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Evening star., 1940-02-27

occasions, as when He drove the mer.
chants out of the temple In anger at
their desecration. God give us militant
but Christlike Christianity in an age
when 1t was never more needed.
1solationists Of the Senator Nye type
like to talk about breach of neutrality" :"
"acts of war" and foreign entangle-
ments," using the words of a real and
courageous statesman, George Washing
ton, to justify their own uncourageous
stand. In the name of common sense,
why Is giving aid to a friendly, demo-
cratic and honorable nation against an
unfriendly, dictatorial and dishonorable
nation an act Of entering into foreign
ENHANCEMENT? George Washington
would have decried such an interpre-
tation Of his words. As to neutrality and
acts Of war, the twaddle of the isola-
tionists on these pet subjects gives me
the impression Of q man trying to save
friend from being murdered, but being
oh. so careful not to hurt the thugs
feelings. As far as international law
Is concerned, I am of the opinion that
an ouLlaWed, unpr1nc1pled government is
no more deserving Of respect than an
outlawed individual. Soviet Russia does
not merit the Official recognition of the
Government Of the United States, but
believe we should keep q representative
there to learn more about their devilish
doings.
I favor immediate unrestricted loans to
Finland for the express purpose of help
ing her fight of Russia. also favor
the immediate halting of trade with
Russia In all commodities which have
military value, but. above all, actual war
materials, which we have already sup
piled in large amounts. II these meas
ures are regarded as acts Of war by
Stain and his stooges-so what? It
is sheer nonsense to think that Russia
would declare war on the United States,
Bul1es don't pick fights with the strong.
We are not yet all isolationists and
pacinsts. WESLEY z. BUTTS.
February "A.
Evening star., 1940-02-27

between the rival dictators on the
Tiber and the Spree, Italian sympa-
thies favor Germany In the present
war. They may spring either from
. belief or an understanding that, In
the event OF German victory, Italy's
avowed designs on Tunisia, Corsica,
Savoy, Djibouti and the Suez would
come within the realm Of probable
qualification, while triumph of the
western powers would doom Italy's
hopes Of empire expansion in either
North Africa or the Near East.
Britain and France have gone out
Of their way to keep Italy friendly.
The allied blockade has imposed q
minimum Of hardship upon Italian
shipping: preferential facilities have
been arranged for Italian imports Of
indispensable sea borne supplies
like coal, oil, copper, cotton and
foodstufls. These favors have been
extended in face Of the fact, thor
oughly understood at Rome, that
Anglo French sea power, despite its
preoccupation with Germany, could
overnight conflne Italy within the
Mediterranean, while the concentra-
ton of powerful Anglo-French-
Turkish army in Asia Minor serves
to remind Mussolini of the allies
long military arm as well.
Italy has every reason not only to
perpetuate her neutrality, but to
crave early peace. On that score she
sees eye to eye with the United
States. That this and kindred
thoughts found expression while Mr..
Welles was at the Palazzo Venezia
can hardly be doubted, provided his
august host paid the Undersecretary
of State the compliment of candor.
If their confabulation projected the
possibility of II Duce's influential
support Of American peace efforts
under appropriate circumstances,
new history will have been written
in Rome on Monday. The surprise
revelation that Mr.. Welles left with
the Italian Premier a confidential
personal note from the President
strongly suggests that Mr.. Roosevelt
is seeking Signor Mussolinis active
cooperation.
Evening star., 1940-02-27
Mr.. WeIIes and II Duce

Quite apart from the convenience
of travel which made it expedient
for Undersecretary Of State Welles
to proceed directly to Italy on his
European mission of war and peace
exploration, it is significant that
Rome is the first capital he has
visited and Premier Mussolini the
first statesman with whom he has
conferred. They held a protracted
conversation at the Palazzo Venezia
late yesterday afternoon following a
one hour and quarters visit which
Mr.. Welles had with Foreign Min
lister Count Ciano earlier in the day,
and which was marked, to Judge by
the nature Of their parting, by con-
spicuous cordiality on both sides.
It is appropriate that Mr.. Welles'
fact-f1nding expedition should have
begun with an interview with the
chief OF the Fascist state. If any one
country or any one statesman, out
side of the belligerent nations, holds
the key to the embattled European
situation, that country is Italy, and
that statesman, Benito Mussolini.
As the axis partner Of Germany and
her nominal ally, Italy thus far has
contrived to maintain that new
status in wartime international rela-
tions known as acknowledgement"
neutral. As late as last Saturday,
Chancellor Hitler publicly claimed
Italy, Russia and Japan as Germany's
three stanch friends in her hour of
supreme need.
To President Roosevelt's emissary,
Mussolini must have talked frankly,
perhaps not exhaustively, but suf-
flciently to indicate the lines which
have hitherto governed Italian pol
icy and will guide it in the imme-
diate future. Italy, no less than
the United States, wishes to keep
out Of the war. It has been
said by cynics that she will stay out
only 80 long as it remains uncertain
who is going to win the war and
therefore on which side it would be
the more advantageous for the
Italians to align themselves. Those
were precisely the tactics, her critics
alleged, which in the World War
finally found Italy, after months Of
neutrality, fighting alongside Great
Britain, France and Russia and
against her former associates.
The Italian people, who made vast
Sacrifices of blood and treasure in the
allied cause in 1915-1918, emerged
from that conflict aggrieved and dis
gruntled. They never ceased to
charge that certain agreements with
the British and French, whereby
Italy was to obtain extensive CO.
lonial concessions in Africa, were
never kept, m indictment which
became Mussolini's principal alibi
for the invasion and annexation Of
Ethiopia. Although there Is MOTOR
iously little love lost between the
italian and German nations, or
Evening star., 1940-02-27
DisiIIusioned Finland

After waiting patiently but in vain
for the effective assistance from her
friends which she so desperately
needs in her struggle against Russian
invasion, a disillusioned Finland has
come to the conclusion that ut is q
long way from words to deeds"
This observation, voiced by Fin
nish Foreign Minister Vaino A.
Tanner, was not addressed specif-
ically to the United States, but 1t is
peculiarly applicable to us. Other
democratic nations in a position to
do so have given assistance to Fin
handsome more effectively than
others, but all have helped. We,
alone, have done nothing in the
direction of extending a helping
hand. In declarations of sympathy
and in professions Of admiration for
Finland's gallant stand we have
equaled or surpassed the efforts Of
any other nation, but since the first
Russian troops marched across Fin
lands border this country, with the
exception of minor contributions for
purely civilian relief, has not lifted
a finger, directly or indirectly, to
help the Firms in their f1ght for
freedom.
Under these circumstances, it is
not surprising that Foreign Minister
Tanner, in another comment, said
1--WE cannot conceal q certain dis
appointment" regarding the United
States. I'm our opinion" he added,
'the United States is particularly in
a position to help us financially. If
other nations give us material help,
the United States, we hope, will help
us on the financial side Of our
difficulties"
After weeks of pointless debate the
United States has finally indicated
that it may go to the extent Of lend
ing Finland $4,000, 900 to be used
for non-military purposes. The
Senate has passed a bill to make
possible such loan and it will be
called up in the House today. De-
plorably inadequate though it is,
Finland has urgent need of this loan.
Any further delay in making it avail
able merely will lend emphasis to
the less than admirable role the
United States has played in the hour
of another democracy's supreme trial.
Evening star., 1940-02-27
Yankee Division Held \
First In Action.
BY Thomas r. Henry.

S0AC0 O1vABAOu E1e1Q
First In Action. 8
70 the Editor Of The Star:
A recent item in your Questions and
Answers column stated that the first
unit Of American soldiers to 20 into
battle during the World War was the
LIST Division, at Cantigny, May 70, 1918.
That Is not correct.
The 26th Yankee Division was in
action prior to May 2S, 1918, and actually
captured prisoners on February 10 and
February q Of that year. On April -,
after the battle Of Bois-Brule ct Apre-
mont. the 10lth Infantry had its colors
decorated with the Croix-de-0 -0uerre by
general order No. 737-A-the frst regi-
Gment In American history TO have it,
soolors decorated by = foreign govern;
ment. Therefore. 1t Is clear that the
Yankee Division (26th) had been In two
sectors before Cantigny.
WILLIAM D. sHARpLES,
Yankee Division Vsterans' Association.
1ehruazy u
Evening star., 1940-02-27
American Humanitarianism
Likened to That Of Walrus.
TO the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
In Alice in Wonderland" the walrus
wept bitterly ct the plight Of the poor,
helpless oysters and then greedily started
devouring them, aided and abetted by
the hypocritical carpenter.
Are we . race' of "walruses"? In q
sense, yes. We weep over the plight Of
the poor Firms and Chinese while Amer
ican-made bombs are being hurled on
the heads Of these helpless people, from
American-built planes. And nothing Ia
done about 1t, not even by the New Deal
@humanitarians."
Munitton makers, Of course, are amass-
ing huge profits from these nefsrious
practices and no doubt some Of the
profit Is utilized To feed and clothe and
assist the Films and Chinese, not to
mention other warning factions.
Does 1t make sense to permit our
bombs to b dropped on the heads Of
1oeeloa women and babies and then
sstazt : campaign to e.relievs" their dis
ksafs 4 would seem that the '4walrus
and the carpenter" were ''pikers" In
comparison to ourselves.
Shakespeare uas right, ".Tis mad
worldl.
IafuxDk oo1DssoRouoz
yshsuazy =.
Evening star., 1940-02-27

An eminent sociologist describes
the modern girl as "all vogue out
aide and Ill vague inside" II he Is
IN occasional twosome dinner check
payer he might add the adjective
empty
Evening star., 1940-02-27
Storm Shelter

The wind is roaring lion tonight,
Stalking its prey through the dark;
But my little stronghold is filed with
light
And warm with . vital spark.
On the shelf are volumes, ancient and
rare
Housing the thoughts Of the great:
And songs adrift ON the icy air
On the turn Of my dial wait.
All, who ami to be amply fed.
Sheltered and safe and warm.
While some arc pleading In vain foe
bread
And others are lost IN the storm,
Dear God. In world gone mad With -,
Weary and sore distressed.
What are ycu saving our country .or
That her people should b s. hlasseA,
Anna - l111sT1YY.
Evening star., 1940-02-27
Questions Whether Zoo
Is Worth Its Cost.
70 the Editor OF The Star:

Is Worth Its Cost.
10 the Editor Of The Star:
This letter Is addressed to The Star
because Of the belief Of the writer that
The Star is the most carefully and
widely read paper in the city.
The announcement Of another ex.
pedition by supt. Mann Of the Washing
ton Zoo into the wilds OF Africa to pro-
cure additional specimens Of lions, mon
keys, snakes, ETC., for the Zoo raises the
questions: 'Is the Zoo worth its costs
to the taxpayers. and should not the
money be devoted to more cultural.
beneficial and worthwhile purposes?"
Hundreds Of thousands of dollars have
been spent on buildings at the Zoo and
on improving the grounds and surround
ings, and it costs probably 100000 each
year to maintain 1t and to feed the ami
mails, while we have millions out of en-
ployment and other millions who are
more poorly housed and worse fed than
the monkeys at the Zoo.
It appears to the writer that about
the only real benefits offered by tho Zoo
are the amusement and entertainment
Of the children Of the city, q fleeting
interest to some adults and the peanut
vendors on the grounds. It is hard to
determine any real educational or cul-
f1fro1 va1SYA ~ thu
Is well founded, would it not be far better
to dispense with the Zoo and devote
the costs thereof (and it would take far
less) to the maintenance, say Of SYM
phony orchestra In Washington? This
would not only afford entertainment to
all the people Of the District, but is
cultural influence and beneficial effects
would be incalculable. Many other uses
for the money spent on the Zoo could be
suggested that would be far more edu-
cational and beneficial, and at far less
cost. As . taxpayer I am unalterably
opposed to continuing the Zoo on its
present scale. II we must have q Zoo,
one or two specimens of each Of its in
mates would be sufficient and Just as
educational on animal life as the in
calculable number now housed there.
and hundreds Of thousands of dollars
would be saved that could be devoted to
better purposes.
ALEXANDER 8. LANIER.
February 49,
EDITORS note: The costs Of Dr.. Mann's
present trip to Africa are being borne
by private citi1en)
Deplores Lack of Aid
To Finland.
To the Editor Of The Star:
As full-fiedged young American with
. passion for justice and hatred for
. injustice and greed. au astounded at
my Government and some Of its 20.
called statesmen for thu weak-sister
attitude they are assuming in regard
to the Finnish Russian war. For sheer
feebleness, lack Of moral CONVICTIONS and
courage the present Congress Il out
standh1E. This matter Of help for Fin-
land = , big issue regardless Of Tho
babhlifigs Of isolattonists such O Ssna-.
tors Nye and vandenberg and Col Lind
! bergh. They almost mako . religion q
their isolatioaiism and make 3 Virtue III
their .America s1tO- rest q the.
world ~ dannneds attitude. Do fhese
Rsusia-fearing opposers Of help for Fin-
land think that neutrality = Christian
In situation Ike this. Christ VA never
neutral when principle WAS involved
and, far from bsins meek o 10 = %
uetan pictured. was u1litant q s1Gny
Evening star., 1940-02-27
Turdy Discovery

Were the implications not so dis
NAL commentary on the process of
writing tax legislation for the Dis
trict of Columbia, the maneuvers of
the House District Committee to get
out from under the embarrassment
of the local income tax would be
amusing.
AS foundation for tax legislation
last year, the so-called Pond report
advocated local income tax COM
bined with local sales tax. The pro-
posal was based on a careful and
objective study of the tax problems
in the District. The difficulties of
an income tax were set forth clearly
and while the recommendations met
the demand from some quarters for
a local income tax, it was stated in
simple terms that in view of condi-
tions peculiar to the District of
Columbia an income tax would have
to be combined with a sales tax to
avoid obvious inequities and to pro-
duce needed revenue.
The sales tax feature of the pro-
posed new tax was scrapped and
some remnants of the income tax
feature retained. The income tax
was emasculated at the outset by the
inequitable exemption of members of
Congress and a few officials in the
high-salary brackets of the Federal
service. 1t was made more unfair
by leaving in the bill some portions
of the Pond legislation devised as a
part of another scheme of taxation
fair enough as they were originally
proposed, but wholly out OF place in
the act finally approved.
Representative Cooley of North
Carolina now has come forward with
objections to the local income tax
which were very clearly anticipated
in the Pond report and discussed at
length in The Star. Under this tax,
as Mr.. Cooley very correctly points
out, the Federal employe who pays
taxes in another jurisdiction, in order
to maintain his legal, or voting resi-
dence elsewhere, is faced with triple
taxation Of his income. If these en-
ployeS are exempt from q District
tax, the yield of the tax will be re-
duced substantially. AS many of
them come from States whefe there
is no income tax, it is another ad-
ministrative problem to exempt some
of them and to tax others; and If all
of them are exempt, the tax will be
made even more discriminatory than
It is now.
The solution may lie in provision
OF reciprocal arrangement, under
which credit is extended for taxes paid
here. But the District should come
first; that is, the full tax should be
collected in the District and the Dis
trict tax treated as a credit against
the State tax. Otherwise, the Dis
trfct income tax will not produce the
needed revenue, and large element
Of District population which bene-
LLS from local government services
will pay nothing in support of such
service.
Mr.. Cooley is not a member of the
House District Committee, and while
he is correct in insisting that atten-
ton be given the matter, one Won
ders why the House District Commit
tee refused to pay attention last
year to the very point he now makes.
Attention must be paid to it now,
however, because many Federal en-
ployes who are subject to the District
tax exercise the right of suffrage
back home, a persuasive privilege not
shared by the voteless and therefore
helpless people. OF the District Of
Evening star., 1940-02-27
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Evening star., 1940-02-27

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Evening star., 1940-02-27

Q. What was the name Of the ship
that was burned while en- route to New
York with paintings for the Worlds
Fair?-P. L. s.
A. On April 1s, 1899, the French Line
steamship Paris, which was ready to
leave Havre with paintings and statuary
Tor the Worlds Fair, was ruined by fire.
Apparently the ire started in the bakery.
where two ovens had been left going.
Evening star., 1940-06-09

A special 8-week summer
course in Shorthand and
Typewritins has been
planned for college stu
dents and high school
graduates who expect to
go to college.
Evening star., 1940-06-09

MORE light the migratory hobits Of swordsh ond mon
other characteristics Of these fomous gone fish the chief
object studies being mode for the American Museum Of
History off the South America by expedition eoded
BY MehoeI lerne sportsmon scientist The expedition the fifth
he conducted for the produced notoe
onene eots BY Mr. lerner portsmon
ne hos o yet found difference between the species Of wo
ond morln cou9h there ond the big eomese the Aontc
Evening star., 1940-06-09

Josephine Wells. B. S.. direct. Typewiting instruction
in the intermediate Department in Srayer College
The equipment includes $50 typewrters the latest
models of different makes.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-15
Appropriate o n of
$975,650,0 900, Spend
able in Eight Months
if Necessary, Recon-
mended; Lessening of
ABUSES" Reported.

Washington, May 15.-(AP)- A
1915, G50,OOO WPA appropriation,
spendablc in eight months if neces-
sary, was recommended today by the
House appropriation committee,
which reported a lcssening Of
ABUSES" in the relief administration
The WPA appropriation, which the
committee approved as President
Roosevelt had requested it, was part
of a S1,1l1,754,819 emergency relief
supply bill for the fiscal year be-
ginning July 1. The committee sent
the bill to the House floor.
At the same time it reported to the
House that the administration of re-
lief heretofore had been married by
abuses including improvement OF
private property at public expense
ovcrmanned projects, padded Spon-
sors contributions" and inadequate
supervision and operation of projects
on which high percentage of nom
relief labor was required.
The worst situation found by the
subcommittee which investigated
WPA, the appropriation said, was in
Louisiana, where some state Off
Gals have faced criminal charges.
The committees report declared that
it was "incomprehensible" that Fed
CONTINUED on Page Seven)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-15
Fears For Safety
Of Former Kaiser
Partly Relieved

PotSdam, Germany, May Is
(AP)--Worries OF the Hohcnzollern
family over the 8l-year old head Of
the dynasty, former Kaiser Wilhelm,
were relieved partly today by a
laconic telegram from General Will
helm Dommes, chief of the Hohen-
zollern administration, saying: Goal
reached, all is we'll"
Authorized sources said they had
nothing concerning the former Kaiser
who, they declared, is not Of interest
TO the present regime. They express
cd the opinion that he still was at
Doom and would not be molested,
anyway.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-15
Successful British
Air Raids Reported
100000 Dutch
Soldiers Said
Killed by Nazis

Paris, May 15.-(AP-Nethcr-
lands Foreign Minister Eelc0 van
Kleffens estimated today that
the Dutch army had suffered
100000 men killed-or 0ne-fOurth
of it's total strength of 100000.
Van Kleffcns, however, said
Hollands fleet was almost intact
and had joined the allied naval
forces.
He said that resistance was
continuing in iceland and that
troops which escaped into Bel
GUM would enter the allied
armies.
His disclosure of the army'S
staggering losses was part of his
governments first review of the
campaign which forced virtual
capitulatiOn to Germany in five
days.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-15
WPA Bill Sent To
House For Action
Mobilization OF
Switzerland Army
Completed Today

Brrne. May 15.-(AP)-SWitz-
erland's mobilization is complete
and "all the troops occupy the
positions which have been as
signed to them, the federal coun-
Gil and high command announced
today.
The cO:1munique said:
General mobilization has been
completed in the shortest pos
sible time. All the troops oc-
cupy the positions which have
been assigned to them.
These positions on our from
tiers arc held by powerful armed
forces"
This means that the forts on
the Italian frontier. which until
the recent intensificatiOn of the
crisis had only a skeleton guard.
are fully manncd).