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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-04-05

be most beneficial to the United
states, permitting this country to
I vciop IN aircraft industry second
to none in all the world, and cnpa-
ble Of producing all the planes this
country might need on short notice.
Last year Congress appropriated
millions Of dallars for the building
Of thousands Of planes for the
American Army and Navy. 1t nows
becomes public that our own forces
have received delivery Of but few
Of these planes, although many Of
the same type have been shipped to
Europe. High Administration Off
cials now claim that. because of the
extremely rapid expansion Of Ameri-
can plane industries as a result of
the orders from Europe, i is unnc-
cessary to build planes for our de-
fense at this time, and American
plane production can be devoted to
supplying the needs of England and
France. All Of this is not pleasing
to many Members Of Congress, who
believe that their first duty and re-
sponsibilty is to the people Of the
United States.
By the time this appears in print
MANY American citizens will know
first had just what "all the shooting
has been about" in Congress in con-
nection with the Census question
naires. Administration spokesman
claim that the administration is
justified legally and morally in ask
mo the dozens of queries each citi-
zen must answer, including a num-
Der OF very personal and intimate
questions. Congressional opposition
insists that the questions are not
justified, either morally OF by law,
and that the Census Bureau is ask
ing many questions not authorized or
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-04-05
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Ths Lsrauso Beauty Foundation established by
tho oodsfoy Manufacturing Company 10 study methods
Of preserving womsns asturai beauty. and 10 make
tka Eesutts Of this research available to the public
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-12-05

In the Rep curtain raiser OF Saturday hight ap-
proximately 200 FANS Lined the limited spectator
space Of the gym to watch the home absorb
3o-34 licking at the hands o. the Bellan Fuel tive
of ,yattsville. The decision remained uncertain
til the last seconds Of five minute overtime
period made necessary by deadlocked 1922 at
the enc OF REGULATE time. Familiar faces
the visitors lineup with Frey and Callow Of Carr
Brothers softball teams and Don .Aathias of G.8M.
performing.
Little be said of the Reps they refused
scoring op ort!ties in every period and in general
displayed lack OF finesse. In spots they display
ed Individual brilliance but planned plays by
the boards OF faulty timing and uncertainty.
They veil coached and in surpri sinsly good
dition but the hard earne expert ence, earned in bat
tie, ill make them break them. Best on the
floor the fiery Russo who alone showed the
polish and dizziness of star.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-12-05
LAURELS TO THE LADIES
By Lib Goldfaden

In the absence OF Mss Doris DUNCAN, Moments Gym
and basketball practice supervised by r. olo-
chwost and n. Golifaden respectively.
Weight norTaliziny classes not held last
week, but will yet Under wa again this week.
Saturday night, November 80, preliminary game
played bet%een "The Homen" and the high school
girls. The white uni forms the girls
DARK green, forming effective contrast and
pretty picture. In spite Of the slower womens
rules, the gare was close and exciting. It ended
in tie, 1917. Coul1 this be because both teams
coached by Mss DUNCAN?
For the high school, Helen zoellner was outstand-
ing the offense, with good support by Harlan Ben
son, while Kathleen Salters and Mildred Zoellner
played heads-up ball guards.
For the women, the sparkling combination again
Grace Allen and Ethel aarner at forward, with Ardi IL
olson ana Vary Fitzmaurice strong the defense.
Here is the lineup:
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-12-05

The BARNAcLES stole the spotlight last Tuesday
night, November 49, at the University Bowling Alleys
the sixteen teams of the Greenbe1t Bowling League
convened for another round of league competi tions
Gaining forfeit because their opponents, the CON-
suERs COOP n, failed to put at least four
the alleys the RARAcLES rolled for pins, and pro-
ceeded to break all ting records since the
of the league. Starting off with fair 500 game,
the boys improved in the second game to roll $685.
and then in the third game broke the Greenbe1t
que all time record by splitting the pins for 628
game and 1905 set. There is thing to shoot att
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-12-05
RECREATION DEPARTMENT NEWS

In cooperation with the Town Administrative off &c
the recreation department is happy to announce that
the Social vi II be used recreation room
for boys and girls in the high school everJ Friday
night from 1880 1880 Pm. beginni December 3.
Dancing ping pong, checkers, chess and doinoes
Of the activities to De offered. From time to
time special activities and parties will be offered.
Let's get Gang ont Friday and show the a1ninistra-
tive of fice how much appreciate their efforts.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-12-05
WITH THE REPS
By John Murray

The lid officially pried off the Greenbeh
basketball season last week, four town teams
action The high school squads, both boys and girls,
the wonen's town team and the Reps all made their
bows before local audiences in inaugural sessions.
On Tuesday night, November 70 tn feature attrac-
ton produced tussle between the high school
Alumni and the current stalTarts with the Old Grads
trimphing in the closing minutes of play, 1923.
The individual prowess of such exstars Provost,
Andrus and Enzor provided power which the smoother
working but less experienced school quintet couldn't
match. Engli furnished the best scoring record for
the Goldfaden coached squad with Lynn Buck Taylor,
Porter and Clark cast as the varsity five" Con-
fl dence and experience wi IL do much to convert them
into formidable club but it IS doubtful if their
1901 record will be very impressive.
On Friday December at $3.50 Pn. they take on
Natl onal Training School in their last tune be-
fore tangling With Central High Of Washington De-
cember in night game. This one goes at $500
Pm.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-12-05
REPS MEET UNITED CLAY QUINTET NEXT

Next Rep attraction goes Saturday December 7,
at $500 Pm. United clay Products, 4eurich League
entry, and recent conqueror Of the Be1lman Fuel
by IS points, move in for their first visit.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-12-05
Totals

Bowling Comments: An orchid to 3ea Coulter this
week for her 5eaIt full 100 game. Too bad it
stop there Another posy should go to the mder-dog
Redoirds for taking game very deci sively from
Little Tavern. Stay in there and Fl ght, girls!
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-12-05
G.. A. C.. BASKETBALL LEAGUE

The Green0elt Athletic club Basketball League
OFF to flying st rt last Thursday night, November
3D. WITH eight teams entered this year there will be
games each Thursday night. The price Of admission
is just your desire to out and watch evenly
Matched teams play for the honor of their blocks.
The Apes from Block, the Browns from B, and
Cubs and Colts from C, the dopes from D. the Eagles
froa E, the Jailbirds from j, and the Lions, from
all the blocks.
In the first zane at 1890 PHI. the Jailbirds
nosed out the Lions 2O-lo. Russo of high
scorer with points. The big feature of this game
was the scarcity of fouls; against the Lions and
against the Jailoirds.
In the second games the Eagles flew nigh for the
first half, but Knocked into spin the second
half and lost to the Cubs 34-24. Klepson Of the
Cubs scored 10 points.
In the third game, the Apes climbed all over the
Dopes for three quarters, but the Dopes took another
shot in the fourth, and scored goals to win 262l.
Adams the Ape, and olochwost, the Dope, each Led in
scoring with 10 Joints. Bauer the Dope took high
fouling honors for the night with three against him.
In the last game, the Colts forfeited to the
Browns. Can it be they had heart failure facing
last years champs can't Block support teams?
Tonight, December 5, the schedule is as follows:
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-12-05

IN The other games Of The evening, the Eagles
stopped the BUcKFRoos in all three games, and the
STARLIGHT BARoNs shut out the ORIOLES. The COLTS
scalped the RED SKINS in two of the three games; the
WTNNIEs took two from the DODGERS UNIVERSITY oToRs
de feated the KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS in the odd game;
the league leading BADGERS dropped two out of three
to the CoHNITY MENs CLASS sand the STARLIGHT EARIS
improved their standing with to l victory
the CONSUMERS Coop III.
NARV1N's MAGIC CREDIT PRIZE, Two Dollars In
chandise at their store, and the BUCK League Prize
was won this week by that Barnac1e NacEWen, who
rolled hi gh game of III.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-12-05

Colts Jailoirds 1880 Pm.
Dopes Browns 8:l5 Pm.
Lions Eagles 900 pm.
Cubs Apes. 9:A5 Pm.
Come oft Greenbelt, for real entertainment
and cheer your BLOCK team. Remember it don't
cost cent to get in. Just remember to oring your
sneakers
Evening star., 1940-02-20

the very finest Of his poems and
composed the best Of his prose for
Specimen Days" and Democratic
Vistas."
It was in the vision of a universal
community of equals that he
achieved the triumph Of his career.
That aspiration certainly never has
been surpassed, possibly never can be.
It included all men and all high
ideals. Death does not contradict 1t.
Whitman departed, but Leaves OF
Grass" cannot die. The Federal
Government, honoring his memory
for the first time, pays homage not
so much to him as to what he strove
to be-a citizen complete and free
with love and mercy as his mentor
and his guide.
Evening star., 1940-02-20
Administrative Law

The move for reform in the field of
administrative law should be accel-
Grated by the decision in the House
to take up under a special rule the
bill sponsored by Representative
Walter, Democrat, of Pennsylvania,
which is designed to bring about
more uniformity in procedure of ad-
ministrative agencies and widen the
scope Of judicial review of their
rulings.
The subject is one that has been
debated both in and out of the Gov
ernment for months, and COM
panion measure to the Walter bill
was passed with scant attention by
the Senate a year ago, but later re-
called and sent back to committee
when It's full import was realized.
Proponents of the measure defend
it as a necessary check on the ever
widening powers of executive agency
officers; the establishments them
selves virtually are unanimous in
condemning it as an unwise restric-
tion Of proper functions.
Briefly, the bill. would permit ad-
ministrative rules to be promulgated
only after publication of notice and
public hearings, and vest In the
Evening star., 1940-02-20
THIS AND THAT
By Charles z. Trnce1peu.

The idea, 50 often promulgated. that
fishes in small tanks should be fed only
once day, and then only microscopic
bit, can be proved wrong by any careful
feeder.
This applies to goldfish as well as to
tropical, or exotic, specimens.
The only reason the feeding once every
other day, or even once week, was ever
promulgated was because 1t was believed
that it was the best way to get most
persons to feed carefully.
**HE
It Is much better, of course, to half
starve a specimen, than to kill 1t by
overfeeding
Goldfishes, while easy to raise, are
often killed through overfeeding, COM
bined with overcrowding.
Too many inches of fish, to too few
cubic feet OF water, spell the doom Of
millions Of these bright pets every year.
But all fishes love to eat. In nature
they are constantly on the hunt for
food-and not finding it every second,
either.
The homekeeper must try to dupl-
cate such conditions.
He should feed his pets often, on some
schedule. If possible, but so little at a
time that they will be roofing around
In the sand until the next meal time
comes along.
If "just pinch" of fish food is put
into a tank, SO that every scrap of 1t
is eaten, no doubt about it, another
pinch may be put in a few hours later,
and SO on.
In this way, if one had nothing else
TO do, the animals might be fed on
schedules of meal times much like those
OF human beings.
1t is not always realized that the ma
jority of people eat about once every
flve hours. That is, If they breakfast
at 7, they eat lunch at noon; If they eat
breakfast at o'clock, they eat lunch at
o'clock, and so on.
Some persons benefit by eating five or
six meals day. This is attained by put
ting In very small extra lunch at about
10 o'clock In the morning, and another
about pm, and by eating a before
bedtime snack.
II fishes in the aquarium are fed care
fully, and watched with interest, in time
all the things they do become of genuine
appeal. Their various life activities can
not be watched with disgust, then, but
with real pleasure, sorrow, or whatever
emotion may be demanded In this way
the glass home of the animals may prove
sort of training ground, in miniature,
for the various fates of life which meet
us all from time to time We are better
able to face the great problems of our
own lives because we have tried, in little,
to help other creatures, even if they are
just poor fishes, to meet theirs.
The world of the water is magnificent
one
That it can be had absolutely, in little,
at so little expense, is a fact, if one
establishes modern aquarium, and uses
a little judgment
Evening star., 1940-02-20
Return to England

I thought should return, when black
birds cried, -r5.
In English lanes, to see May bloom unfold
And the laburnum branches drip with
gold.
I hoped to roam again the countryside
Where the great-hearted Shakespeare
lived and died,
To linger in the villages where old
Cathedral walls wear centuries of mold
As ancient men the mantle of their pride.
But this year, and who knows how many
more,
Grim shadows will be over that green land
As anxious watchers search springs ten
der sky.
And when the guns of war no longer roar
Who knows how many Of those walls viii
stand,
What proud traditions IN the dust may
Nef
ANNA N. PRIESTLY.
Evening star., 1940-02-20

United States Court Of Appeals for
the District of Columbia the right
to void rule that was found in con-
fiict with the Constitution or the
statute under which 1t was issued.
Courts Of appeal also could set aside
decisions which we're held to lack
substantial foundation.
There is some question as to
whether this bill may not go too far,
particularly If it is considered in the
light Of the views of an eminent
presidential committee from official
and private legal circles, which has
been studying the question for a
year, and which voiced doubt recent
ly in a preliminary report that "a
single formula or set of formulae can
properly control the various and
changing situations in which admin
istrative action is present"
At the same time, however, there
very definitely is need for change.
President Roosevelt realized that
when he set up the committee, and
the decision in the House to speed
action on the legislation is further
evidence Of the same belief.
The agencies of the executive
branch Of the Government have been
making their influence felt with in
creasing force in recent years, this
being especially true of those with
regulatory functions which touch the
lives Of large section of the popu-
lation. Unhampered by specific leg
islative restraints they have been
able to exercise a power that is un-
wise and undesirable and reflects
trend that should be checked.
Evening star., 1940-02-20

natives and former legal residents of
other States.
But in other respects this bill is even
more unfair When the New Deal emer-
gency organizations came into existence
there were several thousand Government
employees, some of whom had been in
the Government service a good many
years Because of curtailment of work
in older organizations they were avail
able for transfer, and should have been
entitled to transfer to jobs in the new
organizations for which they were quail
field. These employees had passed
competitive examinations for their
positions There were many other
ex-Government employees who had
been dropped from Government pay
rolls who were eligible for re-em-
ployment and reinstatement. There
were still others who had passed COM
petitive examinations who had not been
appointed to positions but who were
eligible. Yet the New Deal legislation
specified that the appointment of per-
sonnel was to be without regard to civil
service for the new organizations. In
this way civil service employees and civil
service elgibles were unjustly showed
aside to make way for others, the only
qualification required in a great many,
II not in most cases, being the ability to
procure letter of Endorsement from a
New Deal Congressman or a New Deal
politician to the boss New Deal lob
dealer. 1t is now proposed to blanket
into civil service the latter class of en-
ployes by the very simple method of
using subterfuges called "non-competi-
tive examinations" Something has been
said about the high cost of connective
examinations. But If they cost so much
why were so many civil service employees
and civil service elgibles thrown out
after the Government had already gone
to expense to give them competitive ex-
aminations? Was anything saved, and
II so, how much, by the establishment
OF numerous personnel offices in the New
Deal organizations to supplant the work
OF the United States Civil Service Com
mission?
The present New Deal administration
is ostensibly friend to civil service now.
In the beginning 1t flouted civil service
to get its favorites into Government DO.
sitions, but now 1t wants to embrace
civil service In order to keep them there.
A TExAS-V1RGINIA DEMOCRAT.
February Is.
Evening star., 1940-02-20
BRENTWOOD, Md.

Dear Sir:
Thank you very much for your article
about the cardinals in which you give
us Information as to their preference In
food.
II have been trying to feed them. but
they have not seemed pleased with what
put out.
There are always several pairs that
frequent my half acre here, since I have
abundance Of shrubbery. cherry. null
berry, apple and pear and peach trees,
grape vines, rose and sweetbriar bushes.
"Your bird articles always interest me
but not the fancy fish talks.
Fish as pets make me sick-because
they die and turn upside down with their
white stomachs up. Ugh!
1T is very nice and kind to let the poor
culls live out their lives; but it gives one
the creeps to think Of fish with some
thing wrong with them.
"Also you do not hate cats just because
you love birds, and SO many people do,
and try to make people get rid of them.
I have two cats myself, which is, perhaps,
one too many; but they are not notice.
ably bird-minded, although they save me
the bad moments I might otherwise have
to spend taking mice out of traps, and
I just could not kill rats, and wouldn't
poison anything.
I'm sure any sef-respecting rat would
rather be caught by a cat than die seek
ing water or swell up with poison and
die maybe after hours of torture.
Gratefully your reader, G. r."
Fish as pets are not relished by
great many people, but we believe that
this is mostly because they have not
tried them.
1t Is like most every other activity in
the world, you don't get much more out
of 1t than you put into 1t.
Fish culture-on a purely amateur
scale-grows wonderfully in interest as
one progresses.
Then one stops worrying about the
various processes Of life, as exemplified
on small scale before the eyes, and
begins to try to understand.
Understanding, it is said, is the begin
ming of wisdom. Surely this applies to
fish keeping in the small home aquarium.
In time the various activities of the
odd bits of life take on wholly new
aspects. They become familiar. The
keeper soon understands his own rela-
tionship, in the scale of life, to the small
lives on the other side of the glass wall.
At first he may tend to shudder fish
are so different. Truly, their ways are not
our ways. But soon the keeper comes to
understand that in several basic ways
they are exactly like us.
Especially in the great bond of hunger,
the animals we call fishes are just like
us. the lords of creation.
They do, as we do. want something to
eat about every hours.
How much at home this makes one
feel!
Evening star., 1940-02-20
Walt Whitman Stamp

Washington, it fairly may be sup
posed, has particular interest in
the Walt Whitman stamp placed on
initial sale at Camden, N. j., today.
It was in the Nations Capital that
the poet lived from 1862 to 1873. He
came here in search of his brother
George, wounded in battle in Vir-
ginia, and remained here to nurse,
as an independent volunteer, I'M
counted thousands of other soldiers,
North and South, the bravest, as he
believed, of all who served in the
Civil War.
Here, too, Whitman saw Lincoln
and wrote for him the very noblest
of his songs of mourning. The Presi-
dent and the bard perhaps never
actually met, but they bowed to
each other in the street and that
was enough to make them friends.
Neither cared about formality. Each
had the sensitive heart which quick
ly, instinctively understands. And
they possessed hopes and dreams in
common, for their country and for
the striving world.
Whitman survived the conflict be-
tween the States as one of its VIC
TINS, saddened for the rest of his
life, yet endowed with a purpose
worthy of Trojan effort. He found
employment in the Indian Bureau,
then in the Department of Justice,
pushing a pen" in a routine which
probably was good for his restless
soul. Comrades he discovered in
William Douglas O'Connor, John
Burroughs. Edmund Clarence Sted-
man, John Hay and other separate
persons" glad for his fellowship. The
years passed. Meanwhile, he wrote