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Evening star., 1939-07-28

There are so many combinations that
no composer is to be blamed for running
across one that some one else ran across
before hirn.
These worries about music kill its
very soul.
Dividing music up into good and bad.
with yourself as judge, and being 50 all
fired sure that you know the difference.
makes for musical indigestion.
1t isn't the ears which reject, but
the mind.
Trust your ears, and the tapping foot,
when you listen to music.
II the ears are pleased, don't bs
ashamed of their choice, with or with
out foot tapping.
II the foot insists on tapping, too,
or the head on nodding, be sure you
are right.
Music, after all, is basically sensory.
1t Is, indeed, pure proof that one ought
not to be ashamed of the senses, pro-
vided under some control.
* XXX
Bach and Beethoven loved toe-tap-
ping, too.
II you don't believe this listen to
some Of the formers trio-sonatas, as
they are called, and to such a musical
gem as the third movement of Bee
thovens Eighth Symphony"
These are great tunes, elaborated, but
baslcally simple. Simplicity one may
feel, is the very heart of music. Even
the most elaborated is simple enough
to the composer.
That Is because he understands music
in the only possible way, that of the
craftsman.
If We who listen want to understand.
let us take up some instrument and
understand the lingering, the frets, the
keys, the soundboard, the notes, the
whole apparatus Of music and music
making
Not only will that give us genuine
understanding, but make us able to re-
member what we hear. Listen to music
until your ears turn blue, if you do not
try to play it yourself, though in faulty
fashion, you will not be able to remem-
Der 1t accurately or completely.
This is understanding music. This is
making it ones very own That is whv
the schoolboy band and orchestras, the
dance bands, the solo playing. are right
Ihat is why the lonely student, saving
away on his violin, is right He NAV
never be master but he will "under-
stand music in the only way it can be
understood. He will not ask What does
the music mean?" but may ask himself,
'What did think about while the music
was playing?'
What do you imagine all those people
are thinking about on Wednesday and
sunday nights at the Water Gate con-
certs by our fine symphony orchestral
A million things; such is the power
ana glory of good music. And maybe
some of them are not thinking at all
out just listening, which also is q
good thing.
Evening star., 1939-07-28
Give Housing q Chance

All that slum clearance proponents
in and out Of Congress have asked
during the present crisis threatening
legislation at the Capitol is that the
amendments extending the borrow
ing and lending capacity of the
United States Housing Authority be
permitted to come to a final vote
before adjournment. They were will
ing enough to take their chances on
the outcome If only the bill could be
reported out of the Rules Commit
tee of the House. They will now have
the opportunity they sought, for the
bill last night was sent to the floor.
There is justification for their
worry over the fate of the housing
bill. It passed the Senate a month
ago by large majority vote. Since
then opposition to the additional
$45,000,000 in annual subsidy pay
ments involved has gained ground.
Evening star., 1939-07-28
THIS AND THAT
By Charles Z. Trace,pell.

Said Louis Gutenberg once:
Music Is such miracle yet to me
that know shall never understand 1t.
I only know 1t is my greatest Joy on
earth"
This from real musician.
How. then. can any OF the rest OF us
hope to understand music?
Let us stop worrying about It,
Let us just listen.
That is the right way to love music
1t is nothing, II not Joy.
You don't have to understand" 1t.
None Of us can understand a miracle.
Even the slightest bit of folk tune
has something Of the quality to 1t.
There are real Hawaiian songs-not
the Broadway imitations-so simple that
they may be said to consist OF only two
or three notes, four at the most yet so
complete that somehow they bring
happiness.
There are Negro "blues" melodies 30
genuine that Beethoven would not have
Scorned them.
1t Is all question Of JOY
II simple music does not bring you 10y,
II you must have one sort or nothing.
something is wrong with your bump of
musical appreciation
You are letting 1t worry you, when 1t
has to be just classical, and nothing else.
Why, some of the finest melody known
comes from unknown composers, hence
Is called folk music" Not only have the
great classical masters used these themes,
but what is more. they have invented
similar ones Of their own.
Great symphonies are full of great
tunes.
Sometimes your ears have to hunt for
them, but they are there, and after YOU
have discovered them for yourself you
wonder how you ever missed hearing
them the first time
Don't have swell head, musically
speaking.
Love your sonatas but do not at the
same time think it incumbent upon YOU
TO speak disparagingly of folk music.
o'S eAAS SAoooASo, Uul lOf6 Tie OlnerS.
too, asking of them but one thing, that
they state genuine musical idea.
Above all, don't get the idea that YOU
have to understand" music. If YOU can't
understand it, in any intellectual way,
why worry about it?
Isn't 1t wonderful that there is one
art nobody is required to understand
except Its practitioners? Zone may doubt
just how many Of them really do
They understand, of course, enough of
the practical side to put down what they
make up" which may or may not be
entirely original. Who cares? That is
another great worry of those who so
earnestly want to "understand"-they
are always seeking to convict composer
OF musical plagiarism, when nobody in
the world could possibly keep track of all
the countless millions of combinations
Of notes!
Evening star., 1939-07-28

But that, in itself, Is not the chief
cause for anxiety. Regrettably, the
bill has become linked in the minds
Of many legislators with the Presi-
dents works financing program.
The fate OF the housing bill still is
hanging In the balance.
Housing is primarily a humani-
tartan measure, hardly to be consid-
cred In connection with emergency
pump-priming and never intended
to be so considered. Except for the
employment it provides in the build
Ing trades, the two phases of legis-
lation have little in common. The
U. S. H. A. has obligated the entire
S8OO,OOO,0 1000 with which it is under
taking the Nations first large scale
effort to clear urban slums and to
provide decent housing for families
IN the lowest income brackets. It Is
not encroaching upon the field of the
private building industry, which has
little capital interest in this class of
citizenry. The pending amendments
would double the loans to be made to
cities. Adding the ten per cent which
local communities are obliged to put
up, the expanded program would
make approximately $1,76O 900 OoO
available for the war on city slums
Slum clearance and rehousing of
the unfortunate families living in
the slums deserve to be considered
apart from other issues. The strength
OF the cause Of public housing lies in
the nonpartisan appeal it has COM
manded until now. Defeat or block
ing of the housing bill at this session
would not be deathblow. But it
would be an unfortunate setback to
program that at least may point
the way to a solution of social, health
and economic problems vitally affect
ing the welfare of "a third of the
Nation" It is to be hoped in all
sincerity that partisanship will bs
put aside in the present circum-
stances. The housing bill has a right
to be considered separate from other
issues and on its own merits.
Evening star., 1939-07-28
Defines Americanism
As Tolerance Among Men.
To the Editor Of The Star:

What is Americanism? I should like
to answer as follows: In the first place,
Americanism is recognition of the fact
that the inherent and fundamental rights
of man are derived from God and not
from governments, kings, dictators, ma
jorities or societies. This basic principle
is expressed in the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, where our immortal forefathers
said that all men are created equal and
that they are endowed by their Creator
with certain inalienable rights, chief
among which are life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness. From this Declara-
ton and the well l-established interpreta-
tions which have been put upon 1t from
the beginning Of the Republic down to
the present moment, 1t Is clear that
Americanism recognizes the existence of
God and the all-important truth that
the rights Of man are derived from Him
and not from any other source.
Among these rights which are the gifts
to man from his Creator are: Freedom
of worship: freedom Of speech; freedom
,
freedom to work in such occupations as
experience, training and other qualiflca-
tions may enable men to secure and hold:
freedom to enjoy the fruits of labor,
which means the protection of property
rights; the right to pursue happiness
with the necessary reservation against
harm or injury to others. Upon these
basic principles the whole structure Of
American Government was raised. The
essence Of Americanism, therefore, is
class, religious and racial tolerance.
II the great pillars upon which our
Republic rests are destroyed. the whole
system Of American Government will
crumble to the earth.
July a.. GEORGE ?. RATE.
Evening star., 1939-07-28
Vague Statements

In 1nStituting criminal action un-
DER the Sherman Antitrust Act
against the American Medical Asso-
ciation, the District Medical Society.
the Harris County (Texas) Medical
Society and various officials of those
organizations, the Department of
Justice proceeded under a provision
OF law which makes the antitrust
statutes applicable within the con-
fines Of the District of Columbia
irrespective of whether interstate
commerce is affected by the alleged
restraints OF trade. Government at
torneyS, before launching their fight
against organized medicine, agreed
that the battle-ground would have to
be IN washington, for the difficulty
OF attempting to prove that the prac-
tlce OF medicine has interstate rami-
f1cations was conceded. In fact. the
Attorney Generals office, prior to
launching the special grand Jury
proceedings that resulted in indict-
ment OF the A. M. A. and its afore-
mentioned affiliates, announced that
the investigation was confined solely
10 alleged restraints of trade"
against Group Health Association
Inc, within the District of Columbia
Published reports that the inquiry
was to be extended into medical fields
Tar beyond the District boundaries
were denied, on the ground that the
government had no Jurisdiction.
IL is somewhat surprising, and puz-
zling, therefore, to read that the de-
partment has issued a statement
warning the medical profession at
large that the decision of Justice
James M. Proctor nullifying the in
dictment brought in the District Of
Columbia will not alter general plans
Tor proceeding under the antitrust
laws against physicians indulging in
"ooycotts." That other Jurisdictions
were IN mind would seem to be i'm
piled by the assertion that the opin-
ion OF the District Court "is not a
binding authority on other Judges"
1T Is important to inform physicians
generally" the formal statement
said. that until the Supreme Court
has acted, the Governments prose-
cution policy toward boycotts in the
medical profession is unchanged"
The attorney for the A. M A.
promptly retorted that the DEPART
ment's warning was "impertinent
and unnecessary" adding that "as
the (Anti-Trust) Division should
know, the Government has no iuris-
diction whatever over the medical
profession, save in the District of Co
lumbla." Impertinent or not, the de-
partment's statement certainly is not
consistei.s with its established policy
nor with previous announcements
from the Attorney Generals office
1t would seem to merit the same
criticism which Justice Proctor an
piled to the indictment drawn up by.
representatives of the division. He
said, among other things, that the
Indictment us afflicted with vague
and uncertain statements" It might
not be "impertinent" to add that he
also declared the indictment smacked
OF a highly colored, argumentatiye
discourse" Those are serious allega-
tions, not likely to strengthen public
confidence in the Antitrust Division
at time when the support of public
opinion is deemed to be a valuable
asset to the Government in its COM
mendable anti-monopoly efforts.
Evening star., 1939-07-28

Science claims that when the moon
is directly overhead, the liner Queen
Mary is twenty pounds lighter. A bit
more topheavy, too, is when one con-
siders the prediction Of peters TOR
upper decks.
Evening star., 1939-07-28

Postal revenues for the twelve
month ending June 80 hit new high,
with an operating surplus Of ten mil
lion dollars. Why not go out of office
in a burst of glory, Mr.. Farley, leav-
ing as your memorial resumption of
two-cent postage?
Evening star., 1939-07-28

to the pedestrian and instills in drivers
the notion that if they should acciden-
tally collide with pedestrian the driver
would not be to blame.
LEWIS L. YOUNG.
Evening star., 1939-07-28

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Evening star., 1939-07-28
Signs on Cars of Learning
Drivers Approved.

Drivers Approved.
To the Editor of The Star:
ohould we put signs on learners autos
TO indicate that the occupant is learning
10 drive? asks Traffic Director Van
Duzer. Yes, definitely so. The idea is o
very commendable one AS an old-time
teacher OF driving can speak with some
oegree OF authority. I have many a
tlme during my teaching felt the need
Tor just such label on the car. It
would have helped immensely. FIRE.
quently learners get in some awful iancs
merely because the other drivers, not
knowing they are novices, expect too
much OF them. and had they known.
many OF them am sure would have ex-
tended special consideration; they would
as the traff1c director suggested. give the
cars wider berth.
Placing these learners signs on autos
mas many points in its favor. 1t would
add to the peace Of mind of the novice.
1t would give him more time to think and
10 meet perplexing situations; it would.
by the same token, speed his progress
and make better driver of him. So
let's have them.
A word or two OF suggestion on the
signs themselves. If we are going tn
have them, let us make them large and
distinctive. Print them in bright colors
and make them so they can be seen for
long distances. And above all, let us
nave the word learner" on them
spelled out in full. Otherwise they will
lose their effectiveness. This particularly
applies to the many touring motorists
from other States who visit our citv and
who would not likely be familiar with all
our regulations Also let us have the
signs so they may be easily applied and
removed, preferably gummed labels. that
can be put on both ends of the car the
front windshield and the back panel of
glass, Tor 1t is just as necessary for the
motortst behind to know that a learner
Is at the wheel as 1t is for the one IN
front or on the side.
Such a regulation cannot fail tn Aid
both classes Of drivers, new and old. allie
ana can see no reason for the learner
10 complain. Certainly he should not OBJ
Ject to something that makes his lot
easier. So all power to you, Mr.. Van
Duzer; hope to see the plan 20 into
erect soon. DANTE AMoRosE.
Begs Owners
To Keep Pets of Streets.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Please grant me space to appeal To
owners OF household pets to keep them
OH the streets and out of streams of
trafnc. Dogs and cats do not see as
human beings do. Neither have they the
Judgment Of distances necessary for the
safe negotiation of streets in which scores
Of motor vehicles are moving. They are
apt to run into danger heedlessly. and
drivers vainly endeavoring to avoid them
are likely to wreck their own and other
cars. No parent would permit an infant
child to risk his life unnecessarily. and
the same logic applies in the case of
valued domestic animals. C.M.0.
July a.
Evening star., 1939-07-28
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Q. How many mail pouches and sacks
are used by the Post Offlce Department?
"A. F. G.
A. The Post Once Department says
That there are approximately 1900, 900
pouches and 100000 sacks used in the
service.
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Az today.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-09
NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK, Feb. 8. CUP)-Stocks
lost most Of yesterdays gains in
slightly more active session today.
Bonds also were lethargic but prices
held better than stocks and a size
able list, including most of the gov
ernments made gains.
London home stocks held well
after a fairly good start, but inter
national issues eased below Ameri-
can PARTIES late in the day.
Declines in the share market
which ranged 10 . points were at
tributed to apprehension over the
Spanish civil war. Cautious traders
lightened their lines notably in the
steel issues, and some short selling
was done whenever leading stocks
permitted such operation.
Although there was nothing in
the immediate news to affect the
steel shares, L. :. Steel touched
5Sis off 2is; Bethlehem 67i4 off
L.: Republic Steel 20hs off !, and
Youngstown Sheet & Tube A off
IL.
Railroad issues were down frac-
tions + more than point. New
York Central led the decline. touch 70
ing l7ss off j. points. Santa Fe
sold al 342. off /; Southern Pacific
16=s off 7s; Pennsylvania 2Ois off
y D.; Chesapeake & Ohio 34a4 off y
and Great Northern preferred "a =
off y.
Marshall Field reached 14Is up a
point and held part Of the gain.
MOntgomer Ward turned an early
gain into a loss and Sears ROebuck
lost all of a gain Of nearly point
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-09
Bench Warming
By Burdette Kinne
Post Press Sports Editor

practices The fifth spot on the
team Will be filled by Garlic or
Mendoza
Most improved player on the
El Centre high school basketball
team is Bud Measures. diminuitive
guard Hanson attributes Meas
ure's Improvement TO harder work
a time. this season. that Measures
was about 10 be sent out 10 the
cinder path to practice his broad
jumping and dash running.
The Bachelor and 20-30 basket
ball teams of the Commercial
league may not have the best
squads but they certainly have the
most rooters The regular
schedule of the commercial league
will be completed next week The
following Wednesday the first four
teams will playoff for the cham
pionShip -.
This is more like il!
Massey Horton, who did noble
at the Calexico tournament, is
back on his stick now and pounded
the pellet around the Barbara
Worth golf course the other day
in a snappy 80 blows. Wayne FL
wander, the fallen arch kid also
is back on his game again and is
dropping low-seventy cards into
the score box. Paul Pace also !:
picking up. He shot a 78 not Ions
ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-09
Conn. ApostoIi
RematChed Friday

NEW YORK, Feb. 9. CUP)-The
same two men will be in the same
ring belaboring each other under
the same white lights in Madison
Square Garden tomorrow night, but
because the distance is Is rounds
instead of TO- Fred Apostoli is the
faVorite today to beat young Billy
Conn, who took the decision over the
shorter route last month.
The odds-makers are laying 7-5
on Frisco Fred because Conn, gang
ling Irishman from Pittsburgh,
looked pretty well poohed after 10
heats in their previous encounter.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-09
L. A. STOCKS

Los ANG GFLES. Feb 8. tUP)
Stocks moved across the board Of
the Los Angeles exchange today in
fair volume, but prices were irregu-
lar. Half OF the issues represented
in trading hung al yesterdays close.
Sales included: L. A. Investment
100 shares AZ unchanged; l..
Industries 500 shares IL up J.. ;
Roberts Pub. Mkts. 100 shares %
unchanged; Transam rica 100
shares 65s unchanged: Bolsa Chica
A 100 shares 2l2 unchanged; Con
solidated Oil zoe shares S4s un-
changed; Hancock Oil 100 shares
Al up = to a new high; Republic
Pet. 100 shares ga up u; Superior
Oil 100 shares 391z down y TO a
new low; Union Oil 100 shares 1S y
down ~ Cal. Packing 100 shares
1853 down Is to a new low; Electric
Products 100 shares 10 unchanged {;
Douglas 100 shares 70A first sale
OF year; Menasco 100 shares 80 up
h Ryan Aero 100 shares 5l2 down
Is ; Weber Showcase pfd. so shares
4 unchanged; Edison common 100
shares PAL unchanged; the 81 per
cent pfd. 100 shares 27ls down = ;
SO. Cal. Gas A 400 shares 80 Z up
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-09
l.. A. PRODUCE

Los ANG ELES, Feb. 9. ttP)-
Trading continued slow with wealth
er cold. Lettuce was slightly strong
er. Tomatoes strengthened. Italian
squash was firm. Other commodities
were generally dun to steady.
Lettuce: dry pack Imperial Val
ley / dOz. 81 .35-l50; 5 dOz. Sl.25-
1.35; San Diego co. 4s-Js ordinary
9Oc-$l crate; local loose 25-50c.
Peas: Imperial Valley bush Csc
45-lD. crates S3.75-4; local frosted
bu. hampers S1-l.15; OXnard fan
Sc. san Diego co. pole 7-8c. Bush
best 7c.
squash: white summer Italian
Imperial valley crates S2.15-3; flats
S2.25-2.5O; Italian Imperial Valley
crates 50 25-2 80; flats S2.252.5O;
San Diego co. lues few $3.50; yellow
croOkneck Imp erial valley crates
few S3.25; per ton banana S2O-2J;
hubbard 5000.
Tomatoes. inland crates Stops
$2-225; l2s Sl.75-2. 1Gs S1.25-15O;
Dos 85c-S1: loose lugs mostly 75c.
Local hothouse 15-2Dc Ib.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-09
Vallev sports ramblings:

Valley sports ramblings:
Smaller colleges of the United
States are always on the lookout
for good trackmen Arizona, San
Diego State, Redlands and a dozen
other institutions might take a
look at Robert Baxter Holtville
high schools middle distance run
ner Baxter runs the $50 in 2;02.
fast enough TO win a majority OF
meets in small colleges
Subtract Two or three seconds
with natural improvement in com
petition tins season and in fresh
man meets and Baxter would
probably develop into a consistent
point winner BY the way, Il
there is anyone who would like
to wager against Baxter in this
years valley meet please look me
up
Harry Woodbury. state athletic
commission inspector, and fol-
lower of the fight game for many
years, Thursday predicted the
Hogue twins would go a long ways
in movies and professional fights
Coast promoters, Woodbury.
says, expect the twins to go long
ways up the professional ladder
but give them little chance TO win
any titles
If the promoters had seen Big
boy Hogue work on Umio Gen IN
the week before Gen drew with
Baby Arimendi, they might change
their predictions . But maybe
they know some facts too
Coach Covington will send a
stronger basketball team against
El Centre high in their meeting
Tuesday night in the new Calexico
gymnasium Raab has shown
improvement at center. Walter
Bowker and Jack Bowker are ex-
pected to work well at one guard
and one forward Amador i'm
proved his shooting in this week s