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Evening star., 1939-07-23

SALESMAN to contact builders; similar
or home improvements experience desir-
able: must have car; drawing account For
consideration give complete business his
tory. Box l45-S, Star
Evening star., 1939-07-23

REPRESENTATIVE for contact work:
| good personality; guar. salary and COM
| mission; must own car. Box 15s-S. Star.
| SALESMAN with or without car to call
perience. if now employed Box 4O9-S.
Evening star., 1939-07-23

PAPER HANGER, white. work in Washing
ton first class Apply Sunday, Jol den
Paint Co. S11 King St. Alexandria, Va.
PHARMACIST. registered relief work; 3
nights and every other Sunday: also 3
afternoons If possible: permanent: state
age references Box 2RQ-S. Star
Evening star., 1939-07-23

REAL ESTATE statesmen t2), expert
enced; must have car Drawing account.
L. G. WHITE. Inc. 71O1 Wisconsin ave.
Wis. 1900, Bethesda. Md
Evening star., 1939-07-23

PRESSER experienced in pressing wool
ems and linens. Steady Job Apply 1912
New York ave NV.
PUBLICITY MAN and writer: work on
commission basis; excellent opportunity for
right person. Box TAX. Star.
Evening star., 1939-07-23

| NIGHT JANITOR, colored. experienced on
| switchboard and elevator; must have good
references. Apply 112l New Hampshire
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Evening star., 1939-09-18

contention he should be willing to ex-
plain how we can provide one belligerent
with the raw materials for an arsenal
without becoming target for the other.
It IS significant that neither Senator
Vandenberg nor any other isolationist
has yet advanced such an explanation,
and they cannot do so for the obvious
reason that the embargo does not insure
our neutrality in any realistic sense of
the word and is not shield against
this countryS involvement in war" In
my opinion, there can be no valid or
convincing argument to the contrary of
The Stars Interpretation as here quoted
but 1t will be extremely interesting to us
all to hear from the Senator in response
to the challenge thus issued.
Personally, am great admirer of
Mr. Vandenberg as man of the highest
mental attainments and of true Amer
lean ideals, outstanding in craftsmanship
and easily Of full presidential calber. I
hope to see him the standard bearer of
my party in the campaign of next year,
but most fervently hope also that his
course respecting neutrality law revision
in the coming special session of Congress
may diverge from that which his utter
ances heretofore lead us to expect
N. H. ROBBINS,
San Antonio, Tex.
September IA.
Evening star., 1939-09-18

It is Of the future, not of the past,
that Europe-and the Americas
must think, and think hard and
fast. From a strictly military
standpoint, the Russian invasion OF
Poland means that the hour Is rap
idly approaching when the western
front will become the main, If not the
only scene of hostilities. Russia,
apparently guaranteed in Siberia
against the danger of japanese
attack, may be left to stand guard
over a crushed Poland, while
Germany with all her might turns
her attention to the Siegfried Line
and the assault she must now expect
from Britain and France.
1t is reassuring to hear from Lon
don that the Chamberlain govern
ment's resolve to carry on" till
Hitlerism is smashed, despite Russia s
action, is undiminished, but that the
western allies task is immeasurably
harder today than it was week ago
is undeniable.
Evening star., 1939-09-18

which China is taking her stricken
way. The tragedy that has befallen
her, through ruthless assault by an
overwhelmingly stronger foe, should
make particularly poignant appeal
to this country, because it is known
by all men that except for the sinews
of war Japan has been able uninter-
ruptedly to import from the United
States, the cruelties and sufferings
her armies and air fleet have in
flicted upon China might not have
been possible.
The civilian population of the at
tackled nation-primarily women,
children, the aged and infirm-are
the special victims of the horrors and
terrors of invasion. The several
American organizations, which are
welded into the United Council for
Civilian Relief in China, have had a
generous response to appeals for
funds, but the needs call for in
finitely more money than has so far
been contributed.
The Star is glad, on this ami
versary of the Manchurian aggres-
sion, to- support the plea of Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt, jr., chairman Of
the Relief Council, for enlarged aid
in cause that cannot fail to enlist
the practical sympathy of all Ameri-
cans at this cataclysmic hour in the
destinies of the Chinese people.
Evening star., 1939-09-18
The Business Upswinq

To the rising chorus of optimism
over the business outlook is added
the voice of the capable Undersecre-
tary of the Treasury, John w. Hanes.
Mr.. Hanes finds his cue in the
emergence of capital from the
storm cellar" where it has sought
refuge during the past five years,
and in such a related factor as the
sharp rise in the miscellaneous reve-
nues of the Treasury, including an
increase of more than one hundred
million dollars in manufacturers ex-
else taxes for the first half of Sep
tember over the figures for the cor
responding period of last year.
The upturn is being reflected in
expenditures for plant equipment
and betterments, where there has
been noticeable lag, and while there
still is little evidence that the storm
cellar" is yielding much enterprise
money, there is no apparent reason
why the improvement should not
begin to extend into this area also.
The encouraging feature of this
progress is that it has been recorded
without the spur of war, which Mr.
Hanes naturally expects will acceler-
ate industry further by diverting a
large percentage of competing pro-
duction to wartime usages.
In this connection, the Treasury
Undersecretary expresses the belief
that business would be smart if it
spread this thing out by stepping
up production and keeping down the
cost per unit basis" explaining that
in this way, public purchasing power
would not be choked off by high
prices.
That is the policy already adopted
by steel and several other leading
industries, and if this course is fol-
lowed, the country will be the gamer.
Coincidentally, Mr.. Hanes' state
ment appeared as the National Re
sources Committee was estimating
that the unemployment of men and
machines in the depression years of
1930-1937 slashed two hundred bill
lion dollars from the national in
come.
While the committee, arguing the
necessity for complete utilization of
resources, ponders steps to bring this
about, Mr.. Hanes ascribes the more
favorable outlook to the fact that
"the profit motive is returning. "
That, after all, is the most powerful
incentive.
Evening star., 1939-09-18
Says "Help Hitler" Embargo
Should Be Scrapped.

To the Editor Of The Star
For years Americans have been saying,
why don't the democracies Of Europe do
something to stop Hitler? Why do they
let him grab one country after another?"
Now, at last, they are trying to halt
Hitler and his ugly work. American pub
lie opinion helped force the issue. We
did our full share in persuading the
democracies to make stand-but, unbe-
lievable as it may seem, there are persons
who talk about keeping the help Hitler"
embargo on the statute books!
Think of refusing to sell airplanes to
the hard-pressed allies 1t would be one
Of the most wicked betrayals in history.
BY our slowness in providing steady
supply Of airplanes, We are aiding and
abetting Hitler's fearful military ma
chine. We are endangering the cause for
which the democracies fight. Every day
lost is a bad day. A victory for the
Nazis may end the independent life Of
Great Britain and France. After beating
the British to their knees, what is to
keep Hitler from taking Canada as part
of the booty?
The time to save human liberty is now.
The time to repeal the help Hitler" en-
barge is the present time.
JAMES McSWEENEY.
Madison, Wis,
September IL.
Evening star., 1939-09-18
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Tr1ce1DeH.

shy little tunes to wind their way into
the heart.
The record collector, just little bet
ter than most music lovers, understands
this, because he has the music in his
hand, actually to have and hold.
He never quite gets over the mystery Of
this, and something of it creeps into
the mind of the most Indifferent persons,
once they start collecting.
Get yourself some Spanish tunes, then,
and some Hawaiian melodies, and some
hillybilly numbers, and do not be
ashamed of them before these hoity -toity
persons who pretend to collect only the
works of the masters.
The works of the great masters can
take care of themselves, generally speak
ing but what will become Of the lighter
side, if we do not take it to our hearts?
We will tell you-it, too, will get along
very well.
Why, it was these same hillbilly rec
ords which helped keep the phonograph
industry alive after the first impact of
radio almost put it out of business.
They were bought by the millions by
people who did not have radios, but had
enough sense to know good tunes when
they heard them. Sometimes the real
music lover will wonder over the snob-
berry OF educated persons, at least some
of them, which makes them draw up
ironclad lists of great and not great
and think they have settled the matter.
This is particularly obnoxious in regard
to music. Music is built of such elusive
elements that 1t cannot be handled that
way; to do so, settles nothing, but only
gives hurt to the one who tries to
settle by dictate.
If you want to start hillbilly collec-
ton, begin with Great speckle Bird"
This Is a hymn, sung with guitars,
usually, sometimes with fiddle added.
There are half dozen or more record
ings on the market, all of them good.
The Bible student may have to think
hard before he realizes what this
''speckle bird" is, but he comes from
jeremiah, xii9, Mine heritage is unto
me as a speckled bird, the birds round
about are against her"
The hillbilly song leaves out the "d'
from speckled, and adds some matters
in regard to this great bird which are
not in the Bible, but on the whole the
idea is treated with a grim reverence
well echoed by the strains.
This one record, we believe will give
you an entirely new idea of these songs
The steady rhythm and the odd voices
at least so to many city people add a
touch as exotic as that of the Hawaiian
voices in an authentic hula, but these
are our own people, whose music is
really great deal nearer and dearer to
us than some of the heavily classical
works which so many strive so nightly
to like and sometimes find-let us whis-
per-hard going.
Evening star., 1939-09-18

Those who have monographs by all
means should get some hillbilly records
These come at IS cents, in several
makes, and are all good
Guitars and the human voice-where
comes better music, or more appro-
pirate for recording?
The music of Hawaii, South Amer
ica, and of our mountain people, all
has this very fine combination.
Hillbilly music, as it Is now widely
called, has the additional flair of the
novelty of unusual voices.
These voices are nasal, and the words
have peculiar accent on such syllables
as 'you,' which comes out "yew," but
even that doesn't give the quality.
This hillbilly quality is the great
charm of this music; and after you, as
listener, have got 1t into your blood, it
has a real satisfaction not found else
where.
Because of this the naive ballads, and
especially the religious songs, take on
some of the sweet appeal of the Negro
spirituals. They have at once a definite
sWing-not in the current sense-and
an honest grasp of religious essentials
not always found in more complex
music.
The obvious sincerity of the singers
prevents these songs from striking one
as funny" except on a first hearing.
The first time one hears them, the un-
usual side of them may be stressed, but
one does not listen more than q few
times before 1t is realized that there is
only honest religious sentiment here.
Radio has brought these songs to
thousands of listeners who otherwise
might not know they existed.
At least q few of the records should
be in every representative disk collec-
ton. At this point it might not be in
appropriate to say something about
what such collection should contain.
No matter what the music lovers pref
erence, he has in the records wonder
full opportunity to hear typical speci
authentic in every way.
If he confines himself solely to what
is usually called great" music, such as
symphonies and cantatas, he has some
very fine music. without doubt, but a
very lopsided record collection, viewed
from any except a specialists stand
point.
X 4
1t is sure that few persons are really
specialists, in this respect. What they
want is music, the wider variety the
better, but somehow they have got the
idea that to be music it must be great
music" Nothing could be farther from
the truth. There are smiles and smiles,
happy wide smiles and shy little smiles.
There is music and music, great thun-
dering marches, exulting symphonies,
Evening star., 1939-09-18
Arlington Grows Up

Largely due to the building boom
of recent years, Arlington County
now has the highest assessed valua-
tion of any county in Virginia. Fur
thermore Arlington valuations are
exceeded by only three of the
twenty-four cities in Virginia.
Richmond, Norfolk and Roanoke.
Arlington went into first place as
a result of ten per cent increase in
the assessment of its real estate,
personal property and public utilities
during the past year. This increase,
amounting to $4,511,8 ,846, has raised
the total valuation to $41, 1923 ,977, the
county commissioner of revenue an
nounced. What is even more en-
couraging, the official pointed out, is
that further substantial increases are
expected when the tax base for
1910 is computed as several hundred
residences, a number of business
properties and two units of a large
housing project were not completed
in time for the 1889 tax rolls.
Arlington County is fortunately sit
uated adjacent to Washington and its
growth, like that of adjoining Mary
land counties, was inevitable as the
city expanded. 1t has been fortu-
nate, too, in having Federal funds
spent on such projects as the George
Washington Memorial parkway. But
such fortunate circumstances do not
detract from the credit due the
county officials and civic leaders who
have helped make Arlington attrac-
tive. They have installed a pro-
gressive county manager form of
government, they have tried to build
up the school system to high stand
ard, to provide adequate roads, and
to insure proper water and sewer
systems and recreational facilities.
Current questions before the citi-
zens of the fast-growing county in
clude the issue of municipal power,
possible changes in the police setup
and gradual transition to paid fire
men. In meeting the issues of the
day and planning for the future,
county officials and citizens would
do we'll to bear in mind that Arling-
ton has advanced to the front rank
in Virginia as a high-class residen-
tial community. It's leaders can rem
der no more valuable service than to
zee that Il retaina that status.
Evening star., 1939-09-18
San Antonio, Tex.
September IA.
Church Congregation Thanked
For Preventing Eviction.

Churcn Congregation Thanked
For Preventing Eviction.
To the Editor Of The Star:
The following letter was sent to the
minister Of the Nineteenth Street Bap-
tist Church by the chairman OF the
Citizens Committee for Support OF
w. P. A.:
"The Citizens Committee for Support
of w. P. A., which is vitality interested in
the maintenance of decent standards in
assistance to the unemployed in the Dis
trict of Columbia, wishes unanimously to
express its great appreciation for the aid
rendered by the congregation Of the
Nineteenth Street Baptist Church re-
Gently to one Of Washington's unem-
ployed.
"The action of the congregation and
the minister in making an emergency
contribution to help prevent a painful
and tragic eviction, is splendid exam
pie Of Christian principles in action, this
committee believes"
VIM. P. ROBINSON.
September II.
Evening star., 1939-09-18
Constitution FOrbids Public
Funds for Sectarian Schools.
To the Editor Of The Star

To the Editor Of The Star:
Press reports state that at meeting
of the National Council for Catholic
Women, recently in session at San Fran
cisco, resolution was adopted favoring
the use of public funds in support OF
Catholic schools"
These delegates appear to have over
looked the provision in the Constitution
of the United States which prohibits the
use OF public moneys for sectarian pur-
poses. Probably no other provision in the
Constitution is more vital to the we'll
being of the people Of the United States
than the one forbidding appropriation OF
public funds for sectarian purposes-in
other words, the complete separation OF
church and state. JOHN E. LIBBY.
September "a.
Evening star., 1939-09-18
Remember China

Today marks the eighth ami
versary of the Japanese invasion of
Manchuria- the notorious Muk-
den incident" which was to be ex-
plotted by the Toxic war lords not
only as a pretext for the conquest of
China's great northern province, but
for the ensuing undeclared war on
all China, which has now ragged for
more than two years.
Amid the incalculable misery and
anxiety with which aggression in Eu-
rope has plunged the world this
month, the American people should
not forget the Gethsemane through
Evening star., 1939-09-18
Upon q Rock

I wandered in cool, clustered haunts
OF shy, wild things,
Where gentle gossiping Of trees
And whir of wings
Were mingled with the elm sound
Made by the brook;
Where cricket orchestras struck up
In every nook.
Then suddenly came upon
An ancient wall,
Where ivy torches had been lit
BY passing fall;
Where grape vines counted purple beads
The livelong day
And lichens spread their tapestries
OF softest gray.
Men laid these stones for permanence,
Without a thought
OF all the delicate designs
The years have wrought.
They made wall to stand food
Or earthquake shock
Now beauty builds her fragile house
Upon that rock.
ANNA M. PRIESTLEY.
Evening star., 1939-09-18
Madison, Wis,
September IL.
Commends Editorial on
Neutrality Hazards.

To the Editor OF The Star
It is a pleasure to me to submit to The
Star some comment upon its powerful
editorial of September 13 under the cap
ton Neutrality Hazards"
In the first place, it is safe assump-
ton that the great majority OF our peo-
pie, including those opposed to war on
general principles, and even those most
denunciatory of our participation in any
European war, feel warm sympathy
for England and France in the present
emergency; we have this feeling of par
tiality in spite of ourselves, in spite OF
war debts and of many other indica-
tions of ingratitude manifested by those
countries since 1918 This being true,
it is but natural that we should, from
the President down, oppose an alleged
neutrality system which definitely works
to the serious disadvantage of England
and France and by that very fact greatly
advantages and promotes the insane
ambitions Of Aga Khan, or Napoleon
the Second, as Hitler fondly imagines
himself to be. The first thought to sub
iugate the world of his day; the second
did in fact practically subjugate Europe.
1t is an equally safe premise that no
neutrality law can be devised that will
be de facto impartially neutral in the
current situation, embargo or no en-
bargo unless there is drastic revision
of existing law that will extend the
embargo so as to include in the ban all
products directly or indirectly necessary
to the conduct and prosecution of hos
tilities, and to further include food sup
plies, without which neither arms nor
civilians can function.
On this point The Star pertinently
states: "The embargo now in force for
bids the expectation of arms, ammuni-
ton and implements of war to any of
the participants in the European con-
flict. But it does not forbid the expor-
tation of the raw materials essential to
the manufacture of the embargoed COM
modities. Senator Vandenberg said that
we cannot become an arsenal for one
belligerent without ultimately becoming
. target for the other II the Senator
= convinced Of the soundness Of that
Evening star., 1939-09-18
History Shows Interest Of
Church in Labor.

To the Editor Of The Star
The high command Of the Catholic
Church has frequently been accused of
being hand in glove with the ruling
classes. In particular this has been
brought out during the late Spanish
Civil War.
But already in the last century great
churchmen came out boldly for social
security, for betterment in the living
conditions of the common man. There
was the English Cardinal, Henry Edward
Manning G8O8-189O. His advocacy of
the claims Of labor attracted Pope Leo
Kills attention. Every man has q
right to work or to bread" Frequently
he was attacked as socialist. He was
not, but he favored some of the methods
of socialism. He settled the great dock
workers strike in the fall of 1889. His
funeral became the scene of a remark
able labor demonstration (January ID,
1922. A friend had passed away. As
we note, Manning was also a great
priest and pulpit orator.
There was in Germany William Eman-
uel Baron Won Ketteler, Bishop of Mainz
QS11187D. A potent personality in his
time and day Outspoken opponent of
Bismarck, he declared the Rhine to be a
Catholic river. AS early as 1868 he de-
Tended some socialist views on labor and
Christianity. When the Polish Prince
Lithnowsky was killed in a Frankfurt
street riot Q848) it was Ketteler who, at
the bier, preached the funeral sermon.
And there, of course, was the Pope
himself, the illustrious Leo XIII: Rerum
novarum (of new deaD. In substance:
The worker is entitled to work and to
the necessities and decencies of life, in
his station and according to the eco
nomic condition of the country.
And so what? Why, at time when
these princes of the church spoke up for
the downtrodden, the Federal Council
of democratic Switzerland turned dead
against them. The question was raised:
Does the state owe the citizen living?
This means if man, using his best
efforts, cannot find any work, is it up
to the government to provide him with
a job? The answer was no, excepting as
the already existing vagrancy laws took
care of him. How? BY putting him in
front of rock pile on bread and water.
September 8. FRED VETTER.
Evening star., 1939-09-18

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herein also reserved
Evening star., 1939-09-18
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Evening star., 1939-09-18
Commends The Star Editorial
On Neutrality Hazards.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Congratulations on your editorial in
tonight's Star on Neutrality Hazards" ;"
Too bad we can't get the "isolationist"
Senators to offer a detailed rebuttal of
the editorial in place of the "blah" they
are handing out. K. Y. z.
Arlington, Va.
September IL.
Evening star., 1939-09-18
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Evening star., 1939-09-18

@. Who invented the grain header?-
M. B.
A. The first patent on grain header
was granted in 1849 to Jonathan Haines
Of Illinois.
Evening star., 1939-09-18

@. How did the custom of throwing
rice at weddings originate?-F. S.
A. The ancient Romans believed that
by throwing rice on the bride, they
would insure her fecundity.