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Evening star., 1939-06-29
Headlight Requirements
Defeat Safety Aims.

To the Editor Of The STAR
With special emphasis being put on
headlight adjusting in connection with
the compulsory automobile inspection,
the writer is at a loss to know why all
the exacting requirements regarding
headlights are necessary.
I'll agree that cars should be made to
stand rigid test, but after the headlights
are adjusted fully Is per cent of the
drivers use their bright lights at all times.
What has been accomplished if these
drivers are permitted to blind approach
ing drivers with the bright lights on their
cars? The purpose of the inspection is
being defeated by those responsible for
the enforcement of the rules regulating
automobile traffic.
Surely no bright lights are needed
within the District of Columbia with a
30-nile maximum speed limit.
The adjoining States should enforce
the dimming Of lights when approaching
another car.
June 26. NILES l.. HROWNELL.
Evening star., 1939-06-29
Since Suruievo

1T Is no exaggeration to affirm
that not in the lifetime of any
man living has the European sit
uation been as obscure and nebu-
lous as it is today: never has there
been so direct a challenge not only
to institutions which we had
come to regard as fundamental,
but even to that idea of Progress
which many were only too apt to
identify with Liberalism, or even
with Christianity itself"
AS we note the passing of the twen-
ty-f1fth anniversary of the shot heard
around the world on June %, 1914,
there could be no clearer epitome of
international conditions than these
words by Dr. r. w. Seton Watson In
the introduction to his Britain and
the Dictators." They were written
more than year ago-after Hitler's
seizure of Austria, but before the de-
struction Of Czecho-Slovakia. How
even truer they ring today, with
100000 men under arms in Ger
many, with hundreds of thousands
of them concentrated in the eastern
provinces OF the Reich, within
marching distance of Poland; with
Great Britain arranging to send her
navy to war stations in the North
Sea in August, instead of September,
and to have 100000 troops under
arms by midsummer; and with
Anglo-Japanese tension in the Far
East at the whim of an incident that
might ignite an explosion overnight.
Inflammable as was the interna-
tional situation precipitated by the
assassination of the Austrian Arch
duke, the one in which the world
now finds itself is incomparably more
menacing. If there were nothing
more alarming in 1t than the latest
utterance of DR.. Goebbels, the Nazi
stentor, to the effect that for Ger
many 1T is our rights or war;" that
truculent avowal would suffice to
show how perilously civilization is
drifting toward the vale OF blood and
tears through which it passed be-
tween August, 1914, and November,
1918. The statesman does not live
who is in position to guarantee that
history will not repeat.
The American people, as scarcely
needs the saying, have tremendous
stake In what betides in the world
beyond these sheltered shores,
whether it be the horizon east or
west that may become beclouded.
Our desire, our determination to
keep out of war, are ardent and
fixed. But wishing to do so provides
no assurance that we shall be able to
escape embodiment. II, in Patrick
Henry's words, "the lamp Of expert
ence" is the only guide, and If there
Evening star., 1939-06-29
Futeful Negotiations

Submission to negotiation of the
Anglo-Japanese dispute at Tientsin
opens the way for elimination of one
serious danger in the Far East, but
by no means is any assurance that
Japan is to modify her assault upon
the position of the Occidental pow
ers in China.
At the same time that the Jap
anese government revealed In Toxic
and Prime Minister Chamberlain in
formed the House of Commons that
conversations would begin soon at
the japanese capital for settlement
of the controversy, the Western pow
erS were renewing their refusals to
be excluded from two more Chinese
ports-Foochow and Wenchow-
which Japanese forces had taken
over in carrying out their program
OF closing the entire Chinese coast
against the outside world.
Japan thus gives every indication
of pressing her campaign against
foreign interests throughout China,
a fact which she may calculate will
bolster her bargaining position when
her representatives sit down with
British emissaries to discuss not only
the surrender of the four Chinese
whose protection by the British gov
ernment started the blockade of
British and French concessions at
Tientsin.
The growing tension in Europe be-
tween Poland and Germany, and
British as well as French conviction
that Germany is preparing for a
new attack, this time for recovery
OF Danzig and the Polish Corridor
may or may not have Influenced the
British to make conciliatory over
lures to Toxic. BUTT is certain that
the alienation of strain in the Far
East will strengthen Great Britain
In meeting the European situation.
The result Of the Toxic negotia-
tions viii be highly important not
Evening star., 1939-06-29
1ux Refinements

It is indeed gratifying, even though
belated by a matter of years, that
administration spokesmen are cur
rently acknowledging that the indi-
vidual surtax schedule now ranges
to a point where its confiscatory
operation is definitely discouraging
to investment capital.
Reaching a maximum of seventy
five per cent, to which must be added
the four per cent normal assessment,
the surtax thus imposed upon in
comes in the highest brackets has
been so heavy as to remove much OF
the incentive to risking capital.
There is, in other words, little attrac-
tion about CHANGING large capital
loss if oppressive taxation assures in
advance that there can be relatively
small net gain in any circumstance.
Such argument, it may be said, was
advanced when the present admin
istration forced the increase in sur
tax rates to their present inflated
level.
At the same time, 1t should be con-
ceded that there is a measure of
merit in the present contention that
the termination of tax exemption for
future issues of public securities
should be effected simultaneously
with the reduction in surtax rates.
For those who have benefited most
from these exemptions have been
those possessed of large capital. the
class of wealth at which the surtaxes
actually were aimed
Despite the late date at which con-
eideration of this double problem is
being undertaken on Capitol Hill,
there are few reasons beyond po-
litical ones why legislation disposing
of both issues could not be enacted
before adjournment. Actually the
facts and the observations on which
decision should be based are imme-
diately at hand, all that is needed is
determination to correct an inequity
which has proved harmful and to
abandon practice which has proved
pernicious.
Evening star., 1939-06-29
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E.. Trace1UeH.

popping it down the gaping throats
This view OF young birds is one which
no watcher ever forgets, as he sees 1t
for the first time; he wonders how those
gaping bills get so large.
Parent birds are not ali self denial,
however. They stop now and then to
feed themselves, which is just good
common sense, since the lives of the
babies absolutely depend upon them.
1t is rare that other birds take care of
fledglings deprived of their parents.
Cases have been reported, but it is un-
usual. Those interested in trying expert
ments along this line might put the
young which had lost their parents into
the nest Of other birds, just to see If the
foster parents would take care Of them,
but the chances are they would not.
AS to whether wild birds are easily
tanned depends, it would seem, upon the
human involved.
There can be little doubt that some
persons have way with them, when it
comes to birds, just as there are some
"AAO AAAAo ~ Cdoy W 6CG dlOllS Will uORS.
1t is impossible to determine just what
1t is in human which makes wild things
less wild in their presence. While such
qualities as patience play a part, there
can be little doubt that great deal more
is involved. Freedom from quick move
ments, too, plays part, but cannot be
the answer, for many bird lovers sit alb
solutely quietly in the yard without hav-
ing the songsters display any unusual
friendliness.
The birds, themselves, play an impor-
tant part. No doubt there are some in
dlVldual specimens which are unusually
fearless, or seemingly brighter than the
general run Of the species. They show
less fear, to begin with, and respond
much more quickly to friendly advances
Consider the amazing story, recently
printed here of the baby tanager adopted
by local family for few days. Later
1t flew back into the trees, was adopted
by a pair OF tanagers, probably its par
ents, and grew up, to reappear next
spring, when it showed unmistakable
signs OF recognition of the family which
had befriended it, even hopping into
their car, and singing therein.
Had this bird prior care from hu-
manity? Probably not 1t was just one
OF the scarlet tanagers which had made
an unusual advance out Of the strict
bonds which conf1ne the different races
of creatures.
1t was friendly above its associates.
1t manifested the finest human traits
fr1endliness, trust, kindness.
1t seemed to have a sweet and gentle
way with it quite unknown to birds, as
class.
Who shall say it was not a bird
prophet come to bring us quite fresh
news of better world than this, one
where racial bonds bind no more, where
cruelty is unknown. where lifes better
possibilities predominant, rather than are
held down by lesser traits?
Evening star., 1939-06-29
The WINGED Victory

You were the guardian of some great
ship
That strode the sea In Greece's golden
day,
With wings flung back and head thrust
to the spray,
Soaring and swooping to the high waves
dip;
Your windswept body joyously inclined,
Straining beyond the naked shackled
Across the waves, while slender gray
gulls flew
Screaming above the wake you left
behind.
How long lay you in sunny Sanothrace,
Broken and crumbling, covered by the
pail =
OF centuries? Yet on your pedestal
You stand, triumphant youth, eternal
grace.
And seeing you, by some strange sorcery,
I hear the surging Of an ageless sea.
HAZEL sCAIFE DETWILER,
Evening star., 1939-06-29
Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the tortter, although the use OF
q psexdonym for publication is
permissible. Please be briet!

II we seek to prohibit the sale Of war
supplies to our friends, something re-
sembling shame, and fear for our own
ultimate fate, will rise within us. With
no surprise whatever, we may find our
neutrality gone with the wind, as we in
stinctively leap to the side of our gasp
ing friends-perhaps too late to save
anything.
To endure, our neutrality must be no
thicker than thick raincoat. Other
wise, we shall be tempted to leave it off !!
BOILING SOMERVILLE.
Norwood, Va,
June "a.
Evening star., 1939-06-29
From Butterfly to Bee

Congressional butterflies in the
winter are just busy bees in the sum-
mer. Gone are the days when Sena-
tors and Representatives enjoyed
three-day recesses; when long week.
end adjournments were taken and
members of Congress skipped blithely
to their homes, to Florida, to Atlantic
City. With the new fiscal year ar
irving Saturday, there is mass of
important legislation knocking at
the doors of both the House and
Senate.
Four appropriation bills still await
finishing touches at the hands of
Congress. Most of these measures
could have been disposed of earlier.
There are the relief appropriation
bill; the District appropriation bill:
a supplementary military appropria-
ton bill, and the third deficiency bill.
But that is not all Such impor-
tant measures as the bill to continue
the stabilization fund and permit
the President to devalue further the
American dollar, to amend the Social
Security Act, to revise the neutrality
law, and to take politics out of re-
lief still await final action. The tax
bill, revising the corporate tax struc-
ture and containing certain so-called
nuisance taxes" while it has passed
both Houses, still awaits the Presi-
dents signature.
The Congress could we'll have given
time during the last six months in
Washington to consideration of
amendments to the Wagner Labor
Relations Act and to the Federal
wage-hour law. But opponents of
change in the Labor Relations Act
have stalled off action, first through
means of long delay and then long
hearings on reform bills. Amend
ments to the wage-hour law were
sunk in one day in the House.
Had the leadership in Congress
been intent upon getting early action
on some of these measures, they
could have done so easily, but their
strategy, apparently, was that of
delay, in the hope that hot weather
and the desire of members of Con-
gress to get away from their desks
would make it possible to put
through continuing resolutions
extending, for example, the life of
the present tax laws, due to expire
June 80, and the Presidents author
ity to devalue the dollar.
Delay in congressional action is
chargeable not to the administra-
tionists alone, however. Senators
who oppose repeal of the mandatory
arms and munitions embargo feature
of the existing neutrality law, to
mention one instance, have put
obstacles in the way of any proposed
change in the act.
Now, as a result of early procrasti-
nation, plus misguided strategy and
obstructionist tactics, it appears that
the session will run through deep
summer and perhaps into the fall.
Evening star., 1939-06-29
Letters to the Editor
Notes Omissions In Column
On New Librarian.
tn tha EHttor ~ The Htnr.


Columnists Alsops and Kitner's discus
sion of the appointment OF Archibald
MacLeish as librarian of Congress is ad-
mirable for what 1t includes and disap-
pointing for what 1t omits. Particularly
obnoxious Is the headline, ''MacLeish Ap-
pointment Foes Recall Ohio Gang"
What THE Capital Parade" omits is
the fact that literally thousands of men
and women have admiration for Mr..
MacLeish as a poet, but are none the
less opposed to his appointment to the
Library Of Congress. And, I hasten to
add, none of these are Of "the Ohio gang
type"
They are the librarians Of America to
whom this country owes tremendous
debt. They are the men and women who
insist on keeping books, the very nucleus
Of liberty and culture, in circulation no
matter what the economic pressures
against them may be. They are men
and women who themselves are gentle
men and scholars" They are the custo-
dians Of our heritage from the past.
Their genuine concern for learning is q
hope for the American future.
To omit reference to this profession
and to imply by this omission that all
the foes of the MacLeish appointment
are men of the "Ohio gang type" is un-
worthy Of the authors of THE Capital
Parade"
I am no librarian, but any one with
more than a passing acquaintanceship
with research, with cataloguing, with
the problems of library personnel, cannot
fail to recognize the background neces-
sary for competent library stewardship.
"The Capital Parade" concludes, But
as libraries are meant for men LIE Mac
Leish, he ought at least to make good
librarian
1t would be hard to find a more spe-
cious justification of Mr.. MacLeish as
librarian Of Congress than that. The art
and science Of medicine is meant for all
of us, but relatively few of us become
physicians or surgeons.
One other fact has not been publicly
developed Librarians are not asking for
payment upon the debt OF gratitude
which the country owes to them. They
are asking only for continued opportu-
nifty to serve the cause Of culture and
democracy. To refuse them that oppor-
tunity is needlessly to ALLEVIATE a con-
scientious and persevering professional
group from goals which hitherto thev
had shared with President Roosevelt.
June %. w. HOWARD CHASE.
Evening star., 1939-06-29
Points to Weaknesses
OF Neutrality.

OF Neutrality.
To the Editor Of The Star:
To understand all Is to forgive all,
perhaps. Yet to understand all is also
to choose that which is best. And that
means to be far from neutral toward
anything in this world Of sin, the flesh
and the devil. In our hearts and con-
sciences, neutrality is unknown, and our
chief concern is that the right shall win.
And for any man or nation to expect
that such neutrality as we maintain
during any war between our natural
friends, the democracies, and their nat
ural enemies should extend to our hearts
and consciences is absurd. Neutrality is
at best but an external, formal thing,
having no inner meaning. Like an auto
in neutral, it Is but halfway state
looking toward action, movement.
Neutrality is in fact such an unstable
state that the more strictly neutral we
may try to be, the more unstable Il our
state-the less likely = it to last. Thus,
Evening star., 1939-06-29
Marine Memorial

Congress should accede to the re-
quest Of President Roosevelt for
funds with which to complete the
Navy and Marine Memorial on Co.
lumbia Island. For five years this
unique monument to our sea heroes
has stood in an unsightly state of
partial completion; a source of dis
appointment to thousands of Ameri-
can citizens who have contributed
to the fund for construction of the
only national memorial to those who
have made our Nation great upon
the high seas.
The amount submitted to Congress
by the Budget Bureau Is 100000,
only a little more than half of the
$1S9,634 originally estimated as nee
essary to complete the base of the
memorial. Whether this amount is
sufficient, Congress must determine
during the course of hearings which
may begin next week.
It is to be hoped that the me-
mortal will be completed in manner
worthy of its concept and purpose
and in keeping with the dignity and
beauty of the Mount Vernon High
way beside which it stands.
Completion of this memorial not
only will be an act of grateful tribute
m fho oFRoorc o,d -, a,, ~ ~ Now,
Coast Guard and merchant marine
who have offered their lives in the
service of their country; it will be a
keeping of faith with more than
100000 school children and teach
erS, with thousands of sailors and
other Americans in all walks of life
who have made their contributions
to this cause.
Evening star., 1939-06-29
Pleased With Editorial
On japanese Relations.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
I want to express my deep appreciation
OF your editorial OF last nights edition,
Trade With Japan 1t is most ex-
cellent article-so clearly put, so con-
vincing. cannot understand why our
Representatives and Senators cannot see
the situation as it really is, and our most
unfortunate situation-unfortuna be-
cause it seems so selfish, so inhuman.
We are partners in a most cruel war
and yet we think of ourselves as neutral.
I wonder what our future will be If we
continue to help build up so strong an
enemy at our own back door.
Again I thank you for your part in
making our position clear to your readers.
June "a. Ell.
Evening star., 1939-06-29
A Press Admirer Rhyme Essays
To Offer Us q Bit of Praise.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Synonymous with light the news print
shines with searching rays that sword
like penetrate intrenched corruption,
sinister, obstinate-behind the shallow,
selfish party lines. He governs best who
patronage declines, and sees envisioned
IN the superstate equality in laws invio-
late, where justice sits enthroned on rock
confines. All power to them who cham
pion human rights against the false in
sidious sycophant who shames the truth
and shuns the public need We have the
weapon, foremost in all fights, to put to
rout hypocrisy and cant-the Nations
press-that "he who runs may read"
June 20. FREDERICK FARRELL.
Evening star., 1939-06-29

II ever a Pope carried on right from
where his predecessor left of, Plus
XII seems to be doing that thing.
Evening star., 1939-06-29

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Q. How many people are still unem-
ployed?-E. F. M.
A. According to figures of the National
Industrial Conference Board, unemploy-
ment in the United States in April, 1899,
fell about per cent, but the total num-
Der is approximately 1O177,Oo0.
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@. Does 1t cost {, working girl more to
live alone or with her family?-E. @. H.
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for adequate maintenance than If she
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Evening star., 1939-06-29

O. In the motion picture "Wuthering
Heights" what was the name of the
piece played on the harpsichord?-
E. D. B.
A. The selection played by Nine. Ehlers
on the harpsichord is Mozarts Turkish
March"
Evening star., 1939-09-26
Baseball
Continued From First Pape)

Frey to Mccormick. Gutteridge
singled to center. Slaughter forced
Gutteridge, Myers to Frey. Medwick
was out on bounce that struck
second base which Billy Myers pick
ed up and threw to Mccormick.
Medwick made a violent protest to
umpire Ralph Pinelli and had to be
pushed away by Coach Wares. No
runs, one hit, no errors, one left.
REDS-Myer flied to Slaughter.
Thompson singled to center for his
second hit. Werber bounced into
a double play, Gutteridge to Martin
to Mize. No runs, one hit, no
errors, none left.
FIFTH INNING.
CARDINALS-Mize grounded di-
rectly to Mccormick. Frey threw
out Padget. Moore walked. Martin
lifted to Goodman. No runs, no
hits, no errors, one left.
REDS-Frey drew four straight
balls for the Reds first pass. Good
man sacrificed, Gutteridge to M:ze.
Mccormick lined to Moore. Lom-
bardi got a free ticket on purpose.
Craft f1oated to Slaughter. No runs,
no hits, no errors, two left.
SIXTH INNING.
CARDINALS-King batted for
Bowman and walked. Brown forced
King, Mccormick to Myers: Gut
teridge grounded into a snappy
double play, Myers to Frey to Nc
Cormick. No runs, no hits, no er-
rors, none left.
Evening star., 1939-09-26
Swanson's S D. {. Estate
Valued al $45,500

An estate In the District valued at
approximately 45,5OO was left by
Secretary of the Navy Claude A.
Swanson, who died July 7, 1t was
disclosed yesterday in District Court
when a petition for letters of an
cillary administration was filed by
the widow, Mrs. Lulie Hall Swan
SON
The cabinet officers will. pro-
bated In Pittsylvania County, Va,
last month. listed Virginia property
at $4,000.
Mrs. Swanson's petition, filed by
Attorneys Sherley. Faust g. Wilson,
said the local property included the
home at 2136 r street NV, ap-
praised at $27.500, household fur
nishings valued at $4,000 and SIC, 900
in cash.
Mrs. Swanson is the principal
negatee under the will, which also
leaves $4,000 to a step-son of the
late Secretary, Douglas Deane Hall.