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Evening star., 1939-12-07
Autumn Hill
Some silver night when everything Is st

Some silver night when everything Is stu.
I shall go out upon gold-crowned hill
To keep rendezvous with my last love.
Through tall, moon-misted trees the stars
above H
Will light the path my lover takes to me,
And there soon shall know my destiny.
His lips will smile in that enchanted
place,
And looking up, oh, shall know his facet
I shall not hesitate as he draws near,
But meekly kneel before him without
fear.
My hands with his shall gently be en-
twined,
And his soft touch will prove that he IL
kind.
No sombre sigh of sorrow shall heave,
Nor shed dark tears to show him that
grieve.
Words gently spoken then will touch my
breath:
BE not afraid, Child. I am only
Death"
The moon win touch to silver our swift
feet
As Death and walk down silent street.
WILLIAM ARNETTE WOFFORD.
Evening star., 1939-12-07
Urges Full Civil Rights
For Negroes.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Now that Finland has been added to
that growing list of democracies whose
independence has been usurped by totali-
tartan states and France and England
are being endangered by other forms Of
government, the eyes of the world are
focused on the United States as the last
great stronghold of democracy.
Democracy has grown, but has never
flowered; not even in America. The
reason is that true democracy demands
an homogeneous people-not racially but
politically. The people of this Nation
must sever all connections with foreign
nations. We must not consider ourselves
as German, Poles, Jews. Swedes, etc.,
living in America; we must believe our
selves to be Americans in America.
Right here in the Capital of our Ma
ton q per cent Of the people are denied
their civil rights. And this minority are
all native-born Americans: they are Ne
groes.
If America is ever to enjoy fully the
blessings Of q truly democratic govern
ment-a government of the people, for
the people-we must grant equal rights
to all citizens regardless Of creed or
color; we must grant civil rights to
Negroes WALTER B. WHEELER.
December 3.
Evening star., 1939-12-07

ernment" in the mass. AT the next
stage, that Of the coelenterates, there
is q beginning Of organization and
balance in society. From this point
on the organization, balance and
specialization become more and more
pronounced up to the stage Of the
higher mammals. That is the ideal
of the Nazi state. It Is even more the
ideal Of the Communist state.
It is, as was pointed out by Profess
sor Julian Huxley in his Smithsonian
Institution lecture here the other
night, an impossible ideal for much
the same reason that it is impossible
to change sponge into an alligator.
The cells of a sponge are not born to
be just blood or tail or eye citizens" I"
And that super organism, the state
one is tempted to say super alligator
because of the coldness, cruelty and
stupidity Of the states that have de-
veloped farthest in the super-organ-
ism direction-is still in the sponge
stage Of biological society.
Evening star., 1939-12-07
SPONGE or ALLIGATOR?

Those with Nazi or Communist in
clinations like to argue by analogy,
always a dangerous practice.
They may advance the thesis that
there is a basic pattern Of social
structure laid down in nature, the
product of evolution. It is the bio
logical organism. Every living thing
from an earthworm to a man is
composed of billions of other living
things-those fundamental units Of
life, the cells. Each is, in sense, an
individual. The cells may be consid-
cred specifically as citizens" But
each fits more or less perfectly into
the social structure. Each does its
specific job, essential for the proper
functioning of the body. There are
blood cell citizens, fat cell citizens,
skin cell citizens, brain cell citizens.
There are soldier cells. There are
laborer cells.
It was not always thus in the his
tory of life. At the lowest levels the
cell-animals are still individuals with
hardly a trace of any social organi-
cation. At the next stage-that Of
the sponge-they are all congregated
together. There is apparently some
social instinct among them for they
will come together again if sep
arated, as it by some racial aware
ness. Some biologists have even dis
cerned possible rudiments Of gov
Evening star., 1939-12-07
Marshall WI Pei-fu

The death Of Marshall WI Pei-fu
Is an echo out of an almost forgotten
past Of China.
Any one who was reading news
papers around twenty years ago
would be familiar with the name of
WI Pei-fu. linked as it was with the
Chinese wars which preceded the
rise Of Chang Kai-shek to domi-
nance in 1926.
In retirement in recent years, Mar
shal WI attracted but slight atten-
ton compared with the time when he
was furthering the ambitions of Yuan
Shih-kai to become monarch of
China, or, when as war lord of five
Chinese provinces - Chihli, Shan
tung, Honan, Human and Hupeh-
and commander of the Third Division
of the Peking army, he was embroiled
as both enemy and ally with the
Christian general, Feng Yu-hsiang,
and the Manchurian war lord, Chang
Tso-lin.
WI, known as the "poet-soldier,
was always for China. despite his
wars with competing chieftains,
and he came out of retirement in
Buddhist monastery in 1882 to aid
in his country's resistance to Japan.
But the China Of today was not the
China he knew, as a force to be
reckoned with in the north. Gone
are the petty chieftains who ruled
like sovereigns in their bailiwicks.
Gone are the internecine struggles
which enervated China almost from
the birth of the republic in 1911.
Today China is more united than
it has ever been, in spite of Japanese
occupation of all the north, the
Yangtze Valley above Hankow and
parts of the south. The Chinese,
under the heel of Japanese mill
tarism, have learned what patriotism
means.
Like General Feng, Marshal Chang
and a host of others, Marshal WI
was the product of a stage-perhaps
an inevitable one-in China's de-
velopment into the nationalistic
state it has become.
Marshal WI has his own niche in
history, however, as a militarist who
priced the arts-poetry and painting
AS well as the achievements of the
soldier.
Evening star., 1939-12-07
Rumuniu Trapped

Although Russia's energies for the
moment are devoted to the subjuga-
ton of Finland, Rumania is not being
permitted to forget that she remains
on the Soviet prospect list, to be
dealt with as soon as Stain has
finished his excursion into the Baltic
and Scandinavia.
Soviet Russia utilized the unof1-
cial medium of the publication of the
Communist international to float a
trial balloon in the form of a pro-
posal that Rumania submit to the
same kind of mutual assistance pact
that the Red Giant has wrung from
the little states Of the Baltic
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Ru-
mania's response was one Of cold
disregard. $50,
Presumably Russia intends to I'M
pose on Carols kingdom the same
humiliating conditions as were i'm
posed upon Russia's little western
neighbors-the granting Of military,
naval and air bases-plus settlement
OF the Bessarabia question, which has
long been an object Of Soviet policy.
Facing the cold facts of her po-
litical situation, Rumania is i'm
pressed by it's hopelessness, caught as
she Is between rival forces, each Of
which has territorial claims against
her. Bounded on three sides by
state%Russia, Hungary and Bull
garia-which are set on retaining
territory from her, pressed by Ger
many to stimulate the flow of raw
materials vital to the warning Reich,
and skeptical Of the ability of the
allies to fulfill their pledges to her,
Rumania is at the mercy of her
neighbors.
Britain and France have made
unilateral pledges Of assistance to
Rumania, effective whenever she
fights in defense of her independence
and territorial integrity. But how
far these pledges can be Implement
ed by action is one Of the major i'm
ponderables of Rumania's position.
Evening star., 1939-12-07
Seeks Suppression Of
Subversive Groups.
BIZ Thomas r. Henyy.. +.
TO the Editor Of The Star:

10 tho GoltOt OF 4ne oteI.
Our Nation recognized Russia during
this administration on the condition that
she would not advocate Communism here
in America. She has broken that promise.
Here in America, Christianity does pre-
vail, 50 why recognize nation that does
not believe in anything that is related
to Christianity? The Communists have
gotten key positions, and have advocated
Communism very freely over here. Our
taxpayers will have to pay thousands Of
dollars in taxes to have these Commu-'
nists put under control. We are threat
ened with sabotage and strikes. The
strikes alone have cost the American
man plenty. If q man wants his job,
he has got to join some Of these Com
munist unions. They call strikes, leav-
ing the workman to loaf without pay
until they get their way. It is high time
the right authorities wake up and rid
our country Of Nazi-ism, Communism
and Facism. Cur national security Is
threatened by these three parties.
MRS. BESSIE WARD.
nAcemhAr l.
Evening star., 1939-12-07

into the realm Of the impossible
with perpetual motion and squaring
the circle.
Within the past decade with the
discovery Of ways to break down the
nuclei Of atoms q new alchemy has
arisen. It is now relatively simple to
make gold out Of lead. True, the
amounts Of gold obtained are almost
infinitestimable and the cost of the
precious metal produced in this way
would be many millions Of dollars an
ounce.
Gold from the earth is cheap
compared to many other elements
essential to life. The new alchem-
lists realized from the first that the
production Of artificial gold was only
an interesting experiment, of no
practical value whatsoever. But they
found that they were producing out
Of almost everything-common table
salt, for example - artificial ra-
dium." The cost of an ounce of this
precious mineral was millions of
times that Of an ounce of gold and
1t was Of vastly more significance.
The new alchemists did not ac-
tually change anything into radium.
They changed the cheapest sorts Of
things into brand-new elements
with the properties Of radium. Some
Of them, in fact, are better than ra-
dium, or at least promise to be, in
the treatment Of malignant tumors.
They can actually produce more
radiumlike material than they know
how to handle.
This is the great significance of
the report Of DR.. Ernest O. Law
renee of the University of California
to the National Cancer Council yes
terday. The great accomplishment
has been, in part, due to the en-
couragement and financial support
Of this tax-supported Government
agency.
The actual clinical value of the
artificial radium" remains to be de-
termined by long period Of care
fully controlled experiment. There
Is little reason to doubt, however,
that it constitutes a great step for
ward toward medicines eventual
conquest of the most baffling of
mans major maladies and the most
ruthless of killers.
Evening star., 1939-12-07
Building Restrictions

VI INTEREST 10 all Is tne enOrt being
made by the Department of Justice,
as well as other agencies of the Fed
eral Government, to bring the cost
Of home ownership within the limits
Of the purses Of the bulk of the pop
ulation. Aimed at the possible misuse
Of municipal building codes. the lat
est step is similar, although not
parallel to certain phases of the
Commerce and Agriculture Depart
ments' fight against State trade
barriers.
When the Department of Agricul-
ture published its report on these
trade barriers last spring, specific
attention was paid to the suspicion
that health regulations were set at
unnecessarily high standards In some
jurisdictions in order to limit the
supply of milk. Now the Department
of Justice Is seeking test cases in
order to bring the building codes
back to the basic standards Of
health, sanitation and safety. It
wants the cooperation of private
builders to fight manifestly absurd
restrictions and to discourage official
insistence on requirements which
would make homecoming too ex-
travagant for those of small income.
In face of the fact that fifteen
hundred different building codes
exist In the United States, each
drawn to fit local conditions by
executive groups of varying degrees
OF expertness and reliability, the
task set itself by the Department of
Justice is formidable.
But 1t Is one which must succeed,
even If its ultimate results do moth
ing more than stir many commune
ties into undermining their regula-
tions, some twenty per cent now be-
ing obsolete in part due to advance
ments in planning, industry and SCI
ence in the past few decades.
With the National Government
assisting in the building Of homes
for slum dwellers and others In the
lowest income groups, financing and
mortgage insurance giverk those of
the middle Glass;" and with action
being pressed against building trades
unions, contractors and material
supply firms under the antitrust
laws. the elimination Of legally
established boycotts" against cheaper
modern construction methods is
welcome.
Evening star., 1939-12-07
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trace1oeH.

branch Of tree In front Of me. and am
sure he had m amused look In his eye, as
he plainly said Phoebe introducing
himself
"Your article Of November 10 told Of
an English sparrow named Whitley
II would like to tell you Of my Whitley.
He appeared about the first Of August,
and was there every day and every feed
ing time, usually the first to come and
the last to leave, until about the middle
Of September.
He was perhaps somewhat more
slender than the other sparrows, with
fewer black streaks, and one large, clear
pure white spot about the size Of
quarter on the back toward the tail.
I'VE Immediately named him Whitley.
He was much tanner than any Of the
other birds, and would come to meet me
and wait for me to throw out pieces Of
bread and put seed in the trough.
II grew very fond Of him, but couldn't
coax him to come any nearer. notice
that the Whitley you describe is said to
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gender Of my bird, and mine has only one
large white spot, while yours has part
white wings and tail.
Il would like to think that my Whitley
will return next spring, and feel encour-
aged by the fact that the one you de-
scribe returned to the Chevy Chase
region for several years.
II trust have not intruded too much
upon your time, but have wanted to tell
you how much real pleasure and help
your articles have given me.
Sincerely, L. P. T."
Wood thrushes, catbirds and robins
never come to feeding stations.
What, never?
Well, hardly ever!
What they we're after at our cor
respondents windows was the bath.
Few birds like bathing more than these,
unless the starlings, as the letter states.
In the list Of champion bird bathers
also must be included the English SPAR
row. described in some bird books as
filthy"
Birds or persons who like to bathe can
scarce be said to be filthy in any real
sense.
We do not believe that starlings are
really cowardly. They are just sensible
fellows, which seem to believe In the
old Chinese maxim, "Of the % ways Of
getting out of trouble, the best is to run
away"
The longer one watches starlings, the
more sure one will become of their in
telligence.
Their dunking of bread in water to
soften it is an example. This has been
observed many times.
The slender English sparrow is the
male. The female is rounder, much fat
ter, with a soft pearl gray breast AS
a matter Of fact, there few birds prettier
than the female English sparrow Once
the bird observer falls in love with her,
he never thereafter will countenance
harsh adjectives in connection with the
species. The children of such q busy
and pretty little mother, he will feel
sure. must be all right. 49,. go
Evening star., 1939-12-07
Suggestions for Making
Permanent German Peace.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
We are hearing a great deal these days
about the war aims" or more properly
the peace aims" Of Britain and France
in the European struggle. As was to be
expected, in the democracies there is
healthy stirring Of human thinking about
means and methods for the construction
Of more lasting peace.
Just by way Of speculation, however.
1t may be interesting to consider the
possibility of imposing German peace"
upon Germany in case of an allied VIC
tory-a peace" that is to say, copied
exactly from approved National Socialist
methods in dealing with minorities in
side Of the greater Reich.
In such peace the problem of the
Polish Corridor could be easily solved
by annexing East Prussia to Poland and
driving all the Germans en- masse out
Of that province and into whatever was
left of Germany. A similar solution
would neatly restore the 1919 Czecho-
Slovakia, with the Germans of the
Sudetenland safely driven across the
mountains into Germany, leaving fairly
homogeneous state.
In the west this technique could be
used to great advantage to permanently
forestall any more German efforts to
overrun France and the Low Countries.
This would be accomplished simply by
annexing the Rhineland to France, and
throwing out the Germans living there.
As to Austria, q different method
would be advisable. Taking advantage
of general Germanic decentralization after
military defeat, the allied armies could
occupy Austria as "liberators," give
bread to the people. and flood the land
with propaganda to restore an inde-
pendent Austria under Hapsburg rule.
When things looked ripe 'plebiscite"
could then be permitted in which Austria
could proclaim her freedom from Prus-
sian rule.
It might then b possible to persuade
Evening star., 1939-12-07

Bavaria, Wurttemberg and Baden to
join Austria, further weakening the
North German state. A helpful tactic IN
this connection could be to force the
abandonment OF the name Germany"
in favor of the name Prussia"
Such peace will not be imposed. of
course. Practically, there is much to be
said for it. 1t might insure peace to
Europe for all time to come. But never
theless it will not be imposed because it
does not come up to the moral standards
of the democracies. 1t is well to remem-
ber this fact when we hear the whimper-
ings of our disillusioned intellectuals
about the horrors" of the Versailles
treaty. JOHN v. WATSON.
Greenwich Conn.
December 5.
Evening star., 1939-12-07
A Deer Postime

Pennsylvania, like other states,
issues licenses for use in many activi-
ties. The little tickets, sold to such
people as dog owners, auto drivers,
hunters, bridegrooms, ETC., add not
only to the revenue of the State but
also to the complexity of the lives
of it's citizens. In most cases large
value is obtained for small outlay,
especially in the case of marriage
licenses, which are well at the top
of the list of those giving the most
action per dollar invested. Formerly
they were also considered the most
hazardous, but no longer. At present
Pennsylvania's public peril number
one consists of the hunting permit,
and it is now actually more danger
Gus for a man to try to get at the
heart of a big deer with rifle than
to reach the heart Of q little dear
with a trife.
This was demonstrated at the
opening of the hunting season there
last week. All fears that it might be
a poor one turned out to be ground
less. It was good beyond the widest
dreams Of either game wardens or
coroners. On the opening day alone,
seven hunters we're killed, many Of
them magnificent specimens. To date
a total of eleven are reported shot
in this happy hunting ground, and
it is now believed that the resources
Of the State are practically unlim-
tied, and that there will continue to
be an ample supply OF dead game
sports until the fool killer wakes up
and does something constructive
about halfwits unable to distinguish
the hunted from the hunters. Every
now and then a deer Is also reported
shot, but it is said that these are
few compared to the ones that have
laughed themselves to death.
Evening star., 1939-12-07
PORTER STREET.

Dear Sir:
"Your articles have interested and
helped me in starting small feeding
station at my summer home on Chesa-
peake Bay.t
"A feeding trough and bird bath
placed near enough to the kitchen door
for close observation of the birds was
educational and pleasure all the long
summer from April to November.
There were regularly three times
day pair each Of cardinals wood
thrushes, catbirds, phoebes, robins,
wrens, English sparrows, song sparrows
and occasionally blue Jays, yellow
warblers and many others.
Later in the season they all brought
their young to feed them at the trough.
The mockingbirds did not come as usual
this year, due to the fact that their nest
was unintentionally destroyed by the
gardener when he trimmed the rose vine.
ut was not long before starlings be-
gan to come in sufficient numbers to
be q nuisance. At first didn't know
what would be the best way to deal with
them, but watched to see what would
happen.
1.-THE starlings were beautiful to look
at and interesting to watch. They were
domineering and drove the smaller birds
away from the food, but they soon
worked out the problem for themselves.
"They came early to feed until the
starlings arrived, then when they were
driven away, they didn't go far, but hid
nearby under the bushes and grape
arbor.
when the starlings had all come,
often dozen or more, and were strut
ting about eating, would 60 out and
shoe them away.
"While they are very domineering with
the small birds, they are towards and
easily driven away.
ITO my great pleasure and satisfac-
ton then, all the small birds near by
Immediately came out to feed and looked
at me as If to say, Thank YOU This
happened regularly day after day.
~ 4
lings used the bird bath oftener than any
Of the other birds.
"The starlings had clever trick OF
taking their pieces of bread to the bird
bath and dropping them into the water
to soften before eating.
May tell you an amusing episode
that happened last year? There is a
sign with the name of our cottage out
side the screen under the caves of the
front porch where the house wren has
had a nest for several years
Last spring was surprised to find
a different birds nest there with three
young in 1t. I didn't like to frighten the
birds so took my time about identifying
them. One morning, while both male
and. female were flying about busily en-
gagged in feeding the young, 1 quietly
took my bird book and sat on the porch,
looking first at the birds and then at the
descriptions in the book.
"The birds didn't seem to notice me at
all. but suddenly the male flew to a low