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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-18
Anti-Bund d Camp Bill
 Ready For Assembly
Connecticut Yankees Join United Americans in Fight
 to Prevent "Un-American' Gathering in State

bill calling for barring of German American Bund camps in Connecticut will be presented in the General Assembly by the United Americans and the Connecticut Yankees, according to communication received today from Nelson H Bellmay of Waterbury, in behalf of the organizations cited The bill will be presented by Senator
 Albert L. Coles of Bridgeport according to the letter MT. Bellmay who writes follows:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-18
ST. ANN's CHOIR
 INSTALLS OFFICERS

Cleo Bonchard was master oi ceremonies at the recent imstAlla~ ton of ofiicefx of the choir of sl Ann's church. The new officers are: President, Phillip vachon: vice. preAident, Mrs. Leodina pageot, secretary, Mrs. B. Parent: assist ant secretary, Mrs. Della Larrivee: sreasurer, Miss Mary dervais; as sistant treasurer, Henry Pageot: organist and director, Miss Marie A. Morrot.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-18

on the Bryn Mawr faculty and writes articles on modern art and the dance. At present he is president of the School of American Ballet.
 Member of the executive commit tee of American Friends of Hebrew University, he is also . member oj the National Child Labor Commit. tee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-18

NEW WEIRD CHARACTERS.
 NEW THRrLLSs NEW TERROR
Evening star., 1939-12-30
itch appears on the cover in small

which appears on the cover in small
letters.
This volume and its companion,
"soils and Men, which was issued last
year, represents one of the real, tan
gible achievements Of the regime of
Henry A. Wallace as Secretary Of
Agriculture. The two annual COM
pendiums on human, animal and
plant genetics of 1886 and 1887 were
as good inside. but outside there was
the same forbidding yearbook Of
Agriculture"
One Of the minor criticisms of the
Roosevelt administration is that OF
its alleged literary aspirations with
a small army of journalists, trained
and unframed, grinding out enor-
nous daily grists of printed and
mimeographed copy to explain and
extol the accomplishments of diff
ferent departments Of the Govern
ment. Much Of it has been boon
to wastebasket manufacturers.
But the attention of all other Gov
ernment departments is invited to
the model job accomplished by Sec
retary Wallace's literary branch.
1t has found a way of making
Government reports which will be
preserved from the oblivion of the
wastebasket and the furnace for a
generation.
Evening star., 1939-12-30
japan in Confusion

The tilt which has Just occurred
between Premier Abe and majority
of the japanese House of Represent
atives is another symptom of the
confusion which rules Japan's poll
cies and politics as the war in China
dragS on, draining the empire of its
wealth. The new puppet government
Of Wang Ching-wei languishes still
unborn and relations with the United
States continue to be unsettled.
Although the resolution adopted by
the japanese legislators, suggesting
that the Abe cabinet consider resign
ing because Of a lack of public conf
dence, had no official standing, it
was important as an index of public
feeling toward the cabinet.
There was no compulsion upon the
cabinet to follow the legislators
admonitions or to take any step
toward resignation. Premier Abe's
rejection of any such move was to be
expected. But whatever dissatisfac-
ton with the cabinet exists in the
Diet may come to a head between
now and January 20, when it is
scheduled to reconvene, Just six days
before expiration of the American
Japanese trade treaty.
To the extent that the legislators
discomfort represents sentiment in
favor of speedy windup Of the
Chinese campaign, 1t may also serve
to bring to head Japan's intentions
with respect to the United States.
In the event that Japan decides to
press more deeply into China and to
carry to their conclusion the ex-
elusive policies which 60 with the
new order in ASIA" there is likely to
be an increase in trade difficulties
with the United States, but If Toxic
decides to start withdrawing from
the Chinese morass, political and
economic relations with this country
may be greatly improved.
AS matters now stand, expiration
Of the commercial treaty January 26
will be followed by some form Of
working agreement, under which
Japan will continue to receive most
favored-nation treatment and ex-
emption from the discriminatory ten
per cent duties on imports from
Japan in Japanese ships. But,
whereas a formal treaty would assure
Japan of certain forms of favorable
treatment, the temporary agreement
will embody a day-to-day policy Of
the American Government, which
will permit immediate reprisals
should the Japanese government or
it's army leaders take any steps
detrimental to American interests.
Evening star., 1939-12-30
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles Z. Trace,ueH.

Probably It is better for people not to
feed at all, II they are not willing and
able to keep 1t up. A reservation may
be made In case Of deep SHOWS. Then
all bird life is hard put to find anything
to eat, and householders who think Of
them at this time, even If they never do
1t at any other, are to be praised.
Regular feeding is something else It
will not do at all to place several feed
ing stations, artistic or merely utilitarian.
and then forget them for days and even
weeks at time.
It is an analogous situation to that Of
the fine bird bath which never has any
water In 1t all summer long.
The best way to be sure the birds will
get their meal-for life to them is just
one big mealtime-is to set aside some
one time every day for the combined
task and duty.
It is a pleasant task pleasant duty.
once you fall in love with bird life.
Perhaps the best time is just before
dark, when all the birds are gone, but
with enough light left so there is no
fumbling.
Maybe one or two cardinals will be
around. They will not mind. Flying to
a nearby fence or bush, they will wait
the retreat Of the intruder into their
feeding province.
Perhaps one or two sparrows, eager
for q last bite hop into the shrubbery.
It Is a most satisfactory feeling, the
next morning, just as light really ar
rives, to know that the task is done, that
the arriving creatures will not be disap-
pointed.
Not to disappoint others, whether man
or beast, is surely something worth striv-
ing for, in such world as this, when at
times it seems as If the evils thereof are
at the point OF being victorious at last.
Those who see that they do not dis
appoint, are doing their share to bal
ance the world Alright.
It will be found with little experience
that the creatures are remarkably even
eaters, that is, they consume about the
same poundage day after day.
This means that the human element
in the scene may measure out the re-
quired amount, in advance, and be pretty
sure that he is not skimping.
An old bag or box, for instance, may
just hold the right amount to fill all the
stations.
This means that second trip to the
pantry or garage will not be necessary
To any one who has made these refill
ing trips in snow 2 feet deep, with a
crust of ice, maybe, it will seem rather
important.
AS in all sports there is no unimpor-
tant item in bird feeding. Everything
about it is interesting to its enthusiasts
What more can one ask?
Evening star., 1939-12-30

cease. The average person has no de-
sire to crusade for something in which
he does not believe, and he has certain
predictions about participating in
what he views as nothing more than
senseless wet or dry" issue. AS long
as this situation prevails we can ex-
pect nothing constructive.
In the opinion of distinguished psy-
biologists and other scientists many Of
our drunkards are the direct product
of the intemperate instruction received
in their youth, often beginning at the
tender age of six. Such instruction,
predicated on fear, disease and DEATH"
is bound to produce distorted concep-
ton Of alcohol as beverage; engender
a defeatist attitude, and develop gen.
eral unfltness to cope with temptations
Of life. 1t would seem, then, that the
first step in a truly scientific program
would be to provide the proper guidance
for the young. AS an eminent physician
Of Washington recently stated: If we
provide for the youth of this land the
simple truths, predicated on physio-
logical and psychological facts, the COM
ing generations will see few drunkards
and much of the animosity against alco-
hol should die natural DEATH"
Anything but the simple truths are
now taught children. With scientific
advice appealing to the common inteli-
gence of the normal child of today it is
not likely that many would depart from
convincing principles learned in youth.
If this were undertaken, instead of all
the devious means employed to return
the Nation to prohibition, what is now
passive indifference among the people
would become active interest and par
ticipation, as there is constructive ap-
proach to question of sufficient i'm
portance to appeal to all thinking per-
sons who recognize that something
should be done to adequately deal with
what in reality is a national problem.
Within short time those most likely
to become drlnkards would be set on q
straight path with definite conception
Of moderation. And medical science
could certainly find q cure for the un-
fortunate psychopath of this generation.
This might also contribute to the wish
Of A. L. L. that money spent on liquor
be used for milk and pure fruit juices:
although reliable estimates show that
practically the same amount was ex-
pended for liquor during prohibition as
Is spent today. One redeeming feature
is that now this money provides needed
employment for thousands and brings in
revenue, where before 1t all went to q
gangster empire. CD. CECIL.
December Z.
Evening star., 1939-12-30
Depl0res Dies Attack on
Consumer Organiza tions.
BIZ Thomas r. Henry.
70 the Editor Of The {

The procedure followed by the Dies
Committee in releasing its attack on con-
sumer organizations is sufncient reason
for Congress to insist that the personnel
Of the committee be thoroughly altered
If its appropriation is to be renewed. The
criticisms of Congressman Voorhis ap-
pear to be wholly just and could not have
been stated more mildly.
In many respects the Dies Committee
has done excellent work. Very fire.
quently, however. it acts In q manner
wholly inimical to the honest, RESPONSE
BILE, self-respecting democracy 1t claims
to be defending. The fiimsy, unsup-
ported attacks on individuals and organ
izations affiliated with the consumer
movement are very reminiscent Of Soviet
war communiques anent Finland. It is
ironical that the consumer movement is
singled out for this attack most OBJ
servers Of Scandinavian democracy at
tribute its major achievements to we'll
established cooperative movement.
JACINTO STEINHARDT.
December II.
Evening star., 1939-12-30
Fair Play Asked
For Foreigners.
TO the Editor Of The

TO the Editor Of The Star:
I am q refugee from Czecho- -Slovakia,
and was lucky enough to find shelter in
this country year ago. I work few
hours day in cafeteria and yesterday
a young lady came in, asked for her
lunch, and when she heard my answer
in a foreign accent, she suddenly put her
tray back, stepped to the door, and said
to the manager: Il don't want foreign
people waiting on me-"
Every one told me not to take 1t Sc
riously, but I can't help it. feel un-
happy for myself and all my friends.
because we have such high opinions OF
the freedom and real democracy in this
country. I know it is only a minority
which has such undemocratic ideas, but
let me ask the majority to find some way
to protect us against such acts, and to
remember again and again how misera-
BILE is our fate and how seriously we be-
lieve in the great traditions of this great
country. D. r. P.
December %.
Evening star., 1939-12-30

Filling the feeding stations needs to
be reduced to . system, II there are .
number Of them around the home
grounds, as there should be.
Birds in numbers eat q great deal Of
food in cold weather. It seems as II
they are never full: they are forever
eating, because of the need Of their heat
requirements.
The home owner interested in the
wild birds, who has decided to feed those
which winter here, is almost never salts
fed with just one feeder.
Two, three, four or more-they may
be placed in the back yard, the side
yard, in front Of the home, at various
windows.
Keeping them constantly stocked with
seeds and grains, to say nothing Of suet,
raisins, peanuts, bits Of apple. from time
to time, requires some intelligent FORE
thought.
Unless, of course, one doesn't mind the
various trays and boxes running dry.
The newcomer to the sport may not
mind, but 1t is safe to say that once he
has watched his guests for a season, he
never thereafter recaptures that careless
spirit.
Thereafter 1t becomes his duty al
though pleasant one, to see that each
station is filled each day, and refilled, II
occasion and appetites demand.
~ -
Here we meet the disparity which
reigns in this sport as in many another.
The conditions one person finds are
not always duplicated by another.
One discovers that 10 pounds Of food
will last two or three weeks.
Another enthusiast finds that Is
pounds scarce will last him and birds
week.
It may be that the first keeps a dog,
and the second has six pigeon guests,
in addition to his sparrows, cardinals,
titmice, nuthatches, chickadees, snow
birds and others.
Wild birds do not like dogs. The more
graceful ways of cats are not as distaste-
full as the rough and ready rushes of the
dogs Birds through the centuries have
become used to creeping things, but
things which make rough noises as they
come plunging are not at all to their
tastes.
Dogs. too. keep away squirrels. Now
the yard without squirrels will not use
as much bird food as the garden in which
half dozen of these lively rodents find
themselves entirely at home.
Whatever the amount Of food re-
quired, it must be dispensed regularly, If
the bird life present is to be served.
1t will not do at all to lure the guests
for few days. then permit them to go
hungry for few more.
Where they are fed they expect to be
fed They are much like humans in
this respect.
Evening star., 1939-12-30
UphoIdinq q Covenant

The decision Of the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals upholding a
f1fty-year-old covenant forbidding
the sale of spirituous liquors in
Columbia Heights marks an impor7
tant victory for those who estab-
lished their homes in that section
in the expectation that they would
be protected against the setting up
of liquor stores in the community.
It may well be, Of course, that a
great many residents Of Columbia
Heights, particularly those who are
renting homes or apartments, never
heard of the covenant and would
have no objection to the sale of
liquor in their neighborhood. But
the mere fact that the suit was filed
is evidence that some home owners
do object, and it was with their
interests that the court was con-
cerned.
AS the opinion pointed out, 1t
pleases these people to live at a
distance from liquor stores, and by
buying property in Columbia Heights
they bought that privilege. If it
seems absurd to object to the pres
ence of liquor stores on the east
side of Fourteenth street when there
are a number of them on the west
side of that thoroughfare, it must be
remembered, as the court said, that
"all restrictions have boundaries,
and no restriction gives protection
against what goes on across a
boundary"
The courts opinion in this case,
in addition to confirming the right
of property owners in Columbia
Heights to bar commercial liquor
establishments, gives assurance to all
home owners in the District that
they may expect to enjoy the bene-
fits of all reasonable special privi-
leges for which they have cove
nanted
Evening star., 1939-12-30
Dr.. Kelly Miller

To know DR.. Kelly Miller even
casually was to respect and admire
him; to know him intimately was
to love him. He was an altogether
remarkable person. Not merely his
gifts were important. He possessed
such a notable capacity for putting
his talents into service that it might
have been said of him truly that he
had no private life. From the start
of his career until its honored close
he was public character. His mind,
his heart, his very soul were enlisted
in the cause of human progress.
There was nothing that he reserved
to himself. He existed entirely for
others.
Perhaps it was natural that he
should continue to grow in stature
and in significance up to the last.
DR.. Miller as a child achieved dis
tinction as a lightning calculator"
but he did not remain exclusively a
mathematician. Instead, he became
a sociologist in the best meaning OF
that word. He was philosopher
with interests constantly increasing
in range until they no longer were
limited by any boundary. He wrote,
almost literally, upon everything un-
der the sun. And he found Joy in
his labors. Few men Of his time
were happier in the performance OF
a duty. Only a few days ago he
was at his desk, engaged with the
correspondence in which he always
found delight. He was seventy-six
Evening star., 1939-12-30
Literary Forming

Up to four years ago the mails
used to be burdened annually with
thousands of copies of a heavy
volume whose exterior was as for
bidding as its interior-the dull,
sornber yearbook of Agriculture.
It went into selected farm homes
throughout the United States, but
farm wives saw to it that the tome
was kept of living room bookshelves.
1t was altogether too plebian pos
session to be displayed. Often it
found it's way into the furnace after
a cursory peruSal.
The inside was almost unreadably
dull. It consisted of progress reports
on agricultural investigations Of the
Federal Government and State ex-
pertinent stations during the year
and statistics Of crop production and
markets. There was plenty Of in
terest in these pages, if one had the
courage and patience to dig for it"
but few citizens, it seemed, were
possessed of such qualities.
However, the other day there
arrived in the morning mail a
volume with the title Food and
Life" It was of about the size
and somewhat Of the appearance Of
"Gone With the Wind" or Anthony
Adverse" Ones first impression, be-
fore opening the book, was that 1t
was an English translation OF some
long, stark, grim Russian or Norwe-
gian novel. It was such a book as,
left lying on the table with intended
carelessness, would give an atmos-
phere of culture to the home. One
would estimate the cost at the book
store at around flve dollars. The
casual caller would hardly notice the
subtitle. yearbook Of Agriculture" !"
Evening star., 1939-12-30
malicious Tumperinq"

The photograph accompanying the
Interstate Commerce Commission re-
port on the wreck of the Southern
Pacific streamliner City of San Fran
cisco leaves no question as to the
correctness of the Federal investi-
gators findings that malicious
tampering" with the track caused
the derailment in August of the
crack flyer which sent twenty-four
persons to their death. It also dis
closes the basis for the announce
ment at the time by Southern Pacific
officials that the train had been de-
liberately wrecked.
The devilish ingenuity with which
the wreck was planned is all too
clear, the picture showing that elec-
trio signal wires whose disarrange-
ment would have served warning OF
the plot were held in place while
rail was bent out of alignment to
send the train hurting to disaster.
The catastrophe was one that was
not to be anticipated and hardly
could have been guarded against by
any method short of a constant track
patrol There is little doubt, how
ever, but that out of it will come
some additional precautions, for the
railroads, in recent years, have been
placing continued emphasis on meas
ures for the protection of their
patrons and employees.
The City of San Francisco equip
ment was of the new-type aluminium
alloy construction, and that fact
consequently raised the issue as to
whether the loss of life would have
been less had standard all-steel
passenger cars been used. Any at
tempt to draw conclusions on that
point, however, the commissions bu-
reau of safety said, would be purely
conjectural, and in view of the in
creasing investment the carriers are
making in this lighter style equip
ment, it would not be reasonable to
assume that the element of COM
parative safety was being ignored.
Evening star., 1939-12-30
Proper Guidance Of Young Urged
To Combat Drunkenness.

To the Editor Of The Star:
While not often writing my views to
newspaper I do read the letters OF
others; mainly to observe what among
current affairs seems to be Of most In
terest to people. I notice that quite a
few express themselves on the liquor
question. It is apparent from most OF
these comments that they come from
persons with prejudiced viewpoint;
also that they are not based on a gen.
eral observation Of conditions.
An example is the communication OF
A. L. Z. in The Evening Star of Decem-
ber 6. Few people believe that condi-
tions today are as bad as in the old
days, or during the prohibition era. AS
travel extensively over the United
States, and have for good many years,
my measured judgment Is that repeal
of the eighteenth amendment was q
blessing to the Nation. Certain evils in
connection with the sale of liquor still
exist, but nothing like those we en-
countered during the period President
Hoover rightfully termed noble ex-
pertinent and which utterly failed in
improving the morals of people or even
in curbing the consumption of alco-
holc beverages. If anything, the evils
following in the wake of prohibition
were more disastrous than those sought
to be corrected by sumptuary laws.
One thing as a result Of repeal, for
which I am thankful, Is that the first
offer Of service by the bellboys in
Northern hotels is not now: Gould I
provide you with some beverage?" Nor
am greeted by the Southern bellboy
with the sly query: BOSS, does you
tolerate?" One usually had to tolerate
to keep in step with local sentiment,
and I found that tolerating was the
practice at all hours. Now, at least, this
pastime has been generally relegated to
after-business hours. That situation
was anything but wholesome; although
it did augment the income Of bellboys,
and at the same time started many
youths on the road to crime.
I agree with A. L. l.. that many peo-
pie are Indifferent to the evils resulting
from the abuse Of liquor by . rela-
lively small percentage Of the popu-
lation. I would say that the great ma
jority Of people are Indifferent In the
public sense; but that indifference is
due mainly to the faulty approach to
the problems by those who make the
subject their own private province Of
reform. I venture the prediction that
II ever the matter Is tackled from .
sane standpoint this indifference would