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Evening star., 1940-05-24
EAST FALLS CHURCH, VA.


Dear sir:
Having just returned to my desk after
spending several days at my dogwooded
country home, I should like to report
the return Of all the migrating birds and
their reception by the permanent resi-
dents.
"The wood thrush completed her nest
about q week ago, which she fashioned
underneath the honeysuckle vines which
trail over the chicken yard fence, Just 10
inches from last years nest, leading me
to believe that she, like the wren, re-
turns each year to the same location. I
believe this is also true Of the chickadee
and bluebird
Several catbirds, goldflnches. oven
birds, who walk along the leafy borders
OF the garden in search Of food; warb-
lers, towhees with their colorful coats
and calls resembling their name, and the
scarlet tanageH more brilliant than ever
with his black wings against his gay
coat reminding me of the oriental poppy
in bloom-all have returned during the
past week.
1.-THE catbird has fashioned her nest
OF twigs, leaves and grasses under the
caves where the ivy and Pauls Scarlet
rose meet; the wren has taken over the
coconut shell now deserted by the chicka-
dee; the brilliant tanager, usually so shy,
is apparently house hunting.
There has been but one instance of
discord at the feeder, when the catbird
arrived, and not knowing the sunfiower
seeds were intended for the cardinal
alone, was met with dirty look from
the latter, plus an exchange of scolding.
There can be no doubt that the catbird
Is not welcome, since he has kept his
distance and CLEANS his food from the
ground.
"A colorful picture was presented when
the blue Jay, cardinals, chipmunk and
towhee were seen feeding yesterday from
the same shelf.
Sincerely, o. c."
We have never seen the toWhee re-
main on the feeding shelf with any other
bird, let alone the jay.
Few birds like to eat with the blue
jays, the latter soaring them away, al
though the jays seldom If ever attack
them.
There is something so clustering about
the jays that most birds give them plenty
of room.
Cardinals sometimes will eat with the
jays, but mostly give ground before
them. 1t should be pointed out that the
different species do not react to each
other at all times and places in exactly
the same way.
Birds, as people, differ.
Most scarlet tanagers are shy, but now
and then the observer will run onto one
which is as friendly as chipmunx, as
the old saying had it.
4
Smaller birds are more inclined to cat
with each other than larger ones.
Chickadees will come where there are
Evening star., 1940-05-24
Police Increase No
Answer to Crime Problem.

AZ tie cultol VI Inc Star.
Don't you think it's about time the
sensible solution for the Districts crime
problem was applied? Your editorial in
Mondays paper simply avoids the cause
of the trouble when it urges a larger
police force. At this late date, there is
no longer any question that criminal be-
havior is not to be remedied simply by
lndulging in suppressive measures, but
that the lessening of crime depends fore
most on the solution or alienation of the
social problems out of which criminal
conduct springs.
Sociology has long found the causal
connection between crime and poverty,
slum housing conditions and denial of
opportunities for employment and in
dividual usefulness. The Star would do
our city great and permanent service
II it undertook, instead of such an in
effective, falsely cheap" remedy as in
creasing the number of policemen, q
long-range and broad campaign for the
Transformation of the Capital into city
"a AASOAVAAS 6OO0 AAOuoAAA6 dAlO
for the unemployed, especially for the
young people getting out Of the schools
and entering the labor market. WASH
ington is very prosperous and stable
community; its stores are witness to that.
But there always is this too large number
of people who live in degradation for
lack of income and lack of healthful
environment. The Star would earn the
gratitude OF all Washington if it sup
ported such programs as large-scale slum
eradication, more intensive campaign
to clean up unhealthful conditions, the
opening Of Job opportunities, the raising
OF wages for the underpaid, such as do
mestic and cafeteria workers, and ade-
quate unemployment relief for those who
cannot be absorbed by private industry.
Certainly such program will be sup
ported by all who want Washington to
become healthful, crime-free Capital
City. SOL FISHER.
MAY 81.
Evening star., 1940-05-24
Coordination Needed

As Congress continues its extraordi-
nary drive to complete legislative
approval of the Presidents emer-
gency defense program, it becomes
more urgent than ever that no time
be lost in preparing the Nations
production machinery for the job
Of converting the appropriated bill
lions into planes and tanks and guns.
The unprecedented size of the rush
order about to be placed by the Gov
ernment will impose an enormous
strain on the wheels of the executive
departments and of private industry.
Before the "full speed ahead signal"
can meet with an effective response,
the stresses must be distributed by
careful coordination of component
parts Of the governmental-indust
setup. There must be an expansion
and a regearing of administrative
machinery as well as of manufacture
ing plants, shipyards and arsenals.
An overhauling of high offlcialdom
probably will be the first step. A new
Secretary of the Navy will have to be
appointed to replace Charles Edison,
II he resigns to seek the governor
ship Of New Jersey. The critical sit
uation confronting the Navy calls
for selection of strong and ener-
getic man as civilian head OF our sea
forces. His politics should not be a
consideration. There have been ru-
mors Of impending changes at the
War Department, too. Certainly
there is imperative need for virile
leadership In that important branch
at this time-and there is no room
for pickering among any officials.
Perhaps Mr.. Roosevelt will have
something to say about his plans for
an emergency setup in his "fireside
chat" over the radio next Sunday
night. He could dispel some of the
fears that are being entertained in
certain quarters about possible de-
lays and extravaganza and waste in
SAAS NSASAASS RAOSA Oil IL 1lC WCIC W
announce creation of a supplemental
group of distinguished advisers and
assistants from private life, picked
Tor special supervisory and liaison
work. It would be the mission of
these men to coordinate Govern
ment and industry, to guard against
"bottlenecks" in production, to effect
complete cooperation among de-
partmental officials, manufacturers
and labor-in short, to serve as
"trouble-shooters" during the diff
cult days that lie ahead.
The White House has indicated
that no super-agencies or bureaus
are planned. Undoubtedly the emer-
gency activities can be handled for
the time being within the existing
framework Of Government. But ex-
perts OF the "dollar-a-year" cate
CORY should be drafted" from indus
try as needed. Differences between
the administration and business
must be forgotten. All factions now
have a common stake and q common
purpose in the grave task that faces
this Nation. Unity today may mean
the preservation of all that America
has stood for since the days of the
founding fathers.
Evening star., 1940-05-24
Says Col. Lindbergh
Is Shortsighted.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The Star is to be commended on its
editorials relative to the European con-
flict. They have shown vision alto
gether too lacking here in general.
1t is very, very sad state of affairs
when our Representatives and Senators
see more in Col. Lindbergh's speeches
than in those of Secretary Hull We
expect our Representatives and Senators
to lead us, not to be led. We expect
them to be statesmen and to live up to
the Office they have chosen.
If Col. Lindbergh knows Oike the late
Senator Borah) more about this Euro
pean affair than the Secretary or the
Senators who are so willing to follow
rather than to lead, let us get these facts
now. To most of us, however, Austria,
Czecho-Slovakia, Poland, Denmark, Nor
way and Holland are more than geo.
graphical terms. They represent dead
voices, voices that America can help bring
back to life by whatever means at present
short of war she may see fit to adopt.
We believe Col. Eindbergh is great
aviator and should stick to that task.
So far neither Mr. Hull nor the Presi-
dent has been wrong in this matter. It
has been difficult to arouse us. Now, let
us hope 1t Is yet day and that we may
yet work before the night comes.
May 81. LOOKING AHEAD.
Evening star., 1940-05-24
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Evening star., 1940-05-24

Florida has a "drive-in" church
where occupants Of hundreds of
parked cars may listen to the service
through loudspeakers. They prob
ably take up the collection with
sidecar motorcycles.
Evening star., 1940-05-24
Calls Attention to
Labor's Responsibility.
~.


We are faced with the necessity of
hastily modernizing our Army and its
component defensive mechanisms. We
are ready to spend hundreds Of millions
OF dollars to do it. But where are the
toolmakers? Where are the die sinkers?
Where are the machinists and the mold
ers and the stamping press operators?
Ask the labor leaders who have refused
to let any substantial number of appren-
tices learn any Of the mechanical trades
during recent years. They have a heavy
responsibility. They have hamstrune
their own Government in an endeavor
to create monopoly Of employment for
their own members
May 16. F. q. CAMPBELL.
Evening star., 1940-05-24

Star Editorial
Wins Commendation.
To the Editor OF The Star: =. S
Your wise and courageous editorial,
American Crisis" in today's Star de-
serves the respectful attention Of all true
Americans. agree completely.
May II. WILLIAM MANN.
Evening star., 1940-05-24
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Entered as second-class matter post ONCE,
washington, D. c.
Evening star., 1940-05-24

A. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
credited to It or noa othervise credited n this
paper and also the focal news published herein
Al rights OF publication Of speciaI dispatches
herein also are reserved
Evening star., 1940-05-24
Internal Menace Held
Our Greatest Danger.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
May state my inability to find any
thing inconsistent or contradictory in
Col Lindberghs address? He frankly
stated:
I'VE need greater air force, greater
Army and a greater Navy; they have
been inadequate for many years."
He had told congressional committee
the same thing year previously.
When stating. in his address, his
belief or view that "No one wishes to
attack us, and no one Is in a position to
do So" he was obviously referring merely
to external attack by European nations,
because he pointed out, in the same con-
nection, that "A foreign power could not
conquer us by dropping bombs in this
country unless the bombing were accom-
panied by an invading army"
He was careful also to explain that
"Our danger in America Is an internal
danger"
If time had permitted, he would
doubtless have expanded this explana-
ton by pointing out the penetration of
this Nation, including important public
Offices, by large numbers of persons
friendly to the Communists, situation
greatly aggravated by the recently dis
closed harmony between the Communist
and the NaN high commands. This
serious internal danger Is not remedi-
able by airplanes, cannon and battle
ships, as our President should well
know. Do they not really constitute
the recently publicized fifth column?
Why doesn't our President remove such
conditions, instead of reprimanding
those who make the effort by charging
them with "sordid procedure? With
such conditions continuing in our very
midst, will not any further expenditure
Of billions right now really constitute
national defense in reverse, by tending
to produce the final state Of practical
bankruptcy" which Lenin and Stain
both extolled as desirable to make us
"npe for revolution? See Stains
Foundations Of Leninism," p. %.
May Al. GEORGE Z. SULLIVAN.
Evening star., 1940-05-24

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". HOW many rooms are available in
New York City to visitors to the New
York Worlds Fair2-C. T.
A. Altogether there are $4,000 hotel
rooms available in New York. In addi-
ton there are 100000 rooms In private
homes, residence clubs, apartment build
ings and rooming houses.
@. How old is the organization p. E.
O.?-W. G. H.
A. The p. E. o. Sisterhood was estab.
hshed at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, on
January 81, 1869. It now has q mem-
bership OF $4,000 with n State and 1900
local chapters.
Q. Please give the author Of Give
me your tired, your poor, your huddled
masses yearning to breathe free
H. T. G.
A. This is line from the poem by
Emma Lazarus, which is inscribed on
the base Of the Statue Of Liberty.
@. What is the word applied to Q
person who raises honey bees?-E. 8.
A. He is known as an apiarist.
Q. How many Negroes were in the
World War;. w. G.
A. Over 100000 Negro soldiers par
ticipated in the World War with the
American forces. Nearly one-half Of
this number went overseas. There were
$500 Negroes killed during the war.
Q. How long does it take orchids t6
bear for commercial purposes?-T. ]. B.
A. It takes 10 years for an orchid
seeding to become commercially nroet.
able and the most remunerative nlant.
aro older. T
Evening star., 1940-05-24

constantly being reported from new
localities. Moreover, farmers and fruit
growers usually are quite observant of
the kind of insects found on their crops.
Only few years ago, however, did the
first reports come out of infestation of
Colorado tomato fields so bad that har-
vesters were advised to wear gloves, In
some places they have become so numer-
Gus in vineyards that pickers have
refused to work and the fruit has rotted
on the vines. Peach growers notice
many of them in their orchards.
The conclusion that they are increas-
ing in thickly settled communities, they
say, Is a corrallary of the increase in
numbers. If the spider population in a
given region increases greatly, the
biologists point out, their manner of
dispersal by wind and their utilization
of such means of transportation as box
cars make it inevitable that some should
find themselves within urban limits.
Once established in a thickly settled
section, their chances for survival and
increase are favored. They find warm
shelters in easements, garages and
similar places. There they are protected
against the cold to much greater ex-
tent than would be the case in the
open. Severe cold to which they are
exposed in nature is one factor which
has served to prevent their rapid in
crease.
Unless drastic methods Of eradication
are used. the biologists say, there will
probably be an increasing number Of
these unwelcome guests. They are very
difficult to eradicate. About all that
can be done by the householder is 10
locate individuals and hu them.
Evening star., 1940-05-24

WAsEIN GTON, D. C.
FRIDAY "a, 1910
La gaceta., 1940-05-24

.dera Junta-de- Apoderados y no
.sctros pcdemo sasegurar que 10
reno hizo entonces una labor
digna de todos los elogios.
Luego vinieron otros que hi
ciaron 10 mismo y para beneficio
d eto5os; pero Lorenzo abri6 el
canine.
Nosotros guardamos tambien
Ia lista de maestras, maestros y
conseries que por mediaci6n de
81 Sc nombraron.
FL puesto de juez de paz es de
tanta Importance para los hom
bres honrados, como para aque-
los que no 10 son.
Abarca ell civismo toda la es-
Gala de los nuestos pdblicos, no
Inos pocos.
Lorenzo sera reelecto en 10
que era distrito n1mero ! y cleo
to en- Ell ndmero 3, la creaci6n
Gel false ciyismo, 81 por el vo-
tan, como es sudeber, los grupos
latinos.
La gaceta., 1940-05-24
LAS. JITIMASNoTICIAS
DE WASHINGTON
Contra la @9uinta Colunpna"

Washington, mayo 24.-El a.
bogalSo general Jackson anun-
clio hey qeu Sc abrira en- toIdo Ell
pals un registro de extranjeros,
con Ell fin de vigilar las actiyi-
dadas de la quinta columna-
Estima el senador Byrd, de
Virginia, Y asi 10 ha propuesto,
que Ell gobierno tome las impre-
stones digitales de todos los ex-
tranjeros.
I'm despacho del gobernador
de Carolina del Norte, recibido
por ell Buro Federal de Investi-
gaciones, pide qeu sin demora
Sc investigator las actividades
de la quinta columna en- csc es-
tado.
Conference hoy con ell presi-
dente Roosevelt, ell gobernador
Stark, de Missouri. Neg6 que el
La gaceta., 1940-05-24
que q presidente e prnnone dar

que 81 p~resldenpe Sc pfopoae daF
in *i6n a 59'NT0 a. pirantes
q pilotos de aviaci6n, en- un ano.
Ia expansion costara varios MI
-surrs de pesos.
Actualmente reciben instruc-
ci6n, por conducto del gobierno,
JIG 10 futures photos.
Dssde Bruselas comuniia ell
embajador americana que TODD
E. personal de la embajada y los
c6nsules e stan en- lugar segu-
TO. Sup6nese que los americanos
SO italian tambien en- ssguridad.
Hey Sc revel6 ante un comite
del senado que la America solo
dispondra de POGO mas de LOO
aeroplanos de Inca en-. ell mes de
julio de este ano. Intento conse-
guir Ell senador Walsh que Ia no
ticia fuera silenciada; pero sus
compansros Sc opusieron. Ell
pals, dijo uno de ellos, debe CO.
nocer la verdad y aceptarla en-
todas sus Eases,
La gaceta., 1940-05-24
presidente le hsfbiera ofrecide
la cartera de marina.

presidente le hsbiera ofrecide
la cartera de marina.
visit6 tambien al presidente
el slaalde de New York, Fiore-
10 LaGuardia, que ha venido a
pronuncia run diacurso en- una
fiesta de los emp..ados fedora
les gometidos a la comisi6n del
servieio civil. Desminti6 la
Gfardia que 81 P~residente le
ofreciera la cartera dc guerra.
FL dspartamento de iusticia
ha pedido al gobierno Sc lie au-
%torice para emplear Glen hom-
bres mas en- 81 Bur6 Federal de
Investigaciones. Esos hombres
Sc dedicaran a vigilar las activi
dades de la Quinta Cc'umna.
Todas las dedlaraci0nes sem
sacionales en- cuanto a la uuin-
ia columna, dijo hoy 81 aboga-
dc general Johnson; deben re-
cibirse con s~o:pechas Y descon-
fianzas. Ell pals no puede caer
en- Ell histerismo,
En- la Casa Blanca Sc revel6
La gaceta., 1940-05-24
DEL PALENQUE
POLITICO
(PGsa a la 8 pdg.J


GrdVes
Sigue adguiriendo fuerza en-
los barrios latino sy en- ell Con-
dado la c~andidaturs del joven
condestable Hardy Graves.
Les mas valiosos elementos
de Ia colonia latina lie apoyan,
estimando que 81 en- el. .pasado su
pc cumplir con su deber, en-
cuanto ADDS ciudadanos de estos
barrios zen Ell future hara 10 mis-
mo.
Graves e sun modelo de corte-
STA y cast todos los cue votaron
por skinny" Diaz en- las pasa-
das elecciones, en- las del martes
Ell pueblo latino va pas6 por
votaran por 81.
la experienced de Graves y no
oculta su aprecio por Ell.
La gaceta., 1940-05-24

Lag uerra, dijoel rey, no es
s6lo contra Inglaterra, sino
contra TODD Ell mundo.
La question es bien clara, de
vida o muerte para todos.
No sera la derrota una des-
trucci6n temporal, sine la des-
trucci6n definitiva del impe-
rio, bajo la norma extermina-
dora del nazismo,
Ell nazismo opone la desho-
nestidad a la honestidad y la
fuerza bruta a la raz6n Y los
tratados.
Habl6 ell reg con motive del
Dia del Imperio, aniversario
del nacimiento de la reina Vic
toria.
La gaceta., 1940-05-24

Jose G.. Piodela, de n amos
deedad, vecino de la casa n1-
nero 420 de la Gale Fleming,
en- Key West, falleci6 aver en-
un hospital local. lie sobrevi-
ven su viuda, cuatro hijos y
tres hijas.
La gaceta., 1940-05-24
REGISTRADAS LAS OFICI-
MAS DEL PARTID0 FAS.
CISTA

Montreal, Canada, mayo a.
La policia montada y la secreta
rsgistraron hoy las oficinas de
Jos fascistas canadenses, MEM
bros del partido de Unidad Ma
cional. Seis camionetas Sc usa-
ron para transporter la docu-
rnentaci6n ocupada.
Varios arrestos Sc haran de
hoy a manana. Las casas de los
jefes del partido fuero nregis-
tradas tambien,
La gaceta., 1940-05-24
CHURCHILL LIE PIDE A MUS
SOLINI AcLARE SU POSI-
CION

Londres, mayo 24.-El pri-
mer ministro Winston Chur-
chill Sc dirigi6 hoy a Benito
Mussolini, ell dictator italiano,
pidiendole aclare su posici6n.
Mussolini guarda silencio en-
cuanto a sus planes, pero los
peri6dicos tialianos siguen ha-
blando de guerra en- contra de
los Aliados, como 10 hiciera en-
esta semana ell conde Ciano.
La aviaci6n niglesa derrib6
hoy once aparatos ingleses, til
gleses, tipo Messersmicht, v a.
veri6 a otros tres. Los GAIA bri
tanicos no sufrieron perdidas.
Por la Radio dijeron de Der
lin que los nazis atacaran a In
glaterra dentro de una sema-
ma.
La gaceta., 1940-05-24
Ell TEMPO

Nublados para hoy y Ell saba
do, con vientos moderados del
suroeste Maxima temperature,
aver, IS grades; minima, 70.
Ligero frio en- la porci6n nor
te del estado.
La gaceta., 1940-05-24
Contestant

A un senior que nos ha escrito
sObre Lorenzo Hernandez, lie de
cimos antes de que listed sc me-
tiera en- politica, senior, va Lo-
reno habia intervenido EN- ella
para fa1orecer a las maestras
latinas y conseguir que tambien
fusran nombrados varios con-
series cubanos, espanoles e ita-
iianos.
Era Charlie Blake presidente
La gaceta., 1940-05-24
HABLO POR LA RADIO Ell
REY JORGE DE NCLATE
IRA

Londres, mayo 24.-Habl6
hoy por la radio, a las tres de
la tarde, bora de Estados Uni
dos, ell reg Jorge de Inglate-
ira.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-05

The regular monthly meeting
of the Key West Woman's Club
was held at the Home on Division
street, Tuesday at 400 p. m. Mrs.
Frederick w. Knapp presiding.
Club members were enthusiast
tic in their efforts to sing 81 Am
An American" and God Bless
America, led by Mrs. Eva War
ner, accompanied by Miss
Beatrice Moreno.
Reports were given by all de-
partment chairmen. Mrs. w. Jay
Ingling, library chairman, made
a splendid report on work out
lined by her committee and asked
that each member of, and visitor
to, the club bring to the January
meeting, book to be used in the
library. A quota of 200 addi-
tional books for the library in
1910 has been set as a goal
Mrs. VIM. Warren reported the
arrival of Red Cross materials,
including yarns for knitting, at
the headquarters on Duval street,
opposite the Southern Cross
Hotel. 1t is gratifying to know
the young girls of the community
are doing their bit" in this en-
terprise. Glasses in knitting are
conducted by a volunteer worker,
Mrs. Louise Brinton, daily at the
High School, while students at
the Convent are developing this
talent under the tutelage of the
Sisters. Volunteer workers are
solicited for sewing each Friday
afternoon. After Christmas these
groups will also meet on Tues
days.
Mrs. Warren urged everyone to
remember the unfortunate fami-
lies in the community at Christ
ElaS. She has secured names of
eligible families and wishes to
announce that anyone desiring to
bring happiness to one of the less
fortunate ones may secure names
and addresses from her. In clos
ing her remarks she read:
''As Christmas draws near and
the glow of goodwill grows
stronger, you are asked to pause
a moment and look beyond the
light into the shadows. There
you will perceive the needieSt.
fearful of the present, despairing
of the future You are asked to
bring to these neediest some of
the Christmas glow And if you
help them out of their darkness
you will find that the holiday
flame will shine all the warmer
for you. In the season of good
will you can bring some of the