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Evening star., 1939-04-23
1899 Religious Directory
Lists Nearly 1000

Containing q 193-page list of
Washington churches and religious
organizations the 1899 Directory Of
Churches and Religious Organiza-
tions In the District Of Columbia
has just been completed by the
church archives inventory Of the
Federal historical records survey.
The directory includes all WASH
ington denominations and lists
nearly 1000 separate items, with
addresses, telephone numbers and
names Of directing clerical and
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lay oncials. A total Of 672 churches.
chapels and other places Of worship
Is recorded.
Besides the recognized denomina-
ton bodies the directory lists re-
Gently organized sects and cults
maintaining branches in WASH
ington, almost 100 independent
churches, college and university
chapels, Army and Navy chapeis
and other institutional chapels.
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'Mesotrons' Bomburd Earth
AS Atoms Meet Enerqy Bullets

corded in mines several hundred
feet deep.
A report on formation Of the
"middleweight" particles was made
at a netting of the American
Philosophical Society by DR.. Arthur
H. Compton, University Of Chicago
physicist.
Tests have shown, DR.. Compton
said, that. formation Of the meso-
irons increases with altitude.
Production is almost non-existent
at elevations below $4,000 feet. With
recording devices carried aloft by
airplane, it was found production
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By the Associated Press.

~ the Associated PYe60.
PHILADELPHIA. April 22.-A
Nobel Prize winner reported today
collision Of interstellar energy ''bul-
lets" and wandering atoms in the
outer atmosphere is constantly
showering the earth's surface with
electrically-charged particles known
as mesotrons.
Some Of the mesotrons, so-called
because they are about midway in
weight between an electron and the
nucleus Of an atom, disintegrate, or
burn up" before they reach the
ground, but others have been re-
Evening star., 1939-04-23

Northern Ireland shipped 1,088,-
635 pounds Of linen yarns to Amer
lea in 1898.
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as an electron. It's mass Is approxi-
mately . tenth that Of the hydrogen
atom.
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EdmOnStOn East Hyattsv1Ile)
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Unfit for War

The statement of Surgeon General
Parran of the Public Health Service
before the convention of the Associa-
ton of Military Surgeons that "our
Nation is not physically fit for war"
has particularly alarming tone in
time of growing international
anxiety. 1t is startling when con-
densed to the limitations of headline
writing, stripped Of fuller explana-
ton. But considered in full, the
address bears timely and consid-
cred warning.
1t must be remembered Dr. Parran
was addressing a group of surgeons,
whose first duty lies in the military
aspect of medicine, and that his full
statement applies, not to the men
who might be called upon to bear
arms, but to the vast civilian popula-
ton which must remain behind the
lines, keeping the wheels of industry
moving, feeding and supplying the
men who must do the actual fighting.
In the words of Dr. Parran: I'm
the next war there will be no sharp
demarcation between the fighting
front and the rest of the population.
War will be dependent more than
ever on factories, farms, and the
protection Of the health of the peo-
pie" This is true. There would be
no more difficulty today than twenty
years ago in raising an army of two
million or more physically fit young
men to protect the country. There
would be no greater barriers to
manning the productive resources of
the Nation with other millions of
workers who would be unsuited
otherwise for military service. But
the rate of production demanded by
modern warfare is so great there is
reason to believe the three dangers
cited by DR.. Parran: tuberculosis,
venereal disease and malnutrition,
would constitute a considerable drag
on the power of a united people.
LII pCoSC VI Wal IlltSc
dens are recognized. Great progress
has been made in combating them
in recent years, but greater efforts
are demanded. tuberculosis is being
controlled more than ever before,
particularly through the care exer-
cised in identifying incipient cases;
various agencies of Federal and
State governments have co-operated,
mainly through relief agencies, to
correct dietary faults, although much
remains to be done; a Nation wide
campaign, co-ordinating State efforts,
is being undertaken to stamp out
venereal disease. The greater effort
called for by the Surgeon General
must be made. Not for fitness to
fight a war, but for strength and
efficiency to meet the demands of
peace and to carry on the work of
building the United States on a
stronger foundation of health, eff
cheney and prosperity.
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preserve peace. But he did restate
certain truths that too often are lost
sight of in the passion and turmoil
that make for armed conflict. There
is not a country, he said, whose peo-
pie want war. There is not a war
the winning of which brings salts
faction and happiness to any one.
There is not war in which propa-
ganda has not poisoned the minds
of the people engaged in it. There
are few wars, he believes, that cannot
be averted by the exercise Of reason,
by deliberative negotiation, by the
spirit of mutual concession in which
conflicting claims can be best ad-
justed." These are verities that
never are too trite for repetition.
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Equal Justice

The announcement by John L.
Lewis that the C. I. o. will seek
amendment of the Sherman Anti
Trust Act so that "even judges" will
understand that the statute is not to
be applied to trade unions carries an
implied challenge to the American
concept of equal justice under law
that should not pass unnoticed.
Mr.. Lewis demand for amendment
of the law was prompted by triple
damages judgment for seven hundred
and twelve thousand dollars which
was won under the Sherman Act by
the Apex Hosiery Company of Phila-
delphia against hosiery workers
union affiliated with the c. I. o.
This verdict, which Mr.. Lewis de-
scribes as serious threat" to labor,
was returned by Federal District
Court jury after the union, which
had but eight members among the
two thousand five hundred Apex en-
ployes, had called a sit-down strike
to enforce demands for a closed
shop. The strike, according to un-
disputed testimony in an earlier case
in the Third Circuit Court, was
singularly vicious in character. Win
dows were smashed, furniture de-
stroyed, machinery damaged and
non-union Apex employees were
beaten and forced to sign union
membership cards.
In spite of this record of lawless-
ness, which cannot be successfully
denied, John Brophy, one of Mr..
Lewis principal aides, said of the
verdict: "The issue involved is not
the sit-down strike, nor the claimed
damage to the company's plant, but
whether unions can exercise their
lawful rights in strikes free from
possible prosecution and triple
damages under the Sherman Act,
regardless of the effect on interstate
commerce"
It Is interesting to compare that
statement with the following excerpt
from the unanimous and final deci-
sion Of the Circuit Court:
TT may be that the ultimate intent
OF the conspirators (the union men,
bers) in this case was to force the
plaintiff to sign an agreement for
closed shop. This would be perfectly
all right If the defendants had used
lawful means to bring it about, but
when they used unlawful means
the commission of crime and the
restraint OF interstate commerce
they knew exactly what they were
doing and must have intended, as
rational beings, to do exactly what
they did. The ultimate object which
they had in view in no way excul-
pates them from the violation of the
Sherman Act"
In the light Of this record, Mr..
Lewis, unless the courts are wrong
and he is right, will have to campaign
for his amendment as one seeking
preferential and not equal treatment.
Congress should recognize his re-
quest for what 1t is-a plea that
illegal labor activity be placed beyond
the law.
Evening star., 1939-05-09

the earliest memories OF childhood Is
that of mothers lullaby, soft and sweet,
crooned from the gathering bedside
shadows; stilling wild turmoil of child
ish fancies: bringing peace-and sleep.
"Not every one reacts alike to music.
Yet few fail to respond in some manner
to its influence. This almost universal
appeal may we'll be founded on those
impressions Of lullabies, formed in child
hood oays and later subconsciously felt,
by which music comes to have GONNA
tions of happiness and of pleasant
environment.
ITO the traveller in foreign lands, the
music of his national anthem is a lullaby
that brings memories of distant home,
connoting happiness. For the college
alumnus the song of his alma mater is
lullaby that brings memories OF con-
genial companions, connoting pleasant
environment. To whomsoever music
brings surcease from care and sorrow, it
speaks as lullaby.
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"There is, also, another kind of lullaby.
One which would be Indignantly dis
claimed as such by those who most often
hear it. The soldiers lullaby, Taps
"As sentry, have stood, knee-deep
in mud and freezing slush, and listened
to its plaintive notes fading over the
tops of snow -shrouded tents. In convoy
have heard it., sounding family, in the
howl of wind clustering out of North
Atlantic night. Behind the lines of battle
have heard it, blown over the graves OF
comrades, and again, in peace, on the
slopes Of Arlington. Always it has come
as lullaby, restful and soothing
Always thus, the soldiers lullaby,
floating soft and clear from gathering
shadows of the night: Restful; stilling a
turmoil of fantasies all too real, and
soothing, bringing peace-and Sleep"
So, appropriately, music always brings
happiness, even when sadness has been
the prior mood.
Let us hope that the music Of the
birds themselves will bring happiness to
the sad soul, hurt by the needless waste
OF small lives, though they be but wear
ing feathers.
oAo iluoiC, dS VIC dL h1ioW dI tillo
time Of year, has two main periods, that
in the early morning at half light, and
at twilight; the first a half light, ending
in fullness of days splendor; the second,
half light ending in no light at all.
Then the birds sing lullabies for all
who are interested in them and their
doingS. In this great music there are
many modes some loud, some soft, some
eager, some repressed. Birds share in
the universal gift of life. They have
their ups and downs. They make the
best of things, as we all must do. They
rejoice and suffer, but their rejoicing is
not for long, and their sorrow but for a
moment. Bird or man, We all belong to
life and are at Gods disposal.
Evening star., 1939-05-09
THIS AND THAT
BY Charles E. TrdceDeH.

This column recently received two con-
tributions, which, because Of their uni
versal appeal, we are glad to print.
The first is the lament Of washington
gardener who watched a pair Of birds
build nest and hatch out the babies.
only to have them killed.
The second, a prose poem on music,
and its relation to the lullaby.
The bird lament:
"The little brides come from far and
near, they fly from near and far and
wend their little ways over the face Of
the globe.
"Over the globe they fly, trying to find
safe homes, but too often they build
their nests in vain. They build their
nests in vain, going all the way to find
death and destruction.
Come ye, little brides, fly away to
the nest and stay in 1t as long as you
can, there will be no safer place wher-
ever you 60.
Mature is queer, she may contain
millions, but she would not need as many
II she took better care Of her own. The
little fishes in the sea, the seeds OF the
trees and plants, the worst of 1t and
the best Of it. That Is the way it goes,
from now to forever. In the beginning
there was but One, and in the end there
will be but One. The millions come and
go, but the One stays. The millions pass,
but the One exists.
"The millions come, the millions 60,
but the items of the parade disappear in
the mists. Into the mists they go, as out
of them they came; into the mists they
disappear, as into them they appeared; !;
the lights and the shadows succeed each
other, but they flame in the world to
no real end; at last the items disappear,
and the One exists as it did in the be-
ginning. is now, and ever more will be.
There can be little doubt of the exist
ence of God, else how could the plan
have been made in the beginning, or
kept so until this time? AS far as any
human mind can tell, there was no be-
ginning and will be no end.
And no one knows what 1t has lived
and died for. A striving and a striving,
and an ending in nothing.
And no one knows what it lived and
died for"
This communication, by L. S. T., must
win the sympathy of all who have
watched baby birds killed in the nest,
either by man, animals or other birds.
Despite its pessimism capped by the
sadterminal lines, from Olive Schreiners S
"Storv 0f q South African To ory,, tho
musings must strike home to all who
have had this sadness in a world which
at times seems to have more than its
share.
The contribution on music, sent in by
A. r. T., jr, is as follows:
For nearly every one, perhaps, one Of
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The Dukes Appeal

It Is unfortunate that radio
listeners in England were deprived
Of the opportunity of hearing the
plea for peace voiced yesterday from
the grim fortress of Verdun by the
Duke of Windsor. The British and
Canadian Broadcasting Companies
decided against relaying the speech
after some critics of the former King
had suggested the time was inop-
perfume for the Duke to break his
self-imposed radio silence since his
historic abdication statement of De-
cember II, 1886. One London news
paper felt the Duke should let his
brother, King George vi, who is now
en- route to this country, "do all the
talking to the United States"
Without passing on the question
Of propriety, it can be said without
qualification that the Dukes appeal
was we'll worth listening to in any
country and in any language. The
words he spoke had the ring of sim
Cer1ty that comes OF deep under
standing of and sympathy for ones
fellow man. The Duke, as Prince of
Wales, served his country during
the World War. He broadcast yes
terday simply as a soldier Of the
last war whose most earnest prayer
1t is that such cruel and destructive
madness shall never again overtake
mankind" He made it plain he
spoke only for himself and without
previous knowledge Of government
officials.
The Duke advanced no new
panacea for peace. Being by choice
a private citizen, he properly left to
the worlds statesmen the task Of
proposing methods short Of war to
Evening star., 1939-05-09
The Dutch Take Holland

1t can hardly be said that the an
nouncement of the expansion of the
Berlin-Rome axis into a political
and military pact" as distinguished
from its allegedly previous purely po-
litical character, has the merit of
novelty. 1t seems about as sensa-
tional as would be the disclosure that
the Dutch have taken Holland. Ever
since the Berchtesgaden protocol of
October, 1886, the world has taken
for granted that in case of conflict
in Europe, Germany and Italy would
march and fight together.
1t is true that no hard and fast
military alliance has ever been pub
licly promulgated, but recurrent full
limitations by the Fuehrer and II
Duce in which they sounded off on
the indissoluble solidarity" of Nazi
and Fascist aims, the frequent ex-
changes of visits between German
military, naval and air force digni-
taries, and variety of other devel-
opments jointly supported the theory
that in effect, if not in formally docu-
mented fact, the totalitarian powers
were bound by ties that called for
mutual aggression and mutual de-
tense in case of war. There can be
no chancellery in Europe that bases
is calculations on any other con-
sideration.
In other words, the Milan accord
between Herr Won Ribbentrop and
Count Ciano presents no really new
situation. If the pact marks any de-
parture, it is likely that it foreshad-
ows enhanced German influence on
both the internal and external poll
cies of the lesser axis partner. The
presence Of Nazi army at the Bren-
ner and of another within striking
distance of Fiume-the result of the
Reich's annexation of Austria-is a
factor that can seldom be out of Mus
solini's mind in prayerful moments
of wishing that Italy were a freer
agent in Southwestern and Eastern
Europe.
AS diplomacy, especially Nazi di-
plomacy, generally is actuated by a
sense of timing, it is probable that
Hitler finds the moment of German
pressure on Poland a psychological
one for reminding all concerned, in
cluding Great Britain and France,
that war over Danzig and the Cor
ridor would find Italy at the Reichs
side in shining armor. Berlin also
contends that the extended under
standing will destroy "the malicious
fabric Of wishful thinking" that
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Electric Bruin

At a meeting of the American
Physical Society there was exhibited
a remarkable invention called sine
curve adder, and nicknamed the
Electric Brain. In charmingly SIM
pie terms the inventor describes
some of its functions. It will, he says,
If kindly treated, multiply an angle
by its coef1cient, look up sine terms,
multiply the sine by an arbitrary
number, add the results, and plot
them on Photographic paper without
pausing for breath or asking for
goldfish. It is capable of numerous
other cute mathematical tricks as
well, but thrives best when fed on
sine curves, the more the better. This
scab device will in half an hour do
the same amount of work that hu-
man calculator can accomplish in
two days, and do it better, as it au-
tomatically and electrically produces
correct results with no possible
chance for error.
So far, the machine has been used
only by mathematicians, but other
possibilities loom in the offlng. 1t
should prove an immense boon in
the service of the Government, as it
needs no appropriation. for salary,
secretaries or mileage. Supplied with
a few common or garden kilowatts
and an occasional drop of oil, it
magically renders infallible decisions.
At the proposed inception Of each
new alphabetical agency, all the
available figures and data could be
dropped into its gently smiling jaws,
and the juice turned on. With
gentle hum, the gears mesh and the
mechanical brain goes into high. An
hour or so later it stops and coughs
up the answer, in all its details. 1t
will tell, to the exact dollar, just how
much money will be lost, and the
number of taxpayers and the num-
ber of years required to make up the
deficit.
Evening star., 1939-05-09
Shooting Stors
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.


II haven't any chance" he said, "the
world has closed the door
OF opportunity that opened to the men
Of yore
The songs have all been sung. The
mighty tasks are carried through.
The world no longer young, leaves moth
ing more for youth to do"
He watched the steamship hasten on its
journey far away
To the lands that oped their treasures
to us only yesterday.
He saw the locomotive as it labored hard
for speed,
Its efforts insufficient for waiting pub
lies need.
He heard the voices calling from the
wilderness SO deep
Come ye, with hearts of courage; come
and waken from their sleep,
The harvests that for centuries have
waited meath our soil,
Impatient for the CHEEKY call of common
sense and toll"
The air is all a-whisper with the mes
sages that fly
To tell of years more wondrous than the
wondrous years gone by.
And still he cries, II have no chancel"
and still the world sweeps on,
Nor heeds the plant that it has heard
since ages past and gone.
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trality legislation which, in effect, if not
in stated purpose, would give the sea-
commanding democracies unmistakable
advantage Of procurement of American
Sinews of war"
Neutrality is not simply convenient
garb that peace intending nation may
assume or cast off upon whim. Neu-
trality is the price a nation must pay for
peace. Neutrality is, as Judge John Bas-
sett Moore would say, an attitude of
friendship toward all belligerent nations.
Partisan emotions favoring one side or
another in an armed conflict must not
be voiced officially by the government
Any legislation which has as its subtle
intent favoritism in behalf of one bel
ligerent is not neutrality legislation.
Any official act which does not scrupu-
lousy avoid partisanship in word and
deed starts the so-called neutral on the
road to war.
We recognize that we don't have to
be neutral. If we desire to aid the sea-
commanding democracies, and are pre-
pared to sustain all the consequences
from such action, it is our privilege to
so choose but we know also that we
cannot intervene in the guise of the
neutral. Neutrality is one matter and
Intervention is quite another. 1 resent
the implication that the readers do not
know the difference. The columnist
who honestly believes in Intervention has
the right and privilege of his opinion,
but he should not cause the public to
become needlessly and perhaps danger
ously confused on such a vital matter as
our foreign policy.
May 5. STEPHEN ZETTERBERG.
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sometimes stirs hopes in London and
Paris OF detaching Italy from Ger
many.
Mussolini notoriously fears en-
broilment in a Hitler-made war
which would be of no direct concern
to Italy, such as war over Poland.
Hence there is vestige of plausibility
in Milan reports that the new deal is
a harbinger of peace, because II
Duce probably would not have agreed
to a military alliance If he expected
it to plunge him promptly into East
ern European war involvements.