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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-16

AUBURN, OCT. l4-S tri II
swiftly in the opening period with
Hal Chesney twice breaking
through tackle for 25-yard touch
downs, Auburn Trojans bested
Kent vandals, 200, here yesterday
afternoon.
, Dick McGilvray ran back Kent
punt for so yards in the second
quarter for the final Auburn score.
McGilvray dropkieked one CONVEX
sion and Bernard placekicked the
other.
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Vikings Swamp Sumner;
Mounts, Pirates Repeat

the final period on a pass from
Ed Lopan TO Schaeffer. Lopan's
dropkick was blocked
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Funeral Directors

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Evening star., 1939-08-25

took over all systems of interior
transportation for military purposes,
leaving tourists and refugees in seri-
Gus straits as far as travel was con-
cerned.
Disruption Of foreign financial ex-
changes contributed greatly to the
distress, a condition that remained
serious until the American Govern
ment and American banking institu-
tions could effect the actual physical
transfer Of millions Of dollars In gold
from this country to Europe.
Lack of passport requirements,
which clouded the claims of many as
to their American citizenship, and
absence of any effective interna-
tional regulation Of steamship rates
were additional obstacles to orderly
movement Of the fleeing thousands.
Largely from these lessons of the
last war better provisions for han
ding mass rescues have been de-
vised. Their successful operation de-
pends, however, upon cooperation
Of those most closely affected and
acceptance of the Judgment of the
Governments foreign representa-
tives as to their day by day conduct
during the critical period.
Evening star., 1939-08-25
Argentine Agreement

Two aspects of foreign policy closest
10 Secretary of State Hull's heart are
his reciprocal trade agreements pro-
gram and his good neighbor" method
of dealing with Latin American ma
lions. Until this week, neither policy
held large appeal for one of the most
important countries to the south,
Argentina. Its statesmen looked for
cultural and commercial union to
Europe rather than to the United
States. In trade, 1t reached special
agreements with England to the det-
eiment of the United States. There
were reasons for this lack of rapport.
Economically, Argentina is suppos-
edly a mutually exclusive competi-
tor of the United States. And the
United States hurt Argentinian feel
ings by banning importation of her
fresh or chilled beef.
Acting Secretary of State Welles an
bounced Wednesday that on October
16 public hearings would open here
on q trade agreement with Argen-
tina. The bare announcement itself
IS indicative that Argentina is ready
Evening star., 1939-08-25

to reach an agreement, for three
years of informal conversations lead
ing up to the negotiation have
already gone by. Argentina was un-
interested in treating with us. Only
last January the government at Bue-
nos Aires limited the amount of
goods which Argentina could import
from the United States. The main
consideration in this step was the
fact that the United States was SELL
ing to Argentina goods worth twice
what she bought. Argentina wanted
bilateral agreements which would
balance her trade.
1t should be matter of much
satisfaction in the United States as
well as in Argentina that tangible
steps at last are being taken toward
linking in harmony two of the great
powers of the Western Hemisphere.
Evening star., 1939-08-25

completely around the house, uttering
snarls of defiance to the world.
Often In the early hours, Just at day
break. he can be heard grumbling with
vehemence, when there is no living
thing in sight.
The other morning flock of six blue
jays flew down to sample the food in
the feeding station.
They had no more than landed, when
the kingpin went at them, full tilt, as
If to drive them completely away, but
he was mistaken this time in his foe
The jays not only did not bulge, they
made such threatening movements and
uttered such resounding clamor, in their
own right, that the mocker went back
to his vine and subsided.
* *4
In truth, there is very little to be
said in favor of Americas renowned
mockingbird in any ones yard
In neighborhood, he is all right, but
when he takes up his stand in a gar
den, at any time of the year, he tends
to drive away all other species.
Despite the praise heaped upon him,
he is better heard than seen
Most persons who have tried feeding
the birds in winter know that one
mockingbird will drive away all other
birds, even when he cannot eat the
seed himself.
1t Is not so widely realized that in
summer he is similarly liability in the
garden he selects for his own.
Up until 1900 or thereabouts, mocking-
birds were rare in the District and near
by Maryland and Virginia.
Friends of birds held it an achieve
ment If they saw one at all.
In those days mockingbirdS could be
Gagged, but the law changed all that.
Today it is against the law to cage
this or other of our songbirds, with the
result that we have many more birds
than ever before.
Now mockingbirds stay with us the
year around, at least few of them do.
At first it is a treat to welcome them
to feeding station.
The white in the wings always at
tracts instant attention. Usually the
newcomer to bird feeding is delighted
to be able to identify the newcomer to
the food trays
A mockingbird
Pretty soon he begins to see that this
really fine fellow is rather more to be
preferred in story than in the home
garden. 1t is really too bad. The mock
ingbird is a splendid specimen of bird
life, good looking, interesting, famous
mimic and singer in his own right. II
is regrettable that he always wants te
boss the show.
Evening star., 1939-08-25
Persecution Concealed
By Many Aliases
Want of Reason and Justice
Blamed for Variety Of
Old World Ills
By Dale Winters.

Persecution is an ugly word. 1t creeps
up upon us daily, in conversation, in the
press and over the air. 1t is synony-
nous with Europe, and minorities, and
sorrows, and tribulations. 1t has no
one place Of abode; it darts here and
there, under various names. Like a
poisonous arrow 1t never misses its
mark.
A few years ago it ran amuck in
Soviet Ukraine and starved out 5000, 900
Ukrainian souls whose freedom-l loving
spirit would not yield to Communist
will. In the World History were en-
tered the words Enemies of the State"
Leaving the bones bleaching upon
the fertile steppes, it darted northward
to Western Ukraine where Polish
troopers flogged helpless Ukrainian viii
layers, burned their homes, and destroyed
their food. That came under the head
ing of "Paciflcation."
Germany next. Here persecution re-
solved itself in denial of citizen rights
to the Jewish people. Ridicule, segre-
cation, and confiscation became the
order of the day. Item number in the
World History reads Racial Purity"
Reckless now, persecution with one
wide sweep placed the Czechs, Slovaks,
and -Ukrainians under the
domination of foreign masters-to breed
further persecution. Artificial Gre
alton" was the next entry.
August finds it in the Tyrols of Italy
that little mountainous strip of German
soil that England awarded to Italy for
refusing to support her German World
War ally. Clubs and whistling bullets
bid the native German families bon
exodus northward into the greater Reich.
Look up World History, and you will
find this on record as Permission to
Leave"
Persecution is vicious word. 1t
creepS out of the inkWell at every treaty
table and writes itself in on every page
of the fateful documents. 1t gloats with
the victors and SCOTS at the vanquished.
1t loathes freedom and delights in op-
preston. 1t is the sword of the tyrant,
the weapon of the desperate. 1t knows
neither reason nor justice, for 1t was
created to destroy both reason and
justice.
Yes. persecution is an ugly word
for it is man-made word.
Evening star., 1939-08-25
Mr.. ChumberIuin's Speech

1t has been believed in some quar-
ters that Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain is weak and vacillat-
Ing person, but it now begins to be
appreciated even by his critics that
he Is rather man of strong and
rigid character His speech in the
House of Commons yesterday was
moderate and reasonable in It's tone,
yet it did not lack the qualities of
inspiration which history looks to
find In the utterances of leaders of
the noblest distinction.
Mr.. Chamberlain presented the
case against Adolf Hitler in convinc-
ing style. Deliberately, not once but
twice, he set the German Chancellor
apart from the German masses, de-
claring: "The greatest calamity that
could occur was not desired by our
own people or by the German peo-
pie" Again, he isolated the Nazi
Fuehrer from whatever merit there
may be in the issues involved in the
quarrel with Poland by insisting:
I'VE do not think of asking Germany
to sacrifice her national interests, but
we cannot agree that national inter-
ests can only be secured by the she'd
ding of blood or by the destruction of
the independence of other states"
This is high ground, certainly. Mr..
Chamberlain, in effect, was pleading
for morality to which neither Hitler
nor his allies Mussolini and Stain
ever have risen. 1--WE want to see es-
tablished international order based
upon mutual understanding and mu-
tual confidence" he said Then, that
he might not be misunderstood, he
stipulated: 1--WE cannot build up
such an order unless it conforms to
certain principles which are essential
to the establishment of confidence
and trust. Those principles must in
clude the observance of international
undertakings when they have once
been entered into and the renuncia-
ton of force in the settlement of
differences"
American public opinion supports
this philosophy. Likewise, it compre-
hends Mr.. Chamberlain's meaning
when he solemnly announces: eff,
despite all our efforts to find a way
OF peace-and God knows I have done
my best-if, in spite of all that, we
find ourselves forced to embark upon
a struggle which is bound to be
fraught with suffering and misery for
all mankind and the end of which no
man can foresee; if that should hap
pen, we shall not be fighting for po-
litical future of a far-away city in a
foreign land. We shall be fighting
for the preservation of those prin-
ciples the destruction of which
would involve the destruction of all
possibilities of peace and security for
the peace of the world"
Evening star., 1939-08-25

curity, peace, justice, life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness, all men are
created equal. Remember, when the
despot makes war, suppresses races, burns
books, crushes homes, commits mur-
ders, he does not distinguish between
Spaniard, Czech, Protestant, Jew, Cath
olic or Mohammedan. Manchuria, China
Ethiopia, Austria, Czecho- -Slovakia
Spain, and Albania were despoiled and
looted. Next on the list may be Danzig.
the Tyrol, Arabia, Bulgaria or any poorly
armed nation.
Therefore, facing these conditions, let
all who are oppressed and threatened.
regardless of creed, color, or race, unite,
work and struggle in cooperation with
all the spiritual and political forces of
democracy, peace and social justice, in a
righteous and collective union.
In this logical effort and plan, our
conception of God should be God of
peace and economic justice. AS workers
for peace and justice, we should become
children OF mankind also not children
OF God alone. Otherwise, only hope re-
mains, and by hope of itself, men face
doom. If the attempt is made to solve
the Jewish problem by faith alone and
without material facts, it will result in
mere evasion and suspension. Faith
without facts is a soul without a body.
or a sermon without a people. Hence
the Jewish people as children of man
kind also, acquire courage for a solution,
and will apply justice to Gods earth.
RABBI HIRSCH z. GLICKMAN.
Organizer, Peoples Culture Synagogue.
August Is.
Evening star., 1939-08-25
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles Z. Trace1ueH.

The value Of the mockingbird as
garden resident is somewhat in doubt,
despite its beautiful songs and inter-
esting habits.
Does the mocker drive other birds
away through its sheer presence?
The longer one observes this bird, the
surer he will be that this is the case,
that the mockingbird is a liability
rather than an asset, and that it keeps
away other songsters at all times Of the
year, even when it does not actively
attack them.
This is nuisance bird, in other words,
no matter what its friends may say
in It's praise.
Take this fellow which is running
our yard at this time.
1t seems rather late to have a nest,
but surely he acts as If he were de-
Tending one.
Old Quincy, the yellow cat, is in ter
ror for his life.
Quincy has no designs whatever on
mockingbirds
He is much too fat even to try to
catch one, let alone do it.
He asks nothing better than to be
left alone by the birds.
~ *x
This mockingbird is after him every
minute.
The moment the cat comes into sight,
the bird dives down, Haunting the white
in its wings and letting out the most
outrageous cries
When the cat settles down on the
porch, the bird flies close by, and keeps
up its defiance. So far it has not flown
onto the porch.
The second Quincy steps down into
his yard, the mockingbird flies straight
at him.
A resounding peck on the cats spine,
just north of the tail, and Quincy is
ready to come into the house, and who
can blame him?
This performance has its comedy
value, of course, in the eyes of all ex-
cept the four-footed animal.
He is outraged.
The expression in his eyes says plainly
enough, Now what have I done?"
The mockingbird is trying his best to
tell him, but the two do not speak the
same language
Once the cat is indoors, the bird flies
back to the rose vine.
You might think he would quit, now
but he never does.
Angry, snarling noises come from the
fence at all hours of the day.
Time and time again this mocker flies
Evening star., 1939-08-25
Woman Appeals for
Sensible" Hats.

To the Editor Of The Star:
1t seems have been deluding myself
with the naive idea that hats were in
tended for protecting and enhancing the
wearer's charms.
My mistake was brought home forcibly
to me after looking at several pages of
the society section of last Sundays Star.
Certainly no woman could face her mir
ror and by the most violent twist of
feminine imagination convince herself
that she had enhanced or even retained
her natural charm by planting"
"perching" or "smearing" such atrocious
things on her head as appeared in said
paper.
Among the hats have reference to
were four, ranging in appearance from a
delirious popover to porcupines tail.
Now If to be "chic" or smart" one must
make oneself look ridiculous and fit only
for the comic section by wearing what
fashion dictates, some of us will have
to go about just plain dowdy. Words fail
me and a nervous breakdown threatens
when I imagine myself searching
amongst such horrors for something re-
motely resembling hat and the thought
OF being seated behind one in a theater
makes me quite Ill.
Please-a few sensible, attractive hats
for intelligent normal women to wear.
Alexandria, Va. MRS. NJ s. SNOW.
August %.
Evening star., 1939-08-25
Sidney Howard

Playwrights. who can achieve a
lyrical despair over the state of the
world are not uncommon in our
times. But those who can view mans
current plight with degree of hope
are rare. Sidney Howard was Of the
latter group, a dramatist savagely
uncompromising in his awareness
that all was far from well with the
world, but just as savagely uncom-
promising In his conviction that it
could be made better.
That is why Sidney Howard's loss
to theater and screen in Wednes-
days unfortunate accident is the
greater.
The author OF They Knew What
They Wanted" yellow Jack" and
half dozen other plays of genuine
substance and stature was fighter.
Long before he brought his sturdy
physical and brilliant mental gifts
to the stage, he proved his energy
and his courage as World War avi-
ator. The characteristics which
earned him distinction as a war;
time flyer carried over handsomely
into his subsequent work. They are
the qualities which one likes to think
of as American and, as their possess
sor, Sidney Howard demonstrated
that thew co,11d mt foil
The theater, his first love, and the
movies, his second, are the poorer
for his death, the richer for his work
and the inspiration which it should
be to others.
Evening star., 1939-08-25
Discusses Civil Service
Unit Treatment.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
The splendid prospect for needed lib
eralizatlon of the retirement law for
Federal employees having gone aglimmer-
ing for the time being, due to the op-
position of certain organizations to an
increase from the present 3l2 per cent
deduction from salary to Az per cent,
raises the question whether any good
purpose is subserved by treating practi-
cal]y the entire civil service as a unit.
Representatives of the employees in
great divisions or units of the Federal
civil service, numbering tens if not hun
dreds Of thousands, indicated to the
Senate and House conferees the willing
ness of their organizations to accede to
the terms proposed. The representatives
OF other large organizations of such en-
ployes declared unwillingness. Since
these services are separate and distinct,
permitting of different treatment with
out resulting confusion or embarrass-
ment why can not the scope of the pro-
posed legislation take in the Govern
ment units desiring inclusion and omit
from its operation those not so desiring?
There is nothing novel in this proposal
At the present time the personnel of
some Government services are outside
the scope of the General Retirement Act;
other units, the diplomatic service for
instance, have retirement system of
their own. AS the matter now stands,
the vast work back of the Senate and
House bills goes for nothing, except for
its educational value. This work has
included hearings, an immense amount of
research to determine cost of various
plans proposed, public mass meetings,
reports and conferences galore, and the
result is two or three crumbs of better
ment.
What good reason exists why the per-
sonnel in great distinct units of the
Federal service should be denied the
benefits of legislation they desire, merely
because other units, equally distinct and
severable, do not desire such legislation?
July %. GEORGE A. WARREN.
Evening star., 1939-08-25
Orderly Retreat

Presumably American citizens
either living or travelling in Europe
will heed the carefully considered
and obviously wise counsel of State
Department representatives that they
make every reasonable effort to come
home or seek refuge in some other
safe territory.
If war is to come, it would not only
be in the interests of personal safety
of these individuals but also in the
direction of removing potentially
embarrassing responsibilities from
the American Government that its
nationals take the obvious precau-
ton of getting out Of the zone of
hostilities. Naturally enough such a
course might prove inimical to the
business interests of some of those
affected, but such an element un-
questionably is of less moment than
the protection of lives or the en-
broilment of this Government.
Fortunately for those now caught
In the "crisis countries" plans and
facilities available for their safe re-
moval are greatly superior to those
existent when the World War broke
out in 1914.
For on that summer date twenty
five years ago, despite the passage Of
weeks after the Sarajevo assassina-
ton in June, there had been COM
paratively little warning given either
here or abroad that disaster i'm
pended. And even for some forty
eight hours after Austria declared
war on Serbia on July % there was
relatively little in the way Of a rush
for passage to America. Full realiza-
ton of the emergency came soon
after, however, as Europe's major
powers hurled formal declarations of
war at each other and almost simul-
taneously withdrew their trans-At-
lantic liners from ordinary passenger
service. And Just as these govern
ments plan to do today, they then
Evening star., 1939-08-25
Rabbi Urges Plan
For Social Justice.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
When Chamberlainism co-operates
with Fascism to make Israel an economic
outcast; when dictators destroy free par
liaments, brotherhoods and peaceful ma
tions; when Father Couglin and Gen.
Moseley, both peddlers of race hate and
reaction, ride high in impudence, free
from fear or interference, then one may
expect to hear at least an organized voice
of righteous indignation, If not the adop-
tion of concrete solutions to these prob
lens, from synagogues, societies, rabbis
and present-day leaders.
So far, In place of practical programs
mere resolutions have been proposed. In
stead of making actual corrections to
democracy, we have only past implica-
tions and vague future interpretations
Confronted with immediate needs and
issues, the leaders either evade the ques-
ton or reply: 1--WE cannot hazard to
predict safely"
Typical Of this is letter by Morris d.
Lazaron, addressed to The Star Of May
%. concerning the crisis In Palestine and
it's effect on Jewish life. He extols the
glory OF the past and travels on the safe
road of the unknown future. To these
men, the tll-treatment and misfortune
of the Jews is just historical subject,
or, perchance, topic for a sermon. A
policy of hush-hush creates the impress
sion that in America there are no poor,
no strangers, no aliens, no unemployed,
no political victims, no refugees and no
prosecuted.
Let us be practical. Israel is akin to
all races. True, the treatment Of the
Jewish problem may differ because we
are an ancient, moral and landless peo-
pie: but In the struggle for bread. Sc