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Evening star., 1940-10-17
Gives Earlier Date on
Lambeth Palace.

To the Editor Of The Star:
In your interesting editorial Of Oc-
tober II on the subject of Lambeth
Palace, the official home of the Arch
bishop of Canterbury, you make the
statement. I'm its chapel the first Ameri-
can bishops were consecrated in 1887"
etc. 1 believe this is open to question
and 1 refer you to Mr.. George Hodges
history, Three Hundred Years of the
Episcopal Church in America" pub
lished IN 1906, in which the author on
pages 81 ct seq, gives an account OF the
conservation of the first American
bishop, Samuel Seabury, by the So
called non-juror bishops of Scotland,
which ceremony occurred in Aberdeen,
Scotland, on Sunday, November IA, 1884
some years before the date mentioned
by you. 1t is possible you meant to
allude to the later conservation OF
Bishops White and Provost, which Mr..
Hodges states took place in the chapel
OF Lambeth Palace on Sunday, February
4, 1877, the Archbishops of York and of
Canterbury, and the Bishops of Bath and
Wells, and of Peterborough participating
in the ceremony. page "a of the same
work.. JAMES w. BERRY.
October II.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. Trdce1DeH.

The champion winter scratcher re-
mains the towhee.
The female evidently goes south for
the winter, but the Old Man, being OF
sterner stuff, likes to stay where it is
good and cold.
A good way to attract him Is to place
a small feeding station on stake not
too close to a convenient window.
Then the towhee can be seen easily,
which is necessary owing to the delicacy
Of its coloring.
At some distance in the yard the re-
markable color scheme is lost. There
can be no doubt that many home own
ers have towhees in the winter and
rfever know 1t, since the bird is lost
among the crowd of sparrows, with
which it eats in the most amicable
fashion.
II the feeder is established close to
the window, the owner may see easily
the fine red eye of this beautiful bird.
There Is little chance that the female
will ever be seen. Her dress Is OF
plain brown, with some touches of white
beneath. She is colored much like the
leaves.
The male is the baby which stands
out, but only at short distance. His
black. white and brown, with touches
Of gold beneath, blend into the earth at
a little distance, too.
He is really so unusual that it IS
shame to miss seeing him at close
range The observer may feel sure that
he will alight on the platform of the
station in time.
At first, however he will stick to the
ground. After awhile, watching the
other birds, he will get up his courage
and then fly up to the rim.
Once there, he is inclined to rule the
roost, but not in nasty fashion.
While he resefts other birds on the
platform with him, he merely drives
them away by bending his body slightly
in their direction.
He is firm, but polite, about 1t.
In time, the smaller birds learn that
he will not harm them.
Then, although they fly away, they
Immediately come back, usually behind
the towhees back.
X \
All in all, this is one OF the finest
birds which any one can have at a
feeding station.
1t is impossible to say, of course. that
one will come.
The garden is fortunate, no doubt,
which has a chewink, or towhee. Both
OF these common names, by the way, are
attempted limitations of the sounds the
bird makes.
The name "towhee" comes from the
song, which is a clear, loud "tow-hee-
e-e-e." Some listeners believe 1t is bet
ter written "see-tow-hee-e-e." the last
note a tremolo.
The call has been written as "che-
wink" or "cher ink" so take your choice.
Whatever the bird is called, it re-
mains one of the finest to come to local
gardens, and, next to the cardinal, per-
haps the most distinguished to visit US
in the winter
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Says Fiscal Problems
Must Be Faced.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Those of us that have some slight
knowledge of history are fully aware
that there is nothing new in the theory
that prosperity can be promoted by de-
validating currency, although New Deal
ers would have us believe otherwise. OF
late little has been said regarding our
colossal debt, but the question cannot
be forever ignored.
The Punic Wars of Rome devaluated
money and POPULATIONS were common
throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
France INDUCED in mad orgy OF
spending prior to the revolution when
seeds of future strife were sown. On
one occasion King Louis had the court
roads we'll sprinkled with salt in order to
go sleigh riding in summer with the
lady of his choice. This stunt" which
somehow sounds New Dealish" gave
some men employment just as more
recent stunt" to harness moonbeams
at Passamaquoddy enabled American
workers to have temporary jobs. But
are problems of unemployment solved
by such senseless methods?
When Grover Cleveland was President
he was subjected to prodigious pressure
from those who maintained that pros
perity could be restored by tampering
with monetary principles. But Cleveland
stood like rock for sound standards
and as result the ship of state righted
itself and the dangerous shoals of debt,
with consequences of possible destruc-
ton, to our democracy were avoided.
EDMUND K. GOLDSBOROUGH.
nnfnhan
Evening star., 1940-10-17
EnqIund Stands

England stands on the cliffs Of Dover
And she stands alone.
France is gone with broken trust,
Belgium bartered throne.
Denmark swallowed her shame unmoving,
Norway may be dead.
Where is Austria, proud and gay7
Poland's a chapter read.
Czechs were true, but who now remembers
That they fought to live?
All we know of those beaten ghosts
Comes to us: "Give-give-g
will not, while the bloody anti-Christ
Strips this frightened world.
Lift my hand to assuage what follows
His goddess flag unfurled.
will not do his wicked willing,
Give. that he may ride free -.
England stands on the cliffs of Dover
No help to her foes from me!
FANNY HEASLIP LEA.
Evening star., 1940-10-17

Was the towhee back?
High in the maple tree by the garage
q lone bird was singing, and 1t was say
ing, over and over again, "Che- wink,
che-wink, che wink
Maybe 1t was our old friend, the
toWhee which came to the bird feeding
station all last winter.
1t was impossible to see him, there
were so many leaves, but there could be
no miStaking that call.
The towhee, or chewink, sometimes
called the ground robin, is one Of the
most estimable of all the birds.
1t is not rare, by any means, but still
it is never common.
Every friend of birds may felicitate
himself if he draws one Of these fine
fellows
For some reason or other, the female
never shows up in the winter months.
For that matter, she is very shy at any
time A plain bird, she does not pos
sess the glamor of her mate. This is
often true among the creatures. 1t is
mostly the male, in any species. which
has the bright colors.
The male chewink is handsome, but
quietly handsome.
He does not shrek at you.
Yet he is bright enough. The round,
black head might not attract your at
tention, but the reddish breast surely
will.
And with these intense colorS are some
white and some gold, beneath, SO that
dressy bird.
This is a scratcher The bird scratches
for its dinner just like an old hen.
If the feeding station is on the ground,
the towhee probably prefers it. He will
be seen scratching through the husks
for seeds which have been missed. II
the feeder is on a stake, however, he
will in time arise to the platform, but
this deprives him of the felicity of
scratching.
There can be no doubt that the birds
which like to scratch in this way much
prefer to eat off the ground. There is
JuSI IldIlul ul VI Ull OS WlIlCii OIL idlSil oO'
The fox sparrow and the song sparrow.
the white-throated sparrow and the
brown thrasher are perhaps the great
est of all songbird scratchers.
OF these, the fox sparrow is the
scratching champion. He is reddish
brown on the back, rather good sized
for a sparrow, and how he can scratch!
few will remain the year around, but
not many; In our yard they show up
usually in late January or early Febru-
ary. There is no mistaking their vigor-
Gus scratching.
The towhee is the next best scratcher,
but It is close between him and the
brown thrasher.
It is odd that more birds do not
scratch Justify for their food. You
might think offhand that the English
sparrows would do so, but they never do.
The robin sometimes seems to be
scratching, but it is merely a forward
motion after its worm.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Underposs Action

In spite of the decision of the
Maryland State Roads Commission
to proceed with construction of a
modern underpass separating the
grades of Georgia avenue and the
railroad at Silver Spring, many
months must elapse before the pres
ent dangerous viaduct can be elimi-
mated. With off-center steel pillars
and two lanes, one tWenty-seven feet
wide and the other eleven feet, the
underpass, in the year which will be
required to rebuild it, can be expected
to cause scores of serious and per-
hapS fatal accidents if its past rec
ord serves as a guide. Residents and
businessmen of Montgomery County
have urged that some means be pro-
vided in the meantime to provide
greater safety.
In view of the number of past ac-
cidents, this request, which can be
complied with by installation of
lights and appropriate signs, is
justified, even though work will start
in the near future on the new
underpass.
When conferences were held re-
Gently on the possibility of expediting
this project, State officials pointed
out that available funds were in
sufficient and it would have to be
delayed until the next fiscal year.
However, the need is so pressing that
means have been found and county
officials have been notified that the
work will be finished within the next
twelve months. Speed with which
action has been taken since the last
fatal accident at this point three
weeks ago is commendable, but
the additional temporary safeguards
asked by citizens who are forced to
use the route daily should be pro-
vided without delay.
Evening star., 1940-10-17

gasoline, cotton and other products,
are piled up at the Burma border,
awaiting transportation to Chiangs
hard-pressed soldiers. The fate of
China we'll may depend upon the fate
Of those supplies and the consign-
ments to follow. America has
proper concern over developments
along the Burma road within the
next few days or weeks, for China
is not only our friend, but first line
of defense against the Toxic end of
the new tripartite totalitarian axis.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
The American Wuy

Americas parade Of man power to
the Nations polling places yesterday
was an inspiring demonstration OF
the determination of the people OF
the United States to prepare for
defense of the democratic way OF
life. This was not herding of die
tators' subjects into a gooSe-Stepping
army of aggression, but an exercise
by the free citizenry of its privilege
and its obligation of serving a free
country-by a temporary sacrifice OF
civilian comforts in exchange for a
beneficial seasoning in the rigors OF
military life; and by resort to arms
and a rendering of greater sacrifices,
If fate should so decree.
AS President Roosevelt aptly put
1t, the 16,500.000 young men who yes
terday listed themselves with their
Government for possible military
service were responding to the first
duty of free citizenship"-the duty of
defending their families, their fellow
citizens. their homes, their inStitu-
tions, their country from attack or
threats of attack from any quarter.
The need for this peacetime mobi-
ization of able-bodied men is real
and urgent. The crisis was not OF
our own making. We have no desire
to marshal our military might and
to parade it for purposes of bluster
or show. Our duty, the President
rightly emphasized, was forced upon
us by the ill-concealed threats Of
sinister combination of potential
enemies of American democracy.
There are abundant indications
that Americas belated but total de-
cision to go all out" on the defense
front-as signified by yesterdays
registration of her man poWer-is
confounding those who dream OF
conquest. 1t may well be that the
great army of "SelectiveS" now being
raised throughout the land will never
find it necessary to use their military
knowledge in actual battle with
foe. But these Americans would
have the world know in no uncertain
way that they are ready to make any
sacrifice demanded by any emer-
gency at any time. This is the
American way of life translated into
terms of action that today's dictators
can understand.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
The Burma Road

The American Government will
watch with keen interest the re-
opening today of the Burma road,
China's main artery of supply in her
long and valiant battle against
japanese aggression. Closed three
months ago by Great Britain in
response to japanese pressure, the
vital lifeline of General Chang Kai-
Shek's beleaguered war machine is
being restored to service by the Brit
ish government following JapanS
adherence to the Nazi-Fascist axis
America has several reasons to be
especially interested in this remote,
laboriously constructed road to Man
dalay and the outside world from
the heart of China. In the first
place, the opening Of the highway is
a significant indication of Britain'S
renewed determination to have done
with appeasement as a policy, to
stand firmly with the United States
against further encroachment by
Japan on the rights of the western
powers in the Far East. Three
months ago, when Britain bowed to
Japan's demands, England believed
she was facing imminent danger of
inVaSion-a threat that required
concentration of all her energies in
fight for life at home. Today the
threat of immediate invasion largely
has dissipated and, despite almost
continuous bombardment from the
air, England's morale is good and
her hopes of eventual victory stronger
than ever:
But the reopening of the Burma
road is more than a sign of a re-
vitalized Britain; it is an augury of a
revitalized China, grimly bent on
driving a ruthless invader from her
violated territory. The cutting off
of this supply source was a serious
blow to the Chinese armies. Its per-
manent elimination might prove
fatal to China'S cause-and the COL
lapse VI N1llllCoS 1Solo0ea11SC "Oulo
pave the way. for realization of
Japan'S dreams of Toxic o-controlled
new order" in Asia, with all its dire
implications for the United States
and others dependent on the Far
East's tin, rubber and other essential
products. Because the Burma road
thus is so important to Japan'S plan
of conquest, it is but natural that she
will make desperate effort to de
stroy it by aerial bombardment or
by other methods. A warning to that
effect was voiced yesterday by Major
General Raishiro Sumita, command
ing the japanese forces in Indo-
China. General Sumita was careful
to.StreSs that these attacks would be
delivered not in British territory, but
at the Chinese end of the route
How successful these attacks will
prove cannot be estimated, but it
must be remembered that the Japa-
nese today have air base facilities in
Indo-China to which they did not
have access when the road was in
operation before. Meanwhile, huge
quantities of American-made war
materiel, including airplanes, trucks,
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Economic Mobilization

Until our current rearmament
effort has taken up all the slack in
American industry it would be un-
wise to divert any part of our pro-
ductive capacity from peacetime to
wartime needs, in the judgment OF
two leading industrialists and two
well-known economists who partlcl-
pated in a forum discussion of the
defense problem in New York Tues
day.
Those taking part in the discus
sion were Paul G. Hoffman, president
of the Studebaker Corporation;
Charles F. Kettering, vice president
of General Motors; DR.. Sumner H.
slichter of Harvard University and
Harold G. Moulton, president of the
Brookings Institution.
It was made clear in the course of
the discussion, however, that the
maintenance of present living stand
ards would necessarily depend on the
ultimate scope of the defense pro-
gram-on the percentage of our total
industrial output which will have to
be devoted to military purposes.
In this connection DR.. Slichter
pointed out that one-fourth of our
national production during the first
World War was used for military
purposes and that we found 1t nee
essary to get 60 per cent of this
production by reducing normal con-
sumption of goods. Theoretically, he
said, the 100000 unemployed ought
to be able to produce the one-seventh
of our national output which will go
into our present defense effort, but
this conclusion, he added, might be
upset by the fact that the demands
of the defense program will be con-
centrated on the durable goods in
dustries, where so per cent increase
in production probably will be re-
quired.
Mr.. Moulton, while subscribing in
general to this view, said there is one
important difference between our
position now and at the time of our
entry into the first World War. In
1917-18, he said, the fighting in
Europe had been under way for three
years, with the result that the slack
in our industrial system had been
largely taken up. AS result, he
said, it was necessary at that time to
think Immediately in terms of shift
ing from normal to abnormal pro-
duction, drastic readjustment
which is not made necessary by
present defense requirements.
All four participants in the dis
cussion were in agreement on the
proposition that American industry,
given sufficient leadership and de-
termination, can meet the require
Evening star., 1940-10-17
october Is.
WILKES Embargo
Promise Praised.

To the Editor Of The Star.
At the psychological moment, and
doubtless honoring in his effective way
the Chinese "10-10"-national holiday
Wendell Willkie has distinguished him
self as the only candidate to openly
advocate and promise to apply if he is
elected President an embargo on jap
anese goods. Let no one imagine that
Mr.. Willkie is unaware of the powerful
interests he will antagonize by this move.
Their potency is as well known to him
as to Mr.. Roosevelt, who has not dared
antagonize these conspirators with
Japan, even at the present time when
America is threatened by the Axis
powers by placing oil and copper on his
so-called licensing list" Meanwhile
American defense materials are rapidly
diminishing.
japanese purchases of our own vitality
needed oil and copper have increased in
the month of August, 1910, more than
43 per cent over August, 1899. The hypo-
critical licensing list" of July Is par
TALLY curtailed some af our steel, iron
and aviation gas, but We are still sending
copper to manufacture Japanese instru-
ments of destruction and oil to fuel the
japanese Navy, not to use against China,
but with the ironic threat of having it
thrown back at our own shores.
Wendell Willkie has made the only
definite promise to halt this assistance to
Japan. Let us give him an opportunity
to put our natio: ~ house in order.
IDA HOYT CHAMBERLAIN,
Secretary, Washington Committee
for Nom n-Participation in japanese
Aggression.
October IA.
Evening star., 1940-10-17

ments of national defense. Likewise,
they concurred in the view that the
effort should be a voluntary one.
This thought was best expressed by
Mr.. Hoffman, who said that while
labor and capital can be conscripted,
it is impossible to conscript brains
and enthusiasm.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
october 6.
Suggests Application of
BabylOnian Law.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
The painless recovery of stolen prop
erty is on top just now. AS it appears,
under the existing law, the dealer who
buys the article in good faith must hand
it back-if salvaged by the police-to the
victim free, gratis. And yet again, ac-
cordine to some police regulation, the
rightful owner must redeem, with cash.
Evening star., 1940-10-17

A new department store reStau-
rant has an innovation in the fact
that each customer is attended by
three separate mattresses in the
course of meal. This may give male
dater-uppers wide range of choice.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Parachute Troops

Prom the Hillsdale (Nich.) News.
Best way to combat parachute troops.
as now practiced in the United States
and abroad. is to get the drop on them
before they drop on you.
Evening star., 1940-10-17

The beloved comedian James T.
Powers used to sing in pidgin- Eng
lish about the British soldier as
wearing "ladys muffee top-side
head" Now darned if the ladies
themselves are not wearing them
exactly there!
Evening star., 1940-10-17
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Evening star., 1940-10-17

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the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to # or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights of publication of special dispatches
herein also are reserved.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
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Evening star., 1940-10-17

@. How many times does the moon
go around the earth in year?-F. S. S.
A. The moon makes about 13 trips
around the earth in year. 1t is the
only heavenly body that revolves around
the Garth.
Evening star., 1940-01-22
Finnish News Spurs
Ticket Sale Drive
For Benefit
School Buildings Closed
To Care for Refugees,
Representative Says

The Washington unit OF the Finn
ish Relief Fund doubled its efforts
today to hurry the sale of tickets
for the benefit performance OF
Gone With the Wind"
The performance, for which 60
per cent of the tickets already have
been sold, will be held at the Palace
Theater, Saturday night, with every
cent of the proceeds going to Fin
land for provision of food, clothing
shelter and medical assistance to
civilians.
The Rev. DR.. Edmund A. Walsh
S. j., vice president of Georgetown
University and chairman Of the
Washington unit, appealing to
Washingtonians to get tickets for
the benefit performance as soon as
possible, said word had been re-
ceived from Frederick Dorsey
Stephens, representative of the
fund in Finland, that schools
throughout Finland had been closed
and school buildings, together with
all other available public buildings,
are being used to house refugees.
Mr.. Stephens advised that he had
found in a tour of Finland that
families with barely enough to live
on were sharing their homes, their
food and even their clothing with
refugees. In some communities, he
reported, the number of refugees be-
ing cared for was greater than the
previous population of the town.
Tickets for the benefit perform
ance of "Gone With the Wind"
priced at So, S. and $40, are on
sale at the Shoreham, Mayf1ower
Washington, Wardman Park, Will
lard and Carlton Hotels and at the
headquarters of the Washington
Unit of the Finnish Relief Fund
Room 425, Transportation Building