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Vegetable Seed Buyers
Told What They Get

BUYERS OF vegetable seeds now can
read the label and know what they
are getting.
The new Federal Seed Act as 1t
applies to vegetable seed shipped
from one State to another is admin
istered by the Agricultural Market
ing Service. 1t went into ehect Au-
gust 9, and provides that each bag,
or carton, or packet OF vegetable
seed must be labeled to tell the buyer
what he needs to know when he buys
seed.
The Federal Seed Act requires shat
the kind and variety OF the seed be
shown on each package. The crops
produced must be true to name or as
represented on the label. The label
must show the name and address OF
the person or organization shipping
the seed. Also-if the seed isn't up
to the minimum termination re-
uuired-the label must show the per-
centage termination at the time 1t
was tested, the date of the test ind
in plainly printed letters the words,
Below Standard
Under the act, vegetable seeds
must be properly labeled, honestly
advertised and honestly represented
in every way.
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for our national defense. This leg
islation has now been debated in
the Senate for more than two weeks.
I believe in free debate, but in this
fateful hour, measure should be at
once taken by Senate leaders to ex-
pedite Senate action on this essential
defense legislation. favor its pas
sage, but whatever action Is taken,
there should not be further delay.
The Senate should stay in session
day and night until q vote is
obtained.
Sees Defense Need Imperative.
II am strongly opposed to becom-
ing . participant in the European
war, but I am aware Of the impera-
tive need Of national defense strong
enough to repel any attack on this
country, no matter from what source
1t may come"
Senator Gurney told the Senate
the experience of the world for the
last century and q half has shown
the volunteer enlistment method to
be inadequate and inefficient in pro-
viding national defense. The inefii-
cheney Of that method has become
more apparent with the development
Of mechanical warfare he said. In
urging prompt passage of the pend
ing bill, Senator Gurney predicted
that II this country is adequately
prepared, no nation would attempt
an aRQreSSion."
The House Military Affairs Com
mittee Is believed ready to report
out its selective service measure as
soon as the Senate votes.
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been submitted to the children for
q referendum"
The Vermont Senator reminded
his colleagues that Hitler conquered
France in the same length of time
the Senate has debated the military
training bill.
Answering those who argue the
width of the ocean Is a barrier to
invasion, Senator Gibson pointed
out that yesterday was the 126th
anniversary of the burning of the
Capitol during the War of 1872.
Safe Margin for Passage.
Present indications are that the
Maloney substitute will be defeated.
and that there will be safe margin
for passage of the bill in Substan-
TALLY it's present form. The Maloney
plan authorizes immediate registra-
tion of those between 81 and 81, but
would postpone the drafting of men
until January. and then only to the
extent that the number called for
are not obtained by volunteer en-
listment. Under the pending bill
the calling of men into selective
service could start this fall.
Senator Walsh, Democrat, Of Mas
sachusetts also Is working on a SUBJ
stitute, which may be offered to-
morrow. In substance. he said. 1t
will seek to encourage voluntary
enlistments, and set up the machiI-
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the Government, we should know it,
Contending there is an obvious
lack Of coordination and effective
cooperation between the different
agencies of the Government in mill
tary preparations" Senator Byrd
said this must be remedied if the
country is to have adequate defense.
The National Defense Commits
sion. he said, has done very fine
work" within the scope Of its
authority, but recommended its
powers be increased to coordinate
Government activities, along the
lines of the War Industries Board
Of % years ago.
Barkley Commends Gibson.
A high light of yesterdays debate
on the training bill was the speech
Of 39-year-old Senator Gibson, Re-
publican. Of Vermont, whose defense
of selective service prompted Dem
.ocrstic Leader Barkley to commend
him.
Others who arose to support the
legislation yesterday we're Senators
Quincy. Republican. Of South Da-'
kota and Connally, Democrat. Of
Texas.
Senator Gibson. who was ap-
pointed following the death Of his
father, the late Senator Gibson, two
months ago, was making his first
speech. He answered the opponents
of peacetime training with this
parallel:
when I was q boy In school We
used to have fire drills. Mr.. Presi-
dent, let's abolish this un-American
and un-democratic institution! Did
any one ask me II I wanted to 90
to fire drill? No, was sent down
the stairs with the other children,
not being fully aware of my con-
stitutional rights. wasn't even
allowed to run out Of the door,
Capitol Burned 126 Years Ago.
Continuing in the same vein OF
irony, Senator Gibson added:
Now, I submit to you this was
regimentation, quite the equivalent
of peacetime conscription. No
emergency existed apparently. and
there never was a fire, and, there
fore, obviously the time spent was
unjustified. We never should have
had fire drills until we had a f1re.
or, at least, until the question had
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Defense Program Aides
Named by HiIImon
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSoclateo Fress
Sidney Hillman, national defense
commissioner, announced yesterday
that DR.. Ralph H Woods, Kentucky
director for vocational education,
had been appointed an assistant in
the development Of the defense
training program as it relates to
vocational schools In rural areas.
He also announced that H. w.
Remke, senior administrative officer
of the United States Civil Service
Commission, had been named liaison
assistant working on requirements
for labor supply in Army and Navy
esta blishments.
The commission announced the
appointment Of the following de-
tense housing consultants:
s. M. Buckingham, manager Of the
Cleveland Terminals Building Co.;
Miles L. Colean of Washington, goth
Century Fund housing research di-
rector: Herbert U Nelson of Chicago,
executive vice president OF the Ma
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Wednesday, and Senator Wheeler,
Democrat, Of Montana, . leader of
the opposition, said he thought the
vote would come Wednesday or
Thursday.
In asking for the debate limit
on the Lodge amendment, Senator
Barkley said most Of the DEBATE
Of the past two weeks has been
legitimate, but declared the time
has arrived when the Senate owes
1t to the country to reach q decision.
Longer Sessions Seen.
Emphasizing that he was not
Threatening" the Senate, the ma
jority leader said longer sessions.
possibly extending into the night,
might be necessary this week unless
more progress is made.
Senator Holt, Democrat, of West
Virginia, in agreeing to the time
limit on the Lodge amendment. took
occasion to deny that opponents OF
the bill are fllibustering.
While Senator Connally was de-
Tending the selective service system.
he read at length from a letter
written by George Washington in
1780 to support his argument. In
the midst Of the reading, Senator
Danaher, Republican. Of Connecticut
interrupted to ask the Texan:
What did he say about the third
term?"
Senator Connally replied that he
did not intend to be diverted into
a discussion Of politics. He said Sen
ator Danaher knew what Washing
ton said on that subject.
II undertook nc obligation when I
came to the Senate to conduct q
kindergarten and instruct other Sen
ators," the Texan added.
Byrd Lauds Roosevelt.
In his statement criticizing ma
tional defense orders, Senator Byrd
praised President Roosevelt for urg-
ing prompt passage of the military
training bill. The Virginian said,
in part:
my investigation convinces me
that the alarming delay in placing
contracts for combat airplanes exists
in obtaining other military equip
ment Of q vital nature. I have no
desire to criticize, but feel would
be derelict in my duty II I did not
ask for an explanation from those in
authority Of this apparent delay in
ordering mechanical military equip
ment. II such information is not
promptly forthcoming and satisfac-
tory, I will introduce the necessary
legislation providing for . congress
sional investigation.
THE President deserves strong
commendation for his statement
that the universal training bill now
pending in the Senate should be
quickly enacted as . vital measure
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Au"HAi AAihNh' uIcSS pICPdl Gu
for a reunion of the Second Naval
District Association.
"And make no mistake, he added,
"the outcome of the war in Asia is
as important to us as that In
Europe"
"As for Great Britain" Yarnell
said, I'VE can send planes. destroyers
and other necessary naval craft and
repeal the neutrality and johnson
Acts In order that the necessary
food and munition supplies may
reach her.
Urges Aid for China.
"As for China, we can stop war ma
terial going to Japan, insist on the
opening of the Burma road, make
the necessary loans to support
the nationalist government. and
strengthen the Asiatic fleet, basing
the reinforcements as Singapore.
Citing speeches by Adolf Hitler
and Foreign Minister Yosuke Mat.
suoka of Japan as evidence OF
fascist intentions to rule the world.
Admiral Yarnell warned that II the
liberties won by bloodshed In past
centuries were lost now, "the world
will revert to the dark ages as far
as the rights Of man are con-
cerned."
Before discussing international
developments, Admiral Yarnell
called for upbuilding of the Navy
to make 1t a strong striking force.
Defense Rests with Navy.
"The primary defense of this Ma
ton rests with the Navy" he said,
80 we must have fleet complete
In all its elements that can seek
out the enemy fleet in time OF war
and destroy or immobilize 1t. We
must maintain command OF the sea
for ourselves.
This requires the spirit of the
offensive which is the only spirit
that will win in war 1t is perni-
cious idea to imagine that the fleet
can protect the Nation by remain
ing on the defensive in our own
waters
Personally I cannot see any ne
cessity for an>army of 100000 men
which has been proposed. Outside
of garrisons for outlying and
temporary bases, we should not send
troops in numbers outside OF the
United States either to Europe or
Asia. 1t would be much better TO-
spend the money on q Navy OF
suficient strength to render In
vasion out of the question for any
probable enemy. If this Is done the
necessity for huge army dlsap-
pears"
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cry for compulsory service, but post
pone the actual induction of men
into the armed forces.
Vote Seen by Midweek.
In reliable quarters it was said
yesterday there are at least 81 votes
for final passage Of the bill out of 96
Senators, with the probability this
number will be increased when the
roll is called. There are said to be
six or seven still doubtful. One sup
porter predicted there will not be
more than 80 votes against final
passage.
Majority Leader Barkley said he
was hopeful of reaching a final vote
Evening star., 1940-08-25
Reno Divorce Granted
To Mrs. Joyce MoyIe

Mrs. Joyce Moyle. Washington
social registerite, was awarded a
divorce in Reno, New, yesterday
from Walter G. Movie, lawyer. on
charges of cruelty. Immediately
afterwards an application to wed
was filed for her and Theodore F.
Mueller of New York City.
Mrs. Moyle, the former Miss Joyce
M. Nebeker. is the daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Frank K Nebeker, 34O9
Woodley road NV. She was awarded
custody OF two children.
Mrs. Moyle is expected to wed Mr..
Mueller tomorrow. according to her
family, and will live in New York
Evening star., 1940-08-25
Cat Escapes Fishing Hook

LAURINBURG, N c., Aug. "a
Up.-Add strange fishing catches:
Vernon Daniels baited his hook,
planted his fishing pole beside the
bank Of a Scotland County stream
and looked around to find ensnared
"a huge tomcat. The cat. appar-
emily familiar with piscatorial ira
dition-got away.
Evening star., 1940-08-25
Fishing for Deer

WINDSOR, N c., Aug. "A R.-
They're fishing for deer in these
parts now. Instead of trodding long
miles in search Of the agile animal,
Ham Hannah, jr., said the hunters
travel through the flooded areas by
boat and row alongside the swim
ming deer. Boating hunters report
large hauls.
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AVA
tain and China,
said today tho
United States
future existence
as a nation de
pends on the
overthrow Of the
two great des-
potisms In the
West and In the
East"
1T is our war
as much as that
of Great Britain
and China" he
said in an ad.
l~.ee rod
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Overthrow Of Japan
And Nazis Urged
By Yarne|
Declares Future Of
U. S. Depends on Aid
Chino and Britoin
NJ the Associated Press.

NEWPORT, r. l., Aug. H.-Rear
Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, U. s. NJ,
retired. former Asiatic fleet COM
mander, urging all possible aid"
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tional Association Of Real Estate
Boards, and Coleman woodbury.,
Chicago, director Of the National As.
ISOLATION of Housing Oflcials.
Evening star., 1940-02-18

then stay out of European and Asiatic
wars. We have only to plan and execute
ample air, navy and army defenses for
our American World. Then we must
stick to this plan through thick and
thin. It must be as secure five years
from now as it will be next year.
From the point of view of the air.
to be safe we must have: 81
More money for air research.
More long-range bombers - or at
least the manufacturing facilities to
turn them out by the hundreds when
really needed.
More fully trained and experienced
air personnel.
More antiaircraft defenses - in
cluding men, guns. automatic location
devices, searchlights and combat pur-
suit squadrons.
And our Army, Air and Navy men
must work closer and closer together
on such vital items as defense plans,
supplies and training.
Only then can We hope to make
America safe from some fantastic
Blitxkriss of the future.
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other young men are being trained in
commercial flying. And our Clipper"
ships are the finest possible training
schools for navigators and specialists.
All this is slowly building great
and valuable reservoir of flyers and
groundmen, at least partially pre-
pared for some dreaded M day. when
war will break out of the blue skies
upon us. The 10000 mile bomber.
with a round "trip, nonstop bombing
radius of $500 miles. is only few
short and dangerous years away. This
long range bomber cannot alone actu-
ally win wars of the future, but it can
so cripple an enemy that its fighting
resistance is almost nil. Certainly the
bomber is the most terrific and deadly
striking force ever put at the disposal
of a military commander - or dicta-
tor. 1t can make victory possible. 1t is
the new third dimension in war.
Enemy bombers alone can never
conquer America, but they can cripple
us, humiliate us and reduce our great
cities and industrial centers to bloody
shambles. Only soldiers with bayonets
Evening star., 1940-02-18
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE
CAN Our PLANES PROTECT Us?
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as long to train a pilot as to build his
plane. To fly and service commercial
air liner today calls for four pilots
and twenty-six groundmen. Translate
that into military terms and you get
astounding figures.
Our great air program that antici-
pates $500 planes by the middle of
1941, authorizes an Army Air Corps
of 10000 enlisted men and 4,5OO
officers. But merely to authorize that
number is far cry from a guarantee
of that many really trained men. The
money must be actually voted, 90 that
this absolutely necessary increase in
trained personnel can march ahead.
In the last year of the First World
War, splendid lads were tossed into the
air over the Western Front to battle
for their lives with as little as twenty
hours flying training. Air tactics were
still largely in the "dogight" stage.
and the keenest and luckiest of these
young eagles survived. Today it takes
fully five times as long to train flyer.
and an additional year or two for him
to become completely doctrinated
with modern air tactics of squadron
flying Solo fighters are largely thing
of the past. Air squadrons are as finely
trained as a college football team.
There are no better flying teams in the
world than our own, but it has taken
years to train them and we need three
or four times as many of these men.
One thing all air people insist on is
that there be no dissolution of per-
sonnet in time of crisis. Trained fly
ing teams must be held together at all
cost. To break up trained groups is to
trade expert fighting units for 'lots of
nothing"
To meet this crisis nine civilian air
schools have been virtually taken over
by the government to be used for
primary training. Cadets fortunate
enough to pass through, this primary
course are next sent to Randolph
Field for the basic training. and then
to Kelly for their advanced course.
Finally they receive their completed
training with the G.H.Q. force itself.
At present there are l, 1853 cadet flyers
enrolled, and about half of them will
be able to last through the rigorous
steps. Enlisted mechanics are at the
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same time being
trained for their
highly specialized
duties, first at
Scott Field, near
St. Louis, and
then at either
Chanute or Lowry
Fields. And with
these two expand
ing programs goes
the am DltlOuS
plan of the Civil
Aeronautics Au-
thority to give air
training to 10000
college men dur
ing two years of
their college
course: this train
ing will equal the
primary course at
the regular air
schools. Thou
sands of students
are also taking
aeronautical- en-
gineering courses
at a number of
our universities.
Hundreds of
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can really occupy and conquer a
country - but the heavy long-range
bomber can spread death and despair.
Some army flyers insist long-range
bombers could sink battleships. No
one knows for certain how true this
daring statement may be; the North
Sea may soon serve as the stage for
this mighty drama of war to unfold
its last act. But we do know that
there is no limit to the size and strik-
ing power of the bombers of the future
They threaten our peace and our
very existence. And we can meet this
threat only by an even greater retalia-
tory threat - by an unparalleled
fleet of these deadly war birds.
Let Congress vote US hundreds of
these peace-guarantors.
Let the President insist on more
and greater joint air maneuvers be-
tween the air forces of the Army and
Navy. Let the whole Army - Air
Corps and Navy Team - continually
practice their great and vital defense
problems together.
In the new and important bases
being built in Puerto Rico for Panama
Canal and hemisphere defense, the
Army air field and the Navy air field.
instead of being built as joint base,
have been constructed few miles
apart at an extra cost of millions of
dollars. There are unquestionably
some valid technical reasons for this,
but had there been stronger desire
for complete. cooperation. a joint
base might have been worked out.
Both Army and Navy insist that
separate fields are necessary, because
their problems are different.
But are they really 90 different?
Are not their fundamental problems
the simple ones Of helping to make
America safe from foreign aggression
= and at the lowest cost? Our Army
and Navy officers are intelligent and
patriotic men, but in these times of
danger they must forego little of
their intense loyalty to their own
branches of the service and throw
themselves wholeheartedly into solv-
ing our problem of national defense.
Until recently the Navy High Com
mand insisted that the Army Air
Corps had no business flying more
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man lW miles
out to sea. The
sea belonged ex-
clusively to the
Navy. Yet we
ow n ed arm y
bonn bers that
could carry death
to such enemy
ships as aircraft
carriers and troop
transports almost
a thousand miles
off shore. And
with the imme-
diate problem of
patroning the new
3OO-mile safety
belt around our
continents, Army
and Navy people
soon came to a
working arrange
ment.
Our problems
of de-
Tense are the very
heart of our ma
tional safety. We
must get ready
ofou rondxyon1
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Just now DOES sARdxA WORK?

Second. Saraka
contains q specially
treated cortex fran
gula, that gently
stimulates the intes-
final muscles to keep
waste products NOV
ing. Instead Of harsh
ly forcing action,
Saraka more natu-
rally aids elimination.
Evening star., 1940-02-18

NEXT TINE you miss"
IN take Saraka. 1t brings
satisfying relief from consti-
patton due to insufficient
bulk. Saraka has helped thou
sands of chronic sufferers af-
ter other laxatives failed. It
is equally useful for occa-
sional constipation. This mod
ern "diet-aid" really goes to
the root of constipation due
to lack of bulk. Easy, pleas
Copr. 1910. Uni
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A. Yes. While it af-
fects all ages, consti-
patton often becomes
intensified as people
grow older. Saraka
aids by strengthening
weakened intestinal
muscles and has
Evening star., 1940-11-14
Dies 10 Open Hearings
On Foreign Agents
Activities in j. ).
Hull Leaves Decision
On Probing Consuls
Up to Committee

By the Associated Press.
Evidence bearing on alleged ac-
tivities of German and Italian
agents in the United States was
given a No. spot today on the list
of subject matter before the Dies
Committee on Un-American Ac-
tivities.
With the State Department inter-
posing no objections, Chairman Dies
announced that the committee
would resume its work next Monday
or Tuesday. centering attention on
the operation of German and Ital-
ian consular or other agents in this
country.
Representative Dies had not
reached decision whether the
hearings. arranged after an ex-
change of kilograms with Secretary
of State Hull yesterday, would be
open to the public. Mr. Hull ad-
vised Mr.. Dies that the question of
public hearings was something for
him to decide at his own discretion
as committee chairman.
The Texas Representative said
that the committee had accumu-
lated considerable material, more
dealing with the italian diplomatic
agents than with the German.
Improper Activities Denied.
The embassies of both axis powers
have contradicted all assertions that
officials of their governments here
have INDUCED in anything exceeding
their official duties.
The State Department figured in
the arrangements for the projected
hearings when Mr.. Dies. en- route
back to the Capital. wired Secretary
Hull that he intended to start the
sessions unless the State Depart
ment felt they would embarrass 80"
conduct of our relations with Ger
many" or otherwise complicate inter-
national matters.
Mr.. Hull replied that the decision
was one for Mr.. Dies discretion as
the responsible chairman of legis-
lative committee. The Secretary OF
State expressed appreciation to Mr..
Dies for turning over to him in
formation the committee had COL
lected allegedly concerning ques-
tionable activities by consular or
other agents here.
This material, he said, had been
referred to the Justice Department
for investigation, but no formal re-
port on it had yet been received.
Part of Records Seized.
The information submitted to the
State Department was understood
to have consisted in part of records
seized by the Dies Committee from
various German agencies. The ma
true of it has not been made public
but it is expected to be disclosed
If open hearings are started.
Two German consular officials,
Dr.. Gerhard Westrick and G. F.
Reed were recalled to Berlin re-
Gently after indications that the
American Government frowned on
their continued presence here. A
third. Edgar Won Spiegel. was under
investigation by the State Depart
ment last summer.
In the case of Reed, transferred
to New York from Brazil, the State
Department laid down the policy
that foreign diplomats whose activi-
ties in other American countries
were disapproved by those govern
ments we're not welcome in the
United States.
Published remarks attributed to
Won Spiegel. Consul General in New
Orleans. led the State Department
to issue a general warning to
foreign diplomatic officials against.
public discussion of questions re-
lating to this country's policies and
attitudes"