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Evening star., 1939-05-12
Britain Will Fiqht

AS categorically as language can
put it, Germany is now officially on
notice that if she attempts to take
Danzig and the Polish Corridor by
force, Great Britain will fight. I'm
equivocal assertions to that effect
were made in London yesterday by
Prime Minister Chamberlain. Ad-
dressing meeting of Conservative
party women in Albert Hall, he said
that "any attempt to change the
Danzig situation by force" so as to
threaten Polish independence would
inevitably start general confagra-
ton in which Great Britain would
be involved"
There is some reason to believe
that this commitment on the part
of the British government resulted
from the pressure now being brought
by Soviet Russia for more positive
guarantees of British intentions.
The Albert Hall declaration followed
Immediately upon the Prime Min
ister's statement in Parliament that
the U. S. S. R. would not be expected
to enter any war to check aggression
until the French and British were
already in the field. Whether this
assurance will suffice to overcome
Moscow's objection to an outright
military alliance with the Western
democracies is still problematical.
Mr.. Chamberlain did not conceal
that negotiations to that end are still
beset with difficulties. The Russians
have not abandoned the thesis that
pact with the British and French
should be all-inclusive in its de-
fensive provisions, viz, that the
Western powers must be pledged to
protect Soviet territory in the Far
East, as well as in Europe, If Russian
resources are to be comprehensively
at the disposal of Britain and France
when their territory is in danger
from Germany and her axis asso-
ciates.
Meantime while this devious dip
lomatic game proceeds, peace re-
mains unbroken. Mr.. Chamberlain
took modest credit to himself for that
fact, which is after all the paramount
feature Of the chaotic European
situation. Plaintively he told his
Albert Hall audience: II seem to be
in these days the target Of rotten
eggs. That does not keep me awake.
You have watched the old umbrella
going round and you have, I believe,
approved our efforts and
Evening star., 1939-05-12
Unity Movement

The reunion of the three branches
Of the Methodist Church is great
event in itself. Vast numbers Of
Christian men and women of every
school of thought will be encouraged
by the news which has come from
Kansas City. But the unity move
ment in religion is by no means
limited to the faithful followers of
John Wesley. It has been growing
In power and influence throughout
the world for nearly half century.
Perhaps the explanation lies in the
fact that secular, economic and
political forces have been pressing
upon spiritual philosophy. Some
observers have expressed this point
Of view. Others have believed that
religious institutions themselves are
responsible. The challenge of the
universal church, as well as the chal-
Evening star., 1939-05-12
Action, Please!

1t is gratifying, for the nth" time,
to hear an administration leader
promise that Congress will be asked
to remove business deterrents from
the tax laws.
In spirit of reciprocity, it may
please Secretary of Treasury Nor
genthau to learn that many outside
the arena of politics and govern
ment join with him in his hope that
Congress will see fit to honor such
request.
At the same time, it should not
surprise Mr.. Morgenthau nor his
colleagues If those who have been
most sincerely convinced of the ad-
visibility of tax revision should have
become slightly impatient at the fire.
quent reassurances but relative alb
sence of action on the matter.
Congress has been in session for
nearly five months and save for a
House committee recommendation
that social security tax relief of a
negative character be granted there
has been no step toward improving
phase of Government influence on
our economy which all have agreed
needs correction.
And it has been with increasing
distress that diagnosticians of our
business ills have heard the contra
dictory reports of recent weeks as to
whether the administration would
stand by its wintertime pledges of
overhauling the revenue system.
The latest discouraging indication
that the administration really does
not want any tax revision was con-
tanned in the remarkable statement
last night by Senator Barkley, who,
after having done nothing about the
problem during the session despite
his role as majority leader, now
argues it is obviously too late" to
do anything about taxes"
This is problem in which vigor-
Gus and effective leadership, prefer
ably from administration quarters,
should be exerted. If the Treasury,
as Secretary Morgenthau promised
in the latest communique on the
problem, intends to assume that
leadership then well and good. Let
it do so without further delay, re-
gardless of the defeatist attitude
assumed by the Senator from Ken
lucky, who should be demanding
action instead of seeking excuses
for further delay.
Evening star., 1939-05-12

Purple grackles continue their nefar-
ious work Of killing young birds Of other
species. Witness this letter from resi-
dent of Davis street NV.
Dear Sir:
"It has been several years since have
written to you about the birds. at one
time fed the birds winter and summer,
but then we got two cocker spaniels, and
of course you know what that means.
II read your column in today's paper,
and felt the urge to write and tell you
about my experience this spring. don't
know If you remember my letter year
before last about cardinals building
nest near my porch however, pair
of cardinals built nest this year in the
very Same tree in the very same spot.
II put sunfower seed out for them, and
saw the eggs in the nest. The mother
did not seem to be the least disturbed
when I went out on my porch to look at
the nest, and then her babies Matched
out
Last Thursday they did not seem to
have any feathers on them, but Satur-
day they were gone. I felt sure they
were not strong enough to fly, but the
nest was intact, and I cannot believe
cat got them because the other time the
nest was all lopsided.
do you suppose that another bird.
perhaps a purple grackle, could have
eaten them?
"Sparrows had also built a nest under
the caves of my porch about four feet
above the cedar tree where the cardinal
nest was, and that nest had been
wrecked.
Some one told me that sparrows tear
their nests up when the fedglings fly
away, but is it not too soon for this
years crop of fedglings to be able to fly?
Do you think 1t possible for cat to
climb up screened porch with stone
foundation and pick the birds out Of the
nest without leaving any incriminating
evidence?
my niece gave me for Christmas a
bluebird house that looked like a little
cottage. 1t had tin roof and had flowers
painted on it near the windows. I took
it up to my farm in Virginia and put 1t
on white Colonial pillar.
Il did not know just the right spot to
put it, and one day before I had placed
it where I wanted it, I saw Mr. and Mrs
Bluebird looking it over. I told the man
to put it up right away as We had pros
pective tenants
They have moved in and believe Mrs
Bluebird is now Matching her eggs.
1T is certainly fun to watch the birds,
but have not had much opportunity to
feed and watch the birds in my back
yard, because birds don't come around
when dogs like to chase them.
L put out stale bread for them, and
the dogs would stand at the wire fence
that lnclosed them and cry because they
Evening star., 1939-05-12

up to now successful-to keep Europe
out of war;"
The Prime Minister ended on yet
another note Of warning to Berlin
that mo more deadly mistake could
be made than to attribute insincerity
to Britain and France with respect
to their pledges of military aid"
These are wholesome and timely
words from the unspectacular head
Of his Britannia majesty's govern
ment. The Nazis may discover that
even the umbrella is mightier than
the. sword.
Evening star., 1939-05-12
Investigating the W. P. A.

Stanley high was one OF the archl-
tects of the New Deal. It therefore
is to be supposed that his opinion of
the Works Progress Administration
is worthy Of serious consideration at
the hands of his fellow citizens. His
views, set forth In the May issue of
Current History, make easy If provoc-
ative reading.
The w. P. A., Mr.. High declares,
lis the largest social enterprise ever
undertaken by the United States
Government. 1t has total expendi-
lures on its books of six and one
half billion dollars. The persons
now on its pay rolls number two and
one-half million. 1t also is the rich
est partisan gusher ever brought
within reach of our politicians. The
politicians, generally at the expense
of the unemployed, have handsomely
caShed In on it,"
Similar charges have been denied
again and again. When William
Hard, during the campaign of 1886,
read aff1davits over the radio, he was
held up to public contempt as a
fraud and faker. But Mr.. High
calls attention to the fact that:
Harry Hopkins, en- route from the
w. P. A. to the Department of Com
merce, stopped at the Capitol long
enough to acknowledge the truth of
situation which, for long time
before that, he had managed to live
with without acknowledging
And Congress, at long last, has
started an investigation"
But the people are not sure that
the proposed inquiry will be thor
ough- going enough. Mr.. High warns
his readers: Congress itself has up
to now moved cautiously and with
plenty Of whitewash. The Senate's
committee investigating campaign
expenditures was careful to aff1x no
blame on the higher-ups De-
spite the Nation wide stencil which
Kentucky's primaries generated, the
committees decision was that there
is nothing to show that Senator
Barkley had any knowledge of any
activity by persons soliciting con-
tributions from Federal employees in
his behalf or OF political activity
within the ranks of the w. P. A. per-
sonnel in his INTERESTS"
"The obligation and the power to
remedy this situation" Mr.. High
aff1rms, "rests upon those at the top.
Specifically, it rests with the White
House - The Congressional Com
mittee Of Investigation, if it takes
off the gloves and lifts the lid, will
uncover a mess that badly needs
airing. But whether, then, the mess
will be once and for all cleaned up
or the lid clamped on again is some
thing that the President himself
in his joint capacity as the Nations
Chief Executive and the party's
political leader-will have to de-
termine"
Public interest is keen. With the
1910 election only eighteen months
distant, the w. P. A. already is an
issue. The question is: Will the
Democratic party reform the whole
establishment or leave the problem
unsolved for the Republican party
to use as an issue in the contest
for votes?
Evening star., 1939-05-12
Corrects Error on
Saluting Technique.
To the Editor of The Star:

May I. suggest slight correction in
the article which you were good enough
to publish in your Wednesday editions,
purporting to quote the undersigned, as
president Of the American War Mothers,
as to the proper procedure for feminine
salute? Your rewrite man, while doing
a splendid job generally, did misinterpret
one sentence of my statement concern
ing the proper method of salute by
women, when he indicated that lady
patriots should salute the flag or the
Tomb of the Unknown by placing the
hand over the heart, retaining her hat
in the same hand! My statement did not
quite include that last-about the hat.
OF course a gentleman civilian places
his hat over his heart in salute, but a
lady hardly does that. If may be per-
mitted q slightly whimsical thought, I
am very much afraid the Unknown
would smile If he saw himself being
saluted with some of the little modern
dinky pancake hats.
MRS. IRVING, FA1RWEATHER.
Nay II.
Evening star., 1939-05-12

There is a little town of 1,7OO pop
ulation up in Connecticut that has no
debt whatever; has $4,000 saved in
cash, and excellent bank credit at
exceedingly low rates. New Dealers
would consider such a community
just one big rural "booby-hatch."
Evening star., 1939-05-12
CompOses Tale From
Land Patent Names.
To the Editor of Ths Stor.


In a recent issue Of The Star there
was a story about the Montgomery
County assessor, William Aud. in which
the names OF many old land patents were
mentioned. There are more than 1000
such patents in the county and, working
IN an attorneys Office where they are
handled frequently. have become ia
mlllar with many of them. have taken
the liberty of sending you this story
using some Of the names that occurred
to me at the moment All the names
quoted are the names of patents in
Montgomery County:
Henry and Mary" were walking in
"Anna's Garden" Their Association"
had led to Friendship" Their Con
slant Friendship" had Henry's Hope
Improved" although he was only a
"Plummers Jack" and had Eleven
Brothers" to support.
Elmer" however, was Marys Mothers
Delight" for he had Peaceful Inheri-
tance" and lived In Peace and Plenty"
In a Pleasant Retreat" among "The
Pines" on ''The Hills" and was noted
Tor his Industry and Honesty" and,
besides, he was her Last Choice"
One day the young couple strolled
down the Middle Lane" over Hills
and Dales" to the Meadow Brook" 1t
was the "Maicen's Fancy to wade
Knee Deep" in the Muddy Branch"
which ran through the Cow Pasture"
to the Cool Spring" although she
found Trouble Enough Indeed" when
she fell in "The Swamp" at the Fork"
OF the stream. It was wet Be-
ginning" for his romance, but Elmer"
looked on the "Sunnyside" Of things and
was glad it caused nothing more serious
than Lost Garter" and "Sprained
Ankle" and he carried her to the Home
Farm" through the Labyrinth" Of the
Hog Pasture" and her presence made
the Pig Park" seem like "Elysian Fields"
although 1t was slippery.
Mary wished Elmer" were more ro-
mantle Like "st. George that Slew the
Evening star., 1939-05-12
Shooting Stars
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.

On Time.
IT'S here again,
The hat of straw;
Let none complain
OF natures law,
Which everything
In season due
Doth daily bring
With glories new!
No blossom here
On tree or vine
Would dare compare
Its charms with thine.
Our weather guide
Without a flaw!
Our hope! Our pride!
Our hat of straw!
Evening star., 1939-05-12
Renews Request for
Liquor Dealer Probe,

To the Editor of The Star:
One who signs himself Temperance"
IN reply to my letter appearing in The
Evening Star claims that 1 was far
afleld in my statement that IS citizens
organizations had Endorsed the Shep-
pard Resolution to conduct an investiga-
ton OF the liquor stores in the District.
I gladly admit my error There are to-
day 38 associations in the District which
have indorsed Congressman Sheppards
popular resolution.
Furthermore, the Federation of Citi-
zens' Associations, which body includes
the representatives Of the entire 66 civic
associations throughout the District, ap-
pointed committee to investigate the
advisability of a congressional investi-
cation OF the liquor stores in Washing
ton. This committee reported back that
an investigation is imperative. This re-
port is matter of public record in their
offices.
The Sheppard Resolution is the first
resolution Of such a nature ever to re-
ceive such whole-hearted support from
the various civic bodies. This is also a
matter of record in the office of the
Federation.
For the moment let's forget about
Government-controlled dispensaries, but
by all means let us have the investiga-
ton. and If the liquor dealers come out
with clean hands, as one of your readers
recently stated, by all means permit them
to remain in business If not, immedi-
ately legislate them out of business for
the general good of all concerned.
May 8. .1c
Evening star., 1939-05-12
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Evening star., 1939-05-12
Two Lessons May Be
Learned From Europe.
To the Editor Of The Star:

TO the Editor OF the Star:
Two vitally important lessons may be
learned from Europe at this time. First,
that the primary cause of international
antagonism is trade barriers. Tariff
walls are, in effect, declarations of war.
If all Of Europe were permitted to enjoy
the same freedom Of trade that exists
Evening star., 1939-05-12

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Campaign Caution.

CUMp4lBH C3utIOH.
Government ownership is thing Of
the future"
1T may become so" replied the presi-
dental aspirant. But just at present
its thing Of the past"
Evening star., 1939-05-12

Q. Please describe Queen Farida's wee
ding gown.-E. r. G.
A. Her wedding gown by Worth cost
$25 900 and was made of silver lace over
satin. The court train of silver lame and
tulle was yards long.
Evening star., 1939-05-12
Lazy Mans Excuse.

The Busy Bee has wisely hid
Great stores Of sweetness I allow;
But as for me, I never did
Care much for honey, anyhow.
Evening star., 1939-05-12

Sometimes" said Uncle Eben, ats
mighty lahd foh me to stinguish whether
Q man u Q sho' nun statesman or only
jes Q fas' class conversationatist."
Evening star., 1939-05-12
Advisable.

Advisable.
"A shrinking nature never gets on in
politics"
Perhaps not" answered Senator Sor-
ghum, land yet there are times when q
man ought to be able to shrink some in
order to keep from being bigger than his
party"
"A sport" said Hi Ho, the sage Of
Chinatown, rs usually man who IS put
ting on airs one day and trying to bor-
row 10 dollars the next"
Not in Books.
If remembered all I've read
I should be very wise, It's said,
And yet, fancy, should know
A lot Of things that are not so!
Evening star., 1939-05-12

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Evening star., 1939-05-12

@. Who are the Tagalogs?-I. T. N.
A. They are tribe of Eastern Min
danao in the Philippines, formerly head
hunters, particularly on occasions of the
deaths of prominent tribesmen; they
made wood or stone figures to accommo-
date the souls Of deceased persons. The:
are now Christians, but very superstition
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-15
Third Term Opponents Trying To Force
 President Roosevelt Out Into The Open

be secretive about it."
 Van Nuys, who was marked for the unsuccessful 1888 primary purge, said he would oppose third term for any president be- cause it would violate one of the sacred traditions of this country"
 He said the foreign situation made 1t imperative for Democrats to have advance information on candidates so that their selection would not be left to trades and swaps in a hec- tic national convention"
 The statement that MT. Roosevelt had indicated he would not be e 1940 candidate was made here by one of his political associates but il did not suggest that the President would reject third nomination il it were offered.
 MT. Roosevelt will have an oppor- tunity to take the party and the public into his confidence at the annual Jackson Day dinner shortly after congress meets January 3. Ii he avoids the issue at that time it is likely that anti-third term sen- ators will offer a resolution re. affirming the senate's support ot the third term tradition. That strategy was undertaken in 1928 when Demo. |crats and Progressive Rcpublican' thoueht Calvin Coolidae would run
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-15

again.
 Seventeen Democrats and Sen- ators Robert M. LaFolltte, Progress Sive, Wisconsin, and Gedrge w. Nor ris, Ind, Nebraska, who are more or less Roosevelt men, voted against a third term in 1928 and still are in the senate. The Democrats who op- posed Q third term then and who would have to face about this time If they would avoid raising a similar bar before MT. Roosevelt are: Ashurst, Barkley. Gerry. Glass, George, Harrison. Hayden, King, Mo Kellar. Nicely. Pittman, Sheppard, Smith, Thomas, Tydings, Wagner and Wheeler.
 Four of these men are new deal- ers-Barkley. Nicely, Thomas and Wagner. Thomas began face about last year when he expressed the opinion that the president would carry Oklahoma if he ran again. Senator Rush Holt. D.. w. Va, threatened throughout last session to offer an anti-third term resolu- ton but did not go through with 1t, A resolution in his name opposing Ia third term would create consider able excitement but far less than an identical resolution offered ny some Democratic senntors og longer serv- 7 ice and greater influence in parss.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-15
BY RONALD G. VAN TINE United Press Staff Correspondent

kOANtCA GNCoo 6taA OVkkSoUUtAUCNtT Washington, Nov. IS = (U.P) - Senator Frederick Van Nuys, D., Ind, who helped defeat the new deals supreme court reorganization bill, announced today that he would oppose third term candidacy and called on President Roosevelt to make his 1940 intentions known. His statement followed closely the latest of MT. Roosevelt's refusals to reveal his plans. Merwin H. Browne of the Buffalo (N. Y) Evening News asked him at yesterdays press con- ference whether Vice President John N. Gamers presidential campaign had changed his plans.
 The president chuckled and ad- vised Browne not to be so subtle. But he revealed nothing. Some of his associates. however, insist that
 he has indicated he would not be a candidate, but without asserting he would refuse preferred nomina- 1, ton. ~
 Tt is incumbent upon the pres
 ident to make his intentions known, ' Van Nuys said. T see no reason for so much mystery concerning the third term question. The president |certainly knows by this time what he intends tO do. and he ought moi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-15
Board Of Aldermen In Control Of Democrats
All Eight Democratic Candidates Were Elected; Lost Control of Board Two Years Ago-B0ard of
 Education Is Also Democratic

dominated since that time. The out come yesterday will allow the Demo- crats to elect the president of the board.
 The lowest of the Republican can- didates for the board of education was Max J. Kiessling, and he will be dropped. The Democrats will control this board by a five to four margin.
 Democrats won two of the three places on the board of tax review the losing Republican candidate be- ing Harold V. Boyce. Democrats also won two of the three places on the board of selectmen, the losing Republican being Charles K Hughes.
 ConstabIes Even Up
 Four Democratic and four Re- publican constables were elected and each perty's candidate for Bronson Library agent was also elected.
 The fact that MT. Phillips was low man among the major parties candidates for aldermen was con- sidered a further blow to the pres- tige of the Pape-Upson leadership of the c. o. F.. He has been close to them politically and was chosen by them as one of the nominees.