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Evening star., 1940-10-10
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DnrrlCQne CQOGrn Ahem

When Stephen Ballard murdered IN the
presence ddrkened OF Hurricane Cauern,
detectue Storm uacattonng in the neghbor
guide BreWSter explains that the
Which Ballard stabbed Wih Chinese
OF the BaldrdS BROTHER Jerome dd-
present stands to profit by Stephens death
Of his fortune. Then Iris Hunt niece OF
sepcdren and Leslie had particular bitterness towdd
Evening star., 1940-10-10
CHAPTER v.

V.
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Wunderbirds Plan Hike

A Smile hike in the vicinity of
Goose Greek, Va, will be conducted
Sunday by the Wanderbirds Hiking
Club. Hikers will meet at 9 am. in
front Of the National Theater.
Evening star., 1940-10-10

Alfred Nobel invented dynamite In
1867.
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Continued tomorrow
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Just 76. Single and
double sizes with tenn
pered steel coils wire tied
at the top and mounted
on on oneIe iron frome
with wire border.
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remembered in the Capital for the
merry chase he led House and Senate
committees in the summer Of 1885,
when he was wanted for questioning
In connection with the powerful
lobby maintained by the utilities
interests In an effort to kill the hold
Ing company bill.
Eventually located Somewhere in
New jersey" he came before the
House Rules Committee and ex-
pressed vigorous opposition to "these
committees prying into private
affairs" Later he headed of con-
tempt citation by going before
special Senate investigating COM
mittee. He showed further reluc-
tance to testify when the S. E. c.
had his affairs under inquiry about
eighteen months ago, and few
days ago refused once more to talk
when brought before the grand jury
which has just returned the true
bill against him.
The fact that Hopson has been
indicted, of course, does not mean
that he is guilty. He is entitled to
receive and will get his day in court.
Evening star., 1940-05-10

South America. This has been nat
ural. Europe has been the center Of
the worlds culture. Perhaps, even
after the present holocaust, it win
remain so. It has been the home Of
ideas. The New World, north and
south, has been the scene Of their
technical applications. Now It's ideas
have been diverted into 4 very mar
row channel.
Politically and economically there
have been close approaches between
North and South America since the
first World War. These approaches
were natural responses to common
problems. But the intellectual life
Of the two continents has remained
divided. There has been a certain
difficulty in fusing a Saxon and
Latin frame of thinking. The United
States has looked to London and
Berlin, Latin America to Paris and
Madrid.
The political and the economic
spheres Of human activities, how
ever, are closely bound up with the
intellectual and cultural. No eco
nomic partnership, no political alli-
ance, rests on secure foundations
without a common field of interest
outside those lines. Partners in busi-
ness are not necessarily friends. Men
concerned with the theory of rela-
tivity almost necessarily are friends.
1t is this sort of friendship which
the eighth American Scientific Con-
gress hopes and expects to promote.
Evening star., 1940-05-10
LAKELAND, Fla.

LAKELAND, Fla.
~Dear Sir:
referring to your column in The Star
for April ~ ana the discussion therein
as to the bathing habits of cardinals, I
would like to state that IN the six years
bird bath has graced my garden / have
regularly observed pair Of cardinals
bathing.
"The little chirps of the female have
generally been what attracted my atten-
ton, although often 1t Is the splashing
and fiuttering Of wings. She seems to
be saying to her mate, Come on in, the
waters fine
after several immersions and splash
ings she flies up to the overhanging oak
tree branch, and her better half will
then descend and 60 through the same
performance. They are timid, and II &
bolder bird such as the blue jay or the
mockingbird attempts to bathe At the
same time they will retreat, but as soon
as the intruder has finished they return
and finish their bath.
I'VE do not always get our quota Of
daily showers during the rainy season
in the summer months, and when q
week or more goes by with no rain, the
bird bath, always popular, is extremely so.
Sometimes 1t Is so much in demand
that no sooner is one bird finished with
its ablutions than another takes his
place. have noted . succession Of
mockingbird, brown thrasher, blue jay,
cardinal, red-headed woodpecker, song
sparrows, and the last two summers I
have been thrilled by the presence of
meadowlark who, after drinking and
bathing, remained to hunt over the lawn
for worms or bugs.
"The blue jays are the 'bathingest'
birds Of all, and at times several will
bathe at once.
"One time there was q regular blue
jays convention in the bird bath, six
being in the water, standing or hutter-
ing, and one perched on the outstretched
arm of the little figure The Good Fairy
which rises from the center Of the bath,
and which Is used as perch so much
that it has become loosened several
times from the little dab of concrete it
Is imbedded in.
'"The jays are often selfish and quar-
relsome over the use of the bath. One
spent an entire day hiding among the
foliage of the oak tree above the bath
and dropping down on every bird who
came to bathe or drink.
Il have often been in the garden
quite near the bird bath when one will
arrive to bathe and seemingly pay no
attention to me If do not move sud-
denly.
your column is very enjoyable-I
have been reading 1t for years, OF and
on. My father has The Star sent down
every winter while he is here.
Cordially, H. c. c."
+
"WINNSBORO, S. c.
Dear Sir:
why all this discussion about bird
bathing?
II thought it was conceded that
feather bearing animals had but two
Evening star., 1940-05-10
A New Crime?'

In the rather sad life of Hamlet,
Prince Of Denmark, the great ques-
ton was to be or not to be; in the
life Of the local taxi pilot, it is to
talk or not to talk. The problem
arises from a new ordinance, whose
legality is about to be tested, requir-
ing cab drivers, if they would show
the sights to passengers or discuss
Washington, to take out a guide
license at ten dollars a year, thus
diSproving the bewhiskered old
adage that talk is cheap.
There is a strong feeling abroad
In the land that the average WASH
ington hacker could never stand. the
strain of being gagged, and would
pay many times more than the fee
required, although he would never
quite understand why he should
have to hand over a ten-spot for
speech when the Constitution says
1t is free. theoretically, he could
play safe and keep mum; practically,
he would probably blow up under the
stress. It would be difncult for him
to remember that it is still o. K. for
him to follow his present custom of
complaining about the crying need
Of a good southpaw on the Mats and
at the same time all wrong for him
to point out the 0rifIith Stadium, to
say nothing Of the halls Of Congress
or the national debt. In the inter-
ests Of humanity-jail Is no place
to b in this kind Of weather-if you
happen to be In q taxicab passing
leoo Pennsylvania avenue. do not
ask the driver how many years the
tenants expects 70 remain.
Evening star., 1940-05-10
THIS AND THAT
ways Of cleansing themselves, dustins q
By Charles Z. TYace,oell.

ways Of cleansing themselves, busting Or
bathing.
II cannot speak for parrots, for I know
nothing about them. II you do. please
give your readers the information. The
English sparrow (your friend and my
enemy is the only bird that I know
that bathes both in dust and water.
feel confident that all nesh-eating birds
bathe.
"Are English sparrows 80 dirty that
they have to use both methods to keep
clean?
Il can't reconcile your love and ad-
miration for our native birds and your
defense Of English sparrows and star
lings.
Their importation into our country
was an unforgiveable error.
God knew just where to place his
fauna and fora and mans interference
has always resulted disastrously. Away
with them, for they pre-empt cavities and
eat the food Of better birds.
mo one ever saw . dirty bird in its
freedom, for all of them believe that
cleanliness is next to godliness'
Domestic fowls and birds confined and
denied dust or water baths do become
dirty, but 1t is not their fault. Associa-
ton with man, domestication, has caused
some of Gods animals to degenerate, but
not the birds.
Eyes, cardinals do bathe, there is no
doubt about that. A female was in nv
bird bath on the 26th, thermometer at
so degrees.
Birds are very cautious about bath
ing, for when doing so they become
tempting targets of their enemies, and
it is for that reason we so seldom see
them in their bathing suits.
"The ruby-throat and small warblers
doubtless content themselves with the
frequent summer showers or the early
dew.
Since by your unfailing kindness in
answering so many questions you have
established an open forum, am en-
boldened to trouble you with questions
the answers to which i would like to
know.
why are eggs pigmented?
There may be good reason for those
deposited in open or exposed nests, for
1t does help to camouflage them. but
why pigment those laid in cavities?
"The eggs of bluebirds, robins and
catbirds are very similar; yet the B. birds
use q cavity.
Doves use an open nest, yet lay white
eggs. Wrens, great crested hycatchers
and others using cavities lay pigmented
eggs.
"Woodpeckers, purple martins and
chimney swifts lay white eggs. Whyl
Bob Whites and field larks use similar
nests, both on the ground, yet larks pig
ment theirs. Bob w. does not.
Il know you must be tired of hearing
from your readers that your articles are
Informative and interesting, but want
to be polite. And so say I.
Have passed my 80 mile post, so ask
your indulgence in my expressions anc
use Of this machine.
Yours very truly, H. E. K"
Evening star., 1940-05-10
Pun-Americun Science

The meeting in Washington this
week Of the eighth American Scien-
tihc Congress. with the leading scien-
lists Of twenty-one nations gathered
for exchange Of ideas on the funda-
mental problems Of civilization. may
well become an historical event Of
the first magnitude.
In the past there has been q far
closer cooperation and understand.
ing between Europex scientists and
thoss Of this hemisphere than BE-
tween the scientists Of North and
Evening star., 1940-05-10
Hopson Indicted

Howard Colwell Hopson has fallen
upon evil times.
In the wake of the collapse of his
billion dollar utility empire, Fed
eral grand jury in New York has
indicted the erstwhile bookkeeper
for mail fraud and conspiracy, alleg-
ing that over the nearly two decades
in which he rose to power, Hopson,
with the assistance Of three asso-
ciates, extracted more than twenty
million dollars in unlawful profits
from the now bankrupt Associated
Gas and Electric system by stock
manipulations.
The maximum penalty for convic-
tion on the nineteen counts Of the
indictment would be ninety two
years imprisonment and 4 fine Of
forty-six thousand dollars.
Hopson was a product Of the "fab-,
ulous twenties." He started his
climb with the purchase-on bor-
rowed funds-of the old Associated
Gas and Electric Company, which
operated utilities in Central New
York. That was in 1922. When .
Securities and Exchange Commission
curb on intercorporate operations
forced Associated to seek reorganiza-
ton under the Federal Bankruptcy
Act, early this year. the system was
operating through the eastern half
OF the United States and In Canada
and the Philippines.
The former utility Wsguote n hoet
Evening star., 1940-05-10
Sight Restored

Denied SO long to witness spring
Almost ! thank the High Command
For sightless days. To prize each thing
In my new world. To understand
And better love the Offering
This May bestows with lavish hand
And privilege Of seeing spring
Renewed again in this fair land.
For now. with bud and butterfly
Prom darkensd cells released ana free.
follow on. The warm. clear sky
No shadow casts TO hide from me
The new performance passing BY.
This brief amazing mystery.
AAHoA11T TMoRlNQT0M
Evening star., 1940-05-10
Cold Realism?

Elsewhere on this page today The
Star prints letter from a corre-
spondent who signs himself "Cold
Realism" The letter is a well-ex-
pressed statement Of a rather widely
held point of view. But is the writer
as "coldly realistic" as he fancies
himself to be?
The Star agrees with the writer
that international friendship and
moralism on the part of nations can
be, in so far as sentimentality is con-
cerned, eliminated from the argu-
ment. Nations do not 60 to war for
friendships sake, to raise the stand
ard of international morality or,
unless they have been duped, to pull
anybody's chestnuts-except their
own-out of the fire. War propa-
ganda twenty-three years ago, and
the disillusionment of the postwar
period. have, it is true, implanted the
idea in the minds of many Ameri-
cans that we were duped into the
last World War by clever allied prop
aganda and that our reason for en-
tering the war was to "save the
world for democracy"
That is a form of propaganda
which is being cleverly utilized today
by propagandists Of various ideas.
We entered the last war to defend
certain rights the protection of
which had been a traditional part
of our national policy and, while
there are many people who can tell
us what we lost in this effort, nobody
can tell us what it might have cost
had we stayed out. The Star does
not believe that we were tricked or
duped into the last war by propa-
ganda. There was plenty of prop
aganda then and there always will
be. But propaganda and slogans
such as saving the world for democ-
racy-are the accompaniment, rather
than the cause, of any considered
determination by a nation to go
to war;
A nation goes to war to protect its
own interests-not the interests Of
anybody else. The step that leads
to war may not be worth fighting
about. It is the next step, and the
next, in anticipation of which ma
tions usually 60 to war.
Where Mr.. "Cold Realism" forgets
his realism is in his statement that
German victory involves no menace
to the United States" Maybe not,
but all the evidence and common
sense point the other way. With die
tators ruling most Of the world as
the result of q German victory,
there would be distinct menace
to the United States. And If the
United States enters this war-which
would be calamity-it will be in
defense of its own interests, not the
interests Of the allies or anybody
else and not because of ethical con-
siderations Of right or wrong or the
morals of nations, past or present.
What is best for its own interests
will be decided by mature and delib-
crate consideration of the future of
this country and the Western Hemi-
sphere in world ruled by dictators
who, having enslaved their own peo-
pie and subjugated others, CONSOLE
date their gains and look across the
seas for new worlds to conquer.
Evening star., 1940-05-10

ears and We will be mighty lucky If we
ever come out of it.
Already We are fighting war here
against depression. misery and poverty.
For ten years we have been fighting
it and we seem to be losing it. Federal
Security Administrator McNutt said in
Omaha the other night that seventy
five million people in the United States
today are living below the standards Of
the Oregon Trail pioneers. 1t is agreed
on all sides that we still have fifteen
million or so unemployed. Our national
treasury is fifty billion dollars in the
red and going deeper month by month.
This war we are fighting against the
depression seems to be the only war we
can handle at present, If we can handle
that
Americans, wake up! Put down as an
enemy any foreigner who advocates the
entry of the United States into the
European War, and put down as =
traitor any citizen Of this Nation who
6 favors draining the ifeblood and re-
sources Of our needy country for the
purpose of giving aid and comfort to any
foreign warning nation. If this Nation Is
to survive we must conserve our re-
sources and finances to continue our ten
year battle against our real enemy-the
depression. The minute we become en-
broiled in that private fight between
England and Germany over the sea
we will be doomed-if not to destruction,
at least to eternal bankruptcy.
May 7. DON GALLAGHER,
Evening star., 1940-05-10
The D. 6. Bill

The revised 1941 District supply
bill, reported to the Senate yesterday
with $l,405,623 added to it, is the
result Of painstaking and conscien-
tious work by the Appropriations
Subcommittee, presided over by
Chairman Overton.
It does not take care of all of the
city's needs, but it goes as far as the
Senate group could 60 under the
present fiscal situation, without fore
ing the Commissioners to raise the
tax on real estate, which already
bears too large a proportion of the
local tax burden.
When the bill passed the House six
weeks ago it appeared unlikely that
the Senate would be able to add any
thing to its total without raising
property taxes. The House also had
approached the bill with an earnest
desire to keep expenditures within
estimated revenues, and even after
that branch had cut more than a
million dollars from the Budget esti-
mates, it was figured that the re-
naming $48,291,7 TIT total would leave
an 100000 deficit in the city's gen.
eral fund at the close of the fiscal
year, June 80, 1941.
1t developed in the Senate hear
ings, however, that this deficit was
foreseen mainly because of the new
law permitting half of the income
tax levy to be paid in October of
each year. The Senator's found that
If the District treated all 1910 income
tax payments as part of the 1910
fiscal year anticipated revenue, and
followed the same course next year,
they could restore a substantial sum
to the House bill and still not raise
the real estate rate for the coming
year.
The subcommittee is to be COM
mended for proceeding on this the
ory and thereby making possible
inclusion in the bill of many essential
items. The subcommittee also dis
played care and commendable judg-
ment in selecting the purposes for
which this additional money should
be spent.
For example, it added twenty-five
policemen to help combat crime. It
allotted a large part of the total
increase to the school system, includ-
ing sites for three future buildings.
It gave some Of the health and well
fare institutions added maintenance
money and authorized a $15O,0O0
revolving fund to start the food,
stamp plan for needy families here.
The full committee yesterday showed
its confidence in the work of the
subcommittee by ratifying all of
these changes, and also authorized
Chairman Overton to offer in the
Senate the amendment necessary to
provide for the Scott Circle under
pass out OF local funds already avail
able, and to be built under the
Federal-aid highway system.
Those who handle local appropria-
tions in both Houses have agreed to
leave the Federal payment toward
the bill as whole unchanged for
another year, at the present lump
sum figure Of $6Oo6,ooo.
In the near future, however, WASH
ington is going to face heavy ex-
penditures for major improvements
that will make more equitable and
permanent basis of Federal payment
imperative and the new Congress
which meets in January should seek
such a solution.
Evening star., 1940-05-10
Letters to the Editor
Insists Democratic Committee

insists Uem0cr1uc C0mmlttee
Il Harmonious.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Yesterdays column by Mr. Jay Frank
lin was devoted to the theme Of
failure on the part of the Democratic
National Committee to cooperate with
the Women's Division in the Institute
of Government which brought several
thousand Democratic women to Wash
ington.
I have. Of course, no knowledge Of
where your contributor obtained his mis-
information. The fact is that the success
of the gathering was in no small degree
the result of the generous and whole
hearted support of Chairman Farley,
Mr.. Nicholson and the other represent
atives of the National Committee. The
committee not only financed the insti-
tute, but aided the Women's Division In
every conceivable way. From the Begin
ming Of plans the entire facilities Of the
National Committee were devoted to
preparation for the three-day meeting.
M1. : A1ACy WcASOauc W VIC WOuACA
from the forty-eight States, and his ad-
dress which opened the institute at the
Riverside Stadium, were main features
Of the program.
This Is written in order to controvert
the thought that there is any rift or dis
cord in the national organization or
that the men and women who compose
it are working at cross purposes. Per-
nit me to request that your newspaper
correct any such impression.
DOROTHY McALLISTER,
Director, Women's Division,
Democratic National Committee.
May 10.
Evening star., 1940-05-10
Deplores Loss to England
OF Noted Laborite.

70 .ae Editor Of The Star.
In my opinion, the loss to England Of
George Lansbury is far greater than the
Empires loss Of prestige in Norway. His
strong voice in the interest Of lasting
peace was greatly needed. He knew the
causes Of war-and he knew the remedy.
Knowing that wars are ingrained in
economic injustices, he strove to avoid
the present one. 1t Is to the worlds mis-
fortune that 1t failed to listen to his
and kindred voices pleading for economic
cooperation which would assure lasting
peace.
George Lansburys peace viii come
some time. and his name viii be hon.
ored b. men when the names Of min.
tarists and dictators are bat hateful
meusosaea J. CLARK WALD0oN.
Evening star., 1940-05-10
Thinks Reports Of White
Colored by Prejudice.

To the Editor Of The Star
William L. White, In his article In
Mondays Evening Star, discussing the
censorship of war news, says, in effect:
Don't believe the news items from Ber-
lin, but you can believe the news from
London, as the British tell only the
truth"
Unfortunately for Mr.. White, modern
wars just aren't run that way. All ma
tions at war find 1t necessary to color
the news in their favor; we did the same
thing in the last war. A comparison Of
news items of several months ago with
the facts as known today will quickly
show that all the belligerents are doing
certain amount of plain and fancy
lying. d.
May Z.
Evening star., 1940-05-10

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the toriter, although the use OF
q pseudonym for publication is
permissible. Please be briefl
Evening star., 1940-05-10
Fears America May BE
dragged" Into War.
TO yns Editor Of The Star:

Immediately following the declaration
OF war by Great Britain and France
on Germany, this Nation resounded with
the determined cries of citizens, organ
izations and politicians that the United
States must at all times remain neutral.
Clubs were formed, books were written,
radio time was consumed to further the
cause of keeping America out of war. But
while the tom-toms for American peace
and neutrality beat furiously at first,
they ceased shortly to be heard above
the deafening din of propaganda de-
signed to push, force and drag this
country into the erupting volcano OF
war three thousand miles away in Eu-
rope. Since the repeal of the arms en-
barge the warmongers have been riding
high, TN the United States, and par
ticularly so here in Washington, while
the apostles Of peace and neutrality have
been relegated to the background in
spite OF the fact that they represent
the feelings Of ninety-five per cent Of our
citizens. a--.-l. e---%4. 80
BY reason Of the oft-repeated but
wholly specious contention that Britain's
war Is our war, and that Britain Is fight-
ing to save democracy, together with
growing suspicion on the part Of the
populace that the administration Is as
pro-British % King George, the citizens
have been numbed into an attitude Of
helpless resignation-a sort Of feeling
that England 10 dragging u into war
and q third Wilson administration des.
tined to plunge us into war 10 in power.
and although II u all wrong there v
nothing We can do about II. Unless this
attitude Of helpless rssisnation v quickly
dispellsa ~ VIII b In The war W - our