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Evening star., 1939-07-21
Notes Discrepancies in
Article on Justice Hughes.
tn the Editor of The Star.


An article in The Star last Sunday,
reproducing the comments by DR.. Aber-
nathy about Chief Justice Charles Evans
Hughes joining in the singing of the
hymns, attracted my attention. 1t hap
pens that the father of the Chief Justice
was Baptist minister, and, Of course,
the boy was brought up to join in the
singing of the hymns.
Further comments by DR.. Alternately
showed that he had his dates mixed.
was witness to the beautiful ceremony
when DR.. Greene extended the right
hand of fellowship to Charles Evans
Hughes and very important person
standing beside him, none other than his
mother.
DR.. Abernathy never mentions this
mother, standing beside her famous son.
was calling upon Mrs. Hughes soon
afterwards, when she said you know
we were members of Calvary Baptist
Church in New York and since Charlie
was to be in Washington we decided to
bring our letters to Calvary Baptist
Church in Washington"
have known Charles Evans Hughes
ever since school days in Hamilton, N. Y.
BERTHA MURDOCH ROBBINS.
July 10.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
The House Investigates

The convincing vote of the House
IN support OF resolution to investi-
gate the conduct of the National
Labor Relations Board and to clarity
the original intent of Congress in en-
acting collective bargaining statute
reflects with. seeming fairness the
public mind on these questions.
Vested with the responsibility of
administering an admittedly one
sided and intensely controversial
law, the board has been under bitter
flre from its very birth. Much of the
criticism, and much of the defense.
undoubtedly have come from preju-
diced sources bat it Is reasonable to
believe that the administration of a
law so enveloped in passion and so
extreme in its conception has been
accompanied by some degree of over
Jealous application.
In any event, it cannot be denied
that public confidence in the board
has been shaken by the constant
abuse which has been heaped upon
it and a thorough airing of the Sit
uation should serve either to acquit
the accused personnel or lead to its
Improvement if found necessary.
AT the same time, by broadening
the scope of the committees task to
permit 1t to study the intent of Con-
gress and the needs of the country
In the way of labor relations legisla-
ton, the House is patiently asking
for truly constructive Job rather
than mere excursion into person.
alities. Before such a committee, for
instance, those who blame their
troubles upon the law will be as
much in order as those who blame
its administration, and vice versa.
If responsibility for the widespread
complaints belongs to one or the
other, to both, or to neither, only
committee Of broad Jurisdiction
could properly and effectively arrive
at an accurate answer.
In this connection it should not
be necessary to urge that the records
OF the House and Senate Labor Com
mlttees' hearings on amendment of
the Labor Relations Act be given due
weight. For despite their length and
complaints that they have served to
prevent corrective action at the pres
ent session of Congress it cannot be
denied that they contain great guam
titles of carefully expressed and re-
sponsible thought from all interested
parties on the question of whether
and how the law should be revised.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
New Economy Move

While White House discussion of
Federal pay roll reduction savors of
the ill-starred Economy Acts of
1928, the method suggested by
President Roosevelt, namely, non
filling of vacancies, commends itself
as the most painless form of re-
trenchment possible, and certainly,
with employment rising monthly, the
time is opportune for an appraisal
of the situation to see what can be
done.
AS practical matter, all vacancies
cannot remain open, but this would
not mean that saving always was
precluded in such cases, for under a
carefully supervised placement sys-
tem,, positions often could be filled
by transfer of an employe who might
be spared elsewhere.
To hold new employment to a min
imum in the long run, would be best
for every one concerned. It is
certain that if Federal employment,
now above the nine hundred and two
thousand mark, continues to mush-
room, there will come a day when
slashing from top to bottom will be
in order, with all the hardships this
inevitably would entail. It is only
the part of good judgment to prepare
against such an eventuality.
If an economy campaign is inau-
gurated, however, care should be ex-
ercised to keep it within the limits
as now defined, thereby avoiding the
mistakes of half-dozen years ago.
Indiscriminate cutting, and denial
of earned promotions, which have a
tendency to become a part of any
effort to economic at the expense
Of pay rolls, not only effect inflnitesi-
NAL savings, but are far from COM
pensatory because of the resultant
destruction Of efficiency and morale.
AS part Of the general plan, too,
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Logical Route

Washingtonians as we'll as Mary
landers are gratified to learn that the
Maryland State Roads Commission
has decided that the long discussed
extension of Sixteenth street will fol-
low route approximately due north
to Georgia avenue. This will provide
the most logical highway outlet north
of the city in the fast-growing Silver
Spring area.
1t is fortunate in many respects
that the Roads Commission selected
that route instead of some others,
such as the extension of Eastern ave-
nue., which were under consideration.
The Sixteenth street route is the
most direct and the one that will
attract most traffic Had another
course been chosen, Sixteenth street,
one of the most famous and beauti-
full highways in the Nations Capital,
would remain as it is, dead-end
street, terminating in mud bank.
Civic leaders, whose activity in
bringing the Sixteenth street prob
lem to the attention of county and
State officials resulted in the selec-
ton of the northern route, deserve
the thanks of the community. They
urged action at this time because
real estate developments are planned
which would have blocked forever
the possibility of extending Sixteenth
street in direct route to Georgia
avenue.
They still face the task of persuad-
ing authorities to purchase the right
OF way and of having the extension
built. Now that official surveys have
established the logic of the popular
direct northern route, it should be
comparatively easy to have the right
OF way acquired.
Once that is done the energies of
those behind the project should be
directed toward obtaining the prompt
construction of the extension, and
the underpass needed to cross the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tracks.
in order to relieve congestion in the
business district of Silver Spring,
which daily is becoming more acute.
Evening star., 1939-07-21

the Administration well might get
behind the Ramspeck bill, which
would extend civil service to thou
sands of exempt positions, and hold
patronage to minimum. Already
delayed overly long, the Ramspeck
bill has a chance to come before the
House next week, and passage seems
assused. The shedding will be harder
IN the Senate, and the situation is
complicated there because the session
is nearing its end, making the weight
OF White House influence even more
imperative. The principle of merit
Is vital to economy.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Precautions Against Motor
Boat Fires Urged.

TO the Editor OF The Star:
About year ago, We had an explosion
and fire on a motor boat upon which
happened to be at the time This letter
is written in the hope that it may save
some one else from a corresponding pain
full experience.
Since that time I have paid particular
attention to the newspaper reports of
explosions and fires on motor boats and
I have been struck by the fact that in
almost every instance the account con-
cludes with some such statement as
that 'the men had been working on
the engine"
1t is frequently the case that boat
owners, when working upon their en-
gines, have to disconnect the carburetors,
fuel pumps, fuel tanks and the like, for
one reason or another, and they con-
clude that small amount of gasoline
spilled into the bilge in these operations
is of no Importance. They know that
gasoline is volatile, that it evaporates
and they feel that even if a little is
spilled it will have evaporated by the
time they get the job completed.
AS matter of fact, gasoline vapors
are not so easily gotten rid Of They
are heavier than air and they travel to
the lowest point of the bilge, hanging
under the floor boards and converting
all of the air under the floor boards
into highly explosive mixture. A
leaflet issued by one of the fire insur-
ance companies states:
1T should be appreciated that gaso-
line fumes are heavier than air and
will sink to the bilge. Three per cent
of these fumes and 81 per cent of air
form an explosive mixture that can be
exploded by the slightest spark. A tea
cup full (half a pin) of gasoline, al
lowed to get in the bilge, has a poten-
tial explosive power of pounds of
dynamite"
Therefore, every effort should be made
to keep any gasoline from ever being
spilled into the bilge, but if, in the course
of the work. gasoline has been spilled
into the bilge, then every precaution
should be taken to see that all of the
vapors are definitely out of the bilge
before the engine is started or any other
spark is created.
Some of the larger boats are pro-
vided with blowers for this purpose.
Many of the smaller boats are not pro-
vided with blowers. In the case of the
latter, the safest procedure would be to
remove the floor boards, mop the bilge
clean and vigorously fan out any pos
sible residual vapors.
July 19. FRANK G, CAMPBELL
Evening star., 1939-07-21
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. TraceueH.

II you nave trees. you have the greatest
bird attractors in the world.
The second great attractor Is a shrub.
The larger the shrub the more tangled
and overgrown its branches, the more
the birds will like it, and the surer
they are to build nests in it.
Newly-established homes seldom have
this type Of shrubbery.
1t takes years of growth.
1t Is mark to aim at.
X X X
Now we come to feed and feeders.
Some birds will eat all varieties of
seeds, including those of the water
melon and cantaloupe, with sunflower
seeds the prime favorite of all species,
including that bird with bushy tail,
the squirrel
Some birds will eat almost every
variety Of breadstuff.
Some like beef suet, especially in
autumn and winter when the need for
it is greatest.
Wildbird mixtures may be purchased
at pet and hardware stores. 1t is really
Also baby chick feed is good and
cheaper. But mix sunf1ower seed with
it.
Plant plenty of red flowers. The
hummingbirds like them.
Plant shrubs with berries, including
the humble barberry, whose berries are
especially liked by the aforementioned
song sparrows, and by mockingbirds.
Do not be too keen about keeping a
tidy yard. The birds like plenty of
blowing leaves, especially in fence cor
ners.
Migrating purple finches, and the
whlte-throated sparrows, love to scratch
like hens in leaves.
A feeding station may be nothing
more than patch of the lawn, or a
cleared space beneath shrubs.
Birds are not particular.
Food is what they are looking for,
not fancy platforms.
But the mind of man demands some
thing more, and to ease this desire, the
friend OF birds may make any sort Of
little house with platform and a
roof and box to hold the seed, with
slit or hole cut at the bottom for
it to pour forth on the platform.
Or table may be used, with a slight
ledge built around it.
Summer is good time to begin feed
ing birds, for it means that by fall you
Will have steady clientele
Don't forget bird bath This NAV
be elaborate or simple, ranging from
a fancy marble affair on a pedestal to
a simple pie pan sunk in the ground.
Remember two things: Fill the bath
at least once day. preferably twice,
and see that the water is not more
than inches deep.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
My Stor

Sometimes I catch glimpse upon your
face
OF an unearthly beauty in your eyes;
AS when lovely star caught by sur
prise,
Peeping from cloudy folds Of shadow lace,
Withdraws discreetly leaving not trace,
Except sweet, faint glow that softly
lies,
Like pale aura straight from Paradise,
Blessing, and making earth holier place.
Thereafter life is never quite the same,
Knowing that I, one moment, touched
star,
Standing with you on pinnacles sublime;
The fleeting vision sets my soul aflame:
Nor height, nor depth, nor things to
come afar
Can steal its glory from me, through all
time.
LOUISE WILSON DUNwELL.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Congress Is Warned
To Serve Freedom
Says Tyronts Are By-Produets
Of FoiIure to Foce
Democratic Duty

To the Editor Of The Star:
The dissolution of democracy is dicta-
torship; the decay of individual liberty
Is RECOMMENDATION, and the collapse of
international justice and humanitarian
ism is the totalitarian state. Every ma
ton abroad which has forsaken the
republican form OF government for one
OF oligarchial rule has taken unto itself
moral code of deceit, hypocrisy and
barbaric blasphemy.
But the world knows not how to cope
with men of the Hitler and Mussolini
ego. Not because they are supermen,
innate with superhuman qualities of in
genuity and intelligence, which some
people believe they possess. The world
has had difficulty in reasoning with
them because their word is no more than
the bond Of perf1diousness which under
lies the form of tyranny which they
represent. How can any nation depend
upon dictators who tell the world that
their soldiers do not fight on the soil of
Spain and then when the conflict is
over and terminated in their favor well
come home these same soldiers, holding
them up as examples for other young
men to follow? :.
If the world today could defeat the
purposes of such men, we could feel
confident that ours is the heritage of
peace and good will. And yet men like
Hitler and Mussolini are not the off,
spring OF status quo which is salts
factory. They are merely by-products
OF our own neglect.
1t is only when oppressed millions
become discouraged and respondent that
dynamic personalities, convincing with
their colorful display of rhetorical splen-
dor, come into power
There is current saying that 1T can't
happen here" but who is to Judge such
a supposition? Dictators and their un-
scrupulous tactics are merely of1springs
OF those in key posts who shirk their
duty in times of need
We have many important bills before the
Congress at the present time. Our Pres
ldent is trying to save the status QUO by
making 1t live and workable thing. II
congress fails in its duty to the people.
1t will fall along with the democracy
which it was elected to represent. Amer
lea must march forward as the cynosure
OF democratic faith. We hold a destiny
and are trustees for all those who be-
heve in freedom, equality and Justice
America must guard this with her sacred
heritage. Wires acquirit eundo"-She
acquires strength in her progress.
BENJAMIN r. STICKNEY, Jr.
July IA.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Tells How Mr.. EidSnesS Met
Booker T. Washington.
To the Editor of The Star.

Noticing that Michael L. Eidsness, jr.,
included the name of Booker T. Wash
ington in his list of heroes of peace"
worthy of philatelic homage, am re-
minded of the story of how Mr.. Eidsness
and Mr.. Washington first met
The time was many years ago, when
MIR. Eidsness was an Office boy in the
Postmaster Generals Office. His chief
was busy with important business and
had told Mike, as he then and later
affectionately was known, to inform any
callers that he was "out of town"
When Mr.. Washington walked into the
Office and asked for the Postmaster Gen.
eral, Mr.. Eidsness remembered his in
structions and boldly gave the answer
dictated to him. But Mr.. Washington
was not convinced. Are you sure the
Postmaster General is away?" he de-
manded. Eyes, sir" replied Mike, moth
ing abashed. "Positive?" Eyes sir"
Couldn't be mistaken?" mo, sir" His
boss had given orders and Mike would
obey them though the heavens fell
But no such cataclysm occurred In
stead, the Postmaster General, hearing
sounds of conflict in the reception room,
opened the door and cheerfully greeted
his visitor: my dear MIR. Washington.
What pleasure to see you! Do come
in!"
Mr.. Eidsness was left gasping with
embarrassment, caught in the tangled
web of his chiefs deception. The min
utes passed like the proverbial flow of
molasses in January-until, eventually,
Mr.. Washington emerged from the inner
sanctum and Mike was afforded oppor-
tunity to apologize. "You didn't give
me any card, and didn't know who
you were," he said. That's all right"
Mr.. Washington replied. "Next time,
merely explain that the boss is too busy
to be disturbed"
Before he departed, the great Negro
leader presented Mr.. Eidsness with his
autograph-which Mike, long years af-
terward, confessed he sold to collector
for IS.
July 20. ALDEN WARD.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
"WEsTOVER DRIVE 8. E.

"Dear Sir:
I'VE have just moved to new home
and our back porch leads into woods
as 1t were.
I'VE would like to encourage the birds
to come feed in our yard.
How does one 60 about making a
feeding station? What foods to give
them, ETC.?
I'VE have given them bread and they
seem to enjoy 1t, as do the squirrels.
Sincerely. T. A. c."
Here Is person who is to be envied
What pleasure there is in the beginning
of any good hobby!
A real excitement prevails, ifeone has
imagination.
And friends of birds have 1t, else they
would not be interested enough to begin
Turing them to garden.
1t requires imagination, and a sense OF
humor, for you may feel pretty sure that
things will go wrong here now and then,
as elsewhere.
Perfection is hard to find.
AS Omar tells U.s. there was even q
snake in paradise
Bird feeding is not all Just admiring
pretty feathered folk, and saying, "Oh,
look at the bee-you- tiful bird!"
No, there are pigeons, which flock down
when not wanted, and dogs, and cats,
and squirrels-and more squirrels
Let us say, right off, don't worry when
things go wrong. They are small things,
as compared with many others, and must
not be taken too seriously.
English sparrows, when you expect
chickadees are not great burdens, after
all
There are many good points to these
birds, one of them being that they are
first cousins to one of the top-notchers,
the song sparrows.
Song sparrows have scarcely a peer
among birds. but when you first see them
you will think they are lust English
sparrows."
So go easy on English sparrow hatred,
and, indeed, all sorts of dislikes and
hates" which are so easily bred and
hard to get rid Of
Once you establish. in your own mind,
the proper attitude, you have completed
the groundwork for happy bird watching.
Then you can go on to building feeders,
and finding out how much the cardinals
love sunfower seed, and how few birds
will eat rape seed, which is so largely
mixed in bird food mixtures to pad it
out, and when the migrating birds come
in the spring. and when leave in the
fall and discover for yourself what many
know already, that the bluejay stays with
us the year around.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Comments on Speeches
At Bar Convention.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Robert H. jackson, United States So
licitor General speaking to the American
Bar Association, meeting in San Fran
cisco, is reported to have said: There is
nothing in the Constitution which pro-
vides that there shall be no power to
regulate prices or wages"
On the other hand, let it be remem-
bered, there is nothing in the Constitu-
ton that gives to the United States the
power to regulate wages or prices, and
the tenth amendment does specifically
deny to the United States any power
which is not delegated to it by the Con-
stitution, in these words: "The powers
not delegated to the United States by the
Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the
States, are reserved to the States re-
spectively, or to the people,
Frank J. Hogan, president Of the Bar
Association, is quoted as saying: "The
American people must look to the Legis-
lature rather than the judiciary for the
Evening star., 1939-07-21

Convention Of 1910, that will not be
skin of a good many Democratic
noses.
Far beyond the existing situation,
however, goes the underlying prin-
ciple that no army of Federal en-
ployes should be allowed to control
nominations for Federal Office or
used to swing elections.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Quotes Henry Ford
On M. r. A.
To the Editor of The S,ay.

To the Editor Of The Star:
A message sent by Henry Ford to the
Call to the Nations" mass meeting for
moral rearmament, held in HOLLYWOOD
Bowl, Hollywood, Calf, Wednesday eve
ming, July 10, think may be of interest
to many friends in Washington. It
reads as follows:
The objective of moral rearmament
is one in which I strongly believe. 1t
stands for an attitude and an effort that
is deeply needed in all the seats of pub
lie and private power today. AS plain
people, 1t seems to me, We have stronger
and more healthy moral convictions than
ever before. The majority of human
beings are normally honest. kind, sane
MINDED and industrious, building their
world around home and children and
desiring more than anything else the
blessings of peace, good order and fair
dealing.
The effort of the Oxford Group, un-
der the leadership of DR.. Frank N. D.
Buchanan. to bring into high places the
honesty and humanity of common life
Is what I understand moral rearma-
ment to mean and that effort cordially
ndorse. There is enough good will in
the people to overcome all war, all class
dlssension and all economic stagnation,
when that good will shall be hitched to
the affairs Of men and nations. This is
the one kind of power in which govern
ments OF men are deficient and of the
disability of which they seem unaware.
A movement that translates our pri-
vate moral convictions into our public
policies appeals to all who would help
the world forward to its next stage of
progress" Al b
July 20.
Evening star., 1939-07-21

Some men are born with unfortu-
nate blemishes. Others acquire broken
noses and similar misfortunes. But
when Statesman" habitually uses
the nickname for his otherwise dig
nif1ed first name, that is his own
fault.
Evening star., 1939-07-21

Visitors to Germany fell of twenty
per cent from 1887 to 1898. That
hurts where even a Nazi can feel it.
They probably explain it as just an
other manifestation Of "encircle-
ment,"
Evening star., 1939-07-21

-, The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
credited to it or not otherwise credited in this
PAPER and also the local news published herein
All rights of publication of special dispa tches
herein also are reserved
Evening star., 1939-07-21

Some one once wrote, "A pretty girl
is like melody" In a bathing suit
these days she looks more like a cou-
pie of sixteenth-notes.
Evening star., 1939-07-21

Chess players have been known to
deliberate on a move for as long as
fourteen hours. Possibly that Is the
reason 10 many people prefer craps.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
Dear the name and address OF
the uriter although the use OF
q pSeudonyn for publication is
permissible. Please be brier
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Recalls the Old Story
About Democrats.

10 the Editor OF The Star:
Years ago the Democrats in Congress
assembled check-mated Grover Cleve-
lands efforts to better conditions and
wandered in the wilderness Is years and
next they actually killed Woodrow Will
son and his efforts toward League of
Nations. Now they seem to be preparing
to shut up shop and go home without
supporting the Presidents efforts to ward
off danger to the United States in these
unsettled times. 1t recalls Gen. Grants
encouraging remark to his party years
ago (When just before election time
things seemed to brighten little for the
Democrats and the Republicans were on
the anxious bench): You can always de-
pend on the Democrats to do something
foolish" Does this prediGtion still hold
good? REAL VIRGINIA DEMOCRAT.
July 18.