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Evening star., 1939-07-20
The District Suffers

When point of mo quorum" alb
ruptly ended meeting of the House
District Committee a few days ago,
It may have sounded the death knell
for this session of several important
bills that were awaiting considera-
ton.
If, as news accounts indicate, Rep
resentative Schultz made the point
in retaliation for the delaying of his
milk bill at a previous meeting, it is
not the purpose here to discuss
whether he was or was not justified.
The unfortunate part of the Incl
dent is that, if Congress should ad-
journ soon, other bills that are
needed now will gather dust in the
committee files while the conditions
they we're intended to correct 60 on.
For example, there is a measure
pending to modify the lunacy law to
relieve serious conditions resulting
from overcrowding at Gallinger Hos
pital, by permitting temporary treat
ment of some mental observation
cases at ST. Elizabeth's Hospital.
Another is an important safety
measure, to include reckless driving
in law requiring motorists con-
victed of certain offenseS to show
financial responsibility.
A third seeks to provide more ef-
,1ot af H.,
the District.
The District Committee should not
permit a sectional battle between it's
members over control of Washing
tons milk supply to tie up these and
other bills which have nothing to do
with milk.
Do the members of Congress who
have accepted service on the District
Committee want to be in the position
of letting urgent legislation 60 by
the board because of controversy
over one unrelated issue?
The point of mo quorum" may
have been well taken, under parlia-
mentary rules, but what is there to
prevent the calling of special meet
ing now in the hope that eleventh.
hour action still may be obtained on
some of these desirable measures?
If the lunacy bill fails, for in
stance, there is nothing Washington
can do to change the law requiring
mental patients to be kept at Gal
linger pending final adjudication,
and the conditions existing in the
psychopathic wards, which could
easily lead to serious trouble, must
continue until next January.
Evening star., 1939-07-20
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles T. TraceWeH.

clamor and the very noise tends to dis
tract the animal, which may, indeed, be
dog as well as a cat
Strange as it may seem, of the two
possible animals, dog or cat, the former
is the worst, owing to the mauling the
great mouths give the tender baby wings
and legs.
Fledglings cannot suffer the breaking
of either wing or legs. 1t means death
in either case.
The cat usually catches a fledgling
without breaking anything, the whole
idea of the cat nature being to play
idea got into the creature is difficult
of explanation. To call it original sin
in a cat is rather begging the question.
1t is just one of the queer facts we find
in nature, so many of which are not
to mans liking. But nature, in her
turn, might truly retort, "Well, there are
a great many facts, in connection with
man, that I don't regard as very nice,
either. How about those old torture
chambers you tell about in your books?
How about"
Il **
If the older birds can drive a cat
away, the baby is likely to be un-
harmed.
That is why the friend of birds should
always issue forth, at the first sound
Of alarm from the garden, and try to
find as quickly as possible what the
trouble is.
If cat can be made to drop the
bird, the victim may be rescued, in
some cases, but not always, of course,
for young bones are tender.
dog usually breaks the wings and
legs when he seizes the bird.
Our correspondent story contrasts
strangely with that of H. w. Hudson, the
English naturalist, as quoted here re-
Gently.
In that instance a cuckoo ousted
baby robin from its nest and put one
Of its own babies in its place, without
the motherrObin knowing the difference
although all the time her real baby lay
but few inches below her on a big
leaf
Hudson said that her bright eyes
watched it die without any recognition
Yet the' American robin knew the
dog had her baby, and evidently kept
the figure of the aggressor in memory.
Hudson said that nothing stirred the
maternal mind of bird like the cries
OF the offspring, and that the English
hedging was still too young to make
any sound, which made the mother
unable to recognize it.
The Maine robin making plenty of
noise as it was seized, the despairing
cries burned themselves so into the
mother heart that she kept the memory
for several days.
Who can say she will not remember
always?
Evening star., 1939-07-20
Heroes of Peace

Postmaster General James A. Far
ley has announced authorization Of
thirty-f1ve postage stamps in hon.
age to thirty-two men and three
women who served their country and
it's people in other than political and
military ways. The series first was
suggested by the late Michael L.
Eidsness, jr, superintendent of the
Division of Stamps from 1922 to 1888.
Plans for it have been developed by
Deputy Third Assistant Postmaster
General Roy NJ North, indorsed by
President Roosevelt and supported
by the philatelic public.
Other nations long since had made
use of their adhesive postage labels
to pay some part of the debt which
civilization owes to unselfish human
genius. France, Germany, Austria,
Czecho-Slovakia, Italy, Spain, Po-
land, Russia, Turkey, the Neither
lands, Sweden, Norway and Denmark
have issued stamps in commemora-
ton of heroes of peace" But it has
been the custom in the United States
to recognize only successful politi-
clans and already famous defenders
OF the flag. Now, however, at last
such noble characters as Ralph
Waldo Emerson, Horace Mann, Alex
ander Graham Bell, John Greenleaf
Whittier, James Russell Lowell, DR..
Walter Reed, Mark Hopkins, Frances
Willard, Louisa May Alcott and Jane
Addams are to be saluted in gesture
sponsored by the Government and
intended to insure their immortality.
Some Of those listed had been neglect
ed. Others-Mark Twain, Stephen
Evening star., 1939-07-20
Urges Early Passage
OF Senate Resolution.

To the Editor Of The STAR
In several news accounts about the
Wagner-Rogers so-called Refugee Joint
Resolution little while ago you quoted
its sponsor, Senator Wagner, to the effect
that IA of the Is members of the Sen
ate immigration Committee who voted
to report his proposal did something 'un-
acceptable" to him, and also to the effect
that number of the committee men,
bers were absent when only one was
absent on the final vote and the IA
unanimously voted to report S. 400, limit
ing the German quota for five years to
10000 children under IA years of age,
now in Germany. Previously four men,
bers had voted against requiring the
children to come within the quota. Later
all IA members present and with only
one absent voted to suspend all quota
immigration from all quota countries. ex-
cept Germany, for five years and to allow
Germany a quota of 10000 children un-
der IA years of age. S. 400 was reported
to the Senate on July II and being
unanimously reported after extended
hearings and being the draft prepared
by subcommittee that consulted State,
Labor and other Department officials
and experts, the bill ought to be consid-
cred at once and passed by the Senate.
Such erroneous statements as those
mentioned are characteristic of all the
propaganda that has been spawned so
intensively, extensively and eXpensively
in favor of this Wagner-Ro resolu-
ton, as well as the resolution itself,
which has not one word in it requiring
that single one of these 10000 children
be refugee, or the child of a parent who
has ever been prosecuted because of race,
religion or politics in Germany or any
other country. The Wagner-Rogers reso-
luton is nothing but a proposal to in
crease German quota immigration which
already is the second largest. This is no
time to increase quota immigration.
With II million unemployed, Is million
on part-time employment and 80 million
on some kind of relief and the United
States with 80 per cent of the worlds
unemployed, quotas ought to be drasti-
cally reduced instead of increased. To
necessarily cruel to our own native and
foreign born, for whom We are respon-
sible. European refugees and European
fights are Europes problems. We have
enough of our own problems without
importing any more or allowing aliens
and alien-minded persons to transplant
Europe's problems here. Sympathy, sem
timent, charity and humanitarianism
should begin at home. We have our own
children of city slums, mountains and
sharecropper plantations and our own
one-third ill-fed, ill-clothed and ILL
housed. First things first.
OF course, executive committee ses-
sions are not public, but since the lead
ing proponent of increasing the German
quota has made allegations about what
happened at an executive session, other
members of the committee seem to feel
justified in correcting the allegations.
In all fairness will you not publish this
attempted correction? ]. D. MASON.
July II.
Evening star., 1939-07-20
Suggests COrcOran School
For Mellon Endowment,

To the Editor Of The Star:
I have read with much interest the
letter of J. w. F. suggesting new" art
school for Washington. But I wonder If
the desired institution might not be
"old.'
The Corcoran Gallery has maintained
and operated an excellent school for
many years. It's instruction is sound,
it's policy constructive, and the costs of
tuition-only s25 year-are within the
reach of almost any student.
Why should not the Mellon trustees
endow the necessary expansion, leaving
the management in the hands of the
Corcoran faculty? That would seem to
me to be reasonable and efficient.
I understand that site is available,
adjacent to the Corcoran Gallery and
owned by it. PIX.
July 19.
Evening star., 1939-07-20
CENTER LOWELL, Me.

Dear Sir:
Scene: A bright summer morning
in the Maine woods.
Birds singing in the pine trees and
splashing In the bird bath. Saucy
robins hopping around looking for
worms.
Chief actors: Kezar Girl, toy Bos-
ton terrier; a mother robin, a baby
robin.
Prologue: Kezar Girl has been
taught not to molest the birds in any
way and although she watches them
from the sidelines she seldom annoys
them.
But on this particular morning some
primitive instinct got the upper hand
when she saw a baby robin f1uttering
on the ground.
'"The scene opens with Kezar Girl
racing madly down the driveway, body
bent low and feet barely touching the
ground.
I'm her mouth, the baby robin.
above the dog the mother robin
swooped and swirled, uttering cries of
rage and distress
Suddenly the bird gave the dog such
a vicious peck that she dropped the
baby in amazement.
"A spectator rushed forward to try
to save the young robin, but found that
it was dead.
Evidently the mother thought that
Kezar Girl still had her baby, for every
time the dog went outdoors the robin
would attack her.
If Kezar Girl sat under a tree, the
robin would perch on low bough and
send out heart-breaking cries.
If the dog moved to another location
the bird would follow For about four
days the mother followed the dog,
begging for her baby.
"On one occasion she swooped down
from the roof and tried to get at the
dog through screened-in piazza.
Il watched this drama with much
interest and sympathy, for it gave me
new insight into the love of a mother
bird for her young
Sincerely, A. T."
There must be great wrench given
the bird mind, and surely We can say
heart, when an animal gets its young.
The sharp bird eyes see perfectly
what is happening and the small mind
understands as we'll just what is going
on.
The parent bird tries it's best to cause
the magruder to give up its prey, but
the means at its command are very
few
Sharp cries, much fluttering and
swooping and now and then an attack
with the bill-these comprise the slender
resources of the outraged parent
Mostly they fail, although sometimes
other birds-not always-join in the
Evening star., 1939-07-20
The Louisiana Turmoil

The ramlflcationS OF concurrent in
vestigations by Federal and State
authorities in Louisiana have become
so extensive that it is difficult for
outsiders to comprehend the COM
plete picture taking form down there.
Whatever the irregularities, they ap-
pear to have been done on a grand
scale. for it is taking the combined
efforts of the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation, the Intelligence Unit of
the Treasury Department, postal in
spectors, the Investigation Division
of the Public Works Administration,
agents of the Works Progress Ad-
ministration, the State police and
Federal and State grand juries to find
all the parts to the puzzle and to
fit them together. Oil, sugar, Fed
eral contracts, building materials,
bonds and "deducts" are among
sundry items figuring in the inquiries,
which already have resulted in a
series of sensational indictments in
volving such charges as embezzle-
ment, mail fraud and diversion of
w. P. A. labor and materials. For
the information of the uninitiated,
"deducts" in Louisiana means pay
roll deductions assessed against State
employees "for the good of the party"
Federal income tax agents are said
to be trying to learn what party-or
parties-received these political
contributions" and what was done
with the money.
Coincident with the flood of accu-
sations has come what residents
along the levees might call series
of sand boils," or corollary disturb
ances, in official quarters. DR..
James Monroe Smith, president of
Louisiana State University, resigned,
fled to Canada and was brought back
to face two dozen criminal charges.
George Caldwell, superintendent of
construction at the university, also
resigned and was indicted on numer-
Gus counts. Richard w. Leche an
nounced that his health could not
stand the strain of the governorship
and he abdicated in favor of the late
Huey Longs brother, Lieutenant
Governor Earl K. Long. The latter,
seeking desperately to stay the in
cipient collapse of the Long dynasty,
rolled up his shirt-sleeves at the
Evening star., 1939-07-20

Even the shyest of young men
should not be afraid of his first date
with girl" is the advice given by
an expert in social affairs. Maybe
not-but he always is. And the worst
Of 1t is that the girl, even younger
than he, knows It.
Evening star., 1939-07-20

German authorities tell their work.
ing people that their hours are "twen-
ty-four out of the twenty-four If Der
Fuehrer needs twenty-four." Over
this way it seems to run "as little as
four, or three, If Franklin needs that
few"
Evening star., 1939-07-20

Chicago firemen-the big sissies-
now have sponge rubber at the bot
toms of the poles in their engine
houses. There is no jar when they
land and they bounce right to their
feet. Next thing one knows, ball
players with base-stealing predilec-
tions will demand cushions of the
same,
Evening star., 1939-07-20
They First Make Mad


camp-those 100 per centers-who
have not been satisfied with the more
conservative brand of Democrats op-
posing many details of the New Deal
program, are said now to be also dis
satisfied with other Democrats, like
Democratic National Chairman James
A. Farley and the new Federal Sc
curity Administrator, Paul v. McNutt.
Mr.. Farley and Mr.. McNutt have
gone along with the President in the
past, apparently are doing so in the
present, and will do so in the future.
Yet they are on the black lists of the
so-called Inner circle" if reports be
true, along with Vice President Gar
ner and a large number of Demo-
cratic Senators and Representatives.
This group of 100 per cent New
Dealers engineered the attempted
purge" in 1888 and the President
gave their plans his blessing. He took
part himself in the efforts to drive
from office Senators George of Geor-
gia, Tydings of Maryland and Smith
of South Carolina. There was, in ad-
dition, the attempt in Iowa to dis
lodge Senator Gillette-to which Sec
retary of Commerce Harry L.
Hopkins gave his aid.
The purge efforts failed dismally-
which should have given the New
Dealers some idea of the real situa-
ton in the Democratic party. Ap
parently it has not. For there is still
talk of the need of wedding out the
conservative Democrats and those
whom the New Dealers do not con-
slider faithful" in every respect to
their program. Mr.. Farley, for ex-
ample, did not fall in wholeheart-
edly with the effort to eliminate GER
tain Democratic Senators. To Mr..
Farley, a Democrat was Democrat,
and as national chairman he was
unwilling to take sides against men
who had stood shoulder to shoulder
with him in the past.
It is within the memory even of
youthful voters that demands were
made by the dry" element in the
Democratic party that the "wets" be
purged. The purge efforts of those
days were not successful-and what
happened to the Democratic party
as result of the split is memorable.
Last winter the President himself
suggested again the advisability of
eliminating from the Democratic
party those conservatives who did
not see eye to eye with the Roosevelt
New Deal. He indicated as much in
speeches in the spring. With the
purge of 1898 still ranking in their
minds, many Democrats keenly re-
sented the suggestion. Lifelong Dem
ocrats, they refuse to be moved out of
the political party to whose beliefs
and principles they have subscribed.
The 100 per cent New Dealers have
been wagging the Democratic party
for number of years. How soon the
Democratic party will start wagging
the New Dealers is becoming a live
question. Personalities, demands
that Democrats sign on the dotted
line, have played their parts in arous-
ing within the party antagonisms to
those who have occupied the seats of
the mighty.
Efforts to drive the wedge still
deeper, if continued, are likely to
make Democratic victory an i'm
possibility next year-no matter who
the party nominee may be. 1t was
stupid politics in 1888 and would be
more stupid politics in 1910.
Evening star., 1939-07-20
Heavy Penalties for Traffic
Deaths Approved.
NLt<4, G{a,.

To the Editor of The Star:
I have kept up with the column
"Why Must They Die?" for some time
and you answer your question in almost
every case. But this is really the only
answer: If the minimum penalty for
each offense were six months in jail you
would find that people would be more
careful.
There will be no decline in the num-
ber of traffic deaths until the guilty
party pays. MRS. STORR.
July 10.
Harrisonburg, Va .-,
Evening star., 1939-07-20
Commentators Confuse
Neutrality Issue.

TO the Editor Of The Star:
Apparently I am the only person in
the United States who approves of the
action taken by the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee on the so-called
neutrality legislation. come to this
appalling conclusion because all the
editorial comment have seen regarding
the action of the committee appears
to condemn 1t In no uncertain terms
Evening star., 1939-07-20

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q. How long has fox-hunting been
popular in this country?-R. T. M.
A. AS far back as 1742 Lord Fairfax
who settled in Virginia, imported hounds
and kept up regular establishment for
fox-hunting at his country estate.
Evening star., 1939-07-20

A reader can get the answer to any
question OF fact by yriting The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
er:c j. Haskin, director, Washington,
D. c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. What is the largest Government
office building in the world?-K. NH.
A. 1t is the new building of the De-
partment of Agriculture at Washington,
D. c., which contains 1923, 900 square
feet and is occupied by 6,442 employees
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-10

rar the first time IN several
years. Tacoma stands good
chance Of being more than \ mere
whistle stop for various race
trophies and prizes. which have
been so monotonously carried away
OF late by Seattle ski-runnefs.
Paul Sonny soova's victory
over Carl Neu. National Inter.
collegiate slalom champion. last
Sunday boosted him right up
among skidom's lesders--where he
had long belonged but never be-
fore quite reached. what with IN
lures and downright hard luck,
But he's right up there now and
in him Tacoma has a splendid tif
only chance To bring The Tacoma
Times trophy home 10 roost after
spending three years on Seattle
mantels.
Not that he wont have the stiff
I est kind Of opposition. Beaide'
Fraser, who must remain tn
favorite. there viii be Don Amlek
Carl Neu. Phil 1lsen, Otis lAmsor
Bob Higman, Bob Barto. Pau Gil
breath and q host Of other stars POI
all imbued with the idea Of gettini
leg on that two-foot Time
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-10

Unlike many pretty young girls
chosen as ski queens, Peggy
Mason, 17-year-old ruler of the an
nual Tacoma Winter Sports carni-
val. can and actually does ski.
And, like thousands of skiers in
the Pacific Northwest, she is an
enthusiastic wearer of the Bone
Dry Summit" ski boot.
Although she is hardly a star
such as Gretchen Kunigk or Shir-
ley Mcdonald, Peggy the First Is
able to get around on the hickory
boards with a fair degree Of skill
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-10

free from Otto Lang. dean OF the
Paradise SKI college.
She has found what the experts
say u true that the most Inn
portant items Of skiing equipment
are the bindings and boots
And, ~ many of Iacoma's
thousands Of skiers have found
out themselves. She chooses
the summit" sh boot, which
IA made by the Bone-Dfy shoe
10. In Tacoma
Queen Peggy. describing the
boots which VA introduced only
after consultations with many ski
experts, said. They are perfect.
They have style and everything
else anybody could want IN q
boot
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-10
Queen Peggy Dons Summit"
Ski Boots for Tacoma Day

and without taking too many en-
barrassing sitzmarks.
Born In Tacoma In 1927, she
has lived all of her life here
except three years spent In
Chicago. which she didn't like.
She II n senior at Lincoln high
school. where she is n mem
be- of the Lincoln Letter
I.assies, the Rifle club and, Of
course. the Ski club.
She has been skiing for couple
of years now and thinks there
no place like the mountain - Righ
now. she's pretty excited over th'
weeks instruction she'll receive
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-10

The committee in charge. ac-
cording to E. F. tPatl Cardin.
chairman. is certain of everything
which viii make the carnival a
success, except the weather-and
if crossed fingers are any help.
the sun will be cleaning on the
snow
The yearly winter celebra-
ton will begin unofficisliy on
Friday when the University of
British Columbia and the
College of Puget Sound Ski
teams compete in a cross
country race.
On Saturday. the college squads
will engage in spirited downhilI
and slalom competition, which
will serve as fittingly exciting pre-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-10

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