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EDITORIAL
ANOTHER LETTER FROM ENGLAND

from the only nation in the world which has lifted a hand to help her in the struggle against Hitler is nevertheless changing her attitude toward the United States.
 A letter receiv@d recently by Burrass Smith, Juneau aviation mechanic from his father in Eng land points up this growing feel ing that the people of the people of the United States are not be- ing quite so big about this thing as they might be.
 "It's good news continually coming from the U. S." writes the elder Smith, but I wish it came for a better reason. They agree, and thank the British Navy for keeping the sea open and the Germans in check and Sendus no end of material help and then they spoil it by putting it down as being given to help the British keep the Germans out of America and so that America won't have to actually fight. This is not a very praiseworthy req son and l don't believe it repre- sents the real feeling. USA should help us for the simple req son that we are endeavoring to do a decent thing and they as decent folk have the same reac- ton to bullies and brutes who lie and chea tand beat and rape and steal and kill and seek to enslave whole peoples.
 That, should think, is their real reason for wishing to help us and I don't believe their men don't want to fight with the guns they make. Those who came over in the last war had grit and guts then, so why not now?
 The feeling of MT. Smith and other Englishmen is natural on They are in the midst of the most ruthless attack in history and dislike seeing other people who believe in the same prin- c;ples having so much easier tin of it.
 Bat the decisions this nation has made to safeguard itself az ainSt involv ment which would mean war for the United States ale aise safeguards and are fav- ored almost unanimously by the Am .rcan people. What we are doing for England at the pres ent t.me is all we would be able i to do for her if we were actual 1 ly at war with Germany. If Eng land is not satisfied with that and l if Englcad doesn't feel we are doing t largely because we have the same reaction to bullies and bruteS as she has, we're sorry.
 MT. Smith and other English men sholld remember that the United States, much more than  England is political democracy. The argument that what we are doing for England is done for self-prot-ction is one which has to be made in order to bring our isolationists and our opposition ists around to a state of mind where they are willing to go along with the decent folk" of the United States. Incidentally the argument happens to be a good one and true.
Evening star., 1940-11-03
Dances Add to Gayety
OF Season at Quantico
Mai. and Mrs. Gould to Entertain
Before Marine Birthday Ball;
Halloween Ball Is Held

QUAN1TCO Va Nov 2Mr and Mrs Moses Gould will be
dinner the Officers Club
Birthday Ball held the Bachelor
dinner invited the Gouds
to the club for dinner.
The Halloween this evening
atmosphere dinners
1t Col Mrs Bernard Dube hosts cocktails
dinner In their quarters for about guests before the
at
evening"
Capt. sazman
guests Of Capt and Mrs. Earnshaw.
Torrey Entertains,
Honoring Visitor.
Philip H. Torrey luncheon bridge
Tuesday guest Bugbee
Evening star., 1940-11-03
Wife ofLt. Col. Allen
Gives Luncheon

Mrs. Frank A. Allen, jr., wife
of 1t. Col. Allen of Arlington,
entertained at a luncheon Thurs
day in her home for Mrs. Edward
R. Stettinius and Miss Molly
Pender Brown.
The additional guests were Mrs.
L. w. Oliver, Mrs. Montgomery
Blair, Mrs. w. S. Mackall, Mrs.
John Bohn, Mrs. T. D. Harkins,
Mrs. Robert w. Wilson, Mrs.
D. st. Pierre Gaillard, Mrs.
Eugene Regnier, Mrs. James Polk,
Mrs. Arthur Palmer, Mrs. J. r.
Devereux, Miss Stellita Stapleton
and Miss Patty Henry.
Evening star., 1940-11-03
Mrs. Sinclair
To Entertain
At Manassas
Bull Run Hunt Club
Will Meet on
Wednesday

MANASSAS, Va, Nov. Mrs.
Arthur w. Sinclair will entertain
at several tables of bridge Monday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Jenkyn Davies
spent the week END in Williams
burg, where they attended the Will
liam and Mary homecoming fes-
tivities.
The Rev. and Mrs. A. Stuart Glib
son had as their guests over Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Burwell, Miss
Virginia Ann Burwen and Mrs. j. B.
Hull of Cleveland and Miss Eleanor
Gibson of Pottsville, Pa.
The Bull Run Hunt Club will
meet Wednesday morning at Car
Meals gate.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Beard of
Saluda are spending the week end
with Mrs. Boards parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. G. Raymond Ratcliffe.
Among those from Manassas who
attended the State convention of
the General Federation of Woman's
Clubs, which was held in Fredericks-
burg this week, were Mrs. Paul
Cooksey, Mrs. c. Wade-Dalton. Mrs.
Louis Carper, Mrs. G. r. Ratcliffe,
Mrs. C. n Kincheloe, Mrs. C. C.
Lynn and Mrs. R. J. Ratcliffe.
Mrs. Richard Hayden entertained
at a bridge luncheon yesterday.
Mrs. Eula Holt Merchant has Wis
iting her for several days Mrs.
Hoyell Moorehead of Burlington,
N. c.
Evening star., 1940-11-03
Service Notes
Of Capital and
Nearby Areas
& Underwood Photo.

The officers hop season will
open Saturday, November Is, at
Fort Myer.
Maj. Lloyd E. Kelly, U. S.
R. c., and Mrs. Kelly of Arling-
ton have had as their house
guests for the week, Capt. A.
Woodward, U. S. R. c., and Mrs.
Woodward Of Saugus, Mass.
Comdr. and Mrs. A. T. Sprague
of Washington were honored
Friday afternoon at a cocktail
party at the Army Navy Coun-
try Club by the Communications
Group of Naval Operations.
Mrs. c. c. Reynolds. wife Of
Col. Reynolds, is again in her
home in Lyon Village following a
months stay in New York State.
Evening star., 1940-11-03
Mrs. w. H. Taft
Will Be Guest at
Lecture Tuesday

Mrs. William Howard Taft,
widow of the former President,
will be a guest of honor at the
luncheon which is one of the
Latin American lecture series and
will be held Tuesday at the Shore
Hotel.
Mrs. Max o. LorenZ, president
of the League of Women Voters,
will preside as guest chairman of
the luncheon. Introductions will
be made of the distinguished Re-
publicans and Democrats who will
be among the guests. Mrs. Gill
bert Grosvenor, first vice presi-
dent of the Women's Republican
Club, is chairman of the Repub-
lican group, and Mrs. Charles
Brand of the Women's National
Democratic Club is chairman of
the Democratic group. The
Tuesday luncheon will particu-
larly feature the Republican and
Democratic groups, who with the
League of Women Voters will be
the hostesses for the day.
Mrs. Curtis Shears, chairman
of the Hostess Committee, an
nounces that the Washington
Junior League will take charge
of the luncheon tickets. Mrs.
George Maurice Morris heads
this committee and is assisted by
Mrs. Robert w. Wilson, jr; Mrs.
Edward Page, jr.; Mrs. Lewis
Clark and Mrs. Theodore Achilles.
Luncheons will follow each one
of the lectures in the series, and
reservations may be made day
in advance at the Shoreham.
Evening star., 1940-11-03
Mrs. Holcomb Plans
At Home Tomorrow
From 5 to 7

Mrs. Holcomb, wife of the COM
mandant of the Marine Corps.
Maj. Gen. Thomas Holcomb, will
hold another of her at homes
tomorrow afternoon from S to
o'clock. A parade at 5 O'Clock
will be held opposite the COM
mandant's house.
Mrs. Holcomb has named her
assistants for the occasion. They
include, at the tea table, Mrs.
Stanford Hooper and Mrs. Royal
Ingersoll, and at the coffee table,
Mrs. Ray Spear and Mrs. Harold
Bowen, all wives of admirals.
Alternating at the punch bowl
will be Mrs. John Tildsley, Mrs.
Harold Major, Mrs. Lee Brown,
Mrs. Merritt Edison, Mrs. Benja-
min Galley, Mrs. Howard Fellows,
Mrs. Walter Rogers and Mrs.
Leland Swindler, all wives of
lieutenant colonels in the Marine
Corps.
Evening star., 1940-11-03

1lOuoC 6dCSb Vi &v&A os A4oAAoAAA Ava.
Smith.
Mrs. Joseph w. Earnshaw enter
tanned at a bridge party for II We'd
nesday at the Oficers' Club in honor
of her house guest, Miss Alice Fusz.
Miss Fusz left yesterday for her
home In st. Louis, Mo-, after a
weeks stay with Mrs. Earnshaw.
Mrs. August Penzold, jr., was
hostess at a large bridge party at
the Officers Club Thursday.
Mrs. ]. E. Buckley gave luncheon
and bridge in her quarters Monday
for seven guests.
Mrs. Evans O. Ames was hostess
at luncheon in honor of Mrs. c. j.
Miller Tuesday. Mrs. Miller is the
house guest of Mrs. John Taylor
Selden.
Mrs. Louis Ennis is spending this
week end in Washington, as the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Pink
ham.
Col. and Mrs. Clyde c. Metcalf
are hosts this week end to DR.. Mar
garet Pittman of Washington and
Mr.. M. Garden Of New York City.
Maj. and Mrs. A. D. Cartwright
we're hosts Wednesday at a dinner
for eight in their quarters.
Mrs. John Taylor Selden enter
tanned at a luncheon Monday in
her quarters for her house guest,
Mrs. c. J. Miller.
Friday, Mrs Seldom with a group
of her friends motored to Richmond
for luncheon in the home of her
sister, Mrs Douglas Vanderhoof.
Mrs. LIE Page Cronmiller, jr., was
hostess Monday at a luncheon hon.
oring Mrs. E. w. Hemingway of
Colorado Springs. Mrs. Hemming-
way is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
w. T. Hawthorne. Other guests were
Mrs Julius C. Smith. Mrs. William
Orr, Mrs. Edward Hagen from Alex
andria, Mrs. James Denham, Mrs.
Fred Ramsey from Washington and
Mrs. w. T. Hawthorne.
Evening star., 1940-11-03
West Point
Children
Have Party
Youngsters Enjoy
Gay Celebration
Of Halloween

WEST POINT, N. Y, Nov. 1.-The
children's Halloween costume festi-
val, an annual event at this garrison
for the benefit of welfare work, was
held Thursday evening. The Mill
tary Academy Band formed in Sec
tions at the north and south ends
of the post, gathering the children in
march to the gymnasium, where
entertainment and games were pro-
vided for the celebrants.
The entire corps of cadets and
many officers and ladies went to
New York to attend the annual
Army-Notre Dame game today at
Yankee Stadium. Following the
game, the Guild of Holy Trinity
Chapel at West Point held the fifth
annual military ball at the Astor
Hotel. Preceding the ball, Father
George G. Murdock, rector Of the
chapel, was guest of honor at
dinner given at the Astor Hotel by
Mrs. Francis Edgar Haag of Pei
ham, N. Y.
Capt. and Mrs. Charles B. King
departed Thursday for Washington
and Virginia, where they plan to
visit members of their families.
Col. and Mrs. Ryder
Entertain Guests.
It. Col and Mrs. Charles w.
or have as weekend guests Col
and Mrs. John w. Cotton of Burling-
ton, Vt, with whom they attended
the game tdday.
Capt and Mrs. Keith H EWbank
have visiting them for week his
sister, Miss Mary Ellen Ewbank of
Kingman, Ind.
Capt and Mrs Richard G.. Prather
are entertaining the formers mother,
Mrs. Hugh E. Prather, and grand
mother, Mrs. R. Y. Mcconnell, both
of Hickman. KY, who will remain for
an indefinite visit.
1t. Col and Mrs. Paul M. Craw-
ford, who with their two daughters,
Miss Julie and Miss Ann Crawford,
attended the game today, had also
as their guests their son-in-law and
daughter, Lit. and Mrs. Leon L. Clark
of Fort Hancock, N. ].
Capt. and Mrs. John H. Kane have
with them for the week end Mr.. and
Mrs. Warren Mcdonnell of Lowell,
Mass.
Capt. and Mrs. Sherburne Whip
pie, jr., have had as their guests
this week Capt. Whipples mother,
Mrs. Sherburne Whipple, wife Of
Col. Whipple of Washington, and
her daughter, Mrs. Cornelius D.
Lang, wife of 1t. Lang of Fort Ethan
Allen, VT. Mrs. Whipple and Mrs.
Lang reached West Point on Tues
day and remained until yesterday.
Evening star., 1940-11-03

JdSperSOn le1U mere IN lne summer
for sea duty on the West Coast.
Capt. and Mrs. George Logan, who
are en- route to Charleston, S. c.,
are guests of the formers brother
and -in-law, Capt. and Mrs.
James A. Logan.
Comdr. and Mrs. Orville R. Goss
will return this week end to their
apartment on Maryland avenue
after a months visit to California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvanus Stokes, jr.,
gave dinner party Wednesday eve
ming at their home. White House
Farms, on South River, in honor OF
Capt. and Mrs Edward H. H. Old,
who have come to Annapolis and
are residing at the former home OF
Comdr. and Mrs. Hester Hooger-
werff. Capt. Old formerly was on
duty at the Naval Academy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Webb Jay, who are
en- route to their home at Star Is
land, Miami Beach, Fla, are guests
of Mrs Jays brother and sister-in-
law, Comdr. and Mrs. Robert G.
Tobin.
Miss Patricia O'Conor, daughter
of the Governor of Maryland and
Mrs. Herbert R. O'Conor, is spend
ing this week end in Philadelphia.
1t. Comdr. end Mrs. LIE Voy Hill
and their daughter, Miss Mary Hill,
are living at 252 King George street.
Mrs. Carryl H. Bryan has re-
turned to her home here on King
George street after being a patient
at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in
Baltimore for several weeks. Mrs.
Bryan's brothers, Mr.. Thomas Boy
kin, formerly of Baltimore, and Mr..
William Boykin of Vineland, N. j.,
have been her guests this week.
Miss Margaretta Cope of Phila-
delphia was the guest this week of
Mrs. Mason Porter Cusachs at her
home Ogle Hall Wing. Sunday eve
ming Mrs. Cusachs gave supper
party in honor OF her guest. Other
guests were Mr. Richard Baldwin,
Mrs. Sterrett Gi, ngs, Prof. George
Bingeley, Comdr William S. Heath,
Mr.. Tench Tilghman, Profs. Allen
B. Cooke and Royal S. Pease and
Col. Simon de Korsakoff
Col. de Korsakoff, who formerly
lived here at st. Margaret's, has
been in Annapolis for a few days
and shortly will leave on his yacht
for the South. He will spend the
winter at Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Comdr. and Mrs. Ralph Needham
gave cocktail party Tuesday after
noon at the Officers Club at the
Naval Academy. Comdr and Mrs.
Needham are living at 100 Lafayette
avenue on Spa View Heights, Mrs.
Needham's daughter, Miss Rachael
B. CLAIM, is spending the winter in
Richmond, Va.
Mrs. Robert Hilliard widow of
Comdr. Hilliard, and her daughter,
Miss Grace Hilliard, are leaving An
apolis shortly for Englewood, N j.,
where they will stay indefinitely.
Evening star., 1940-11-03
Dinner Thursday
At St. Alban's

The ladies of the Rector's Aid OF
St. Adams Church are planning
their annual turkey dinner for
Thursday from $50 to 7::30 o'clock
in Satterlee Hall.
Assisting Mrs. Jerome E. Burke
the chairman, are Mrs. Elwood H
Seal, Mrs Spencer Brenizer, Mrs
Luther Schreimer, Mrs. John War
ner and many others.
Evening star., 1940-11-03
Future Debutantes
BY Catherine Hambley

Miss Merrick will debut when
her Comdr William Justice Lee U. S. N,
give afternoon reception for her at their place
Both Comd Phiadelphans. goes
their home visits Her grandfather
Alfred Lee first presiding bishop the Episcopal Church
State
Mary particularly beauty dashng
brothers She need of makeup looks oveest
halter neck evening dress with dash Of red.
Born in her adored Camden the Lees
home there regularly Racing famys Finnish Hal
is her favore form of recreation.
skating every afternoon,
Evening star., 1940-11-03
Iowa Society Plans
Party November 20

The Iowa State Society of Wash
mgton will have it's first party of
the season at the Shoreham Hotel
Wednesday evening, November 20,
ut $50 o'clock.
This will be Thanksgiving party
and an Iowa turkey will be given as
. door prize.
There will be dancing from 10 to
! o'clock with floor show during
intermisSion.
Reservations are being made
with the secretary Miss Gertrude
M. Louis, Roosevelt Hotel.
Evening star., 1940-11-03
Jeanne Battley
EntertainS for
Wife of Capt. Fries

Miss Jeanne Battley, daughter
of Maj. and Mrs. Joseph F.
Battley of Arlington, entertained
II guests at dinner party last
evening at the Army Navy Coun-
try Club. The honor guest was
Mrs. Stuart Fries, wife of Capt.
Fries of Fort Knox, KY, who dur
ing her Washington stay is divid-
ing her time with her mother,
Mrs. Harwood Haynes, and Capt.
Fries parents, Gen. and Mrs.
Amos A. Fries.
Miss Muriel Schmidt of Mary
land College, Lutherville, Md, is
spending the week with Miss
Battley.
Evening star., 1940-11-03
Visitors in Annapolis
Enliven Social Season
Comdr. and Mrs. Lloyd Give
Luncheon for Mrs. James Kaufman;
Mrs. Barton and Son Arrive

ANNAPOLIS Mo- Nov 2Ms Samuel Graham widow OF Comdr
Hall after spending the months
at Ridge
Wallace in Baltimore.
her arrived this be guests
parents Charles Hagan The
Hartigan by plane
China.
Comdr gave luncheon Sunday honor
Kaufman with
Betty spending the here Mrs Kaufman
and daughter will Washington for the winter.
wife 1t Comdr has returned
apartment visit California
Evening star., 1940-11-03
Service Group
1t in New York

Miss Coils Allen, daughter of
Maj Henry A. Allen, U. S. A., and
Mrs. Allen of Aurora Hills, Va,
with Miss 10 Ann Karns, daugh-
ter of 1t. Comdr. Franklin F.
karns, jr., and Mrs. Karns of
Norfolk, and Miss Jean Holden,
daughter of Comdr. Carl F.
Holden and Mrs. Holden of
Washington. are in New York
over Sunday. They went to at
tend the Army-Notre Dame foot
ball game yesterday and the fes-
tivities which followed.
Evening star., 1940-11-03

geogeths doing bit Bundles Britain among
Marys chief activities.
pet hobby is nd-made Indian moccasins.
where
gift
Scribe She illustrator Of cdrens books Her friends
designed and painted by Mary herself
After the she will Winter Fla, with her
grandparents Chase attending
College
Evening star., 1940-10-17
First THINGS First

Winston Churchill is an apostle of
the theory that first things come
first. Under fire from various
parliamentary quarters to define
Britain'S war aims, the Prime
Minister has stoutly reaffirmed the
policy proclaimed by the Chamber
lain government as long ago as last
November-that the primary objec-
tive in the war is to defeat the
enemy. 1t would be time enough,
after that has been done, Mr..
Chamberlain explained, to give
thought to Britain's aim Of "a new
Europe" in which trade would
flourish, armamentS would dWindle
and peoples would be free to choose
their own form of internal govern
ment SO long as their external policy
did no injury to neighboring nations.
With that broad program Mr..
Churchill remains fully identified.
There have been profound changes
for the worse, from Britain's stand
point, since it was outlined, and the
present head of the government
realistically holds that this is no
time Ito go beyond the very care
fully considered general statement
that has already been made"
When this was uttered only Poland
had come under the Nazi heel.
Today, with Britain fighting with her
back to the wall, without an ally,
against an axis dominated CONT
nent, and facing unpredictable perils
not only in her home islands but in
Africa, the Mediterranean and both
the Near and Far East, the Prime
Minister insists that the grim pres
ent, not the incalculable future, is
the thing on which Britons must
concentrate their energies. Peace
aims, he bluntly indicates to the
House of Commons, are of secondary
consideration while Britain is Strug-
Cling to survive. He doubts that
any one SIS of opinion that we are
waging this war merely to maintain
the status quo"
Britannia'S fortnight leader also
reminded the country that post-wa
objectives are too controversial a
subject to justify Britons in pre-
maturely diverting their attention
from their battle for existence. When
their capacity to survive is more
generally recognized throughout the
world" Mr.. Churchill added, I'VE
will be in good position to take
further view of what to do with vic
tory when it is Won"
Those are words Of wisdom from
statesman whose feet are i'm
perturbably on the ground. They
apply not only to "a new Europe"
but to a new Britain, for whose So
cial reconstruction after the war
the Labor party is already pressing.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Alien Registration

A cOmmendable willingness to
comply with the new registration
and fingerprinting law is being
shown by the alien population of the
country, according to reports to the
Justice Department. More than fifty
per cent of the estimated 100000
persons subject to the law have been
listed, although the halfway mark
in the registration period will not be
reached until later this month.
The steady progress made in this
difficult job encourages the belief
that it will be far advanced long
before the closing date, December 26.
A last-minute rush of Stragglers is
anticipated, as a matter of course,
and if it develops, the situation will
be complicated because the Post
Office Department, which is han
ding the registration, will be en-
gagged right at that time with the
Christmas mail. Officials are hope
full, however, that by continued in
sistence on the need for haste,
coupled with pointed warnings as
to the penalties for those who fail
to register, the number of laggards
will be kept to a minimum.
AdviceS to the Justice Department
indicate that the registration has
gone forward with little or no fric-
ton. Difficulties have cropped up
from time 70 time, but none so
serious that it could not be adjusted
quickly. One feature of the law that
officials believe may not be under
stood generally is that requiring
aliens to report changes of address
within five days. Particular en-
phasis is being laid at present on
the necessity for compliance with
this requirement, under penalty of
Jail or fine.
Officials approached the registra-
tion with natural miSgivings because
of the magnitude of the task, and
the fact that it has proceeded so
satisfactorily reflects credit on both
Justice and Post Office Departments.
Evening star., 1940-10-17

his own property from the dealer. AS
usual. there is something to be said for
both sides. Why not revive the code as
set up by good King Hammurabi of
Babylon, some 1000 years ago? Here
it is
THE man who has been robbed shall
make claim before God to everything
stolen from him, and the town and its
governor within the territory and limits
of which the robbery took place shall
give back to him the value of everything
he has lost"
AS applies to present Washington con-
ditions: The bereaved party walks in on
the president of the worshipful Board of
Commissioners, or maybe on Maj. DON
ovan, and makes oath. Thereupon he is
reimbursed from some taX-provided
emergency fund. any old fund. Nobody
hurt. everybody happy, except possibly
the taxpayers. But their squawks don't
count.
In any case the secondhand dealers
and the hook shops, no doubt, have their
statistics on these dead horses. They
know how much money the trade loses on
these free recovery" transactions. These
losses are charged up against all sellers.
These simply receive less money for their
articles than they would otherwise get.
A dollar saved is a dollar earned
FRED. VETTER.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Meeting His Match

Among odd items in the news is
the story of a rooster at Paris, Mis-
souri,, which dined not wisely but too
well on a match. Grit in the birds
gizzard ignited it and caused his
death.
The incident. freakish though it
is, has a moral lesson herewith
called to the attention of the Immi-
grafton and the Naturalization Serv-
ice. Because nothing serious had
happened up to the time of the
catastrophe, this rooster no doubt
thought that his machinery of as
similation was foolproof, and that he
could take in anything that came
along and profitably incorporate it
into his system. For years he had
been admitting such diverse alien
mixtures as gravel, worms, oyster
shells, bugs and shoe buttons, all of
which contributed to his welfare. It
was a clear case of overconfidence.
Had he looked aSkance at the match,
recognized it as an explosive element
likely to cause internal disorder, and
refused it admittance, he still would
be scratching gravel instead of land
ing in the soup.