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La gaceta., 1939-06-10
Ell movimiento obtero local, ~nacional y mundial

Los empleados y obreros del
gob.erno tienen derecho a orga-
~nizzarse, pero bajo Ia ley no tie
men derecho a declarar hrelgas
contra Ell g%obierno. "Yo tengo la
seguridad de que la ALBANIA dc
Trabajadores entiende bien mi
posici6n''.
Hizo la presentation de Ia
primera DANA, la mujer TODD
bondad y espiritu constructive,
David LASER, presidente Ma
cional de la Alianza.
La gaceta., 1939-06-10

minoS al gabinete, por cuanto
Iconsidera altamente indispen-
sable la alianza tripartita.
Mr.. Strang, un perito del mi
historic de relaciones de Ia
Gran Bretana, sera enviado a
Moscu, aunque sc lie habia reco-
mendado a Chamberlain que
mandara a Sir Robert Vansit-
tart.
La gaceta., 1939-06-10
6 BEILTSIMAS PLEAS i
PLATA RIGA, LUSTROSA,
10 QUE listed sIEMPRE HA 0EsEAro

Plata para la mesa. .... LC que las mu-
jeres q%uiereh y desean. Plata para IL me
ga, ell ideal, cubiertos hechos por la famo-
ga WIN. A. ROGERS SHVERWAR
Gina gran noticia tenemos que dSr a
nuestra1 !ectoras.
La Gaceta, por medic de Ia cooperation
de la Oneida, Ltd, fabricante de la Plats
de Mesa VIM. A. Rogers, hace possible la
Hdquisici6n de estos cubiertOs a sps hume
roses ~lectores. listed puede teneF 10 que
otras. seiOras y sehoritas tiehen.
CALIDAD - DURACIoN DE PoR VIDA
Es duSJ c~reerlo, pero la realidad esta
aQui-plata de mesa tan bajo precio. La
Evening star., 1939-02-06
February 2.
Another Reader Speaks
For Marian Anderson.
70 the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
Have the Daughters of the American
Revolution forgotten that it was man
Of Marian Anderson's race who in few
minutes accomplished for American lib
erty what years of correspondence with
England had failed to do?
Crispus Attucks, goaded by the jeers
of the English soldiers, called to his
group assembled on State street in Bos-
ton, Come on boys, let's attack them
in their headquarters" In the fight that
followed he was the first to fall and to
commemorate his heroism Massachusetts
has erected a monument to his memory.
Have they forgotten that in the country's
extremity, Gen. Washington issued
proclamation enlisting the slaves in the
Revolutionary Forces, promising them
their freedom and the pay of the Reg
ular Army? Thousands answered the
call and gave to it much of its success.
Their devotion and heroism under Gen.
Nathaniel Greene, Col. Humphreys and
others should awake In their hearts
deep sense Of appreciation.
This is no time for either expression
or act of racial discrimination against q
woman who has been recently charac-
terized as the "proudest ornament Of the
American concert stage" The eyes Of
the world are trained upon American
democracy.
MRS. DANIEL MURRAY.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Thinks America Should
Get Rid Of Colonies.
To the Editor of The Star.


If the United States is to be made safe
for democracy then the sooner we get
rid OF our colonial possessions by sur
rendering to them the same right of
self government which we claimed as
an inalienable right on July 4, 1776, the
better 1t will be for all concerned. Soon
after the United States paid $20,000 900
to Spain for the Philippines anti
imperialist leagues were formed in Bos-
ton and elsewhere for the purpose of
demanding independence for these pos
sessions, but patriotism of the wrong
kind prevailed, with injustice to the
islanders and long series of mounting
expenses to the United States, culminat-
ing in an extremely dangerous and ex-
pensive situation today in the demand
which is now made for the fortiflcation
Of Guam.
The difficulties which England Is now
having in protecting its possessions the
world over should be warning enough to
us to keep away from that sort Of thing.
Incidentally no true democracy can con-
sistently maintain colonies which are
peopled by other races.
HENRY WARE ALLEN.
Wichita, Kans.
January 81.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Wichita, Kans.
January 81.
Location Suggested
For Auditorium.


Our much-needed auditorium should
be both centrally and conveniently To-
Gated, but not where it would greatly
increase already congested traffic. Such
a location exists between Third and
Fourth, East Capitol and B streets Sc,
directly east of the new Library of Con-
gress Annex and the Folger Library.
This site is very near the Capitol, and
between the East Capitol and Pennsyl-
vania avenue car lines, making it especi-
ally convenient for inaugural exercises
when needed, and easily accessible from
all parts of the city. Besides, there is no
traffic congestion in that neighborhood,
as compared with a downtown location.
Since A street S E. now begins at Third
street it could conveniently be closed to
Fourth street, as could several alleys run
ming through these two large blocks,
thus adding materially to the area with
out increasing the cost.
No other suggested location for the
auditorium has so many advantages and
so few disadvantages as this one.
February 3. E. F. w.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
The Tuxicub Problem

The Public Utilities Commission
once again has asked Congress for
authority to reduce the number of
taxicabs operating in Washington,
and there is every reason why the
matter, now pending before the
House District Committee, should re-
ceive prompt and favorable consid-
Grafton.
AS result Of the refusal to vest in
the local commission authority to
regulate the number of taxicabs,
there are now nearly 1000 of these
vehicles being operated in the city.
No other community has anything
approaching that number of cabs in
proportion to its population. This
overcrowding Of the industry has
added materially to the traffic prob
lens of the Capital and has made it
impossible for many of the drivers
to earn an adequate livelihood, even
though they may work twelve hours
or more day.
The Utilities Commission wants to
reduce the number of cabs to about
$500, which, the members believe,
would ease the traffic problem, in
crease the average earnings of the
drivers and still leave enough taxis
to serve the needs Of the city. Under
the terms Of the bill pending in the
House, however, this reduction would
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Catalonia Falls

The abandonment of the Province
of Catalonia by Spanish loyalist
troops, now reported fleeing across
the border into France, emphasizes
the apparent hopelessness of the re-
publican governments position and
lends substance to circumstantial re-
ports that the loyalists have initiated
moves for peace. The Associated
Press learns in reliable quarters at
London that Premier Negrin has re-
quested Great Britain to open secret
negotiations with General Franco to
end the two-and-one-half-y -year-old
civil war. The presence of Senator
Leon Berard of France at Burgos,
the insurgent capital, suggests Anglo
French cooperation in an effort to
bring hostilities to a close.
London reports that the Spanish
government stipulates that peace
talks be opened on the basis of the
three points enunciated by DR..
Negrin before the Cortes at the
abandoned fugitive capital of the
loyalists, Figueras, on February l.
These are:
l. Guarantee of independence
for Spain and freedom from for
eign influence.
2. A government desired by the
people, as shown by plebiscite.
3. Liquidation of the war with
out persecution, to permit all
Spaniards to join in the country's
reconstruction.
No indication is yet forthcoming
as to whether Franco, victory flushed
after the capture of Barcelona and
the final collapse of loyalist re-
sistance in Catalonia, is in mood to
negotiate on Negrin's terms. If he
refuses, the expectation is that the
loyalists will fight on, hopeless as the
prospect of eventual victory for them
would seem to be, with domestic
sources of munition supplies cut off
with the fall of Barcelona and little
chance of bringing them in from
outside.
The next theater of republican re-
sistance, If it is prolonged, would be
in that one-third of Spain still held
by the government-the region OF
which Valencia and Madrid are the
chief centers. General Miaja, the in
trepid defender of Madrid, is reputed
to have some 100000 troops still
under arms and ready to protect the
old capital as resolutely as they have
done since 1885. But, deprived OF
artillery, ammunition and aircraft
the area can hardly be held in
definitely against the equally numer-
Gus and incomparably better equipped
forces which Franco could hurl
against it.
Evening star., 1939-02-06

with great sympathy for his consistently
humane attitude toward contemporary
events, and have enjoyed it even more
since it started appearing daily.
I suggest for those who object to his
liberality the same attitude we display
toward Mr.. David Lawrence. that of
kindly sufferance toward possibly sin
cere but misguided individual. I am
grateful for papers which allow differ
ence of opinion.
I wish, too,, to express my appreciation
for what seems to me to be your in
creasingly sympathetic attitude toward
the Loyalist government in Spain. At
first, if remember correctly, The Star
was in favor of the insurgents, but OF
late, and hope it is not too late to do
any good, the editorials have been more
cognizant of the dangers involved by
the Fascist invasion of a democratic
country.
Again let me express my gratitude for
Mr.. Franklins column. and my appreci-
alton to you for publishing it.
MRS. FINLEY WISEMAN.
February 2.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Housing Headaches


A general restudy Of the national
program to improve the housing of
the Nations lower income groups Is
indicated in reports made before the
recent sessions of the National Pub
lie Housing Conference In Chicago,
and of the Washington Housing As
sociation. That important steps have
been made toward the solution of one
of Americas gravest social problems
is not to be doubted, but If the views
taken by students in this field are
correct, only the surface has been
scratched.
The national organization asks in
creased funds to provide suitable
shelter for another million families
within the next five years. The
questions raised at the session OF the
Washington group are more specific,
and in some respects, more alarming.
The case of those whose income is
between eleven hundred dollars, the
maximum which would entitle them
to live in publicly financed low-cost
homes, and two thousand dollars is
grave. The Governments view is a
legitimate one when it holds that the
first and most vital need is to take
as many as possible of those below
the eleven-hundred-dollar level out
of slum conditions. Yet, the experts
claim funds now available will care
for only fraction of one per cent of
these. That being the case, funds to
finance home building for the slightly
higher paid group must come from
private sources. But there seems no
solution there, for the private build
ers hold it is impossible to obtain
financing for the building of homes
which could be rented at from
twenty-five to forty dollars month.
In view of the fact that the slightly
higher group are the self-supporting,
independent citizens who constitute
one of the largest population ele-
ments, numerically, the problem is
particularly pointed. 1t is claimed
seventy-five thousand Government
employees in Washington alone are
among these. OF course, many of
these are not heads of families, and
accurate data are not available on the
exact number of families in the Capt.
tai who are forced to exist on such in
come. But the number is sufficiently
large to justify the most careful study
of possible means of financing to bet
ter their condition without the neces-
sity of endoWing them with subsidies.
Care should be taken to prevent the
creation of a new forgotten man"
class through the very consideration
which has been shown for the well
fare of the semi-independent group
next below them In the economic
scale.
Evening star., 1939-02-06

ton. One Is predominantly blue, the
other mostly red. Both sexes in the jays
are practically similarly colorful, where
as the brilliant red and black of the
male cardinal has foil in the softer
coloration of the female. Indeed, some
observers prefer the female bird, claim
ing that her charm lies in the very soft
ness of hue, so in contrast with the
brightness Of her mate.
Many watchers claim the bold bluejay
is robber and a villain. We wonder If
something of this idea does not come
down to us from Audubon's plate, show
ing the jay eating eggs of other birds.
That is trick which is not confined
solely to the jays. Even the charming
little wren has been known to tumble
the eggs Of rival out of the nest.
It Is truism among observers that
the longer you watch the jays, the more
beautiful they seem to you.
That bold demeanor, those beautiful
colors, the fine crest-these combine to
make wonderful picture.
Jays stay with us the year around, but
seldom visit a feeder more than few
minutes at time. If smaller species
tend to fly away, that is an almost uni
versal rule among birds. The jays sell
dom run at or peck other birds They
are too busy looking the world over, and
deciding where to wing their strong
course next.
Some people have superstition that
bluejays vanish each Friday, reputedly
to commune with the devil. 1t is inter-
esting to note that jays do, indeed, often
disappear from garden on that day, to
show up again on Saturday or Sunday.
X X
AS for the startling, it is not a nuisance
at feeding stations.
Close observation soon shows any one
that this is among the very wisest of all
creatures wearing feathers.
On bad rainy day, when sparrows
and others eat doggedly in the wet the
wise old starting walks into the feeder,
and remains there out of the rain
1t is rather comical to see half dozen
Of them in station, just standing there
out Of the weather.
The startling is in no sense belligerent
Smaller birds mix with flock, and eat
securely. Starlings prefer to eat in
the grass, gathering seeds, and such grubs
as may turn up.
Despite their stubby tails, and wad-
ding walk, they make pretty picture
in the yard, so glistening are their feath-
ers and so healthy their appearance.
Their system of scouts is unique among
the birds of this vicinity. There may not
be startling in sight, but within IS min
utes after bread, their favorite food, is
placed in yard, they begin to arrive
Any one can try this experiment, and
convince himself in short order that the
starlings maintain a band of scouts,
which perch high in trees and on build
ings, looking for the right kind of food.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Philosophers Creed

Let there be love for every fearless things
Let there be faith and trust In the
Unknown.
The roots Of crimson rose bush, deeply
grown,
Wait, safe in darkness, for the breath Of
spring.
In southern climes, the cardinals now
wing;
They are not lost; through night skies
they have flown,
Unaided, unafraid, and all alone;
They will return; again we'll hear them
sing.
Let us, then, strive to make our hearts
divine;
Let us regain our faith in God and man.
The sun, the stars, the moon are with
us still,
Nor have they faltered once in their
design.
Shall we evade our share In this Great
Plan,
While birds, their part, 20 vadantV
fulfill? n. P. STODDARR
Evening star., 1939-02-06

not be effected arbitrarily. To avoid
working a hardship on any one now
driving a taxicab it is proposed only
that the commission be given au-
thority to refuse to relicense We
hicles voluntarily retired from opera
ton and that it be empowered to re-
woke the licenses of drivers who vio-
late certain laws or who otherwise
prove themselves unfit to operate
public carriers.
Such proposal is sound, fair and
necessary. Congress should enact
the legislation necessary to carry it
into effect.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
THIS AND THAT
BY Charles E. T1dce1DeI.

The three musketeers Of the local bird
world are the starting, the bluejay and
the humble pigeon.
The first is the most intelligent of
birds, the second the most beautiful, and
the third the best flyer.
Now each Of them is regarded as
prime nuisance by many people who
otherwise are fond Of the birds.
Especially people who feed them all
fall and winter. There are ever increas-
ing numbers Of these, and usually at
first they find fault with pigeons for
daring to be hungry and crowding the
feeders.
They find fault with the bluejay be-
cause they say he runs other smaller
birds away, and they find fault with
the startling on general principles.
The more one observes these birds, the
more he is likely to end up by becoming
fond of them.
1t is soon realized that the hunger of
a pigeon is just as keen as the demand
of any other bird for food
And when it comes to flying, there is
positively no smaller bird which excells
it,
Pigeons are noted for their abilities
along these lines, of course, and all the
more because of their heaviness afoot,
but the individual observer will not real
lie their abilities until he has, himself,
watched them many times
He will see, then, that pigeons did not
get their reputation as aviators for MOTH
ing.
Heavy on foot, and seemingly rather
clumsy on the takeoff, they nevertheless
are agile and beautiful flyers.
There is even waltz called "Circling
Pigeons"
Circling is one of the best things these
birds do
1t is especially noticeable in regard to
their cautious approach to feeding
station, especially If it is located rather
close to house.
The pigeons, usually in small bands Of
four to six, circle down in evolutions
which are about city block in diameter.
They take in, in other words, the en-
tire neighborhood, coming down closer
and closer.
Their flight is the very poetry of grace
They settle down as smoothly as any
chickadee, waddling from there on to
the feeder.
If frightened by noise, or not liking
the approach of a couple of squirrels,
they takeof again, and repeat the cir
cles, only this time they begin small
and ever widen out, until at last they
are circling the entire block.
The bluejay is regarded by many close
bird watchers as perhaps the most beau
tiful of all those which winter hereabouts.
It's only rival is the cardinal
Here you have the basic split in colora-
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Peace in Tennessee

The agreement for the sale of the
assets of the Tennessee Electric
Power Company to the Tennessee
Valley Authority represents a more
equitable settlement of the long
standing quarrel between T. v. A.
and the private concern than had at
first seemed possible. The reaching
of such an agreement not only should
help calm the fears of those who be-
lieved the private utilities were to
be destroyed without real compensa-
ton, but also is perhaps the best
evidence to date that the New Deal
is now willing to make real conces-
sions to encourage more extensive in
vestment of private capital.
Sale of the Tennessee Electric
properties came few days after the
Supreme Court had told the private
utilities they would not be permitted
to challenge the constitutionality of
the T. v. A. That decision, for all
practical purposes, meant that the
fight against this particular form of
Government competition with busi-
ness was over, and that the only re-
course of the private interests was to
sell out for the best price obtainable.
In agreeing to what appears to have
been fair price in this instance, T.
V. A. yielded on several points that
had blocked the sale for months. OF
first Importance was the agreement
to purchase the private properties as
a whole instead of taking only Ger
tain units. Other concessions in
cluded recognition of utility common
stock value, going business" value
and recognition of investments not
strictly for purchase of operating
property. These concessions resulted
in the fixing OF purchase price of
eighty million dollars, twenty-five
million in excess of the original T.
v. A. offer, but it means that the in
dividual holders of securities issued
by the utility company will not suffer
any loss and assures some profit for
Commonwealth and Southern, the
corporate owner of the Tennessee
concern.
OF course, the fact that a reason
able price has been paid in this case
does not, of itself, justify the use of
public funds to set up agencies in
competition with private industry,
but, if such competition is to exist,
the impairment of confidence in the
safety of private investments will be
lessened by manifestation of a will
ingness to compensate the affected
private interests on an equitable
rather than an arbitrary basis. To
that extent, the twenty-five million
dollars Of added purchase price in
this instance will prove a wise ex-
penditure on the part Of T. v. A.
The administration now should 60
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Visualizes Ideal
Local Theater.

To the Editor of The Star:
One fine day hope that I shall be
wealthy enough, and provided with suf-
flcient leisure, to establish another COM
mercial playhouse in Washington. I en-
Joy the theater and the thought of being
able to see a greater variety of good
plays often tempts me to envision imagi-
nary schemes for this playhouse-to-be.
First of all it must be a comfortable
theater-it should be heated in winter
and air-conditioned in summer. There
will probably be little difficulty obtain
Ing heat in winter, as this seems to be
customary, but there may be some eau
tious financiers who would balk at the
air conditioning for summer use. To
them I can only say that the theater is
world of illusion and illusion is some
times hard put to capture mood when
ones body is bathed in perspiration.
Second, I would like personally to
choose the personnel to operate this
venture. This is important and I think
would go about the choosing of ushers,
ticket sellers, etc., somewhat in the man
ner OF a Diogenes trailing the honest
man. One method have in mind would
be to make the rounds of the local stores
ostensibly to buy something, but actually
looking for people to fill the important
positions on the staff of my dream
theater.
The procedure would be to ask the
salespeople I met to show me several
different articles in their stock as well
as to tell me if what they showed me
was the best they had. Admittedly this
would be tedious business after while,
but just the same If salesperson sue
ceeded in remaining unruf1led at my
questions and patient in the face of my
insistence I think T would hire that
person for my theater. For that matter,
1t ought to be obvious that in order to
add to the enjoyment of performances
In this projected theater 1t would be
necessary to insist upon unfailing cour-
tesy on the part of the staff.
GEORGE H. MITCHELL, Jr.
January o.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Shooting Sturs
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Turn of Fortune.

Turn of Fortune.
This world is like unto top,
Which makes a daily spin.
Men come and go; 1t doesn't stop
Whoe'er may lose or win.
So swiftly does it rush through space,
That railway trains which creep
Across it's shell from place to place
Seem slow and half asleep.
So let's be patient, though the day
Be sullen and perplexed,
Who knows as we whirl on our way
What joy may turn up next!
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Jay Franklin Critic
Urres More Restraint.

no the Editor Of The Star:
am glad to join the company OF COM
plainants against the columnist who calls
himself Jay Franklin.
His utterances strike me as frequently
ill-tempered, almost always untempered
and very seldom worthy Of the topics
with which he undertakes to deal.
BY all means, give space to diverse
views of pregnant issues but, by the same
token, require of your contributors re-
straint, reason and respect for truth.
Otherwise there can be no real debate,
but only noisy self-assertiveness which,
for the judicious. discredits the very
cause which it aims to promote.
February 3. r. M. H.
Evening star., 1939-02-06

one step further and give business
men the assurance they desire
namely that competition with utili-
ties will not be extended to new areas,
that the Public Utilities Holding
Company Act Of 1885 will be clarified
and that continued attacks" against
utilities will be stopped.
Evening star., 1939-02-06

With the abolition of squads right"
and other traditional infantry ma
neuvers, the Armys pedestrian tao
tics are to be simplified in conformity
with modern mechanical forces. But
probably never back to the inspired
command of Lincoln in the Black
Hawk War, to wit: Fall out and fall
in again on 'tother side of the gate"