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Evening star., 1940-05-09

their Journals growth shas merely
reflected the growth Of the
city which 1t has sought to serve"
But so fine an example Of the
American press has more to its credit
than mere reflection" of the life Of
an expanding center of population.
The Times-Star of Cincinnati is
only one Of a number Of important
newspapers whose policy is educa-
tional in the best meaning of that
word. 1t happens that these daily
publications have spent their re-
sources for decades to cultivate q
democratic civilization in which
every citizen is free to use his or
her intelligence without let or hin
drance. The glory of the press in
the United States is it's social instinct.
Nowhere else on earth are editors
and publishers so free to tell the
truth and to interpret the truth in
behalf OF the general welfare. It
follows inevitably that their readers
are exempt from compulsion. Amer
leans Of high ideals created this
liberty, have maintained it, battled
for 1t through successive generations.
If there be skeptics, they are not
resented. Instead, they are appre-
ciated as a natural fruit Of the
philosophy which furnishes the
dynamic of government of the
people, by the people, for the people.
An alternative is dictatorship and
the kind Of press which the total
itarian nations have. The Cincinnati
Times-Star, representing a typical
American community, is content to
be what 1t is in the present period
OF history. It looks forward with
confidence to future in which it
still will be independent, earnest,
devoted to the commonweal, giving
Of itself to the causes and purposes
Of progress and receiving back again
the commentator Of the only
acclaim it seeks-the support of
readers who share the same aspira-
tions.
Evening star., 1940-05-09

governments head-a tempest which
included the press, as well az Par
liament-they no doubt accepted the
spectacle as proof positive that
Britain Is a house hopelessly divided
against itself and must therefore
fall" But the thing to remember is
that the right to divide, the right to
oppose, the right to criticize leader
ship are among the liberties for
which the democracies are fighting
today.
The British are fighting for per-
petuation Of precisely that way of
life exemplified by the war debate in
the mother of parliaments-for the
right of free men to speak out their
hearts against their chosen political
representatives under any and all
circumstances, even when the ma
tion's existence. is at stake. amid the
fires of an incalculable war. What
the people of the world have just wit
messed is not sign of British
Weakness-not symbol of the un-
workability of the democratic
process-but evidence OF British
strength and proof of democracy's
residence and capacity to survive the
severest onslaughts. Those on
slaughts> it would be we'll to remem-
Der at both ends of the totalitarian
axis, came from men who, knowing
such freedoms are dead in anything
but a true democracy, are ready to
battle and die for their preservation.
Britain this day deserves the &C
claim of liberty lovers everywhere,
who never, never, never will be
slaves"
Evening star., 1940-05-09
Civic Cleanliness

Aroused by the appearance of
Washington's streets and sidewalks,
citizens have formed committee to
organize an outdoor Cleanliness
Association. The proposed group will
seek to promote, through educational
means and by enlisting the aid OF
the citizenry of the National Capital,
the correction of what has become
within recent years an unfortunate
condition.
It is not an exaggerated viewpoint
which is taken by the organizing
committee. Washington does permit
an unnecessarily large amount of
trash and rubbish to accumulate in
its streets, sidewalks, cutters land
parkways. Its protective tree boxes
have become the accepted place Of
deposit for unwanted papers, wrap
pings and bottles. Even its trash
collection trucks frequently leave
trails of rubbish across lawns as the
wind competes with their crews.
Perhaps, for various reasons, the
problem OF maintaining clean streets
is more difficult in Washington than
in some other cities. But certainly
a greater effort can be made to bring
this one element of the community's
life up to par with its intrinsic
beauty and unusual assets.
Every citizens well-being depends
upon values set up by such efforts
for improvement. And the campaign
now being proposed by the Outdoor
Cleanliness Association deserves full
support.
Evening star., 1940-05-09
THIS AND THAT
BY Charles z. Tyace1oeH.

tention IS called to the matter, we see
that IL is stone, but II some one had
asked us before, we could not have said
for the life Of us.
Watching the birds may be done in
the same two ways, that is, without
really knowing, and with complete or
reasonably complete knowledge.
~ ~
In order to achieve this the observer
must really observe.
He must learn not to. scorn details.
This valuable lesson in time comes to
be carried over into al walks Of life.
This Is not being nosey, but knowing.
There. again, there Is q difference.
1t is possible to look at q fledgling robin,
and not realize that 1t has a spotted
breast, just like mature wood thrush.
They belong to the same family, of
course. but this particular feature only
manifests itself in the robin young.
The question of whether birds walk or
hop is always interesting. Most Of them
hop along, but there are some walkers,
and the value Of knowing which does
which is often realized in Identification.
when the fact that one does one or the
other distinguishes 1t from a species
which at first sight much resembles it.
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Bird observation ought to be Of value
to persons in various walks Of life, in
cluding women who sell clothes and
therefore deal in colors.
In trying to identify birds. 1t is
most important to really see red when
you say red.
Color blind persons do not ordinarily
make good bird watchers. They are par
ticularly hard to help identify specimens,
because their color description often
is not accurate.
A color seems to them to be orange,
when really 1t is red. So If they say
they have seen "an orange bird" they
cannot get much help from one who
tries to think over the orange birds he
knows, when what he should have been
told was red, so that he could picture
the red birds.
This minute grasp of birds appear
ance, however, is not at all necessary to
the enjoyment of watching the song
sters, and trying to identify them. Let
us make this clear.
Just blundering around is great
deal Of fun, and has its recompenses
For one thing, it does not make one
nervous.
Just as opera glasses will do, when you
want closeup, although real bird
glasses" are better. so halfway obser-
vation Of our birds is far, far better than
no observation at all.
To really watch birds is perhaps not
as easy as 1t looks, judging from the
many persons who really pay no atten-
ton to them at all.
Springtime Is not only the merry,
merry ringtime, but it Is bird Watching
time. above all, when local gardens not
only have all the songsters which win
tered here. but scores of species which
have just come to us, some of which
will go on North. stopping with us for
a few days If We feed and water them
Evening star., 1940-05-09
Jefferson Memorial

Action of the Senate in adding
$1l1,260 to bring to $375,000 the
appropriation by the House for
landScaping the area surrounding
the Jefferson Memorial not only
represents saving Of thousands of
dollars by eliminating piecemeal
progress, but takes the form of
guarantee that the work will be
carried out without such unreaSon-
able delay as has marked other
projects, notably the Navy and
Marine Memorial.
Under the program advocated by
the memorial commission and the
National Park Service the seawall of
the Tidal Basin will be changed and
extensive alterations will be made
east and west of the memorial. Some
thirty-four cherry trees which have
passed their prime will be removed,
but the number of requirements will
be greater. This work will entirely
alter the character of the park east
Of Tidal Basin, and, while the plans
did not meet with the complete ,ap-
proval of many lovers Of the Capt.
tails beauty, changing as it does
the natural contours of the basin,
it should be finished as soon as is
practical.
Since the memorial itself will be
completed next year, and the land
scaping program could not be car
ried out in its entirety under the
original appropriation, the Senate's
addition, if accepted by House con-
ferees, will prevent delay Of two
years or more and will save an esti-
mated $4,000 in construction over
head.
While the amount is more than
was recommended by the Budget
Bureau, approval by the House
would be in the public interest, since
before the memorial is to serve its
full function as tribute to the MEM
ory of Jefferson and as an asset to
the Nations Capital the work must
be completed.
Evening star., 1940-05-09
Suggests Justice Stone
For Presidency.

For Presidency.
To the Editor of The star:
The reason for the threatening de-
bacle of our financial structure is obvi-
Gus. Professional politicians in Congress
are running the Government; men who
never earned dollar and would not
know how to go about the matter of OBJ
tanning an honest existence, are con-
tinuing to create great deficits, in order
to prolong their haphazard regime.
Our two major parties are as dead;
and unless a strong life-giving hand
touches their comatose bodies, causing
them to spring upon their feet. I shudder
to contemplate the morrow.
We have good men who could steer
this ship Of state, but alas, two few Of
them are in politics.
A national election is just in the
offing, but no important candidate has
offered himself, promoted by either the
Democrats or the Republicans.
I think it is very evident, that, after
eight years Of most earnest effort and
great achievement, President Roosevelt.
who has constantly been hampered or
throttled by profiigate, or procastinat-
Ing Consress, win not want third
toru. y, 81. 49, IS. ,.-,..s
Ths President has bssn honest and
Evening star., 1940-05-09
Democracy in Action

BY a vote of two hundred and
elghty-one to two hundred, the
House of Commons last night, after
two days of heavy attack not only
from the combined Labor and Liberal
opposition, but from within the
ranks of the governments own ad-
herents, turned back the non-confi-
dence move sponsored by the Labor
party.
Prime Minister Chamberlain's
margin Of victory, considering the
Conservatives overwhelming strength
In Parliament, is not numerically i'm
pressive. 1t may even forecast Mr.
Chamberlain's early retirement. But
1t is substantial and, in the severest
test the government ever was called
upon to face, represents at least
temporary triumph for its unspec-
tacular, septuagenarian leader
Chamberlain will carry on.
In only mildly secondary degree,
the Prime Minister'S escape from
political devastation is a substantial
vindication of his dynamic war
adjutant in chief, Winston Churchill.
Herbert Morrison, the Laborite
leader, whose rejected vote of CEN
sure became the instrument of
the governments success, charged
Chamberlain categorically with seek
ing to use "Winston's" popular pres
tige as shield behind which to hide
and extenuate the cabinets bungling
in Norway. The First Lord of the
Admiralty, undoubtedly to the dis
may of the opposition, stood Loyalty
by the Prime Minister, when he rose
In Commons to defend the govern
ment, just before the division on the
vote of censure. He was as candid in
his criticism of Britain's weakness as
any critic. But these weaknesses, he
said, lie in lack of equipment, not in
lack of leadership Or will to win.
Obviously, the worlds attention is
riveted today on the concrete fact
that the Chamberlain government
has saved its life. It may overlook,
in contemplation of that cardinal
result, an aspect of events in London,
which, in The Stars opinion, out
strips in political Importance, as the
golden gleam of sunlight outshines
the Cimnaerian gloom of night, all
and sundry concerned with the Brit
ish cabinet crisis. That aspect is the
exhibition Of democracy in action
which King Georges people and
Parliament have just provided. One
may well doubt whether it would
have been possible anywhere else in
the world.
Could 1t have taken place in the
United States in time of war?
Even under the American system,
welded as 1t is to all the freedoms
guaranteed by the Bill of Rights,
would our people have condoned
such frontal, unbridled attack on
the executive branch of the govern
ment as, for instance, the leonine
Lloyd George yesterday flung in the
teeth of the Prime Minister, when
the fiery Welshman, thrusting at Mr..
Chamberlain's call for national sac
riflces, thundered there was nothing
that would so greatly contribute to
victory as for the Prime Minister to
give up his seals of Office?
As Adolf Hitler and his counselors
received reports Of the Parliamentary
storm raging around the London
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Evening star., 1940-05-09
Hatch Bill Action Will
Prove Fitness Of Congress.
To the Editor Of The star.

If the Hatch bill Is shelved until after
the election it will simply be a frank
admission by the majority Of our law
makers that the American people should
be regulated and coerced by political
machines.
What q wretched travesty on true
Jeffersonian Democracy when political
parties are permitted to perpetuate them
selves in ONCE through not only a per-
version Of power but the control Of the
State purse.
Principle, not questionable and per-
verted politics, should control our ma
tional life. Any Congress that counte-
nances cheap political chicanery is not q
At Congress to govern.
DMuND <. ooLDs1oRouoH.
AAyA
Evening star., 1940-05-09
Honorable Anniversary

A great Ohio newspaper Is cele-
brating a centennial anniversary.
ut is something toAhave weathered
the vicissitudes Of q hundred years."
and the publishers and editors Of the
Cincinnati Times-Star take pardon
able pride Ia the realization that
Evening star., 1940-05-09
Letters to the Editor
Disappointed In Home
State Democrats.
~ A. . NlaA. ,rA a.

To the Editor Of The Star:
1t has been reported in the papers that
the Advisory Committee Of the North
Carolina for Roosevelt" movement adopt
ed resolution urging the State Demo-
cratic Convention to vote for Mr.. Roose-
velt, If his name is presented, until he
is nominated or until his name is with
drawn from balloting"
am native of North Carolina, but
such action as this would destroy all
pride I have for the land of my
nativity but for the fact that have a
suspicion that this organization is COM
posed of oficeholders whose primary
consideration is holding on to their jobs.
1t is hard to understand how our people
can SO far forget their glorious heritage
and traditions Of patriotism and devotion
to our institutions as to be willing to
abandon their principles and all they
have heretofore stood for by repudiating
the fundamental and vital rule against
third term, which will lead to Dictator
SIllp, dllu Wy ouppOl ClIle q IldL VIII Has
prided himself on the fact that he has
broken all the promises he made the
people and every principle of the party
that twice made him President, and
who, in addition, by his utopian expert
ments, almost ruined the South socially
and economically.
Verify all that I have loved and ad-
mired in my State and her people, their
conservatism, their love of freedom, their
individualism and self-reliance have gone
with the wind.
The promoters of this third-term idea
are a different breed Of North Caro-
linians from those who gave us the
Mecklenberg Declaration of 1ndepend-
ence, and of those who followed Lee in
the Incompatible Army of Northern vir-
ginia and stormed the heights of Gettys-
burg In Pickett's immortal charge.
May our State be saved from the pur-
suit of such folly and from the ultimate
ruin that will inevitably follow four more
years of Roosevelt and the New Deal.
May /. ALEXANDER s. LANIER.
Evening star., 1940-05-09

It is not beyond the bounds Of
possibility that those few hundred
sailors interned In Argentina and
the thousand or so pocketed In Tan
ganytka. Africa, may some day be
raised to the status Of "oppresssd
German minorities." :.
Evening star., 1940-05-09
Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the tcrtter. although the use OF
a pseudonyn for publication is
permissible. Please be brief!

certainly is man of great courage, but
during the seven years gone, there has
been no articulate voice in either the
Senate or the House I do not mean
that our Representatives and Senators
are all bad at heart, but if the heart is
right, the head is wrong and If the
head Is right, alas, the heart is wrong
Finally. believe, If the Republican
party would awaken from this awful
nightmare-stop its incoherent babbling
and look around for an honest and able
man unshackled and unafraid, they
would find him in the person of Justice
Stone of the Supreme Court, who is
not politician, but as sturdy and strong
as his name indicates. He is liberal
and brainy man, who would bring dig
nifty and majesty to the White House.
MILO ELSON EMERSON.
May 5.
Evening star., 1940-05-09
Defends Democratic System
From Alien "Isms."
To the Editor Of The Star:

from Alien "lsmS.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Show me the kind Of fruit tree bears
and I'll tell you the kind Of tree it is.
Show me the fruits of any particular
type of government, and I can easily
classify that type of government, as to
its desirability. There are undeniable
statistics showing that this democratic,
capitalistic type of government under
which we live, has provided more food.
per capita, more clothes, more bathtubs,
more automobiles, more telephones and
more Of everything that makes for COM
fort and happiness than Communism,
Fascism and Nazi-ism combined. This
type Of government under which we have
been able to have more comforts than is
offered by any other was not easily Sc
cured. 1t came about through the labor.
thrift and blood of our forefathers, who
laid down their lives that their children
might receive rich inheritance. 1t is
the type Of inheritance which provides
for those who are worthy Of participat-
ing in its provision. To be worthy one
must work, save and invest, and for
those who are willing to submit to this
prerequisite assuredly will share in the
estate.
I am one Of the heirs, and am appre-
ciative for having been blessed with such
industrious, thrifty and intelligent an
cestors. I am willing to share this in
heritance with any man, whether he bs
Russian, German, French, Italian, Chi
nese. Japanese or from any other race
or nation, because 1t is the type Of wealth
which can be shared without depriving
the direct heirs, SO long as participants
qualify by loyalty to the inheritance,
recognition Of the necessity to work, save
and invest their savings. However, when
I invite others to share my inheritance
rebel when these guests tell me that the
'bill Of fare" isn't as good rs tf,f which
they have at home. There is a differ
ence between free speech and treason
and 1t Is high time that this be recognized.
Let's build an impregnable fence
around our estate 50 long as vandals
roam the world. Let's recognize our
priceless Inheritance and safeguard 1t
from within and without.
!, 1ndianapolig. Ind, W, p. HAR01TT.,
7 NayL
Evening star., 1940-05-09

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the use fol republication of all news dispatched
credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the focal news published herein
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herein also are reserved
Evening star., 1940-05-09
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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-04-11

daughter Judith and Mrs. Iva Ev-
ans were Sunday guests of Clay
Carnes and family of Warsaw.
Mrs. Deiva Talbot and son Terry
have returned home, after spending
a few days with her mother, Mrs. O..
E. Lochary at Stockport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Miller visited
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde
Vincent of GAINESVILLE. Mrs Vincent
and son Joe returned home with the
Millers to spend the week here.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Reder and
daughters Betty, Anna Marie, Mary
and Martha of Chillicothe were Sun
day dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. F. Patterson.
Mr. and Mrs. John Embree and
son Teddy of GAINESVILLE and Bernice
McPeak of Crooksville, visited Sun
day with Mrs. Ella McPeak.
Nellie Grigsby and daughter Ger
trude have moved from the Johnson
property to the Abbie Denny proper
ty on Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. E. Fawcett and
daughter Margery and Dorothy Wy
mer were business callers at Della
ware, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Maynard of
Malta visited Sunday with the for
mer's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Fawcett.
Lucille Hodgin, Sally Patterson,
Marian Reed, Sylvia Long and Alta
Reed were business callers in Zanes-
Vile, Wednesday.
Dr. and Mrs. A. H. Whitacre took
! their daughter Mary Lois to Colum-
bus, Thursday, for eye treatment.
Methodist Church
Subject: st. John, 21:5, Preach
ing: Oakland, 9:15; Chesterhill,
II a. m. Sunday school at the reg
ular hours. League at the Chester
hill church at p. m. There will be
social hour following the League
services. ALI young people are in
vited.-G. c. Nutter, pastor.
Mrs. Bea Williams who has been
in a Parkersburg hospital. for the
past two weeks, was able to be
brought home Sunday, and is get
ting along nicely.
Townsend Club Notice
There will be Townsend meet
ing at Union hall, April Is. Mr..
holland of Marietta who is COM
mander of the D. A. " organiza-
ton of Washington county, will be
the speaker He comes to us very
highly recommended Also there
will be music-musicians from
Stockport and McConnelsville. Come
and enjoy the evening with us.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-04-11
Careless Bicycle Riding

In some cities and villages campaigns have
been started for safety in bicycle riding and
well might such campaign be waged here Very
often do we see close calls, and the fact that we
have not had any serious accidents is perhaps
due more to luck than anything else. But good
luck is not likely to continue indefinitely, and un-
less something is done to curb the danger, some
young American is likely to meet death or be
crippled for life.
A time during the day that seems extremely
dangerous is when school is dismissed at noon
Then may be seen flock" of bicycle riders COM
ing down Kennebec avenue onto the square and
on down Center street, lodging in and out OF trat-
fic, and automobiles from side streets dashing
out on the wake of the bicycle riders. Not only
are bicycle riders in danger, but pedestrians and
drivers of automobiles as we'll
The question naturally is what can be done in
the matter 1t would be impossible to pass an or
dinance safety proof, and about all that can be
done is for parents to instruct their children that
extreme care should be taken and to constantly
hold up before them the very great danger they
are in of killing themselves or being the cause OF
killing someone else; crppling themselves tor
life
Ride carefully, and avoid capers on our streets