreds
by the ssrns a.a n 1ns
Less Brotherhood BetweenE European
Democracies Suspected.
o M M 1sn pon o i Hs THAT x h hsa better let
pgn being %age to make feel that have
the Fascist nations ne ned pss f' he heS
that other In other
suspect and great deal more
sS ssi'y ens sds well for the dictator
to to Wa H own n0a op1o e bag h b when and decides
In Should and can stay out
inn and directly the
to do it. then certainly take
3; o;'s:;: 9s;:,.n r;f;:1;: rs's; Practical Aspects
Mr. Wizards Harpers practical aspects
OF foreign
defense He like DR. Beard writes with fine impatient
upon foreign relations He finds the
announced that there SHORTAGES artillery tanks
archghts telescopes and
s' v St the es1 % a sead
that in the completely chaotic concept
which exists Of national defense
e s snd p9 that our No military and have
which shaped
@ ey
h A aad guard ss @ to- dsen are s n
m ou ne ns 5 1 p We o bs ss e 10th
the Phppnes Phi Tsr naependent % 1s o or otherwise @
Army Navy, major general
n na5 Would no n nenea
force would which s way the other going
and high military and naval authorities that
Dang the theory that
ss;:s sss:sy ts9 s@ S''1Saa M P1s;to1s' nsit"'t
Finally he calls for comprehensive study the subject
n pao sa OF m 1 sed no S aH a5d s,e @
national defense based
an anna This
Continue @ While the for W which th m
S @ vague s AND subject change from hour to
bright ideas about extending defense lines
meanwhile John digging fond believing
Hartley orattans
valuable world right here
English drawing
~
policy participate
problems
neither aid maintaining
eliminating capitalist
imposing the quo place.
that shall
abroad.
policy
victims of the efforts
shall
domestic
the slack occasoned financial docaon
in elsewhere.
public policy encourage by
but policy shall be followed
American armed force
Well, sometimes
fourth point would probably break
point seems-wen-pontes.
Grattan advocating.
Readers Urged 70 Cultivate
"Indvduar Strength
The last of the three
with citizens
the preceding articles
while
still
upheava
that with coming
only sharing the fate of
individuals
the chdike hope that problems for us
difficulties for these unworthy people Of our
strong indvdualic l-( - 49,
Evening star., 1939-11-05
Arithmetic
Continued From First Page.)


keep the share-croppers in ignorance
of money matters.
The share-croppers find them
selves practically always in the red
at the end of the season because
they don't know arithmetic" she
stated.
Miss friedman, in her talk. men,
toned only the State Of Arkansas
but when questioned by a member
of the audience, said a like situa-
ton exists in Alabama, Florida,
Mississippi and the entire area
where share-croppers work.
The discovery" that arithmetic
is not taught was made when the
W. P. A. opened education projects
in those states. Miss Friedman said.
She declared the teachers may
freely teach reading and writing
but not the third "R"-arithmetic
Miss friedman cited this as an
example of a situation that sur
rounds social problems" in differ
ent parts of the country. The prob
lens in one section are entirely
different from those in other parts,
she said.
Discussing the place of women in
democracy, Miss Friedman
pointed out that women in the
home are close to vital problems
that confront the Nation and that
the sex should take an active part
in political, social and economic
affairs because of their familiarity
with them in home-making.
Miss Dorothy Height, general
secretary of the Phyllis Wheatley
Y. w. c. A., spoke on Problems
of Negro Women Workers." declar-
ing that the Negro only seeks an
opportunity" to share in the
Nations work.
The conference will continue this
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the E
Street Y. w. c. A., Ga E street NV,
when round-table discussions will
be conducted. Leaders of the dis
cussions will be Miss Rose Bruns-
wick, Miss Dorothy Daley and Mrs.
Elizabeth Shirley Enochs.