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Evening star., 1940-12-03

A correspondent wants to know which
recorded symphony to give her young
son as his introduction to this type of
great music.
The choice lies between Schuberts
Unfinished" the nth symphony Of
Beethoven, and the latter's sixth, or
Pastoral" symphony.
We do not know how to decide which
one of these would be best. There can
be little question that young people
enjoy the power and surge Of the famous
Fifth" There is enough melody in it
to keep them interested.
Schuberts Unfinished" is pure melody,
from the beginning to end of its two
movements. Lacking the last two, how
ever. it is not In every sense q typical
symphony.
This narrows a narrow list to the two
by the great master, his nth and sixth
symphonies.
Our selection is the sixth, or Pastoral"
symphony.
Here we have something which any
one, young or old, can understand.
1t is a masterwork which is also pro-
gram music, which so many persons pre-
fer. Beethoven himself wrote the titles
to the different. movements, which in
clude one extra, or a fifth movement,
for good measure.
The great musician ordinarily was
satisfied, as most exponents of pure
music are, to simply put an opus number
to his works. The opus, or work num-
Der. and the number Of the composition
within the opus, furnish all the title q
real musician desires, in all ordinary cir
cumstances
This Is because the music must tell
its own story. If 1t has any. Most Of the
time 1t hasn't any.
Since ordinary mortals are not musi-
clans, they mostly demand a story in
their music.
A story. you see Is something they
can understand. They have been deal
ing with stories all their lives
Stories are talk, are they not, and most
of us have been talking faithfully as
long as We can remember, have We not?
The listener who is not a trained
musician almost invariably wants to
understand what he is hearing This is
natural. but the dificulty comes in trans
lating the understanding of musical
notes into the understanding of words,
which are not the same things.
The musician knows how impossible
this Is. He gets an idea for a compost
ton, he works it out, he puts 1t "on the
air" either through song or instrument
or combination Of these.
If 1t has a story to tell, it ought to be
able to tell it. but the surest thing is
that no two listeners will get the same
story.
Now this result is not to the liking of
the average musically uneducated lis
tener. Whereas the composer may be
willing to let all men hear his work as
they please the musically uneducated
listener demands something as rigid as
type.
He wants to understand" the work
not just as he can understand it, but
Evening star., 1940-12-03
Compares Generosity Of Willkie
With Intolerance of Franklin.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Listening to the address of Wendell L.
Willkie, broadcast from the Commodore
Hotel. New York, Friday night, was
thrilled with the sincere magnanimity
of that great statesman, when at the con-
clusion, he proposed a toast of fealty to
the President of the United States, and
brought over 1000 members of the In
ternational Fraternity to their feet to
join him in that most beautiful gesture
of loyalty.
could not refrain expressing to my
wife, There's q man who can take it
with smile, and with no rancor in his
heart, pledge his allegiance to America
and democracy. May God give him the
strength and the power to carry on with
determined tenacity his work in righteous
opposition to the frailties and reckless
expenditures Of an administration,
drunken with power. to crush a debt
ridden Nation"
And in startling contrast to the noble,
generous spirit of Mr. Willkie, read
column by Jay Franklin.
This writer in your paper expostu-
lates: II have come across evidence of
the persistence Of post-election bitter
ness to q high degree of incandescence.
This bitterness is now largely confined
to women who voted for Willkie under
the powerful emotional stimuli evoked
by the master mind Of Republican pub
Hcity-Bruce Barton. In its minimum
form 1t simply argues that Roosevelt
was not really re-elected-that If you
subtract from his total vote the areas
which were Overwhelmingly for him and
subtract the ignorant vote" from the
remainder, F. D. r. would not have won,
so there is no sense on the part of the
New Dealers to pretending that the elec-
ton means anything"
Mr.. Franklin then continues, This
sense Of insecurity is the greatest dan
ger that America has ever faced" 1t
is that! VIM. B. SEVERE.
Evening star., 1940-12-03
Would Curb Use Of
Christmas Lights.

In Fridays Star zone American" Of
Mitchellville, Md, urges us to string up
more colored lights this Christmas. As
for myself, I had reached the conclusion
last year that this gaudy glitter busi-
ness had gone about far enough. This
garish display seems well on the way
toward getting out of hand, and is cost
ing a. considerable amount Of money.
If each family would contribute the
half dollar spent for bulbs and the halt
dollar spent to keep the bulbs lighted
to charity, believe the hundred thou
sand-odd dollars would give q great deal
more cheer than hundred times as
many glitter bulbs hung all over the
place. ANOTHER AMERICAN.
Evening star., 1940-12-03
Another Reader Pays Tribute
To the Rev. DR.. Dudley.


To the Editor Of The Star:
May I add my need Of praise to the
memory of the Rev. DR.. George Fiske
Dudley with whose gracious personality
I was familiar for many years?
DR. Dudley was one of those people Of
whom it might be said that, like the
prophets of old, he walked with God.
He loved his fellowman and attuned to
his needs, he knew neither age. race,
rank nor creed. He served diligently his
God, his country and his community To
the latter, the Episcopal Church Of St.
Stephens and Incarnation was "Dr. Dud-
ley's Church.
There was healing in his presence.
comfort in his ministrations and joy In
his graciousness! A loyal churchman, q
good citizen, of him it may of truth be
said: They do not die who live in the
hearts they leave behind" His passing
should not occasion sorrow, for he has
Joined an angel choir to be forever with
God. MARY JANE MOOR.
Evening star., 1940-12-03
SPLENDID Greece

Greek valor and strategy still play
havoc with Mussolini's sadly disar-
rayed campaign of conquest. Athens
latest report tells OF the capture Of
five thousand Italians, the largest
number of prisoners yet taken. Their
surrender is described as the signal
for a general Fascist retreat In the
northern area, leaving a huge gap
In the Italian center. Fresh troops
sent to Albania, to bolster sagging
defense lines, are being smashed
back with the regiments they came
to reinforce, Athens claims. The net
result is important" new Greek ad-
vances all along the battle front. In
vasion of Greece has now unmistak-
ably turned into Greek invasion Of
Albania. Not the least noteworthy
aspect of Grecian success is that the
army has resorted to old-fashioned
bayonet fighting. To Italian COM
plants that such warfare is bar
barous" Athens retorts that it de-
serves that description far less than
Italian air bombing of civilians.
Start of the sixth week of war finds
the Hellenic armies swinging steadily
toward the Adriatic from what is
portrayed as hinge on the Albanian
coast, just north of the Greek from
tier, to Lake Ochrida on the Yugo-
slav border The Italians are offering
the stiffest resistance near Argiro-
castro, their last remaining invasion
base in Southern Albania. In addi-
ton to their heavy bag Of prisoners,
the Greeks have seized vast booty in
artillery and other equipment The
Italian retreat northwest of fallen
Pogradetz is along the road to the
Albanian capital, Tirana.
Mussolini may eventually have 1t
in his power to overwhelm the tena-
cious Greeks by hurting against them
Italy's numerically superior and bet
ter equipped force. Certainly, If II
Duce's disillusioned partner decides
that German aid Is essential to sal
wage the Fascists' military position
and shattered axis prestige, Greek
hopes of ultimate victory may be
suddenly dashed.
It seems clear that the Greeks in
no small degree have Britain to thank
for their ability to thwart the Italian
attack. BY occupation of Greek
coastal and insular bases, British air
and naval forces make hazardous the
use of the Adriatic for replenishing
Mussolini's harried legions. The
Greeks brilliant campaign has even
raised British hopes that Italy's
great miscalculation may pave the
way to the undoing Of Germany. In
London, Greece is beginning to be
regarded "as a potential bridgehead
from which British armies at some
future date can regain a continental
foothold for flank attack at Ger
many's back door," That optimistic
idea has just been launched by a
member of the Churchill government,
the Secretary of State for India, L. S.
Amery. He goes so far as to suggest
that "Mussolini's blunder" might
prove "of immense, even decisive, in
fluence upon the whole course of the
struggle"
In view Of the simultaneous pound
ing which the Fascist fleet is under
going at British hands, the achieve
ments Of the Greek Army 90 far to
sustain the view that the hope of
putting Italy out of the war cannot
be dismissed as illuSOry.
Evening star., 1940-12-03
State
Attic of Dreums
I went into my attic

went into my attic
To throw away my dreams,
For some of them were much too small,
And ragged at the seams.
In some the wishing pockets
Had lost their buttons quite,
The best one had a jagged tear
That never would mend right.
It hurt me to discard them,
I wondered greatly, why,
Until met the wistful gaze
OF the child that once was I.
MARION Z. MILLER
Evening star., 1940-12-03
Yesterdays Are Gone

We in America have been prodigal
with our yesterdays. The swift
march of fiery revolution throughout
the world, while productive OF pass
ing alarms in this country, has failed
SO far to arouse us to that pitch OF
determined and sustained action
which alone offers any real assurance
of security. We see the new danger;
we acknowledge its presence, and yet,
with that indifference to reality
which seems to be the peculiar legacy
of a century and a half Of relatively
sheltered existence, we continue to
move as though time without end
were to be ours for the asking.
There are some, of course, who
perceive the peril which Is inherent
In what might be called this mass
inertia. Admiral Stark, chief OF
naval operations, expressed 1t well
In his annual report when he warned
against continued waste Of precious
time and said that dollars cannot
buy yesterday"
OF what use are billions of dollars
for a two Navy If we fail to
build it in the limited time that may
be left to us? Why talk proudly Of
the great air fleets, the well-prepared
Army, which we shall have on some
vague tomorrow? All too quickly,
these tomorrows are becoming yes
terdays and we are not using them
to the full. No amount Of money,
no belated repentances, can buy back
these wasted hours.
Some progress is being made, OF
course, but we are still trying to
juggle a war industry superimposed
upon a peacetime industry, with all
the lost effort that this implies. We
still permit our defense program to
be impeded by inexcusable strikes,
by quarrels over priorities, by the
reluctance of some industries to
expand for the obvious needs of the
future.
Nor is our record much better in
the field of foreign policy. We are
committed to the support Of Britain
and China, understanding and ac-
knowledging the fact that victories
for them would be our best peace
insurance But how are we living
up to this commitment? We lend a
few millions of dollars to China to
bolster her powers Of resistance and
we continue to sell Japan many OF
the instruments which go into her
effort to destroy China. 1t is true
that we are helping Britain, and in
some respects this assistance is sub
stantial, but almost every suggested
increase brings on another tug-of-
war in this country, which is indica-
tive Of our own lack of determined
purpose.
This foreign policy of blowing hot
and then blowing cold might seem
rational If we we're deliberately play
ing for time, striving only to keep
the wars in Europe and Asia going
until we could fully prepare ourselves
for the possibility Of conflict. But
even that assumption becomes in
valid when we fritter away the time
that is gained by keeping others in
the fight.
How much longer can we afford
to close our eyes to the full lesson
which should be learned from the
calamity that has befallen those
other peoples who tried to "muddle
through" in the face of impending
disaster? How much time is left to
us-a few months, a year? Perhaps
there is no certain answer to that
question, but of this we can be
assured: We can never hope to buy
back the time that we are wasting
now; the unused yesterdays are
irretrievably gone.
Evening star., 1940-12-03
Defends Old Cars
In Danger Of Elimination.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The Maryland Commissioner Of Motor
Vehicles wants to build several 100000
auto inspection stations to eliminate old
cars, the only transportation many work.
ers can afford.
If such stations would save lives and
make for safer driving they would be
favored, but the A. A. A. reports that
less than per cent of automobile acci-
dents are caused by mechanical defects.
In cities new Car dealers, bus COM
panies, garages and other business inter-
ests favored these stations, but In Mary.
land, where an old car seldom Is involved
Ia . fatal wreck, It seems unfair.
JOHN RIo0LEO.
Evening star., 1940-12-03

have the United States declare war now
rather than to build up our own de-
fenses with its possible two-ocean navy
and strong air force. DR.. MacCracken
spoke for most of us when he said,
Il must express my preference for the
American way of defense . ."
FREDERIC FROST.
Evening star., 1940-12-03
Asks About Peoples Access
To the Courts.

To the Editor Of The Star:
If in the Federal Constitution as
originally promulgated, or In its first
supplement, the vital Bill Of Rights.
had appeared the specific provision that
''The right of the people to access to the
courts shall not be abridged" would the
conditions which brought about the
Logan Walter bill ever have arisen?
If the bill Is vetoed, is not the neces-
sity for such . provision In the Consti-
tuition thus fully displayed?
Why Q veto power any wayf
HARRISON TILoHkAN.
ZnSboa. Nd,
Evening star., 1940-12-03
Discusses Franklin
On Roosevelt and Congress-.

To the Editor Of The Star:
I hope it is open season on "Jay" birds
because here's shot at the one that
pecks out a column for your paper Last
Tuesday Mr.. Franklin announced the
theory that Congress is really repre-
sentative Of the President, subject to
his whims and wishes only. We, the
people, have nothing to say in regard
to its comings or goings. It only sits
up or lies down and rofls over at a sig
nal from the President.
Stay on the job, Congress, and keep
an eye on the Martinique situation, and
drag out that wire tapping bill we heard
so much about before election, and 20
to work on 1t. MRS. M. s, SNOW.
Evening star., 1940-12-03
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1Uriter, although the use OF
q pseudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters iCith
a pie1U to condensation.
Evening star., 1940-12-03
Quizzing
Is q Fuvorite Postime

Keep up with the timesI The Hask,n
Quiz Book of 40 pages, containing $50
questions and answers, is priced within
the reach Of an-only dime. Questions
people actually have asked-the answer.
are from careful research and are accu-
rate. The subjects covered are Art, His
tory, Biographies. Bible, Sports and
Games, Politics and Government. Nat.
ural History. Literature and Language.
Music, Familiar Sayings, Science, Geoe-
raphy, Authorizations. Mythology and
Miscellaneous. See how many questions
you can answer. To secure your COPY
inclose 10 cents in coin. wrapped in this
clipping, and mail to The Star Informa.
ton Bureau.
Evening star., 1940-12-03

@. How many F1lipinos are there in
the world?-K. N.
A. There are approximately 10000 900
members of this race.
Evening star., 1940-12-03

G. How large a vocabulary has q
child just entering school?-W. E.
A. Studies in children's vocabularies
conducted at the University of Iowa
show that the average vocabulary used
by child years old is $500 words.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29
FLETCHER The VALLEYS
CHOICE FOR CONGRESS

There is no reasonable doubt that I'M
peral Valley will vote overwhelmingly
Nov. in favor of Col. Ed Fletcher's can
didacy for the u. S. house of representa-
tives against Ed V. Izac. This fact is too
apt to lull Fletcher's supporters mere m
to a sense of security partly If not WHOLLY
unjustified.
The fact is that Fletcher may need as
big a vote as he can get in Imperial coun-
tv. While it seems on the basis OF cur
rent trends that he will get majority
of San Diego county votes, there re-
mains the possibility that San diego will
return to the left-wing position it has
held for several years. Should it do so
to any appreciable extent, the Fletcher
Izac race in San Diego county may be
a neck-and-neck affair with the decision
left to voters in Imperial county.
Fletcher is logically the candidate I'M
perial county voters will favor, as they
showed in the primary and as they show
again in the current PoSt-Press straw
ballot. He stands for everything ma
jority of the people in this county stand
for. He is against the things Imperial
county has opposed for many years. In
other words, he could not be more truly
our candidate if he had lived a lifetime
in Imperial Valley.
Izac, on the other hand, is the direct
opposite of the things Imperial county
stands for. He demonstrated as much
in his vote against the Dies committee,
his vote against deportation of Harry
Bridges, his vote in favor of packing
the IT, s. supreme court He has no poll
tical mind of his own, to all appearances,
and if the people of Imperial county
demand one thing in their elected repre-
sentatives, it is the ability to exercise
individual intelligence rather than blind
ly to follow instructions.
Fletcher, unlike Izac has competent
grasp of Imperial county's problems. If
elected, he will for the first time since
Phil Swing give this county real repre-
sentation in congress. 1zac has not done
So He has been purely of, by and for
San Diego county.
1t is to Imperial county's interest to
turn out as large a vote as possible in
favor of Col Ed Fletcher next Tuesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29
EvADING THE
HATCH ACT
christian Science Monitor)


In private employment they call it
"kck-back." In that form the govern
ment and the New Dealers are very much
against it.
Elsewhere it is often called political
Donation and some people think that
is all right.
There are, of course, political dona-
tions and political donations But when
a contribution to campaign fund is
made by a Federal or State employee
under the subtly conveyed impression
that he is paying for his job, then it diff
fers not at all in essence from the kick
back that a chiseling contractor employs
in paying sub-standard wages.
This sort of contribution is the institu-
tion that has been defended by Edward
J. Flynn, chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, in letter convey
ing legal opinion to state campaign
managers.
In short it advises them that contribu-
tions may be solicited, without violation
Of the Hatch Acts, from federal employees
all down the line and that it is not unlaw
full even to obtain lists of government en-
ployes and their salaries for such solici-
tation purposes. Two provisos only are
noted. One is that the soliciting must
not be done by government employees.
The other is that persons paid with un-
employment relief funds must not be
pressed to engage in political activities !;
but Mr.. Flynn thoughtfully adds, their
friends and relatives are in no way pro-
hibited from such activities"
Political contributions ought to rep
resent political convictions Campaign
funds should not be composed either
of large sums given in hope of personal
gain or of small sums extorted by politi-
cal duress
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29
by Willis Thornton -.
Mexico for Hemisphere Solidarity

Ones, devotion to a cause or a
principle may be pretty accurately
measured by what he is willing
to sacrifice to it.
Weighted in that scale, Mexico's
adherence to hemisphere defense
and joint Pan American solidarity
looks better today than ever before.
In canoeing large oil concession
to japanese interests, and in re-
jecting a Japanese high bid for
10000 tons Of scrap iron, Mexico
has mare real sacrifice of DO
tential profit. 1t has plainly done
this in an effort to improve rela-
tions with the United States.
At the time when the American
nations at the Lima conference de-
cided on a united front" against
foreign aggression and infiltration,
Mexico was no better than luke
warm. Continued friction with the
United States over the exporpria-
ton of oil properties left always
some doubt whether the resulting
coolness toward the United States
might not offset the warmth of
better inter :. American relations.
Since spring of this year, however,
the Mexican government has been
showing increasing revulsion against
the Axis powers and a tendency to
oleave closer to the PanAmerican
front and the United States.
1t would be useless to claim that
Mexico has suddenly been suffused
with great rush to the head of
love for the United States, though
unquestiontbly there is less "anti-
Gringo' feeling than in the days
when the oil conquistadores ran
Tampico and the Marines were in
Vera Cruz. Americans as such are
not unpopular today in Mexico, and
increasing contacts during the past
10 years have gradually built good
will.
But the imperatives of the world
situation are the driving force in
this closer adherence by Mexico
to its neighbors. Mexico is proud,
and jealous of its independence. 1t
realizes that the United States has
no designs on that independence,
whereas some tranS-ocean countries
may have. AS one high Mexican
official put it: 1--WE may not all
love each other in the Americas
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-29
We REVERSE OURSELVES

AS we pointed out in an editorial pre-
ceding review of propositions on the Nov.
5 ballot, no layman is competent to judge
all of them without first obtaining all
the expert advice possible. Proof of the
statement is found in the necessity this
newspaper now faces-the necessity of
reversing an original recommendation on
one proposition 1t is Proposition No
z, dealing with revision of California's
judiciary system.
Since our first discussion of this pro-
position, based upon what we believed
at that time to be good authority, new
arguments and new interpretations have
forced us to revise OUR recommendations,
but wholly in line with that first editor
ial'S reasoning. We said at that time
that, except for two things, we would
favor the proposal
Those two things were what We had
been informed were provisions for chang
ing procedure in electing judges, and in
new pension provisions for judges.
We now discover that the proposal, in
spite of language confusing to the lay
man, would not change the method of
electing judges, and it evidently makes
no change in laws now set up for pen
sioning judges. In other words, we were
wrong.
As we said before, we favored the pro-
position except for these two items. Since
they are not actually changed from pres
ent provisions, We therefore urge Eyes"
vote on Proposition No. 7.