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New York Bank Stocks

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| New Securities
Expand Sharply
| During Week
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2o.-The faster
pace of industry made itself felt in
the capital markets this week as
private corporations raised more new
capital than in any other week in the
last three years.
Public offerings of new securities
during the week ended yesterday
totaled s128,518,73o, Poor's Publish
ing Co. reported today. 1t was the
largest volume of public fotations
in seven weeks.
OF the total, Sc per cent repre-
sented new money, the remainder
consisting of refunding operations.
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Beloved Acres

These are beloved acres, plowed and
sown,
Walled by tall confer and lifted cone,
Save to the southwark. There the farm
land spreads
Toward marshes filled with tawny cat
tail beds.
Where pines divide to let the road 20
through,
Snowy and coral orchard blossoms strew
Pale petals. Roofs are holding moss
and stars:
A white sea flows beneath gray pas
ture bars
These are beloved people with deep
traces
That wind and sun have marked upon
their faces.
So intimate with toll, they long have
known
How smooth old handles Of the plow
have grown,
Have learned so well the longer labor
fingers
They have the more OF thumbs and less
Of fingers.
But still their hearts are peaceful as .
psalm
AS they feed earth from out a horny
palm. ROSE MYRA PHILLIPS.
Evening star., 1940-01-06
BeIqium Now

In the light of the earJh-shaking
events in Belgium twenty-five years
ago, the country's cabinet troubles
of today seem tame enough. Each
sentence of news from Belgium held
vast Importance for the world in
January, 1915, when the Germans,
aiming toward Paris, had become
masters of the little kingdom on
the North Sea. The contemporary
European war is, for the present, at
least, safely beyond Belgium, and
the excitements of battle in other
quarters obscure her political diff
culties. But if competent observers
are right in their predictions, the
war will burst with full fury in the
spring; and If this development oc-
ours, who can say that Belgium then
will be secure? The cabinet changes
now suggest that the country will
have stronger government, and
stronger government will make it
easier for Belgium to prepare her
self for the lightning bolt.
Since the outbreak of the war the
Belgian government has found ef-
fective functioning difficult because
the cabinet was too unwieldy to
Evening star., 1940-01-06

who warn the Nation that they will never
again consent to the sending of Ameri-
can youth to fight on the soil of Europe.
But, as remember, nobody has asked
them to consent-for nobody expects
such an undertaking. The overwhelm-
ing majority of our fellow citizens do
not abandon in the slightest their hope
and expectation that the United States
will not become involved in military par
ticipation in the war
THE time is long past when any polit-
lcal party or any political group can
curry and capture public favor by label
ing itself the peace party or the peace
bloc That label belongs to the whole
United States and to every right think
ing man, woman and child within it,
1t is notable that in neither of these
statements does the President commit
himself to carry out the desire for peace
which he attributes to the citizens of this
country, nor even state his belief therein.
Then followed an avalanche of denun-
Citations OF Germany which can mean
nothing except that America must not
under any circumstances allow her to
win the war. RICHARD M. SMITH.
Mclean, Va,
January 3.
Evening star., 1940-01-06
Dangerous Defendant

Judge John Draper, presiding in
Nashville, Tenn, gazed with apathy
at the latest specimen dredged up
by the tolls of the law and deposited
squirming in the dock, charged with
intoxication. From past experience
he knew that an attempt would be
made to wriggle out, and he was pre-
pared to Illustrate the effort. He
thought he knew all the answers, but
had to admit that he learned some
thing new when the prisoner ex-
planned that he had merely been eat
ing dynamite as headache remedy,
which had the disadvantage of max
ing him stagger.
Me, tool" murmured the Judge
nervously, gazing in undisguised awe
at the highly explosive defendant.
He could see the point all too
clearly. It was indeed likely that
that peerless headache remedy, nj
troglycerine, especially if taken and
then shaken, would cure headaches,
in the same vigorous style that corns
may be cured by amputation Of a leg.
The jurist had a vague recollection
that dynamite was doubly dangerous
if confined. Fervently and instanta-
neously he decided to release the dy-
Mantle addict, and temper justice
with some mercy and still more eau
ton.
Evening star., 1940-01-06
Asks Provision for More
Visitors to Capitol.
To the Editor Of TT

To the Editor Of The Star:
To quote from page six column two
OF tonight's Star, "the House galleries
were only about two-thirds full Last
year, having been in Washington less
than month I asked my Congressman
for card of admission to the opening
OF Congress. I was told each member
had one card and that they were used
by their wives. So this year I did not
even ask
I wonder if most of the people in
Washington can know of the thrill with
which the average American looks for
ward to visit to the Nations Capitol?
And also of the inhospitable closed doors
and roped-of sections which meet the
same average American and make his
visit to the Nations Capitol a frus-
trated disappointment.
Granting that the wives and families
of congressman have right to the first
places, there ought to be some clearing
house where applications by Mr.. and Mrs
Voter Tourist to see their Government in
action could be handled and those va
cant seats filled by people who have
sincere desire to witness just once such
an event as the opening Of Congress.
We who come from the outlying points
Of the Nation may never come again.
Il am lucky enought to be spending a
second winter here) Don't you suppose
there is some way to accommodate us?
January 3. HOPE CRAIG.
Evening star., 1940-01-06

operate. The cabinet numbered thir-
teen portfolios when the conflict be-
gan in September. In order to insure
a government representative of all
parties, government of national
concentration" four portfolios were
added, providing positions for the
Socialists in a cabinet manned by
Catholics and Liberals. In such
large cabinet there were too many
persons to make decisions, and
Prime Minister Hubert Pierlot well
coined the chance offered him a few
days ago to arrange resignation of
the whole cabinet. The new cabinet,
which will come into being only
short while before the arrival in
Brussels of the new American AM
bassador, John Cudahy, will repre-
sent all parties. but with fewer port
folios, and it may be expected that
the government will be able to func-
ton efficiently in times of stress.
Evening star., 1940-01-06

greater than in the last war. On
some strategic materials, however,
the British Empire holds grip, and
the efficacy of the blockade in the
last analysis would appear to hinge
on how decisive these materials are.
Although in this respect Germany
is in far better position to resist
the allied blockade than in the last
war, in other respects it is far weaker.
Imperial Germany went into the war
in 1914 as one of the rich nations of
Europe, with vast reservoir of
wealth accumulated during forty
years of peace. Unlike the Germany
of 1914, the Third Reich is impover-
ished, never having fully recovered
from the disastrous World War de-
feat, and consequently is fighting
now under a great handicap.
Against Germanys broader source
of foodstuffs and raw materials in
Eastern Europe, therefore, must be
balanced not only the British block
ade, but the Reich's financial weak
ness and restricted ability to buy the
products of her neighbors except un-
der especially favorable terms, such
as the recent German -Rumanian
trade treaty embodied. The opera
ton of these factors will determine
whether, as Lord Lothian expects,
Germany will be forced into a cam
paign in the spring or will be content
to wait for an allied move toward
military decision
Evening star., 1940-01-06
Key to Victory

The allies are shaping their war
policy with the expectation that
Germany will launch a totalitarian
offensive-by land, sea and air-in
the spring, and the address of Lord
Lothian, the British Ambassador,
before the Chicago Council on For
eign Relations Thursday night, con-
tanned the confident prediction that
the drive, when it materializes, will
be repelled.
England and France are preparing
for what may be the decisive test of
the war just as soon as the grip of
winter on the western front is
loosened. France has released con-
siderable portion of her conscripted
army to resume civilian pursuits,
with the expectation of calling them
back to service when needed. Mean
while their return to civilian life
holsters the nations morale. Eng
land, too, has been busy. Her army
has now taken over portion of the
western front, and provision for new
conscripts raises the potential size
of her army to three and a half
million men.
But while the weather limits west
ern front activity to skirmishing and
patrol actions, the first decisive phase
of the conflict is being decided in
the allied blockade, in which British
naval power, Lord Lothian believes,
is the key to the wars outcome. If
Germany can break the blockade and
force the surrender of the British
fleet, he suggests, Germany will have
won the war. But unless the Reich
can shatter the tight British French
naval lines it is as good as defeated,
in his opinion, for continued inability
to obtain necessary imports will de-
stroy the Reich internally.
Lord Lothian thinks Germany must
strike for decisive victory at the
earliest opportunity or lose the best
chance she has ever had to win the
long coveted place in the SUM-" He
cites Germany's need of fighting the
present war only on one front. Be-
cause Germany has friendly neigh
bors to the north, east and south,
and because of the opportunity, de-
MED her in the last war, of drawing
upon a friendly Russia and the
peaceful Balkans for many of her
essential supplies, the Reich's chances
OF defeating the blockade seem
Evening star., 1940-01-06
Iron in the Blood

Secretary Ickes addresses himself
to the subject of iron in the blood"
with some authority. Mr.. Ickes is
full of iron in the blood and other
minerals, including birthstone and
sulphur, and he knows whereof he
speaks in noting the lack of such
substances in others.
But his explanation of why he
asked for and obtained the resigna-
ton of Mr.. John w. Finch, director of
the Bureau of Mines since 1884, is to
some extent battling. Mr.. Finch en-
joyed the respect of Mr.. Ickes, per-
sonally and because he was profess
sionally competent. But, according
to Mr.. Ickes, he asked for Mr.. Finch's
resignation because, lacking iron in
the blood" Mr.. Finch failed to break
up a civil service clique in the Bureau
OF Mines which was trying" to run
the bureau and trying to sabotage
the Secretary. Well, with Mr.. Finch
out, what becomes of the clique? 1t
is still there, presumably, and is
there to stay because Mr.. Ickes has
no intention of canning" anybody
else. But if it was the clique which
was trying to run the bureau and
sabotage the Secretary, why did the
Secretary not "can" the clique in
stead of sabotaging Mr.. Finch?
The only logical explanation of the
mystery is that in this and other in
cidents in which the energetic Sec
retary has been involved, the possess
sion of such meritorious attributes
as iron in the blood, true liberalism,
sympathy for the down-trodden,
common honesty and respect for
the Ten Commandments is contin-
gent upon the ability to agree, first,
last and all the time with the Secre-
tary of Interior. If you agree with
him, you have iron in your blood and
ginger in your nervous system and
sweetness in your heart If you do
not agree with him, you lack not
OlllJ 1lOll III llic UlOOu anu OJIleT
graces but are, in addition, pain in
the neck to the Secretary.
In this incident the most serious
attempt at sabotage has been the
iron-blocded Secretary's attack ON
the civil service The Civil Service
Commission, having iron in its blood,
correctly resents the slurring and
inaccurate reference by Mr.. Ickes to
the protection afforded employees by
the merit system. AS the commits
sion correctly says, Mr. Ickes has
taken the traditional method of the
politician to undermine the princi-
pies of the merit system by attribu-
ting to them inefficiency of govern
ment personnel. The taxpayers who
support both Mr. Ickes and the merit
system would not hesitate in deciding
which of the two is more valuable
in effecting economy with efficiency
in government.
Evening star., 1940-01-06
Seeks Repeal of
New Deal Laws.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The New Deal is distant in character
from both the Democratic and the Re-
publican parties. It is interesting to
note, however, that many leading Repub-
lican politicians are advocating the con-
tinuation of certain New Deal legisla-
ton which provides subsidies to agricul-
ture and special favors to union labor.
The providing of special privileges to
various groups in return for political
support has come to be accepted as
legitimate If in the 1910 election New
Deal candidate is nominated, the oppos-
ing candidate, whether Republican or
Democrat, must secure the support of the
Independent voter by standing on plat
form which repudiates special privileges
Of every kind, including the protective
tariff. Free trade with all the world, en-
tangling alliances with no foreign coun-
try, abolition of the Social Security Act
and the Wagner Labor Act should be the
program for the successful candidate this
year. HENRY WARE ALLEN.
Wichita Kans..
January 2.
Evening star., 1940-01-06
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trace1Deu.

a way to freedom and ending by igno-
niniously hiding behind can Of lowly
sauerkraut when all else failed.
1T was dark by now and cold.
1--WE took pity on him and shut him
In the den for the night.
can hour passed. was cleaning up
the disorder caused by the little scoun-
drel in the cabinet when from behind my
back down the hall came a whirr of
wings and fluttering to the window came
the startling
"He was promptly caught and duly re-
placed in confinement.
I'm the morning we decided to take a
picture of our frenzied friend, so I re-
tired to catch him.
This was not hard to do, and as re-
turned, bird in hand, was startled by
the fluttering of wings, and, turning in
alarm, beheld another startling just
alighting on the cello.
$50 there we had two, which accounted
for all the rumpus.
"They must have come down the CHM
ney in the morning, and hidden when
they heard us returning.
"The other bird was caught, a bird
held in each hand, and the picture taken,
but even in their fright, upon meeting
each other face to face, bombardment
of peckings and screenings took place.
"They entirely forgot their terror in
their eagernesS to wage war upon each
other.
'The picture over, we were glad to open
the door and say 'good-by' to our over
night guests.
I'VE hope they do not return.
Sincerely, F. T. NJ"
Starlings indoors assume the propor-
tons of black eagles, almost, as they
wing their frantic way.
The starting is large bird, of course,
but in the outdoors, viewed against all
nature, he seems rather small and
dumpy.
Let him get inside, he is bird of other
and larger proportions, seemingly.
A specimen got in an office building
several years ago.
The large room has several pillars
which are hollow, having openings at
the top.
The bird flew down. futtering in the
pillar, and out to another pillar, where
it repeated the performance.
Windows were opened, but the crea-
ture seemed unable to fly out in it's terror.
Finally, when it seemed a permanent
guest it suddenly sailed through a VIM
dow and was gone
A spontaneous shout of admiration,
mixed with relief, went up from the as
sembled workers.
Wild birds are, indeed, much better
OF in the great outdoors, where they
belong
Evening star., 1940-01-06
Defends Importance Of
Form in Poetry.

To the Editor of The Star:
In replying to Mr. Stoddards recent
letter, shall abandon the pursuit of
analogies, lest we stray any farther into
the fields of grammar, truck driving and
marine biology. and lose sight of our
original clash Of opinion. It is Mr. Stod-
dard's contention that substance is more
important than technique in the writing
OF poetry; mine that content and crafts
manship are of equal Importance as the
vital and indispensable elements of the
art.
Mr.. Stoddard stated in his first letter,
Il think it is generally unwise for writer's
of poetry to sacrifice poetic vigor, beauty,
and lyrical effects in a too scrupulous
regard for the technical details of poetic
form" I say that poetic vigor. beauty,
and lyrical effects are obtained only
through the most scrupulous regard for
the technical details of poetic form.
This principle, that of regard for the
rules of your craft and the painstaking
exercise Of them, extends, I believe, into
every realm of human endeavor. 1t is
the A c of accomplishment. And so
it is no departure that an editor when
he wants to publish poem hires ESQ to
speak, a poet-which term does not
mean fellow with grab bag of some
what poetic ideas; it means q thorough
craftsman in the very exacting art called
poetry.
Still" you may insist, isn't it, after
all, the thought and not the form that
counts?" The answer to this is no" It
is the thought in its exactly right form
that counts. Expressed in any other way
1t would not be the same, for thought
is really inseparable from its expression
Who among us has not entertained lofty
ideas about the soul, wishful thoughts
for its growth and expansion? Almost
every poet and every would-be poet of
every age, to say nothing of the count
less millions who lay no claim to poetry,
has groped for some expression of this
not uncommon thought. But it took
Oliver Wendell Holmes-a true poet,
thorough craftsman - upon seeing a
chambered nautilus, to give us the i'm
mortal lines:
Build thee more stately mansions, o
my soul,
AS the swift seasons roll!
Leave thy low-vaulted past!
Let each new temple, nobler than the
last,
Shut thee from heaven with a dome
more vast,
Till thou at last art free,
Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's
unresting sea-"
January 3. BARBARA WHITNEY,
Evening star., 1940-01-06
"BETHESDA, Md.

Dear Sir:
"A very strange and perplexing thing
occurred at our house Wednesday eve
ming.
when we returned from work, on en-
tering the kitchen, I noticed that good
deal of earth from flower pot on the
window sill over the sink had been spilled
out, the sill and sink being covered
with it.
Il looked a second time, trying to un-
derstand what had taken place, but could
make nothing Of it.
Upon glancing at the other window, I
noticed that the earth from pot on that
sill was all over the range and the table
in the corner and that glass with some
slips in it had been upset.
"'What on earth has happened here?'
I thought.
From the kitchen We went into the
dining room looking for clues and there
found some colored glass that had been
on the middle sash of one of the windows
knocked to the floor.
"On into the living room, only to find
that glass Box which had contained two
small pots of oxalis lay upon the floor,
the plants one here, one there, the pots
broken.
"The Christmas tree had Jared no bet
ter Broken ornaments were strewn
about the floor tinsel hung from broken
branches, in general, it was a mess
X ~
But the house itself was quiet, moth
ing moved, all was still.
"'No, not burglars we said to one an
other. Nothing gone
But we felt that there was some one,
something, around.
"A systematic search began.
Back of window shades, back of radia-
tors, back of doors, under furniture. One
room after another Not sound. Just
plain silence. We did not know whether
this unknown thing was watching US
from place Of advantage, or only hiding
awaiting a chance to escape
Finally we reached the kitchen again.
Where else was there to look?
well, the only place we have not
searched said, is in the kitchen cabi-
nets, perhaps they were open when we
came in and I shut them A habit of
mine
~
"One after the other, open they came,
and one after another revealed nothing,
until We came to the last cabinet, the
one next to the window
Cautiously we opened the door, and
there, hiding behind can of sauerkraut
in a corner was the culprit in all his
black guilt, poor frightened starting!
What time he must have had of it,
flying from one place to another from
window to window, vainly trying to find