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Evening star., 1940-09-19
Traffic Enforcement

Last month 1927 motorists were
arrested for violation of some 1855
traffic regulations. An analysis of
these arrests, as published in The
Star last Sunday, reveals that $50
per cent were for various parking
violations, and 80.5 per cent were on
parking, technical and equipment
charges, only 1875 per cent being the
result of disregarding the rules of
safety in moving traffic. Turning
from the wrong lane, a common
cause of serious accident, brought
f1fty-seven arrests; failing to give
right of way to pedestrians ac-
counted for only eleven. Five per-
sons were charged with passing on
the right. One of the causes for
numerous and serious collisions, in
terfering with traffic in pulling
away from the curb, an all too com.
mon type of violation, resulted in but
two arrests. Only one driver was &C.
Evening star., 1940-09-19
Commends Editorial
On Liquor Regulations.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
The editorial appearing in The Eve
ming Star of September 6, under the
heading The Public Interest" is to be
commended for its wise and able state
ment of those in the industry who have
given the matter serious thought be-
cause it demonstrates what we realize,
that in the long run only those regula-
tions which are in the public interest
can be in the interest of the business
In which we have our investment and
from which we gain our livelihood.
As you state and as several witnesses
at the hearing referred to stated what
the. board should remember is that the
changes are to be viewed. not in the
light Of their effect on the competing
and selfish interests In the nouor
traffic, but wholly in relation to the
public interest"
1t is very apparent that the pending
proposals for change in the act are in
the public interest. Every one of them
represents a restriction on the licensees
under the act and they would all tend
10 meet IQe Cr1llc1Sm winch you voice to
the effect that "the result is city with
one of the highest records of consump-
tion in the country, with blatant use
of every device to encourage and to in
crease this consumption and with no
effort to encourage temperance"
These proposals have the support OF
a great majority of those in the in
dustry for that very reason. We know
that we cannot expect to continue in
business unless our business is soundly
regulated in the public interest.
We are glad to see The Star lending
its powerful support to this effort to
improve conditions, just as we are
proud Of the general public expressions
from civic leaders in commendation OF
the proposals and the better realization
which is thus being brought about Of
the attitude of the thinking beverage
dealer. MILTON S. KRONHEIM.
September g.
Evening star., 1940-09-19
Says Police Wear
Political Buttons.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
In reference to the Hatch Act, which
I believe every red-blooded American
wishes to see carried out to the last let
ter, whether he be Democrat, New Deal
er or Republican, let me call attention
to the fact that right here in WASH
ington, where we at least should set q
good example, you will find policemen
wearing Roosevelt pins on their uniforms
while on duty-and if that is not enough,
60 over to Capitol Hill and you will find
that some of the United States Post
Office boxes have pasted in them, visible
to every one who goes in or out Of the
Senate post Office, signs for Roosevelt.
Now ask in all seriousness. what does
the issuance Of regulations against such
things amount to when there are VIOLA
tions going on right under the noses Of
those who make this law, and in some
cases where they are helping to break it
down?
As retired service man, who knows
what it means to wear unauthorized
decorations. pins. fraternity pins. ETC.,
ask WlldG was ILLS law pdSSco 1oI-oiliy
to be enforced when 1t suits the conven-
fence of and politically benefits the New
Deal? AN ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT.
September II.
Editors note The Metropolitan
Police Department has q regulation
against the wearing on uniforms Of
any emblems but ofhcial insignia. 1t
was stated at the office Of the super
intendent Of police that this rule Is
Hgidly enforced.
Evening star., 1940-09-19
Einstein'S Religious Views
Arouse Indignation.
To the Editor of The Star.

Einstein's Religious Views
Arouse Indignation.
To the Editor Of The Star:
The other day The Evening Star
carried a story of Prof. Einstein's speech
before the Conference Of Science, Philos-
ophy and Religion at the Jewish,
Theological Seminary of America in
which speech the professor is reported
to have advised against the belief in the
existence of a personal God. Can it be
that the professor has delved into his
scientific studies so deep that his view
of the forest is now obscured by the
trees?
One would think that person as in
telligent as the professor is supposed
to be would be brought closer to God
when he studies the wonders of this
vast universe and understands and ap-
preciates the wonders He has wrought.
While 1t Is true that every one here
has right to his political and religious
beliefs, such q declaration, coming from
q refugee who Ned from his own coun-
try because Of persecution, certainly
lacks good judgment and good taste.
September IA. JACK REYD.
Evening star., 1940-09-19
cused of falling to stop on emerging
from an alley, a type Of offense that
caused at lea st one dan fh In thu no rf

cused Of falling to stop on emerging
from an alley, a type Of offense that
caused at least one death in the past
year.
Accidents will continue in spite
OF strict enforcement and In spite
OF the fact that they do not
happen" but are committed" But
they will be materially minimized
only through the Strictest enforce
ment of those sections of the traffic
code relating to moving traffic
Washington's police force, as that of
any other city, is inadequate to cope
with all violations, and, naturally,
parking cases are the easiest to ham
die. No sensible argument could be
presented for ignoring the misdeeds
OF immobile traffic
Major Brown has taken many con-
structive steps toward improving
safety conditions in Washington, and
several months ago he issued special
orders in regard to concentration on
moving traffic.
However. it is plain to any motorist
who uses the streets in the congeSted
sections of the city with any fire.
quency that single officer, could, by
close attention, make more arrests in
few days in the five moving traffic
categorieS mentioned above than
were made in the entire month of
August.
While drives" concentrating on
specific types of violations usually re-
suit in brief f1urries of obedience fol-
lowed by forgetfulness and apathy,
they do have benefits if continued.
Perhaps the only answer to this
phase of the safety problem is a con-
tinuing concentrated campaign on
the more serious common violations
by moving vehicles.
Evening star., 1940-09-19
Dover Beuch-l940

Here on this beach, with grey-white
cliffs beside,
The watcher rests upon his modern
lance,
Sees fog swell up from distant hills Of
France
And spread on England with the rising
tide.
We are the watchers standing on the
sand,
Who hear strange wings above us IN
their flight
Toward ancient citadels within our land,
Flying for Death toward targets out
of sight.
Though Canterbury fall, Westminster
sleep
In ashes stiller than the death OF
things,
We will stand watch until the last men
A final triumph. Then the broken
wings
OF those who new for Death will lie
unknown,
While those who few for life tight
on alone
JOHN CLAIBORNE DAVIS.
Evening star., 1940-09-19
Entered as second-class matter post ONCE.
Washington D. c.
Memher nf fhe Associated Press
Spain and Gibraltar

Herr Won Ribbentrop and Count
Ciano are comforting in Rome today.
From the conversations between the
axis Foreign Ministers at this highly
critical moment of the war moment
Gus results are expected to flow.
They are meeting on the heels of
the Berlin visit of Spanish Interior
Minister Ramon Suner, brother-in-
law of General Francisco Franco. He
may reach Rome while the German
and Italian statesmen are still in
conference. There is circumstantial
evidence that the axis powers con-
slider the moment propitious for in
viting Spain to become a full-f1edged
partner in the enterprise now alb
sorbing German-Italian energies
defeat of Great Britain and redis-
tribution of territory and authority
in the Mediterranean and contiguous
Africa
Spain's interest in an under
standing with Frances civil war
allies lies mainly in recovering pos
session of Gibraltar. Senor Suners
statement to Hitler's newspaper
organ, the Voelkischer Beobachter,
that Spain is a nom -belligerent only
temporarily" is enthusiastically &C
claimed by the Madrid press. On
its face this would indicate that the
hour may be at hand when Franco
will register his gratitude for the
Nazi and Fascist help which alone
enabled him to crush the Spanish
republic. while seizing upon Brit
aims difficulties-primarily the Ital-
ian thrust for the Suez Canal-as
an ideal moment for realization of
SPANS ancient dreams at Gibraltar.
While frances axis sympathies are
undisguised, he is conscious of the
military, political and economic con-
ditions which make it undesirable
for Spain, so soon after the raw
ages of internal strife, to engage in
foreign war. Senor Suner referred
at Berlin to the Spanish civil war
as the opening phase of the present
European conflict, an observation
which permits the Interpretation
that Madrid thinks Spaniards have
had fighting enough.
1t may be that Hitler and Mus
solini seek from Franco only the
right of free passage across Spain
of the five or six German divisions
now stationed on the French-Span-
ish border, for the purpose of at
tacking "the Rock" from the land
side. Should such a campaign be
launched, ways undoubtedly would
be devised for participation of at
least Italian token troops" With
his drive against the British in
Egypt, at the eastern end of the
Mediterranean now in full stride,
Mussolini would not want so rich
plum as Gibraltar, at the western
entrance to "our sea-" to become ex-
clusively a German military con-
quest.
Events are moving rapidly, in the
fields of both war and diplomacy.
The next few hours or days may de-
velop whether the axis dictators have
succeeded in persuading their Span
1sh brother-in-arms to join them in
their desperate attempt to smash
the British empire at vital spot.
Gibraltar, historic symbol of power,
is mighty prize. Its loss, should
it fall to the enemy along with
Suez, would be a blow second only
to the non-survival of the British
Isles themselves. Spain may be cast
for a decisive role in it's attempted
accomplishment.
Evening star., 1940-09-19

proportion to the use made of 1t, the
answer boils down to the basic fact that
the Government is paying large sums
for trips used almost entirely for political
effect, and foS the benefit of only one
political party.
If (perish the thoughtD the Demo-
cratic National Committee pays for the
Presidents jaunts, is the cost figured in
the amount the party is permitted to
spend on a political campaign, under
the Hatch Act? And then, If the Presi-
dent pays the bill, either from his salary
or from the wealth he inherited from his
father, would it not be cheaper, since
the trips are made to insure him third
term, to accept his opponents PROPOSE
ton to meet in a man to man debate?
Surely among your readers are some
who can give a complete analysis Of the
status of the trips along the lines I
have suggested. I hope so.
A TENNESsEAN.
Editors Note:
The President of the United States,
Democrat or Republican, is given
s25,000 yearly in addition to his
salary to cover the cost OF official
travel and entertainment No &C
counting of this money is required by
law.
For train travel, the railroads will
make available a special train or
special car on request and fares are
paid on per person basis. The Presi-
dents fare is paid out OF his travel
allowance, the Treasury pays the
fares of the Secret Service men. etc.
Invariably, guests of the President
pay their own fares just as the news
papermen, radio men, ETC., pay their
own. If the guests are Government
officials they have travel allowances
from their own departments.
Ordinarily, on weekend trips to
Hyde Park, the presidential train
carries about so persons, exclusive of
train crew and railroad officials. For
the Chattanooga trip there were
nearly 100 aboard many Of the extras
being newsmen, photographers, etc.
Evening star., 1940-09-19
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tary training afforded the cadets will
be of considerable value II members
of the corps later are called to serve
in the Army or Navy.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-05-30
GEN ERAL

BIG JOB FOR INDUSTRY
Washington, ID. C.

Washington, ID. C.
The Presidents speech on arma-
ments was excellent oratory and a
great show. The Encouragement
was intended to impress Mussolini.
Congress should act promptly, but
the business of buns rushing bill
lion dollar bill through without look
ing at it is the same old stuff-espe-
cially since it gives the President
couple of hundred million lump
sum and sight unseen.
There is no need for any such
haste as that. The money can't be
gotten into action in the rush that
it can be appropriated.
1t is doubtful if the navy money
can begin to be spent within the
year of its appropriation.
This situation could be remedied,
but not with the present system.
The President gave no indication of
any change in his present attempt to
combine in himself the powers and
duties of secretary of state, war and
navy.
Indeed, the requests for person
allied appropriations indicates he in
tends to carry it still further. He
is fitted neither by training nor ex-
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-05-30
MERRY-GO-ROUND

Chin-F'u Woo IS urging a third
term for Roosevelt. AS editor of the
Chinese Nationalist Daily, New
York, he plans to rally Chinese
Americans.
The army has 16 so-called "for-
eign language Students" that is, Of
ficers studying foreign languages
abroad. The officer learning Chi
nese is stationed in China and the
one learning Japanese is located
in Japan. But the officer studying
Russian is stationed in New York
city.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-05-30

perience to do this present job and
he has far too much to do already.
If we have not enough plant and
shipbuilding capacity, the job is to
go out and create them.
That is purely an industrial job
and nobody in the administration is
equipped to undertake it. If we
have not enough machine tool equip
ment, the task is to set up system
of priorities-right now.
If we fear any shortages of tin or
rubber, we ought to begin now con-
serving them for defense. A large
percentage of our normal use of
both comes from reclamation. We
should begin restrictions on the I'M
necessary use of both and stop at
once the wastage of tin and rubber
scrap.
All these suggestions are merely
by way of example. There are
scores of other ways to get this job
done quickly and far more econom-
ically than it has been done or than
there is any prospect of doing it.
If our whole problem is, at this
stage, industry-now just as much
an arm of national defense as the
army or the navy, it is job Of
industrial strategists and tacticians,
just as much as the army needs
generals and the navy needs adj
mirals.
They do not exist in government.
I would as quickly consent to en-
trusting it to soldier, sailor or poll
tician, as I would let one of them
cut off my leg, or ask an industrial
list either to do that amputation or
to run the army.
We can get the job done, but not
merely by appropriating money-no
matter how much noise we make
about it and not with the present
men and organization without expert
industrial advice and direction.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-05-30
Got Any ,Good Numbefs2

about this time last gold fish pong tentative noses out
glass bo,u daung close the season IN Whch
campus regulations by ability Oalow the
greatest of goldfish year all Of ads haze
lust
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-05-30

1t looks like Fido will haze
hard time keeping his collar
in place. Above: At the Uni
versity of Missouri goods haze
started fad of ,Uearing dog
collars for belts.
At the right is pictured Prince.
tons perennial spring fashion,
the traditional beer suit.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-05-30
FAIR ENOUGH
THE GULL AND THE
EARTHQUAKE

A seagull, tired out from long
journey, flew toward land and light
ed on crag, but as it happened an
earthquake occurred at that identi-
cal moment. TO the dismay of the
little bird the whole line of rocky
cliffs seemed to tremble suddenly,
lift upward and then collapse be-
meath him.
At this the gull tapped his wings
and flew back to sea as fast as he
could, screaming tragically: "See
the evil thing I've done! u. +. I Lit on
the crag for a moment, and as a
result I've wrecked the whole coast
Incl"
His companions consoled him as
best they could. II don't think I'd
take all the responsibility" they
said gently. "There was an earth
quake, too, you know"
William March.
SPRING VERDICT
Some men assert they outings take
To fish mountain flow,
When really their main pleasure is
To let their whiskers grow.
EDUCATION FOR OUR ELDERS
People are always writing articles
on how to bring up children. Why
doesn't someone get real coura-
geous and write a book on how to
bring up parents?
The other night moonlight Ser
enade" was being played on the
radio, and do you know that my ia
Their didn't even know it was Glenn
Miller's theme song? He doesn't
even know what boogie-woogie mu-
sic is. 1t doesn't seem to bother
him at all.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-05-30

- recently retired as British min
lister of supply, knows Sanskrit and
six or eight other languages, and
New Member of s SOPHIE p''. es-
- British Cabinet says. H e
:" Stiff Technocrat COZ coula explain
his critics said he wasn't much help
= in fighting it. Replacing him is the
% one-time grocer's boy, Herbert Nor
rison, who quit school when he was
IL. MIR. Morrison, who for the last
nine years has been lambasting the
tory government for fumbling and
y faltering, is the only dash of new
blood in the re-made cabinet. A
. conservative Labor leader, who in
1884 rushed the last of the left-wine-
ers out of the movement, he has
been variously appraised. One Brit
ish friend tells me that che is an
other Ramsay Macdonald, ham,
strung by political ambition" An
other, equally credible, tells me he
+ is a vigorous and intelligent public
? leader who will greatly strengthen
the cabinet.
The son of Iaborer, he was
grocer's boy, elevator operator,
travelling salesman, telephone
operator, and secretary of the
London Labor party at S. a
week. When he was a small
boy, phrenologist, taking his
last six-pence for fee, told
him he would one day rule Eng
land. He had heard about Dick
Wilmington and laughingly tells
the story when someone sug-
I gests that he may be prime
minister. 1t is almost certain
,g that he will if England has an
other Labor government.
r.. Significantly, he has contended that
England must be more hospitable
= to conveyor-belt production, in both
q war and peace, if it expected to
ipmeet competition. The Germans
y long have been in production Of
,, planes, while the British have chung
). to hand-craft and quality-tradition.
. ally Judging from Mr.. Morrison's
dossier of the last few years, he
may help put more chronological
kick into their war operations. That
has been one of his big ideas.
In HOLLYWOOD they toss out g
L male director and substitute q
- woman for the direction of Dance
Girls, Dance" Miss Dorothy Arzne1
?! replaces Roy Del Ruth.
VI It is the well-worn story of one
nj, step at a time-stenographer, script
. girl, film editor, scenarist, director
When she was a student at the Uni
versity of Southern California, hel
father asked her to show some
friends through Cecil De Miles
movie lot. She liked the place sc
well that she returned to get g
Stenoprapher's ioh
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-05-30
WAR AND INDUSTRY

What is the matter with the stock
market? Was it Josh Billings who
first said: Congress is a ass"
Specifically it would seem that no
group of more or less independent
individuals can be ga ass" but
there is such thing as a mob mass
mind-especially in panicky times.
When it appears and begins to work
it is a frightful knock on the aver
age run-of-mill donkey to compare
mob intelligence to that of an ass.
1t is far below that.
This country's safety just al
this stage depends not nearly Sc
much on it's army, its navy, OF
its air force as it does on it's in.
dustries. They are going to have
to 60 to work overtime not only tc
supply our defensive needs but to
take up the burdens of formerly
competing nations, now cut off by
war in supplying the needs of the
world. Happily or otherwise, it will
create a boom.
This nation has not yet begun tc
function on the industrial side Of
building up defenses. This admins
tration remains allergic to conse
quences and continues to shoo
craps with destiny. The curren
dumb statements that we can't ge
for two years the pitifully insult
ficient armament yet asked for, are
an insult to industry.
To say that the greatest and mos
efficient industrial system in the
world can't do this job for us is t.
confess ignorance of that system
Our first step is to recruit some in
dustrial brains.