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Evening star., 1940-09-01
A Wise SUGGESTION

Lord Lothian, the British AmbaS-
sador, is pursuing a wise course in
suggesting to Sir George Paish that
he return to his home in England
as soon as possible in the interests
of improved Anglo-American rela-
tions.
Sir George, 72-year-old economist
and lecturer, came to this country a
month ago for the announced pur-
pose of promoting harmony between
the United States and Great Britain.
During visit to Washington Sir
George had an interview with Sem
ator Wheeler, in the course of which
he is reported to have told the Mon
tana legislator that he was RESPONSE
BILE for getting the United States
into the first World War and that
he intended to get this country into
the present war.
1t is safe to assume that Sir George
spoke on his own authority and that
he in no sense was acting as a rep
reSentat1Ve OF the British govern
ment. But if he had devoted all Of
his ingenuity to the task he could
hardly have selected a more inap-
propriate occasion on which to make
more inappropriate remark.
Needless to say, his opportunity to
contribute anything toward i'm
proved relations between this coun-
try and Great Britain by remaining
in the United States has been lost.
His comment has been broadcast
over the country, and Sir George,
whatever his original intentions, can
best ease an embarrassing situation
by acting promptly on Lord Lothian's s
suggestion.
Evening star., 1940-09-01
No Place for Senators

wv fSSS WI SSttatStS
In canceling their engagements to
address the emergency peace mobili-
cation" mass meeting at Chicago last
night. sponsored by the Committee
to Defend America by Keeping out
of War, Senator Nye of North Da-
kota, and Senator Clark of Idaho,
have acted wisely, and with a proper
regard for their responsibilities as
members of the United States Senate
at a grave hour in the Nations his
tory. Whether it be true or not, as
alleged by some, that the meeting
has been arranged by Communists,
its un-American character stands
plainly revealed in the statement of
Joseph Curran, president of the Ma
tional Maritime Union, and one Of
the scheduled speakers, that con-
scription sis directed solely against
the wage earners." and that. it is
part of a movement to destroy the
social and economic gains of the past
few years"
Aside from the palpable untruth Of
this charge, Mr.. Curran merits sharp
censure for seeking a division along
class lines on the conscription issue.
Like the Selective service law of
1917, this measure will apply to all
American men. within the age limits
set, whether they be millionaires or
wage earners American workers
have as much of stake as any other
group In the preservation of the
American way of life, and the con-
tinued independence of the United
States. To maintain this way of life,
and to provide the country with ade-
quate manpower to prevent a for
eign attack are the objectives of the
conscription bill.
That Mr.. Curran, in his charges,
had no mandate to speak for labor.
is evidenced by the fact that twenty
one C. I. o. unions rejected his ap-
peal for funds to finance the Chicago
rally, on the grounds that the meet
ing would benefit the totalitarian
nations" This, of course, is quite
plain. For enactment of the Burke
Wadsworth bill will go far toward
checking any plans which the totali-
tartan dictators may have for future
aggression in the Western Hemi-
sphere.
In view of the obvious objective of
the emergency peace mobilization
meeting"-to create in the minds of
American workers the false notion
that the military training bill is
aimed at labor-the presence of two
United States Senators on the speak
ers' platform would have been most
unfortunate. Their participation in
the program would be interpreted by
many as an Endorsement of the aims
of the meeting, and Senators Nye
and Clark, therefore, did we'll to can
eel their speaking engagements.
Evening star., 1940-09-01
FITNESS
By the Right Rev James E. Freeman D. d. IL. D., D. c. L.
Bishop OF Washington

once asked DR.. Charles Mayo what
method he and his brother employed to
keep themselves physically fit, and he
told me that they always reserved def
mite periods for physical self-improve-
ment, periods in which they relaxed after
the long strain of operations. A house
boat with its wholesome recreations, a
ride in the open country, specified hours
for research and study, these they re-
garded as indispensable to physical and
mental fitness.
Every one who seeks even measurable
attainment purSues like course. st.
Paul in one of his splendid statements
gives the rule that governed him in his
life Physically handicapped by mall
ady that persisted, he says: Il therefore
so run, not as uncertainty; so fight I, not
as one that beateth the air: But keep
under my body, and bring 1t into sub
lection" To carry on the great work
committed to him he accepted and prac-
ticed self-imposed discipline. He regard
ed his body as machine whose every
part must be saved from friction and
wear, UIldL III Ilt NC
dered in the fulfllment of his life's pur-
pose. The study of the lives of those
who have attained even measurable or
marked success makes evident three
things that they scrupulously observed:
First They set for themselves a def
mite course or regimen, they lived by
fxity of habit and method.
Second. They accepted whatever price
attainment imposed; they safe-guarded
themselves against any form of self
Indulgence, any weakening of their men,
tai and physical strength; they avoided
at any and all costs everything that
would soften or impair their reserves.
Third They had an objective in life
and they cultivated that kind OF moral
courage and stamina that would enable
them to attain it.
Just now much is being said and writ
ten about preparedness" We are being
Evening star., 1940-09-01

freshly reminded that in the life Of the
individual as of the state there is
quality Of fitness that is indispensable to
any kind Of security or attainment. We
have been advised that 1t takes some
thing other than culture and the arts of
trade and commerce to make people fit
to meet adverse and threatening condi-
tions. The average man, no matter what
his other gifts and qualities, if soft in
physical and moral fitness, Is unadapted
and unprepared to meet and overcome
hardened and well disciplined enemy.
st. Paul's conception of fitness called
for body whose every habit was regu-
lated and regimented. Life at its best
is contest. To be able to contend and
meet its problems and difficulties calls
for both physical and moral courage.
War Secretary Baker insisted that morale
building was more important than per-
fection in the manual of arms. He con-
tended that we might build strong forces
but without morale they were of little
value We have to reckon with this in a
world as strange as the one in which we
live. We have everything here that a
Nation needs-wealth, skill, resources
and man power. The question is, have
we that kind of moral courage, that
stamina and accepted discipline, coupled
with religious faith, that can support and
sustain us when a strain or test is put
upon us?
Christ, judged by all that we know of
Him physically, was not strong and ro-
bust. His life was one Of stern hard
ships. but among the leaders of men He
stands supreme and incompatible. He
conquered men by the strength and
majesty Of His character. He placed
moral worth above physical or intellec-
tual fitness. That we as a people need
to look to our moral and spiritual quail
tiles, and to see that we are amply pre-
pared to meet any emergency that may
arise. is becoming increasingly clear to
us. We need moral courage, and without
it skill and prowess may prove futile.
Evening star., 1940-09-01
Locating Defense Plants

In the location of new Government
munitions factories and other vital
defense plants, the primary consider
ations should be safety from possible
attack, availability of labor, ma
terials and power and convenience
from the standpoint of delivery of
the finished products. President
Roosevelt and defense authorities
have indicated that these factors will
govern Army and Navy officials in
selecting sites for the more than two
score Government-owned, privately
operated armament plants contem-
plated under the emergency defense
program. With funds from a $244,-
100000 appropria ton granted recent
ly by Congress, the War Department
already has contracted for four of
these projects, only one of which will
be built close to frontier. This is a
tank factory to be located at Detroit,
near the Canadian border. In this
instance it was found advisable to
choose a site convenient to the auto
mobile industry, one representative
of which has agreed to undertake
tank building.
Army officials have marked out a
large inland area for future plant
construction. This area is at least 200
miles in every direction from the
nearest coast or border, so that
bombing planes would be forced to
venture far into the country's in
terror in order to attack these mill
tary detectives State authorities and
private business interests have Of
fered their cooperation in finding
suitable sites. A committee repre-
senting a conference of 300 Midwest
ern business men has announced it
will come here to present resolutions
outlining such advantages of the
Midwest region as "invulnerability to
attack. adequate and easily available
raw materials, native-born trained
labor, fuel and power supplies, trans
portation facilities and food re-
sources" Unfortunately, the confer
ence coupled these logical arguments
with demand" that the Midwest
be given 'just and proper share" of
the billions of dollars appropriated
for defense. The delegation from the
conference will not strengthen their
case for Midwestern industry by de-
manding consideration on any
grounds that seem to smack of pork
barrel tactics. No particular section
has any just claim to proper
share" of the funds appropriated for
defense other than on the basis of
demonstrated strategic and economic
eligibility to render service to the
Nation.
Evening star., 1940-09-01
Refugee Children Again

The arrival Of Crown Princess
Martha of Norway and her three
children at Hyde Park, where they
are to be guests of President and
Mrs. Roosevelt, serves to dramatize
anew the problem of the young
refugees for whom American homes
are waiting. No legal barrier to the
coming of these boys and girls now
exists. The Neutrality Act has been
amended to permit ships flying the
Stars and Stripes to enter the Euro
pean combat zone to remove the
youngsters from their present danger
in that arena of conflict.
But practical difficulties interfere
with the immediate rescue of the
threatened children. The measure
adopted by Congress necessarily is
limited in application. It can be
made effective only "if assurances
of safe conduct are obtained from
Evening star., 1940-09-01

tended to prevent or impair this
country's preparations for the pos
sibility of war.
General Electric faces only the
usual accusation of antitrust law
violation. This charge is denied by
officials of the company, and the
public would do well to withhold
judgment on all counts until the
evidence, pro and con, is adduced
at the trial.
Evening star., 1940-09-01
Unwurrunted Inference

Indictment of the General Electric
with the Krupp armament corpora
tion of Essen, Germany, to control
the American supply of certain hard
metal compositions used in the
manufacture of machine tools essen
tial to the production of military
equipment should not be construed
as carrying any implication that
General Electric has engaged in
activities which the Governments
contends we're designed to undermine
the American defense program. In
ferences to this effect have been
drawn in some quarters, but they
have no foundation whatsoever in
fact.
Under the indictment General
Electric is accused of acquiring a
monopoly of the American market
for these compositions through an
illegal agreement with Krupp. This
agreement, it is contended, Stipu-
lated that General Electric should
control the price of the compositions
in this country, although Krupp con-
tinued to market its products here
until 1886, when General Electric
paid approximately $1,100,000 for
the business of Krupp's American
agents. In 1928, according to the
Department of Justice, one of these
compositions was selling in the
United States for forty-eight dollars
a pound. After the agreement had
been concluded, it is charged, the
price jumped to $453 per pound, and
the composition still is bringing
about S205 pound.
If these inflated prices are arti-
flcially established and maintained,
by virtue of the alleged monopoly,
1t Is obvious that the job of rearm-
ing the United States may be made
a great deal more expensive, since
the unprecedented numbers of air.
planes, tanks, guns and other COM
bat equipment desired cannot be
secured without the acquisition of
large numbers of new machine tools.
From the taxpayers standpoint it
is clearly desirable to prevent higher
costs of this nature if possible, but
that affords no basis for concluding
that the alleged conspiracy is in
Evening star., 1940-09-01

The japanese premier, in connec-
ton with his country'S recent wide
spread diplomatic shift, announces
that there will be mo more toady-
ism" on the part of members of the
corps. It is difficult for most of us
to recall any marked cases of in
feriority complex on the part of the
Mikado,s en1issaries.
Evening star., 1940-09-01

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the use for republication OF all news diSnatches
credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this
paper ard also the local news published herein.
All rights Of publication Of special dispatches
herein also are reserved
Evening star., 1940-09-01

for an electric light at He'll Gate. N. Y,
which 1t had to abandon the use of on
complaint of pilots that 1t blinded them
30 they could see nothing at all outside
the points On which the light focused"
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Now In more deliberative period
there is time for serious reflection upon
the potential strength Of men who ap-
pealed to millions over the radio, from
the platform and through the printed
page. In no other country could such
men have been lost so quickly to public
opinion, not because they became self
projected leaders, but because they
sought to drive their theories ahead of
crystallized public opinion and contrary
to experiences dangerous reef in the
path of any social or political pilot. The
obvious lesson to be learned from these
self-styled messiahs is that the Ameri-
can mind is not quickly attracted to a
novel idea when reason is lacking.
Although most of the theorists Of the
depression years no longer attract wide
spread attention, their followers are still
numerous. However, 1t Is not believed
that they will ever be able to revive the
pay-with-no-work doctrine. Still these
movements left more tragedy than COM
edy, since so many old people placed
their hopes in finding a pot of gold at
the end Of the rainbow.
While no one is yet able to write a
fair appraisal of the messiahs of the
depression days, or give impartial judg-
ment to the literature which they pro-
duced, 1t is fair guess that they will
pass into the realm of the unknown.
The reason is that the American people.
as whole, are not hysterical and find
the best way out of all emergencies.
Evening star., 1940-09-01

wASHIN NGTON, D. G.
SUNDAY September /, 1910
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-03-08
Who's Top Dog
On The Ocean ?

Warship for warship the Nazis
are badly outnumbered. But many
Germans have felt they could sink
His Majesty's Navy by attacking
from above and below. His Majesty's
first serious loss was the huge air.
craft carried Courageous, sunk Sep
TENDER Is by a U-boat. Then the
very imposing battleship Royal Oak
was sunk in it's own Scapa Flow har-
Dor.
Late in November the Nazis
opened a mine warfare campaign
that put Britain back ON her heels.
But in December British cruisers
were chasing the Nazi pocket battle
ship Graf Spec to shelter and suicide
in South America and bounding the
luxury liner Columbus to the same
fate off Virginia.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-03-08
WILL UNCLE sam
Be FORCED into
STRUGGLE TOO?
By Vance Packard
AP Feature Service Writer

People had talked of it for years.
But when it began in the gray haze
of September's dawn, half year
ago, many persons were surprised.
They didn't think Herr Hitler's
plans included actual war.
The end of peace came when Hit
Ter insisted he could help himself to
Danzig and part of Poland. Britain
and France said he couldn't. He
signed a .non-agression" pact with
his former bitter enemy, Stain of
Russia, but the Allies still said no
So he wrote letters full of threats
and sweet reasonableness. Frances
Premier Daladier exclaimed: What
a torrent" Thereupon Hitler nam
ed Hermann Goering his heir, climb
ed into a field gray German Army
uniform and started his Polish blitz-
krieg.
Of the fearful questions poised at
the start of the war, practically
none have been answered-and new
ones have emerged. These unanswer-
ed questions tell the story of the
war to date:
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-03-08
EsKIMOS HAVE A
WARM SPOT FOR Tea.

NOME, Mar. 8 -Eskimos, partie-
ularly the 5000 primatives at the
mouth of the Yukon, are heavy tea
drinkers. Tea tops the list of com
modities they call for when traders
make the rounds each fall.
R. NJ. (Bus) Boyd, a trader. re
ported that after tea in the list of
winter staples come flour, sugar,
heavy clothing and firearms.
Trade with the Eskimos is still
mainly on a barter basis, although
trading checks ranging in value
from rs cents to SIS are also in use.
The Eskimos buy almost no canned
goods.
Boyd said the natives on the low
er Yukon are among the most prim-
tive in Alaska.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-03-08
REMINDED
MARCH Is FINAL DATE
FOR INCOME PAYMENT

TACOMA, March 8-Absence from
the United States, severe illness or
extreme unpreventable Circumstances
are some of the few reasons the sta
tutes permit the Collector of Inter
nal Revenue to accept in consider
ing applications for extension of
time to file annual income tax re-
turns. This was the announcement
by Thor W. Henriksen, Acting Col
lector for the District of Washing
ton and Alaska. This warning was
directed to some hundred thousand
citizens of this State who, 1t is es-
timated, must yet file their returns
before the annual due date Of March
18th. The Collector cautioned that
tardy taxpayers may be assessed a
penalty up to twenty five percent
for delinquency for failure to file
ON time.
It was stated that last year 49,
600 taxpayers filed returns. Almost
10000 additional citizens, state,
county and municipal officials and
public school teachers for the first
time this year, become liable for the
payment of Federal income taxes.
The Collector reports a healthy in
crease of over 10000 returns al
ready since January l, a gain OF
fifty three pescent over the same
date in 1888. A gain of forty three
percent in collections has also been
established for this district. The
Collectors office estimates, however,
that more than 100000 persons
must still prepare returns and file
them within the next fifteen days.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-03-08
Wrangellite Tells
Of ROSiCruCian
Civilization Crypt

Arehaeologists of 5000 years in
the future will have made the most
startling discovery in the history of
man when they force their way into
the Crypt of Civilization in Georgia.
The Rosicrueians, according to
Harvey c. McKowan of Wrangell,
local member of the philosophical
order, have been asked to make an
important and one of the final --
contributions to a project begun by
Oglethorpe University, of Georgia,
for preserving today's knowledge for
civilization of the year A. D. 8113.
The Rosicrucian Order, AM0RC, has
sent from its archives at San Jose,
California, upon the request of DR..
T. X. Peters, ArchiYist of the Ogle-
thorpe University, manuscripts con-
tanning the essence of its philosoph-
ical doctrines to be included with
other chosen works of music, art
and sciences, to be inferred in the
specially constructed vault and kept
inviolate for over sixty centuries.
The Crypt of Civilization, states
Mr.. McKowan, begun at the Ogle-
thorpe University several years ago,
is made of stone in which is set a
door of stainless steel so inches
wide and $50 inches high. The in
terror walls, floor and ceiling are
lined with vitreous porcelain enamel
which will have fused on them col
ored designs depicting todays life
much in the same manner of the
tombs of Egypt. Every resource Of
modern science is being employed to
insure that mankind of 8113 A. D.
will find and be able to know of to-
days accomplishments. The problem
of location was met by taking tri-
angulation from Stone Mountain
and from Kennesaw Mountain. This
was prepared by the United States
Coast Geodetic Survey. Plaques Of
nodded cellulose acetate giving a
description of this location are being
sent to libraries of the great institu-
lions throughout the world and even
to remote and strange monasteries
high in the Himalayas
Mr.. McKowan further relates the
Rosicrucian manuscripts are being
microfilmed; large pages of the text
are being reduced to frames of S5
millimeter film. By this process each
page will be in Vitreous and asbes-
tos-lined stainless steel capsules
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-03-08
How Far Away Is Peace2

Herr Hltlers plan apparently cal
led for a Tightening war. That
scheme bumped into a British an
nouncement that the Empire was
planning a three year war if neces-
sary. On January %, Daladier warn
ed of "a total war-which certainly
cannot be long in breaking out. +"
Next day Hitler retorted, England
and France will get the war they
asked for"
But Pope Plus XII, Mussolini, the
Belgian and Dutch leaders, and Pres
ident Roosevelt have tried to get
the fighting stopped. This month
Under Secretary of State Sumner
Welles went to Europe to study pros
poets. He has a deadline to make.
For with spring-just a few weeks
off-Armageddon may arrive.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-03-08
The Wars 8 Unanswered Questions

which, after they have been sealed
and evacuated, have inert gas pump
ed into them. Fifty such capsules
will be placed in the Time Crypt and
they will contain $4,000 pages of
knowledge IN the mierofilm which
can be projected to the original size.
or larger.
Cecil A. Poole Supreme Secretary
of the Rosicrucian Order. said that
the request for the Rosierueian man
uscripts was made because they re
present a contemporary philosophy
having its roots in the systems of
thought which began centuries be
fore the present era. The Crypt Will
be officially sealed in May of 1910.
1t is announced by DR.. Peters.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-03-08
Are There Two Wars
In.Enrone. Or 0ne2

Officially, the Mannerheim Line
is not an extension of the Maginot
Line. But some persons feel it may
be Just that if Germany continues
sympathetic with Russia and the
Allies continue to send help to Fin
land. The Reds struck after Finland
refused to follow the lead of the
three little Baltic countries in al
lowing the Soviet to establish mill
tary bases in their territory. With
in a week the Russians were begged
down in Finnish snowdrifts. In Feb
ruary the Russians were on skis and
armored sleds and were attacking
systematically. Late in the month
cracks began appearing in the Man
nerheim Line.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1940-03-08
SAVING THE POLES

JUNEAU, Mar. 8-Preservation of
the famed collection of totem poles
at the Indian village of Klukwan
from deterioration by the elements,
is proposed by Alaska's new govern
or, DIR. Ernest Gruening. He visited
the noted tourist attraction recently
and said he believed construction
of a fireproof, concrete structure
would be a good investment and
would not be opposed by the vii
layers.