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Evening star., 1940-10-05
Savings Figures for June
Doubled Durinq July

People put $13s, ,285 900 into saw
ings, building and loan associations
In July, more than twice as much as
in June, the United States Savings
and Loan League estimates. This
was the second most active month
Of the year in receipt of new funds.
January having seen the inflow of
$17l 100000. The money put to use
in these thrift and home financing
institutions represented a gain of
7 per cent over the July, 1889, re-
ceipts from investors.
Morton Bodflsh. executive vice
president Of the league. says that
the July margin over the same
month of 1889 was in line with saw
ings activity noted in previous
months this year. OF the years
Evening star., 1940-10-05
REAL ESTATE.

first seven months, only June
showed fewer dollars invested In
savings and loan institutions than
during the same month the year
before.
July is traditionally the second
best month of the year for intake
OF funds from savings and loan
members, the league executive said.
The seasonal upturn from June to
July this year, however, was consid-
erably greater than for 1899, he said,
comparing this years 100 per cent
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vances have by no means generally
followed wholesale advances.
Labor costs are increasing in some
cities. but the commonest situation
over the country is still q stable one
in labor costs for home building. In
creases reported are seldom sharp.
In regions where war preparedness
industries are offering compare
lively high wages, both labor costs
and labor supply for home building
is under pressure. Shortage or ap-
preaching shortage of good skilled
workmen is not uncommon situ-
alton.
Three rises in the last four week"
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than 10 per cent rise in one-sixth OF
the cities. 1t has gone to 20 per cent
or higher in one-ffteenth of the
cities. In addition, a fraction had
increases but fail to state the
amount.
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Materials
Continued From First Page.)

sion. The building business suffered
more from depression than any
other major industry. During that
period there was no incentive for
apprentices to enter the field. Many
building workers were forced into
other lines of endeavor to gain a
living
Government housing agencies are
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gain with the 86 per cent rise at
the same point Of 1889.

Altogether the first seven months
of 1910 have seen the cfannellng OF
IS per cent more money into tbs
home-lending field by way Of In
vestments in savings and loan asso-
Citations than took place the same
period of the previous year. said
Mr.. Bodfish. "A net gain Of S791.-
959 900 for the period has resulted
and this is approximately $28. .000, 900
more than the net gain in 1882"
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River Terrace IN WASHINGTON
standpoint Millions of dollars this Wsshingons
better locations Thousands Of beautiful Homes have recently butthou
sands under large buildings
itself will have 900 than FOUR MILL ION DOLLARS
Evening star., 1940-11-08
Labor Bourd Prospect

Reports that appear to be we'll
founded again have DR.. Harry A.
Mills, professor emeritus of eco
nomics at the University of Chicago,
slated for a place on the National
Labor Relations Board-an appoint
ment that would be received gen.
orally with satisfaction.
Over the span of many years, DR..
Mills has earned an enviable repu-
tation in the adjustment of labor
difficulties. He was member of the
old National Labor Relations Board
which preceded the present organ
ization; frequently has been pressed
into service in a mediatory role on
issues Of national scope and, to en-
phasize further the regard in which
he is held by employe and employer
alike, only recently was chosen per-
manent umpire on labor disputes for
the General Motors Corp. and the
C. I. o. United Automobile Workers.
DR.. Mills would succeed to the
Craftsmanship that has been vacant
since the term of ]. Warren Madden
expired in August, and unquestion-
ably would exert a desirable infiu-
ence on the board. President
Roosevelt recognized the need for
administrative reform there by the
appointment of DR.. William NJ.
Leiserson, but accomplishment was
limited by the fact that DR.. Leiserson
usually was in the minority on most
split decisions while Chairman Mad
den was in Office. Since that time, the
opposing viewpoints represented by
DR.. LeiserSon and Edwin S. Smith,
the other member, simply have
brought about deadlockS on Impor-
tant matters that precluded final
action, and the functioning of the
board has been handicapped corre-
Spondingly.
The appointment of Dr. Mills per-
haps would lessen the demand for
drastic changes in the Labor Rela-
tions Act, or at least until an oppor-
tunity had been afforded to observe
the operation of the law under new
direction. The House already has
voted overwhelmingly for the Smith
bill to overhaul the act and separate
the prosecutive and judicial func-
tions of the board, but the fact that
distaste for methods of enforcement
rather than for the legislation itself
was responsible for much of the op-
position was made rather clear in the
passage by an equally impressive
majority of the Walter-Logan bill to
curb all administrative agencies.
When DR.. Mills name was first
mentioned in connection with the
Labor Board vacancy about two
months ago, it was understood that
his reluctance to accept the post,
coupled with pressure to restore Mr..
Madden to the Craftsmanship, stood
in the way of the appointment. But
Mr.. Madden is hardly receiving fur
ther consideration and it we'll may be
hoped that the choice will fall on
DR.. Mills or some one equally fitted
by temperament and ability for
service on the board.
Evening star., 1940-11-08
Urges Remedy"
For Solid South.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
In a solid block of Southern States
extending without break from neigh
boring Virginia clear through to Texas,
the great Republican party continues to
be hisseo and loathed by millions calling
themselves American.
We pride ourselves on the alleged fact
that we as people are sold on the great
American principle, that the meanest of
our citizens is free to express himself or
herself politically, yet we have revealed
in every election for the greater part of
a century the fact that in a closely-knit
section Of our great country this great
American principle is not permitted free
ly to express itself.
Is there anything in the nature of
remedy for this patiently anti-American
condition? Now that the bittenesses
and the antagonisms and strife of our
late national political struggle are be-
ginning to fade and all people, ire
spective of political affiliation, generously
will extend full support to the winner, it
is time we addressed ourselves to a pain
fully sore condition that should not be
permitted longer to continue.
November 9. s. SALOMAN.
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world" which, however bleak, was
worth the trouble of investigation.
But it is principally to Charles
Wilkes, an officer of the United States
Navy, that latter-day interest in the
South Polar area traces back. He
was sent by Congress to check on the
reports Of James Weddell, to visit the
most southerly point mentioned by
Cook and, especially, 'to make an
attempt to penetrate within the
Antarctic region, south of Van Die
mems Land, and as far west as longi-
tude as degrees East or to Enderby
Land" 'In spite Of great difficulties," !"
says F. Debenham of Cambridge
University, he fulfilled bis pro-
gramme."
The reports Of Wilkes, however,
were challenged when, in 1842, they
first were published. A controversy
ragged for the better part of century
over his insistence that he really had
seen terra firma where he thought
he had. English writers commonly
denied his contention. But Shackle-
ton, Scott and Mawson, as well as
Charcot, NordenSkjold and Amund-
sen, have proven him justified. The
current enterprises of Rear Admiral
Richard E. Byrd constitute whatever
present guarantee of the continued
concern of the United States in the
Antarctic field Of inquiry may be
desired.
Evening star., 1940-11-08
The Debt Limit

The announcement that Secretary
Morgenthau will ask Congress to in
crease the debt limit to sixty or sixty
five billion dollars again directs pub
lie attention to the grave problem of
the Nations finances. Though the
two tax bills approved by Congress
this year will produce a substantial
amount of additional revenue, the
Treasury faces another huge deficit,
and there is every indication that
its borrowings will drive the national
debt, before the end of the present
fiscal year, to the statutory limit of
forty-nine billions. The rearmament
program will necessitate the expen-
diture of vast sums, and no matter
what the cost, the American people
are at one in their insistence that the
country be ringed with an impreg-
nable line of defense, by sea, land
and air.
Though defense spending undoubt-
edly will require lifting Of the debt
limit, it Is by no means clear that
an increase of fifteen or twenty bill
lions, as proposed by Secretary Nor
genthau, actually is needed. II the
increase is too large, there is danger
that it will encourage governmental
extravaganza. Receipts from taxes
may exceed present estimates. This
is another reason for not imme-
diately increasing the debt limit by
as large an amount as that favored
by Mr.. Morgenthau.
Before increasing the debt limit and
voting new taxes Congress should
insist that non-defense spending be
reduced to the absolute minimum
necessary to maintain essential Gov
ernment functions. With employ
nent in private industry rapidly ex-
panding under the stimulus of the
preparedness program, the country
has the right to expect in the near
future a large reduction in disburse-
naents for public relief. A diligent
search undoubtedly will reveal oppor-
thnities for sizable savings in other
Government activities, not directly
related to defense.
In recommending that all the fu-
ture issues of governmental securi-
Evening star., 1940-11-08
Wushington's Welcome

President Roosevelt's popularity
with most of his fellow residents in
the Nations Capital was amply dem
onstrated by the enthusiastic recep-
ton accorded him upon his return to
Washington yesterday as President
elect.
1t is true that a majority of the
100000 men, women and children
who lined the streets to greet Mr..
Roosevelt had been given time off
from work or school for that purpose.
But there was no organized attempt
to get the people out, no political
bosses to stage synthetic demon
stration. No one who listened to the
cheers of the throng and watched
the thousands who raced up Penn
Sylvania avenue to get a longer look
at Mr.. Roosevelt can doubt that the
welcome was genuine to the core.
This high esteem in which the
President is held by majority of the
people is good omen for the future.
In the days that lie ahead Mr.. Roose-
velt will have decisions to make
which may create deep dissension.
The future path of national leader
ship will not be an easy one, and
errors Of judgment undoubtedly will
be made. But our foreign relations,
on the whole, have been conducted
skillfully and courageously in the
past, and the President may be ex-
pected to adhere to the same high
standards in the future. And If some
particular decisions should prove
unpopular, as is to be expected, the
admiration and public confidence
demonstrated yesterday and in the
national election will be an incalcu-
lably important asset, both to the
President and to the country.
Evening star., 1940-11-08
Argues Aid for Britain
As an American Policy.

To the Editor of The Star
Very often we find those who do not
want to give any aid to Britain telling
us that such aid as we might give would
be futile; that in order to make our aid
effective We must be prepared to back
it up with troops, and that unless we
do this we will find ourselves facing
an angered and determined Germany
commanding the continent of Europe.
But will such ideas stand any real
test? We must remember that the
sooner Germany conquers Britain, the
sooner she will be in position to chal-
lenge us. We must also remember that
the longer Britain holds out, the longer
we will have to build up our defense
production to the point where it will be
on a par or superior to that of Ger
many. Even if Britain should lose
during the next year, whatever materiel
which we could send would be very
wisely sent because the fact we are
sending 1t has a strong psychological
effect upon the Germans, to say moth
ing of the effect it has on the morale
OF the EngllSh people.
Can we be so sure that the war on
the continent will go as smoothly for
Hitler as he expects it will? Both
Germany and Italy need oil and need
it badly, and if the war drags on into
another winter after this one, the peo-
pie of the whole continent will need
food.
Those who look at the defeating of
Germany as an inch-by-inch conquer
ing of all territory held by the axis
powers are hardly realistic. If we adopt
the policy of giving whatever aid We
can to the enemies of these powers and
doing all we can to organizing resist
ance wherever it can be organized, we
may find that by aiding others to
fight their battles for themselves we
actually aid them in fighting our battles
for US. CLARENCE ARMSTRONG.
Evening star., 1940-11-08
State
BonuVenture

"A Rocky Isle of the Gaspe PentnSIlGJ
Oh, Crag, inviolats resting place Of
wings,
Your storm-laShed shoulders lean
against the sky,
And at your feet the cold, blue ocean
filings
Its laundering answer to the sea birds
cry.
Peopled with fishhawk, cormorant and
gull,
Your rifted crevices the gannets
home
Harshly you cradle these wild, beauti-
full
Inheritors of rock and sky and foam.
When summer winds are sweet across
the sea,
A million rushing wings in eager fight
Flash from your cliffs to wheel be-
wilderingly
In intricate designs of dazzling light.
And on the waves below, as on a glass
Patterns Of woven sun and shadow PASS
INEz BARKLEY KIRBY.
Evening star., 1940-11-08
Industrial Teamwork

With the cry for national unity
being heard on all sides, it Is impera-
tive that the movement to close
ranks should apply not only to par
tiSan groups, but to economic classes.
Both presidential candidates in the
recent campaign said, in SO many
words or in effect, that only the
productive can be strong, only the
strong can be free" There cannot
be maximum strength in the Amer
lean democracy in this critical hour
without maximum production of the
instruments of defense. And there
cannot be maximum production for
defense If there is industrial unrest
if there is pickering between buSi-
ness and Government, or between
labor and Government or between
business and labor, or between fac
tions within any of these essential
components of a working democracy.
In the past all three members of
this vital trio have been guilty
of faulty teamwork. Government
SpokeSmen and administrators have
given business and labor elements
cause for grievance. Business has
given the Government and labor
reason to complain. Labor has given
business and Government variety
Of worries. Such diSSenSionS are
dangerously enervating at a time
when coordination of productive
efforts is so necessary. Just as no
good could come now of government
tai oppression of private industry, so
would it be ineXcuSable for business
to sulk over past Wrongs-real or
fancied. AS a matter of fact, the
political campaign just ended has
made it plain that Government, en-
ployerS and workers are in general
agreement on the social objectives
of the Roosevelt administration, de-
spite differences over methods of
attaining and administering the re-
forms. The times call as never
before for wise and impartial admin
iStration of these reforms and whole
hearted compliance with them on
the part of every one. Labor, too,
must place its house in order. 1t
Is a matter of real concern for the.
Nation to have labor divided into
warning camps. 1t is encouraging to
note that there is on foot new move
to bring about an early reconcilia-
ton of the American Federation of
Labor and the Congress of Indus
trial Organizations.
Government, business and labor
have obligations to one another and
to the country as a whole, obligations
that require subordination of self,
coordination of energies and the
making of sacrifices in the public
interest. Only by wholehearted, un-
selfish teamwork can a democracy
make itself fit to survive in this
evil era.
Evening star., 1940-11-08
Claims in Anturcticu

Whether or not the United States
has valid claims to parts of the
Antarctic Continent may be de-
batable, but there can be no question
about the discoveries made in the
South Polar regions during the past
hundred years by citizens of this
country. Chile's "hopes to assure
herself of participation in any future
development" of the still largely un-.
explored territory has prompted the
filing of a demand for everything
lying between So and 80 degrees west
longitude.
The scope of the stipulation of the
Santiago government includes "all
lands, islands, isletS, reefs, pack-ice
and other landmarks known or to be
discovered and respective territorial
sea-" BY inference deposits of coal
and oil supposed to exist in the
designated triangle are the properties
particularly desired. 1t has been
explained that the Chilean author
tiles base their contention on the
theory that the Andes range sub
merges in the straits named for Sir
Francis Drake and reappears in
mountains alleged to reach an eleva-
ton of twelve thousand feet above
the level of the frozen sea.
Chile, so far as readily available
records show, has not participated to
any notable degree in the effort to
map the Antarctic portion of the
globe. Such neglect, of course, may
not affect her ambitions adversely;
yet, in justice to the legitimate enter
prises of other nations, it necessarily
should be taken into account. Early
expeditions into the regions south OF
the Equator were those of Bartholo-
NEW Diaz in 1887, Magellan in 1920,
Schouten and Lemaire in 1915. The
voyages of these men and those Of
their uccessors-Cook, Smith, Bel
lingshausen, Morrell, Biscoe, Kemp,
Balleny, D'Urville and many others
confirmed the belief of speculative
scientists in the existence of third
Evening star., 1940-11-08
Blames People for Repeal
OF Prohibition Law.

To the Editor of The Star:
Hundred Per Cent American. whose
letter was published in The Star for
November 2, expressed his views as to
why no good American should vote for
President Roosevelt for a third term.
I want to reply to the first para
graph of his letter, in which he stated
that the church people never will for
give the President for the repeal of
prohibition.
Could Mr.. Roosevelt repeal the eight
eenth amendment unassisted? The
professed Christian people have fallen
down on their job. When the matter
was referred to the States, many of the
church people were so thirsty or be-
lieved revenue should be collected from
the sale of liquor that they either voted
for repeal or were too Indifferent to
exert themselves to vote against repeal.
I am glad I voted Tuesday for Mr..
Roosevelt. I would have been ungrate-
full had not done so, as he has been
benefactor to common humanity.
LUCY P. EASTWOOD.
Evening star., 1940-11-08
THIS AND THAT
By Charles z. TrdceDeH.

Walking in the woods in the fall is
traditional American exercise.
There are not only the wonderful dis
plays of turning leaves, but the keen air,
the general feeling Of well being, the
communion with birds and the last Of
the leaves and flowers.
The National Capital is fortunate in
having many large and beautiful park
systems, notably among them, OF course,
being Rock Greek Park.
Here is all the woods most city people
will want, but real woods, for all the
evidences of care and civilization.
Even the ground of the National Zoo
logical Park, which are, in truth, a part
of the greater park, are wild enough to
suit most city dwellers.
Here it is possible, on any sunny after
noon, to get real taste of nature. Some
way most Of us require nature in large
doses to feel that we are getting the real
thing 1t is not every one who can take
a suburban backyard and see in it all
that can be found in a great forest.
If you have imagination, you can do 1t,
but it takes imagination, and nothing
else. And even the person with real
imagination can recharge his stores Of
it by going to the forests now and then.
Just how large a piece Of woods has
to be to merit the name forest" we do
not know, but imagine that imagination
has a greater part to play here than
might be imagined by some
A small boy in clump of tree imagines
he is an Indian in the forest.
n X Il
People do not use their imaginations
half enough.
1t is common to see some one with
fine new electric phonograph which can
be turned up" so that you can hear it
a mile" thinking he is having greater
enjoyment than one who has only small
machine.
If the latter has plenty Of musical
imagination, however, he can supply
easily enough the lack Of physical power,
and maybe the amount Of real tone
which is missing. He hears what the
| composer intended Can the man with
the big machine be sure he does as
much?
%* \
No, there is nothing in this world
which will take the place Of imagination,
whether in the woods or in the city or
| in the music room, or in war or in peace.
We need imagination to see ahead and
| to spur us on.
There is no imagination needed, how
ever, to see the first snowbird, or junco,
which comes with the first snow.
Sure enough, there he was, on the very
first snowy day, even though that day
came days before it should have come,
and earlier than any first snow in the
| annals of the Weather Bureau.
! There was the faithful snowbird, quite
| living up TO his name, hopping around
with the other sparrows beneath the big
rose vine, picking up seeds as ne went at
the feeding station.
He had just come from the far north
and had suddenly found conditions ex-
actly TO his liking Now he has flown
back 10 tell his friends, and when the
next snow comes, there will be flock Of
| juncos, not just one faithful scout.