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Evening star., 1940-03-24
FinIond's Greater Need

AS long as Finland continued to
resist the Russian aggressor, war
requirements dwarfed the needs of
civilian refugees, whose ranks were
swollen with each new Russian
bombing of open cities. AS long as
the nation was at war, Finland found
way, with the heavy flow of relief
supplies from abroad, to care for her
thousands of stricken civilians.
With the coming of peace, how
ever, and forced evacuation of hun
dreds of thousands from their homes
and places of work in territory ceded
to Russia, the army of Finland's
refugees has been swollen, President
Kyosti Kallio points out, to almost
the half-million mark.
Finland's need for civilian relief is
far greater now than during the war.
Her economy has been crippled by
the loss to Russia of much indus
trial equipment. Her railways in
large part were destroyed by enemy
bombers during the conflict. Some
10000 wounded must be cared for in
hospitals, and, finally, a shattered
and relatively insecure country must
be rehabilitated.
President Kallio's appeal has been
carried to the American Red Cross
by DR.. H. A. Spencer of the United
States Public Health Service and
passed on by Norman H. Davis, Red
Cross Chairman, to the American
public with the request for gen.
erous response. 49,.
The Red Cross during the and
since has sent to Finland supplies
costing more than 1888 900, and this
assistance is being continued, but
Evening star., 1940-03-24

which they had no control, and for an
increase of the water supply which they
did not get. They pay their share Of the
cost of the main which actually brings
them their water, and they pay a water
main tax and rents for the water which
they actually receive. The United States
ought to meet the entire loss caused by
the blundering of its agents. The ad-
vance in the matter of bridge improve
ment will consist in expanding the
waterways which separate the city from
portions of its natural suburbs with
numerous structures, adequate to the
requirements of travel and in appearance
creditable to the Capital The Potomac
needs magnificent bridge which shall
abolish the nuisance and disgrace of the
present Long Bridge, and the sections of
the country beyond Eastern Branch and
Rock Greek require additional bridges
across these waterways"
Evening star., 1940-03-24
Apportionment Bon

SAVA oCI VIE cIllplOyIIleIlC III Llle
Labor Department, the Federal
Security Agency and related groups
here under the restrictions OF the
"apportionment law" the House
Appropriations Committee is foster
ing a principle that is destructive
of efficient personnel administration.
1t may be added that the benefits"
are not apt to measure up to the
expectations of the sponsors.
Under the proviso included in the
1941 appropriation bill for these
agencies, which has just been re-
ported out by the committee, future
appointees to all places that are
exempt from civil service require
ments must come from States which
do not have their full quotas of posi-
tions in the apportioned civil service.
This will set up a prohibition against
something more than a dozen States
and the District of Columbia. Spon-
sors say, however, that the provision
was aimed at New York and Massa-
chusetts, not the District, Maryland
or Virginia.
The provision represents a new
development in job-hunting and
probably can be construed as
typical election year gesture. Some
of the relief bills have required ap-
pointments according to apportion-
ment standards so far as good
administration" would permit, and
the current act prescribes that dis
missals must be made on this basis.
There is nothing permissive about
the legislation drafted by the House
committee, however, which says that
the result will be more equitably to
distribute among all the States the
benefits of positions exempt from the
civil service laws" This optimism is
hardly justified. ..:
In the half dozen establishments
involved there are about nine thou
sand employees on duty in Washing
ton, of which approximately eleven
hundred occupy posts outside of
civil service. An appreciable num-
Der Of these are presidential ap-
pointees and therefore exempt from
the quota restriction, as are their
associates with veteran preference.
1t is evident, therefore. that the Job
possibilities in this particular area
are limited
The fact, however, in no way miti-
gates the evil of the provision. Sew
eral hundred of the positions it
affects are in legal branches, where
specialized training often is required,
but an appointee would have to be
chosen with regard to residence
rather than fitness. Labor Depart
ment conciliators are another group
subject to the quota requirement,
and, as matter of fact, an official
would be deprived of the traditional
privilege of choosing his own per-
sonal secretaries unless they came
from underquota States.
The Appropriations Committee re-
Striction is in line with that written
into the Ramspeck civil service ex-
tension bill in the House, which has
been condemned by the Civil Service
Commission as unjust and unwork-
able. Under any circumstance, the
selection of employees without the
safeguards of civil service paves the
way for abuses, but all semblance of
merit is discarded when geography
becomes the sole test of fitness.
Evening star., 1940-03-24

Germany, watching Red Russia's
recent military operations against
the Firms, must be licking her lips.
Her state of mind makes one think
OF Max Schmeling, studying the slow
motion pictures of Joe Louis before
his knockout of the Brown Bomber.
II zee zometing," chortled Max, and,
as time proved, indeed he did.
Evening star., 1940-03-24

Senator Wagner contends that the
proposed amendments to the Ma
tional Labor Relations Act would
turn it into concrete weapon for
the oppression of labor" AS it works
now, it sometimes appears to be a
lead-pipe weapon for the oppression
of employers.
Evening star., 1940-03-24

Forty-six per cent Of all the real
estate in the District OF Columbia
belongs to the Government. Yes,
and the other flfty-four per cent is
30 heavily taxed that, in a sense; it
comes pretty near belonging to the
Government, too.
Evening star., 1940-03-24
Foreign Silver

A~SAS "PPSUA w NC AdA1 NJ OSUCCIS
at last for passage Of the Townsend
bill to end the Treasury's four-year
buying spree in the worlds silver
markets. The Senate Committee on
Banking and Currency has approved
the measure by the overwhelming
vote OF fourteen to four and Chair
man Wagner, who joined with Ad-
ministration Senators Barkley, Bank
head and Smathers in opposing the
bill, has expressed the opinion that
both Houses of Congress will pass it.
The Senate voted in favor of a similar
bill last June, but the House baked.
Senator Townsend, Republican, of
Delaware, continued his battle al
most single-handedly at this session,
however, and, with the support Of
public opinion, he has made tremen-
dous headway.
The truly amazing thing about this
campaign is that it should have en-
countered so much resistance for so
long time. The ill-conceived Silver
Purchase Act of 1884 has been a mas
terpiece of economic folly. The
program with its artificially boosted
silver price wrecked China's cur
rency standard, for her silver dol
lars became more valuable as ex-
ported bullion than as coinage. ia
pan found in the United States a
ready market for silver, much of
which undoubtedly was the fruit of
Chinese conquest Mexico sold us her
silver at inflated prices and showed
her appreciation by expropriating
American oil, railroad and other
properties.
Supporters of the plan have ar
gued that by swapping our goods for
foreign silver, we are creating valu-
able trade and maintaining employ
ment back home. But the trick in
the scheme is that we are getting a
Silver brick" worth far less than we
paid for it and OF no real use
under present conditions. So we
bury the bricks at West Point-and
go on buying. Last year we paid
Mexico more than thirty-one million
dollars for this metal of limited
usefulness.
Fears have been expressed by Sec
retary Morgenthau that a sudden
cessation OF buying would have seri-
Gus repercussions in world markets.
He would prefer a thorough study
by monetary experts of possible
effects of the ban. But further delay
will only aggravate an already in
tolerable situation by piling up more
silver bricks and magnifying the
problem of what to do with them. It
will be no easier to discontinue buy
ing at some time in the future than
right now. Mexico, chief source of
silver at present, would find the
boycott unpleasant-just as we found
her appropriation action unpleasant
but perhaps it would have a salu-
tary effect on her general attitude
toward the United States. Japan
would be inconvenienced in dispos-
ing of China's silver and in financing
further raids there. China, for
tunately, would not be adversely
affected, because the Townsend bill
would permit consummation of ar
rangements already made for the
purchase of China's remaining small
stocks of available silver. Contracts
already made with Canada also could
be fulfilled. All in all, the considera-
tions in favor Of immediate discon-
tinuance of foreign silver buying
overwhelmingly outweigh the argu-
ments in opposition.
Evening star., 1940-03-24

It Is strange with what ease a bill
to increase the White House police
force from sixty to eighty men gets
favorable House attention, while the
crime pestered District struggles
frantically to obtain twenty-five
more, though it needs ten times that
number.
Evening star., 1940-03-24
Fifty Years Ago
in The Star

lcing responsibility for the lament
results of the Lydecker water main
construction project was a
1eI matter of intense local in
.Qol terest half century ago.
spute The star OF March TO- 1890,
nrir1is the fnllourinu o.
Evening star., 1940-03-24


Like any practical politician, President
Roosevelt wants to have a. winner in
election year and he knows that with the
present conservative trend in the coun-
try, Cordell Hull may just about fill the
bill Of requirements for the ideal canui-
date. The only drawback is his age-he
would be SO at the start of his first term,
If elected.
Does that mean that it is all cut and
dried? Is the President likely to with
draw himself irrevocably from the pic
ture?
Not at all. It is entirely likely that Mr..
Roosevelt will not close the door to a
third nomination until convention time.
He might even 60 into the convention
and let the delegates offer him the
nomination so that he can have the honor
and can set the precedent of refusal.
But unless the President is fooling those
who have been his. closest political
friends and aides he has laid down con-
ditions for third term that are highly
unlikely to be fulfilled.
X X 4
1t is true that this country would tend
to drift in dangerous situations from the
time the President announced an inten-
ton to retire until his successor took
office. President Roosevelt certainly
could feel himself justified in narrowing
the length Of that interregnum so far
as necessities permit. And certainly the
President has given his party leaders
enough hints by now to assure them that
he does have a present desire to step
aside.
As things now are lining up it seems
as though the big hight In the Demo-
cratic party would be over the vice presi-
Dental nomination. rather than over the
presidential nomination.
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MIND YOUR MANNERS

Test your knowledge of correct
social usage by answering the fol-
lowing questions, then checking
against the authoritative answers
below:
/. Should man rise to greet a
woman who comes to his office on
business !?
2. Why is 1t rude TOR a man TO
smoke in an elevator
3. When a woman who is sitting
talking to a man takes out a pack
age of cigarets. should she offer
him one?
4. Why is IT rude for man TO
say. Lady, you dropped your
glove ?"
5. Does a man of good breeding
ever make disparaging remarks
about his wife to anyone?
What would you do if
Someone starts to gossip about a
friend of yours
ta) Say, very lightly, She is a
friend of mine, you know ?
OBJ Say nothing?
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CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Victor Warnings tone, when he
stated. Dan Nichols knew about
the ring" was an accusation.
There was no doubt of that in
Madge's mind. Strangely enough
she didn't resent 1t, although she
had known Dan for months, War
Ing but a couple of days.
Instinctively. she knew that Vic
Waring was the man she could
trust. She had never thought
much about Dan, one way or the
other. She had laughed at his
romantic ideas, his constant pro-
posals. and had privately told
herself that it was just an act
he was putting on. Shed met
men when she was away at school,
many of them. Most of them had
line" of some sort. This con-
slant love making was Dams
line"
Her companions reference to
Dan reminded her of the dicta-
graph record she had brought. and
she asked Vic again what he
thought of it.
1T confirms my suspicion that
he's a double-erosser." the assist
ant district attorney said, posi-
lively. There's someone on the
other side. It's obvious. because
every move that has been made,
Beatty or Tatum or Wayne have
known about in advance"
Then you think that Dan"
rs tipping off the crooks -
Waring finished her question. Il
have no definite proof, of course,
but l believe it's true
Then why is he posing as Dad s
friend. managing his campaign :?
Why, he got my father to run for
mayor. It doesn't make sense
Shady Politics
1T would make sense TO you
if you We're as familiar with
shady politics as I am, Madge.
Don't you see the plot? The
gang, working through Nichols
puts up a perfectly honest can
didate, a man everyone trusts.
Knowing everything he intends
to say and do in advance. they're
in a position to cheekmate him at
every turn. Dan runs the cam
paign exactly the way they tell
him TO, and If he should make a
! blunder or two. il can be set down
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Seating the Guest of Honor at
Lunch of Small Tables


Dear Mrs. Post: Where should
the hostess. and the guest of
honor. be seated at a lunch party
when the guests are being seated
at three card tables. in addition
to the dining room table. had
thought I, as hostess, should sit
at the dining table with the guest
of honor, but I can't seem to make
up my mind about this. 1t might
be considered impolite to the
women who are being seated at
the card tables in the living room
which is just off the dining
room.
Answer: Under the circum-
stances, l think it would be better
to sit at the card table nearest
to the dining room, where tif this
is possible) people in both rooms
can see you, and of course to have
the guest of honor on your right.
If you were to sit at the big table
in the dining room. the guests at
the smaller tables elsewhere might
feel like the little children who
are 50 often put by themselves at
side tables, whereas the dining
room table could not be consid-
cred in the light of a side tablet
There is one objection to this,
however, which is that only two
others have the chance of talking
with your guest of honor during
lunch ~ unless one of the other
tables can be placed close enough
to her place to allow some con-
versation between those seated
purposely near.
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wouldn't play golf because IT tired
her out and might make her hands
ugly. She wouldn't enjoy the
camp picnics because the food
was so fattening."
She and her athletic ohum had
been in camp only two or three
days when we couldn't help but
notice how totally alone everyone
left them.
But the third girl struck the
happy medium that even the
young need If they would gain
friends. She managed to stay well
groomed but never bored anyone
with talk of her beauty routine. II
was easy to see that she took ex-
cellent care of her hair skin and
self in general but the world didn't
know about her methods for she
kept them TO herself.
She managed to have fun with
out exhausting other people. She
golfed. swan, hiked and engaged
in all the fun of the camp with
out firing herself and others. She
had the time of her life because
she knew how to take her fun with
common sense and judgment. She
liked the place and the people she
met there, and they certainly liked
her.
The first two girls vowed the
camp was dump and declared
they were glad when they came
to 60 home. They weren't the
only ones who were glad.
l wonder why young people in
sist on kidding themselves that the
world doesn't appreciate them
when things don't go their way?
II they could come down to
earth and not ask TO be featured
players all the time, they would
have the same chance for fun that
came to the third young girl l
have just described. II is only
when they are too extreme one
way or the other that they fail
To have good times that arc the
birthright of the young.
MRS. l.. o.
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Hartley Wins Long
Trim 10 Hartford

Roy A. Hartley, representative
of Travellers Insurance Co, arrived
in San Francisco Monday on the
first leg of an extended trip for
which he qualified with his COM
pany.
After visiting the Golden Gate
exposition he will proceed to
New Orleans by train. take steam
err there for New York, visit the
worlds fair there and then go on
to the company's headquarters at
Hartford, Conn.
Hartley expects to return to
Tacoma about July l.
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Our happiness
depends on
MY JOB
good health

"A rundown oondltionimperils
n my pay envelope =. some
stronger guy may take my place.
Il depend on SIS. to solve my prob
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our happiness and keeping US just
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You can promote greater happiness
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and look like nlyself again"
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DANGER
By B6GM

as an honest error in judgment,
rather than crookedness. Mean
while, they are tightening their
organization and when the time
comes, they put on the pressure
and remain in power, with the re-
form element soundly beaten"
1t began to dawn on Madge that
politics was pretty complex
business. But she could see now,
many things she had never seen
before. Her father relied entirely
upon Dan-he accepted his adj
vice, took information he gave
him as gospel.
The suspicious which flashed
through her mind when she found
the record of the conversation be-
tween herself and her father in
Dams flat, returned with renewed
force.
Asks Advice
what am I going to do, Vic ?"
she asked. helplessly. "Shall l go
to father now, tell him what I've
found out-what you suspect ?"
Il don't think it's the thing to
do yet. You didn't tell him about
the dictagraph did you?"
"No-I simply asked if he We're
sure about Dan - if he trusted
him, and he, of course. answered
that he did trust him. absolutely"
II think it's wiser. then, to keep
things to ourselves until we have
more definite proof. Your father
Is the sort of person who will need
a lot of convincing to change his
mind about Nichols. Somehow
we'll have to get this record back
to Dams flat. He'll miss 1t and
know that somebody's onto his
game"
Maybe not. I put a blank rec
ord in the box to replace this
one" Madge replied Unless he
keeps going over these things all
the time. he'll never notice that
one is gone"
Good girl Waring approved.
That was good thinking. l can
see where you're going to be a lot
of help to me. You can keep an
eye on Nichols, and I'll keep on
with my own Investigations. and
Bryce's too.
My job Is to positively identify
the members of the Clover Leaf
gang. I'm certain that Beatty is
one of them. II our suspicious
about Dan are right, he may be
important enough to be another
member. He's been pulling this
reform racket for the last six
years. II we assume that he and
Beatty are IN on il. that leaves
/ Just two more to discover. This
m yster ious Mr.. Avery Mrs
Frankau mentioned very likely is
still one of them"
How about Louis Tatum ,"
Some Position
I'D forgotten about him, for
the moment. Maybe were wrong
about Dan being a member, as GER
tainly Tatum must have succeeded
TO the same position that Mike
Frankau occupied. Mr.. Avery is
the one who really intrigues me
Bryce and I investigated every
person in town of that name
Continued on Page S, Column 81
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Dear Miss Grey: I was espe-
cially interested in a little item in
your column recently in which the
writer advised all women to seek
comfort rather than style and chic
while on a vacation trip.
May !, as an older woman, pass
along a few hints TO young girls
who are preparing TO go on their
vacations now l am doing so
because I would have saved myself
q few minor heartaches when
was young II some thoughtful per-
son had taken me under her wing.
am writing this because |
couldn't help but notice three girls
who stood out especially, last year,
ut the vacation resort where my
husband and I had gone.
Two Of the girls came together,
and an odd pair they were,
Yes, they came on the trip to-
gether. and they left together
alone.
The third girl came alone. but
when she left practically every
young person at the resort went
down to see her off.
II was easy to understand why
this was so.
The first two girls were extrem-
lists. One was a sports" hound.
As soon as she got to camp she
donned pair of Stacks and an
indifferent blouse. and believe 1t
or not--that was her only costume
while at camp. She lived, slept,
ate and talked sports SWIM
ming. golf, hiking and every game
that could be engaged in while at
tho camp. In other words. she
failed to hit happy medium and
bored most of the young men to
tears with her apprehension
over athletics. OF course, her ap-
pearance was her greatest handi-
cap--far more so than her one
track sport mind. Her hair was
not washed or curled while she was
on her vacation, and I doubt II
she knew the soothing effects of
= face cream or the identifying
effect of cosmetics carefully used.
Her contrasting chum was just
rs sorry a personality but an ex-
tremist in another way. She was
sold" on her beauty. All she
talked was diet and the care of her
skin and figure-and she, too.
bored everyone who met her. She
wouldn't sit In the sun because
she burned so easily" She