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Evening star., 1939-10-15
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Evening star., 1939-02-09
Traffic Education

The diversity of ideas which still
exist on the new pedestrian regula-
tions holds threat of defeat for the
whole plan. The proposal to take vio-
lators away in patrol wagons is hardly
one which would breed public re-
spect. While it is true all pedestrians
do not carry positive Identification
such as is required of motorists, there
must be few indeed who do not have
some type of legal Identification on
their persons. 1t would seem to be
much better to issue tickets where &C
ceptable Identification can be shown,
rather than to subject all violators
to the ignominy of being forced to
wait on a crowded corner for the
patrol to arrive. The practical diff
Guilty of such an enforcement method
might also prove so great as to defeat
any attempt at regulation:
The pedestrian protection plan is
based upon the idea Of mutual rights
and intelligent cooperation. En-
forcement of the rules is necessary,
but education, in the broad sense, is
more important. To make pedestrian
control effective, in other words, the
emphasis should be placed on educa-
ton and not on punishment.
Evening star., 1939-02-09
Shooting Sturs
BY PHILANDER JOHNsON.

Barred.
If present plans, so boldly laid,
Should bid our hopes come true,
Well have to get improvements made
And build our jails anew.
With marble columns fair to see
Beneath a gilded dome
If as they say, the jail shall be
A Wall Street magnates home.
Electric lights, arranged with taste,
Shall shine in every cell;
Wherein ticker shall be placed
The market news to tell.
Luxurious carpets shall be spread
Beneath each tenants feet
And round him viands rare shall shed
Their odors, richly sweet.
But peace unto the public mind
Will not be quite restored,
Fen though revenge at last we find,
On one whom wrath has scored.
For even though he can't get out,
Well raise an envious din,
And gather angrily about,
Because we can't get IN.
Evening star., 1939-02-09

that this disadvantage would be
counterbalanced by the advantage
to be derived from making the Fed
eral tax provisions identical for both
programs" In further amplif1cation,
the board points out that the change
would relieve employers Of making
two separate tax returns.
OF particular interest to the Dis
trict in connection with possible
revision of the act is the recon-
mendation of the Unemployment
Compensation Board that the local
tax be reduced because of the surplus
the existing rate is creating. The
question of adjustment probably
would offer difficulties, inasmuch as
employers Of eight or more persons
still would be liable to the Federal
excise tax of three per cent. At any
rate, the board opens an all-im-
portant issue, for certainly a tax
should be heavy enough only to
meet the needs for which it is
applied,
Evening star., 1939-02-09
Comedians

In this haphazard democratic
country there is no such thing as an
official school for comedians. There
are no Government handbooks to
tell them what is funny and what
isn't. They must experiment on the
public, with the help of gag men,
and even then rarely know whether
any one particular joke clicks or
otherwise. If enough of them do,
the perpetrator gets a years SEN
tence on the networks at hard labor
in severe cases as much as four or
f1ve hours month-for which he
gets paid some trifling amount like
ten thousand dollars a week, out Of
which he is expected to feed and
clothe himself and pay for his own
stooges. It's tough and uncertain
existence.
In Germany the comedian is never
long in doubt as to whether or not he
has laid an egg. Goebbels will tell
him, as in the case of Werner Finck,
once number one funny man of the
Reich. One of Finck's stunts used
to be raising his arm abruptly in
what appeared to be Nazi salute
only to adjust picture on the wall.
He used to indulge in merry quips
about the colonial problem and the
four-year plan. Another one was to
gaze intently at his watch, and re-
mark, II was going to discuss the af-
fairs of the hour-but I guess I had
better not"
Whatever his defects as a COM
edian, Herr Finck turned out to be
frst-class guesser. The next thing
he knew, he was a freshman in
concentration camp, taking a gov
ernment course on humor in the raw.
Somewhere in the middle of the
semester Professor Goebbels made q
statement, printed all over Germany
I'm no European country does such
true Joy reign supreme as in the
Third Reich" Finck is said to have
been much chastened. II used to
think was a good comedian" he
remarked, sadly.
More recently Goebbels has an
nounced a humor contest, which un-
fortunately will occur while Finck Is
still an undergraduate and therefore
ineligible. The winners will un-
doubtedly get the honor Of having
their merry quips broadcast. Con-
testants who run too far out Of the
money, says Goebbels, may receive
concentration prizes like Fincks.
Come on, you comedians, and show
the world how funny Germany can
be
Evening star., 1939-02-09
Disagrees With Senators
Urging OlatiOn.

TO the Editor Of The Star:
Shakespeare says something about "a
little fire may be trodden out, which If
suffered whole rivers cannot quench."
To my mind 1t is high tragedy that some
of our isolationist Senators cannot see
the same logic applied to international
affairs. They tell us Ito stay home, mind
our own business, and keep out of war"
Excellent advice, but like sWeetmeats a
good deal better for the taste than for
the digestion.
To hear the speeches of these eloquent
gentlemen one would think that until
the advent of President Wilson this was
a land where the sound of guns of war
were never heard, the abode of the
dove of peace in winter and in spring.
time. Yet the plain truth of the matter
is that since our separation from Eng
land this Nation has fought literally
dozens of wars, both great and small,
and, with the doubtful exception of the
war with Mexico, not one was waged
to repel an armed invasion Of our shores.
But yet we fought, and think in almost
every case we fought rightly. We fought
because the sovereignty of the state was
challenged and our very national exist
ence depended upon our accepting the
challenge Of combat.
OF course, the other side has its case.
They tell us that If we renounce the
freedom of the seas, abjure our foreign
trade, serve notice upon the rest Of the
world that the American name abroad
is as meaningless and impotent as the
veriest savage republic on the banks Of
the Amazon, we may never have to
fight. And they are right, because
neither men nor nations really have to
fight. They can always lie down and
take beating. But don't believe for
one moment that the American people
will consent to peace that deprives us
of every vestige of honor.
At present we are invulnerable, but
for how long can we remain invincible
with q Japan that dominates the Pa
cif1c, and q South America that has
become the catspaw of the totantarian
powers? After the have-nots have gorged
themselves upon Britain and France, is
there one single reason to believe they
will not try the same tactics with us?
gions. GUY K. HORTON.
February 8.
Evening star., 1939-02-09
Thinks Dictators
Might Win Next War.


As a constant reader of The Star per-
NIT me to state my views on the present
controversy between the Congress and
the President concerning the United
States foreign policy. One cannot help
but notice the similarity between the
present time and the days preceding the
entrance Of this country into the last Eu-
ropean war or so-called World War.
However, this time I do not think there
will be any war involving the major pow
ers If conflagration should break out
in Europe, we will not have any participa-
ton in it. Germany and Italy will win,
and after it is over we will be good
friends Of theirs. We certainly ought to
be able to find q more advantageous
friendship with Italy and Germany than
that which has resulted between US and
England and France since the last war.
I like Jay Franklin's column in The
Star. Some readers object to it, but I
suppose it is because he tells them
truths they do not like to hear. We
should not try to blind ourselves to facts.
FRANCES HEWLING.
February 8,
Evening star., 1939-02-09
MurshuIs and Justice

The charge that a United States
deputy marshal collaborated with
Emmitt Warning, of the notorious
local numbers syndicate, in alleged
efforts to tamper with juries in both
Inflated income tax trials Of the
Warning brothers.. adds another
shocking chapter to the sordid story
fiction or not-of official corrup-
ton revealed to date in this disturb
ing case. This is the same proceed
ing, it will be recalled, in which 1t
was testified the defendants claimed
certain alleged bribes to police as
proper deductions under the income
tax laws.
The naming of a Federal officer
sworn to safeguard the integrity OF
juries as an alleged participant in a
nefarious scheme to corrupt them is
a matter of the gravest import. JUS
tice Laws and District Attorney Pine
have acted with commendable
promptness to sift the charges to
the bottom. 1t must be assumed, OF
course, that the deputy marshal and
others involved are innocent until
such time as they may be proved
guilty. While assuming that the
accused officer is guiltless, the fact
remains that the whole national
system of selecting marshals-or,
rather, the lack of system--has not
been conducive to good law enforce
ment.
Despite the fact that marshals are
vested with such responsibilities as
the custody of Federal prisoners, the
guarding of Government evidence,
the disbursement of certain funds,
the service of processes and the pro-
lection of juries, their jobs tradition
ally have been the prey OF political
patronage seekers and dispensers.
Appointments usually are made not
with regard to any qualification for
the Office, but upon political consid-
erationS alone Former Attorney
General Cummings recognized the
shortcomings of this custom when
he issued orders last year for the fin
gerprinting of all marshals-with the
result that seven were dismissed
because of criminal records He also
instructed the G-men to investigate
the character and general back
ground Of each prospective appoin-
tee-With the result that many can
didates have been turned down. The
entrance salary of deputy recently
was raised to $1,000 a year.
A bill has been pending in Congress
for some time providing for inclusion
of marshals in the civil service, and
there are indications at the Depart
ment of Justice that this plan is
looked upon with some favor. Ger
tainly it would take the marshal sys-
tenn out of politics and provide it
with personnel standards not existent
now There is no place in any branch
of law enforcement for such political
patronage as has plagued the mar
shal system for so many years.
Evening star., 1939-02-09
Judicial Appointments

The comments Of President Roose-
velt and Senator Glass concerning
the refusal of the Senate to confirm
the nomination of Floyd H. Roberts
to a Federal judgeship in Virginia
leave undisturbed the impression
that the nomination was both made
and rejected primarily because of
political considerations.
Writing to the rejected nominee,
Mr.. Roosevelt said he was selected
because II believed you to be the best
fitted" The President did not say
how he arrived at that belief, and,
until the contrary is shown, it may
be assumed that he relied on infor-
nation supplied by political oppo-
nents of Senators Glass and Byrd.
Mr.. Roosevelt sought to rest his
case on the issue Of whether the
Senators from any State should have
the power to veto for purely personal
reasons nomination by President.
II that were the true issue in this
instance, Mr.. Roosevelt would have
the support of all thinking people,
but the evidence is to the contrary.
The real issue, as understood by the
seventy-two Senators, including some
of the Presidents most loyal sup
porters, who voted against confirma-
ton, was whether a President should
be permitted to use his appointive
power to punish or humiliate men,
bers Of the Senate. 1t is evident
that the vast majority of the Senate
believed the nomination of Judge
Roberts was made in such a spirit
OF political reprisal and that the
vote against confirmation was moth
Ing more than a vote on the political
issue raised by Mr.. Roosevelt.
The test as to whether Senators
Glass and Byrd are attempting to
arrogate unto themselves a power
vested in the President by the Con-
stitution will come when the name
Of substitute for Judge Roberts
Is sent to the Senate for confirma-
ton. In all probability Mr.. Roose-
velt will find that he need not name
either Of the two men recommended
by the Virginia Senators, but that
any qualified person not chosen
primarily to give aid and comfort to
the anti-Byrd political faction in
Virginia will be supported by both
Senators.
Evening star., 1939-02-09

Do the mothers know that bills are
ready which will force us under a virtual
dictatorship in case Of war, II Congress
should pass them?
Do these mothers realize that the al
most irrevocable steps which are now
being taken may take us into war sud-
denly and against our will?
In wartime mothers drop most of their
social activities and work for our boys"
1t would be far better if they would drop
them now and fight to keep "our boys"
out OF Europe's next holocaust. ITO be
forewarned is to be forearmed." Tell
Congress where you stand on this,
mothers
(MRS) EVA SHELTON TOMB.
Toledo, Ohio.
February 3.
Evening star., 1939-02-09
FALLS CHURCH, VA.

OeaI SlIs
ut was interesting to note the kinds
of birds identified right In my town and
In nearby places. Where I live condi-
tions for many varieties Of birds are very
favorable, since we have wooded Sec
tions near, as well as fields, streams and
trees and shrubs of many kinds around
our home.
"This winter we have fed the birds
sunflower seed and bread (also suet, not
so regularity and what fun we get
watching them.
THE way they eat is very interest,"
ing; every kind Of bird has its own
method of eating the sunf1ower seed,
although noticed that the little tufted
titmouse grabbed seed, took it up into
the tree, and cracked 1t between its
claws just like the big bluejay does.
\ *+
Here are the winter birds that have
seen the last month or so: Bluejay,
crow, bob white, starting, downy wood
pecker. hairy woodpecker, red-bellied
woodpecker, nuthatch, titmouse, chicka-
dee, junco, white-throated sparrow, song
sparrow, cardinal, mockingbird, bluebird
and robin.
You will notice that I've seen robins
already. Others have told me the same
thing. I counted 10 robins one Sunday
two weeks ago, flying toward Washing
ton. The other day I saw two robins
hopping on the ground across the road
IN front Of our house. Can you account
for robins so early? OF course, they
didn't stay long.
II noticed an incident among the birds
one morning. Our feeding station in the
back yard Is nailed to tree that can be
seen from our kitchen windows, and this
morning many birds were hopping under
the tree and feeding on the station. Lots
Of birds were in the tree and the pussy
willow bushes just back Of the tree. All
at once several jays screamed and ran
to the window and looked out. Behold
no birds in sight! Disappeared like magic.
II looked in the oak tree which was
about SO feet away from this particular
tree, and all at once a rather large gray
bird, rather slim and with broad wings,
few out and then sailed away to some
other tree.
"A hawk! That's what I figured it
out to be. imagined it was a sharp
Skinned, or pigeon hawk, but I have
not seen enough Of the exciting hawk
tribe to be sure
y
Nevertheless, believe it was a hawk
because Of the disappearance of the birds
50 quickly.
Somehow hawks and owls are to my
mind something worthwhile to know,
and I'd rather let harmful hawk live
df any are altogether) than to kill one,
for, after all, we might misjudge a bad
hawk from good hawk
They are so beautiful and noble to
look at-and so much more rare than
our songbirds.
"A very lovely bird book that might
interest bird lovers is Birds in the
Evening star., 1939-02-09
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles z. Trdce1pell.

Wilderness by George Sutton. I enjoyed
themselves or Of the scenery. His etch-
ings are very good, especially the one
of the baby bluejay and the American
sparrow hawk.
Sincerely yours, @. 8.
"P. S.-By the way. would you know
how to take pictures of birds 50 that
they show up in the pictures, instead Of
looking like pinheads or nothing at alp"
Our correspondent has the heart and
mind of true bird watcher.
Somehow hawks and owls are to my
mind something worthwhile to know"
If more people could manage that atti-
tude, they would get great deal more
fun and entertainment out Of bird OBJ
servation.
This thing Of taking sides, for one
bird, and against another, makes this
great sport something of a pain In the
neck. 1t bodily lugs in hate and spleen,
enmity, and intolerance, when heaven
knows the world is too full of them al
ready.
The common attitude of cursing Eng
lish sparrows, for instance, disturbs
many a bird friend, and probably has a
carry-over to all the songsters at a feed
ing station.
The smaller birds accept the hawks as
a part Of the picture.
They fly away, and remain hid until
the bird of prey is gone.
Then they return. Sometimes they
stay away two or three hours. Fortu-
nately, the hawks are not canny-they
do not conceal themselves, waiting for
the little fellows to return.
Conservationists tell us that far too
of our species are helpful, and only a
few really bad.
Good photographs of birds at feeding
stations are difficult to get unless one
has telephoto lens, or can locate a
camera so that the shutter may be
clicked by means of a long thread or
fine wire from a distance
SnapShOtS taken OF group Of birds
at feeder almost invariably are disap-
pointing, showing the birds so small that
they are, in truth, mere pinheads, as
our correspondent calls them
Failures along this line show how
really small the birds are. We all know
this, Of course, but fail to take it into
account when trying to get a picture of
birds at station.
This type Of photography takes more
patience and time than the average per-
son has to give to it.
Interesting photographs can be Sc
cured If small window feeder is in
stalled and the camera located Just in
side. This will not show, however, the
group OF birds, which is the pride of
every bird lovers heart.
During the past four years, many
amateur photographs of bird feeding
have been sent U.s. and only one has
been clear and distinct enough to give
the scene the way 1t really was there at
the feeding station.
Evening star., 1939-02-09
North Carolina Democrats
Deplore Criticism Of Reynolds,

To the Editor Of The Star.
The North Carolina Democratic Club
Of Washington at regular meeting on
the night Of February 3, 1889, adopted
the following resolution:
BE 1t resolved:
THAT the North Carolina Democratic
Club has learned with deep regret Of
the publication of the article which
appeared in The Evening Star on Janu-
ary 80. 1899, under the caption of The
Capital Parade which article carried
an unwarranted, unfounded, and inde-
fensible attack upon the usefulness of
Senator Robert r. Reynolds, junior Sem
ator of North Carolina, and also declared
him dereuct in his duties The article re-
fleets on the intelligence Of the electorate
of North Carolina.
THAT electorate sent Senator Reynolds
to Washington as their representative
by the largest majority ever accorded q
candidate for elective public office in the
history of the State of North Carolina.
1.-The members of the North Carolina
Democratic Club of Washington read
Qduy Tile COluIIlIlS VI 4Ile Evening OGdT
because they have always felt that The
Evening Star was not only independent
and constructive editorially, but, above
all things, fair This article is neither
constructive nor fair to the junior Sen
ator of North Carolina nor to North
Carolinians residing in Washington or
elsewhere.
1.-The North Carolina Democratic Club
of Washington therefore requests that
The Star, in all fairness, issue a state
ment of the real facts as above set out
or as it may find them to be by its
own investigation"
j. r. SOYARS, WILLIAM M. ROBEY,
MAUDE v. SEEWALD, HARVEY
LUPTON, o. B. CARPENTER and
r. E. DENNY, Chairman.
(The Star is glad to print this resolu-
ton, which has reference to the opinions
of Messrs. Joseph Alsop and Robert
Kintner as expressed In their column OF
January 30)
Evening star., 1939-02-09
Appeals to Mothers
Against War.

AS0luSk WAL
To the Editor of The Star:
The surest way to lose our American
form of government, in my opinion, is
to get embroiled In another European
war.
We must give up most of our civil lib
critics in wartime. In the present state
of world affairs and under the present
regime in Washington perhaps we would
never again retrieve them, without civil
bloodshed.
Is it worth that risk, or the risk of
losing millions of our sons to force for
eign nations to accept our form Of gov
ernment against their wills? If they
want democracy they can get 1t as we
got 1t. If they do not care enough about
it to pay the price our forefathers paid
for ours, shall we send our sons into
battle to force democracy upon them?
I leave the answer to the mothers of
American sons.
If we get into a war to save minority
in q foreign land, won't we be called on to
save other minorities In other foreign
nations? Where do we draw the line?
If we do this, can we then criticize Hit
Ter If he goes out to save" minorities IN
other nations? Suppose he should be
called on to "save" our German MI
nor1ty2
Evening star., 1939-02-09
Spain for Sponiords

While Loyalist leaders, statesmen,
as well as soldiers, proclaim their
intention Of fighting to the bitter
end for that part of the peninsula
which is still republican, France and
Great Britain are moving concretely
to see that Insurgent-ruled Spain
remains Spanish, and not part 1tal-
ian or part German.
So far there is no tangible evidence
that General Franco plans any de-
tachment Of metropolitan, insular or
colonial Spain to his war allies in
payment for services rendered. The
rebel generalissimo, as Foreign Min
lister Bonnet stated in the Paris Sen
ate Tuesday, "has publicly affirmed
and privately informed France that
he will jealousy uphold the inde-
pendence of Spain and will accept
no foreign domination"
That the French government nev-
ertheless has mental reservations
with respect to Francois ability to
refuse certain demands by his bene-
factors is evident from M. Bonnet's
further declaration that France ex-
poets Italy to keep her engagements
in regard to Spain, namely, to seek
no territorial rewards for the assist
ance which Fascist volunteers" have
given Franco. Spain, the Foreign
Minister told his Senate, is of capital
Importance to French communica-
tions with North Africa. Any threat
to Spain's integrity would be an indi-
rect and intolerable menace to
Frances own security.
These are manifest references to
the Spanish Balearic Islands, in the
Mediterranean, squarely athwart
Frances life line to Tunisia, Morocco
and Algeria. Mallorca, largest of
the Balearics, has been in virtual
italian occupation since early in the
war. Permanently retained by
Mussolini as an air or naval base, it
would command Frances route to
her Colonial empire, and in war
could be used to impede If not pre-
vent the transport of native troops
and supplies to Europe
Mr.. Chamberlain told the House
Of Commons this week that if any
vital interests" of France were thus
jeopardized, Britain would be found
unqualifiedly and promptly at her
side. The arrival yesterday at Mi
norca, another disputed island in the
Balearics, of the British cruiser Dev-
onshire on an unexplained mission
clearly indicates that London Is no
less concerned than Paris in barring