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La gaceta., 1940-03-20

Los comunistas cubanos, por
ejemplo, Sc desganitan ahora
gritando: viva la coalici6n Ba-
ista-Menocal.
Hace unas pOcas semanas
afeaban a Grau sus relaciones
politicas, no intimas, con ell ma
yoral de Chaparra.
IFS una genie que Sc acomo-
da a maravilla.. y Viva Moscd
81 Menocal era malo, terrible,
mace cinco semanas..- Jpor yir-
tud de que milagro de los mila-
gros es ahora bueno y hasta CD
81 perfecto?
La gaceta., 1940-03-20

JUAN NJ UMENEZ
Ell erimio pOetd eSpd6Ol que
dGrd ma cOnferencid en- Or
lando, a los mGestros de lido
ma eSpaaol, ell dia 29 de mar
20.
Evening star., 1940-03-15

sidiary part Of the Agriculture De-
partment. Mr.. Wallace has made the
F. c. A. an integral part Of the New
Deal farm program, whose founda-
ton rests on the use Of public money
to subsidize farmers in a variety OF
ways-Agricultural Adjustment Ad-
ministration payments, crop loans,
export bounties, and now credit
available not necessarily to those
whose prospects and merits make
them worthy Of 1t but to those who
need it. The Secretary Of Agricul-
ture has the notion that the public
support Of the farmer is a valuable
governmental enterprise of such
broad social implications that liberal
use, not necessarily based on sound
banking policy, of a $4,000, ,O00, 900
credit agency is desirable to further
the enterprise. Not only is this un-
fair to the taxpayer but, as Mr.. Goss
wisely points out, it is unfair to the
farmers, who should never forget
that lending them more money and
getting them deeper into debt is no
substitute for lack of income"
Evening star., 1940-03-15
Free and Easy Credit

The issue involved in the Farm
Credit Administration controversy
is whether an institution run for
almost seven years on sound bank
Ing principles shall be turned into a
money fountain for farmers in debt.
Each of the successive designations
OF three high officials of the agency
Governor Hill, General Counsel
Evans and Land Bank Commissioner
Goss-in protest against the free and
easy policy has focused attention on
the question, and now Mr.. Goss
leaves behind him testament that
illustrates how deeply the F. G. A.
matter affects us all.
1.-THE Government pays the loss
whenever the borrower wants to
quit paying" are the words Mr.. Goss
uses to summarize the present Farm
Credit policy. In its almost seven
years Of existence the F. c. A. has
lent more than $5,000,O00,OOO.
The F. c. A. debate began on
December ~ when Secretary OF
Agriculture Wallace, with President
Roosevelt's open backing, announced
that the agency would become sub
Evening star., 1940-03-15
Suggests Submitting United
Labor to Membership.
70 the Editor Of The Star:

As member of trade union not af-
filiated with either the A. r. L. or c. I.
o. but loyal advocate Of organized labor
and with its best interests at heart. I
move that the question of uniting the
A. F. L. and C. I. o. be submitted to a
vote Of the membership of both organiza-
tions, such vote to be final and binding.
The proposed ballot should be conducted
by some neutral authority, some one from
the Department Of Labor preferably. II
= majority favor union, then q conven-
ton could be called to carry 1t into effect
and elect an entire new set Of officials
for the combined body.
II the present foolish and selfish course
Of these two organizations is not soon
arrested, it win not be long until organ
lied labor, annulling its own influence
and power and discredited by the public,
will be thing Of the past. Since we have
reached the day when little can be ac-
complished except by mass movement we
believe this Nation needs and desires q
strong and effective organization Of the
working classes: but at present the pub
lie Il confused as to who represents
whom. Is It possible that the enemies OF
organized labor are using these organiza-
tions to demonstrate the logic Of the
bundle Of sticks"?
DAVID A. TAYLOR.
~ "a
Evening star., 1940-03-15
BottIenecks

Home-going motorists who used the
new Thomas Circle underpass during
yesterdays rush hour received a
lesson in how modern, growing
city's traffic can be handled and an
other lesson In how it should not be
handled. Without delay they moved
from Thirteenth to Fifteenth streets
at moderately fast pace. But there
they encountered trouble. While the
new tunnel, with the inexorahle eff
cheney Of production line, fed more
cars into the Scott Circle area, hun
dreds Of other drivers were trying
to move northward on Sixteenth
street, and east and west on Rhode
Island avenue. The result, of course,
was serious jam.
Washington has numerous bottle
necks where conflicting streams of
traffic at certain hours OF the day
bring about a condition which is
solved too often by chance-taking.
Maine avenue and Fourteenth street,
together with the Speedway exit and
Evening star., 1940-03-15

the narrow Tidal Basin outlet bridge,
have caused major problem. This
will be intensified with the increased
use Of Maine avenue when the pres
ent harbor development Is completed
and when the Jefferson Memorial
begins to attract thousands. Plans
for grade separation at this point
still are tentative. Facilitation of
traffic on Rock Creek-Potomac Park
way is progressing, with work under
way on the Massachusetts, avenue
bridge and the X street viaduct.
Thomas Circles underpass has
cost nearly half million dollars. It's
value in relieving congestion at an
intersection which is used by nearly
sixty thousand vehicles a day is in
estimable. But this value is impaired
when the major traffic flow is north
and west because of the veritable wall
OF traffic which is encountered at
Scott Circle. Construction of a SINH
lar underpass to carry Sixteenth
street traffic under the circle is being
considered and should be expedited.
This would permit a better controlled
movement as far as Dupont Circle,
with possible outlets into Rhode
Island avenue, Seventeenth and
Eighteenth streets. Congestion still
would exist at Dupont Circle, but the
blocking Of traffic would not be so
severe II Scott Circles problem were
solved first. Then the Dupont un-
derpass for Connecticut avenue
would follow logically.
Evening star., 1940-03-15
Publishers Paradise

A circulation expert sent a form
letter to the Represa california;
sports-Telegram guaranteeing. for a
fee. to double it's circulation in six
weeks. He could have saved three
cents had he but known that it is the
official newspaper Of Folsom Prison.
The management refused.
In explanation of the phenomenon.
it must be remembered that both the
stock and the subscribers are closely
held, and the broad free outlook so
necessary for expansion is lacking.
With gently smiling jaws they well
come such new clients as are sup
piled free of charge by the Los
Angeles County police and courts,
and seek no others. They are very
snooty and not without reason.
The publishers of the Sports-Tele-
gram have soft snap and should be
the envy of all other publishers. Not
only do they eliminate the cost of
wire services by substituting the free
grapevine telegraph; they also make
use OF that unique institution, the
payless pay day. They have worked
up the delivery service to peak of
perfection by consolidating routes.
and there IS little chance of a paper
going astray when addressed to MIR.
l23,456, at Corridor L, Cell Twenty
two. And best of all, when Constant
Subscriber writes in, kicking about
everything, the editor can put him
In solitary.
Evening star., 1940-03-15
Forecast

When springtime wakens, misty-eyed.
Upon these mountain tops,
The way of countless living streams
Will lead to mills and shops,
There will be those who will not see
Wild geese in ordered flight
Nor hear their valiant trumpet calls
Re-echo through the night,
They will not see wood violets
Lift faces sweetly shy
Nor trees show lacy f1ligree
Against an orchid sky.
They will not hear the whippoorwill
Sound his pathetic note
Where trafhc roars, the voice Of snr,n,
IsNstihed In her throat.
But they will know by certain siens
When she IS really near;
The poagnancy Of her return
Is there as well as here.
She gives her smiles impartially
To country and to town;
In alleys, as on grassy lanes,
Her sudden tears come down.
The lingering fragrance Of her breath
VIII mark the path she takes;
Her wistfulness will flood the heart
With longing. till Il breaks.
ANNA n. pRIED1LEY.
Evening star., 1940-03-15
Liquid Oxygen Bombs

early IN the war there were rumors
In England and France of a "secret
weapon" in possession of the Ger
mans. Nazis in Rotterdam boasted
loudly that Hitler was in possession
OF something-nobody knew what
with which he could put an end to
the war in short order. But, they
SAID, Der Fuehrer was too good and
KIND man to use it unless the das-
tardly enemy drove him to despera-
ton. At first some believed that this
unknown weapon was the magnetic
mine. 1t certainly did damage
enough-but 1t could not be sup
posed that it would have any great
effect on the progress Of the war.
Moreover, there was nothing partic-
ularly secret about it. The govern
ments OF both France and Great
Britain were well aware Of the gen.
eral principle. They had known all
about it for twenty years.
Now congressional interest has
been aroused by "a liquid oxygen
bomb-such as reputedly was used
experimentally in the Spanish war
and which was reliably reported to
be capable Of destroying anything
within a mile radius of the place of
explosion. 1t is by no means i'm
possible that the military uses of
the most violent explosive known to
man have been explored thoroughly
and that some of the obstacles to its
use have been surmounted. The
trouble with liquid oxygen. 50 far
as its potentialities as an explosive
can be known to laymen, is that it
must be made as it is used. Liquefied
oxygen, at a temperature of one hum
dred and eighty-three degrees below
zero centigrade, evaporates very
rapidly at ordinary temperatures.
1t Is somewhat of mystery how a
supply of bombs filled with such an
explosive could be manufactured and
transported for the use of an army.
II some method has been found of
manufacturing liquid oxygen in an
airplane in Highland there have
been run1ors of such-the pilot could
make his bombs as he drops them.
And this, for the time being at least,
would be bad news for the opposing
forces. This may indeed be the "se-
cret weapon" But fortunately, it is
not very secret. The tradition of
science under all flags that results
be published for the benefit of the
world in times of peace has resulted
in making widely known the broad
features of handling liquid oxygen.
physicists Of Great Britain and
France can be expected to get at the
details very quickly if the bomb be-
comes OF great military Importance.
Evening star., 1940-03-15
Says Pioneers Explore
Frontiers Of Behavior
Philosopher Tells
Of Adventures in
Human Research
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
where can one find man who can
take an ak and chew of tobacco and
60 build himself a home?" you ask in
an editorial printed on March II.
As one who daily lives with an ak in
his hand and a chew in his mouth, sur
rounded by 10000 acres OF neglected tim
ber, lacking many Of the luxuries of the
pioneers Of fiction, and having once read
a book on psychology, feel qualified to
answer: "The woods Is full of EN-"
Those who so bemoan an equivalent of
the early frontierman are unworthy of
the name of scientist. Their mood SUBJ
jective. their outlook perverse. Others
must do their thinking for them. Ira
ditionalism is their end rather than di-
rected objectivism their means.
No! Such weepers cannot be scientists,
nor psychologists. If they were, they
would know positively that there are
just as many, If not more, pioneers today
than there ever were. Only in different
wildernesses with other tools and tim
bers; for instance in the mechanics of
human behavior.
Two dimensions of man we know quite
well-his faculties in terms of space and
time, In cubic and planar aspects; the
matters OF his department of health"
pleasure and pain, sensation, feeling, re-
fiexes, and those Of his wealth" his DOS
session, having, knowing. But, in his
third and fourth dimensions, in the pow
ers functions and properties of his lines
OF direction and end point, scientifically.
this territory is comparatively terra in.
cognito. How little do we know of the
pursuit of happiness. Of the will of man
and his cause for being! How incom-
petent are We still in adjusting the af-
fairs OF mans powers and his work!
Such jungles have always been in
process OF exploration. For the hardy
there are thrills and adventure, and
dangers, too.
AS the pioneer once went forth with
his ak and eating tobacco, so today ven-
lures the true scientist. Not with bare
nanoS, out mechanized; with mathe-
matics and language and reason as his
sharp edged tools to clear the land of
the briars and brush of prejudice and
traditionalism, and Of logs shaped and
measured by universal principles he is
building for posterity home in ultimate
truth.
AS a postscript cannot resist inject
ing here Principle Eight of the code of
Charles A. Dana, recommended by him in
an address before the Wisconsin Editorial
Association July "a, 1888, and as true
today as it ever was: Above all, know
and believe that humanity is advancing;
that there is progress in human life and
human affairs; and that, as sure as God
lives, the future will be greater and bet
ter than the present or the past"
March 13. c. B. PHILIBERT.
Evening star., 1940-03-15
THIS AND THAT
BY Charles Z. Traceuell.

that cats in one State alone kill so ,000,.
900 birds annuallyl
II this were 80, or In any degree 20.
there would be no birds left IN that
State at all inside Of year
In fact, it is q matter OF doubt II
there are 50,000O00 birds in any one
State in the Union at any one time.
Fifty million is lot Of birds!
Starlings and English sparrows are
two others upon which the blame for
decreased numbers Of songbirds is some
times placed by the unthinking.
This because they tend to drive the
smaller native birds out of their nesting
places.
In the end, this will mean a decrease,
but no one can say just how many, or
how long time will be required for the
change to take place.
English sparrows and starlings tend
to keep rarer birds away from suburban
and city feeding stations.
There can be little doubt about this,
but what can tolerant person do
about it? Perhaps the best thing he
can do is to withhold from the feeding
places the particular titbits fancied by
starlfngs, such as bread, meat, suet,
coconut.
The hope is that the unwanted birds
will 60 someplace else. There is no
cruelty involved here, even in a bad
winter, because thousands Of persons now
feed the birds, and many of them use
bread, so that none will 60 hungry.
OF course, if you do not use suet, you
so it goes.
Some persons find the mockingbird
far worse in driving away rarer birds
than starlings and English sparrows.
English sparrows rather prefer q
feeder at distance from the house, so
that one on the windowsil is not so
likely to attract them.
The best way to get the rarer birds
is to move to the suburbs!
One way to enjoy bird life to the most
Is to accept what comes and make the
best of it. This means that some persons
are able to get as much satisfaction from
starlings and English sparrows as others
do from chickadees and titmice
Rarer birds will come even where
the two are, but not so often. The per-
son who accepts those that come will
have even greater Joy when the rarer
birds do arrive.
Neither starlings nor English SPAR
rows chase away other birds. Mostly
they fight among themselves.
To do battle with certain species, to
grow red in the face, to trap and to kill,
even, Is to miss the very crown of this
sport. There is too much killing going
on in the world today as it. is; let no
one dare call himself bird lover" who
adds to the slaughter in his own back
| yard.
Evening star., 1940-03-15

was informed that this proposed bill was
advocated by group of New York econ
omists. 1t is not surprising, for it has
an odor which is strongly reminiscent of
certain charms, composed largely of
snake bones, fish bladders, ETC., peddled
by voodoo priests and worn by natives of
Haiti as cure-all. 1t is regrettable that
the Senator has lent his name and pres
tige to such voodooism.
May add my humble suggestion to
supplement and improve the Senator's
plan? While offered In all modesty, I
am sure that it contains the germ which
will cure our economic miseries. It is
this:
During the forthcoming census, let
there be taken complete record of all
power shovels In use in this country.
Let us then ship these misunderstanding,
subversive devices to Europe (gratis)
for the purpose of digging trenches for
the armies of the warning nations This
will release men for the front lines, where
they will doubtless be needed, and soon.
AL OF these power shovels shall be re-
placed with men using picks and hand
shovels. To help spread unemployment,
horse-drawn wagons should replace as
many trucks as possible. After this pro-
cedure has been tried fairly and thor
oughly, If the reduction in unemploy-
ment has not reached encouraging pro-
portions, the picks and hand shovek are
to be then discarded and spoons issued
to the workers; wagons and trucks sup
planted by wheelbarrows.
I make no claim to originality in Offer
ing the above, as family recall hearing
OF identical measures being advocated
before. There is a vast field of oppor-
tunity In the exploitation of this idea
Think how far back we all can 20, tech
nologlcally, until we again will be
privileged to drudge and sweat for a
mere existence, la 1892 AID. Think,
also. of the many things we can learn
to do without. TECHNOCRAT.
Arlington, Va.
March l3.
Evening star., 1940-03-15
SIXTEENTH STREET.

'Dear Sir:
Il have enjoyed your column very
much and have seen how you have
solved some other bird lovers problems
You may be able to solve mine.
II live at Sixteenth street and Park
road NV. Our neighborhood is not
favorable for most birds.
Il have feeding station but I have
not been able to get any other birds
other than the starting and English
sparrow, except for one pair OF cardinals.
Il realize that even the sparrows and
starlings need help in bitter winters
but would like to see some other types.
yours truly, G. E. L."
One living in the crowded city need
not expect as many rarer species as
the resident of suburban community.
But even in some Of the suburbs in
recent years the number Of species has
fallen OF.
This is q matter for speculation. It
has been discussed in Bird Lore, the
magazine Of the National Association
Of Audubon Societies. and in other
periodicals.
1t is quite evident from 4 perusal of
articles printed during the past 10 years
upon the subject that the more one
knows about bird life the less likely he
or she is to have any hard and fast
theories upon the subject.
There are many factors involved, tied
up not only with the mysteries of bird
life, but also with teeming humanity
and the many increased activities every
where.
The huge loss in forest fires every
year in America must kill millions of
birds. Deforestation in its many aspects
has a great deal to do with it. Birds
love the trees. and gather strength from
them; when anything happens to trees,
something must happen to birds.
Increased number OF tornadoes, sleet
storms, intense and prolonged periods
of cold-these all tend to cut down on
the number Of birds and to keep away
certain species.
Then there are unaccountable factors.
About all the experts can say is that
there are not as many birds as in the
old days"
Inventions of many kinds may have
something to do with it.
There can be little question that the
great wars take tremendous toll.
1t would be better for bird lovers to
think candidly and honestly upon this
subject, than to select some goat"
upon which to lay the blame for de-
creased numbers Of birds.
The cat for instance, is q fayorite
scapegoat with some.
A beautifully gotten up book recently
contained the preposterous statement
Evening star., 1940-03-15
Seeks Information on
Nearby Street Changes.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
The Star Of this Saturday evening
contains the first informative article that
has been published concerning street
changes which the Maryland Park and
Planning Commission, under authority
of the Legislature, will make effective
May in communities Of Prince Georges
County adjacent to the District of Co.
lumbia.
These changes are very sweeping. It
seems to some of us that such sweeping
changes may not be for the public in
terest, that the confusion, the loss of
old landmarks and the breaking down of
community boundaries may be a price
too big to pay for the benefits received.
We all realize that some change is de-
sirable, but We think it need not be ex-
tensive.
The plans for remaining and renumber-
Ing the streets will be put into operation
within such a short time that doubt
If the individual citizen will have an
opportunity to learn what the complete
plans for his own town will be, or what
their relation Is to the project as a
whole unless . washington paper, such
as your own. is willing to give us details
and Is willing to study the matter thor
oughly and put their findings into print
We would like to know If the project
is practical and to our advantage. What
will be the effect on postal and delivery
service, what will be the standing Of
deeds and insurance policies issued on
old addresses?
II one studies a map of this section
he is Immediately impressed with the
entire lack of uniform street arrange
ment. It would seem as If the layout for
the most part does not permit of sys-
matte numbering and naming. Are the
proposed changes really advantageous or
do they simply satisfy the whims of
comparatively few persons?
Various newspaper articles from time
to time have told us that the Park and
Planning Commission was at work on
this project and all Of these write-ups
have stated that communities were
being consulted. I am one of the COM
missioners Of Cottage City and I wish
w Wy eAAos w AAy AAAOWASO&S one M
this town has been approached for adj
vice. In fact as secretary commissioner
I wrote to Mr.. Smith Of the Park and
Planning Commission asking what tie
proposed changes were for this COM
munity and the letter was not even
acknowledged. I believe the changes
are the work Of . few and that the
majority have not been considered.
A few years ago The Star investigated
the so-called Maryland City project for
US, pronounced it not good and killed It
alone and single-handedly. personally
feel that these projected street changes
are being made by the same people with
the idea Of breaking down community
barriers and that the Maryland City
project may soon be with US again,
am not asking The Star to take one
side or the other, but would 1t be willing
to study the matter and give US the
facts before it is too late for us to do
anything, II It turns out that anything
should or could be done to oppose the
schemes outlined In your paper Of today.
Brentwood, Md. ALAN LEIGHTON.
March ..
Evening star., 1940-03-15

Those members of Congress who
excoriate District institutions for
failing to function one hundred per
cent remind one vaguely of the
Pharaoh Of the Exodus who insisted
that the Children of Israel make
bricks without straw.