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Evening star., 1940-10-25
Speed in Parks

Removal of all speed limits on the
roads of Rock Creek and West Poto-
mac Parks and on the Rock Creek
Potomac Parkway is an advanced
step which must be looked upon as
an experiment in traffic facilitation
and safety.
If it is followed by strict and eff
cient enforcement of the rules
against reckless driving, together
with effective court action in the
case of violations, it should result in
more pleasure in the use of these
parks, for the setting Of intelligent
speed limits in such areas is difficult,
the problem being wholly different
from that of establishing safe limi-
tation on city streets. Involved are
a great variety of roads. both as to
construction and purpose. Some are
broad. fast through thoroughfares
with no intersecting roads; others are
heavily travelled, though winding
routes, while many are narrow scenic
lanes. Limitations which would be
effective on one would be ridiculous
on others, and certainly confusion
of signs changing limitations to fit
precise needs would only complicate
the safety problem.
But there can be no assurance that
the abolition of speed limitations will
be wholly beneficial. This expert
ment has been tried in other jurisdic-
tions. and some cling to it, but others
which used such procedure for years
have abandoned it. Kansas City, and
the States of Rhode Island and Con-
necticut, on establishing set limits,
Immediately found themselves near
the top of the safety lists and won
national awards for spectacular re-
ductions in traffic deaths.
Removal Of speed limits places
more of responsibility on the indi-
vidual driver, and leaves more to the
judgment both of drivers and Of
officers. Decision on what may be
dangerous at the moment Is neces-
sarily difficult in the absence of an
actual mishap. And the fact that
failing to yield right of way, one Of
the most inexcusable types Of vio-
lations, heads the list of accident
causes in the District would indi-
cate that too great reliance on the
general judgment would be unwise.
The effectiveness of the removal
Of the speed limit in the parks de-
pends primarily on close enforce
ment, and secondarily on intelligent
cooperation Of drivers. 1t is an ex-
pertinent which needs to be watched
closely.
Evening star., 1940-10-25
Thinks Washington Did Not
Oppose Third Term.
To the Editor of The Star:

To those of your readers who have
been led to believe that Gen. Washington
did not desire to stand for what was to
be third term allow me to suggest that
his decision was not because it was
third term but for other reasons. In
his public announcement he said:
The acceptance Of. and continuance
hitherto in the Office to which your suf-
frages have twice called me. have been
uniform sacrifice of inclination to the
opinion of duty. and to difference for
what appeared to be your desire. con-
stantly hoped that it would have been
much earlier in my power, consistently
with motives which l was not at liberty
to disregard. to return to that retirement
from which I had been reluctantly
drawn. The strength of my inclination
to do this, previous to the last election,
had even led to the preparation of an
address to declare it to you, but mature
reflection on the then perplexed and
critical posture Of our affairs with for
eign nations, and the unanimous advice
of persons, entitled to my confidence,
impelled me to abandon the idea
From this it will be noted that he
seriously considered retirement at the
conclusion of his first term and gave his
reasons for the abandonment Of that
idea. II. from the above language, We
conclude he opposed third term" may
we not also conclude he opposed a Sec
ond term? G. B. LIKENS.
nnfoIar %
Evening star., 1940-10-25
THIS AND THAT
Bu Charles E. TraceUell.

When the window in the attic begins
to rattle. and the white-throated SPAR
rows To arrive. then we are quite sure
that autumn is here.
wedge of wood or paper will Ak the
window. rattling In the wind, but there
tiful sparroWs except to feed them.
The attic window is a nuisance; the
sparroWs are a Joy from early October
until the last of May each year.
The window begins its rafting, after
summer of quietude, just as the first
fall winds begin to take down the locust
leaves in great numbers. On some days
the small leaves drift by the windows in
such numbers that you would think
yellow rain were falling.
All summer the attic window frame has
swelled in the damp weather, despite the
heat at that altitude.
The first cold days. with winds dry
the frame out, SO that the window be-
comes loose In it. The window shrinks
slightly.
Then some night there will come
rattle and bang.
What was that?
One listens intently, as closely as
sleepy person can.
1t comes again, and yet again.
And then
"Oh, it's just that attic window"
There is relief in the recognition OF
this old friend,
One would not fix the window for any,
thing. But there is a nuisance value in
1t, too, in that one must decide whether
to get up in the night and make a
wedge for it, or let it 60 until morning.
The decision is to wait until the morn
ing. Every year it is the same. In the
morning, 1t will be easy enough to fix IT..
Rap, rap, rattle.
There it goes again. Like pulling up
the blanket on cold night. the fixing
of the rattling window will not take
very long, 1t seems. however, at the
time, an effort past achievement.
To get up. or not to get up.
Rattle, rattle. rattle.
Resolutely one turns over and buries
the best ear in the pillow.
But sleep doesn't come though the
rattling window keeps right on.
Rattle, rattle. rattle
1t is one rattle too much.
With determination, one throws OF the
covers hunts for the slippers. and makes
a steady path toward the attic.
A piece of match stem would do, but
there are no matches. They are down in
the kitchen. safely slowed away in tin
can, well covered as they ought to be.
wedglet OF paper will do.
1t will have to do. The prospect OF a
trip down to the kitchen and back again
is too much.
Deity the paper is rolled, deftly in
serted between the frame and the win
dow casing.
Evening star., 1940-10-25
American Art

When the National Gallery of Art,
provided by Andrew w. Mellon and
enriched by Samuel H. KresS and
Joseph E. Widener, finally is opened,
the relation of American painting to
that of the European continent will
be made plain and clear Meanwhile,
there is an exhibition of domestic
pictures at the Carnegie Institute in
Pittsburgh which is worthy of men,
ton in Washington because it sup
plies a background for an opinion
about the evolution of the esthetic
character Of the people of the United
States.
The sponsors of the show have
brought together no less than three
hundred and sixty-seven canvases.
jeanette Jena, writing in the Pitts
burgh Post-Gazette, explains: 1--WE
are seeing approximately two
hundred and seventy years of art
history. = We will walk through
galleries full of portraits of founders
of the Republic and their forebears.
We will see the originals of pictures
which we once thought lived only in
the pages of fourth-grade history
books. We will recognize the subjects
of steel engravings from grand
mothers parlor and of later fashions
of our own college days. The great
and the near great are here"
Most of the works displayed have
been borrowed from museums or
from private owners. Perhaps never
again will so many notably important
productions of the native American
artistic spirit be assembled under a
single roof. The list of painters, of
course, includes the deservedly
famous Singleton Copley, Ben
jamin West. Charles Wilson Peale.
Gilbert Stuart, Chester Harding,
Samuel F. B. Morse, John Trumbull,
Thomas Sully, James Abbot MacNeill
Whistler, John La Fargo, Winslow
Homer, Ralph Blakelock, Frank
Duveneck, John Singer Sargent,
George Bellows and at least few
others qualified to be remembered
with the best Of their European
contemporaries.
Generally speaking, the efforts of
these men were conservative. It has
been remarked on other occasions
that inpressionism, "the revolt
Evening star., 1940-10-25
Winter Hurbor Vista

Wise was he with his seasoned ken
OF the contentious ways Of men.
He stood upon his hill and said:
Il bless the oceans quiet spread.
Between this height and Europe's shore
There lies the sea-and something more
A gap between worlds new and old
And a barrier strong enough to hold
Those worlds apart"
And yet he kept within his heart
The dream that one day, soon or late.
Some kindly intervening fate
Might give him cause to will
A bridge across the gulf, span
Over the wave from man to man,
A link to fasten them until
From their example all the earth
Should know the value and the worth
OF one great universal prayer
In which all peoples everywhere
Gladly would share.
JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.
Evening star., 1940-10-25

Gibraltar by French planes. But that
mighty stronghold is evidently able to
take as much punishment as the citadel
of London. Yet there is limit to every
thing.
The role played by the French in this
business is sad one. indeed. They may
think they are acting in their best in
terests, Nazi-dominated as they are
Perhaps they have acted in self-defense;
but we cannot see it that way.
If Britain hopes to redeem her lost
prestige, the only logical thing to do is
to turn against Dakar with the full might
of the British navy-after the battle of
England is determined-and to raze it
to the ground. Then, only, will France
cease to be susceptible to Nazi-Fascist
inspiration. HENRY LEBACH.
October o.
Evening star., 1940-10-25

There you are. Do your best now,
wind, this window will rattle no more.
Back to bed, and slumber-
Rattle, rattle
Heavens, the wedge has slipped or 1t
wasn't big enough
So back to the attic it is. Attics are
fascinating places. There is the bust of
Napoleon. conqueror of old. Some said
he poisoned his own sick in Egypt, but
if he did his crime was as nothing to
modern military crimes
Poor old Bony. as the English called
devilish fellow, no doubt of it at all But
ne had no planes to strike terror to nom
combatants He bombed no hospitals,
nor tore babies in fragments from the
very arms of their mangled mothers.
In retrospect, his stature seems to grow
larger. He, at least, fought his wars ac-
cording to rules. He was strategist a
man who played a sort of chess with
men and countries. He was human.
People could understand old Bony.
Understanding, however does not keep
the window from rafting.
Just a little more paper is needed,
evidently. The wedge is Withdrawn, a
bit more paper added, and the new in
strument of silence jammed home.
That ought to hold it.
Just before the light goes out, look
is taken around the attic. Books, old
lamps, old tables, a chair, hundreds Of
magazines, things once liked. steadily
relegated for new things, which, in many
cases, were no better than they. Why
don't you send them to those places
where they could be put to use? fair
question, but there is a fair answer.
These things are loved things. One does
not rejoice over the prospect of stran-
gers, however worthy, taking them into
their homes and lives.
Fancy Napoleon there being placed on
a strangers table, to be used by the chill
dren as ready mark for penciled mus
tache and whiskers!
How can we be sure others would treat
his bust so scurvily? Why, We feel quite
sure of it, because many years ago we
did it ourself! The immaculate white
ness of the great mans bust invited, If
not to stratagem and spoils, at least TO
neatly interpolated mustache.
In the old days, many an older guest,
left alone in the parlor-it was not living
room then-looked around nervously
and kept lingering his breast pocket.
He was looking for pencil.
The only thing that saved Napoleon
from indignity was the fact that there
was no pencil handy.
The attic light goes out at last. The
window has stopped rattling. Sleep
comes, and with it a dream of a con-
uuerors bust. all in white, this time
with a mustache, which We furiously are
trying to erase.
Evening star., 1940-10-25
ings now applied to many war con-

ings now applied to many war con-
tracts will be continued.
AS the preparedness program ex-
pands it is essential that the Federal
Government have at hand adequate
machinery to handle all questions Of
priority and assure an uninterrupted
flow Of materials and equipment
needed for defense. This machinery,
now being established under the
Presidents order, should contribute
much to expediting rearmament by
preventing delays in deliveries for
the Army and Navy.
Evening star., 1940-10-25
Wonders Who Will Answer
Roosevelt Misstatements.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Who will answer the misrepresenta-
tions and misstatements sure to pour
forth when President Roosevelt answers
the misstatements of his critics in five
political speeches? The first will come
when he says the New Deal is total
success and the greatest thing that ever
happened to the country-not just to
the New Dealers.
Another little delusion with which all
New Dealers are obsessed is this: Falsi-
fication is legal only when INDUCED in by
the New Deal, big Government or big
bureaucracy. ]. WINSTEAD.
October 23.
Evening star., 1940-10-25
Wants British to
Raze Dakar.
To the Editor Of The Sta

To the Editor Of The Star:
What about Dakar? Up to the present
time I have read little comment by the
writer's in these columns regarding the
disastrous expedition of the British and
the Free French" against that strong
hold.
This episode must have made a pro-
found impression on the English mind.
David Lloyd-George, in one Of his re-
Gently published splendid articles on
the defense of Britain, deplores the lack
of foresight displayed by his country
men in attempting such an expedition
against insurmountable odds, which
shows that he and his fellow country
men must be worrying about this new
loss to British prestige.
And right In the wake Of all this came
the Nad.Fascist-inspired bombing Of
Evening star., 1940-10-25
False Employment

PRESIDENT RooSeVelt'S defense of
his administrations record in re-
storing men to jobs in private in
dustry has furnished his Republican
opponent, Wendell Willkie, with some
better -than-average campaign am
munition.
The President, in his Philadelphia
address, undertook to answer what
he called deliberate miSstatement
of fact to the effect that the New
Deal has not added one private Job
since 1933-a charge which, if ever
made, is certainly false But Mr..
Roosevelt did not attribute this ac-
cusation to his opponent, nor did he
specify by whom it was made, or
when. This failure of specification
however, did not deter the President
from answering.
His first point was that there are
100000 more men and women en-
ployed in private industry now than
were employed in March of 1888.
This reply ignores the fact that, &C
cording to the American Federation
OF Labor, there are still more than
100000 unemployed in the country,
but it would have been an effective
answer had Mr.. Roosevelt been will
ing to stop there Instead of that,
however, he went on to state with
pride that 100000 men were added to
private pay rolls in August and
another 100000 in September. But
these men, or most of them, have
found jobs as result of the expendi-
lures for national defense, an impor-
tant fact which the President neg
lected to mention.
1t is important because the indus
trial gains which result from such
spending are unhealthy and tempo
rary, no matter how imperatively
necessary the spending may be. On
this score, Mr.. Willkie has submitted
no less an authority than the Presi-
dent himself, who said in 1886
We know that vast ornaments are
rising on every side, and that the
work of creating them employs men
by the millions. 1t is natural. how
ever: Tor us to conclude that such
employment is false employment;
that it builds no permanent struc-
lures and creates no consumers
goods for the maintenance of a last
ing prosperity We know that
nations guilty of these follies inevi-
tably face the day when either their
weapons OF destruction must be used
against their neighbors or when an
unSound economy, like a house of
cards, will fall apart.
The United States, it should be
said, is building ornaments for de-
tense, not to attack its neighbors,
but the economic facts of an indus
trial improvement based upon re-
vival OF armament building are the
same in 1910 as they were in 1886,
and for that reason it is singular
that Mr.. Roosevelt, unless he has
changed his views, should rest his
appeal for reelection in any part on
the new jobs made in August, Sep
tember or in the months to come.
Under the circumstances, it is only
fair to ask whether Mr. Roosevelt
had this sort of employment in mind
when, in speaking Wednesday Of his
plans for the future, he said I'VE
are determined during the next four
years to make our objective-work
for every young man and woman in
America-a living fact"
Evening star., 1940-10-25
Dissents from Criticism
OF Third Term.

To the Editor Of The Star:
believe there is serious threat to
our democracy in the fact that we have
a party, or class, that dares to harbor
the thought of placing restrictions of
any kind upon the peoples choice Of a
President. We have the right to elect
a new man in four years, or to retain
q popular man for as many terms as a
free electorate chooses.
MRS T. H. McMICHAEL.
Rectory, Va.
October a.
Evening star., 1940-10-25
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the priter, although the use OF
q pseudonynl for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters NTH
q U,eU to condensation.
Evening star., 1940-10-25
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled 70
the Use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to it or not otherwise credited IN this
paper ana also the local news published herein
All rlghIs Of publication OF special dispatches
herein also are reserved.
Evening star., 1940-10-25

Q. Has the use of tractors on the farm
increased farm unemployment?-T H.
A. In 1887 the unemployment census
reported 7O5,000 totally unemployed
males living on farms. In Southern
States tractors may ultimately displace
100000 farm families and before 1850
mechanization will force $4,000 to 5oo,-
900 workers from farms.
Evening star., 1940-02-27
Miss Mary Jones'
Wedding Announced
BV Parents

The marriage Of Miss Mary Eliza
beth Jones to Mr.. Herbert H. Good
man, which took place in Manassas,
Va, December 18, is announced by
the brides parents, DR.. and Mrs.
Henry A. Jones of University
Park, Md.
The bride attended the University
OF California at Davis, where her
father was head of the Division of
Truck Corps in the Agricultural COL
lege OF the university. In 1886 DR..
Jones joined the Bureau of Plant
Industry of the Department of Agri-
culture and the family moved to
their present home. Since 1886 the
bride has attended the University
of Maryland, where she was MEM
Der of Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority.
She also graduated from Strayer
College in Washington.
Mr.. Goodman is a special repre-
sentative for business firm. Before
coming to Washington six years ago
he lived in Buffalo and Tona- =
wanda, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Goodman are on
their wedding trip to Florida. On
their return they will make their
home here at the Cavalier Apart
ments.
Evening star., 1940-02-27
Weddings Of Interest
Miss Frances Rita Kunna
Weds MIR. John Thomas Madiean
-Albee Photo.

Among the weddings Of recent
interest here is that of Miss Frances
Rita Kunna. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph John Kunna of this
city, and Mr.. John Thomas Madi-
gan. son of Mr. and Mrs. John JOS
eph Madigan of Dunkirk, N. Y. The
ceremony took place at noon Thurs
day in the Church of St. John the
Evangelist at Forest Glen, Md, the
Rev. Edward Malloy officiating.
Chrysanthemums and many candles
decorated the altar.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father and wore a costume
suit of slate blue with matching
accessories and a corsage of orchids
and lilies of the valley.
Mrs. John Charles Scully of East
Orange. N. j., was her sisters matron
OF honor, wearing a dark blue cos
tune suit and accessories, and a
corsage OF violets and gardenias.
Mr.. Scully was best man.
The immediate families and out
of-town guests were entertained at
luncheon at the Shoreham Hotel
after the ceremony. The guests in
cluded the bridegroom's parents, and
Miss Helen Madigan of Dunkirk,
N. Y; Miss Helen Callagee of Jer-
sey City. N. j.; Mrs. Joseph James
OF Newark. N. j.; Mr.. Edward Gif-
ford Burke of Orange. N. j.. Mr..
Harry Matthews of College Park,
Evening star., 1940-02-27
Mrs. Luke Engaged
To Be Married to
Mr.. N. c.. Keith

OF much interest is the an
nouncement by Mrs. Ralph
Worthington Of the engagement
OF her daughter, Mrs. Marian
Worthington Luke. to Mr.. Nor
man Keith of Philadelphia Mr..
Keith is the son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Lynwood Keith of Rut-
land, vt. The marriage will take
place next month.
Mrs. Luke, who is in New York,
will return to the Capital Friday
and will be Joined by Mr.. Keith
at Mrs. Worthington's home for
the week end. Other week end
guests of Mrs. Worthington will
be Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton Phillips
Of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Luke made her debut in
Washington several seasons ago.
She is the sister of Mrs. William
James Coad, jr., of Omaha, Nebr.
Evening star., 1940-02-27
CasWells Celebrate
18th Anniversary

Mr.. and Mrs. John Caswell cele-
brated their 18th wedding anniver-
sary yesterday afternoon by giving
a cocktail party. The house and the
tea table were decorated with the
same flower motif used at their
wedding, which took place at the
home of Mrs. Caswells uncle, DR..
W. B. Mason. Acacia and mauye
tulips made a lovely background
for the hostess, who wore a gray
crepe frock with a corsage of
orchids.
Assisting Mrs. Caswen were Mrs.
Sydney Lee, Mrs. Marshall Exnicios,
Nine. Edgar Prochnik, Mrs. Harry
Baxter. Miss Jane Watson and Mrs.
Kurt HetZel. 3
Evening star., 1940-02-27
Republican Women
Will Hear Review

Mrs. Elizabeth Mewshaw will re-
view William Lyon Phelps Auto
biography With Letter" at the book
review of the League of Republican
Women tomorrow at $3.50 pm. at
the clubhouse, 1901 Seventeenth
street NV.
Mrs. Ralph o. Brewster, wife OF
Representative Brewster of Maine
will be guest of honor at the tea
which follows. Mrs. Carl Droop
Mrs. Bruce Baird, Miss Daisy Prem
tice and Mrs. Edison w. Briggs will
alternate at the tea table.
The regular bimonthly luncheon
Of the league will be held Thursday
at l pm. and Friday at 1920 am
the public-speaking class will be
held under the, direction of Mrs
Hugh Butler.
At the Thursday luncheon, Mrs
Edward Everett Gam, league presi-
dent, will have as her guests Mrs
Wilbur Carr and Mrs. Jacob Leande1
Loose. Mrs. Carr will give a short
talk on CZecho-Slovakia immediate.
ly following the luncheon.
Evening star., 1940-02-27
Miss Graves and Mr.. Hager
Married in Los Angeles.

OF interest here and in Virginia
is the announcement of the marriage
OF Miss Carrie Will Graves and Mr.
Paul Edmund Hager of Charleston
w. Va, which took place Wednes-
day in the Rosewood Methodist
Church in Los Angeles The Rev. r.
A. Young, formerly of Charleston,
officiated.
The bride is the daughter of the
late Mrs. Florence A. Graves of
Bedford. Va. and was graduated
from the Bedford High School, later
coming to Washington. where she
was employed at the Department OF
Labor.
Mr.. Hager was graduated from
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Evening star., 1940-02-27

Md: Mrs. Talbert Mercer of New
York City and Mr.. and Mrs. Scully.
The bride attended George WASH
ington University and is a member
Of Chi Omega Sorority, while Mr..
Madigan is graduate of the same
university and a member of Theta
Delta Chi social fraternity and Pi
Delta Epsilon, professional journal
ism fraternity. He is member of
the editorial staff of the Baltimore
News-Post, and he and his bride will
make their home at % East Preston
street in Baltimore.
Evening star., 1940-02-27
Dau9hter Is Born

Mr.. and Mrs. Saul D. Hearn an
nounce the birth of a daughter. 10
Ann, Friday, February 16, at Garfield
Hospital.
Evening star., 1940-02-27
Sigma Phi Omega

John T. Kennedy, president of
Benjamin Franklin University, will
address a joint meeting of the local
chapters of Sigma Phi Omega, ma
tional accounting sorority, tonight
at the Grafton Hotel
Rushees of the various chapters
have been invited, and a social pro-
gram is being arranged to follow the
talk.