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Evening star., 1940-12-10
Child Drivers

Nearby Virginias efforts to reduce
the number of accidents on it's high
ways have produced several merito-
rious suggestions. They include pro-
posals calling for more stringent tests
for driving permits, especially for
minors, raising the age limit for
beginners and increasing the high
way patrol. AS Francis P. Miller,
Fairfax County Delegate in the Cen
eral Assembly, points out, "it would
be possible to prescribe a (driving)
test so thorough that only those
under twenty-one who were really
qualified for safe driving would pass"
Mr.. Miller also states, and many are
in accord with his view, that "it
might be wise to raise the limit a
year or two" He claims that 'in two
recent accidents it is obvious that
youth of the drivers was mainly
responsible for the deaths which
occurred"
In one of the accidents seventeen
year-old youth was said by police to
have been operating a car which
collided with another and caught
fire, burning to death three school
children, including the driver. In
the other a fifteen-year-old boy was
driving an automobile which struck
three small children just after they
alighted from a school bus, fatally
injuring one of them.
Virginia allows children of fourteen
to get beginners licenses and to drive
Evening star., 1940-12-10
DR.. KeppeI's Challenge

In his annual report as president
OF the Carnegie Corporation of New
York, Dr. Frederick P. Keppel has
said that there are in the United
States far more universities, colleges
and other operating institutions and
far more voluntary organizations for
worthy purposes than the Nation can
possibly afford" Coming from such
a distinguished source, these words
constitute a challenge to the intelli-
gent consideration of the American
people. They suggest a problem
which cannot be solved by neglect,
an issue which cannot be ignored
But the warning which DR.. Keppel
has put forth is not in itself a con-
cession of defeat in the struggle for
the maintenance of a democratic
civilization. No one would regret
more than he the Federal Govern
ment'S assumption of control Of the
institutions, the organizations, the
philanthropies to which he refers.
He knows the effect of the states
interference in such fields in other
countries. "The inescapable fact that
we are today in a tragically dis
ordered world" prompts him to be-
lieve that the Carnegie Corporation
should direct its endowments toward
"the survival of the fittest." Many
hitherto worthy and useful establish
mentS, he propheSies, "are bound
to disappear" The question, then,
is: Which shall remain?
And to any inquiry of that sort
there is bound to be a clamor of
answers. DR.. Keppel anticipates the
confusion Of replies by declaring that
the Carnegie Corporation and other
bodies of similar character "can con-
tinue their support" Of deserving
enterprises past the stage of novelty
and public appeal. They can act
with the long view in sight rather
than under the pressure Of the
moment. They can call upon COM
petent and diSintereSted advice.
They can recognize and encourage
excellence and the promise of influ-
ence and leadership in the individual,
the group or the institution
Nothing very shocking is to be
found in these suggestions. On the
contrary, they are excellent American
doctrine. DR.. Keppel expresses the
Evening star., 1940-12-10
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trdce1pell.

bright sunshine that I could see how
handsome he was.
when he came out of the box he dis
appeared under the Car parked in the
garage yard next to the garden and when
we finally discovered him, he was perched
on the tire Of the car, up under the
fender.
II stepped down close to the car and
he took sunfower seed from my hand
and tried to crack them on the tire.
"He at last decided to come out.
HE made his way to a rose bush and
as he hoped up the branches, he was
about to fall. I put out my hand and
he rested on my finger.
my mother-in was visiting us
that morning, and she was anxious to
her hand, too.
"He certainly did. I was glad, for 1t
pleased her so much. We were so in
terested in this beautiful Blue Boy as
had named him. that we stood In the
yard for quite some time watching him
u
at the side Of the house.
"The sun was bright and warm and he
was enjoying 1t, to the utmost.
That evening my husband went out
and looked all around the house but
Blue Boy was not to be seen.
Late that evening I had strange
feeling that he was near the house,
and think was right.
Il went out early the next morning as
I thought he would come for food
Il was too late.
Il found my Blue Boy lifeless in our
drive. That certainly made my heart
ache.
Il felt dreadful and have wondered
many times if I should have kept him
and If he would have been happy.
1T was one of those questions that was
so hard to answer.
I'VE did what we felt was best Now
that he was dead, there was but one
thing left to do.
Il wrapped the bird up, and buried
him at the edge of the woods where he
had spent many happy hours, as I have
often seen the blue Jays fly from the
woods across to our place. shall never
forget that handsome Blue Boy as he
perched on my hand in the bright SUM-
shine.
The birds have given me many happy
hours and I have thanked God many
times for these cheerful friends
One is repaid many, many times for
any little kindness shown them. Thanks
again for your most enjoyable articles
and best wishes for your continued
success. Sincerely. w. LIS"
We co not believe any one can read
this without having a better opinion
thereafter of blue jays
And better opinion of human nature
Our experience has been that a bird
with wing injury seldom survives. II
may seem all right for a time, but it
is not, since it has been hurt in a vital
place.
Evening star., 1940-12-10
"TORDHAM ROAD.

Dear Sir:
your fine articles published in The
. Evening Star have been enjoyed by the
writer for quite some time. May I say
many thanks, to you?
"One of my hobbies is birds and how
I do love them!
Il was most interested in your article
of November Is about blue jays. The
question, can blue jays tell time?
believe they can, in their birdlike way.
Il have several that come to my
garden with great regularity. They stay
for very short time, and eat very little
of the sunflower seeds and mixed chick
feed that I put out for my feathered
friends.
"I didn't pay great deal of attention
to the blue jays until few weeks ago.
After reading of their mean traits in
the bird books decided not to give them
too much encouragement, as I decided
they are not so good to have around
Now, this feeling of resentment has
changed to a deep regard for my blue
jays.
Il shall tell you why the change of
heart. My husband was out in our little
garden working, and saw blue jay that
had been crippled in some way.
Its wing was hurt, and it couldn't fly,
but made its way by hopping and a
slight movement of the good wing
He had no trouble picking up this
crippled bird
He put the blue jay in large orange
crate, and saw that he had perch, and
a dish of water. He had no sooner put
him in the box when he landed right in
the dish Of water and took a bath, end
seemed very pleased.
He gave him sunflower seed, peanuts,
bits Of beefsteak, grapes also bread.
Il was so pleased when I found he
wasn't afraid Of me. and took food from
my hand He couldn't eat in his ac-
customed way, so a small log of firewood
was placed in the box and he would take
a sunf1ower seed from my hand and
crack it on the bark of the wood and
he seemed quite pleased.
When We cleaned his box, he got out
and hoped all around the basement. He
finally got up very high on the heating
pipes and seemed confused. I put my
hand up and talked TO him, and after
some coaxing he came down on my hand.
walked along my arm and stood on my
shoulder.
Il was so glad to know he was not
afraid and that had won his confidence.
put him back into the box and he
came and took sunf1ower seeds from nv
hand, and made strange little call note
as If to say thank YOU" At least it
seemed that way to me
After keeping him for several days,
we thought he might like to be put with
his flock, as he seemed restless
We took the box out into the garden
at about II o'clock on a beautiful bright
Sunday morning and it was out in the
Evening star., 1940-12-10
LAWYERS Have q Word

A prosecutor in Tulsa was not con-
tent to charge his victim with just
plain drunken driving. That would
be too simple. Instead, he accused
him of being voluntarily in a state
of muddled and maudlin intoxication
and inebriated, boozy, drunk, satu-
rated, drenched, besotted, befuddled
and stupefied thereby and so COM
pletely under the influence thereof
as to have appreciably affected and
impaired the normal control of his
body, muscles, eyesight, nerves and
physical and mental facilities and his
ability to properly drive, control,
manage and operate motor vehicle" !"
But is it really sporting to employ
such an overwhelming array of
synonyms, supported with a badly
split infinitive as they are, against
one small defendant? Is it not
rather like killing flies with a battery
of artillery instead Of fly Swatter?
AS another consequence, result, or
course of this, it is also and besides
extremely doubtful, dubious and
questionable whether the jury, tales
men or panel could render, give, or
determine a just, fair, equitable or
true verdict, decision, or determina-
ton. Their minds, mentalitieS and
intellects must have been as much
confused, discombobulated, balled up
and woozy as those of certain school
children whose teacher, in attempt
ing to define the word "epitome," !"
said that "epitome Is in its significa-
hon synonymous with synopsis"
Evening star., 1940-12-10
A Sound Proposal

The suggestion by Senator Vanden-
berg of Michigan that the Repub-
licans in Congress should retain
outside experts to advise them on
fiscal problems has much to recon-
mend it.
A short time ago, prior to the
launching of our rearmament pro-
gram, various proposals that the
$45 5,O00,OOO,0 debt limit be lifted
were regarded as carrying a definite
threat to national Solvency, but the
Treasury Department now is prepar-
ing to recommend a $65,OOO,00O 900
limit, and the end is not in sight.
Before we have finished spending for
armament, and it is an expenditure
which must be made, it is by no
means improbable that we will have
doubled a national debt which only
a few months ago was considered
dangerously large.
That being the case, it is of the
greatest Importance that Congress
devise the best possible system of
raising additional revenue. New and
higher taxes must be enacted il we
are to escape fiscal disaster. But
the question of where and how these
taxes should be raised and upon
whom they should be levied is
delicate problem 1t is a foregone
conclusion that variety of pressure
groups, political and otherwise, will
arise to resist a more inclusive tax
base on the plea that heavier taxes
on the smaller incomes are unScien-
tific and unjust. From a political
standpoint, this will be a difficult
hurdle for Congress to get over, but
it has been cleared in other countries,
notably in Britain, and it will have
to be done here. Similarly, opposi-
ton to new and more drastic tax
levies may be expected from spokes-
men for the higher income groups,
but here again we are faced with the
fact that the national income must
be boosted substantially, and this can
be accomplished only through more
taxation.
Our real problem will lie in the
selection of specific levies from
among the numerous possibilities,
and it is here that the advice and
assistance of outside experts should
prove to be Of real value. Congress,
as Senator Vandenberg pointed out
would retain its final freedom of
decision, but the Republican minority,
if it is determined to approach the
problem courageously and with a
view to the long pull, would find its
own position greatly strengthened by
having the support of recognized,
non-partisan tax experts.
The proper function of the minority
in the next Congress will not be to
bewail the mounting debt On that
score, there is no choice left to us.
The Republicans will find their great
opportunity for service to the coun-
try in accepting the inevitability OF
an increased debt while insisting that
the danger to the national credit
which is inherent in such a rise be
offset as far as possible by adoption
of the best tax system that can be
devised, coupled with drastic reduc-
tions in the so-called normal ex-
penditures. In this undertaking,
there should be no hesitancy in seek
ing assistance from outside experts.
Evening star., 1940-12-10
Pauper Imperialisms
Learning the Hard Way"
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Students of Far Eastern affairs re-
currently call attention to the arrested
development which has characterized
Japanese economy for almost a genera
tion. This paralysis-so manifest in her
failure to tap with profit the resources
of Manchukuo-is attributed chiefly to
the historically tardy maturity of her
industrial setup. For Nippons western
ization did not begin to gather mo-
mentum until approximately the clos
ing quarter of the 10th century. Difficult
ties arising from this fact, it is claimed,
also account for her present impasse,
after 40 months of eXhausting effort, In
China.
The Flowery Kingdoms emergence as
major power came just too late to
permit her participation in the division
of those rich colonial spoils previously
appropriated by the competitive i'm
perialisms of the Western World. Thus,
the growth of both her internal and ex-
ternal markets was stunted by the lack
of short, cheap, and easy access to raw
materials which the possession OF an
adequate colonial empire alone could
give her. This, in turn, crippled her
capacity for the timely accumulation of
huge capital reserves, without which
effective military and economic pene-
tration abroad nowadays is hardly pos
sible.
In bygone times the pattern of aggres-
sion was not so complicated and ex-
pensive as it is today. When, for
example, knighthood was in flower mere
decision of arms sufficed to establish
dominion. This was promptly followed
by levying tribute upon the vanquished,
whose population and tsrritoril bound
Evening star., 1940-12-10
Discusses Requirements of
New Tax Bill.

To the Editor of The Star:
During the hearings on the excess
profits tax bill and during the debate on
the bill much was made of the fact that
we should not tax profits because indus
try needs those profits to expand pro-
duction, especially the small and growing
industries.
But can one be so sure that industry
that is not essential for defense should
be allowed to expand its production to
any extent that its owners desire? That
question seems preposterous to the aver
age businessman who looks upon the
right to run his own business as he sees
fit as something beyond question and
who looks upon expansion as the one
Evening star., 1940-12-10
Greece and Italy

Almost every hour produces treSh
evidence of Greek military victory in
Albania and it's repercuSSions upon
conditions in Italy. The capture OF
ArgirocaStro, last of Italy's Southern
Albanian invasion bases, synchro-
nizes with another shake-up in the
Fascist high war command. The
designations of Marshal Pietro Ba-
doglio as chief of the general staff
and of General Count Cesare Maria
de Vecchi di Val CiSmon as COM
mander in the Dodecanese Islands
have been followed by the retirement
of Admiral Domenico Cavagnari,
chief of Mussolini's naval staff. Lit
tie attempt seemingly is made IN
Rome to refute the belief that these
distinguished officers are out be-
cause of the unconcealable extent OF
the reverses inflicted upon Italy by
the Greco-British Allies. On top OF
these setbacks come reports of signal
British successes in Egypt.
This series of startling events at
tests in full measure the collapse OF
war venture which II Duce expected
to be a walkaway. That his military
and naval misfortuneS coincide with
a steadily deteriorating situation
within Italy is manifested by the
governments drastic action with re-
spect to farms and mines. Heavy
penalties are now imposed upon any
farmer withholding his crops from
compulsory storage and upon mine
owners who fail to speed up opera
tions. Emphasis is officially laid upon
the "basic Importance Of storing
agricultural produce for the supply
of the armed forces and civilian pop
ulation." The decree amply confirms
recent revelations by the United
States Department OF Agriculture re-
garding Italy's food plight. Mine
operators will be penalized for not
starting work within prescribed limits
or not developing all their properties.
Deficiencies in either direction will
invite cancellation of the right to
work mines which produce limited
quantities of coal and those other in
dispensable minerals for which Italy
is chiefly dependent upon foreign
sources.
It is amid these telltale proofs of
the breakdown of Mussolini's vaunted
war machine and of crumbling popu-
lar morale that embattled Greece
appeals to President Roosevelt for
"all moral and material assistance"
In a message rejecting this coun-
try's admiration for Greece's Strug-
gle for independence, the President
has replied: "As your majesty knows,
1t is the settled policy of the United
States Government to extend aid to
those governments and peoples who
defend themselves against aggreS-
sion. I assure your majesty that
steps are being taken to extend such
aid to Greece, which is defending
itself so valiantly.'
The Greek Legation in Washing
ton understands that our aid may
take the form of warplanes and other
munitions, in addition to help which
the American Red Cross and private
relief organizations are already send
ing. War sineWs for Greece, because
half our production is allocated to
Great Britain, may, as practical
measure, have to be sent through the
Greeks ally. Such a plan should not
present serious difficulties, nor is it
likely in any way to Illustrate our
desire, so we'll expressed by the Presi-
dent, to grant the gallant Hellenes
substantial assistance.
Evening star., 1940-12-10
Letters to the Editor

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thing which has made the country what
it is today.
But We should look upon the problem
from the standpoint of the defense in
dustries and the condition which is
going to exist after the defense program
is over. In the defense industries there
is bound to be certain amount of
expansion to meet the new needs. This
expansion is bound to be of temporary
nature and when the defense program
is over these factories will remain and
there will be the problem of finding
use for them in the production of goods
for peace purposes. Then, too, there
will be the job of finding employment for
the millions of men who will take part
in the defense program both as workers
and as members of our armed forces
If We allow the on-defense industries
to expand to any degree they see fit
We will only complicate these problems,
which are going to be hard enough to
solve in themselves. Not only that, but
for the most part there will be very little.
if any, need for expansion in many of
the non-defense industries, especially if
We do not start real war boom in which
defense and non-defense industries COM
pete against each other for supplies and
help. If we do allow these things to
take place and do nothing to prevent
them we are very apt to find condition
at the end of the defense program that
will be practically beyond solution.
If We are to get away from this con-
dition we must place a heavy tax both
upon the profits of industry and upon
the incomes from which the money comes
for investments. We don't have to make
any provisions for the financing of the
essential defense expansion. That has
been taken care of. The Government is
going to finance that through the R. &c.
and the companies are going to be al
lowed to amortize it from the profits on
the program.
CLARENCE ARMSTRONG,
Urges Underground Gables
Near Airports.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Thursdays Evening Star published the
very shocking report of the crash Of
an airliner at the Chicago Municipal
Airport.
Investigations inevitably will be con-
Quoted and, as in the past, no doubt will
fail to establish the direct cause of this
or other such crashes.
1t appears from photographs of the
wreck, however, that it was caused when
the plane, endeavoring to gain altitude
with poor visibility, struck a cable. The
Chicago Airport is not the only one
which has such an existing menace. As
one passes along near the Congressional
Airport on the Rockville pike one will
see the same thing.
Would it not be very low price to
pay for the saving of human life If the
Government would compel all cables or
overhead wires to be placed under
ground adjacent to all fields used for
any form Of aviation?
EUGENE A. SUMMERS.
Evening star., 1940-12-10
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FoII House Cleonino

Old Mother Earth cleans house in earlv
autumn,
Turns up her chocolate soil for winter
wheat,
Aligns her corn in shocks, dusts OF her
highways,
Leaves her pastures neat.
She throws away old withered leaves and
flowers,
Then sweeps the corners with a gusty
broom,
winter covers
On her living room.
MARION LrpSCOMB MILLER.
Evening star., 1940-12-10

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Evening star., 1940-12-10

@. Does any Of our rubber supply come
from South America?-J. H. s.
A. In 1899 the United States imported
1892 tons of rubber from South America.
Evening star., 1940-12-10

@. What is traf1c scope?-O. M. L.
A. The traffic scope is a mirror hung
on the top of hill in such a manner
that motorists can see the other side
of the hill.
Evening star., 1940-12-10
Americas Historic
Churches Pictured
And Described

In almost every State Of the Union
are old and historic churches of all de-
nominations, whose colorful and ro-
mantle history pictures the early days in
America. Fifty-three such churches are
included in the booklet, HISTORIC
CHURCHES IN THE UNITED STATES,
available through this bureau. The de-
scriptive and historical text accompany
ing the photographs gives keen insight
into the customs and mannerisms Of the
pioneer Americans. This unusual little
publication is informative and entertain
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@. How old was Henry Clay when he
became member of the United States
Senate?-F. j. w.
A. Henry Clay took the oath Of ONCE
on December 20, 1906, when he was 20
years months and II days old.
Evening star., 1940-12-10

@. What was Gen. Sheridan's remark
about Texas and hell?-C. M. B.
A. Gen. Sheridan at the Of1cers' Mess
Fort Clark, 1885, said, IF owned Texas
and hell, would rent out Texas and i've
In hell"
Evening star., 1940-12-10
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