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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04
THIS AND THAT
By Charles =. TracepeH.

going into such detail In regard to the
particular subject.
A woman who sews hne seam. as the
old rhyme had it, still might think OF
a robin as "jt6t bird"
The essential thing is to think of a
robin as q robin.
But there is more to curious, quest
ing observing than that
1t also is essential to realize that
there are many component parts, as it
were, to one robin, and that there may
even be differences in robins, one from
the other.
The amateur bird observer must see to
1t that he finds out all the outstanding
points of each species, SO that he can
tell one from another.
This will come about only through
careful watching and a mental checking
over Of the different points.
Never say to yourself, in watching a
bird, why, there is blue sort Of bird"
but rather go over the blue bird, as it is
seen, consciously, and try to note the
features which stand out.
A blue bird, but with red breast
that's a real bluebird.
A blue bird with crest-that's blue
jay.
And so an on through the list
There is q red bird-if it has q crest,
1t is a real redbird. the cardinal
But II 1t has black wings then it must
be 4 tana1er.
Every day is bird day, If you want 1t
to be-
There isn't spot in the country, sub
urbs or city where you can't find some
form of bird life.
This will mean that you have real
interest any place you 60. 1t is always
good for a person to have many inter-
ests. The more interests, the happier
the life. everything else being equal,
which it often isn't. Of course.
Thinking of the self all the time Is a
real danger
Birds can take you out of yourself as
well as anything, perhaps just a little
better than most. There Is something
at once so real and sincere about bird,
as contrasted with so many of the arti-
fetal interests of man, that its contem-
plation is good for the soul.
We need more things for the soul to
look at. nowadays. things to get our minds
of the present misuse of inventions.
Birds fill the bill.
1t is impossible to think about the
woes of the world while you are looking
at birds eating away at feeding station.
In some ways. at least, they lead lives
far surprising ours.
Man, with his machines and wars, may
well look longingly at the birds, eating
away peacefully without q thought Of
harming each other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04
Praise and Criticism for
Editorial on Teachers.

To the Editor Of The Star
I am a public elementary school
teacher, one of the thousands who are
proud to be Americans, who consider a
sacred trust their position as leaders and
guides of young minds and young char
acters still in the making.
Therefore, wish To congratulate you
on your fine editorial Of August 26 con-
corning the reaction of portion of the
Federation Of Teachers to a motion to
deneunce relationships.
However, I feel sure that II you could
interview all the teachers of America.
you would find an overwhelming per-
centase opposed to anything even family
smacking of totalitarianism. Further
more, doubt seriously that the pro-
portion of dfssenters at the federation's
convention may be taken as indicative
of an equal proportion among the total
number of teachers in our land.
After all, the true teacher seeks to
promote release of latent talents. MAXI
mum development and use of these
talents for the greatest good and maxi
mum development and use of the
spiritual qualities of each individual
and that is not totalitarian sentiment,
am sure you agree.
ELEANORE w. KING.
August %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04
Greatest lmpresurio

There can be no question about the
genius of Giulio Gatti-Casazza His
fame was earned under conditions
which did not favor superlative
achievement. The powers of heart
and mind, therefore, which won him
celebrity were natural endowment
pledged to lofty purpose. America,
not excluding Washington, knew him
as the director Of the Metropolitan
Opera Company for twenty-seven
years. His services to music drama
were by no means limited to New
York. Rather, his influence
volatile force - spread throughout
the United States. Whatever was
highest, most definitely gratifying
in his field of art was synonymous
with his name.
OF course, Mr.. Gatti-Casazza, adj
mittedly the dean of impresarios,
had his share of critics. There were
those who believed that he was too
conservative" Others, noting that
he ventured to produce fifteen
American works between 1910 and
1924, complained that he was too
modern" His success probably de-
rived in some part from the fact that
he managed to maintain balance
between classical and frankly expert
mental material. It also was largely
attributable to his personal charm,
his modest and kindly bearing, the
gentleness with which, even when
deeply disturbed. he dealt with peo-
pie. He loved his work profoundly,
and it pleased him to understand
that an intelligent and sensitive
public likewise cared for it with an
enthusiastic passion.
Mr.. Gatti- Casazza, 1t must be con-
fessed, was more than little out of
place in. the world of 1910. His
country had changed during his
absence. When he returned to it for
the sunset of his life he was 4
stranger who could not adjust him
self to the new patterns. He tried to
be philosophic, but 1t was too late.
At seventy-one he wanted a serenity
which, unfortunately, was not OBJ
tainable. Announcement of his
passing was withheld, at his request,
until after his funeral. But what
does it matter? There is no death
for such a spirit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04
Employees Rights Restored

Arlington County is the first of the
nearby communities in which the
right of Federal employees to partici-
pate in purely local political cam
paigns and hold Office Is being re-
stored through the new Hatch Act,
and the simple regulations prescribed
by the Civil Service Commission to
govern this privilege no doubt will
cause other localities adjacent to the
Capital in Virginia and Maryland
quickly to avail themselves of the
opportunity to regain their former
status.
Until the first Hatch Act, enacted
in August, 1889, to curb political &C
ton by Federal employees, inadvert-
emily put an end to the practice,
those on duty here were permitted
under executive order to campaign
and hold Office in the surrounding
counties where they make up the bulk
of the population, as long as such
activities were conducted on a nom
partisan basis. The same restriction
again is being imposed by the COM
mission in the order Just promui-
gated.
1t is, OF course, required that
political activity and elections be con-
Quoted in such a way that the cam
paign and resulting political man.
agement be strictly nonpartisan in
character" the commission says.
Offices coming within the scope of
the program must be purely local
Offices, the duties of which do not
involve State or national partisan
politics"
Communities seeking these rights,
the commission explains, must sub
init an application along with a
showing that the domestic interest
of the employees warrants their &C
tive participation in government.
In the case of Arlington County, the
Civic Federation made the appeal,
and spokesman of like authority will
be recognized elsewhere.
The justice of permitting Federal
workers to direct affairs in commu-
mites that are particularly their
own, is unquestioned. Until the
Hatch Act interviewed, the system
had prevailed without abuse for
many years, both here and at other
large centers Of Government employ
ment, and the Civil Service Commits
sion can be counted on again to see
that proper standards are main
tanned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04
August %.
TO the Editor Of The star.

TO the Editor Of The star.
One of tonight's editorials in The Star
entitled THE Teachers Vote" criticizes
the $50 teachers Of the American Fed
Grafton of Teachers, because they did
not vote favorably on a silly resolution
condemning "all relationships whether
In Germany, Italy or Russia" Just why
these American schoolteachers should
vote favorably on a resolution of this
kind which had no place in a conven-
ton of American teachers, is not ex-
planned.
Evidently these teachers gathered to
exchange ideas and for discussion of
subjects that might enable them to i'm
prove their status as teachers of the
youth Of America. Surely, it is none of
their business If Germany, Russia and
Italy prefer relationships. Because some
hysterical one among them introduced
this silly resolution and $50 had sense
enough not to vote favorably, is no rea-
son whatever why they should be Judged
harshly' as the writer intimates they
should be. Most persons who are still
able to use their reason, will praise them.
The editorial further states: Casual
inquiry would suffice to show them that
events abroad during the past. several
years have served to convince the aver
age American that it would be treason
to compromise with tyrants."
It would be interesting to know if the
writer of this statement means to imply
that these teachers are traitors because
they voted against this asinine resolu-
ton. If so, these teachers need not 60
to Europe to find a "tyrant." Any per-
son who suggests that they were traitors
and the implication is plain in the
above quotations. the real tyrant. This
does not mean that the writer lacks in
telligence, but the entire editorial reflects
a tyrannical, 4ntolerant distaste for the
opinions of others.
The editorial also states that: "Nor-
mally, 1t might have been supposed that
every delegate would have approved the
sentiment" The fact is, that If every
delegate would have approved the seAti-
ment 1t would have been sure indica-
ton that they were not normal, but abb
normal. This resolution had no place in
the deliberations of this assemblage Of
teachers. Approval or disapproval would
not have had any influence in changing
the relationships Of any European corln-
try. Furthermore, these teachers have
all they can do to teach the youth Of
America how - - goo6 c3t11u8 aua
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04
Refers President and Conrress
To Bible Guidance.
To the Editor of The Star

To the Editor of The Star
understand that war material still is
being sold to Japan by the United States
to fight China.
China is forced to defend herself
against great totalitarian power and
she has made a valiant fight, being the
first country to do so. And now op-
pressed China is suffering not only from
war, but famine also.
II seems to me so contradictory that
a nation like our own, which calls itself
Christian, should desire to help totali-
tartan power to kill. Can it be that
after all our Christianity is only in
name?
I pray that the President and Con-
gress will read II Chron. 1872 and 1871
of the same book. JANET BLOWER.
East Falls Church, Va.
August 20.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04

They have q bird day in Australia,
Just as we have an arbor day here.
It is good idea, since it brings home
to thousands Of persons the value of
bird life. especially to those who would
not think of 1t otherwise.
But to those of us who like the song
sters, every day in the year is bird day.
There isn't day too cold or too hot or
too dry or too wet for birds, especially
If you feed them.
These bits of life were made to stand
all kinds of weather, and if 1t doesn't
suit them, now and then, they simply
show sublime good sense by flying south.
No doubt the birds were the first trav-
elers, and the first to show mankind the
good of migrating
Human beings who go North in the
summer, and South in the winter, owe
the idea to the birds.
Those who stay still the year around
can have all the birds they want, how.
ever, without so much as leaving their
own yards.
More and more persons are finding
this out every year.
1t is just as much fun 10 watch them
in your own yard as in the Everglades. :
There is always something new to find
out about them.
One observer sees one thing, another
sees something else, but maybe the first
will not see what the second does, and
so on.
Here is a man who has been observing
bird life intensely for the past six years,
without once noticing that the flicker
has big patch of white at the rump.
The first time second observer speaks
of this, he doubts it, because he does
not remember it; he simply hadn't no
ticed it.
The next time he sees a flicker, large
and handsome bird. in his garden, he
takes a good look, and, sure enough,
there is the white splotch.
There are two factors which must be
kept in mind II one is to see birds as
they really are.
One is good eyesight. and the other is
curious, questing interest.
Which Of these is the most important,
we do not know. Eyesight, when it
comes to birds, can be improved i'm
mensely by the use of good pair of
binoculars.
Often the binoculars are not handy,
and one must trust to the naked eye,
so-called. Then the better the eyes, the
better the observation. but only when
one really looks closely.
This sort of looking is not common.
Many persons have to train them
selves in 1t, not because they are care
less, but because they are not used to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04
to believe that the transfer Of Til

to believe that the transfer Of the
destroyers is not an act of war, and
that it will not be interpreted as such
by Germany, who went to much
greater lengths on her own account
In the Spanish civil conflict. With
respect TO the legality of the trans
fer by executive agreement rather
than by treaty, it should be con-
coded, perhaps, that Mr.. Jackson
does not make out an unanswerable
case. 1t is seldom that that can be
done in any legal dispute. But If his
arguments in support of Mr.. Roose-
welt are not conclusive, they are at
least strongly persuasive, and those
who contend that the President has
exceeded his authority have not as
yet made out stronger case in sup
port of their position.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04
American Faults. He Says,
Ought Not to Be Defended.
August rs.

Ou&nt mol TO be Dcfenocd.
To the Editor of The star.
A lot has been said about defending
the American way of life. In fact,
doubt II any campaign or rearmament
slogan has stirred the imagination of
the people of this country so much as
the .oft-repeated appeal to protect our
way Of life. Indeed, the American way
of life" sounds so patriotic as we hear
it proclaimed or see it in the headlines
that we are little inclined to analyze
the phrase to find out just what 1t
means: and herein lies q real danger.
Now exactly what do we regard as the
American way of life? I imagine to
most Of us it means something con-
nected with the principles upon which
our country was founded-freedom of
opportunity, freedom of religion, free
dom of speech and press, sanctity of the
home and the other great underlying
principles of democracy. Surely these
things are worth defending with the
very best that is in us. But doesn't our
conception of the American way of life
actually cover more than these prin-
ciples? Aren't we inclined to let the
pressure of events abroad cause us to
justify the way that we live? If so,
we certainly must clarity our conception
of what Is worth defending.
We know the history of nations that
have crumbled because they sought to
perpetuate selfish systems of society.
While I do not bring the charge that
We are seeking to perpetuate such q
system today, am not certain that we
are not heading in that direction. Ger
tainly We are in real danger If we seek
to justify all of our way of life. In the
opinion Of some, we are In more danger
from internal decay than from foreign
aggression right now.
Our knowledge of the abuses of de-
mocracy is much too general to need a
detailed explanation here. We know
that there is gross selfishness in our
businesses and homes; we know that
there are grave abuses in politics and
that political bosses are thwarting the
will Of the people in many places In our
land: we know that we have q huge
army Of unemployed who could be put
back to work II you and and enough
other American citizens cared enough:
We know that the United States leads
the world in the number of broken
homes and in crime, and we know that
more than half of our people do not
even claim allegiance to any church.
II defending our way Of life means
defending our selfishness, our abuses
and political corruption, our broken
homes and crime and our national and
individual godlessness. then I am con-
WINGED that the American way of life
Is not worth defending.
What then is the hope of America? I
say 1t is in our ability and willingness
to face ourselves individually and as a
nation and to be certain that we de-
fend what u worth defending and get
rid Ct the rest. And hope that our
rearmament viii 60 beyond planes and
guns to men and women rearmed with
faith, moral courage, unselishness and
integrity. JESSE EDWARD AIKEN.
August -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04

A speaker at a recent anti-con-
scription rally here in Washington
declared that compulsory military
training leads to Fascism and is not
necessary for national defense. He
might conceivably be right on the
first point, but all our principal wars.
counting both sides in the Civil War,
prove him wrong on the second.
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Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
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the t1rfter, although the use of
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II do not choose to debate" Is a
pretty nifty little saying, but 1t can
not class with 81 do not choose 70
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04

how to make a decent living. There is
no reason for any editor to make caustic
criticism because some of them had good
ness. VIM. H. SwEITzER.
August rs.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04

Calls Attention
To Day Of Prayer.
To the Editor Of The Star.
May remind the people with these
few lines that the President Of the
United States has proclaimed September
8, the second Sunday in September. a
day Of prayer to God ITO grant to this
land and to the troubled world right
eous. enduring peace7"
August 3. IoU1D 7. Duom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04
Exception Taken to
Wi1lkie Statement.

TO the Editor Of The Star.
So Mr.. Willkie opposes the conscrip-
ton of wealth in time of national emer-
gency! That confession will do more
than anything else he may say to
ALLEVIATE the young men of America from
the Republican standard
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYE.
August 30
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04

right of the President to dispose of
vessels of the Navy and unneeded
naval material finds clear recogni-
ton in at least two enactments of
the Congress and a decision of the
Supreme Court" One prohibitory
statute, that of June %, 1910, was
eliminated when the Chief of Naval
Operations certified that the de-
stroyers were not essential to the
defense of the United States, and
another, enacted in 1917, was held by
Mr.. Jackson to be applicable only to
armed vessels built with intent that
they should enter the service of a
belligerent.
The one remaining legalistic argu-
ment against the transfer-that it
would be in violation of international
law and an act of war-was rejected
by Mr.. Jackson, who cited authority
which seemed clearly to support his
position on this point. Certainly, to
layman, there does not appear to
be any real difference between the
sale or transfer of destroyer to a
belligerent andsthe sale or transfer
of military airplane or field gun
to that same belligerent. If the turn
ing over of the destroyers to Great
Britain Is an act Of war, then we
have already committed acts of war
in the past.
On the whole, 1t u more reasonable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04

@. How many feet Of concrete will the
50-caliber machine gun bullet of the
United States Army penetrate at 200
and 500 yards?-G. M.
A. The caliber SO A. P. bullet will pene-
trate 6 inches of concrete at 200 yards;
$40 inches at 600 yards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04

A reader can get the anstrer to any
question OF fact By irrittno The Ere-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred.
eric J. Hdskin, director, Washington,
D. c. Please ir,close stamp for reply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04

@. What percentage of land in the
District of Columbia is owned by the
Government?-P. D. M.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04

@. How much beer was consumed last
year in the United States?-A. B.
A. The Bureau of Internal Revenue
reports that So ,233 100 barrels of 81 gal
Ions of beer were withdrawn for con-
sumption in 1889.
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