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japanese Beetles

Washingtonians should welcome
the news that at last a control meas
ure for japanese beetles has been
discovered which is expected to
prove effective.
The Office of National Capital
Parks has co-operated with the Agri-
culture Department in making avail
able its lawn areas for the distri-
button of milky disease" caused by
a fungus which attacks the beetle
fatally while it is grub in the soil.
Approximately 1900 acres of park
lawn are being "colonized" with the
fungus and, although it is expected
that the disease will not develop in
time to prevent increased depreda-
tions in the parks next summer,
within three years the number of
beetles devouring plant life of the
parks of the National Capital prob
ably will be materially reduced.
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Asks Where Candidate Has
Been These Seven Years.

To the Editor OF The Star:
In its issue for Septembes 80. your con-
temporary, Time, quotes candidate for
a certain high Office as saying doubtless
in a non-political address, that Some
well-meaning people have even suggested
recently seriously that the right TO vote
be denied to American men and women
who through no fault of their own had
lost their jobs and in order to keep the
family and the home going were work.
ing on works relief projects"
Where has the candidate been during
the past seven years that he still talks
about the conditions precedent to the
loss of jobs? 1t is not those conditions,
but the conditions which have prevented
the revival of private industry. which
have continued on relief projects" self
respecting men who would long since
have resumed productive work had enter
prise been free to function. 1t is true
that they have through no fault of their
own" continued on works relief prof.
ects." But place the fault where it be-
longs Remember I'VE planned 1t tina.
way? Can it be that the reason for
such planning" was to dominate great
group of voters so that I'VE" might con-
tinue to control the Government.
HARRISON TILGHMAN
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beautiful English style, reported

beautiful English style, reported
progress"
Many of his friends Sir Wilfred
COLLECTED" in the course of annual
lecture tours. They discovered in
him completely happy personality,
always youthful, smiling, hopeful for
the best. His optimism, it seemed,
invariably was justified. He dreamed
true" to the end that mercy became
reality among people as humble
and unpretending as those who fol-
lowed his Master on the shores of
Galilee. Now his toll is finished, but
the name of Grenfell must stand
with the saints If not with the
martyrs of all time. Such is the
reward of a chivalrouS healer of
whom the fullest praise is no exag-
geratiOn,
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Mexican Politics

The Roosevelt administration is
pursuing a wise and cautious course
with respect to the internal politics
of Mexico by refusing to be drawn
into the conflict of claims over the
recent Mexican presidential election.
President-elect Manuel Avila Ca
macho is planning a trip to the
United States soon, a trip which he
describes as private and unofficial,
but in the course of which he hopes
to provide himself with adequate
BACKGROUND information about the
United States to enable him to i'm
prove relations between the two
countries.
On that trip, Secretary Of State
Hull declared at a press conference
about a month ago, General Avila
Camacho will be welcomed here as
an official visitor if he visits the
State Department. There has been
no indication, however, that the
State Department would so receive
General Juan Andrea Almazan, who
is now in the United States.
This is in line with the long eStab-
lished policy of the Roosevelt admin
istration not to mingle in the in
ternal political affairs of Mexico.
The Mexican electorate, according
to the announcement of the Mexican
government, chose General Avila
Camacho to succeed President Car
denas. That announcement stands
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-11

as far as the United States Is con-
cerned, and General Avila Camacho
is to be regarded as the rightful sue
cessor to the presidency by this Gov
eminent.
General Almazan, who campaigned
on a platform of restoration of the
properties to the oil companies and
Of increased participation Of Ameri-
can financial interests and capital in
Mexico, has been endeavoring, during
his visit in the United States, to OBJ
tain some recognition of his claims to
the presidency of Mexico. Thus far
he has been unsuccessful.
In the past, intervention in the po-
litical affairs of Latin American
countries has brought upon the
United States the resentment and
denunciation of some of our neigh
bors. A wise concern for our rela-
tionS in this hemisphere now is die
tating that no more such interven-
tions occur. Mexico, therefore, must
settle her political quarrels alone.
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Agrees That Roosevelt Has
Lost Faith in People.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Mr.. Willkie asserts Mr.. Roosevelt has
lost faith in the American people and
thinks they are dumb.
Mr. Willkie is right. The former
Secretary of Commerce, Mr.. Hopkins,
said: I'VE will spend and spend, elect
and elect" Aubrey Williams said,
relief receipts and w. P. A. workers,
that they would know enough to vote
for their friends. And preceding several
past elections, the relief and w. P. A..
expenditures have risen greatly in
amount, and year by year the deficit
remains or increases.
One cannot exceed ones income or live
by borrowing forever. 1t is hard to ask
a man to take the chance of voting
tomorrow's meals away, but if the voters
whom the administration has been buy
ing vote it in again, they'll be voting to
destroy the Governments financial
soundness and for the certainty of q
crash that will make the worst of de-
preston years seem like Thanksgiving
feast. WILLIAM BROSS LLOYD.
Boston, MasA
October Z
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To the Lincoln Memorial

There is such rest in you. Between your
white,
Calm pillars there is healing for the
Spent with deep troubles. Out of pain
full night
We turn our eyes to you and are made
whole
Yours is no vivid beauty, stirring blood
To run like fire through the heart;
nor do
You have such somber dignity the flood
OF love stands silent, overawed by you.
Quiet and lovely on your smooth, green
hill,
You seem to have been waiting for our
feet
To come to you and, from the rough
and shrill
Sounds of the city, find dear retreat
From whose cool beauty we may come
made strong Z
And bearing in us peace, like some sweet
song. BEATRICE RAW.
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Scores WILKES Statement.
On Labor Secretary.
Tt the Editor Of The Star:

Tt the Editor of The Star:
On one of the few occasions in which
Mr.. Willkie became more specific in his
program of more than Roosevelt gives
you for less money spent" his an
nounced policy was discriminatory to at
least one-half of the citizens of the
United States. I refer to his statement
that the office of the Secretary of Labor
is mans job" While it may be a
presidential aspirant'S privilege to criti-
CHE every aspect of the incumbent's Re-
gime, this announcement is much more
far-reaching in its implications than any
serious aspirant's announcement has a
right to be. Are we to infer that Mr..
Willkie Endorses Mr. Hitlers dictum of
kinder, kochen und kirche" for women?
Or are women to retain the privilege of
voting without consideration of repre-
sentation in his mans" government? Or
is this another one of the by-now-famous
Willkie slips of the tongue which will be
rectified when he tries to court the
women's vote? NAOMI M. FANOK.
October 3.
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THIS AND THAT
Blu Charles E. Trdce,Uell.

and put in good earth to the depth of
at least foot.
This, undoubtedly, is job. 1t is con-
siderably more of job than most per-
sons want to undertake for themselves,
or to hire done.
Therefore, we might as well rule it out.
Let it be admitted that even though we
long for a fine lawn, we are not going
to all that trouble.
solution, which is simply to keep on fill
ing in bare spots with good grass seed.
1t takes long time, but what is time
to lawn?
Sometimes home gardeners forget that
they are dealing with long time propo-
sition.
All they have to do is to plant a tree,
to find out that nature is seldom in a
hurry.
Every one who owns even the smallest
plot of ground ought to plant at least
one tree.
You simply can't hurry tree, espe-
cially the more desirable ones, such as
oaks. They will take their time, despite
anything you can do about it.
1t is much the same with grass. A good
lawn is the work of time, but most home
owners want to get an enviable one in a
season.
If you keep plugging away at the grass,
and keep putting in good seed. in time
you will get lawn which will pass.
We wouldn't say it will satisfy you.
That is one of the finest things about
lawn making. that it never satifies its
maker.
Occasionally you pass yard in which
the grass is beautiful beyond words.
why can't I have grass like that?"
youeask yourself.
If you were to go back there three
months later, you would see it looks no
better than any other lawn in the neigh
borhood.
1t is possible to pep up" almost any
old yard with fertilizer, so that it enjoys
one grand burst Of freshness.
The reaction comes at last, as reactions
usually do, and then the grass tends to
become as brown as once it was green.
It all boils down to the fact that a
lawn, on average ground, especially If
you get it fresh from the hands of the
builder. is a mighty difficult proposition.
It is too good, as a rule, to dig up en-
tirely but not good enough to satisfy.
The trouble comes in the lack of good
roots. What one has is merely a scum
Of green over the surface. The slightest
footstep will rub it off.
What one wants is turf. that is, thick
mat of roots beneath the surface. A
home owner whose yard has this is for
tunate Most home owners if you accept
this definition, are unfortunate.
There is not much to be done about It
if you do not want to dig it up and start
all over again, except to welcome the
sparrows. put in grass seed wherever
possible, and hope for the best.
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All the other bridges were built by
private companies that charged toll.
The Chain Bridge, Benning Bridge
and Sousa Bridge were first built in
1877. The Highway Bridge was first
built in 1909. the Navy Yard Bridge,
1919, and the Key Bridge (AqueducD in
1910. The Key Bridge, though, was not
used as bridge for vehicles until 1862.
1t was only used as an aqueduct for the
canal until the Union Army took it over
during the Civil War The Army drained
the canal and used the aqueduct for the
passage of Army wagons and troops and
it has been used as a bridge continuously
since then. The Arlington Memorial
Bridge was built in 1892 Work began on
1t in 1926 JACK SPRATT.
October 6.
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Another good point for the English
sparrows is that they spend great deal
of time now cleaning up on the crab grass
seed in lawns.
Wherever you go, you probably will see
two or three dozen of these homely little
fellows spread out over lawns which are
getting that brown tinge.
The sparrows are after the crab grass
seed. Whether they will be able to get
enough of 1t to do much good is another
question, but undoubtedly they help.
Most home owners will welcome any
aid in this crusade.
They know that despite the best they
can do, the crab grass will come up next
year.
So they cannot hold anything against
the sparrows if their efforts, too, fail in
total destruction of the pest.
Grabbing out the unwanted type Of
grass-for it is grass, after all-seldom
gives the results hoped for. 1t may be
that a combination plan evolved by
some gardeners, is the best, after all.
Instead of trying to uproot the pest,
leaving the yard bare and ugly in the
fall, these householders believe that bet
ter results are secured through crowding
the crab grass out with better grasses.
They permit the sparrows to eat their
fill, and, when they are finished, they
put in as much good grass seed as they
can find room for, and in this way they
get new grass without digging up much
good old grass 1t is impossible to uproot
crab grass without taking good deal
of desirable grass with 1t.
Painstaking care to get the crab grass
practically wrecks a lawn, at least for
the time being.
It is very hard work, too. work which
seldom gives what the worker seeks.
The reason for this is that there Is
not enough time before cold weather
to be sure of being able to get good
growth of new grass all over lawn.
If the crab grass has been dug up
properly, there seldom will be much left,
partly because so much good grass has
been taken with it.
1t practically amounts to planting a
new lawn. Now planting an entire lawn
in the fall is not so good. 1t depends too
much upon the weather.
But If you let the sparrows and the
pigeons eat what they will, first. and
then put in good grass seed in all bare
places, after they have finished, there Is
not so much lost if the weather is not
good.
In other words. If the time Is not
sufficient for getting new grass, you still
have all your old, as we'll as the crab
grass! This must be admitted. but the
answer simply is that good crab grass is
better than no grass. 1t is, after all,
grass.
The solution to the grass problem is
two-fold, but most of us will not be will
ing to do both.
The first is to dig up the entire lawn,
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Some Interesting Data
On Local Bridges.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor OF The star:
In The Star on october 4 w. NJ
Ward suggests bridge for South Capitol
street. He states that there is only one
more bridge across the Potomac and
Anacostia Rivers in 1910 than there
were in 1904 when there were about 210,-
900 people living here. He could have
just as easily and truthfully stated that
the Arlington Memorial Bridge is the
only bridge across these two rivers,
within the District, that has been built
since 1910. At that time the Aqueduct
was built for the canal to cross the
river in Georgetown.
Only two bridges have been built
across these two rivers since Queen Vic
toria was born in 1919. The Navy Yard
Bridge was first built in 1919 a year
before Illinois was admitted into the
union as a State The Arlington Me-
mortal Bridge is the only bridge within
the District across the two rivers that
a Federal or District authority has had
the initiative to locate and construct.
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meaning for their Arab relations, as
result of pre-war establishment of
friendship with Turkey, Egypt and
Greece. These three countries, with
Syria and Palestine, surround the whole
eastern end of the Mediterranean. The
coming months will show whether the
German troop movements into Rumania
are meant as a threat against Turkey
and so against one area of British Near
Eastern domination.
If the German militarists who moved
the troops into Rumania had Turkey in
mind, the Near Eastern campaign prob
ably will assume three-fold character
the silent attempts to stir the Arabs
against the British; the italian cam
paign across Egypt and German cam
paign against Turkey. Added to these
may be an Italian campaign against
Greece. In all this the Arabs, even
though they are weak in . military
sense, occupy . key position.
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GrenfeII of Labrador

When the roll of the heroes of the
present age is compiled the name Of
Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell,
founder of the Labrador Medical
Mission, may be found to lead all
the rest. He was, perhaps, the great
est apostle of practical Christianity
in his time. No other man excelled
him in the genius with which he
applied the teachings of Jesus Of
Nazareth to the needs of the human
race. He demonstrated the utility
of brotherly love in the world. Dur
ing more than half a century he gave
himself, a living sacrifice, that the
challenge of poverty, disease and sin
might be met-and conquered
through the power of the Cross which
symbolizes life triumphant over
death.
His story has been told again and
again Millions, presumably, know
how in 1887 the young medical STU
dent went out from London to work
with the fsher-folk of the North
Atlantic. He was but twenty-five at
the start of his career, yet he was
qualified as a physician, mariner
and a preacher of the Word. The
scene of his principal efforts was a
barren shelf of rock over which a
bitter wind howled an incessant
protest. Sir Wilfred established
headquarters at Battle Harbor.
There in 1893 he built his first hos
pital. Four others later were con-
structed at strategic points along the
Newfoundland-La coast. To
them were added seven nursing sta
tons, two orphanages, schools, CO.
operative stores, various industrial
plants. Money for these institutions
was collected through the sale Of a
long list Of popular books in which
the author, a master Of simple and
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Jupun's Attitude

Recent moves by this Government
the reinforcement of our garrison
at Hawaii, the recall of a shipment
of military planes bound for Siam
and the disclosure that conversations
with Great Britain looking toward
Joint action in the Far East are under
way-suggest a belated determine
ton on our part to deal with Japan
In the light of the facts as they are,
not as we might like them to be.
It is becoming increasingly evident
In Washington, and presumably in
Toxic, that the United States does
not intend to retreat in the face OF
japanese aggression, which has seri-
ously undermined the Asiatic posi-
tions of France and Britain. To
date, the militarists in Japan have
encountered relatively little opposi-
ton from the Western powers, but
the time is at hand when they can
no longer hope to trample the rights
of other nations without meeting
real resistance.
Shortly after the German Army
had smashed through the Neither
lands, Belgium and France, the
japanese promised to respect the
status QUO in the Far East. But that
pledge was speedily repudiated by
the imperialists in Toxic, who sub
stituted for it the attack on French
Indo-China, the announcement of
Japan's adherence to the Axis and
the PRONUNCIATION of a made-in-
Japan version of a Greater East Asia.
It is to these aggressive moves, and
those which may be yet to come, that
we must direct our attention. It is
in such things as these that we find
the true measure of Japan-and not
In conciliatory statements such as
that of yesterday from Foreign Min
lister Matsuoka. His declaration that
the new Axis alliance is not aimed
at the United States, that japan
earnestly hopes for peace with this
country, must be appraised in the
light of what Japan has done and
may be expected to do, and when
the Foreign Minister'S words are
examined on that basis they carry
no conviction whatsoever. We should
not forget that it has been but a
week since Premier Prince. Konoye
warned the United States that any
attempt to interfere with Nippon's
grandiose expansion plans would
mean "a fight to the flnish"-not
with Japan alone, but with her Axis
allies too
The simple fact is that Japan can
not realize her ambitions to dominate
all Of East Asia without destroying
American rights and interests in that
area. And since this Government
Is manifesting it's determination not
to surrender legitimate rights, it is
up to Toxic to decide whether the
issue shall be pressed to the point
of war.
Meanwhile, the course for us to
follow is clear. We should abandon
at once the fantastic policy of
strengthening probable enemy by
selling to her any commodity useful
In war. Similarly, we should refuse
to buy Japanese exports as long as
these purchases provide Toxic with
the foreign exchange necessary to
acquire military supplies in other
markets. And, finally we should
spare no effort in full and open COL
laboration with the British to
strengthen our military position in
the Far East. If there is to be war,
we may expect it to come quickly,
and this Government, on the record
to date, is fully justified in preparing
for the worst.