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Evening star., 1939-06-22
Wise Second THOUGHT

On mature reflection the Prince
Georges County Commissioners have
changed their minds about issuing
blanket permits for benefits at which
games of chance can be operated.
Last week they acted hastily and
with stubbornness that ignored the
advice of their own attorney in au-
thorizing such permits.
Developments since the order was
issued apparently have had a sober
ing effect on the board. The county
volunteer flremen, who were in
tended to be the beneficiaries of the
games of chance, found the boards
order was not to their liking AS
predicted at the time the authoriza-
tion for blanket thirty day benefit
permits was passed, slot machine op-
orators and other gambling interests
tried to take advantage of it. Fire
men reported to the board that some
OF their companies were offered
twenty-five per cent of the take"
If they would sponsor slot machines
IN business places, and one hundred
dollars a week to sponsor bingo
games. The prospect of thus being
held directly responsible for a re-
newal of widespread gambling in a
county, where the public has long
tried in vain to place the blame for
organized gambling, was not pleas
ont to the commissioners.
The board wisely revoked the
blanket order and passed an author
ization more in keeping with the
spirit OF a new law which went into
effect this month and which has the
innocuous purpose of authorizing
blngo and other games of chance for
specific charity purposes. In the
future such permits are to be for
one day only, except in cases of
carnivals for flremen or other worthy
groups, which may obtain permits
good for as long as two weeks. Fur
thermore, they specify that slot ma
chimes are not to be operated. The
public will credit the commissioners
with the courage to right their own
mistake and rejoice that the new
order seems to signify that inf1uen-
tial officials are sympathetic toward
the move to oust gamblers from
Prince Georges.
Evening star., 1939-06-22

Germany and Italy as the guest OF
Chancellor Hitler and Premier Mus
solini he will be in position to COM
pare American military progress with
that of Europe's most militaristic
states.
It is fortunate for both the United
States and Brazil that military CO.
operation is being carried so far, for
in case of general war in Europe the
interest Of the Americas-North and
South-will be to stay out of it as
long as they can, and if that proves
impossible to 60 in together with
determination to win.
The possibility of effective military
cooperation in time of war becomes
more real if, in times of peace, those
who expect to stand together know
thoroughly each others strength.
That is the purpose which General
Monteiro's stay in this country
serves, as did that Of General
Marshall in Rio de Janeiro, for while
in the United States the Brazilian
chief will have an opportunity to
discuss practical measures for mu-
tual security with President Roose-
velt, Secretary of War Woodring,
Assistant Secretary Louis Johnson,
Undersecretary of State Sumner
Welles and other key figures in
American officialdom.
Evening star., 1939-06-22

french democracy obviously holds for
smaller nations. But the acute menace
confronting such nations as Holland.
Belgium, Denmark and Switzerland
not to speak of those to the east of
Germany-is familiar 1t is also be-
ginning to be grasped that the fabric
OF such democracy as remains in
Europe is so closely knit together that
what happens to one nation either
Weakens or strengthens the whole fab
rlc. Witness, for example, the disas-
trous setback to democracy everywhere
following the Nazi conquest of Czecho-
Slovakia. Realism requires we acknowl-
edge that the fabric of democracy has
been so badly rent that quick and
concerted action is essential if the job
OF mending is to be accomplished in
time.
Every single nation upon which the
Fascist axis has designs-which can be
certain that it is not on the list?-
is key to the future Of democracy
Only in the sense that France is a
master key does she deserve special
attentlon. But contemplation of the
near-encirclement OF France, a large
country (but with population half
that of Germany should drive home
to Americans the nature of the issue
confronting the world. We can have
much to say in deciding whether French
democracy is completely encircled-and
whether ultimately, world democracy,
including our own, Is encircled and
destroyed by the military aggression
upon which fascism thrives.
A formal, straight jacket neutrality"
which, in practice, encourages the use
OF force by the Nazis and their allies
greatly enhances the danger of the
destruction of civilization. now synony-
nous with democracy. But legislation
by our Congress permitting positive aid
to the victims of aggression would 90
far toward preserving both democracy
and world peace. Such legislation would
also hasten the end of fascism, which
cannot live long without aggression.
LYLE COOPER.
Forest Glen, Md.
June II.
Evening star., 1939-06-22
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Tr1ceUeH.

The bold blue jay is afraid Of just one
bird-the mourning dove, variously
known as the turtle or Carolina dove.
This very good imitation of the ex-
tinct passenger pigeon seems to have
real antipathy toward the Jay.
The moment one OF the handsome
blue and gray birds, with its cocky crest,
lights at feeding station, the doves
present-and at ours there usually are
from two to four-run at him.
Sometimes they do not see the jay
for few seconds.
The moment they spot him, they raise
their wings in defiance, making a short
and determined run at the intruder
We have never seen what would hap
pen If the jay stood his ground, for
always it has flown away at once.
This is all the more curious, since
the blue Jay seems afraid Of little else
in the bird kingdom, or any other nat
ural kingdom, for that matter; it is
curious, too, because the dove seems
gentle enough toward all other species
just what the dove has against the
jay-well, who can say? Maybe it
doesn't like its color Color plays a
big part in the animal kingdom. 1t
is said that al-white penguins are
badgered out Of existence by the regu-
lar penguins which wear both black
and white. The albino, in any species,
often has a hard time of it to get
along.
There is a little confusion over the
common names given several Of the
doves.
Common names for birds, animals,
plants. often cause confusion. Perhaps
that is the best reason for scientific
nomenclature, after all.
The most general name for our dove,
the only one common hereabouts, Is
mourning dove. from its plaintive call.
Yet in the South the half-size ground
dove is often called the mourning dove.
1t has an even more plaintive note.
The ground dove sometimes comes
to the District of Columbia, but is
rather stray. 1t seldoms nests here
abouts.
1t is about 6ia inches long, in con-
trast with the 1914 inches of the real
mourning dove
There is also Mexican form which
is said to be extremely quarrelsome
with other species at nesting time. Evi-
IDENTIFY the bird of the far South has
some of the fiery qualities commonly
associated with the Latin-American
countries.
y
How charming, the music OF Latin
America!
Unless you go there, the phonograph
will give one the finest SAMPLES.
Evening star., 1939-06-22
Believes In Third Term
For Roosevelt,

To the Editor Of The Star:
Undoubtedly, there is a move on foot
to eliminate Mr.. Roosevelt from a third
term, based on the pretext that it will
break an old-time rule and establish a
bad precedent.
Is it not fine thing to break old
rules and establish new precedents when
it is desirable or necessary If Mr..
Roosevelt has made an excellent leader
for two terms, having worked for the
best interest of the masses of people, and
saved the country from wreck and ruin,
why should he be eliminated, simply
because no other President was ever
elected the third time? I believe in
breaking precedents whenever it is for
the benefit of our country to do so,
as it will be in electing Mr.. Roosevelt
for third term.
OF course, Mr.. Roosevelt has made
mistakes. Nevertheless, where is there
Democrat or Republican who can
replace him and carry on as successfully
the great work he has done and is still
doing? Mr.. Roosevelt may not wish to
serve third term. However, I am
certain that most Of our people believe
that this is no time to swap horses" {"
Norfolk, va. J., H. CoFER.
june II.
Evening star., 1939-06-22
Railroad Bites Motorist

A story from Reading, Pa, will be
recognized by all journalists as brim-
ming over with news value, as it is a
case OF a railroad biting a motorist.
The Reading Railroad Company,
Pennsylvania corporation, is suing
Mr.. Nathan Fink, unincorporated, on
an aggravated hit and bounce charge.
There was a murmur of sympathy
from court spectators as the plain
tiff appeared, suffering from a COM
pound locomotive fracture, badly
strained tender, three broken coaches,
and internal injuries at obscure spots
in its corporate structure which it
was feared might ultimately result
in a passed dividend or a Severely
dislocated debenture. Rapping for
order, the judge quelled the disturb
ance and called for the evidence.
Attorneys for the railroad said
that 1t was driving its crack train,
the Philadelphia Rocket, we'll over
on the right side of the track at
very moderate speed, having found
from past experience that no one was
ever in hurry to get to Philadelphia.
The driver. approaching an automo-
bile crossing, slowed down and blew
his whistle. Suddenly, with a deaf
ening roar from four powerful three
inch cylinders Mr.. Fink's fifty-dollar,
thirty-horsepower juggernaut ap-
peared from nowhere, bearing down
on the helpless train. The impact
was terrific. So severe was the shock
that many dazed passengers in the
first coach thought that the train
must have run over a quarter, or at
least dime.
In rebuttal the defendant admitted
leaving the scene of the accident, but
said that he stopped as soon as his
wheels hit the ground again. No box
score of the trial is available as yet,
but it is to be hoped that justice
will prevail, and that inoffensive
corporations will have some slight
redress against the brutal, high
handed tactics of grasping, ruthless,
unincorporated rugged individualists.
Evening star., 1939-06-22
Submarine Safety

So many factors enter into the
problem of submarine safety devices
that public judgment should be re-
served on testimony before the naval
court of inquiry into the loss of the
U. S. S. Squalus.
Lieutenant Oliver F. Naquin, COM
mander of the Squalus, testified
before the court that he believed
adoption of recommendation made
after the loss of another submarine
nearly twenty years ago might have
prevented the loss of his vessel, pro-
viding it was the failure of the air
induction valve that was responsible
for the disaster.
The cause of the loss of the Squa-
lus cannot be determined definitely
until she is raised and examined. Un-
til that is done, any judgment, even
expert Judgment is premature Even
should it be demonstrated beyond
question that the high induction
valve had failed, resulting in loss of
the submersible, it still is debatable
whether the type of interlocking de-
vice between the ballast tank valves
and the induction valve advocated by
Lieutenant Naquin should be adopted
for American submarines.
Provision of mechanical link be-
tween the induction and Kingston,
or ballast tank valves, would serve
merely to introduce still another
"gadget' into the already too COM
plicated mechanism of the modern
submarine. IfNvalves can fail, so can
any mechanical device linking those
valves, and the net effect would be to
provide two possible sources of fail
ure instead of one. Mechanical links
between the induction valve, high
above the submarine deck, and the
KingStons, far down underwater,
would be difficult to install since they
would have to penetrate decks and
bulkheads and would have to be
fitted to pass around tanks, batteries
and control mechanism. Electrical
connections might be even less posi-
tive and more subject to damage or
operating failures.
After the S4 disaster in 1927, more
than 1900 safety devices were recon-
mended to a special naval safety
board. Every one was examined and
all of them showing any promise
whatever were subjected to careful
study.
IF any of the proposed safety
devices has been rejected" it was ex-
planned by Navy Department sub
marine authority, "it was because
the studies showed more would be
lost than gained through its adop-
Evening star., 1939-06-22
For the Good of All

Filibustering traditionally has
been a favorite and often effective
device of Senate groups, usually
minorities and sometimes individ-
uals, in forcing acceptance or aban-
donment Of certain legislative plans.
AS such, it is a weapon which some
times has worked for the general
good and sometimes otherwise, de-
pending largely upon circumstances
and ones own viewpoint.
It's principal strength, of course,
Is drawn from the fact that it may
often be used as means of blocking
legislation universally considered de-
sirable, and not the particular meas
ure against which the filibuster is
aimed, the very pressure of support
for such other legislation frequently
forcing a surrender to the filibuster-
ing element.
AS the so-called silver bloc cur
rently monopolizes the time of the
Senate there can be no division of
opinion as to the urgency of pending
legislation. Tax legislation embrae-
ing important revisions of corporate
levies and extending postage rates
and nuisance imposts worth some
$50,000,000 per month has been
rushed through the House and the
Senate Finance Committee in order
to effect passage before current
schedules expire on June 80. Close
behind is relief appropriation bill
to provide replacement of funds run
ming out in less than ten days. Even
the monetary legislation carrying
the silver purchase authority also
has important provisions, expiring
next week, for continuing the oper-
alton of the stabilization fund and
extending the presidential authority
for devaluation of the dollar.
1t is to be hoped that neither the
administration leadership vested
with the responsibility of procuring
enactment of the above legislation
nor the leadership of the so-called
silver bloc will lose sight of their
deeper obligation to see that the
most deeply essential legislation is
not sacrificed to some particular and
relatively narrow interest.
Evening star., 1939-06-22
Spuin's Neutrality

II events verify assurances Just
given to France by the Nationalist
Spanish Ambassador at Paris, Senor
Lequerica, the axis powers have lost
something akin to a decisive diplo-
matte battle. GeneralisSimo Francois
envoy has informed Foreign Minister
Bonnet that in case of a European
war Spain will be neutral. Senior
Lequerica conveyed even more graft
flying tidings to the Quai d'Orsay.
He said that the Spanish government
had formally rejected an Invitation
from Rome to sign military alliance
with Germany and Italy.
1t is difficult to overestimate the
significance of this announcement,
which carries no little element of
surprise, not to say incredibility, in
light of recent public admissions in
Berlin and Rome of the extensive
armed aid Franco received from his
totalitarian allies in the Spanish
civil war. 1t was fair to conclude
that, in the event of a general Euro
pean conflict, Nationalist Spain's
sympathies, if not its military re-
sources and strategic bases on land
and sea, would be at the disposal of
the two nations which contributed
so nightly to the overthrow of the
republic.
Relief in Paris must be great over
Senior Lequerica's communication to
M. Bonnet. The prospect of finding
the BAlearic Islands, in mid-Medi-
terranean, directly athwart her life
line to her African colonies, either
IN 1talo-German possession or at
1talo-German disposal in war, has
been nightmare to France for three
years. She has also feared that
Franco victory would place a hostile
army at the Pyrenees, which might
some day require the French to wage
war on three Fascist fronts.
Britain's qualification over pledge
OF Spanish neutrality must equal
that of her French ally. 1t means,
If the pledge is honored that Ceuta.
at the tip of Northern Africa, direct
ly opposite Gibraltar, will not become
an axis submarine or air base from
which British naval power in the
Mediterranean could be menaced, or
the Suez Canal endangered.
1t will be interesting to know what
rival attractions the democracies Of
fer Franco, to induce him to abandon
his late allies, Momentarily his gov
ernment seeks possession of the gold
of the Bank of Spain, which has been
on deposit at Paris since the out
break of the civil war. Gold, too, in
the form of industrial exploitation
capital, may be the British quid pro
quo.
Evening star., 1939-06-22

Quite often our orchestras play vari-
GUS Mexican tunes, as well as Cuban
and South American melodies, includ-
Ing the rumbas and tangoes. And as
often they fail to get the exact tempo
and swing. 1t is something you must
feel. evidently.
Contrast this with a record made in
any Of those countries. Here there is
a lit which is impossible to describe,
but easy to feel in the hearing.
The outstanding feature Of Spanish
type music, however, is the great me-
lodic gift 1t embodies.
Perhaps this is not generally realized.
Many listeners seem to be overcome by
the peculiar rhythms, and incessant beat
and swish, but these things, while strik-
Ing. are only part of this music. The
real impulse and charm come from the
melodies. The rumba and tango types,
In particular, give rise to splendid tunes.
The Calypso songs, as composed by the
natives OF Trinidad, are so Uncertainty
melodious that they insist on singing in
the minds of hearers for days afterward.
This inner singing in the mind of a
good tune is one of the most interesting
things about music
1t means that every music lover-in.
Guiding the composer-has in his head
a great stock of tunes, all fighting for
expression, whether that expression is
on paper, in whistling, by means of song
or an instrument, or simple singing
lin the head"
1t may be supposed that quite often
some OF these melodies or phrases of
melodies crop out in such a form that
the composer thinks he has a fine new
tune.
Every music lover has literally thou
sands OF such musical ideas" buzzing in
his head. 1t is no wonder that many
songs are very reminiscent to say the
least. The true part Of it is that most
often the composer hasn't the slightest
idea IN the world that he is using some
body else's tune.
My Heart Belongs to Daddy" for in
stance, has in it phrases which might
have been taken bodily-but weren't
from the printed music Of a certain
Mexican dance
There is one phrase in that best Of
popular tunes of the last five years, Cole
Porters Begin the Beguine," which is
almost note for note a fine phrase from
Richard Strauss lovely "Standchen," or
serenade.
What has all this to do with the
mourning dove?
Well that dove is a great musician,
too. He has a real tune.
The quality of its note is scarcely sur
passed by that Of any other bird 1t is
a cross between the tone Of a cello and
flute. What bird can beat it in tone
quality?
Evening star., 1939-06-22
Lou Gehrio

Lou Gehrig passes from baseball
victim of condition diagnosed by
physicians of the Mayo clinic, &C
cording to an announcement by the
president of the Yankees, as Chronic
infantile paralysis"
For at least two years, Mr.. Barrow
the club president, says, Gehrig had
known that he was not well but
played on, doggedly and at times
brilliantly, until the body could stand
the strain no longer. 1t doubtless has
called for heroic measures of grit and
self-control, qualities in which
Gehrig has excelled since the first
day he stepped on the diamond.
The Yankee first baseman hap
pened to be an exceptionally fine
ball player. He combined with bril-
lance stability and reliability
lacking in so many other outstanding
athletes. 1t is this combination, in
baseball and every other walk of life,
which constitutes greatness. Rival
at the bat of the great Ruth himself
during the heyday of baseball in the
United States, Gehrig's record is re-
markably clear of all outbursts of
temperament.
Whether he ever will return to base
ball is doubtful. A disabling illness
in the middle thirties most probably
spells the doom of ball player, &C
celebrating, as it does, the process of
aging. The millions of ardent fans
in the United States will regret his
going.
Evening star., 1939-06-22
Opposes District Separation
From Social Security.
To the Editor of The Star

10 the Editor OF The Star:
I have been very much concerned to
learn, on my return to the city after q
few months absence, that the House
District Committee has been considering
favorably bill which fundamentally &C
complishes one purpose-attacking the
social security program. The aim, as
stated, is wholly desirable-to reduce
taxes If possible, and to reduce the re-
serve-but this can be accomplished
without upsetting the program of State
Federal Cooperation.
I wish to urge all your readers to be-
come familiar with the bill; they will
protest 1t strongly, I am sure, once they
understand its connotations. Mr.,
June 20.
Evening star., 1939-06-22
Thinks Admission Of Refuxees
Would Be Unwise.

To the Editor of The Star:
I agree with Mr.. P. H. James on his
letter to The Star of June IL, in which
he points out errors in Mr.. M. w. Childs'
article published in The Star Sunday
June IL, on the proposed Wagner-Rogers
bill to admit 10000 German refugees,
Mr.. Childs admits that few Southern
Congressman are opposed to the bill,
but what is he going to do with all the
other Americans who oppose it? Testi-
flying before the Senate House Commit
tee considering the bill were representa-
tives of many patriotic, civic and fra
ternal societies, also many other groups
all opposing the bill
I think it unwise to admit more than
our quota. On the contrary, I favor
suspension of all immigration for 10
years. A STAR SUBSCRIBER.
June 20.
Evening star., 1939-06-22

Their majesties saw many interest
ing and beautiful things, but it is a
good bet that what SEEMED best of all
to them were those conditioned
Pullman compartments waiting ut
Union Station.
Evening star., 1939-06-22

Sixteenth street northwest may be
failing entirely to bear out all of it's
earlier promise as far as embassies
are concerned, but show us another
thoroughfare that rejoices in two
large Scottish Rite Temples.
Evening star., 1939-06-22
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