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Evening star., 1940-09-16
Invasion Of Eqypt

For the second time in less than
six weeks Italian forces have begun
an offensive into Egypt with the
obvious purpose of seizing the Suez
Canal as we'll as perhaps British
bases at Alexandria and Port Said,
where the major portion of the Brit
iSh Eastern Mediterranean fleet is
based.
Launched early in August in con-
junction with the advance into Brit
ish Somaliland, which the British
subsequently evacuated, the first Of
fensive into Egypt never developed
into full-fedged campaign. Now,
however, it appears that Italy is bent
upon large-scale invasion of Egypt,
with which the Fascist government
has not yet been at war, but may
soon be.
Coincident with the capture by
Italian troops of two practically
worthless villages along the Egyp-
tian coaSt-Sollum and Musaid-an-
other contingent has started press
ing into Egypt and the Anglo
Egyptian Sudan from the southeast
Libyan border, with its goal appar-
emily Wadi Halfa, railhead on the
Nile which connects with Port Sudan
and Khartoum.
Thus the Fascist army in Northern
Africa is engaged in a double thrust
to seize both the mouth and head.
waters Of the Nile and after that
Evening star., 1940-09-16

apex of his career. Not least Of
these was the concession which Mr..
Bankhead was obliged to make at
the Chicago convention a few weeks
ago. He was by no means a radical;
yet, having accepted the New Deal
in 1888 and been President Roose-
velt's faithful lieutenant, he could
not permit himself to oppose the
wishes of his captain. 1t would have
rejoiced his heart to have won the
nomination for the vice presidency
He stepped aside for Henry A. Wal
lace, not because he believed that
the Secretary of Agriculture espe-
cially merited the honor, but because
he was loyal to his acknowledged
chief, Conformity was characteristic
of the Speaker. 1t was a paradox
that, remaining instinctively con-
servative, he cultivated a record as
an advanced reformer.
1t would be easy, however, to be
mistaken about Mr.. Bankhead's
motives. He was not a conscious
trimmer, certainly never a willful op-
portunist. Rather he merely insisted
upon a realistic approach to the
problems of the age and to that end
adjusted himself to conditions as he
discovered them. Thus he labored
for the correction of the Neutrality
Act last autumn when Europe again
was involved in war. His choice
might have been disregard for the
struggle had it been feasible for him
so to choose.
The last homage to Mr.. Bankhead,
it would seem, should be the tribute
of his leader, phrased in the words:
"A tried and proved friend of our
system of government"
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Sculise Convicted

George ScaliSe, who bridged the
gap from a cell in Atlanta to a
twenty -seven-room home in rural
Connecticut, is headed back to prison
once more as the result of the verdict
of a jury in General Sessions Court
in New York finding him guilty of
stealing the funds of the Building
Service Employees International
Union, the American Federation of
Labor affiliate of which he formerly
vas president.
Convicted of embezzlement and
four counts of forgery, Scalise faces
minimum Of five years and maxi
mum Of sixty, the length of sentence
depending on whether he can be
considered a second offender under
New York law. since his first con-
victiOn was for white slavery-a
Federal offense.
Scalise was indicted last Spring
after an investigation of his activ-
tiles by District Attorney Thomas E.
Dewey. He countered with the ac-
cusation that Mr.. Deweys presiden-
tial aspirations were responsible for
the prosecution, and that it was a
move also to lower the standards of
the building and service workers.
Shortly thereafter he resigned as
head of the union
Unfortunately, there are others of
the ScaliSe school who have "muscled
in on labor, and while responsible
officials deplore their presence, they
have been slow to act against them.
Scalise's prison background was a
matter of general knowledge, for he
had twice sought unsuccessfully to
obtain a presidential pardon that
would restore his civil rights. Nor
was it secret that after leaving At
lanta, he had served as a bodyguard
for notorious gangster in the pro-
hlbition era. Despite this, however
he was permitted to attain to the
s25, 5,OOO-a-year presidency of an in
ternational union. where he dictated
working conditions for seventy thou
sand janitorS, scrubwomen and ele-
vator operators.
In addressing the Teamsters'
Union convention this past week,
President Roosevelt recalled the
criticism to which labor has been
subjected because of certain rack
eteering disclosures. and declared the
Government is determined to help
unions clean their house of those
few persons who have betrayed
them" With the Scalise case fresh
in mind, the time is opportune for
labor to take stock and seek this as
sistance if it is necessary to drive
out those who prey on their asso-
ciates and the public as we'll.
Evening star., 1940-09-16

Those who consider the pet goldfish
as completely outside their interest ought
to stop and consider one trait which it
shares with man.
1t overeats.
Not many animals do, but the goldfish
will eat all you give it, and then die. as
a result.
Man often does the same thing, al
though it takes longer to kill him.
Overeating long has been regarded as
vice. Called gluttony, it is regarded
as among the major sins
Called good eating, it is done by prac-
tically every one
Real nourishment has little to do with
mere bulk.
Modern food science has proved this
Good food is more than a matter of fill
ing up, merely; it has more to do with
vitamins and minerals, the necessary
proteins and an adequate ingestion Of
carbohydrates
Yet the feeling of fullness Is COM
monty regarded as the measuring rod Of
good nuitrition
So men and goldfish eat too much.
1t is easy enough to see this with a
goldfish in tank. (We hope not in a
bowl-a bowl is too small)
Human psychology enters so much into
the subject of human feeding that it is
difficult to see man and his proper food
requirements in the same light as we
do the food requirements of fish.
Manufactured fish food is, of course,
rather concentrated.
little will go long way, if you heed
the admonition on the can.
If you listen to the wiggling of the
fish. itself, you will not believe word
of it, but will put the food in by the
spoonful The fish wants to feel full
1t likes the feeling Of stomach disten-
ton. Isn't there something very human
about that?
Most persons in this country know
what eating to repletion feels like. They
do it almost every evening, in the cities,
and at noon. in the country.
Dinner is the big meal. and most per-
sons go to it, at that time, whenever
~ IldPEOAlo-
This feeling of fullness is so common
that most persons believe il is necessary
to the enjoyment of a meal Indeed a
meager meal would not be a good meal,
in their language.
The truth seems to be that this is all
matter of habit just as it is with the
goldfish, which. despite its odd appear
ance, may be taken as standard for
human nutrition. For many Of our foods
are concentrated foods, too, just as the
goldfsh's is.
His is a combination of shrimp, wheat
and other ingredients.
Mans food Is more varied. but in the
main it is good, hearty stuff, with plenty
of bulk.
1t is easy TO prove to ones self that
the human stomach is a dstended Or
gan, that is, it may be perfectly salts
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Save Fort Washington
For Troops, She Urges.

To the Editor OF The Star:
The spectacular fire at old Fort WASH
ington emphasizes the folly Of abandon
ing this post at the present time. when
it could be used to house and train new
recruits.
Here soldiers have been quartered for
decades; here the Government, in its
usual wasteful fashion, has spent thou
sands Of dollars. Here, in lovely nat
ural setting, is everything for the
physical comfort and mental health Of
the soldier-a river of beauty. where
you can also fish: green grass and trees,
a new swimming pool. motion picture
theater, library, large athletic hall good
drill grounds, good water supply and
sanitary facilities, etc.
And yet the Army abandons this. to
purchase, I suppose with the taxpayers
money, some desolate spot, where they
hastily will construct uncomfortable
temporary barracks. with a minimum of
sanitary conveniences, in a sea of sand
or mud.
Has any one who has viSited-much
less lived in-the World War camps of
Meade and Humphrey forgotten their
stark ugliness and physical discomforts?
Cannot Congress, the President, the War
Department or somebody see that old
Fort Washington is made available for
some of the new soldiers, instead Of
going up in smoke or down in decay?
PAULINE D. TAYLOR.
September 8.
Friendly, Md.
Evening star., 1940-09-16
the canal and Egypt's Red Sea shore.

The Canal ana EgyptS Red Sea shore.
Involved is Italys ambition to build
an empire out of England's possess
sions in the Middle East. In this
effort Egypt's very existence is men,
aced, in spite Of Premier MusSolini's
pledges to respect Egypt's inde-
pendence, for the domain of the Pha-
roahs offers Fascist Italy rich
agricultural land as we'll as the same
strategic points which have kept the
British in Egypt so lcng.
But Mussolinis imperial ambitions
can scarcely be divorced from the
broader picture of the axis war on
Britain. His attack on the British
Hfelines-which is his main task-is
valuable to Germany in that it is
timed with Germany's own assault
upon the British Isles. BY threaten
ing more intense assault upon Brit
aims Mediterranean position, Italy
creates a serious diversion for the
British fleet concentrated in the
Eastern Mediterranean.
Prime Minister Churchill week be-
fore last, in predicting that heavy
fighting was coming in the Middle
East, revealed that the British had
heavily reinforced their Mediter-
ranean forces under the very noses
of the Italians. About the same time
land reinforcements arrived in the
Middle East and were distributed to
the various active or potential fronts
to meet just such an offensive as
Italy now has launched.
If Germany succeeds in conquer
ing the British Isles the likelihood
of any important British resistance
in the Middle East will diminish; but
if she fails and the war goes on
through another winter, the most
likely theater of active combat will
be the entire Mediterranean area.
1t is probable that the axis, foresee-
ing the necessity of another year Of
war, has taken the initiative for an
early start in the battle of North
Africa.
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Scores WILKES Comment
On Destroyer Deal.


to the Editor of The Star:
This reader of your columns has been,
and still is, strongly for Wendell Wlllkie
for President. But he is disappointed
in Mr.. Wilkes comment, as reported
in the press this morning, on the trans
fers Of destroyers to Britain.
The New Deals preparations for de-
fense have been lamentably weak.
But this action. taken by the President
on his own responsibility, was politically
bold and resolute. All who believe in
vigorous defense of the United States
will join in supporting it. Our ships can
do us no greater good than in helping
to hold up the last barrier between us
and Hitler.
Mr.. Willkie says that we must be
extremely careful in these times" Nor
way, Holland, Belgium. France and
Britain were extremely careful. There
are proper times for carefulness. There
are other times when 1t is better TO
shoot in your own defense without being
too careful.
Britain has finally given up being
supercareful and is going full out in
defense, as Germany does in agrees
sion. Would Mr.. Willkie want us to go
on indefinitely playing the role of inno-
cent and supercautious bystanders?
Mr.. Willkie says that Congress has
constitutional sanctions as important
and sacred as those of the Chief Execu-
tive" That is so in theory. But in
practice few of the present members
of Congress have evidenced awareness
of the fact. The principal sacred
rights" on which the Senate insists is
its privilege of indulging in vociferous,
redundant and almost interminable talk
at a time when action is needed. Mr..
Willkie should know that any attempt to
secure the approval of Congress" on the
transfer of destroyers would have started
a filibuster or its equivalent. That fill
buster would have nullif1ed the public
discussion which actually did take place
in the press, and which indicated a
preponderance of sentiment for the
transaction.
1lit populdI 4oi IlL. w lllhiN .
nomination was, in effect, a demand for
a bold and resolute leader in time Of
crisis. One of the first qualifications
for such leader is ability to recognize
boldness and resolution in his opponent.
1t would be regrettable if Mr. Willkie
felt that because he is the Republican
nominee, ne must criticize everything the
Democratic nominee does. The Demo-
cratic nominee is also still President of
the United States. Actually, the trans
fer of the destroyers was neither a
Democratic nor Republican measure.
1t was an American measure.
This reader, as stated. is still for Mr..
Willkie. But he hopes that Mr.. Willkie
will not limit his campaign to adroit
thrusts at the fallacies of the New Deal
necessary as those are. The times de-
mand also clear comprehension of the
actualities of the situation, and coura-
geous and vigorous leadership in facing
those actualities.
Why let the President monopolize the
comprehension and courage in action
vital to our national defense?
Del Mar, Calf. G. B. STUDLEY.
September 4.
Evening star., 1940-09-16
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St. PuuI's


World War is written one paragraph
at least must be devoted to the
courageous engineers who yesterday
removed from proximity to st. Paul's
Cathedral delayed-action bomb
powerful enough to have wrecked the
central church Of British Christianity
had it exploded where it was dropped
by Nazi flyers.
Thousands of Americans who have
visited "the last home of Nelson"
and of wellington will rejoice that
the sacred fame once more has
escaped destruction. Some of them
perhaps may remember how, in a
happier time now forever gone, the
gifted poet Alfred Noyes wrote:
Under that foggy sunset London
glowed
Like one huge cob-webbed fagon Of
old wine
And, as I walked down Fleet street,
the soft sky
Flowed thro' the roaring thorough
fares, transfused
Their hard sharp outlines, blurred
the throngs of black
On either pavement, blurred the
rolling stream
OF red and yellow buses. till the town
Turned to'a golden suburb of the
clouds.
And, round that mighty bubble of
St. Paul's,
Over the up-turned faces of the
street,
An airship slowly sailed, with whir-
ring fans,
A voyager in the new-found realms
Of gold,
A shadcwy silken chrysalis whence
should break
What radiant wings in centuries
to be-"
OF course. the bard is not to blame
for the futility Of his dream. He
could not guess that navigation of
the air so soon would make possible
the invention of new and more
horrible forms Of mass murder.
Neither was it likely that he would
foresee the development of strategies
which should aim at total devasta-
ton. 1t is not singers business to
anticipate disaster. Prose should be
used to prophesy things ugly and
deplorable.
THE ordinary language of men in
speaking or writing" however, may
be employed to represent gracious
and beautiful conceptions. For in
stance, read again the words of
Justin Mccarthy who died in 1912:
Il feel as II st. Pauls were living
influence over all that region of the
metropolis which is surveyed by its
ball and its cross. But in another
sense it is unlike other buildings to
me. 1t is not one long-lived, long
living cathedral; it is rather a gen.
Grafton OF cathedralS. st. PaulS
has fallen and died time after time,
and been revived and restored. 1t
has risen new upon new generations
1t has perished in flame again and
again, like a succession of martyrs,
and has come up afresh and with
new-spangled ore famed in the fore
head of the morning sky. st. Paul's
is religious or ecclesiastical dynasty
rather than a cathedral. It has been
destroyed so often, and has risen
again in so many different shapes,
that it seems as if each succeeding
age were putting its fresh stamp and
mint-mark on it, and so commencing
it to the special service Of each new
generation"
These are thoughts, surely, worth
thinking just now. An enemy of re-
ligion and a foe of human liberty
may demolish the temple, but he
cannot destroy the vision with which
the temple was built. Wren finished
his labors more than two centuries
ago, yet his spirit will inspire an
other architect If one be needed after
Hitler has done his savage worst to
England.
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Complaining PeriIs

In polltlcal campaigning, II is just
as important to know what not to
say as to know when and where to
say the thing that is proper Wendell
Willkie, who is not a seasoned cam
paigner, is finding this out by eX-
perience, just as many others before
him have learned their lessons. 1t
was just a slip of the tongue, that
jocular jibe at the proud city Of
Chicago which Mr. Willkie let fall in
Cicero, Illinois, the other day, but
much will be made of it, no doubt,
In the stronghold of the Democratic
kelly-Nash machine. And Mr.. Will
kie,s press secretary was quick to
correct another statement made by
his chief in an impromptu talk from
his special car. 1t was explained
that Mr.. Willkie did not intend to
accuse President Roosevelt of selling
Czecho- o-Slovakia down the river"
when he referred to the Presidents
efforts to bring about a peaceful
settlement of European affairs at
Munich.
In the heat of electioneering it is
easy to make these oratorical mis-
steps. Generally they are quickly
forgotten and do no harm to the
speakers cause in the end. Some
times they boomerang in an embar-
RAISING way. Herbert Hoover'S pre-
diction during the 1882 presidential
race that grass would grow in the
streets if the Democratic tariff pro-
gram we're enacted has been tossed
back at him repeatedly And Presi-
dent RooseveltS condemnation of
deficits and unbalanced budgets, in
the same campaign, was q boomerang
that has kept him lodging to this
day. One memorable political faux
pas is generally credited with losing
the presidency for Republican Can
didate James G. Blaine in 1884. In
that case it was not what Mr.. Blaine
said, but what one of his leading
supporters stated in his presence
without immediate reproof from the
candidate, that caused trouble. The
blunder was made on the eve of the
election by the Reverend Samuel
Dickinson Burchard, spokesman for
a group Of several hundred clergymen
who had called on Blaine at his hotel
to voice their support. Dr. Burchard,
In the course of his address, declared
that the antecedentS of the Demo-
cratic party were rum, RomaniSm
and rebellion" Although Blaine had
many Catholic friends, the Burchard
prOnounCement created great stir
and it lost Blaine many Democratic
votes upon which he had depended.
Grover Cleveland won the election.
In the days before radio and before
there was such complete coverage of
campaigns by newspaper correspond
ents, mistakes in judgment or in
phraseology were not so important,
for they were observed by only
small audience. In this modern day,
however, candidates must watch
their step carefully. That is why
most speeches are written in advance
and read into the microphone. But
Mr. Willkie likes the freedom of i'm
promptu, back-platform speeches
and so, indeed, do most audiences.
Undoubtedly there is more zest, more
popular appeal in such tactics-but,
as Mr.. Willkie has reason to know,
there are certain perilS that must be
weighed against the advantages that
accrue from slam-bang pyrotechnics
on the stump.
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Pruise for WiIIkie

Prom the Grand Island Independent.
Our admiration for Wendell Willkie
went up several degrees when he told
an audience last week that not even to
be elected President would he kiss baby
or hold bundle of wheat.
Evening star., 1940-09-16

How times have changed! A few
years ago we were taking our ma
rines out of Latin America because
our neighbors to the south were
afraid to have them there. Now we
are sending them back because our
neighbors are afraid of what might
happen if the marines were not
close bv.
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Letters to the Editor

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q Ute11 to condensation.
Evening star., 1940-09-16
September 8.
Friendly, Md.
Socialist Youth Secretary
Decries Dictatorship"

To the Editor Of The Star:
Today the grand old parties-Demo-
Gratis and Republicans-have found un-
expected unity, despite Republican re-
lection of the coalition cabinet. The
Government has found the way to
underwrite the profit system without
getting into busineSs-an orgy of arma-
ment spending. Consumer goods produc-
tion-public works-go down. Profits 60
up. Republicans and Democrats, at odds
over spending for human needs, applaud
it for human destruction, billion by
billion.
PAUL SIMMONS.
SeptARnbAr 10
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Warning All Spies

Prom the Helena Independent.
Many German spies are reported to be
going into Mexico. If they get out with
out having their shirts appropriated they
will be lucky.
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Good Old Doys

Prom the Birmingham Ase-Herald.
Oh. for the good old days when all
that darkened the world was q mere
economic depression with . few miMon
men out Of joosi
Evening star., 1940-09-16

And now the Weather Man may
become the greatest strategist yet
in World War II. Certainly, he COM
mands the attention of military
experts on both sides.
Evening star., 1940-09-16

Says Einstein Should
Stick to Mathematics.
To the Editor Of The Star.
Dr. Einstein urges the abandonment
of a personal God, and at the same time
implies the necessity Of religion; as he
himself says: "A legitimate conflict be.
Evening star., 1940-09-16

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@. What does it cost to train Navy
aviator?-L. T.
A. 1t costs the Government sI2.lO9
to train an aviator in the regular Navy
and about Sl4,93O 10 train a naval ayia-
ton cadet
Evening star., 1940-09-16

@. What is meant by Russian service
in connection with food?-N. j. M.
A. The term merely means that noth-
ing TO eat is placed on the table except
ornamental dishes OF fruit and candy.
The meat is carved in the kitchen or
pantry and the vegetables are passed
and returned to the side table.
Evening star., 1940-09-16

@. II presidential candidate should
die before election, who would take his
place?-A. K.
A. Before adjourning the national
conventions always make provisions
whereby the national committee will
have the power to choose a successor to
the candidate selected in case of death,
Evening star., 1940-09-16
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Entered as second-class matter post once.
washington. D. c.
Evening star., 1940-09-16

Q. Where was the first miniature golf
course?-E. T. B.
A. The Fairyland golf course on Look
out Mountain near Chattanooga. opened
in 1923, was the original miniature golf
course,