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Evening star., 1940-07-15
A Timely SAVING

The prospective eventual saving to
the District OF 81 1000, 900 through re-
duction of the 4 per cent interest rate
on the loan portion of its $18, $50, 900
P. w. A. program is most gratifying
to local taxpayers, especially in view
OF the increased burdens they are
assuming as their share Of the cost
OF national security. This timely say
Ing was effected primarily by the
District Commissioners, who per-
suaded Congress and Federal officials
TO remove financial handicap under
which the District government had
functioned in relation to the repay
ment of this P. w. A. loan. Especially
Is credit due Colonel David McCoach,
jr, who conceived the plan of saving.
Unlike other municipalities, the
District government cannot issue re-
funding bonds without the consent
OF Congress. From the outset there
fore 1t obtained P. w. A. loans under
authorization Of special legislation
fixing minimum annual reimburse
ments payable from local revenues.
Under the current act, the loan por-
ton of $685., 500 was repayable in
this manner at not less than $500 900
annually over the twenty-five year
period Of amortization. Other NUM-
cipalities benefited from the more
lenient provisions Of the Federal
P.W. A. law. They were able to offer
their own bonds to the agency as
security and many OF them borrowed
the full amount Of the principal and
interest from private investors at
considerably less than the P. w. A.
interest rate.
The Commissioners succeeded in
convincing Congress that the District
financing. in all fairness, should be
put on a more equitable basis. Sec.
retary of the Treasury Morgenthau
and the Budget Bureau were in ac-
cord on the plan to reduce the in
terest rate on the loan to approxi-
mately the level at which the Dis
trict might have borrowed by selling
bonds to the public. The amortiza-
ton period also has been reduced to
fifteen years.
The lowest interest rate anticipated
by Col. McCoach was 2 per cent.
which he estimated would save the
District possibly $2,5OO,O00. He, as
well as the taxpayers, were agreeably
surprised when the rate agreed upon
was fixed at 1.677 per cent. The Dis
trict now can effect a greater saving
without the need Of abandoning its
economically sound pay-as-you-go
policy.
Such economies are praiseworthy
at any time but especially in these
days when penny pinching for vital
public expenditures is so essential
1t is gratifying to realize that the
Alley Dwelling Authority, also, is TAX
ing advantage of considerable in
terest savings in connection with its
sizable obligations for local public
housing under an arrangement spon-
sored by the United States Housing
Authority. During the construction
period OF projects it is borrowing
from banks on offerings of short term
notes at rates considerably under
those which the U. s. H. A. is re-
quired by law to charge.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Democrats Convene

AS tIe OeleGaCeS TO the Democratic
National Convention assembled in
Chicago today for the opening ses-
sion there seemed to be little likeli-
hood that President Roosevelt can
be renominated by acclamation If
he decides to run for a third term.
That the President can have the
nomination il he wants it is a fore
gone conclusion. Probably the de-
mand for him will assume the pro-
portions Of draft" movement, but
that unanimity of party feeling
which would be implied through
nomination by acclamation appears
to be beyond the reach of those
ardent third-termers who are rep
resenting the President at the con-
vention
The principal stumbling block to
achievement of the desired appear
ance of solidarity is Postmaster Gen.
eral Farley, who insists that his
name will be submitted to the con-
vention, come what may. And II
Mr.. Farley sticks to that determina-
ton the names of other candidates.
Senator Wheeler and Vice President
Garner-also may be put in nomi-
nation.
For reasons which may or may not
be important, the strategists Of the
third-term movement are extremely
anxious to dissuade other candidates,
and particularly Mr.. Farley, from
making fight for the nomination.
Unless the President should un-
equivocally remove himself from the
race, Mr.. Farley has no chance of
being selected as the candidate.
Since no one knows that better than
the Postmaster General himself, his
candidacy could be interpreted only
as a protest against violation Of the
twe-term tradition, q protest which
the Roosevelt supporters want to
forestall If it is at all possible to do so.
At best, it would be difficult for
MIR. Roosevelt's hackers to present
him to the country as third-term
candidate who had consented to run
only at the unanimous insistence of
his party. That is a fiction which
would have to be maintained under
any circumstances with crossed fin
gers, and If so eminent Democrat
as Mr. Farley should indicate his
disapproval by seeking the nomi-
nation himself no amount of camou-
fage could conceal the fact that
the third term was forced upon the
party. or upon respected elements
within 1T, rather than upon the
President.
In view of these considerations it
Is not surprising that final disclosure
of the intentions of Mr.. Farley is
being awaited with such great in
terest. In sense, he is the man OF
the hour at Chicago, for if there is
to be third-term race he will de-
termine whether that tradition
made issue Is to be dressed up for
the voters or presented in clear-cut
form.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Wants National Defense
Kept Out Of Politics.
To the Editor of The Star:

In his request on Congress for an adj
ditional 5000 900 900 for national de-
fense, the President asserted "We will
not send our men to take part in Euro
pean wars" presumably referring to the
present war. In view Of the fact that 1t
is now militarily impossible to land an
army on European soil, statement that
I'VE will not send our men to take part
in war on the inhabitants of Mars"
would have been just as pertinent.
However, the New Deal holds q ma
tional convention next week and the
Presidents non-belligerency will be
noted and his policy Incorporated In the
platform. Non-interventionists will be
Modified and comforted. Would it be
possible to keep national defense out of
politics and not have it made a smoke
screen for past mal-administration?
July IL. A. S. B.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Lists Points in Favor
OF Conscription.

VI ConScf1pu0n. .. ..-..
To the Editor Of The Star:
Recently group Of educators, clergy,
writer's and business leaders sponsored q
resolution on the proposal to raise an
Army by conscription. Part Of the reso-
luton dealt with the desirability Of hav-
ing small Army more completely
mechanized rather than a larger one
trained along traditional lines. With
this part Of their statement few will
have any criticism. That is a question
which should be debated and discussed.
Only in this way can we clarity our mill
tary policy and build the best possible
Army to defend our country from its
enemies.
But unfortunately most of the dec
laration dealt with other subjects wholly
alien to the problem Of whether we
should conscript an Army or not. It
dealt with the premises underlying con-
scription and the premises of totan-
tarianism. It is ridiculous for those indi-
viduals to assume that because these
have elements in common that they are
the same. They spoke Of millions Of
Europeans who have ned Europe in the
past to escape conscription. But they
do not show that those individuals were
seeking to escape totalitarianism nor
that totalitarianism has been in the
least caused by CONSUMPTION. If there are
individuals in this country who desire
to flee from conscription it is their priv
ilege to do so just as those who fed
from Europe did.
They speak Of conscription being con-
trary to American tradition but, even
If We should agree that it IS, we must
also remember that we are facing other
things which are even more contrary
to that same tradition. Even If we were
to agree that conscription were bad un-
der normal peacetime conditions, the
whole question of CONSUMPTION to raise
. wartime Army before 1t is absolutely
needed is left unanswered.
Those who are raising the question are
either using 1t as smoke screen to hide
their totalitarian sympathies or else are
unwittingly playing into the hands Of
the very people they talk about despis-
ing and fearing. 1t has been one Of the
policies of the Nazi groups to point an
accusing finger at some one else 50 as to
be left to carry out their own plans
unmolested. It is of interest to the Nazis
and others to keep the country unpre-
pared to fight and to keep 1t as disor-
ganized as possible. We must recognize
that it is not the country with the
strong central government and the
strong and effective army and unified
and progressive outlook on the problems
that confront 1t that falls prey to the
forces of totalitarianism, but rather the
country with weak central government
which knows not which way to turn next
and which has nothing more than ira
ditional policy with which to meet its
problems. @
If democracy is going to stand up
under. the test, 1t must be democracy
reused to fighting spirit. It may well
be that conscription is bad thing even
at the present time, but I think we are
wasting our time and clouding the issue
by bringing the threat Of totalitarianism
into It.
The question before us is both to raise
IN effective Army before 1t is too late
and 3 light ths forces whinh ase wegk.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
THIS AND THAT
? BY Charles Z. Trace,oeH.

song makes him. His roll is more on the
order Of that Of = steam hammer, with
out any particular rhythm.
Indeed, the Use which composers have
made Of bird song ideas will appeal as
rather slight in view Of the undoubted
contribution which the songsters have
made.
In some compositions the clucking of
the hen has been simulated, or the
cuckoo's notes have been used, but q
mechanical clock can do as well.
Beethoven, in his Pastoral" SYM
phony, the 9Th, used an instrumental
imitation Of both the quail and the
cuckoo, but scarce can be said to have
used them except as mere ornamenta-
,tion to the deeper strains Of the section
entitled "by the brook"
Just as his subsequent depletion of the
storm cannot be said to have used any
real sounds of thunderstorm, so the
brook scene rather suggests birds than
initiates them.
Much the same can be said of Haydn's
quartet, sometimes called "The Bird"
The birds" are suggested merely. by a
certain twittering By the first violins. II
it were not for the fact that this section
of the quartet has been known among
musical people as "the bird" there is ex-
treme doubt whether any listener would
ever know the notes were supposed to
suggest bird music
Such things as Critics "White Pea
cock" or pieces variously labeled Swan"
rather try to depict the grace of motion
Of the birds than the sounds they make.
Schubert's "Hark, Hark, the Lark"
gives no idea Of the lark's song, but
rather a mental picture, by means of
notes, of its soaring and singing.
Almost any kind OF rapid chirping
sound by violin will give the average
listener an idea of birds, whether they
are really based on bird songs or not.
Our idea is that some composer, some
day, is going to make himself so familiar
with the songs of the birds that their
melodies will become part of him. When
he writes music he will write it as birds
might, If they could.
Then the result will be far different
from anything we have today. The great
composers, while intrigued by bird songs,
never made any particular study of
them. The only man who ever studied
them long enough to put them all down
on paper was not composer
When a real composer turns bird
student long enough to become filled
with the songs Of these creatures, he
will then be able to write down their
songs in such way that the melodies
will be translated into human music
rather suggesting the glory of the wild
free bird life than trying to initiate a
few notes with a flexible bow. In this
way the song Of the wood thrush in time
will come to have a meaning for all hu-
manity, not just for one listener here
and there who is ahead of the times
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Reasoning Of Third Term
Advocates Called Ridiculous.

70 the Editor Of The Star:
In order to save democracy certain
New Dealers have maintained that it
will be necessary for Mr.. Roosevelt to
defy the third-term tradition and run
again. Since when has this great Ma
ton become dependent on any single
individual? According to this line Of
ridiculous reasoning the country will be
lost if F. D. r. Is removed from the po-
litical picture.
Such political poppycock, promoted by
self-seeking oflice holders, or hero wor-
shippers, is hardly calculated to impress
or influence true Americans In any party.
No deal" new or old, can be perpetuated
under our form Of Government. Sooner
or later, when the cards are reshunded, q
fresh and different game" gets under
way. This is inevitable.
When, and If, our Nation is forced to
rely on any one man in order to carry
on successfully, true democracy will be
dead and the spectre Ola dictatorship
darken our horizons.
EDMUND K. GOLDsBOROUGH.
July L.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Curling Hungary

If the Hungarians are not already
aware Of 1t, they must soon-by the
sheer pressure Of evidence realize
that their part in Eastern European
politics is that of a lackey to the
axis, taking the crumbs which fall
from the axis table and refraining
from any action, no matter how
much in their own interest. which
Evening star., 1940-07-15

The young Homo sapiens, scientists
declare, has love Of water inherited
from its most remote ancestors. Is
1t not curious how one little cake Of
soap can change this affection to
lcathtng?
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1Driter, although the use OF
a pseudonyn1 for publication Is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters Utth
q vietD to condensation.
Evening star., 1940-07-15

The little letter &c" now is not only
the most frequently used in the
alphabet, but its presence or absence
can sometimes be Of prime impor-
tance. For instance, what vast
difference between the words crack
eter" and "racketeer."
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Huskin Service
To Star Reuders

Besides answering questions the Has
kin Service offers information on vari
Gus subjects In booklet form for . smal
cost and handling charge.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Approves Roundup
OF Migrants.
10 the Editor Of The Star:

OF Warrants.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Park Policeman Bernard ]. Beckman
should be commended for his work in
rounding up vagrants, as Washington
seems to be = haven for them. Why are
not the homes and missions, where they
are now housed In the shadow of the
Capitol made to move elsewhere?
There have been hundreds Of complaints
from woman shoppers crossing Seventh
street to cars and buses concerning the
insulting remarks from these loafers.
July 10 .. n. ,.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
The Art of Neediework

Needlework Is . pleasant and profitl
able hobby. A 32-page illustrated book
let containing instruction On knitting
crocheting and embroidering, a well a
more practical sewing and mendins, hal
just been published. To order, inclose Il
cents in coin wrapped in this clipping.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-06
Japanese Wonder About Wornino

Japanese looking of
negotiations
Hull TO issue
in
together
United States Fleet in the Pacific makes the and
confident of themselves
battle between Germany
% knockout which the Germans promised
oklo month"; Japanese
hmk tha maybe the British less than they thought
Inc Npponese transports full of
french Netherlands
De zone
TO be seriously concerned defense
Strange as 1t may there still
Toxic who quietly warning the Emperor that quite conceivable
bite
The Japanese proudly
methods coercion An occasional political murder something differ
en but none of the means adopted by their toaran
adopted
Inc real reason is
emperor won't things
that liberals in
meantime they do no harm they
publicly.
These people Europe and are
caulonng Emperor
perdy OF the white
order to obtain they
Some OF the Japanese politicians
trouble
stances unless he knew something they don't
sometimes
SOUTH they find what behind warning
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-06

is writer who has turned out al
most as many good stories as Chan
cellor Hitler has bad promises. For
4O-odd years his trade has been
yarns guaranteed to keep the reader
tense and tender-eyed. And you
can safely bet $40 COW against a
plugged nickel that until the COM
mitteeman brought his chief char.
acters together in a final clinch
Candidate Willkie never budged,
barely breathed.
Close on to so now, Mr.. Kelland
has come handsome way nothing
personal in that since he got a re-
porting job on the Detroit News.
He says that he spent his first seven
years learning his trade. Now 7
could write in a boiler factory"
Actually he probably does most of
his work in his pleasant Port WASH
ington, Long Island, home.
Crisp, pint-sized Miss Janet Levin.
a teacher of Author Kelland years
ago in Michigan where he was born,
once quoted half a dozen authori-
ties to support her claim that he
wrote better dialogue than any,
body twice his weight. This would
mean Just about everybody. Be-
cause Mr.. Kelland, practically in
visible behind an ordinary broom
stick, has been just too plain busy
to build himself up to broad pro-
/ portions.
/ He sits at his typewriter from
a m. to l pm, daily, whaling out
four or five novels a year and
enough short stories to choke a
super production straight line unit
press. And all of them goodI So
/ good that once, in five months, he
wrote himself out of bankruptcy
That was in 1888. The date may
explain why his political affection
turns to Willkie instead of that
other fellow.
tReleased by Consolidated News Features)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-06

OF Hltler'S latest freoeric William Whe.
boast that the Nazi air force soon
will bring the British to their knees.
The sailorman in question processes
continued optimism about the sit
uation." He will remain in that
mood las long as Britain retains
command of the sea-" He doubts
very much If Germany will ever
undertake to land troops in the
British Isles while the Kingdoms
naval supremacy exists" The au-
thority here quoted represents that
school of American strategic thought
which has always held and still
holds that the main Nazi effort will
be directed toward knocking out
British shipping and the Royal Navy.
If, and only if. this is accomplished,
he contends, can an invasion be
successful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-06
The Capital Parade
Observers Lock for Main Nozi Attock
This Week, Optimistic About Brituin

Before long Englands to withstand about air attack
probably cables
sed the Channel North
planes pilots being brought other preparation
the long attack full strength the British Isles American
Only the future show the outcome however
that this written perhaps the of the crucial day the
wisest informed
their of
Hardly awaited
between the English and German
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-06
This Changing World
Dismemberment Of Rumuniu Recorded
One of Nozis' Growing Achievements
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

At the head dsmembered young
gent but totally inexperienced princeing Carol lis Prince Mha
The actual ruler of what the kingdom will
determined Gen. Ion Antoneu who has received Hers
will rule the country accordance with the wishes Berlin
This the sad but inevitable end of which had
its policies wishful thinking.
Prince Miha displaying prominently
his uniform several
himself probably would
ton
Carol will take the road to exile Where go nobody
quite knows but there for him in Europe which
SO in the hands of the toaitarians
1t doubtful whether Italians in
their cities Hitler dsikes him personally
haven anywhere place of
refuge is too
close to the Reich for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-06

few of the the British Coast have
tenabe greatly usefulness.
TO complete the dark side of the picture the English transportation
still full
several number important factories hit
lightly pretty badly although
English
ment of the German
strength greater than has been supposed Furthermore it still
possible that English collapse overnight when and the
of the reported German deconal bombing fog
Nor Amerc Nevspa lnance In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-06
Effect in Pacific.

Washington naval quarters con-
slider Britain's pledge never to sur
render or sink her feet a most sig
nificant feature of the destroyers
transfer, from our standpoint. With
the Royal Navy still afoat, no mat
ter where based-in home waters or
on this side of the Atlantic-the
United States Fleet can remain in
the Pacific as a bulwark against
Japanese aggression. Secretary Hull
has just seized upon the threat to
French Indo-China as an occasion
for reminding TOXIC that Uncle Sam
keeps an eye peeled on the Far
Eastern status QUO and would view
with definite disapproval any at
tempt to upset it, in Indo-China,
the Dutch East Indies or nearby
British possessions. All these con-
siderations are based on the theory
that once the British fleet were lost
and the Atlantic at axis mercy. the
United States might have to aban-
don the Pacific and concentrate its
naval force in the Atlantic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-06

is not going to
be su b d u e d
Their confidence
Is rooted in the
Mahan tradition
that a ma t | on
which controls
the sea is in
vincible. One Of
our fore m o S t
n a v a ! experts,
an officer of dis
tinguished World
War service, was
asked for his
view of the sit
nation in LIGHT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-06
Yacht Reported at Bosphorus

Hence is specuaed that Carol provided
with sound might
either
distance
by plane is short
Rumania is of the uic plums
in Europe without firing shot
resessneSs like
operation 1t will
Chopped Kingdom
quantities OF
the oil fields which has been tagging during few years for MANY
which had extensive will
tons of oil out of Rumania
The same thing applies to wheat rye and cattle The partition
OF Rumania has made difference
Will deficiency
hands modified will
since the Germans kindly
to protect" its borders. '
The Rumanian soil the richest Europe soon
political upheaval disappears
enough small ~ GU
The Berlin government taking necessary precautions not
nave surprises that
pete Nanhed-even claims of
the will be reduced force
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-06

t h ough this
CO m m e n tator
wasn't W / t ain
h u n d re ds of
miles of the con-
fab he Is sure
about one thing.
Whatever Buds
story, it had a
good plot.
Clarence Bud
ington Kelland,
to give him the
name that best
fits the striped
pants and silk
t Upper of a
co mnitteauoan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-06

In London accepted the prediction
Then during the England
English counterclams A.
formance Careful checking showed English
as accurate possible under the
remarkably Within the fortnight the tide
what subsidized bombs reaching
the about thought ahead
OF month real decidedly qualified
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-06

almost suicidal gloom. In Berlin.
German air officials had made the
claim to American attaches that it
would take no more than seven to
nine days to drive the Royal Air
Force to refuge in Scottish and
Welsh bases, or even to destroy it
virtually in toto. Examining the sta
tistics on comparative air power, the
American experts dismissed English
counter-claims as new evidences of
the cOmDlacency SO lOnp preva lent