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Evening star., 1940-09-17
The Political Mill
The Question, How Much Hos Roosevelt Slipped?
As Important as Wilkes Loss Of Ground

New Deal spending and finances,
is not helping the President by his
caustic comments on the new tax
bill, which is now pending before
the Senate. having passed the
House. He called attention to "the
utter inadequacy" of the admins.
tration's financial program to meet
the demands of the crisis now con-
fronting this country" He said
that the new bill will produce ap-
proximately $500 900 900 for the first
year. This added to an estimated
$700, 100000 to be raised by the
first 1910 tax bill will bring in about
a billion dollars from all taxes
adopted since the beginning Of the
present crisis.
Yet at the present session of
Congress, Senator Byrd pointed
out. Congress has appropriated and
authorized for national defense the
sum of $4,000 100000. And In ad-
dition $7,000,000 900 have been ap-
propriated for the regular expenses
Of the Government and for depart
ments not connected with national
defense. There Is still to come a
bill for $1.70O .O0O,0 for financing
universal military training-under
the draft and the act giving the
President authority to call into
service the National Guard-not to
mention another general deficiency
bill. Furthermore, substantial OBJ
legation has been incurred by the
Government by increasing the au-
thority Of various Government COR
porations to issue new bonds guar
anteed in full by the Federal Gov
ernment.
Byrd's Staggering Figures.
Senator Byrd insisted that it Is
quite within the probabilities that
this session of Congress will, when
1t adjourns, have obligated the Gov-
ernment, either by appropriations
or authorizations, to a total of s25.-
900 000,0 900. He figured that the
expenditures for the current fiscal
year will reach $4,000. 900 900,
against which we will have from
tax receipts about s6.6OO 900 900.
These are staggering figures,
which the voters may we'll take
into consideration while consider
ing the retention of the Roosevelt
administration in Office. For while
there will be little opposition to
the appropriations for national de-
tense. the Roosevelt administration
has done nothing to reduce the
ordinary expenditures OF the Gov
ernment below the $1,000. 900 900
figure. Even without the national
defense appropriation the increased
revenues OF the Government will
not be sufiicient to pay for the
purely non-defense spending by the
Government. Senator Byrd COM
planned bitterly that his proposal
to reduce by 10 per cent the non
defense spending and turn that
amount over to defense spending
was turned down.
"As see it" said Senator Byrd,
"the imperative need confronting
our country is to adopt a financial
preparedness program which will be
adequate to paw at least in part
for our defense expenditures and
prevent the inevitable bankruptcy
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credit ought to be given to the
fighting airmen or the tenacious
civilian population is hard to say.
For almost three weeks the de-
tenders of London have had practi-
cally no sleep. Their vigilance is
permanent, They are on stand by
"a hours day and it is not infre-
quent that the fighting pilots take
of or 10 times a day.
Death Faced With Smile.
In order to prevent their breaking
down, the high command is detail
ing them occasionally to less danger
Gus posts such as Northern England
or Scotland, where they can snatch
a few hours sleep fully dressed, OF
course. These regions are less fire.
quently attacked by the German
raiders and outside the routine
patrol flights they seldom are
awakened to fight an enemy supe-
rior in numbers.
Despite this strain there has not
been a single report of grumbling
among the aviators. American OBJ
servers who report without bias and
truthfully what they see are amazed
at the endurance of these young
men who seem to be impervious to
fatigue and face death with a smile.
The presence of an American
squadron, the Eagle Squadron"
commanded by the American air
commodore, Charles Sveeny, and
the participa ton of French, Polish
and Czech aviators is cheering Brit
aims main defenders. The task
which has been wished on these
flyers is considered as daily routine
work and they accept it in such good
humor that observers are amazed at
these nerveless men. ,
Citizenry Equally Stole.
The citizenry of London is equally
stole, For many night the Lon
doners have had no sleep. Houses
are crumbling around them. Places
of business which they left in the
evening are only shambles in the
morning when they return to work.
Women curse, men also use strong
language and of they 20 TO the
nearest station to offer their services
since their jobs have vanished into
smoke.
There isn't single Briton, accord
ing to cabled neutral reports from
London, who can conceive that his
island is likely to be invaded.
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NJ ftOOocNCAV A.,
carried all except two States In tint
Union against his Republican op'
ponent. All M. Landon, former Gov
ernor Of Kansas. He had the back
inc Of great masses Of labor and Of
millions Of farmers.
This year, however. the picture is
vastly different. There has beer
an uprising against the Roosevelt
New Deal in the great farm States
of the West. This was manifest
first in the 1888 elections, which
swung heavily to the G. o. P. in tina,
section. A recent Nationwide pol
of organized labor showed that the
President had the support OF %
per cent, and Willkie the supper,
of SO per cent. These same men,
bers of labor unions four years age
gave Roosevelt 80 per cent OF theil
votes and only 20 per cent to Mr.
Landon. A change of Is per cent
means a considerable slip" for the
President.
Opposition in Ranks.
Four years ago the President had
with him practically all of the Dem.
ocrats. But he has raised today
the third-term issue, which has
brought opposition from a large
number of lifelong Democrats.
Four years ago the President hac
not yet proposed to change the de-
cisions of the Supreme Court by
adding new justices. And while New
Deal spending had been lavish, ii
had not reached the proportions
which showed the national debt be-
yond the old statutory limit OF
$45 900 600, 600 Nor had taxes beer
increased to the new heights which
now burden the American people.
Nor had the Presidents foreign
policy become an issue with many
Of the voters four years ago. To-
day there are many who fear that
Roosevelt. if reelected, will carry
this country into the war in Eu-
rope. 1t is true that his foreign
policy has been hailed by many
Republicans, but they are not likely
to support him in the coming elec-
tion-they will cast their votes for
Willkie.
1t looks as though the President
had slipped" considerably. Sena-
tor Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia
who has been a frequent critic OF
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of
and Republican whipped the
dissension " $4,000 go ~ GO
But Martin has philosophical complaints of his COL
leagues AS he told friend his own
na1 an there Is to it while
room comments that man. Wkie any
directed at the President from the Democratic coaroom
Agree to Disagree
Ihe question often asked "Why doesn't
more attention to the Republicans Conge According of his
else he figured
snort time Soon after
ne and great Republican
current issues And the
senate in
Inc draft good example
ead OF the Senate and WILKES running
Republican Congress
ne besged
mind IN favor the draft and he
that until Congress voted conpon hopeless
advice in that quarter.
Then too Wllkie
refusing the Father Charles Cogn
announced for Wike Wk Immediately
however that Republican
this statement pointing him that Coughntes
organized and politically powerful
accused Wike OF
censed by these calls He later told friends
advice he from the professional rather 20 his
alone.
At the conference of Wkie with
decided to develop
Republican
willing to listen and that he
Contrasts
In contrast to the Republicans few
others all peaceful and harmonious
orthodox leaders and the New Dealers alike consider
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able conceded that England will dispense
his services eventualy-ince lives forever.
Responsibility for Defense
On order Beginning at the Philadelphia convention
Republicans charged Roosevelt with responsibility for military
repeatedly Knocked reference the military
pertinent that the bulk Nations
rod Republicans and anNw Deal Democrats
responsible the delay the Of private
this csiswhh certainly did the world
To criticize Roosevelt order is TO criticize
industries filling oders attack
rather Deal administration
Government" 0. P
Minister 1887 During that
industry
France public this
accused of causing French weakness Yet it matter OF record
Blum strengthen deenses
extending the Magno Line the seang the through which
blocked the wealthy
the flight from the franc"
M
Daadier busnessmans government which had
the task of wiping out the Blum reforms
Laval Was Negototor
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which will follow if the present
haphazard and loose fiscal policies
aye continued"
This is strong language coming
from a prominent Democrat Of the
Senate. 1t is the kind of criticism
which has fallen on deaf ears in
the past. With an ever increasing
tax burden the chances are the
people will pay more attention in
the future.
The election of Sam Rayburn of
Texas to be Speaker Of the House
in the place of the late Speaker
William B. Bankhead has given to
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Texas both the speakership and
the vice presidency. 1t may well
be that Massachusetts will have the
distinction. however, of having both
the Democratic and Republican
leadership of the House. Repre-
sentative John w. Mccormack Of
Boston is likely selection of the
Democrats for majority leader
Many pledges have come to him
from. members Of the House from
various States outside his own.
Representative Joseph w. Martin,
jr., Of Massachusetts, already Is the
Republican leader Of the House.
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pledges from the Roosevelt admin
istration which will further en-
trench the c. I. o. In governmental
places in the event Roosevelt con-
tinues to have the appointing
power.
Reproduction Rights Reseryed)
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other day 81 Michigan A. F. L.. lead
ers pledged their support to Willkie.
Rumors have been current that
John Lewis was seriously thinking
of coming out for Willkie, but this
is being interpreted here merely as
meaning he is bargaining for
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fTeSlQeuL II u B
slipped" in a
big way with
many voters in
the U n | t e d
States. There is
no yardstick to
ON pare Mr..
Willkie'sstrength
in July with his
strength today.
He has never
run In an elec-
ton. But with
the President, 1t
Is different.
-Four years ago
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II was not M. Blum VINO dlcKe
M. Laval, who at one time came and
conferred on equal terms with our
own President Hoover. 1t was not
Blum but his conservative oppo-
nents who were in charge when
France met her worst defeat since
Waterloo. AS matter of fact. the
best parallel to F. D. r. is Winston
Churchill, who vainly tried to rouse
England to the Nazi danger while
his nation was being lulled by
Chamberlain and the British big
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Contrasts

prepared and polished by himself his aides
Rosenman able writer and presidential imported
White House last Presidents address
polishing prepared previously
other President talks
The Presidents address the teamsters
Wilkes talks which corrected
later We knows full we'll the risks he running but he believes
he effective than he tried carefully
statements.
dby North Amera Nevspape nianoe. .IncJ
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FClG dQllillllSli n -
tion, particu-
larly among the
= members of the
American Fed
GRAFTON Of La
Dor.
This fact, sus-
pected for sew
eral months. has
now been con-
hrmed by the
Gallup poll, but
what has not
been revealed is
the reason why
the workers are
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business who believed they
deal with Germany and buy Hitler of.
are some the answers OF the questions being raised
this
on From time to time as circumstances require the record will be
clear
Released Consolidated
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q ~ NAA1 O&4AlS
being, because
Of the unbeliev-
ably fierce bom-
bardment of the
British capital.
n o t h | n g but
short stories in.
dicating som e
outstanding acts
of heroism and
esi 6 n a t / on
of the besiesed
population are
getting through
in cabled dis
patches.
Whether moro
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good as over. The latest wisecrack
in White House circles is that its
too bad Willkie lost his voice. He's
our best campaigner. The glee of
the Democrats stems from Willkie S
weekend tour, which, to them at
least. proved that it was suicidal to
try to campaign nationally without
an elaborate research organizatio
and use of manuscripts.
The President rarely delivers a
Sneech that has not been carefully
Evening star., 1940-09-17
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

A questiun-just as important as
How much has Willkie slipped?"-
is How much has Roosevelt slip
ped?" AS compared to 1896, the
Evening star., 1940-09-17
We, the People
Some Of the Answers Given to Charges
Made by RooseveIt's Opposition
BY JAY FRANKLIN.

In the last few days the opposition President Roosevelt
loose few Of the and deomposed dead cats the disposal
O. P
redolent fnes attempt supply omen athe
The indispensable Man.
said that indispensable" This the
D. r. with added statement that
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7HE opinions OF the wers this page their
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented in The
Stars e1or to gipe all sides OF questions interest
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1940-09-17
Labor Seen
Forsoking.
New Deal
Wage and Hour Law
Found to Restrict
Pay Envelopes
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Gabor's vote, counted upon heavily
by the New Deal to sustain its
political strength. is showing a sig
nificant trend away from the Roose-
Evening star., 1940-09-17
The Capital Parade
Wilkes Alienation Of Professional Politicians
Viewed by Them as Biggest Mistake

Many professional politicians that Wendell WILKES greatest
mistake the alienation tho
Republican members Of Congress Beginning
nomination in Pladeph until short time excep
tons Wikie neglected members Of his politics business
He rather naturally chose to rely small friends
who helped plan his campaign These pride
selves being amateurs and have little distaste
politician expanded intimate circle bv adding
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that the President Is not America S
indispensable man-simply our best
trained and best qualified man for
the job of Chief Executive. To lose
his services in this crisis would be to
impose an unnecessary handicap
upon America, just as it would
handicap England to have a bomb
fall on Winston Churchill. Yet so
long as Churchill is up and doing,
-izland is far better of than she
would be under any of his conceiy-
Evening star., 1940-09-17
This
Changing
World
Britoin's Defense
Marked by Bravery
And Stoicism

BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.
The epic Of Great Britain's defense
is a story which will be written
some time and will read like best
selling thriller.
Evening star., 1940-09-17

1o" HIcII SUCII as bIuCt bdrCON,
four or five research workers and
one or two extra secretaries, but es-
sentially since he became the Re-
publican candidate, he has looked
for advice to old associates who are
dabbling for the first time In the
tricky game of a national election.
This has brought great resent
ment within the Republican party,
which Is now rather badly divided.
Probably the unhappiest man of all
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-15
Park Absorbs
Western Wilds
Removes 200, 900 Acres From
Path of Growing Cities
And Towns.

WASHINGTON. - Removed from
the potential path of growing cities
and towns, nearly 100000 acres of
Americas fast vanishing wilderness
recently were added to the sylvan
stretches of Olympic National park,
in Washington state.
"Set in the heart of Olympic PENN
sula-which faces Canada across
Juan de Fuca strait-the Olympic
National park is the nations young
est federal playground" says the
National Geographic society. "It
was provided for by act of congress
in June, 1888.
Holds Famous Rain Forests
"The 1910 addition to the park,
put into effect by recent presiden-
tial proclamation, brought to an al
ready extensive area. of nearly $50
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-15

authorities covering their five-day
absences.
Scout officials also announced that
consideration is being given to spec
ial Boy Scout Days at both Fairs.
Boy Scout Day at the New York
Worlds Fair last June 20 brought to-
gether $4,000 Boy Scouts and Scout
ers, the largest number of Scouts ever
assembled anywhere in the world.
More than $4,000 Scouts and leaders
took part in Boy Scout Day at the
Golden Gate Exposition last August
3.
Boy Scouts and their leaders inter-
ested in participating in the Boy
Scout Service Camp at the New York
Worlds Fair which opens May II and
closes October "a, or the Golden Gate
Exposition in San Francisco from
May % to Sept. 20 should inquire of
their local Boy Scout Councils for
further particulars.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-15

600 acres spectacular woodland
playground of mountains and
streams, hot springs, waterfalls,
and rolling fields of wild flowers.
The rain forests which long have
been an outstanding feature of the
Pacific Northwest are in the newly
acquired area. A result of heavy
rainfall and favorable climatic and
soil conditions, they stretch in vast
stands of fir, cedar, hemlock and
spruce-growing with tropical luxu-
rance up near the forty-eighth de-
gree of latitude. A thick under
growth of moss, vines and ferns
gives a junglelike appearance to
these towering forests that often rise
to heights of 300 feet. The average
rainfall of the region is 142 inches;
by contrast, on the other side of the
Olympic peninsula, it is less than IS
inches.
"Other tracts of territory added
clockwise around the edges of the
park, from northern Port Angeles
to the stream-watered slopes of the
west, include large public camp
grounds and winter-sports centers,
as well as additional peaks, lakes
and rapids offering new variety and
beauty in region already crowd
ed with natural wonders.
Hot Springs, Dragons Tears.
"In the park-which now occu-
pies 1856, All acres of an authorized
maximum of 898,292 acres-.here
are hundreds of species of wild flow
ers, and rushing mountain streams
and lakes filled with such anglers
game as rainbow and cutthroat
trout, eastern brook trout, Boards
lee trout, and the gamest of all,
steelhead.
with the recently extended acre
age, Olympic Hot Springs brought
81 new springs within the limits of
the park. Indians used to account
for this manifestation of nature by
the legend that the hot springs were
dragons tears. According to the
legend, two great dragons, Elwha
and Soleduck, fought a mighty bat
tie over the boundary line which
divided their relative possessions on
Olympic peninsula. The struggle,
which ended in a draw left both
so weary and wounded that they hid
themselves in their separate caves
and wept. The hot tears of the two
DRAGONS still bubble in-the valleys
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-15
BOY SCOUTS TO Be
ACTIVE AT WORLDS FAIR
Continued from page 81

Continued from page ~
trip, and writing not less than eigh
or ten newspaper articles about it."
A Pittsburgh, Pa, Scout wrote that
"the trip to the Fair and the oppor-
unity of living week inside the Fair
Grounds has been the greatest exper-
fence of my life. The fair looked like
a fairyland at night. One week at
the Fair can educate person more
than months of hard study"
Another Scout from Greenville, s..
c., said the experience gave him "a
great source of satisfaction to know
that we were rendering real service
to the public, to the World of Tomor-
row. and to Scouting"
At both Fairs the Boy Scouts Of
America will maintain displays of
handicraft, woodsraft, natural and
Scoutcraft by Scouts and Scouters
from all over the country. While
there will not be Scout camp at the
Golden Gate Exposition, Scouts of
western states will be invited to at
tend the Exposition and man their ex-
hibit.
Each Scout will pay his own trans
portation and a moderate fee for his
share Of food and other expenses at
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-15

of The two rivers which bear the
beasts names, 'Soleduck,' emptying
into the Pacific, and 'Elwha,' wind
ing northward to Juan de Fuca
strait.
Queen of Olympic park is glacier
crowned Mount Olympus, rising
5000 fett. The Olympic mountains,
of which Mount Olympus is but one
of a series of rugged peaks, were
not discovered by white men until
1774, when a Spanish sea captain
reported the sighting of their jagged
SUBMITS from his ship in the Pacific.
Later, an Englishman, John Mears,
named Mount olympus, traditional
home of the gods"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-15
BERRY WEEVIL
PASSES WINTER
in ADULT AGE

The strawberry weevil is about 1-S
inch long, dark chestnut brown to al
most black in color with a small white
SPOT on the outside base of the wing
covers. 1t has a snout about 1-2 as
long as the body and may be found
readily on the open flowers. The
strawberry weevil passes the winter
in the adult stage. 1t hibernates in
trash along fence rows, terraces and
wood edges near strawberry fields.
In the spring it leaves it's winter quar-
tiers adm enters the strawberry fields
after the strawberry buds are formed
and before the blossoms open. The
weevil lays an egg in the. strawberry
bud and then girdles the stem of that
bud so that the bud falls to the
ground where sufficient moisture is
maintained for the development of the
grub. The grub feeds within the bud
for about four weeks and then trans
forms into the pupa or resting stage.
After few weeks the pupa trans
forms into the adult weevil, which
feeds on various plants including
strawberry, wild blackberry, raspber-
nv, dewberry and cinquefoil. 1t final
ly goes into Information quarters and
remains there until the following
spring.
In some years the strawberry Wee
vii may do very serious damage, de-
pending altogether upon the extent to
which the buds are set. In year
of very heavy bloom, the injury may
be very slight owing to the excess
bloom; but in years when the bloom
is not produced in excess, the injury
may become quite serious. The num-
Der of buds cut may run from as low
as 8 to Is per cent up to as high as
20 per cent.
Insecticides. Dust the strawberry
plants when the first buds begin to
push out of the crown and follow this
with a second APPLICATION just before
the first buds begin to open. This
is the most effective control measure
known. The material used is compos-
ed of 85 parts of sulphur and Is parts
of either calcium arsenate or lead ar
senate. It is known as 1918 dust.
This dust can be applied with an or
binary hand buster or power buster
or on small patches with horse muz-
zle buster or from muslin bag. 1t
should be applied when the wind We
locity is very low, usually in the early
morning or late in the afternoon or
night.
Sanitation measures. The adult
beetle passes the winter on terrace
banks, grass patches, fence rows and
in woods adjoining the strawberry
fields. If these places are carefully
burned in the spring before the wee
wills become active, many of them will
be destroyed and better crop of ear
.ly berries may be expected.
Fire Precaution. Any burning for
the control of the strawberry weevil
should be done under controlled con-
ditions.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-15
Elderly Women Seek
Certificates of Birth

CHARLESTOWN, w. VA.-Two
women drew attention standing in
line to get birth certificates be-
fore the deadline for Tightening
the regulations.
They wanted to register under
the old law requiring sworn state
ment of physician or persons in
attendance at birth instead of a
new one calling for baptismal
records and the like.
Both were SO years old.