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Evening star., 1939-10-06
Beauty
(Rondel.)

True beauty does not die, but changes
place,
A rainbow is sunset in disguise,
It brings promise to the morning skies,
Which we at eveningtime might not
embrace.
The smile we see upon a loved ones face
Is but the radiant light from happy eyes.
And who can say that wings Of butterflies
Are not the golden sunlight caught in
space?
True beauty does not die but changes
place,
A rainbow Is sunset in disguise:
Our earth is troubled, yet we see Gods
grace
Around us everywhere. Within us lies
The hope that brings the mornings
bright sunrise,
Let us seek beauty and her heart enchase,
True beauty does not die but changes
place,
A rainbow 10 sunset In disguise.
MONICA WILLIAMS.
Evening star., 1939-10-06

is wholly inadequate to protect our At
lantic and Pacific Coasts and South
American neighbors against Germany,
Japan and Russia If unshackled from the
restraints imposed upon them by the
British and French navies, armies and
air forces.
1t is folly not to recognize that the
British and French fleet, army and air
forces have been and are, with our own
Army, Navy and air force, our walls Of
defense, the source of our isolation.
1t is folly in times like these not to
strengthen our Army, Navy and air
force.
1t is equal folly to withhold arms and
munitions and planes from the British
and French, whose victory will continue
our isolation, whose defeat will involve
us in war.
The embargo should be repealed i'm
mediate!y with appropriate title-and-
carry provisions.
HENRY E. COTTON.
Nashville, Tenn.
October 3,
Evening star., 1939-10-06

deficit, it would seem more logical
to reason that, while the expenditure
Of tax money for the establishing
and maintenance OF these places is
justified as national investment,
very small part of the burden should
in justice be borne by that portion of
the people who derive direct enjoy
ment from them. Certainly the vast
benefits to be derived from visit to
Yorktown, Wakefield, Shenandoah,
Mesa Verde, Carlsbad or Yellowstone
are worth ten cents or a quarter to
any American.
Evening star., 1939-10-06
Takes Issue With Kerr
On Lindbergh Criticism.
To the Editor of tn

In recent letter to The Star Phillips
Kerr took exception to the neutrality
views expressed over the national radio
network by Col. Lindbergh. Mr.. Kerr
sympathetically stated: II can say with
all the force at my command that he
does not represent me as an American.
Perhaps there is great deal Of truth in
that statement. One is rather hesitant
to question Mr.. Kerr's premise, that he is
an American. The fact that Mr.. Kerr
makes use of the Oxfordian word, SELF
centerness," bellies his statement. The
expression is very tricky one Like
"double-talk.' 1t can be said or read two
ways. Mr.. Kerr might have said, II can
say with all the force at my command
that he does not represent me-for I am
not an American" But Mr.. Kerr did not
say that. He implies that he is an Amer
ican. Therefore, we take it for granted
that he Is American. Still, one cannot
help doubt him when he again makes
use OF purely British word, continent"
In his rather bellicose view, i. e., speaking
OF Lindbergh, "his is not the point of
view OF the descendants or spiritual heirs
OF those who settled this continent -"
ETC., etc. (Star of September 2o3 Now.
Mr.. Kerr may have Travelled widely over
America, he may have lectured consider
ably and he may have been WARMLY re-
ceived oy people; some of them may have
even expressed warm affection for his
views But this alone should mt o;yo
Mr.. Kerr the privilege to say that all
descendants Of progenitors of Americas
first families agree with his viewpoint.
Frankly, one descendant of an early
American thinks the Lindbergh speech
was timely and to the point. At best. he
was sincere in his belief. He was not
loath IN his discussion of principles close
to the heart OF the American people.
October 3. Fr
Evening star., 1939-10-06
THIS AND THAT
By Charles +. Trace1pell.

on q wave Of beer really has nothing to
do with it, in the record way.
A disc is disc, and a polka is a polka,
fine little march.
The good thing about 1t is that the
polke tunes are among the most melodi-
ous In the world.
The days most popular polka, to be
found now In many recordings, is the
one announced over the radio as Bar
rel" polka.
On the records, with more candor. 1t
is called Beer Barrel" polka.
No matter what 1t is called, 1t is q
mighty fine series Of tunes.
It Is really Polish love song, having
nothing whatever to do with beer or
barrels.
It surely makes fine polka, however,
Of the bubbling type which the record
makers have put over in big way.
Other good ones are the Wanda"
polka, the wv. P. A." polka, the Book
Beer" polka, the Jolly Bass Player"
polka, Hot Pretzels" polka.
There are on the records many more,
including others labeled simply "instru-
mental" but which are quite as polka
esque as the ones called such.
With typical American verve, our
dance hall maestros have put some of
these IN quick-step time, so that we
really have two types of polkas. slow
ones and fast ones.
John Phillip Sousa wrote many of his
best marches in "a time.
Many of the polkas somehow remind
the listener Of the Sousa marches. This
is not hard to explain-most of the
polkas are real tunes, and all of Sousa's
marches are rich in genuine melody.
Some Of the most famous of all the
Sousa marches, when first introduced
into Europe, were played solely as two
steps for dancing.
Current polkas seem to have no COM
posers. This probably results from being
brought from Europe, in a time of
change, when the subject of nationalities
is rather dangerous.
Their very fine melodies bespeak real
musicians and music lovers as their COM
posers and performers.
Even the gusto of a heady perform
ance cannot take away the tender quality
which enwraps many of the better of
these tunes.
Slowed down just trif1e, they make
the very finest college songs in the world.
The third melody in the Book Beer"
polka fairly forces you to sing Dear
Alma Mater" to 1t.
Evening star., 1939-10-06
Society Must Endeovor
To RecIuim Convicts
Parole Expert Stresses Need
For Supervision After
Prisoners Are Freed
"Parole With Honor" BY Wilbur La
Roe. jr. Princeton University
Press.

"Parole With Honor" by Wilbur La
Roe. jr. Princeton Un'Derstty
Press.
A deep-rooted conviction that the
public must be told the truth about
parole finds expression in the pages
Of Parole With Honor" by Wilbur La
Roe, jr., Washington lawyer and men,
Der Of the District Parole Board.
Throughout the volume just released
by the Princeton University Press
parades sorry group of small-time
criminals who have passed before parole
board, left the prison gates, and gone
out into the community to begin life
over again.
And throughout the book Mr.. La Roe
drives home the fact that. except for
life termers, the prisoner inevitably will
be released at the end of his sentence in
a new suit with $40 in his pocket, no job,
and nothing to prevent him from return
ing to the life of crime he left.
Is this, he asks, better than parole,
after completion of minimum sentence,
to a carefully selected home and job
in constant touch with a parole officer
who helps him rehabilitate himself, but
is none the less ready to return him to
prison If he strays? No doubt is left
as to the answer. Parole, he emphasizes,
is not leniency accorded a prisoner for
good behavior, but carefully supervised
protection of the community against
repetition Of the crime. According to the
authors viewpoint, parole becomes not
the reward OF the prisoner, but the right
of the community.
The author faces facts frankly. He
does not think all prisoners should be
paroled. He does not attempt to dodge
the indisputable fact that parole in
many instances has failed. And he does
not hesitate to show why. State by State
he analyzes parole statutes and adminis-
trative practices giving praise where
due and not pulling his punches when
he has to criticize. Nevertheless. on the
basis Of progress to date, Mr.. La Roe
predicts great future for parole
Washingtonians will be interested in
what he has to say about the District
parole system. Residents of the States
will be interested in the comparison
afforded between the system in vogue
in their State and those in others.
Social workers will rejoice in a logical
presentation of something they have
always known. Lawyers will be interested
In what he has to say about court
leniency practices, sentences and prisons
Employers will be interested in what
he says Of work for paroled offenders.
Newsmen will be interested in what he
has to say about treatment OF parole by
the press. Above all, the average man
will learn to think of an argument
against parole as an argument for
release of prisoners without restrictions.
j. T.
Evening star., 1939-10-06
Veteran Urges Repeal
OF Arms Embargo.


happened to hear over the radio Sat.
urday evening, September 30, an ex-
omcer Of a veterans organization remark
that he believed he spoke for ex-seryice
men when he said that we should keep
the arms embargo. am an ex-service
man and wish to correct the impress
sion Ut such impression prevails) that
all ex-service men are In favor of retain
ing the arms embargo.
I heartily indorse the Presidents plan
Tor repeal Of the arms embargo and the
substitution OF the carry plan," whether
such carry plan is on cash or loan basis
1t certainly is to our interest that Eng
land and France win this war, and it
behooves us of the United States to
protect our own interests. If the "carry
plan" will help England and France and,
incidentally, provide employment in this
country, which it will, then by all means
we should repeal the arms embargo.
Whether one or another plan will keep
us out Of war is beside the question. The
whole world is now at war. The only
difference between some countries and
others is that some have already taken
up arms and others just simply haven't
gotten that far along in the conflict as
yet. If England and France are left
alone to fight their own and other ma
tions' battles and should lose, we will
be forced to defend ourselves against
totalitarian aggression. Accordingly, we
should place ourselves in a position to
help those two great democracies and, if
need be, actually take up arms with
them in their commendable fight against
aggression and murder.
Lets stop pussyfooting and make our
position clear to the totaitarian isms.
That, more than any other one thing.
will lead to . lasting peace in the world.
October :. D. Z. BUTLER.
Evening star., 1939-10-06
Are you a polka nut?

Are you polka nut2
Enthusiasts for this old dance form are
everywhere today.
Polkas are really little marches, in
"a time, jolly effusions Of the genuine
good humor In the line of nature callec
human"
Right along with the overflow Of fox
trot tunes, more generally called Swing"
nowadays, has come rebirth Of old-time
music, usually so written with capitals.
Old Time music
Just so, as written and played. The
rise of the tavern" undoubtedly had
something to do with it, but there are
thousands of polka nuts who never
patronize such places.
They simply like good tunes, played
with some of the "um-pah" of the old
time German bands"
The polka dance seems to be joint
product of Poles and Bohemians.
Politics and war change maps and
many other things, but one thing they do
not touch, thank God, is music.
Dance forms come from the people, and
the moment they get chance they go
back to them.
In land such as ours we have all
the dances of all the nations. 1t is
happy thing for music that the United
States remains a great storehouse q
golden treasury of all the music Of all
the world.
Let us keep it so.
X - 4
Those older persons who generally
speak so energetically against Swing"
ought to like the old-time dances, and
mostly they do. They should be glad to
realize that these dances are liked very
much by the younger generation, too.
1t is not generally realized, perhaps,
that the old-time dance forms, including
the polka, require a great deal more
energy than the fox trot, or even the
rumba
Recent scientific investigations show
that 1t takes from two to eight times
the energy to dance the old square and
round dances.
No wonder, then, that generation sat-
urated with cod liver Gil, and bounding
with the energy secured from plenty Of
milk, fruits and vegetables, takes to
such old dances naturally enough, in
order to "let off steam"
i \
Phonograph enthusiasts have in the
polka lively return to one of the jol-
liest dances ever invented.
That their return to America has been
Evening star., 1939-10-06
A Nominal Fee

An analysis of the travel engaged
IN by the Nations vacationers during
the past summer seems to indicate
mild revolution against the charging
OF fees for admission to national
parks, monuments and certain his
torical sites under Jurisdiction of the
National Parks Service. A general
decline was reported in the attend
ance at all parks where the admission
was charged, while some, such as the
Great Smokes, which have remained
Tree, showed an increase in popular
ity. In the Far West, particularly in
the State of Washington, the protests
have been more articulate than in
the East, the argument over charging
fee to enter the famous Timberline
Lodge on Mount Hood having as
sumed the proportions Of political
issue.
While there is some doubt about
the logic of the deduction that fees
cut attendance - Shenandoah pre-
viously had established all-time rec
ords for all national parks, while
Great Smokes is something entirely
new this year to the mass of the pop
ulation-it is reasonable to suppose
that all other things being equal, in
cluding attractions and accessibility,
a free attraction would be more pop
ular than one which cost money,
however little.
But the fees charged are so small,
ranging from ten cents person at
some of the monuments and mu-
seums to twenty-five cents a car at
the parks, they would seem to make
very little difference to the average
citizen on a vacation trip.
The argument commonly advanced
against the fees Is that these places
OF interest were purchased, developed
and maintained by the Government
from general taxes, and therefore
should be open and free to all citizens
of the United States. Unfortunately,
their availability to all citizens is
limited, by various circumstances, to
those fortunate enough to live near
by or to have sufficient means to
make the journey. Fee or no fee,
these places actually are open to only
minority of the population.
With the government operating ct
Evening star., 1939-10-06
Urges Adherence to Traditional
American Policies.
To the Editor Of The Star:

Senator Borahs latest and most ex-
traordinary contribution to the isolation
ist argument demands the thoughtful
consideration of the American people. He
warns us that making munitions for Eng
land and France will subject us to the
same kind of sabotage and violence that
embroiled us in the last war. If we
would keep out of this war we must do
nothing to offend the nation that is ready
again to destroy our domestic tranquility.
Those who favor the Presidents new
neutrality law admit that it goes the
limit in relinquishing our traditional
rights abroad Wherever lawlessness
makes the high seas unsafe we will pass
discreetly by on the other SIDE Mr.. Borah
would have us use the same discretion
at home.
To what does all this lead? Will it
insure the peace we so frantically desire
or SOW the seeds of inevitable war? If
our statesmen were omniscient, if they
could indeed look before and after, if all
the remote consequences of their acts
stood wildly before them, we might with
a better heart follow them down the un-
tried paths they so confidently choose for
us. But when they deliberately or igno-
rantly confuse the issue with what is
patiently irrelevant or false we know not
where to turn.
In such confusion it seems best not to
turn at all but keep right on with our
traditional policy of fearless independ-
ence. For the moment we begin to fum-
bic with the accepted principles Of inter-
national comfy we become menace to
ourselves and to the world. Our very
existence as great and powerful Nation
is an unneutral fact, and nothing we
can do will alter that fact. Neutrality is
the shameful necessity of nation too
weak to call its soul its own.
If this be so-and do not see how 1t
can be denied-our true policy must be to
make our unneutral existence as a world
power work for and not against the
things we cherish-liberty, security, toler-
ance, peace. I place peace last because
it is possible only when we have OBJ
tained-and If need be fought for-lib-
erty, security and tolerance. It follows
therefore that keeping out of war; can
never be the primary objective OF our
national policy but only the consequence,
however fondly desired, of courageous
adherence to the principles that have
made us what we are. ID. MILLER.
october 3.
Evening star., 1939-10-06

mel. Hitler's silence on that score
corroborates the many indications Of
the past week that the axis partner
has no stomach to court the rebuff
of proposals which Mussolini must
know in advance will excite only
contempt in London and Paris.
Evening star., 1939-10-06
Wuish-HeuIey Act

The Department of Labor re-
ceived a vigorous rebuke from the
Court of Appeals for the District Of
Columbia in written opinion con-
flrming decision rendered in August
in favor of group Of little steel"
companies which contended that an
illegal and arbitrary pattern had
been followed by the Secretary Of
Labor in setting wage standards un-
der the Walsh-Healey Act.
This act, requiring certain labor
standards on work for the Govern
ment, compels payment of wage
that is not less than the minimum
wage, as determined by the Secre-
tary Of Labor, for like work in the
locality" where the Federal contract
is undertaken.
Under an order which was to have
become effective last March in the
iron and steel industry, the depart
ment proposed to divide the United
States into six localities" and estab-
lish minimum wages in each. One
locality" comprised fourteen States
extending from Maine through Ohio
and Kentucky and into the District
OF Columbia, and in this a minimum
wage of sixty-two and one-half cents
an hour was set.
Seven companies with plants in
Eastern Pennsylvania, Connecticut
and Maryland at once attacked the
order, and then were joined by twen-
ty-five other concerns.
Denied relief in the lower court,
the companies obtained an injunc-
tion in the Court of Appeals, and the
opinion now announced by Justice
Miller with Justice Vinson concur
ring is in conformity with this.
The court says that the order is
mot only unwarranted but incon-
gruous," and that it is calculated Ito
defeat rather than accomplish the
purposes of the act" It defines do
calities" as simply local centers of
manufacture" and declares that "the
Secretary is not authorized to i'm
pose upon local industries the pre-
dominant minimum wage practice
OF the industry viewed as a whole
over broad regional areas"
An important aspect of the ruling
is that it condemns a principle the
department has, followed in more
than score of cases which now pre-
sumably are subject to challenge.
Judged by any reasonable stand
ard, the department was open to
criticism.
Inc minimum wage ordered-cov-
erlng common labor-was the same
as that in force in Youngstown, Pitts
burgh and Chicago, where the larger,
FULLY integrated plants are situated.
The prevailing wage elsewhere in the
area ranges from fifty and one-half
to fifty-six and one-half cents an
hour, indicating that the department
ruling was more of a wage-raisinp
proposition than an effort to conform
to local conditions. Favoring this
viewpoint is the fact that four of the
companies had contracts with unions
embodying the very wage bases it
was proposed to change.
1t was against this background
that the court characterized the de-
partment action as "a palpable eva
sion OF the letter and the spirit of
the pertinent statute"
1t is not unlikely that the case will
lind its way to the Supreme Court.
but whatever the outcome, it offers
another argument against the type of
legislation that results in the i'm
proper exercise of broad discretion
ary powers.
Evening star., 1939-10-06

Hitler has howled long and loud
about "encirclement" by the wicked
British and their allies. With Rus
sia now right up against him on the
east, and sneaking around north of
him through Latvia, Estonia, etc., he
probably will live to realize the
meaning Of encirclement by an ex-
pert encircler.
Evening star., 1939-10-06
Approves Sales Of Goods
To Belligerents.

To the Editor Of The Star:
On September q you published on
your editorial page, letter commenting
upon The Stars policy on repeal of the
embargo. My comment is to compli-
ment The Star upon It's good judgment
and foresight.
Whether We should or should not lift
the embargo is not the real issue. The
real issue before us today is: Shall we
stop the aggressor nations at this time
by lifting the embargo or wait until
they all unite to destroy democracy
abroad and then start for their great
goal, the Americas?
We have alright to sell our raw ma
terials. as well as our manufactured
goods; any and all of which we may
offer to whoever comes to us with the
money to buy, and this is not in any
way taking sides.
The writer asks the question: Do
we want to supply these belligerents
with arms and ammunition? My answer
would most certainly be yes.
He said: Europe has come to the
day of reckoning for the tragic errors of
the conference at Versailles. This Is
not where the tragic error happened;
that great error happened when the
Germans asked to end the war, as they
are now doing, and the allied armies
granted their request If the allies had
said mo. we will now destroy your
country as you have ours" they would
not be fighting now.
Those who have the far-sightedness
to think of our future security know
that the embargo should be Immediately
lifted.
Our one fundamental mistake in our
neutrality policy Of 1914-1917 was our de-
livery Of arms; this we will not do this
time BOUT RIGHT.
September ~.
Evening star., 1939-10-06

It is related that Marshal Foch
once pointed with his pipestem to
the Polish Corridor and remarked,
''That is where the next war will
start" It seems as though the
statesmen who created it might have
been - smart ~ this blunt soldier.
Evening star., 1939-10-06
Isolationists Should Recognise
Need for Unity.

1SOIatlOn1sts should Recognize
Need for Unity.
To the Editor Of The Star:
In an intelligent plea for repeal of the
existing embargo law President Roose-
velt covered every phase Of the issue
and offered suitable suggestions to REM
edy any provocation that might arise.
National criticism hailed his speech as an
epic. America was duly proud. SO proud
that "a Senators who had formed an op-
position bloc were reduced to the passive
resistance Of unqualified mutterings
about carrying the fight to the bitter
end.
The Messrs Borah. Nye. johnson and
company should now recognize the i'm
portance Of presenting q united front
on this question. YOUNGBLOOD.
September 20.
Evening star., 1939-10-06

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@. What are banana figs?-E. T..
A. They are ripe bananas which have
been preserved by sprinkling with suga.
and drying in the sun.
Evening star., 1939-10-06

@. What are the most popular forms
of recreation?-G. K. N.
A. According to figures compiled by
the National Recreation Association,
swimming, picnicking, softbau and skat-
ing lead in popularity.