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Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1939-05-18
RADIO INTERVIEW ON GREEN3ELT

time going to classes--or meetings, would
have st. nor are +heir educational interests and
a+ivi+ies in anv vav different from Of resi-
dents Of other nearby towns. Dr.. Dodson chairman OF
the Education Committee Of the Citizens Assooaaeaons
and Mrs. Rose Alpher, Director Of Adult Education
and corrni Activities, jointly told the President
Of the Montgomery County Social Welfare coanc1ls
MRS. MINER Hostetler. in the course OF radio M
terview last Wednesday night on the subject OF ADULT
Edca ii on in Greenbelt" conducted station "AO
in Baltimore. -,
entire community Greenbel 1t carefully planned
in advance sponsored by the federal govern
ment as an example Of what be done. but 1T wa
intended from outset that it should be normal
American community in which every person has ms
full share Of duties we'll as responsibilities
Our families average American families
"First Of all", in DR.. Dodson's opinion We w1e
in+erestsd in better housing. Now. are Interest,"
ed in better living. That may mean ena1 "e "Ane W
learn to advance in our work. It may mean 11@'
We want our families to be healthier. Henoes our
program of adult includes not only CLASS
es in academic and commercial courses but also
handicraft. houemaking. forums. and great variety
of comu1ai ty activities. such gardening, radio
work. an orchestra. a newspaper, athletic gamess
nainting sculpture, and dramatics. These courses
and social activities did not have to DO "so1d TO
the people Greenbelt. Mrs. Hostetler was assured
They we're offered only after definite demand Tor
them was manifested through a comprehensive qnes"
tionnaire prepared and tabulated by the EDUCATION
COMM ttee Citizens Association The response
was therefore, good at the very start, ana oeeoeT
still. interest has not waned since the
beg inningn according to Dr. Dodson's observation"
A evidence in this Mrs. Alpher cited the
fact that every in the community building Is
hooked from now until the end Of June.
After hearing the adult education program %"
scribed in some detail, Mrs. Hostet1er became par
ticularly interested in the way in11ch other COM
mmities could inaugurate similar program within
their normal budgetary means. In return she oooan
"a from Mrs A1pher some valuable technical hints.
Your community told. would have to turn TO
the county of schools for assas lance
in organi in hone econoni and anoos"
trial arts through the Of federal funds avail
able for that purpose. Tho University OF hary1ano
through its extension service will toll you no"
classes for col ege credit be set up. class
can be organized by people willing to share the cost
Of commercial instruction just as 1t Was done at
Greenbelt. your citizens want leaders
paid out Of funds, they work for such pro-
gram. If they want an art project, they too' may
apply to the WPA. Speakers for forums may be OBJ
tanned through the office Of Education
Tn other words az Mrs. Hostetler it up her
.a1f If MA ara Killing to plan and work for pro-
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ed at the meeting that next years
camp will be held early in the sum-
mer, as was this years.
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These Company
the greatest amount Of modern living
have been economically but tdl
builder c. c. Ruaod They designed
possible for
The Choes WaYno Development
and its advantages rapidly builders
who the for their offers
telephones lighting and sidewalks
schools and shopping districts. addition
q .undh there GRE
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sUBSS(0RE
BIG TOTAL,
SHIPS SUNK
New 9,OOO-fon Tanker Is
Lost by British TO J.
Boat AftdCker

Continued from Page One)
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STocK QUoTATIoNs

NEW YORK, Sept. u. = Closing
quotation Of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 67s American Can
l15B. American Power and Light
SIS. Anaconda 377s, Bethlehem
Steel 98ls, Commonwealth and
Southern IL, General Motors 5515,
International Harvester 70, Ken
necott 46. New York Central 20&
Northern Pacific lis. United States
Steel 821s, Pound S4031a.
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BOY SCOUTS ASK
SWIMMING POOL

Handicapped severely by lack of
adequate swimming facilities which
are necessary for test-passing re-
quirements, Juneau Boy Scouts have
joined a move to obtain swim
ming pool in or near Juneau, it was
reported following meeting last
week of the District Scout Commit
tee.
Scouts must demonstrate ability
to swim SO yards in order to pass
First Glass tests. With no pool
available here, advancement has
been retarded.
Members of the committee decid-
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SPECIAL SESSION
OF CONGRESS MAY
BE OCTOBER FIRST

WASHINGTON, Sept: 12.-Rep-
resentative Adilph j. SABBATH of Illi-
nois, Chairman of the House Rules
Committee, predicted this afternoon
following a White House conference,
that a special session of Congress
will be called around the first of
October.
While asserting that President
Roosevelt did not commit himself
on the date for calling the special
session, representative SABBATH said
he believed October /, or there
abouts, would be the date.
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POLES HARD PRESSED

WARSAW, Sept. 12.-The Polish
defenders of Warsaw are being
hemmed in on all sides today de-
spite the stiff resistance they are
offering to the German invaders.
German land and air forces are
Systematically cutting off all re-
treats from the Polish capital Vir-
tually all roads east of Warsaw
have been attacked and destroyed
by German bombing planes.
Nazi troops seized the important
Warsaw Bailystok railway shortly
after German planes had combed the
station farther TO the northeast. The
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miles southwest of Es Jerk, in
southwestern Denmark.
Fourteen of the Olivebank's crew
were killed and seven were saved.
Survivors said the ship hit mine.
The British Ministry of Infor-
nation said also, that four British
merchant ships have reported UNI
successful attacks by submarines.
since the war began, subs have
sunk II allied ships with total
tonnage of 10000 tons
The Germans have lost five ships,
totalling 10000 tons, and the de-
stroyer Oresun, old type NaZi de-
stroyer which blew up yesterday
after striking a German laid mine
in the Baltic Sea-
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German high command claims that
strong positions in the province of
Posen had been occupied and that
several cities in the same area have
also been captured. 1t is reported
that several Polish divisions have
been trapped. German forces claim
ed that in the capture of the cities
and certain defenses they have ia
ken over large number of Polish
guns including 81 large mortars.
The official German war COM
today hopefully predicted
the fall of Warsaw within the next
"a hours.
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DOW. JONES AVERAGES

The following are today's Dow,
jones averages: industrials 1882.
rails 3285, utilities 24.08.
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TODD PIANO SCHOOL

Caroline Todd is opening her
piano classes Monday, September
II. For reservations call GIT, 4 to
6 pm. adv.
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A leading German newspaper said
today THE great battle in Poland
is approaching its end on the west
banks of the Vistula."
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DIR. sTEvEs, CHIRoPODIsT,

Makes Arch Appliances to measure.
Office, 10 Valentine Bldg, Phone
CAB. adv.
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LACHMANS IN

Sol Lachman and his son Moe,
arrived on the Columbia from the
Westward. Lachman is jewelry
broker. The two are at the Bar
anof
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The Book ALASKA. Revised and
Enlarged, Now On Sale; $1.0O.

Empire classifieds bring results.
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ALLIED WAR
COUNCILS
in SESSION
Continued from Page One)

air force has shut off eastern out
let's from Warsaw" and Nazi Land
forces have crossed the Warsaw
Siedlce railway, due east of the
capital.
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Empire Want Aos Bring Results.
Evening star., 1939-02-25

to curry favor with the Berlin-Rome
axis. Since the dismemberment of
Czecho-Slovakia and German as
cendancy there, Hungary has &C
quired fresh reason for cementing
friendly relations with Hitler, whose
drive for hegemony in Eastern Eu-
rope sooner or later will become a
vital issue at Budapest.
Premier Teleki's adhesion to the
tripartite anti-C -Comintern pact would
clearly appear to be designed to
strengthen his fences at Berlin. But
his bold smashing of the Nazi move
ment as plainly indicates that Hun
gary is not ready to sell her soul to
the totalitarian autocrats. Her gov
ernment is in the midst of a far
flung social program, including land
reform and other questions that go
to the root of the nations life. It
reveals itself as in no mood to let
subversive influences like the Hun
garist Nazis impede the progress of
the new DEAL
Evening star., 1939-02-25
RoyuI WeIch FusiIiers

Speaking at Richmond on Wash
ington's Birthday, Brigadier General
George Richards, United States
Marine Corps, retired, suggested the
erection of a memorial at Yorktown
in tribute to the Royal Welch Fusi-
liers, a famous British regiment
which served against the Americans
during the Revolutionary War, but
which has served with them in China
and in France more recently.
There is abundant precedent for a
monument to an erstWhile enemy.
One such may be found on the Plains
OF Abraham on the heights of
Quebec; another at Fort Necessity in
Pennsylvania.
But even if the Welch and the
American Marines were not now COM
rades and friends, a memorial to the
Fusiliers' gallantry at Yorktown
would be indicated. There is no
merit in defeating poltroons. It was
Evening star., 1939-02-25

and in private, as to promote both the
general and the individual welfare"
One of the most acutely obvious les
sons man has learned is the truth that
the justice requisite for proper function
ing OF democracy is inseparable from
recognition of the rights of God. Con-
versely, teaching which ignores or
blindly denies the existence of the
rights of God is by its very nature one
which tends necessarily to destroy the
morality upon which the operation of
our Nation is based. Basicaily the same
reason which would influence a man to
refuse acknowledgment of Gods rights
would drive him to ignore the rights of
his fellows and of the state itself. There
are somber pages in history which have
made this clear to us all.
The founding fathers, in ordering that
congress shall make no law respecting
the establishment of religion or pro-
hloltng the free exercise thereof" in
tended to use this unfettered force
toward the perfection of the Nation
God intrusted to these hands. In bring
ing that force to bear for the Well-beine
OF the American state in this time of its
pressing need, Msgr. Corrigan has in
stltuted a patriotic movement of vital
import, to all persons of good will and
repute, protesting other faiths (who)
may voluntarily align themselves with
the national crusade for God in gov
ernment if they should choose to do so
and If in conscience they subscribe to
its principles and objectives." Incl
dentally, he has shown, and The Star
has confirmed in its editorial, the false
position of those who, like Messrs. Stain
and Hitler, would make the separation
OF religion and state" tantamount to an
exclusion of the former from vital
affairs. REV JOSEPH c. FENTON.
February "a.
Evening star., 1939-02-25
Jagel's Objections to
National Anthem,
To the Editor of The st

10 the Editor OF The Star:
Frederick Jagel, Metropolitan Opera
singer, according to news article, objects
to "The Star Spangled Banner" as the
national anthem. He gives the oft-cited
criticisms, that the sound range is too
wide, that drinking song was once sung
to the air and that the words are inap-
propriate. He has, apparently, a fourth
objection, arising from an embarrassing
moment in South American visit, when,
upon being invited to sing it, he could
not remember the words. He has also,
made official for the Army in 1917, and
by act of Congress, made the national
anthem in 1881. Having thus exposed
his ignorance, he suggests we ought to
discard it and get another.
This would be ludicrous enough, COM
ing from one with such evident lack of
familiarity with the subject of his COM
plant, but the climax is reached when
1t is stated that Jagel has talked the
matter over with Jack Dempsey, who
agrees with him. Who is Jack Dempsey
to find fault with the American anthem
at this late date?
Jagel says he may take the matter up
with Secretary Ickes-why 1ckes, for the
love of Mike?-and Congressman Dies.
All right. Let Dies give him an answer.
ROBERT G. MacCARTEE,
February is,
Evening star., 1939-02-25
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. TraceWell.

If he is cruel, at times his apologists
may believe that it is with the cruelty of
intelligence.
Wonder why intelligence is so often
unkind? Consider that beauty of the
home aquarium, the so-called angel fish.
Here is. the smartest thing which swims.
and also one of the cruelest.
The way he swallows guppies, head
first, shows the beautiful "angeP' to be
anything but angelic. At the same time,
his appearance and actions, especially in
recognizing the one member of the fam
lily who feeds him, prove him to be gifted
with real brains.
If any more testimony we're needed 1t
is found in the parental care which this
creature gives its young The tiny
babies, not more than one sixteenth of
an inch long, are herded by the parent
fish into swarm, and guarded night and
day against enemies II fish ap-
proaches, the mother angel hurries the
swarm away, while the father flies like
veritable demon at the intruder.
This is intelligence, of sort; most
fishes, small or large, lack it. A gold
fish lays an egg and eats it at once
Baby fishes of most species are food
for all, including their own parents, the
moment they are hatched. Only their
almost microscopical size saves them. II
has been estimated that of every 1000
eggs which hatch out in the open waters,
only one lives and grows to be big fish.
10 into hoe
The heroic angel fish in time fails to
recognize its own children, and will eat
them all at gulp unless they hide from
him.
What might be called the architecture
of the jaybird is beautiful beyond that
Of many birds.
Not dumpy like the starting; not
clumsy, like the pigeon; not too eellike,
as the catbird-
. The blue jay combines the clean lines
of hawk with the outstanding position
of an athlete.
You have seen pictures of some beau
tiful opera singer
Well, blue jay is just as beautiful
just as high chested, just as trim and
neat. And that fine crest gives the fin
ishing touch.
While some of his singing" is rather
raucous, some of it is very sweet, and
even his loudest notes have very good
tone.
Saucy is the word for the jay and its
music is on that order, too. But now and
then it sings soft song which few lis
teners recognize as coming from it, it is
so at odds with the peculiar bounce and
vlgor of the bird.
If he is cruel at times, it probably is
more OF "siloW-of" demonstration
with him than anything else, probably
an effort to impress his mate with his
devil-may-care attitude toward a world
which is far more wicked than he.
Evening star., 1939-02-25
Opposes Crusade for
God in Government.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
In praising editorially the national
crusade for God in government, which
Catholic University has proposed as a
memorial to the late Pope. The Star
seems to have forgotten that one of the
fundamental principles of American
Government has always been the sep
aration of the state from religion, so
as to leave entirely to the individual
citizen complete freedom in religious
matters and complete liberty to wor-
ship God in his own way, or not to
worship God at all, if that is his wish.
After viewing the many religious wars
fought in Europe between various gov
ernments over interpretations of God
and religion in government, the found
ing fathers of America rightly de-
termined to avoid such controversies
and, therefore, they saw to it that
God was not mentioned in either the
Declaration of independence or the Con-
stitution of the United States. Conse-
quently, we would be going directly
contrary to the entire spirit animating
the foundation of this Republic if the
proposed crusade for God in govern
ment were to succeed.
It is too often forgotten that many of
the founders of the United States were
followers of Voltaire and the French
encyclopedias, deists, or free thinkers
in matters of religion. Tom Paine, the
first person to use in print the term
United States of America" and Gen.
Ethan Allen, who first made American
independence inevitable by his capture
of Fort Ticonderoga, both wrote books
highly critical of the Christian religion.
More cautious because of business affii-
ations was Benjamin Franklin. Amer
ica's patron saint. Jefferson and Madison
were both excoriated by their political
opponents because of their liberal and
deistic views of religion. Even George
Washington, our first President, was for
the most part Indifferent in religious
matters.
The result was the guarantee placed
in the first amendment to the Con-
stitution, which has been the basic law
ever since. And the majority of the
American people certainly still desire
to follow the Constitution in this
matter.
So let us hope that the un-American
proposal for a national crusade for
God in government in the United States
does not succeed.
RICHARD A. HITCHCOCK.
February IA.
Evening star., 1939-02-25
God in Government
Crusade Explained.
February IA.
To the Editor of The Star

To the Editor of The Star:
Allow me to congratulate you on your
editorial of February IA entitled "Papal
Memorial" It is quite consistent with
the enlightened patriotism usually char
acterizing the policy of The Star. If
the democratic form of government in
these United States is to continue Sue
cessfully, guaranteeing and protecting
the freedom of our fellow citizens, these
citizens must be actually responsive to
the duties which are theirs. Function
ing as the citizens of democracy, they
must be willing to give to their fellows
and to the state as such whatever is
due to them.
"It is intended that all Catholics en-
listed in the national crusade for God
in government prove their love of our
homeland by voluntarily dedicating
themselves annually so to comport
themselves as citizens, both In public
Evening star., 1939-02-25
The Wurrinq Case

Inc warning case
Revelation of the infamous rami-
fications of the Warning case tended
for a while to break down public
confidence in the incorruptibility of
the law in the Nations Capital.
Justice Bolitha J. Laws, by his forth
right handling of that astounding
case, has done much to restore faith
of the doubters and to justify the
trust OF others in the machinery of
justice.
Although as shocked as any one in
the courthouse and in the city at
large by the disclosures of jury tam
pering, by the sordid charges involv-
ing even officers of the court, Justice
Laws maintained judicial calm as
he proceeded to take personal charge
OF far-reaching inquiry with a
view to getting to the bottom of the
case. The statement which he made
yesterday in sentencing those guilty
OF the heinous charges is an eloquent
testimonial to the dispassionate
thoroughness and utter fairness
with which the court prepared to
judge those cited for contempt.
This statement by Justice Laws
we'll might be emblazoned on every
court of justice: 1T is the solemn
duty OF the judges and lawyers who
are part of the courts, and the citi-
zens who are litigants, jurors and
witnesses in the courts, to demand
that rugged honesty shall be main
tanned by all engaged in deciding
disputed issues. If the time comes
when confidence in the administra-
tion of justice is lost, when litigants
despair of fair trial in their tri-
bunals, we shall confront one of the
gravest menaces which might affect
our community-even our country"
The whole deplorable mess, it must
not be forgotten, stemmed from the
harmless little numbers game" Out
of this so-called petty racket grew
the Shiny efforts to corrupt law en-
forcement in the District of Colum-
bia. Nor should it be overlooked that
the collapse of the Warning racket
had its origin not in police activity,
but in income tax inquiries by the
Internal Revenue Bureaus Intelli-
gence Unit. Perhaps the court had
this fact in mind-and certain testi-
mony regarding alleged bribery of
police-When he expressed doubt
that all angles of the case have been
explored. There are many sugges-
tions," he said, which have not de-
veloped full and complete answers"
The citizens of Washington whole
heartedly agree with Justice Laws
that investigation of the Warning
case should continue until every dis
turbing question, every suspicion
raised by developments in the long
drawn-out proceedings has been
cleared up.
Evening star., 1939-02-25
MERIDIAN PLACE.

GEAR Sir:
"You can count me in with you in
giving the blue Jay pretty clean char
acter.
For the past eight years, which my
observation covers, variety of birds
have nested and raised young in the
block bounded by Fourteenth street, Six
teenth street, Newton street and Merid-
ian place Northwest, among them being
pair of blue jays, two pairs, of robins,
one pair cardinals, one pair catbirds, as
well as sparrows and starlings.
About four years ago the blue jays
and the cardinals had their nests within
100 feet of each other and both raised
their broods without interference from
the other and have seen jays in one
tree feeding brood just flying and car
dinals doing the same in another tree
nearby.
I'm many years of observation I have
never seen jays interfere in any way
with any other bird. Sincerely,
"A. B."
This letter ought to make the jays feel
pretty good, if they can read, and we
wouldn't put it beyond them, at ALL
They are smart enough.
A jaybird with spectacles, reading his
favorite paper
What happy sight that would be!
There he would be, reading all the
latest bird news and views, seeing him
self attacked and defended,
Defense of the jay comes easily, it
would SEEM for there is no more colorful,
active, interesting bird in our garden.
His attraction is all the greater be-
cause he seldom stays more than few
minutes at time in any one yard
Yet those few minutes daily will pro-
vide the bird friend with some of his
finest sights.
Jays not only are beautiful, but so
energetic that they are in motion all the
time on these visits.
This means they are twisting their
necks, Haunting that crest working those
wings, and, in general, displaying their
fine feathers to the best possible effect.
IL dlSO means lQdC lIlev are QOlng
something or other to catch the imagina-
ton.
X X X
Jays are fearless, of course. Now, in
talking Of humans, one is likely to say
and believe that the fearless man is less
likely to be the truculent man.
He knows his strength, is sure of him.
self, has no chip on his shoulder, and
hence is willing to overlook great many
things which the little fellow might
think impinging on his precious honor.
Well, blue jay, among the birds, is
just so.
He can fight, but his very presence
scares away most of his enemies, so that
he doesn't have to.