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Evening star., 1939-01-24
Questions Accuracy Of
Franklin'S Views.
Bv Thomas r. Henrv.

To the Editor of The Star:
The other day Mr.. ]. Franklin of your
staff published his conclusions as to why
President Roosevelt appointed Frank
Murphy Attorney General. Mr.. Frank
lin wrote with great positiveness, but
with great naivete. I Immediately saw
that he had not been in Washington
very long or had not been able to make
the proper contacts.
Had he consulted leading politicians
or well-known and experienced news
paper correspondents he would have
known the sequence, which is:
1. President Roosevelt, conscious that
Harry Hopkins as head Of the w. P. A.
would be demolished by Senate inves-
tigation, elevated Mr.. Hopkins to place
of safety.
2. With four New Workers in the cabi-
net, the attorney generalship was barred
to the best New Dealer possible, Robert
H. jackson.
3. With the attorney generalship' open,
Mr.. Murphy was chosen by the, Presi-
dent, who was infuriated by Murphy's
Michigan defeat and by attempts before
the Dies committee to link the former
Michigan Governor with Communism.
You ought to encourage your Mr..
Franklin to get around little more.
B ANDREW OvERsTREET.
January 81.
Evening star., 1939-01-24
THIS AND THAT
By Charles +. TrdcetDell.

yard that snowy afternoon, we over
looked old Tigey, the cat, lying COM
placently on the mat at the back door.
T1gey saw the birds, the squirrels, the
rabbit. the quail, and the pigeons, but
made no move toward them.
When he wants his dinner, and does
not think it is forthcoming as quickly
as it should, he will walk toward the bird
feeder.
He is not after birds for his supper,
however.
He much prefers beef or salmon, or
even milk, as far as that goes.
He does this solely to induce folks in
side the house to hurry up with his
food.
The moment it is forthcoming, he
leaves the feeding station In hurry, to
visit 1t no more that day.
This shows some sort of brains, Just
what sort we do not know, but evi-
IDENTIFY enough to get what he wants.
x Il X X
Those who complain of lack of birds at
feeders should realize that the multi
plicity of stations established within the
past three years in suburban Washing
ton has resulted in fewer birds at any
one station.
When this column started to present
bird news and views four years ago,
there were few stations in operation,
and it was almost impossible to get
feeders in the city
Todoy fIoro oro b,,pdroIc of efotiops
not only in suburban Washington, but in
the city proper, as it is sometimes called,
and feeders may be purchased at many
establishments.
All this means that the bird lover who
few years ago had almost monopoly
on the birds in his or her neighborhoOd
today must be content with only a por-
ton of them.
Then, too, we believe many birds are
driven away from neighborhood by the
mistaken ideas of some persons regard
ing the real intent of such feeding. In
stead of feeling that, having put out a
free lunch, they must tolerate all hun
cry creatures which come, they spent q
great deal of time worrying over squir-
ItlS anu pIScOllS dIlu CdLS ever CllS ISL
sparrows, and try to drive the creatures
they do not want away. But the birds
they want are frightened, too. Ill will
and rancor spread far snd wide-even to
the heart and mind of the person who
holds them.
X
Some food was purchased for the wild
rabbit, and placed close to the wall of
the garage, near the hollow he had Sc
lected as his winter den. 1t consisted of
chopped alfalfa and oats. Did you know
that there is modern alfalfa cult? Al
falfa-the father of foods-is said to
contain vast amounts of calcium. There
is what might be called a calcium cult,
too.
Just at good light the next morning
brown shape came across the yard in
exactly three leaps, and went into his
den. His nose was wriggling. He smelt
the rabbit food.
Evening star., 1939-01-24

In the yard that snowy afternoon were
100 sonsbirds, I pigeons, I gray squirrels.
black squirrel. . Wild rabbit apd 13
quail.
The quail came across the rear of the
garden Tin single file. They made q
pretty sight. as they walked one after
the other around the rear of the garage
across the snow.
The rabbit lay huddled up under the
caves Of the garage, protected in front
by . green bench and some althea
bushes.
At first we thought him Ill, but then
suddenly realized that this is the way
wild creatures live.
The ground must do them for q bed,
and the white blanket of the snow for
= supper table.
They are used to roughing it.
/. The rabbit remained in his hiding
place until about dusk, when we saw
him scamper across the yard
The quail did not stay long, seeming
to be frightened away by one of the gray
squirrels. They evidently had come
across country from Rock Creek Park.
One might think there would be enough
for them to eat there, but evidently when
the snow covers the ground quail think
differently.
This was the second time in eight
years that these birds had been visitors.
That, too, had been a deep snowy day.
They spent long time digging and
scratching beneath forsythia bush in
the front yard.
It should be needless to say that all
these creatures are attracted by food.
Primary in the happy business Of feed
ing the wild creatures which honor ones
yard is the bird-feeding station.
Now there are two particulars to bird
feeding.
One is to install good station, which
will keep the seed and mixed grains dry.
The next is to keep it filled.
Many persons who take up this COM
bined indoor-outdoor sport with great
rush, as enthusiasts often do, forget
as the days 60 by ,the second particular
They do not keep the feeder filled all
the time, then they wonder why the birds
do not come.
Even if q station is of good design
and even If it is kept filled all day long
every day, there will be times when the
birds do not come.
This is something of mystery.
OF course, If there is a hawk in the
yard, the birds will leave. and will not
come back for hours, maybe two OF
three hours.
Usually the songsters spot the in
truder long before the human watcher
Then if there is shooting of any kind
in the neighborhood, there will be few
birds, sensible creatures that they are.
1ntrusions by dogs, cats and humans
will send them flying.
X
At this point, let us say that in oul
aforementioned list of creatures in the
Evening star., 1939-01-24
Shooting Stars
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Overburdened.

Overburdened.
They picture me in guise grotesoue,
They Sneer at what I say:
They pilfer papers from my desk,
And peddle them for pay.
When philanthropic gifts bring.
They're tainted" men declare:
And oh! it is fearful thing
To be Millionaire!
The snapshot artists lie in wait
To get you on the run;
The solemn facts you strive to state
Are changed to ribald fun.
The anarchists their greetings bring
To treat you to a scare,
And oh! it is q fearful thing
To be a billionaire.
Reach out my son as forth you 70
Your share of wealth to clutch!
But have care III doing 50
For fear you get too much.
To moderate ambitions cling;
Seek not the lions share,
For oh! it is fearful thing
To be Millionaire.
Evening star., 1939-01-24
Urges Full Support OF
Conservative Democrats.

Conservative Democrats.
To the Editor Of The Star:
The public veal and the public woe
lie close to the hearts of many of us. A
certain challenge is laid down when we
read that the New Deal party puppeteers
look ahead through the coming days Of
this Congress, hopefully expecting-or
expectantly hoping-to spend every last
nickel of Federal income and three and
one-half billions of dollars more of bor-
rowed money. What wild orgy have We
here? True, we have had delirium be-
fore, but men are waking up. Is this
Americas worst depression? Whose fault
is it if it is our worst? Has devaluating
the dollar cured it? Two billions were
misused to try. Did the bonus borrowing
cure it? Two billions went into that
effort. Has the relief money cured it?
How many billions have been borrowed
and poured into that hole?
If one of the investment companies
which the S. E. c. is supposed to keep
tabs on had MIXED its stockholders,
thrown away its funds and plunged into
debt as the Federal Government itself
has been plunged into debt by the New
Deal, the S. E. c. would demand a new
president and board of directors, or even
drive it from the market as wildcat
proposition too full of poison to allow at
large.
But we have hopes. Senator Harry
Byrd and those of his school of thought
are on the right trail when they use the
trimming knife on the new relief bill
The vote on this issue appears to me
to be the first test of the strength of the
conservative Democrats in this Congress-
In these practical-minded, safe-and-
Democrats lie the hopes of this parasite
ridden country. If men like Garner,
Byrd, Burke and Bailey are beaten in
this Congress and in the convention by
the New Dealers, the latter would be as
hard to hold as a prairie fire in 1910,
even with the Republican party fully
revived. My feeling is that Garner,
Byrd and their gathering cohorts should
have the active support of all serious
minded citizens regardless of race, color
or previous condition of party servitude.
RICHARD L. FELDMAN.
January 20.
Evening star., 1939-01-24
An Available Cure

II the loss of the British Imperial
Anyways flying boat Cavalier was due
to the formation of ice in it's carbu-
retors, as indicated by early reports
(since denied by the planes captain),
this is a preventable phenomenon
and is not likely to occur again in
the now rapidly developing field of
transatlantic air transportation.
Whether the big British flying boat
was equipped with carburetor heaters
or other means of preventing such
ice formation is not known definitely
here. Such devices have been per-
fected, however, and it is extremely
unlikely the new British airliners
now ready for transatlantic service
will venture into possible icing con-
ditions without the latest equipment
Of this sort.
Carburetor heating equipment and
q means of indicating to the pilot
when he is, encountering conditions
favorable to the formation of ice-now
are compulsory on all American air.
lines, including the international
system of Pan-American Airways.
Provision of such equipment is a nee
essary preliminary to the issuance of
an operating certificate by the Civil
Aeronautics Authority.
The result has been that, despite
continuous operation in conditions
conducive to the formation of car
buretor ice, no American airline
accident in several years has been
traoeable to this cause, it is claimed.
Icing Of carburetors may be due to
freezing Of atmospheric moisture in
Evening star., 1939-01-24
The Axis Spreads

Last week, Hungary. Now, Yugo-
slavia. The Berlin-Rome axis spreads
apace. On the very day The Star
published Mr.. Constantine Browns
letter from Belgrade, reporting how
Germany and Italy are draining
Yugosfavia of foodstuffs and raw
materials, thereby causing domestic
prices to rise to almost prohibitive
levels, comes news of an Italo-
Yugoslavian politico-economic pact.
1t was negotiated last week at Bel
grade by Count Ciano, Mussolini's
son-in-law and foreign minister. On
its face, a mere accord which offers
the Yugoslavs access to Italian capt.
tai and certain cultural advan-
tages, the Ciano-Stoyadinovich deal
in effect forges new link in the
chain which Fuehrer and Duce are
constructing for the purpose of
bringing Central and Southeastern
Europe within compact sphere of
totalitarian influence.
Hungary figures conspicuously in
the latest move in this direction.
The territory taken from her after
the war was divided among Czecho-
Slovakia, Rumania and Yugoslavia.
The Magyars have recovered almost
all the provinces lost to the Czechs
and the Slovaks. A ."revisionist"
settlement with the Rumanians is
not likely to be postponed any longer
than it takes. Hitler to extort from
King Carol the various concessions
which the Germans will demand as
soon as Iron Guard pro-Nazi spade
work, notoriously in progress, Is
completed. Meantime, Belgrade dis
patches report, the Ciano- -Stoyadino-
vich pact provides for early Hun
garian abandonment of territorial
revision claims against Yugoslavia.
Should eventual German Italian
pressure result in the ardently
coveted restoration of Pennsylvania
to the Hungarians by Rumania,
Budapest will be richly rewarded for
consenting, as she did the other
day, to enter the so-called "anti-
Comimtern" agreement among Ger
many, Italy and Japan, and pave
Hitler's path to the Near East.
Thus is the map of Europe being
steadily remade. That the acces-
sion, in turn, by one device or an
other, Of Austria, Czechoslovakia,
Hungary, and now Yugoslavia, to the
dictator axis is the end of that
process of totalitarian aggrandize-
ment is, of course, altogether un-
likely. Clearly, Rumania and Poland
are next on the Hitler -Mussolini list.
Their allegiance or subservience OBJ
tanned, the final reckoning" with
Soviet Russia cannot be long de-
| ferred, with demands for the Ukraine
Evening star., 1939-01-24
Federal Health

NonCeTnlnS Ine magnitude OF the
Nations burden of ill health there
can be no dispute.
Even a generation ago this might
hardly have been considered a con-
Germ of the Government, other than
In its epidemic phases. But there has
grown up rapidly a new social con-
sciousness. A new social value has
been attached to the mental and
physical well-being of the individual.
This found its fullest expression
last summer in the National Health
Conference here, and in President
Roosevelt's message to Congress yes
terday based on the findings and
recommendations of that conference.
A f1ve-point program was adopted
which the President hopes to see in
corporated in legislation: Health
insurance, care of the medically in
digent, new hospitals where needed
and subsidies for existing hospitals,
a national program of maternal and
child welfare, establishment of dag
nostic and treatment centers.
On only one of these points is there
likely to be any serious opposition
health insurance. There are few
more complicated issues, for it must
be insurance against both the per-
versities of nature and the perversi-
ties OF human nature. The American
Medical Association, which has given
the matter conscientious study for
years, has grave doubts based on the
experience Of other countries in the
past. A great deal depends on how
the matter is formulated in legisla-
ton. Some means must be found of
protecting the income of a person
temporarily deprived of earning
power through illness and at the
same time avoiding the human i'm
pulse to get something for nothing
wherever possible.
The economic aspects of sickness
are terrifying. It is a double ca
tastrophe. Expenses are increased
and income reduced simultaneously.
There can be little doubt that today
many men work when they should
be in bed, to the grave danger of
their lives, because they cannot
afford to do otherwise. Nor can there
be any doubt that, once health insur-
ance was established, many men
would not work when they were well
once they had mastered the tech
nique OF getting a certificate of
Illness.
The fact remains that, as recently
stated by Senator Wagner, the aver
age day finds 100000 persons in
capacitated by illness and every year
100000 sick persons lose 1,0OO,-
100000 days from gainful labor. The
fact remains that $4,000 mothers die
IN childbirth each year. The fact
remains that the estimated minimum
cost for medical care pen family,
500 year, is hopelessly beyond more
than half the American population.
The United States has the finest
medical facilities in the world. Here
medical science has made its most
sensational advances. But vast num-
bers of its people do not share in
these advantages and the time is at
hand to make a beginning, at least,
on their equalization.
Evening star., 1939-01-24

as its basis. A big III" needs to be
borne in mind In this connection
namely the possibility that before
Germany decides on showdown
with the U. s. s. r., Hitler may scrap
his Communist complex and strike q
bargain with Stain.
Evening star., 1939-01-24

Prince Georges police have been
"ordered' by the county commits
sioners to clean up all gambling es-
adjustments. Now comes word that
Federal Intervention may be asked
III local police fail to carry out the
commissioners orders" When is an
order not an order and which is the
higher authority, the commissioners
or the police?
Evening star., 1939-01-24

Just in case the District names
something impressive for him in
future years, is it not nice that the
new chairman of the House District
Committee has such a historic and
mellifluous name?
Evening star., 1939-01-24
January 20.
Defends Harry Hopkins
And the w. p. A.

UefendS Haffy HOPKINS
And the w. p. A.
To the Editor of The Star:
Harry Hopkins doesn't deserve the
crown of thorns some Senators are try
ing to place upon his head because he
gave work to millions who voted for his
friends.
w. P. A. workers built bridges, roads
and other projects so that men could
feed and clothe their families. OF course
they were grateful.
Some corporation Democrats are afraid
that Harry Hopkins will be the next
President II Franklin D. Roosevelt does
not accept the nomination.
January 10. JOHN RIGGLES.
Evening star., 1939-01-24
Safety First.

Safety First.
Lady" said Meandering Mike, do
you want any wood chopped?"
NO." was the sharp answer.
mo chores of any kind?"
mo"
I'm dat case, feels relieved. kin
take chance on askin' you fur some-
thin to eat"
Evening star., 1939-01-24
Asks Why d. A. r.
Bars Marian Anderson.

Bars Marian Anderson.
To the Editor of The Star:
How can the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution refuse Miss Marian An
derson, famous Negro contralto, the use
Of Constitution Hall? Do they wish to
raise the race and color question regard
less Of Miss Anderson's merit and the
wishes of many hundreds of Negroes and
white people who want to hear her?
Has the D. A. r. forgotten the Negro
race helped fight our many wars, that
Booker T. Washington dined in the White
House, that Negroes are citisens7
January 20. WHITE MAN.
Evening star., 1939-01-24
Says Uncle Eben

Says Uncle Eben.
De possum steal de chicken,
An de possum eat de egg;
An, he ought to hab a nckin'
Till be cry out loud an beg.
But dar ain no poultry lvin'
In my back yard-not desc days,
So I feels halfway. fohgivin'
Toward dat possum foh his ways.
Evening star., 1939-01-24
Letters to The Star

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 1Oriter, although the use OF
a pseudonyna for publication is
permissible. Please be briet!
Evening star., 1939-01-24
Star Corrected on
Virginia Marriage Laws.

An article published In your last Sun
day issue on Virginia marriage laws gave
q wrong impression. quote one para
graph:
TN 1896, the age at which consent Of
parents or guardian was unnecessary was
Axed at u 1oe hcys and Il for girls. Thus
Evening star., 1939-01-24
SeaSOnable Woe,

Each season brings its share of woe,
The toiler knows no rest, Alas,
You either have to shovel snow
Or else you have to cut the grass.
Evening star., 1939-01-24
OverWOrked,

The novels come so fast, vow,
That people scarcely need 'em:
So many people write 'em now
That none have time to read 'em.
Evening star., 1939-01-24

BE sure you are right" said Hi Ho, the
sage of Chinatown, "but don't be so sure
you're right that you get to thinking
you have a monopoly of all the good
Judgment in the world"
Evening star., 1939-01-24
Not Ambitions.

Your name will probably go down in
history as one of the great men Of your
time"
mo-" answered Senator Sorghum, II
have no especial aspirations in the way
of history. History doesn't influence any
votes"
Evening star., 1939-01-24
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Verona, Naples, and in most Italian
cities. Outside of her country she has
appeared in Budapest, Bucharest, Ge-
neva, Berlin, Paris, London, and at the
Colon in Buenos Aires.
@. Where is the largest producing sill
yer mine?-D. M.
A. The American-owned Real Del
Monte Mine is the United States largest
silver producer. 1t is situated in Pa
chuca, Hidalgo State, As miles from Mex
leo City, The mine produces 100000
ounces of silver yearly.
@. Please give the top pay of pa
trolman private in the New York City
Police Departmental. E. F.
A. After five years service, patrolmen
in this department are paid at the rate
of $1,000 a year.
Q. When was the first railroad rail
used?-M. H. F.
A. Wooden rails for use in mines were
used as early as 1855 on tramroad near
Barnard's Castle Co., Durham, England.
The first use Of iron plates to strengthen
the wooden rails was at the Whitehaven
Galleries, Cumberland, England, In 1898.
In 1854 iron plate rails were laid on
wagon way, connecting the Coalbrook-
dale Iron Works in Shropshire with ad-
ditional smelling furnaces at Horsehey.
The first iron rail over which a train
operated by steam locomotive was on
the Stockton & Darlington Railway,
England. This road was opened Sep
tember a, 1926. ----.-s-.. ...-.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-17
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
By Shepard Barclay
""The Authority Authorities"
1.-THE Authority on authorities"

West led a diamond, for some
reason the deuce, which was the
deuce Of a thing for East to read
Mr.. Lenz played low from the
dummy and East was puzzled,
finally deciding to play the A, which
was ruffed. Mr.. Lenz next led to
the spade A and @, discarded his
only club on the diamond X, then
led the heart 10 from dummy. East
studied nearly half a minute before
he played the K, Mr.. Lenz taking
wfththe A and Immediately leading
the heart 2. n
West decided that his partners
study had been due to holding the
K and ], SO ducked this trick and
the heart 6 won. Thus an overtrick
was made, for a grand slam on a
hand which could have been de-
feated at small slam contract.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-17
4 LESSON IN ETHICS

PLAYERS WHO are inclined to
be just a little bit unethical -
which Of course is just as bad as
being completely so, in principle
are occasionally tripped up by their
own crimes. Many operatives of a
particular stripe like to do such
things as hesitating for long study
when possessing a singleton to play
on the current trick. They think
this is smart practise and is cal
culated to fool the enemy. If their
effort succeeds only in fooling their
own partners, they receive their
just deserts.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-17

dealer: East. Neither side vul-
ncrable)
East opened the action here with
diamond, South bid 1-Spade,
North leaped to 3-Spades, East
called 4-Clubs, South 4-Spades,
West Diamonds, North 5-Spades,
East Diamonds, South 6-Spades
and East doubled. North had so
much confidence in his partner, the
great old veteran Sidney s. LEM,
that he redoubled.
Copyright 1889. by KIM