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Evening star., 1940-08-10
British Leave Shunohoi

The latest result of the japanese
pressure brought on the English,
whose government feels that it has
occupation enough in conducting the
European war, is the withdrawal of
British soldiers from the Shanghai
International Settlement and North
China, which means Tientsin. AS
far as the United States is concerned.
the immediate consequence of this
step is that it leaves American ma
rines as the only International Set
tlement troops under the direction Of
a country friendly to the British and
their anti-axis cause. And for the
moment, at least, the axis cause in
Shanghai is the japanese cause. The
French in their concession in Shang-
hal have little to say except reflect
the wish of Germany.
The British Far Eastern policy is
not clear. Philosophically, the policy
apparently is motivated by appease-
ment. Last year the British made
concessions to the japanese in the
row over Tientsin. Last month they
gave in to the japanese over the
Burma road. Now they seem to
accept the prospect of continued
Japanese control of the Shanghai
area of China by removing their
troops. It Is true that both in the
Burma road controversy and in the
present step, the war on the other
side of the earth was offered as the
reason for the British action. But
there are other reasons, according to
the news from London.
An Associated Press dispatch from
London in The Star yesterday states
that the original purpose of keeping
troops in China was Ito protect Brit
ish lives and property from banditry
and Chinese violence" British off,
cials added that with the develop
ment of the Chinese-Japanese war,
"any practical reason for the exist
ence of these troops disappeared"
and that the government had
decided that $50 useful force could
be employed to better advantage
elsewhere"
The import of these words is that
the British government feels obliged
to accept Japanese management of
the areas which Japan has wrested
from China. There will be no Chinese
banditry in a territory held by the
japanese. But the opinion of the
United States Government is that
the japanese in their Chinese un-
dertaking have behaved ruthlessly,
If not quite like bandits. The pres
sure of the Japanese government
and the japanese Army upon west
ern interests in Shanghai is far more
Evening star., 1940-08-10
Summer

She moves content upon the teeming
lands,
Heavy with springs bright promise:
Where rows Of tasseling corn wave
sibilant hands,
And honey bees are clamorous;
Here where the ripping wheat fields,
golden tide
Awaits the noisy reaper,
Down where the curving meadow. cool
and wide,
Spills crimson trumpet creeper.
She climbs the slope where fruited
apple boughs
Trail in the clover's blowing,
Where tall barns wait their load with
empty mows,
And fields are sweet with moving
But though serene she walks the hilpa
green crest,
Feeds nesting thrush and plover,
Fling Autumns gaudy cloak on her
deep breast,
She turns q Gypsy rover.
IVY LINDsLEY.
Evening star., 1940-08-10
THIS AND THAT
How grateful on the face are the cool
winds Of that first morning after hot
BIZ Charles E. Trace1DeI.

How grateful on the face are the cool
winds Of that first morning after hot
spell!
Then it seems as If great care has
been lifted from the mind as we'll as
fever from the skin.
An American wants to get out the car
and go somewhere. As the thermometer
shows go degrees, instead of 80, to begin
the day, he instinctively feels that this
would be the very day to 60 places.
If he does not, however, but plods his
way down to Office as usual, nevertheless
he has a different outlook on life, all
because the temperature of his skin is
less.
The elation of his epidermis translates
itself into better thoughts in bis head,
and these tranquilize his whole being
No more salt tablets, no more success
sion of baths, no more fussing and fum-
ing at the heat and the world in gen.
eral
He begins to wonder about those salt
tablets. Who said they were good for
you, in a hot spell, and are they, really?
Maybe they might be good thing for
a man at furnace, or digging in the
street, but most persons neither operate
blast furnaces nor dig in the streets.
Science, however, says salt is good. and
so we all obediently begin to take it,
whether we notice ourselves any cooler or
not Probably it is Just one Of these
things we take for granted in our amaz-
ing and disconcerting modern world.
There is nothing particularly modern
about this fine, cool morning after the
succession of hot mornings.
1t is as old as America. The Indians
knew it, and the Mound Builders be-
fore them.
And soon now we will have Indian
summer, sure enough, that tranquil spell
of weather, sometimes quite hot, which
succeeds the first chill of autumn. Some
thing about this cool summer morning
which reminds one of fall.
There is one version of how the term,
Indian summer" came into being,
which is not altogether complimentary
to the Indians.
1t says that the Indians were rather
lazy, after all, not in the least the ener-
getic fellows Cooper painted them. But
they were lazy with difference.
When it was hot, they grew wide awake
and went on the warpath. Then the
settlers could watch out.
When it became cold, they grew torpid
and were content to huddle over the
fires.
Maybe that wasn't such an unusual
reaction, after all. Most Of us can SYM
pathize with the Indians.
But the settlers. in their little log
houses, came in time to realize what
the placid spell of warmth meant.
1t permitted the Indians to thaw out
so quickly and completely that they be-
came murderous, and were likely to raid
the cabins.
Indian summer then, to the early set
tiers of the Middle West, became thing
Evening star., 1940-08-10
Art in Wartime

The peril to art in time of con-
f1lct has been recognized for many
centuries. Indeed, there is every
reason to suppose that from the be-
ginning of armed strife those pos
sessed of creative genius must have
realized that the values which their
talents called into existence were
endangered by prevailing violence.
The first battle would serve to in
struct the esthetic bystander in the
risk involved for all activity, all en-
terprise dependent upon social seren-
ity.
Long before Shakespeare's day it
was agreed that peace is in truth
the dear nurse of arts, plenties and
joyful births" But even now, after
so many years, the lesson must be
learned again. Each generation, it
would seem, requires to be taught
the cultural cost of institutional tur-
MOL. Strangely enough, however, the
modern scientific development of
organized slaughter has not been so
fatal to the fruits of esthetic en-
deavor as mighthave been expected.
If the belligerent forces have not
consciously tried to spare galleries,
museums, libraries, schools and
churches, there is on the other hand
no evidence that they deliberately
have adopted policy of destruction
with regard to these sanctuaries.
Commenting upon the ordeal
through which art currently is pass
ing, Francis Henry Taylor, director
of the Metropolitan Museum in New
York, calls attention to the control
which dictators may exercise over
painters and sculptors, architects,
writer's, musicians, actors, profess
sional critics-all of whom unhappily
lose their freedom under tyranny.
The creative powers of whole nations
may be enlisted for propaganda pur-
poses, with the result that they are
enslaved to politics and to the whims
of politicians.
1t should be conceded, of course,
that it is the right of any artist to
plead cause which may be dear to
his heart. Charles Dickens was a re-
former. Had his pen been halted
arbitrarily the world would have been
the poorer for the restriction. He
frankly preached disturbing doc
trines, and it was precisely because
they were disturbing that they were
valuable to society at large. Such
an "agitator" would not be tolerated
in a theoretically perfect totalitarian
state. There is no room for the un-
buried spirit Of Luther in Germany
today. Nor is there place for Dante
in Italy. The horror of present con-
ditions, though, is better to be found
in the banishment of Erasmus from
the Low Countries and Voltaire and
Victor Hugo from France. Even the
gentle soul of Hans Christian Ander-
sen is exiled from Denmark in 1910.
Think what this means. Does it
not signify menace to life Itself
to the survival of the human species
in the earth which the Greatest
of Artists designed to be beautiful
for His children?
Evening star., 1940-08-10
Industry and Defense

Exceedingly disturbing are certain
defense program delays revealed yes
terday to joint congressional COM
mittee by Secretary of War Stimson
and Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Compton. For example, only 33
of 1000 warplanes for which Con-
greSs provided funds in June have
been contracted for. A $4,000 900
order for five-inch naval guns has
gone begging. Vital plant expansion
is being delayed in several sectors.
Other discouraging obstacles have
been encountered by the War De-
partment and the National Defense
Commission in their efforts to trans
form appropriations into manufac-
tured war supplies in the shortest
time possible. Secretary Stimson
exonerated his department, the COM
mission and private industry of
blame for this alarming situation.
The fault, he declared, lies in the
profit restrictions which Congress
has imposed on holders of certain
Government contracts, in reluctance
of business to risk large plant out
lays in emergency work which may
end suddenly and leave private
interests holding the bag, in uncer-
tainty on the part of private industry
as to the course of pending and
future tax legislation. The airplane
production lag has been due chiefly
to the fears regarding tax levies. Mr..
Stimson said. The naval gun con-
tract was refused by six contractors
because of the eight per cent profit
limitation of the Vinson- -Trammel
Act. One aircraft company declined
to invest $18,000,0OO in a plant
enlargement project because it did
not feel justified in loading itself up
with long-term amortization pro-
gram for what may be a short term
production period.
Private industry has manifested
fine degree of cooperation with the
Government in many phases of the
defense program. It has shown will
lingness to assume every reasonable
and normal risk which a prudent
business policy will permit. But, as
Secretary Stimson and Assistant
Secretary Compton pointed out, the
risks involved in undertaking, with
out special safeguards, certain large
Army and Navy manufacturing prof.
ects are extraordinary indeed. Busi-
ness, in all fairness, cannot be
expected to assume the whole bur-
den of these abnormal risks. The
testimony of Mr.. Stinson and Mr..
Compton constitutes an impressive
argument for such measures of relief
for business as are contemplated in
tax legislation now under consider
alton at the Capitol. Provisions
have been inserted in the pending
excess profits tax bill to lift profit
restrictions of the Vinson-Trammel
Act and to permit new defense plant
costs to be deducted from taxable
profits over five-year period. The
usual amortization period is about
twenty years. Until these and per-
haps other steps are taken to assure
business that it will not incur un-
reasonable risks of ruinous losses If
1t signs up for emergency jobs, the
national defense program is bound
to lag. Congress should lose no time
in giving this assurance to private
industry.
Evening star., 1940-08-10

county groups under State super
vision, the Montgomery County
supervisor of public assistance be-
came a superf1uous post. Elimina-
ton of the Office was promised by
both political parties in the last
campaign and by the County Civic
Federation. The change promises
not only to afford a small but well
come saving to the taxpayer but also
more efficient operation.
Evening star., 1940-08-10
Letters to the Editor

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bear the name and address OF
the 1Uriter. although the use OF
q pseudonyn for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters NTH
ute,O TO condensation.
Evening star., 1940-08-10

States, compels men of vision and OF
serious thought to marvel if Americas
neutrality is moral.
To be neutral IN thought in this
universal conflict and crisis is not pos
sible for any American. Our Nation
seems to be baffled: to assist the British
Commonwealth is, to go to war is not,
desired.
The Nation can extricate itself from
this situation by the performance OF
simple act, and by that act save England
and the world.
BY their acts of lawlessness, Ger
many and Italy deny to the Americas
and to the world the right of inter-
national eminent domain in Europe;
they constitute themselves by their
predatory war universal nuisance that
the guardians and trustees of civiliza-
ton ought, in fulfillment of their duty, to
abate; and, by their pronouncements,
they purpose to establish force as the
supreme arbiter in the earth, and by
the humiliating defeat and subsection
of the nations governed by the people.
to erect despotisms that must in their
nature challenge, mediate the defeat
Of. the United States Constitution.
For these reasons, among host, the
United States would be justified in end
ing its diplomatic relations with the
German and italian governments and
in proclaiming to the world that those
governments forfeit their place in the
society of nations and civilization.
Such a proclamation would dissolve
the complete fabric of neutrality, and
no act of this Government could be
called unneutraI, for the reason that
Germany and Italy would possess no
legal standing with us: their govern
ments would be deemed outlaws, and
their forces pirates.
Such a decision by our Government,
while not engaging the United States
In the European war, would make pos
sible the fulfillment by America of our
duty to the free nations of the earth
and to civilization by employing a naval
force to release the British naval
vessels from convoy service so that
they could devote their energies to the
defeat of their and the worlds enemies.
Inaction by the United States is equal
to an army fighting for the complete
dissolution Of law; action by the United
States would spell defeat of the lex
talionis by justice and freedom.
June rs. EDWARD CONN.
Evening star., 1940-08-10
Wider Age Limits
Urged for Draft.

To the Editor Of The Star:
This is the time for every American
citizen to wire his Representatives anu
Senators and insist on the immediate
passage of the Burke-Wadsworth bill, in
its original form, applying its provisions
to all men between the ages OF l8 and "a.
am 60 years old, but I am physically
fit, able and willing to do my part in any
crisis that may face this country. Men
of my age, and those between IS and 90,
are more directly and indirectly re-
sponsible for the conditions that exist in
the world today than the men between
the ages OF 1S and 81. We also have
greater obligations to this Government
because we have enjoyed its free insti-
tutions for longer period than they.
We are not worth "tinker's damn" II
we permit ourselves to be excluded from
this draft for service. 1t is cowardly for
Congress to include only such ages OF
men as are not found on its roster.
These fellows between 18 and 81 will not
be found in Congress. We will have to
look for them either in schools and COL
leges, or out somewhere trying to start
life in a world that we have messed up.
OF course, they will have to be included,
for they will have to fight harder, and
fight more dangerously Gf fighting is
needed, because of the part we have
played in shaping the world as they have
found it.
Yes, it will cost lot of money to reg
lister the man power of the United
States from 18 to g., inclusive. but the
numerical strength of the Nation, as
reflected by that registration, will pub
lish to the world fact far more val
liable for national defense than the
same amount spent in building fleet
of battleships. This registered man
strength of the Nation will cause the
South American countries to have more
faith in us: it will carry to the bandit
nations of Europe rightful fear OF us,
and it will give to this Nation an inter-
ested cohesiveness of man power needed
to stamp out the mutterings of these off,
color groups who would have us appear
weak and cowardly in this time of stress.
Let the Lindberghs, the Lewises, the
Greens and all others of their kind
clamor to Congress in the name of
groups made up largely Of non-American
stock, but also let Congress hear the
voice of Americans who are not afraid,
and who love these institutions with an
inherited love that cannot be destroyed.
August 7. GEORGE B. DAVIS.
Evening star., 1940-08-10
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Evening star., 1940-08-10
Severance of Relations
With Aggressors Urged.

To the Editor of The Star:
The aerial invasion of England must
be achieved In month, or never. BY
that time the British Isles will be I'M
mune to conquest from the air. pro-
vided that the cooperative neutrality
of the United States is unstinted.
Defeat of the plan to subjugate Eng
land by airplanes might not, however, ex-
haust Germanys resources OF depreda-
ton. While a naval assault, reduction
by hyper-artillery thrust, and a Zeppelin
armada are excluded from the probabili-
ties, among the possibilities are devices
as bizarre as they might be practical
The supreme danger to England and
to civilization in the German threat,
the dire prospect Of militarized world
dominated by despotic governments
professedly hostile to the rights OF man
as defined In the English Bill Of Rights
and In the Constitution OF the United
Evening star., 1940-08-10
Pleads for Wisdom
OF George Washington.

OI WHSHIng
To the Editor Of The Star:
Just a few lines on the war situation
as seen here in the deep South. None
OF us wants war; our prayers are against
it. But what are our wants and prayers
against the will of such tyrants as Hit
Ter, Mussolini or Stain? We have seen
them destroy civilization after civiliza-
tion. They are at our back door now.
We must and will help England to save
herself and ourselves. Give us the wis
dom of George Washington and the
strength of his little army at Valley
Forge that we may save ourselves and
Christianity!
st. Martinville, La. e. A. DAVIS.
August 5.
Evening star., 1940-08-10

Toluene, an ingredient of the ex-
plosive T. N. r., is now being made
from petroleum. A new boom in the
oil industry Is to be expected.
Evening star., 1940-08-10

The same issues of local news
papers that carried stories about a
new drive by Prince Georges County
against gamblers told of how the
authorities of that district had with
facility disposed of 100000 japanese
beetles. If hoodlums were only as
vulnerable as bugs-and there are
some who contend that they are!
Evening star., 1940-08-10

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the use for republication of ell news dispatches
paper and also the local news published herein
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Evening star., 1940-08-10
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Entered a. second-cIass matter post ONCE,
Washington. o. c.
Evening star., 1940-08-10

@. What is the price of beer in Eng
land since the war?-J. H. M.
A. Taxes have recently raised the cost
from 13 cents to Is cents pint.
Evening star., 1940-08-10

@. What is Wardian case?-T. C. M.
A. 1t is portable case with glass top
and sides and metal or earthen base,
for moisture-loving plants. 1t was named
for its inventor, the English botanist,
Nathaniel B. Ward Q791-1o68).
Evening star., 1940-08-10
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hasktn.

A reader can get the ansUer to uny
question OF fact By iDriting The Eue-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric j. HaSktn, director, Washington,
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@. How many homes have been FORE
closed and sold by the Home Owners
Loan?-M. M. M.
A. About 165, 900 homes have been fore
closed by the Home Owners Loan Corp.
of which 100000 have been resold.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-26
LIONS CLUB HOST
AT LADIES NIGHT
Silver Trophy Presented
Judge Layton Rose; En-
tertainment Staged

Ladies Night" was observed Sat-
urday evening at the Copper Kettle
by the Lions Club Of Waterbury. A
dinner, entertainment and dancing
was enjoyed. A silver cup was pre-
scented to Layton A. Rose, Judge Of
the Wolcott town court and q vet
erar metmber Of the club, for be-
ing the winner Of a golf tourna-
ment conducted three years ago
by the club. che "loss" Of the cup
had delayed its. presentation until
Saturday evening.
The program or entertainment
included: Domenic and Anthony
Mecca, accordionists: Ted Stuart,
singer: Laura Hammerton, toe
dancer; James Bracket, magician;
and Wolfe Marucci. heavyweight
champion, assisted by Frank Rosa,
who gave n entertaining exhibi-
ton Of Jul jitsu. Henry himself en-
tertained with impersonatioEi Of
welt known radio, stage and IN.
ternational characters. The music
was by Clarence Fischer's marimba
band, Harry X. Cashin had charge
Of the group singing. Dancing con-
tinued until ! Q. m.
James Adams was general chair
man Of the committee and was as
sisted by Charles Greenblatt.
Charles Manganaro, Anthony Mas.
tri, J. Sydney Pearson, William O.
Taylor, club president and William
Washburne.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-26
Great Fact-Fnding
Drive Gets Underway
Sometime In April
All Information to Be Regarded as Strictly COnfiden
tiaI- Census Officials to Be Sworn to Secrecy;
Facts to Be TabuIated By Government

! ton of education and occupation to
income or unemployment, and the
relation of all these factors to per-
sons Of varying age or sex.
Secretary Hopkins emphasized
that the law DEGREES that all in
formation obtained by the census
taker be kept confidential, and can
not be used In any way to The detri-
ment of any individual. Census Of
ficials, who are the only persons to
see the returns, are sworn to secrecy,
and can be fined heavily and inn
pris6ned for violating this oath.
Census records are not open to other
Federal agencies for any purpose: s
The Farm Census schedule con-
tains 232 questions, designed to
cover all significant agricultural ac-
tivities throughout America. Not all
of the questions will be asked Of
every farmer, since the list includes,
of necessity, many types of farm
operation and q wide variety of
crops unlikely to appear on any
single farm.
Questions on Population and
Housing were subjected to the same
"shakedown" process, with interest,"
ed business, industrial and social
groups participating in the discuss
sions as to which should be placed
finally on the schedule.
To test further the workahiNty Of
its plan, the Census Bureau took
test-censuses Of agriculture In 1888,
and Of population in two Indiana
counties last summer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-26
G.Leaders Attend
Dinner For Major Fox
Retiring Commander Of Company G, lO2nd Infantry
Presented Purse, Watch By Former Associates

Members of the Sedgwick Guard,
Company G and other units of the
102nd Infantry honored Major Peter
E. Fox at a testimonial dinner Sat-
urday evening at The Elton. Briga-
dier General James A. Hagerty and
Colonel E. E. Novey were among the
many prominent military figures in
attendance.
Major Fox recently retired after
90 years of service in the Connect
cut National Guards. He saw service
overseas with 305th Infantry dur
ing the World War. He reenlisted
in Company G ON its reorganization
in July, 1928. He became captain on
January Is, 1928 and major at the
time of his retirement on January
10, 1910. His splendid record was
lauded by the various speakers, who