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in approval of an editorial appearing
in the New York Times declaring
fatty for a system of universal mill
tary service at once This was the
most encouraging statement that has
come from the administration or
this subject. If the President will
follow it up with recommendation
for legislation, he will find wide
support for universal training among
the people. One of the most amazing
happenings in this country during
the last World War was the enthusi-
astic way in which the American
people accepted the draft law fol-
military service. Gen. Pershing has
given his approval to universal train
ing.
At present the suggestion is made
in a number of congressional quar-
ters that military training should be
given for the present only to volun-
teers. The theory is that the volun-
teer system is more to be admired
than a compulsory system. Maybe
it is. It is. however neither practical
nor truly democratic when it be-
comes necessary 20 raise very large
Army and to increase the personnel
of the Navy.
100000 Enlisted in 60 Days.
When the World War began fol-
the United States, in April, 1917
We had 100000 men in the Regular
Army and the National Guard. I'M
mediately the limits were removed
and volunteer enlistments were in
order. In go days approximately
100000 men enlisted. OF these
205, 900 went into the Army, 7700C
into the Navy and 5000 into the
Marine Corps.
Then the draft came along, Con-
gress having come to the conclusion
under the leadership of President
Wilson that it was necessary and
also the fairest way of raising an
Army to fight the war. The first
registration was on June 5, 1917
for men from 81 to 81 years of age
There we're three registrations all
told, taking in men from 10 to As
years of age. In all 24,234 900 men
of all ages between 18 and IS were
registered, and 100000 were taken
into the service through the draft
or about IL per cent of the total
registration.
When the draft was adopted VOL
unteer enlistments did not cease
Men could still volunteer. Some
of them were older men, and some
of them had served in the National
Guard in the past. The total mum
Der of volunteers during the course
of the World War was 1872, ,687. But
the large majority of the men taker
into the armed services came
through the draft or conscription
or whatever you wish to call it. 1r
round numbers, about 100000 were
in the service when the war closed
Man Power First Essential.
Great stress is being placed today
on the need for the new arms, the
Evening star., 1940-06-11
Founder Alters Color
To Suit Surroundings

What one might call the fish
which cannot make up its own
mind is the common founder. For
the founder can and does vary the
color and pattern of its skin to
match closely the bottom on which
it lies. 1t may shift in few hours
from very dark background with
small blotches to the exact reverse,
depending upon whether it Is on a
muddy. pebbled bottom or in sandy
area with gravel.
Experiments have bene made, util-
izing various cofors and patterns on
the bottom of an aquarium tank. to
show that the founder can mimic
very closely the design and depth of
color which serves as its background.
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eSted To-Day IN
h a wing t h l S
country put IN a
position of ade-
quate d e + e n S e
from any foreign
attack than they
are in ideas Of
members of Con-
gress on whether
this or that at
titude will win
or lose t h e m
votes.
Pres s ! d e n t
Roosevelt. at a
press conference
last week. spoke
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Fears LuIIed by Pact

There other spirits
Goeng air bobers Paris Hughes Harding
Hoover
Arisde
safety pspiermache pledges
all countries
adopt form they
reunion of their sundered folk.
There with the Stukas and the parachusts
Carolina Wheeler of Montana, of
Republican spokesman charged
and when he gathering
Riding with the tanks angling
division like Gerald
bergh and the whole kit and bln of those
the Allies
johnson
behind the lines
shadowy Hoar
Chamberlain Anthony Eden Pierre Laval Dade
statesmen
Spain seize Austria crush and who winked
Albania and Abyssna China
of
this battle
struggle which will decide the fate the Old
he
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Answer to Huqh S. Johnson

failed eonder my column
pointing
strategist ndustria
attack his Knowledge sincerity honesty
For details the reader referred to Mr. ohnsons
who's Who which
statement that his military
his
officer and that he did service
claims the
who registered under that draft
sponsby that of Gen Crowd and that simply
credit for his the War
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A. F. L. Aid for Changes
In Labor Act AssuiIed

BY the Associated Press.
George @. Lynch, leader of the
A. F. of LIS Patternmakers' Union,
assailed yesterday the Federation s
support of the Smith amendments
to the Wagner Labor Act, and called
on A. F. of l.. leaders to oppose them
in the Senate with "a veritable bar
rage of protests"
Amendments proposed by the In
vestigating Committee headed by
Representative Smith, Democrat. of
Virginia we're approved by the
House Friday. They had received
the qualified support of William
Green, A. F. of l.. president.
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They Still Fear!

for the all possible military
Meanwhile things
able signs that although the
Allies administration while
elements the
practical conviction
shall
President felt able
his gamble, tragically fruitess though it
Evening star., 1940-06-11
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN,

Too slowly, but surely, sentiment
is growing in this country for uni
versal military training and service.
Conscription is not popular with the
legislators, who believe the people,
generally speaking, are against it.
The people, however. are more inter-
Evening star., 1940-06-11

FTenCn los 1Or use against tank at
tacks, and 100000 old Lee-Enfeld
rifles. Besides these releases already
accomplished, the release of another
80 Army planes is in prospect. Taken
together, although all these things
will be extremely useful, they are OBJ
viously not more than a tiny drop
in the huge bucket of disparity be-
tween the Allied and German arma-
ments. Yet the releases were an
extremely serious step, both from the
standpoint of public opinion, and be
close to a Warlike act
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South America. The SERIOUSNESS Of
the flfth-column problem in this
hemisphere can hardly be exagger-
ated. While open, the German
propagandizing is also effective.
But there is little doubt among we'll
informed men in Washington that
the German propagandists have a
simple purpose in not attempting to
conceal their tracks. 1t suits their
book in fact, to alarm the United
Evening star., 1940-06-11
This
Changing
World
Duce May Find
Some Surprises
When He Attacks

BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.
Signor Mussolini was unlike Hitler
in that he put on gloves when he
took the knife to stab the Allies
In the back.
Not only did he give them formal
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1t be necessary
for Congress to
be assembled to
debate a war
resolution while
enemy airplanes
might be bomb
Ing either Amer
vcRn cities or
nat S e n a t or
denberg has
rIfi c a n t ly
xeferred to as
20 u t pos t s. of
A m e r ! c a n
defense?
T h e S e ques-
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@No NA> "a a NcASh
by declaring war
and waiting sew
eral hours be-
fore attacking,
but his courtesy
W e mt further.
Last Friday the
Chief of Proto-
col of the Ital-
ian Foreign Of
flee called on M.
Francois Poncet,
the French Am
bassador. nd
on Sir P ercy
Lorraine. the
Rritich Arahnr
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We, the People
Allied Statesman Of World War Period
Blamed for Current Germun Aggression
BY JAY FRANKLIN.

AS the NaA Weygand
Destiny side by side with Hitler
OF men both living deadwho have
There Is Clemenceau Lloyd
he postwar despaton Poncare who demanded
woodrow wilson and COL House and all the sayeyed members
enort to
bitter
There Americans that
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a vote Tor Harding was vote Tor
the League of Nations. There is
Lodge of Massachusetts,, Borah of
Idaho, Frank Brandegee of Con-
necticut, johnson of California, Nc
Cormick of Illinois, Jim Reed of
Missouri, La Toilette of Wisconsin,
the Battalion of Death" which
kept America from supporting the
peace which we had fought for.
Stout soldiers in the Nazi ranks,
these men who made it absolutely
uld not work as an instrument to
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War Order
Pertinent
Question
Formal Declaration
Not Required Under
Constitution
By DAVID LAWRENCE

Would the United States Govern
ment be able to fight against a
"olitzkrieg" type of attack without
formal declaration of war? Would
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mission that ne was only an empoy and not responsible
OF the Moline PloW Co. Nothing could be
mnt OF my fellow comnst industrial experience AS for his
statements rejecting integrity
world is Singing Mr.
johnson good A.
the principle Of industrial coordination
patriotic fellow American.
Nations authority
evidence, that is privilege
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The Capital Parade
Motive for Releasing American Arms
For Allies Called Psychological

Unless reliable signs are completely deceptive the Presidents
motive
chiefly psychological resistance and
If possible, to discourage Italian beligerence
following
planes equally antquaed Navy planes 500 English and
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ment. If he wants a contempo-
rary estimate of that job, he is
respectfully referred to the edi-
torial in The New York Herald
Tribune for June 2, 1910.
Now for the Moline PloW Co.,
etc, angle, there is no need to quar-
rel with Mr.. johnson. l seem to
have been misinformed as to the
facts of the concerns reorganiza-
ton, but my general argument is
Strengthened by Mr. .Iohnsnn's ad-
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Eicher Is Confirmed

The Senate confirmed yesterday
the reappointment of Edward c.
Eicher of Iowa to be member of
the Securities and Exchange Com
mission.
Evening star., 1940-06-11

opinions OF the writers this page their on not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented The
Stars EFFORT to gUe all sides OF questions OF to its
readers although such opinions may contradictory aono
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
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The step taken for terrible In
struggle withstand the German onslaught the
nave little to
OF men and quantity equipment
invader They hope for substantial
OF
for many months Their lines perhaps
IN the short interval between the writing
And even if they able hold which gvey
auholes here they sacrifice
Under the it only that
French should
the President his
Allies The English, particularly deeply the
Sbllty that the French will conclude separate
this have a
usefulness the
and some other material the French They really
TACT OF future
resources being organized Now the
be forthcoming ready. This before.
They Still Fear!
Unless the experts here completely
releases sustain the a
aid the
Allies feared
found in the activity in
Evening star., 1940-06-11

"What Can Be Done
With Our H0me?"
That is the constant inquiry we are
having from owners of homes in the
Washington area-homes of varying
vinta9es. In ninety.nine cases out of
hundred The Eberly Plan can give you
a practical solution after conference
and a careful survey. But if your house
should happen to be the one exception in
which renovizing and undermining
cannot be done to your advantage, we
will frankly so advise you.
The old saying -"the exception proves
the rule"-has been the experience of
our 81 years of putting homes in tune
with the times. 1t will, indeed, be a
peculiar condition if The Eberly Plan
Supervisor cannot master, and do it
promptly and without confusion. Do it
without multiplied overhead profits,
too, because the entire job, from the
planning to the execution of it, will be
ALL done by The Eberly Plan staff
and that, of course, carries with it
another advantage you will appreciate,
only ONE responsibility-OURS.
Why not get fullest enjoym ent,
comfort and convenience out of your
home?
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Another Generation

standpoint public something very
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Nazis to come over and get it in
! American uaterS
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(See LINCOLN, Page Aid
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-02
by Willis Thornton =.
EnIistinq vitamins for Defense

These are extraordinary times
an era in which arti-aircraft guns
and incerdiary bombs appear to
be far more important than hous-
ing, campaigns against disease and
malrutrition.
In a sense, armament is more
important Just now. Without the
weapons to back up its national in
tegrity, a nations efforts toward
social progress seem futile ard su-
perfluous. 1t is difficult for one
half of the world to build while
the other half annihilates. Yet a
nation. like the United States,
grimly determined to maintain its
liberties against all comers, can
not afford to overlook the vital
role which vitamins and proper
diet will play in any defense pro-
gram.
third of the population
about 45,GOO,00O persons is not
enjoying proper diet today, accord
ing to a report by Harriet Elliott
consumer expert of the National
Deferse Advisory Commission.
Hungry, undernourished people
do not make for strong defense,
Miss Elliott warned. We have
the lands, machines and hands il
takes to produce AID move ane
market all the food we need tc
assure everyone an adequate ar'1
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-02

doors of tenements and the marble
entrances of palaces. I walk the
hard, hot asphalt of the streets,
and the cool, soft rugs of tycoons
offices. 1 listen when controversies
rage, I hear when self-appointed sa-
viors spout.
see and hear-and impart to you
information upon which you may
form your own judgment. Thus I
help you to vote wisely, to choose
well, to order the way of your de-
mocracy.
Because 1 live in a democracy, I
am free to write as I see and hear.
No Gestapo agent jogs my elbow
when my soft, black pencil writes
what have heard for you. No OG-
PU SOY silences my battered type
writer's keys as they clatter out the
story 1 have witnessed for you. Few
men and women own this precious
freedom today. I must guard it
well.
write-fearlessly diSpassionately
without Observation-Disclosures I see
and hear. 1t isn't quite history, and
it isn't quite literature, but 1T has
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-02
JAPANESE PRIDE
New York Times)

japanese military pride is something
that an Occidental can hardly under
stand 1t is offended when Japanese
plainclothes men, invading the interna
tional area in Shanghai, are arrested by
American marines. 1t is touched to the
quick when Washington intimates that
we will cease to supply oil and scrap
metal to help kill Chinese. But it sees no
loss of japanese dignity when sentry
slaps a Westerner or kicks a helpless
Chinese, when foreigners in Shanghai are
bullied, assaulted or arrested on false
charges by the japanese, or when for
eign newspaper man commits suicide"
in Tokyo under police Interrogation.
A Westerner must be pardoned if he
continues to marvel at this japanese mill
tary pride. Just what he must wonder, is
there to be proud of?
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-02

safe diet"
Miss Elliott advanced several sug-
pcstions included a school lunch
program. methods of getting nee
essarv fruits, vegetables and mix
to low-wage families, extcrSion oil
the food stamp plan. establishment
of diet clinics for service to house
wives, better use Of garden space
by families and methods OF INFORM
ing householde.,s of the best cur
rent buys of wholesome foodstulls.
Much information concerning
well balanced meals to cover nearly
every income group can be OBTAIN
ed from federal agencies, including
the Department of Agriculture In
Washington. d. c.
Trainees under the draft pro-
gram will presumably be fed we'll
balanced meals, designed to give
the utmost in vitamins ana cal
ories. But not everyone will be 1cd
under army supervision. Inc
others-women and children ana
ron-combatant men-must be IN
sured against the effects OF mai
nutrition.
Defense of the United States
Is not a matter alone for the men
who are called to put on uniforms
and take up arms. National 'de-
fense is universal, affecting every
one who has stake in democracy.
After ALL well-fed citizens VIII
have a good deal more to flght
for than those who are just man
aging to exist.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-02
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PRO
PERTY AT PRIVATE SALE.
No. 1089O8

In the Superior Court of the
State of California, in and for the
County of Los Angeles.
In the Matter of the Estate of
ELIZA ANN KELSEY, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that unfer
and pursuant to the law made and
provided. and to the order of Court
shortening the time for the publi-
cation of notice OF sale on file
herein, to whcih reference is hcye-
H. made, the undersigned, JEAN
G. HALL and FRANK o. WILL
LIAMS. as executors of the Last
Will ard Testament of Eliza Ann
Kelsey, Deceased. will sell at pri-
vatc sale to the highest and best
bidder. subject to confirmation of
said Superior Court. on and after
the 5th day of October. 1910, at the
office of Walter l.. Mann, their
attorney, 904 Rowan Building, f58
South Spring Street, in the City
of Los Angels, County and State a.
forcsaid, all the right, title and in
tercst of said deceased at the time of
her death and all the right, title and
interest that the estate of said
deceased has acquired by operation
of law or otherwise, other than or
in addition to that of said de-
ceased at the time of death, in
and to that certain real property
particularly described as follows,
to-Wit:
Lot Five 60, Block Twenty
seven (2D of Additions Number
One % of the City of Ell Cen
tro, County of Imeprial, State
of California, as per Map No.
35 of the County Recorders Of
flee of said County.
Terms of sale: cash in lawful
money of the United States on con-
firmation of sale by the Court,
or If sale is made upon credit the
executors must take the .iost OF
the purchaser for the unpaid por-
ton of the purchase money with
mortgage or deed of trust on the
property to secure its payment
Ten per cent 10%) of the amount
bid to be deposited with bid.
Bids or offers shall be in writ
ing ard will be received at the
aforesaid office at any time after
The first publication hereof and
before date of sale.
Dated this 25th day of September
1910.
JEAN G.. HALL,
FRANK o. WILLIAMS.
AS Executors of the Last Will and
Testament of ELIZA ANN KEI SEY
Walter l.. Mann.
90f Rowan Building.
Los Angeles, California.
Attorney for Executors
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-02
ONE MANS POISON
DAILY Journal, Amigo, Wis.,

One mans meat, we are told in an old
proverb, is another mans poison.
It's little like that with censorship.
Ask any man whether he believes radio
or press ought to be censored Ninety
nine out of 100 will say, mo" But a
lot of them mean, "No, except for the
things I'd like to have cut out"
Letters to the Federal Communications
Commission show to perfection this quirk
of the human mind. A constant stream
of letters demand that this or that politi
cal candidate, this or that comedy team,
this or that commentator, be barred from
the air forthwith. Of course the commits
sion replies that it has no power of CEN
sorship, and tries to forget it.
Tke odd thing is that probably not one
in 10 of those people realizes that he is
advocating censorship. To him. censor
ship means barring the things he wants
to hear. Barring the things he doesn't
like is-well-why, good gosh, that's CEN
sorship, too, isn't it?
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-02
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF TAXES

NOTICE is hereby given that all
taxes for the fiscal year OF July l:
1910 to June 80, 194l in the city OF
nj Centro are now due and payable.
That all taxes upon personal prop
erty and one half of all taxes upon
real estate, mortgages, deeds ol
trust contracts or other Obligations
nv which debt is secured upon real
estate will become delinquent upon
the last Monday in November next
thereafter at five o'clock PM. and
that unless such taxes are PAID
prior thereto ten per cent Will De
added to the amount thereof.
That the remaining half OF the
taxes upon real estate, mortgages,
deeds of trust, contracts or other
obligations by which debt is secured
upon real estate, will become de-
linquent upon the last Monday in
April next thereafter at five o'clock
PM, and that unless such taxes
are paid prior thereto, five per cent
will be added to the amount there
Of
That all taxes may be paid at the
time of the payment of the first
installment as herein provided.
That taxes may be paid at the
City Hall to the Deputy Tax Collec-
tor, between hours of eight o'clock
am, and five O'Clock pm, with
the exception of Saturday and on
which day the hours shall be from
eight o'clock am, to twelve O'Clock
noon.
Dated this 10Th day of September,
1910.
H. E. Cox, City Tax and License
Collector.
BY NEAL H. GAVIN,
Deputy.
(S10-O2 incl)
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-02
A UNITED STATES
OF EUROPE
sacramento Bee)

Historian Emil Ludwig, arriving in
America as a refugee from Germany
few days ago, prophesied not only that
relationships will be swept away IN Eu-
rope but also that the remaining kings
will likewise pass from the stage of his
tory. Ludwig believes that a new democ-
racy. a great United States of Europe
a continental nation with one border and
spirit-will arise from the ashes of CEN
turies of chaos and strife.
That prophecy seems no more astound-
ing in the present seething world than
prophecy made by Edward VII seemed
astounding in the staid, tradltlon-bound
England of the pre-World war genera
ton. Looking at his toddling grandson,
destined to become prince, king and exile,
Edward VII predicted: "There is the last
king of England" King Edward could
not have foreSeen such an event as the
abdication of one grandson for another
but he felt a prescient conviction that the
end of British monarchy would come in
their generation.
If all monarchial dynasties are to end.
the Duke of Windsor will at least conti-
nue. his career of service to England in
the role that he always loved most-that
of ambassador of good will to the world.
AS governor of the Bahamas, peaceful Is
lands far from troubled England and raw
aged Europe, and very near the friendly
Americas, Edward may at last cease the
wandering of royal eXiles of romance.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-02

living blood. l sift the grain OF
Importance from the chaff of un-
important detail in what one man
or another man does-hoping that
I will impart to you true picture
of what goes on in this peculiar
world of ours.
That's why, at high noon or at
bleak midnight, I am ready at the
ianele of telephone bell, at the
staccato chatter of news tlckers
keys, at the gruff bark OF the city
editor
That's why I'm always at the
scene-when fire engines roll; when
men can't wait for the law, but turn
to knife or gun or bludgeon; when
orators debate: when men with pow
er meet to shape destiny.
That's why 1 may seem hardboiled,
callous. tough when I snoop around
and ask impertinent questions.
1t is because you want to see and
hear the truth. And I am your re-
porter.
~-v,vT Uo,r ,,omcua nor artist