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Evening star., 1940-01-28
"A VOICE FROM THE, CROWD"
By the Right ReD. James Freeman D. d. L. d., D. c. L.,
Bishop OF Washington.

clamor Of the market place. He says 1t
is the EFFECT Of q vicious spiral" and
ends his editorial with these stirring
words: There is only one way out of
the spiral. The way out is the sound
OF q Voice, but q Voice coming from
something not ourselves, in the existence
Of which we cannot disbelieve. It Is the
earthly task Of the pastors to hear this
Voice, to cause us to hear it, and to tell
us what it says. If they cannot hear it.
or If they fail to tell U.s. we, as laymen,
are utterly lost. Without it we are no
more capable of saving the world than
we were capable of creating 1t in the
first place."
Challenging words these, and words
that must be needed. If we as pastors
and prophets have "piped to the people"
and they have not danced, we have piped
the wrong strain. If our message has
lacked clarity of expression, definiteness
of conviction and burning zeal for
Righteousness, then We need to confess
our weakness and recover at all costs
the voice of the true prophet Of God. If
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rowed to cloistered walls, then we need
to be reminded that all ground trodden
by the feet of man is holy ground. The
voice from the crowd must be heard and
needed. If hungry sheep look up and
are not fed, the pastors and keepers of
the flock need to be stabbed broad awake.
Let us broaden the editors article and
with humility suggest that, Christian
laymen as such, may do much in their
sphere, not only to admonish us as spir-
itual leaders (and we admit the need for
such admonition), but to interpret
through their own lives and by their own
consistent examples, what the "Voice
from something not of ourselves" de-
mands in the way of Christian disci-
pleship.
. Accepting with humility and chastened
pride the justice of the editors article,
may we, not with alibis or apologies, but
with freshened determination to correct
our faulty leadership, plead for the wis
dom, the influence and the cooperation
Of the laity that, jointly and together, we
may set our spiritual house in order?
The laity need the leadership and min
istry of the clergy; the clergy need the
stimulus, counsel and cooperation of
the laity.
Evening star., 1940-01-28

of the prospective candidates has thus
far indicated that he would be unwilling
to take q chance.
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Challenge to all Westerners from the
wide open spaces" was made in the
House the other day by Representative
Francis D. Culkin of New York, who
announced that during the 30-day fall
hunting season in November 14,51l elu-
sive whitehall deer were shot In New
York State. They were all bucks, he
explained, "as our Legislature Is chival-
rous and there is no open season on
does" He invited his colleagues to step
on "the sidewalks of New York" and to
walk with him through vast stretches
Of woodland and bosky dells." He en-
phasized that 1t was Scientific killing
and in no way depletes the herd" Deer
hunting was permitted in 50 counties Of
the State.
Evening star., 1940-01-28
Relief Problems

Distressing indeed are the findings
of Works Progress Administration
investigators who conducted a
"check-up" survey of w. P. A. work.
ers dropped from the rolls during
last July and August under the So
called eighteen month dismissal
clause of the 1889 Relief Appropria-
tion Act. This clause provided for
the elimination from the rolls of all
workers who had been continuously
employed on w. P. A. for eighteen
months, but permitted their recer-
tification after lapse of thirty days
Congress inserted the provision in
a sincere attempt not only to meet
increasing demands for reduction in
relief costs, but to spread w. P. A..
benefits beyond the circle OF reg
ulars," who seemed to be usurping
most of the jobs.
Approximately 775,000 regulars"
were discharged late last summer be-
cause of the limitation on continuous
employment. OF these more than
eighty-seven per cent were found to
be jobless last November when the
survey was made. In other words,
despite a definite improvement in
business on many fronts during the
period of the lay-off, less than thir-
teen per cent had landed jobs in
private industry. OF the eighty
seven per cent who did not have jobs
in November, twenty-eight per cent
were on local relief rolls, twenty
seven per cent had been reassigned
Evening star., 1940-01-28

to w. P. A. and the remaining thirty
two per cent were virtually destitute
except for such surplus commodities
as they could obtain. More than a
hundred thousand of the dismissed
workers had been without any in
come whatever during the two weeks
preceding the survey. The average
weekly earnings of those who had
found Jobs was $17.22.
According to Colonel F. G. Harring-
ton, w. P. A. commissioner, the jobless
workers interviewed declared they
had made persistent efforts to find
employment. He explained the
anomaly Of this Job scarcity in an
era OF increasing industrial activity
by pointing out that when eight or
ten millions are seeking work, en-
ployers "have their pick" of appli-
cants, with preference naturally con-
forming to the "last fired, first hired"
principle. Consequently, men who
only recently have lost their jobs
those who have not yet been forced
to seek relief-are the first to find
employment when business improves.
Congress also will be interested in
the assertion in the report that the
eighteen-month clause has tended
to increase administrative work and
to reduce project efficiency through
the loss Of skilled, experienced
regulars"
1t would be only natural If the
report should cause some wonder
ment as to whether local authorities,
accustomed in recent years to letting
the Federal Government bear the
brunt Of the relief burden, have CO.
operated to the fullest extent in
striving to share the relief RESPONSE
blllt1es which still confront the coun-
try. Colonel Harrington's report de-
serves the most earnest study by local
as well as Federal authorities and by
all other agencies and individuals
directly or indirectly concerned with
the perplexing problem of securing
a maximum reduction In Federal
relief expenditures with a minimum
OF resultant hardships for the un-
fortunates ION relief"
Evening star., 1940-01-28

Several years ago . distinguished law
yer, namely former Senator George
Wharton Pepper, delivered the Yale, Ly-
man Beecher lectures on preaching. It
was the flrst time layman had been
invited to platform that had hith-
erto been occupied solely by distinguished
clergymen. The title Of his lecture course
was: "A Voice From the Crowd" The
eight lectures were characterized by wis
dom, sane piety, depth Of conviction and
courage. With utter frankness he ex-
posed to the clergy the layman's view-
point Of the practices and pronounce
ments Of the modern pulpit. It was q
fine and consistent appraisal by one who
spoke for and from the crowd, the too
inarticulate crowd In the pews.
Recently another high-minded layman
has ventured to give voice to his deep
and reverent convictions. It is in the
form Of an editorial in Fortune maga-
zine. In an advance letter the author
says: 1T is our firm conviction that the
keystone OF the whole structure of Amer
ican social. political and economic life. is
the acceptance of the Christian princi-
piles handed down to us by earlier gener-
ations of Americans" He then goes on
to say that he feels this structure Is
"imperiled today as never before" The
editorial itself has provoked the wide
spread and favorable interest of the
clergy generally, and this despite its
structure upon many Of the ways and
practices Of the modern Church. The
sincerity Of this editorial writer cannot
be challenged; his one desire Is, SO to
arrest the thought Of the clergy that
they may profit from the layman's point
Of view and assume again leadership
that for the while they seem to have lost.
Speaking of the confused mind Of the
laity with respect to the Church, he
pleads for greater consistency of teach
ing and action and more Of leadership
and inspiration to those who are seeking
light on darkened pathways. He speaks
of the Church's shifting position on such
questions as war and peace and its tend
ency to deal in relative and secondary
values" rather than in primary ones.
Instead of strong leadership given by
the Church he finds its message but the
echo of the layman's own voice, some
thing that Is not heard above the din and
Evening star., 1940-01-28
The Koiser's Birthday

A quarter century ago yesterday
Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany,
celebrated the fifty-sixth anniversary
of his birth with his troops some
where in France" not very far from
beleaguered Paris. He was involved
In the greatest and most costly of
wars, was surrounded by enemies,
yet at the moment he had little rea-
son to anticipate that his plans would
fail, that he would be defeated, would
lose his throne, seek shelter in a
foreign land, live out his sunset years
in obscurity, willing prisoner, al
most forgotten
January 27, 1915, according to the
files of The Star, found the Kaiser re-
ceiving the congratulations of Francis
Joseph, Emperor of Austria, and of
the Sultan of Turkey. With several
of his sons, Chancellor Won Bethman-
Holweg, General Falkenhayn and
Grand Admiral Won Tirpitz, he at
tended divine service in the field.
His wife's birthday present was an
altar cloth, made with her own
hands. A Zeppelin dirigible flew
from Friedrichshafen to salute him
at his camp. He received a delega-
ton of war correspondents, to whom
he quoted the Scottish reformer,
John Knox: "One man with God Is
always a majority
Meanwhile, the cities of the Reich
were decked with flags in the Kaisers
honor. At Berlin there was service
at the cathedral, attended by the
diplomatic corps, high officers OF the
state and of the army and the navy;
later, in the evening, a reception at
the city hall. The German press,
Evening star., 1940-01-28
In Better Form

From the standpoint of municipal
reorganization, the chief objection to
the Commissioners former proposal
OF new section in their reorganiza-
ton bill affecting the Health De-
partment was that it took away from
the Commissioners the power they
now possess to appoint a health
officer and transferred this power to
the President. The provision was
also faulty on the ground that, while
the stated objective of the proposal
was to enable the selection of the
best man available for the position
Of health officer of the District, the
choice was somewhat arbitrarily and
illogically confined to the personnel
of the United States Public Health
Service.
These objections have been re-
moved in the new proposal just sent
to the Bureau of the Budget by the
Commissioners. The power of ap-
pointment' of a health officer is left
with the Commissioners. They may"
however, ask the President to choose
from the personnel of the United
States Public Health Service, the
Army or Navy Medical Corps, an Off
Ger who would be designated" by him
to serve during the time specified"
as health officer of the District. And
at the end of such service the officer
would revert to his status in the
Federal service.
1t is evident that all of the con-
siderations behind this move have
not been revealed by the Commits
sioners, nor by the President, who has
plainly indicated his sympathy with
the objectives sought. 1t is probable,
however, that the President and his
advisers have anticipated some con-
dition which might make the choice
of a specially equipped man as health
officer of the District advisable, pre-
sunably to deal with some specific
problem in public health, and the
enabling legislation now sought
would provide the means of facili-
tating the choice. The President has
said that the Commissioners should
have the power to secure the best
man available. The best man avail
able, should he be member of the
Federal service, would not wish to
lose his status as Federal official
through service on assignment as
District health officer. The proposed
legislation prevents such loss of
status, not restricting the Commis-
sioners, however, to the choice of a
service man. The best man available
might be Washington physician.
The Public Health Service has
been of much assistance to munich
palities and the States in lending
officers for service where they are
most needed. The same assistance
in seeking a solution of some of the
Districts problems may be necessary
In the future, and the revised legis-
lative proposal, while removing stat
utory hindrances now existing, pre-
serves the District Health Depart
ment as municipal agency and
leaves the appointment of a health
officer to the Commissioners.
Evening star., 1940-01-28
Symptom of Neglect

1nAo. 1NooScNelI VlSlC 10 the Home
for the Aged and 1nflrm at Blue
Plains and her restrained but accu-
rate description of the conditions
there which left her shocked and
depressed" should be of assistance
in obtaining the funds necessary for
greatly needed improvements at one
OF the Districts little-known and
too-much-neglected institutions.
But the story behind the conditions
which she found, and which The
Star attempts to portray elsewhere
in its columns today, is even more
important in its fundamentals than
the physical conditions on which she
reported. 1t is a story of annual
pleadings over many years in the
annual reports of responsible off,
cials, at annual hearings before
the budget authorities and the
congressional Appropriations Com
mittees. 1t is symptom Of
many things which , are wrong
in the governmental setup Of the
National Capital, but which usually
are overlooked in the aggregate
and only considered singly from time
to time as some outstanding fault is
brought to light.
That many things are wrong with
the housing and care given the resi-
dents of the home is neither denied
nor excused by those responsible.
On the other hand, the improve
ments in care which have been made
in recent years in the face of made
quate appropriations deserve COM
mendation. The population of the
institution has doubled in twelve
years and new responsibilities have
been met. The new director of pub
lie welfare, Mr.. Bondy, has recently
obtained the advice of dietitians for
best utilization of available funds for
food. He is now working on the
neglected but important problem
of adequate medical facilities. But
what little can be done to provide
modicum of satisfaction or comfort
for the residents in their helpless
and declining years is seriously ham
pered by the lack of accommoda-
tions and the inadequacy of the staff
provided.
Blue Plains is not alone among the
city's institutions in this respect. But
its condition serves as an excellent
example with which to call attention
to one of the basic faults in the
community's government. Its needs
are presented by the superintendent
annually to the Board OF Public
Welfare. They then are transmitted
to the Commissioners and a brief
hearing is held. The Commissioners
in turn submit their recommends
tions to the Bureau of the Budget,
based primarily upon the revenue
anticipated, and only secondarily
upon the actual. needs Of efficient
community service. It is at this point
that existing methods become wrong.
Local officials are prohibited by
law to discuss or advocate their
recommendations. The budget report
goes to the House and furnishes the
main, and often the only, source of
guidance for members of Congress
whose aim is to trim the needs to
fit the budget rather than to make
the appropriations fit the needs.
Blue Plains represents a problem
not only of the present, but for the
future. Its ancient buildings need
not merely repair, but replacement.
to accommodate a population which
is steadily increasing.
Evening star., 1940-01-28
Doubtful Guarantees

S~~NAAAS SOAASANOCA 1lCSOUAdtlOllS dt
Tsingtao with Japan's representa-
tives in Marking and Peiping to
create the new central government
for the Japanese-occupied area of
China, Wang Ching-wei, who de-
serted the Chinese Chungking gov
ernment to bring peace" to China,
is hastily endeavoring to allay ap-
prehensions that under his regime
the rights and interests of other
powers will be smothered.
The new China regime will guar
antee the rights and interests of
third powers" and "a Chinese-Japa-
nese peace will not be detrimental
to the legitimate rights of foreigners
in China" Wang declared, adding
that the foreign debts of China will
be recognized, but that the loans
illegally made" by the Chungking
government will have to be re-
examined.
There is no reason to believe that
Wang's assurances on this score will
be of any more value to the govern
ments which possess rights and in
terests" in China-particularly the
United States-than the almost
identically worded assurances the
japanese puppet government of
Manchukuo so blandly issued after
the conquest in 1928
The present Manchukuoan situa-
ton is the key to what Wang
means-and what his hackers, the
Japanese, mean-when they speak
of the rights and interests of for
eigners in China. Manchukuo has
been converted into virtual Japa-
nese preserve, with all agricultural
production, industrial production,
finance and banking, and foreign
trade in the hands of the Japanese
government or its monopolistic
agencies. Foreign countries con-
tinue to trade with Manchukuo, but
entirely through Japanese mediums
which deprive them of any inde-
pendence of action, or a fair oppor-
tunity to compete with Japan. For
eign merchants have been forced to
shut up shop and abandpn their
positions in Manchukuo.
The outlook for foreigners in
Japanese occupied China is virtually
the same North China and the
Yangtze Valley already have been
carried so far along the path to be-
coming japanese monopoly that
return to the open door" for all who
wish to compete would require vir-
tually revolution in japanese eco
nomic and political policies. The
reassertion by high japanese officers
that Japan will not be swayed from
her determination to establish the
new order" in Asia by anything the
United States may do is significant
in this connection.
Wang's government, as he says,
may guarantee the legitimate rights
and interests of foreigners in new
China" but they will be the rights
and interests which Japan considers
to be legitimate, and not those estab-
lished by international custom, the
treaties with China or those which
existed before the invasion of 1897.
They will be circumscribed and re-
stricted, as they are in Manchukuo,
to an extent which will either destroy
them outright or reduce them to
insignificance in practice.
1t is not likely that Wang's assur-
ances will be fulfilled unless Ameri-
can pressure on Japan becomes
strong enough to force the Toxic
government, through fear of eco
nomic collapse, to adhere to a rea-
sonable Interpretation of what those
rights and interests should be,
Evening star., 1940-01-28

A Chicago hotel has been picketed
steadily for five and a half years.
Peace has come at last, but had the
strike gone on much longer they
could have had second-generation
picketS in line.
Evening star., 1940-01-28

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Philadelphia boasts 140 firms
which have been in business a CEN
tury or longer. And, it might be
added, it is probable that In the
case Of most Of them the last seven
years were the hardest.
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that he Will not seek a third term, and
that he will announce his intention not
to seek third term.
But that does not mean an intention
on the Presidents part to let others do
the choosing of a successor.
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And it does not mean that the Presi-
dent will deliberately kill of a move
ment to draft him for denomination. In
the draft movement lies the opportunity
to gather delegates that may either vote
for Mr. Roosevelt or for candidate who
will be approved by Mr.. Roosevelt.
Mr.. Garner and the party conserva-
tives have thought that In 1910 they
could head of the President and get
back for themselves the rule Of the DEM
ocratic party.
In setting out on this objective they
naturally ran head-on into the President.
The conservatives blandly assumed that
they would show Mr.. Roosevelt thing
or two about politics. In this assumption
they may be mistaken. President roose-
velt Immediately set out to show the con-
servatives a thing or two about politics.
To date 1t appears that he is doing most
Of the showing.
Because of this fight over party con-
troll the President is unlikely to close the
door to denomination for himself:
So long as the possibility Of = third
term exists the party politicians win not
want to cut loose from Mr.. Roosevelt.
They would rather 60 into the campaign
with him than with anybody else, because
OF his proved vote-setting ability. With
out . vote-getter the party might quickly
70 back On starvation rationS In 1elt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-26
Jarlett Turned In Record Job In PiedmOnt Loop

A pitching performance that will always stand as one of the greatest in the history of the Piedmont league was authored last year by Al Jarlett of Watertown, former Holy Gross pitcher, who earlier this month was sent to Scranton Red Sox by the Boston Red Sox.
 However, the Watertown lad was sent later to Rocky Mount of the Piedmont league, but failing to come to terms he drew his release.
 Against the strong Norfolk Tars, proteges of the New York Yankees, Jarlett pitched 12 innings of hitless ball. Harry Ashworth's single at the start of the thirteenth was the first thing that looked like a hit off the Jarlett delivery, but the big blonde was forced to go 16 rounds before he got victory.
 Neither side scored until the six teenth, when Tommy Reed, another Scranton newcomer, squeezed home a tally for a to 0 decision. It was masterful piece of pitching against lineup that contained some of the loops most formidable sluggers.
 Jarlett has been on the brink of greatness for several seasons. He had one of the best curve balls in the circuit when he entered the Piedmont in 1887, and the next year
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-26
Joe Glenn, Browns
 Holdout, To Red Sox

Boston, April 26-(UP)-With the purchase of Catcher Joe Glenn, the rejuvenated Boston Red Sox today had still another weapon to battle the champion New York Yankees for the American league pennant.
 The holdout Glenn, purchased late yesterday from the St. Louis Browns at a reported price of $8,O00, was to arrive by plane from Chicago for a workout in his new uniform today
 The critics consensus has been that the Red Sox lacked only a good" catcher to become definite threat.
 A substitute to the Yankees Bill Dickey for four years, the 30 year old Glenn was traded last season to the Browns where he batted .273 in 88 games. He has been holdout all spring, supposedly seeking a $1O,OOO contract.
 Manager Joe Cronin, pleased with the deal, said that naturally Glenn won't catch for several days. He hasn't had any training and prob- ably will need plenty of running be- fore he's in shape"
 Gene DeSautels, the Red Sox first string catcher last season, batted only .243 in 73 games.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-26
BUDCE RALLIES
 AT WHITE SULPHUR

White Sulphur Springs, w. Va, April 26.-(UP)-Top-seeded Don Budge headed the mi-flnalistS in the United States open tennis championships today.
 After g. weak start, Budge slam med his way through to victory over John Faunce Of Hollywood, Calif., yesterday, 4-6, 7-5, 8-6, 6-3. In the lower bracket, John Hen- drix of Miami, Fla, defeated the veteran Vinny Richards of New York in straight sets, 7-5, 6-1, 8-6.
 In the doubles, Budge and Bruce Barnes of Austin, Tex, won by de- fault from Wilmer Hines of Charles ton, w. Va, and Tobey Hansen of Hot Springs, Va. Hines and Hansen pleaded exhaustion from their five hour and 20-minute singles match Wednesday which Hansen won in the 90th game.
 Dick Skeen of Burbank, Calif., and Faunce teamde to beat the vet erans Frank Hunter and Al Chapin, both of New York, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4, 6-S