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Evening star., 1939-11-20
Naming of Murphy
To Supreme Court Opposed.

To the Editor Of The Star
1t appears to be- the consensus of
opinion that Attorney General Murphy
will be appointed by Mr.. Roosevelt to
succeed Justice Butler on the Supreme
Court
Should this happen the radicalism of
the court will have become an accom-
plshed fact, and the respect for and
confidence in the court, which has al
ready declined, will cease to exist alto
gether among the people. The Consti-
tuition will cease to exist as the shield
and protector of our rights and indi-
vidual liberties and will become a mere
relic, and evidence of failure of the
noblest experiment of mankind ia self
government.
1t is further suggested that Mr.. Muir
ply will be appointed because he is a
Roman Catholic. This is neither a rea-
son for his appointment nor for with
holding the appointment from him.
Chief Justice White was Roman Cath
olic, and there never sat upon that
bench finer or more able man. To
consider a mans religion or church
af11liation for such position runs
counter to the spirit of our institutions.
II not in direct conflict with the Consti-
tuition.
Senator Minton is also mentioned for
the appointment. How his colleagues.
who should know him, could vote for his
confirmation is beyond comprehension,
He was an ardent advocate of Roosevelt's
court-packing bill, which, as every one
OF ordinary intelligence knows, would
have destroyed the independence of the
Judiciary and subjected the liberties of
the people to the whims and caprices of
the President and of a Congress sub
serv1ent to him. 1t is doubtful whether
Mr.. Roosevelt could find a man more
unfit temperamentally and intellectually
for this appointment.
ALEXANDER s. LANIER.
November II.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
Letter From English Friend
Tells of Fixed Determination" !"

To the Editor of The Star:
I recently have received from a friend
in England a letter which so reflects pub
lie opinion among the British people that
I believe it would be of interest to your
readers. The text is as follows:
You know sufficient of what is hap
pening over here to render it unnecessary
for me to state that we are living under
conditions which are complete trans
formation of what they were up to Sep
tember 2. We feel, however, deeply con-
vinced that the action which has been
taken by this country and its allies was
the only one possible to prevent a con-
tinuance of crises, leading probably to
some greater disaster which would irrep-
arably hurt the lives of future genera
tions. There is no self lf-righteousness in
this. The temper of all the people in
this country at the moment is one of
fixed determination, without the glamour
which usually is associated with the
beating of the drum and the sounding
Of the bugle.
Under the circumstances, life is only
tolerable in so far as ones time and en-
ergies are so absorbed as to ensure that
there will be that measure of exhaustion
which will enable one to secure little
unbroken sleep.
eve are all sympathetic to the diff
culties which present to your adminis-
tration and to your people generally, in
the attitude which they should adopt
toward the belligerent powers. I have
no doubt, however, in my mind, that,
among that section of your people with
which it has been my privilege to have
contact, where there is a case so clear in
its demands, we shall certainly sense the
attitude Of friendship which in such
times gives . great measure Of support
Evening star., 1939-11-20
Feline Defense

In these troublous times it is up to
the inventive genius of the Nation to
devote it's best efforts to the pressing
problem of home security. The Navy
Department in particular welcomes
suggestions for improving the eff
cheney of our first line of defense,
and are especially gratified at the
volunteer offer of a contributing
amateur, whose name must be kept
secret lest he be kidnapped by a GER
tain unmentionable foreign power
and tortured into developing his de-
vice to be used against the land of
the free.
According to Mr.. x, one of the
most annoying things that can hap
pen to a naval officer is to have
large, expensive torpedo, launched
according to the best professional
advice, suddenly develop slice or
a hook in midflight, get off the fair
way and go foul by inches. Our
anonymous patriot proposes to score
a hole-in-one every time by training
cats to ride the torpedoes and guide
them to where they will do the most
evil. They will not be asked to ride
bareback on slippery surfaces, ex-
posed to the rigors of weather, but
will be furnished on their last mile
with comfortable cabins complete
with bowls of milk and steering gear.
Various annoying details have to
be perfected before the Navy adopts
the plan, one of the most important
being what to do if some thoughtless
COB should absent-mindedly call out,
Here, kitty, kitty, kitty.' War is a
grim and dignified business, and in
time we may yet see Mr.. ks patri-
otic cats setting out on their dan
gerous missions and regretting that
they have but nine lives to give for
their country.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
Protests CrueIties
OF Hunters.
November II.
To the Editor of The st

To the Editor of The Star:
Always at this time of year I am deeply
depressed by the thought of the terror
and anguish inflicted upon the wild
creatures by man, the hunter, who finds
pleasure in injuring and killing. 1t is
not alone the slain bird or deer, but the
mangled and bleeding ones that are not
killed, but who creep into the brush to
lie there for days or hours of suffering
before death relieves their agony. And
it is not only those who die that suffer.
Animals love each other. A flock of
birds is a huge family. Animals protect
their young with more courage and en-
durance often than man. And animals
grieve for those slaughtered so heed
lessly by the sportsman
MRS. H. D. ALBIN.
Takoma Park, Md.
November 16.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. TraceWeH.

to fertilize tulip bulbs when they are
placed in the ground, and to plant them
IN the poorest soil we have.
Some agricultural lime may be used,
sprinkled over the soil, in order to keep
the soil alkaline. This is said to be a
good thing. But in the MAN. the less
fertility, and the less fertilizer of any
kind used with tulips, the better the yield
OF flowers in the spring and the longer
the bulbs will flower if left undisturbed.
If bulbs are to be lifted after blooming,
they still do best when the leaves are
permitted to wilt down naturally.
\ y X
New England asters, with their height,
good foliage and good blooms offer a
note of color to the yard for many weeks.
The old-fashioned scarlet sage stands
up we'll against the advancing season
and the cold. OF course, none of these
flowers has good foliage at this time. 1t
looks as if it were cooked, to use the old
garden expression. But the flowers are
decidedly worth having.
Marlgolds are not always given the
credit they deserve. Blooming late, they
tend to stay in bloom great deal longer
than many believe possible Here again
the leaves are not much at this time,
but the yellow blooms add a certain
touch to any yard.
The comparative warmth of the sea-
son to date has made all these outdoor
flowers possible, and given those who
wish to plant tulip bulbs very long ex-
tension.
In this connection it is interesting to
note that some expert gardeners never
think to put in tulip bulbs until De-
cemoer' and assert that bulbs planted
That late do better than those put in
earlier. They will tell you that some
tlmes they have to break the frozen
earth with a pick before they can plant
their bulbs The moral for the average
gardener is simply this: Don't DESPAIR
II you cannot get tulip bulbs in until
later. There really is no time too late.
evidently.
In addition to the colors of the flowers
mentioned, there are other autumn COL
orlngs which must never be overlooked
foremost are the colors of falling or
fallen leaves, perfect fall colors.
Then the grass remains more or less
green. And green is, after all, the one
! perfect garden color, although some
times we tend to forget this.
The bark of trees and shrubs also de-
serves attention, along with the paren-
NAL beauty of the evergreens. Here we
nave two colors, or rather many colors,
which stay with us all through the
winter.
While we tend to think of trees as full
OF leaves, they are just as much trees.
truly, when their branches are bare.
Then their symmetry is easily seen of
every eye. If the green of some ever
green is close, tree stands forth both
for what it is and what it promises to
be next spring
Evening star., 1939-11-20
Defense and Relief

Senator Norris, Independent, of
Nebraska takes an untenable posi-
ton when he opposes increased ma
tlonal defense appropriations on the
theory that the money should be
used for relief of unemployment and
agriculture. Domestic distress is an
important problem that merits the
most serious consideration of the ex-
ecutlve and legislative branches of
the Government, but national de-
tense certainly is of equal Importance
and in time of great emergency it
could become paramount. Unemploy-
ment and farm relief are but two
evidences of an ailing economy,
whereas national insecurity in
world threatened by totalitarian ag-
gression is an evidence of weakness
that might well invite attacks i'm
periling not only the whole economy
but the Nation itself.
Actually, domestic problems and
the question of national defense are
not rivals for the attention of ad-
ministration officials and legislators.
They are separate subjects requiring
independent studies. Although both
involve large expenditures, neither
should be ignored for the other.
Money spent to protect the people
from internal dangers, as a matter
OF fact, would be an investment in
volving great risk were not other
money spent to defend the very
homes and lives of those people from
possible external dangers. Of what
avail now is the money which
Czecho-Slovakia and Poland eX-
pended on relief Of the unemployed,
of the peasants and of other victims
OF economic depression? Neither
nation was strong enough to defend
itself from external enemies, and
each has disappeared. 1t is a far
cry, of course, from land-locked and
foe-beSieged Czecho Slovakia and
Poland to the United States, but be-
Wildering world events of the past
few months have tended to shrink
our ocean barriers, to make less fan
tastic the possibility of attack. We
have recognized these foreign dan
gers by calling our ships from cer-
tain war zones and by taking other
drastic protective measures. AS
Senator Norris says, these neutrality
measures have lessened the posi-
bility of ENHANCEMENT in the Euro
pean war, but the United States
could Ill afford to relax vigilance in
the slightest degree. A vigilant ma
ton is one adequately prepared to
deal with any threat. Secretary
Woodring points out that we have
had for several years skeleton
Army, with motorization at, say, fifty
per cent of requirements; modern
armament at thirty-three and one
third per cent and modern anti-air-
craft defense at twenty per cent"
Similar conditions have prevailed in
the Navy. Adequate preparedness
will mean an increase in these de-
fensive arms to their full efficiency
and effectiveness. There is little
doubt that Congress will see to it
that this vital external protection
Is provided without further delay.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
Commends Article on
Municipal Golf Courses.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
have read with interest the excellent
article on public links golf courses in
Thursdays Evening Star
AS player on the public courses for
the last 10 years, think that the article
gives very clear picture of public golf
conditions. Washington should have a
model public golf course. One which
would serve as an example for the con-
struction of courses in other cities of the
country.
AS member of the Golf Committee
at the Department of Agriculture,
know that large majority of our play
ers use the public links. More would
use them if the weekend congestion
could be relieved.
I think it could be easily proved that
Washington has more golf players per
| capita than Baltimore. Yet Baltimore
has the Mount Pleasant golf course, one
of the finest courses in this section of
the country.
| At both East Potomac and Rock Greek
there is no further room for expansion
| of the golf course. At Anacostia, how
| ever, there is available the land COM
prising the Fort Dupont area. This is
now being cleared for construction of an
additional nine holes by c. C. C. workers.
There is another 18-hole course proposed
| at Fort Hunt, but this is but plan for
the vague future
It has been shown that there is sufi-
cient land for the construction of
additional golf courses.
Why is it not then possible to complete
this construction in the near future, so
that Washington may begin at last to
enjoy adequate golf facilities?
Nov. 18. WILBUR w. SEAY,
Evening star., 1939-11-20
Mr.. ArnoId's Wurnino

Belated though it is, the announce
ment by Assistant Attorney General
Thurman Arnold that the Depart
ment of Justice will adhere to a
policy of prosecuting labor unions
under the antitrust laws for certain
activities which have no reasonable
relation to legitimate labor objec-
tiveS is welcome step forward
The abuses against which MIR.
Arnolds statement was aimed are
notorious and of long standing. They
f1ourished at time when the New
Deal was lashing out in all direc-
tions at businessmen, while MAIN
tanning a discreet silence with re-
spect to the indefensible practices
Of labor unions. These practices
reached an all-time high during the
construction period of the New York
Worlds Fair when union leaders re-
sorted to tactics-illegal tactics under
Mr.. Arnold's definition-which at
one time threatened, to bring about
the cancellation of several foreign
exhibits.
Perhaps the most significant fea-
ture of the Assistant Attorney Gen.
erals announcement lies in the fact
that it amounts to a rejection of
contentious by both the A. F. of L.
and the c. I. o. that the activities
of labor unions do not come within
the scope of the antitrust laws. The
arguments advanced by labor in sup
port of that position have never
been convincing, and they will be
less so in the future in the face Of
Evening star., 1939-11-20
An Unmet Highway Problem

Over period of more than twenty
years the States, with the aid of
Federal grants, have co-operated in
laying out fine system of nationally
planned highways. 8.
Lying in the path of these modern
boulevards at regular intervals, how
ever, are cities-large and small
in which through traffic adds to and
is slowed down by the tangle of
local vehicles. Anyone who has
motored for any considerable dis
tance across country will recall the
difficulties encountered in getting
through some of the large metro
politan areas.
There should be wide interest,
therefore, in the recent reports from
Capitol Hill that the next session of
Congress will be asked to consider
an amendment to the next Federal
aid highway authorization, under
which R. F. c. loans would be made
available to assist States and mu-
inequalities in developing belt lines
around, or depressed highways
through, these congested urban
areas.
The Federal Public Roads Admin
istration has found that, except in a
few instances, cities have been slow
to provide these facilities because
they call for condemnation of land
for wider rights of way, involving
immediate financial outlays which
the cities find it difficult to assume.
While the Federal agency will match
State funds for highway construc-
ton, its present authority does not
extend to the acquisition of land.
Under the amendment drafted by
Senator Hayden of Arizona and Rep
resentative Cartwright of Oklahoma,
R. F. c. financing for such projects
could be repaid to the Govern
ment over a period of not to exceed
forty years.
There has been talk in Congress of
developing new transcontinental su-
perhighWays, on a toll basis, but the
public roads agency, after careful
study, advised the House and Senate
that tolls would not be feasible as a
means of recovering the entire cost
Of such facilities.
Inasmuch as traffic can proceed
without unreasonable delay over the
existing highway system except in
the congested cities, the wiser course
for Congress would seem to be to
defer the super, toll highway idea,
which would involve huge outlays,
and concentrate on the alternative
proposal of aiding the States to open
up the traffic bottlenecks through
the cities. Speaking of this latter
proposal, the public roads agency
has this to say:
Because of their urgent need to
facilitate highway transportation
where it is now most seriously ham,
pered, and because of the impetus
that through them may be given to
needed changes in the central plan
of our cities, the construction of
transcity connections of the main
rural highways and other express
routes into the center of the cities
ranks first in the list of highway
projects worthy of consideration by
the Congress. Possibly no other work
that might be done would so profit
ably provide employment coincident
with the centers of present unem-
ployment."
Evening star., 1939-11-20
Tribute Paid to
D. ]. kaufman.

To the Editor of The Star:
The announcement of the passing of
D. J. kaufman, old-time WASHINGTON
merchant, may mean just that to new
comers who did not know him, but to
Washingtonians of the past two gen.
erations it has saddening significance.
Uncle Dave" Pop" Dad" and
other endearing appellations were used
in addressing D. j. kaufman by those
who have esteemed him during a life
time.
And SO. as boy years ago, my father
sent me down to Uncle Dave" on
Eighth street Sc. to see what he could
do about furnishing me with an iron
clad" pair of new short pants, the
"iron-clad" referring to the staying and
wearing qualities of the seat of the
pants. Uncle Dave" would invariably
inquire as to how had busted out the
seat of the pants he had supplied me
about two months previously. My an
swer was never convincing, but Uncle
Dave" knew boys, and never pursued a
harsh indictment of them. He would
say, Nov. Jimmy, these are the closest
to iron-clad pants on the market,
and if you show up here for another
pair in six months, your dad should
consult an armor-plate concern rather
than clothier" All of which i'm
pressed me only moderately for I con-
tinued to abuse and destroy wooden
fabrics, despite the fatherly admoni-
tions from Uncle Dave" and the more
severe fatherly tannings from my dad.
Uncle Dave" has passed on, but to
one who knew him, his memory will
oe long, long time in passing.
November Is. JAMES NORTH,
Evening star., 1939-11-20
Knee-Hi Commended
BY School Faculty.

70 the Editor of The Star:
The principal and teachers OF the
Giddings- School thank you for
the safety demonstration given by DR..
Brunson and his remarkable Knee-Hi.
Our children heartily enjoyed seeing
the actual situations which have been
talked about in our safety lessons at
school. We are sure that this outdoor
demonstration has made lasting i'm
preston.
The intelligence which Knee-Hi
showed during the performance inside
the building will inspire the children to
be more obedient, to be more attentive,
and to remember better what they are
taught, so as to compare favorably with
Knee-Hi.
Again we thank you for strengthening
the safety habits of the children in our
school, and we hope that accidents in
our community will be greatly minimized.
S. E. GRAY,
November IT. Principal.
Evening star., 1939-11-20

to bear the undoubted burdens which lie
upon us at present, and in a greater
measure as time passes"
The writer was a soldier in the World
War of 1914-1918; his sons now are at the
front IN france. K. M. R.
November II.
Evening star., 1939-11-20

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November
Sinking Funds

From the Wnston-saiem Journal
With the submarine playing the role
It does, naval expenditures have now be-
come sinking funds.
Evening star., 1939-11-20

Japan has declared an annual six
month closed season on rabbits. If
only she would be that considerate Of
the Chinese.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
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WASHIN NGTON, D. c..
MONDAY November 20, 1899
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@. How long has the New York Times
had an electric news bulletin board?-
G. D. H.
A. The electric news sign was inaugu-
rated on November 6, 1928. q
Evening star., 1939-11-20

@. How thick are the hairs in a mans
beard?-J. B. H.
A. There are about 100 hairs to the
square inch on a mans face.
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@. Who was the first Speaker of the
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lenberg of Pennsylvania served as Speak,
er of the House from 1789-l791.
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To Readers Questions
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@. Has Paris memorial to American
aviators?-E. T. r.
A. One of Frances most beautiful war
memorials is white marble temple in
the Pare de -pEtang, Paris,
commemorating 81 American aviators
who died in French service during the
World War;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-14
Green Chairman For
Paralysis Campaign
F. OF l. Head Accepts Labor Division Appointment
for 1910 "March OF Dimes"

New York, Dec. l4.-President
william Gfsen OF The American Fed
Grafton OF Labor has accepted APP
poin;ment In the Fight 1nfantile
Paralysis campaign as Chairman
OF the Labor Division, Keith Morgan
National Chairman Of the Commit
tee for the Celebration OF the
Presidents Birthday, announced to-
day.
Under this special division the
ranks OF organized labor will 20
forward into the war against the
gripping disease. Members Of 81
gantic unions IN Americas vast In
dustrieS will mass behind the drive
In greater numbers than ever be-
fore, Chairman Morgan declared.
Mr.. Green, III accepting the chair
lnanship and pledging his enthusiasts
TIC support 10 the campaign, de-
clared: 70.
II respond Fundamentally 10 the
invitation you extend 10 serve as
chairman OF the Labor Division Of
the National Committee organized
for the purpose OF carrying forward
this years campaign against infan.
tile paralysis"
Mr.. Green and other labor lead
ers will nj once work out details
OF the Labor Division program which
will be countrywide In scope.
Gratified over the acceptance,
Chairman Morgan said:
president Green Is q regular OF
our team. He was head OF the
Labor Division last year which broke
all records In raising contributions
for the campaign fund.
1.-THE head OF the American Fed
Grafton OF Labor has always stood
with those who are aiding the
handicapped and the under-priv.
LEGGED. His chief concern has been
TO aid those who have been strick-
en- by the disease and to protect
the American home from epidemics
which take O fearful toll, especially
among little children.
Labor will show no neutrality IN
this war which Is being waged TO
save the lives OF children--not to
destroy children"
Funds raised will be distributed
according to the fifty-fifty plan
which won nationwide endorsement
In 1899.