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Improved Record

Studies OF Washington's safety
problem, as published in The Stars
quarterly summary Of traffic deaths
Sunday, indicate a marked improve
ment over 1889 and the past ten-year
period, with decided gains made in
the protection Of pedestrians.
Reduction of the number of deaths
by nineteen per cent, fifty-one deaths
being recorded in the first nine
months Of the year as compared with
sixty-three at the same time in 1899,
gives hope that approximately two
years of concerted effort are bearing
fruit. Pedestrians still present the
biggest problem, but it is encourag-
Ing to note that not only are they
being better protected, but that the
number killed is decidedly below the
toll for year ago. During this pc
riod, also, the number Of child fatali-
ties declined from fourteen to six,
due not only to the general safety
campaign, but to the efforts of the
schools and Fairgrounds.
On the whole, considering increases
in population and automobile regis
trations, the 1910 record so far is
much better than that of previous
years.
Certain categories of accident
causes still require attention, both
as to enforcement and education.
These include crossing streets be-
tween intersections, which took a
toll of seventeen lives, and crossing
against signals, which accounted for
five. Aside from these, most of the
responsibility for increased care must
be placed on the motorist. But
emphasis on the special duty Of the
pedestrian to protect himself from
injury or death is vital II there is to
be any marked reduction in the fa.
tality toll
Evening star., 1940-10-08
R. A. F.'s Master Plan

AAA "AAAC Az ASoSAAOCo 40 a 4loSICI
plan," the British Air Ministry dis
closes its program for hammering at
German war industry plants as the
primary means OF smashing Nazi
efforts to subjugate Britain. The
plan, already In effective operation,
comprehends sweeping air offensive
from the Baltic to the Reich'S Swiss
frontier and eastward past Berlin.
Destruction of industry has been
wrought on scale which induces a
high official to foreshadow British
counterofiensive on the continent
latter the R. A. F. has wiped out
Germany's air force and raZed all
her factories to the ground"
1t may seem premature to indulge
in so optimistic prospect as the
demolition of the Luftwaffe and the
vast industrial plant that sustains it,
yet the suggestion is bulwarked by
achievements that go far beyond the
R. A. F.'s purely defensive record.
Lord Croft, Undersecretary for War,
for instance, declares that British
bombers have probably killed far
more German factory workers than,
the total losses inflicted on British
civilians by air attack"
Recently, two tons of bombs were
dropped on the Krupp works at Essen.
At numerous points, communications
and vital production have been
hampered on a scale that "appre-
ciably reduces Germany's aircraft
manufacturing facilities and her
power to replace machines brought
down in Britain" Present offensive
strategy is based on Carefully con-
ceived, lcrs prepared plans Of attack
on targets IF economic as we'll as
military Importance"
The master plan" for instance,
includes unceasing attacks on Ger
man aluminium production. The
Nazis have plenty of that essential
raw material, but British bombers
seek to prevent Hitler from drawing
upon it as substitute for copper,
which he needs badly. German oil
plants. normally producing forty per
cent of a yearly output Of $4,000
tons, are necessarily attacked As
proof of damage to the Reich's trans
port system, it is disclosed that all
exports from Denmark, which the
Germans have steadily denuded of
foodStuffs. were at one time stopped
for three weeks.
Under the master plan" evidently
only in the initial stages Of its cam
paign Of continuous industrial havoc,
more than two hundred vital objec-
tives have so far been struck. Britons
doubtless would rejoice to know that
the r. A. F. is carrying out reprisal
raids in kind for the devastation
German bombers have spread all
through London-in attacks on
Buckingham Palace, the Houses Of
Parliament, Westminster Abbey,
Lambeth Palace, museums, hotels,
dwellings and shops in the West End,
and the humble homes of the poor in
East London and the outskirts. But
counterraids on German industrial
objectives strike directly at the Nazi
war machine. That is clearly the
strategy best designed to prevent in
vasion Of Britain. 1t brings home to
the Nazis the absurdity of the claim
that Hitler commands the air.
Results Of the master plan" go far
to support the theory that at the
Brenner Pass last week, the axis war
lords, having discovered that their
dreams OF conquering Britain by air
are still as far from realization as
ever, are considering shift Of major
operations to other scenes.
Evening star., 1940-10-08
Paws Tribute to Police
Court Judge.

TO the Editor Of The Star:
Having just completed a months serV-
ice as Juror in Police Court Of the Dis
trict of Columbia, desire to pay tribute
to the eminently fair treatment accorded
there to defendants before the bar.
Sitting for the most part in the court
of Judge Walter J. Casey, I was deeply
impressed with the unfailing Impartial
ity, courtesy and patience exhibited by
his honor to attorneys for the prosecution
and defense, to all witnesses and de-
PENDANTS and to the jurors themselves.
While jury service is not as a rule
pleasant duty by any means to the aver
age businessman, it was distinct pleas
ure to me to sit in Judge Caseys court,
and I believe I voice the sentiments OF
all the men who sat with me.
october 4. HARRY X. LEE.
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pliance with labor laws as condition
to the award Of contracts.
With these points in mind, the
need for the inquiry which the Smith
Committee is undertaking cannot be
doubted. It is to be hoped that all
aspects of this incident will be aired
thoroughly, regardless Of the person.
alitieS involved.
Evening star., 1940-10-08
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the writer, although the use OF
q pseudonynl for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the riqht to edit all letters Nth
uieU to condensation.
Evening star., 1940-10-08

Our sister republic, Uruguay, inso-
far as Objectionable Nazis are con-
cerned, seems to have revived the
ancient baseball rule of "out on the
first bounce"
Evening star., 1940-10-08
Thinks Roosevelt Aided
Business Recovery.
To the Editor Of The Star:


In his Seattle speech Candidate
Willkie stated in effect that business
needs more encouragement, in order
that 1t may furnish jobs for the unem-
ployed. It is strange that that did not
happen during the Hoover administra-
ton when the Republicans were in
charge of the Government. No New
Deal laws were on the statute books.
There was every encouragement for
business to proceed. Yet, there oc-
CURED the greatest financial collapse
in the history of the country. There
were more business failures than in any
similar period for which there are
statistics. More than 5000 banks failed.
Conditions became worse and worse. Un-
employment increased. Gloom and de-
spair were on every hand. And it was
not until the advent of the Roosevelt
administration when something was
done to correct conditions, that re-
covery set in. Surely, business needs
something more than encouragement" !"
September %. T. r. H.
Policy of Industrialists
Draws Comment.
To the Editor Of The Star:
The American Bankers Association
says the prevailing Government policy
is hampering industry in its defense
efforts.
Is the Government policy to be blamed
for the refusal Of our greatest industrial
ist to make motors for the United States
and Great Britain, thereby encouraging
Hitler to believe that some Of our big
industrialists were willing to appease
him3 CHARLES r. 4ARiTEL.
September 30.
Evening star., 1940-10-08

a. The A.soeiatsd Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republics ton of all news dispatches
credited to it or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights of publication of special dispatches
herein also reserved.
Evening star., 1940-10-08
Member Of the Associated Press.

Entered IS secord-class matter post once.
washington. D. c.
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October 4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-23
TO REACH:

Drive out Georgia Ave.
to Bonifant St., in Silver
Spring Peoples Drug
Store), right on Boni.
FAINT st. across Dale Drive
to $3.50 homes; or bear
left on Bonifant st. onto
Dartmouth Ave. and
across Dale Drive to
$3.50 and $3.50 homes
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builder; A. L. Anderson, TIC Thayer
avenue, Silver Spring, Md, de-
signer; to erect one 2-story brick
dwelling, 1915 Randolph street
NV; to cost $4,000.
Joseph Carroll, 5000 Sixteenth
street NV, owner and builder;
Joseph Abel, 1927 Connecticut ave-
nue. NV, designer; to erect eleven
2-story brick, tile and cinder block
dwellings, 36 to 56 Crittenden street
NE; to cost $1,000 each.
Elizabeth McQueeney, 1925 Bla-
densburg road NE, owner; Shull
g. Stevens, 1899 Military road, Ar
lington, Va, builders; Marcus Hal
lett, 6525 Piney Branch road NV,
designer; to erect one 2-story brick
gas station. 1889 Bladensburg road
NE; to cost $4,000.
Home for Aged-The Little Sisters
of the Poor, 220 H street NE, own
ers; Parkhill Construction Co., 1927
I street NV, builders; Lucien E.
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Permits

Continued From Page B-1.)
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defense, new housing facilities are
required the country over-3,000
dwelling units for Ranger Aircraft
Engine employees in Farmingdale,
N. Y, 200 for Army civilian employees
in Savanna, ILL.,, $500 for Navy
enlisted men in Long Beach, Calf. +;
5000 here and so there-a growing
grand total now officially and con-
servatively estimated at 100000.
That is a lot of housing. 1t
comes close to one-half the ATS
900 total produced last year when
the building industry, spanked by
the biggest peacetime housing de-
mand in history, set a 10-year pro-
duction record.
while Government housers are
getting squared around to the 81
gantic organizational job before
them, building may study the many
facts of the defense housing demand,
review the legislation which will
eventually drop S250,000,000 in its
corporate purse, preview the defense
housing machinery, and consider
the design and construction of two
dozen housing projects which either
have been developed specifically for
national defense purposes or are
of such a nature that they can cast
helpful light on the picture:
Largely voluntary and, as yet,
sadly undeveloped, local defense
housing organization is essential to
accomplishment of the program.
Without it, only Governmental
nanced houses would be built with
the result that Federal appropri-
atoms would have to be more than
doubled to reach the estimated goal
of 100000 dwelling units.
"In system of individual enter
prise such as ours, Government can
set national detectives and appro-
pirate needed funds, but cannot
blueprint in detail what each person
should do. Buildings job has been
outlined. It now remains for those
who make up the industry to tackle
the problem"
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D. Gardreau. designer; to make re-
pairs, gao H street NE; to cost
5000.
Two Houses on 18th Street.
B. Greenschlag, 6829 Fourth street
NV, owner and builder; Marcus
Hallett, 6525 Piney Branch road
NV, designer; to erect two 2-story
brick and cinder block dwellings
6512-6516 Thirteenth street NV;
to cost 5000 each.
James M. Schaeffer, 314 Ana
costa road Sc, owner and builder;
L. w. Giles, 1923 Hunt place NE.
designer; to erect two 2-story frame
dwellings, 356-358 Anacostia road
Sc; to cost $500 each.
Leslie e. Husband, 4342 Barker
street Sc, owner, designer and
builder; to erect one 1-story frame
dwelling, 1910 Ely place Sc; to cost
$500.
Christ Houlis, 1921 Seventh street
NV, owner; r. G. Archer. jr.. 215
Florida avenue NV, designer; to
erect one 3-story brick cafe, 1921
Seventh street NV; to cost $4,000.
(Cafe addition)
B. A. Payne, 2029 Benning road
NE, owner and builder; r. c. Arch
er, IT,, 215 Florida avenue NV, de-
stgner; to erect one 3-story brick
shop and fat q families) 2029 Ben
ming road NE; to cost 5000.
Repair Projects Listed.
r. r. Havelka, 1910 Thirty-fourth
street NV, owner; Edward j.
O'Neil, designer; to make repairs,
1910 Thirty-fourth street NV; to
cost $4,000.
B. A. Payne, 2029 Benning road
NE, owner and builder; r. c..
Archer, jr., els Florida avenue NV,
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Russell T. Woodfield, 1920 Ran
dolph street NV, owner and
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designer; to make repairs, 202o Ben
ming road NE; to cost $1,000.
Properties Improvement Co., Army
and Navy Club, owner and builder
G. West, designer; to make repairs
1912 Pennsylvania avenue Sc; To
cost $780,
Maryland Virginia Milk Producers
1756 K street NV, owners; Tuck
man RIMS Co., 638 H street NE,
builders; Edmund w. Dreyfuss, de-
signer; to make repairs, 1756 K
street NV; to cost 81 500.
Russell T. Woodfield, 1920 Ran
dolph street NV, owner and build
er; to erect brick garage, 1915 Ran
dolph street NV; to cost $500.
E. Bryant. 2101 8 street NV,
owner and builder; to make repairs,
1855 Twenty-eighth street NV; to
cost $500.
Leo F. Stock, 1017 Michigan ave-
nue. NE, owner; John Thomas, 425
Fourth street NV, builder; M. F,
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Building Industry
Is Called Vital Part
0fDefense Program
Architectural Forum
Magazine Emphasizes
Need for Speed

Americas building industry can
make or break the current national
defense program, the Architectural
Forum magazine says today in pub
fishing the most complete survey
ever made of all the fields which
now demand the cooperation OF
building.
Pointing out that without build
ing there can be no national de-
fense," the magazine of building
declares the industry's No. 1 job
is military and naval construction,
followed by industrial expansion and
defense housing.
"Once again, as in World War I,
the cry for speed commands all Of
buildings resources" the Architec-
tural Forum explains in making
available In It's November issue q
comprehensive report on all the
factors which will govern the sue
cess or failure of the industry's part
in the present defense preparations.
"Hovering specterlike in the back
ground is the experience OF 1917-18,
when buildings resources were
strained to the breaking point.
Clearly, if building is to be ready
to meet any defense demands at
any time or any place, it should
be known exactly what resources
professional skills, labor, materials
are available not only in each To-
cality, but also over the entire coun-
try. Shortages in any branch OF
materials or labor will effect di-
rectly the design and construction
Of all types of buildings.
Personnel Needed Immediately.
defense construction must pro-
coed at the pace of roughly $2,000,-
600 900 q year If the Governments
plans for national preparedness are
to be realized. Materials and skilled
labor are needed Immediately. So,
too, are the talents and knowledge
| of the industry's chief operating
factors-architects, engineers. con-
tractors, builders, dealers, realtors,
lending institutions.
Each has part to play, for
buildings new assignment signifies
more than a flood of orders for
structures to be erected within
specified time. The problem is how
to do the best possible job; not only
must work proceed quickly, but
kept down. To do this, building
must call on its most progressive
men.
1.-The defense building job in
cludes every conceivable building
type, small and large, temporary
and permanent, simple and complex.
The Army and Navy have con-
| tracted for more building con-
struction per month than the total
for any previous peacetime year.
Even without additional Federal
appropriations for defense, United
States industry and industrial con-
|struction will hum for many
months. As far as actual expendi-
lures are concerned, construction
| will probably peak in September,
1941, the total program in the spring
LOT 1912.
Idle Plants Reopening.
"Plants which have long been idle
with depression and which lend
themselves readily to m dern
|straight-line production systems
(multi- STORY factories usually do not
|qualify) are gradually going back
to work. Moreover, the United
States is literally beating its plow-
shares into swords by converting
tnon essential industrial production
Ito more immediate needs.
ITO assure adequate and prompt
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Meyer, designer; to make repairs,
1017 Michigan avenue NE; to cost
$475.
Mrs. Maud B. Hoffman, 28l4 Fifth
street NE, owner; to make repairs,
2814 Fifth street Me-; to cost $500
John r. Talbot, 1880 Myrtle ave.
nue. NE, owner and builder: Earl
Won Reichenbach, 2111 Nichols ave-
nue. Sc, designer; to erect one l.
story brick and frame dwelling, $3.50
Myrtle avenue NE; to cost $3.50.
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Inc, builders; Leon Chatelain, jr.,
Transportation Building, designer;
to erect one 1-story brick ware
house, 2015 West Virginia avenue
NE; to cost $25 900.
Gertrude Wolfe, 1929 Twenty-first
place Sc, owner and builder; j.
Marcus Hallett, 6525 Piney Branch
road NV. designer; to erect four
2-story brick and cinder block dwell
ings, 2o27, 2o29, 2031, 2033 r street
Sc; to cost $4,000.
Arthur S. Lord, 1920 Argyle ter
race NV, owner and builder; Kirk
huff & Bagley, Chevy Chase, Md,
designer; to erect six 2-story cinder
block and brick and frame dwell
ings, 5237, 5235, $3.50 and 1929, 5227,
5225 Nebraska avenue NV; to cost
$4,000.
Sanitary Grocery Co., Inc. 1845
Fourth street NE. owners; Victor
r. Beauchamp, 1908 Crittenden
street NV. builder; Russell o.
Kluge, Union Trust Building, de-
signer; to erect one 1-story brick
and frame store, PITT Nichols ave-
nue. Sc: to cost $4,000.
Sanitary Grocery Co., 1845 Fourth
street NE. owners; Victor r. Beau
champ, 1903 Crittenden street NV,
builder; Russell o. Kluge, Union
Trust Building, designer; to erect
one history brick and stone store,
635 H street NE; to cost $4,000.
Sanitary Grocery Co., Inc. 1845
Fourth street NE, owners; Victor
r. Beauchamp. 1908 Crittenden
street NV, builder; Russell O.
Kluge, Union Trust Building, de-
signer; to erect one l-story brick
and stone store, 1O11 Bladensburg
road NE; to cost SIS 900.
$4,000 Dwelling.
Russell T. Woodfield, 1920 RAN
d0lnh street NV oUner and
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Temple Pointed With Milk

Paint, In ancient times, was made
from many substances widely re-
moved from its manufacture today.
The wall surface in the temple of
Athena at Ellis was painted with
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a mixture Of milk and saffron, and
the milky juice of figs was likewise
applied at later period.
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Continued From Page BID
yer Spring. Nd, designer; to erect
one 3-story brick and concrete block
apartment G9 units, 723 Jeffer-
son street NV; to cost $4,000.
$4,000 Warehouse.
Steuart Bros, 1873 Twelfth street
NE, owners; Clarence w. Gosnell,
Evening star., 1940-05-01
Delivery Of Milk
In Chicago Halted
As Drivers Strike
Dealers and Union Fail
To Reach Agreement
On Wage Contract
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 1-Several hun
dred thousand Chicago and subur-
ban residents went without milk and
cream for breakfast this morning.
A strike voted by the Milk Wagon
Drivers Union halted virtually all
home deliveries in the metropolitan
area.
Drivers stopped work because of
a dispute over new wage contract
with the Associated Milk Dealers
of Chicago, Their old contract ex-
pired at midnight last night.
Negotiations between union repre-
sentatives and the dealers broke
down shortly before 2 am. and
union officials announced the strike
was on.
Dealers sought contract calling
for a wage scale of $50 per week
plus commissions. The union held
out for the old scale of S48 plus
commissions.
Residents in the metropolitan area
consume more than 100000 quarts
OF milk daily. An estimated 48 per
cent is home delivered.
Approximately 1000 drivers were
affected by the dispute. Most Of
them attended mass meeting last
night and early today at which the
strike decision was reached.
Frank Gillespie. president of the
Dairy Employees Union, announced
that the approximately 1000 men,
berS OF his union would join the
strike. Both the inside workers"
and the drivers unions are A. F. of
L. afhliates.
Henry Weber, drivers union presi-
dent, told the membership, he want
ed a peaceful and orderly strike, .
but ordered picketing of dairy farms
on a 24-hour- day basis.
David Riskind. drivers union at
torney, said the union was pre-
pared to service hospitals. orphan
ages and similar institutions during
the strike
Milk dealers contended an imme-
diate pay slash was required by the
increased unit cost of distribution
by wagon. They attributed the in
crease to boost in the store sales
of milk.
Dealers offered to pay the reduced
wage scale and place in escrow the
| difference between the new wages
and the old pending a settlement
The proposal was rejected by union
leaders, who suggested that the old
wage scale be continued during ne
! gotiations.
Evening star., 1940-05-01
c. U. Engineering Dean
Foresuw Train Wreck

When an ace passenger train left
the tracks just outside Little Falls
N. Y. on April 19. killing some 80
people, Dean Anthon J. Scullen OF
the School of Engineering and
Architecture at Catholic University
was probably one of the few who
were not surprised.
Thirty-six years ago he had
stood on the very same scene and
watched relief operations for a
seven-car train that had leaped the
track killing three people.
Something. he felt, ought to be
done about it and few years later
he himself wrote a thesis for a
masters degree at Rennsalear
Polytechnical Institute containing
plans for eliminating the hazard.
Part of his plan included bridging
the river at the point of the curve
to do away with the danger. Nobody
paid any attention to the recon-
mendations of the young student
and it was not until recently an
other fatal accident took place.
Evening star., 1940-05-01
Wi||kie Challenges
Move 10 Break Up
Holding Company
Utility Head Answers
S. (. c.; Would Like
Round-TobIe PorIey

The Securities and Exchange Com
mission today was confronted with
a challenge from the Commonwealth
and Southern Corp. in the move to
require the giant holding company
to dispose of its properties under
the death sentence" provision of
the Holding Company Act.
The company's attitude was set
out yesterday in formal reply to
the commissions show cause order
of March s in which the S. E. c.
said it believed the $1,000 OOO, ,O0C
system. which operates utilities in
10 States, did not meet the laws
requirements for "single integral
ed system" and asked what the
company intended to do.
The corporations answer, signed
by its president, Wendell L. Willkie
frequent critic of the S. E. c., said
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that any order which would require
Commonwealth 81 Southern or one
of its subsidiaries to diveSt itself Of
any securities or properties now
owned would be contrary to the
intent and provisions of the act,
would be unlawful and in violation
of the Constitution of the United
States.
In New York, according to the
New York Times, Mr.. Willkie said
that the position taken by the cor
poration was necessitated by the
desire to preserve its legal rights
and was not to be construed as an
indication 1t intended to fight the
constitutionality of the act to the
Supreme Court.
If it is at all possible" he was
quoted, Il am willing to make a
sincere effort to work out the entire
integration problem of our system
at a round-tahle conference with
members of the Securities and Ex-
change Commission"