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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-28
Defense Will Not Hurl
u. 5. Consumers,
Chamber Says
Businessmen Seen
Exercising Restroint
In Price Increases

A businessmen's drive was under
way In the United States today to
make the public understand that
business can 60 on as usual" at
the same time the administration
draws on the country's industrial
capacity for the rearmament pro-
gram.
The United States Chamber Of
Commerce issued report to put
across the thought that consumer
goods industries can meet both de-
tense needs and consumer demand
Almost simultaneously, Leon Hen
derson of the National Defense
Commission said there was mo JUS
LITIGATION" for recent unstable
prices in the copper, zinc and lead
industries.
1T might be advisable to have
conference of the representatives
Of producers and large consumers
to discuss the situation openly" Mr.
Henderson said in discussing the
price problem in these three i'm
portant metals.
The Chamber of Commerce
granted that prices might go up,
but it explained there is every rea-
son to believe that businessmen
will continue to exercise restraint
in the matter of price increases"
The War Department meanwhile
gave more work to American in
dustry with the award of ordnance
contracts totaling s128, 726, 434-
among them a $37,687 .458 contract
for tanks and spare parts to the
American Car e. Foundry Co.,
Berwick, Pa, and s34,451 ,249 con-
tract for cars with the White Motor
Co., Cleveland.
An attempt to cut down on the
Government immediate defense
spending power was made by Sem
ator Adams, Democrat of Colorado,
who sought to confine to 100000 600
the initial appropriation for pro-
posed airport Reconstruction program.
Senator Adams urged the elimina-
ton from a pending appropriation
bill of another s50,000,000 for air.
ports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-28

beautiful, clear-winged moth. The
parents are so unlike in their mark
ings that they have been mistaken
for different species. The males
abdomen is marked with narrow
golden bands, very lovely against
the steel-blue ground color. His
wings are transparent, with steel
blue trimmings along the veins and
margins, while his mate is steel blue
with Opaque forewings and one or
perhaps two orange -colored girdles
about her abdomen.
During the day the pair are to be
seen racing through the air. The
female flies toward the peach tree
shortly after the wedding. The eggs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-28
Sunken Treasure
SOUGHT by japanese

Recovery of a large amount Of
gold carried by British ship sunk
off the Japanese coas: more than
half a century ago is the object of
an expedition being formed with
Toxic backing. The vessel went to
the bottom after striking a reef in
a storm.
The rescued passengers lived for
nearly month in tents on beach
not far from the wreck, and it was
from them that the japanese OBJ
tanned knowledge of the treasure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-28

successfully treated with an oppli-
cation of paradichlorobenzene, now
shortened to PDB. which is a way
of etherizing the borers to death.
No struggle, no pain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-28
Reporting Cracked Putty

To fill cracks in old putty that
is not In poor enuogh condition to
justify replacement, apply paint
with a good stiff brush, so that it
will be forced into the cracks. For
a better job, use paint a little
thicker than usual.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-28

, overdrapery makes a very lovely
window. 1t may be tied back to be
equally attractive, but the mesh is so
sheer and delicate that sunlight, air
and scenery may be enjoyed without
drawing the curtain. AS thrifty
idea for these wash beautifully and
wear amazingly welD to give interest
to an uninviting room, this is good
fashion for fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-28

Churches or parishes independent
of the authority of the diocese in
which they are located have been
classed in England as ''peculiars.'
Evening star., 1940-12-13
Ships for Britain

AS Great Britain battles to main
tain the life lines of empire, now
threatened by submarine, airplane
and mine attacks on her merchant
marine, the announcement of Rear
Admiral Emory S. Land that the
United States Maritime Commission,
of which he is the chairman, will
continue to cooperate in replacing
Britain's shipping losses is welcome
news. In addressing the Propeller
Club and the Merchant Marine Con-
ference at New Orleans this week, he
revealed that the commission since
the outbreak of the war has approved
the sale of 130 ships to Britain and
AZ to Canada. The tonnage thus
acquired has constituted a valuable
addition to the British merchant fleet.
Because the risk OF sinking does
not justify large investment in new
vessels, Britain wants old ships, Ad-
miral Land pointed out. The United
States proportionately has more
Evening star., 1940-12-13

over-age vessels than any other i'm
portant maritime nation. Since this
country has enough modern vessels
to serve essential trade routes, with
many others under construction, we
have no real need for these over-age
ships. AS cargo carriers for Britain,
they can render yeomens service.
Every assistance to the British
people is help in defeating the law
less forces which threaten this coun-
try" Admiral Land declared. Few will
challenge the accuracy of this state
ment. In addition to airplaneS,
munitions and war materials, Britain
is in urgent need of replacements
for the tonnage destroyed by enemy
action. This is one field in which
the United States can render Britain
effective aid.
Evening star., 1940-12-13

have harnessed to their juggernauts
of destruction the mechanical
achievements of some of the noblest
men of genius that ever have lived.
The Wright brothers, constructing
the first practical heavier -than-air
flying craft, did not anticipate the
bombardment Of London. Simon
Lake, toiling over the designs for his
submarine, never regarded himself
as the unpaid servant of Adolf Hitler.
Marconi did not expect wireless
telegraphy to be employed to poison
the minds of millions.
The perversion of the natural
social values of the fruits of creative
genius is the tragedy of the modern
age. Somehow and soon ways and
means must be found for the pro-
lection of humanity from punish
ment for its intellectual energy. Sir
Alfred wistfully suggested: IF only
we could apply the dispassionate
temper of science to the difficulties
of the hour, we might face them with
less waste of effort and greater like
Hhood of settlement"
Evening star., 1940-12-13
Corneqie Institution

1t may be that war is not alto
gether a destructive phenomenon.
In times like the present, the strug-
gle for survival-always present but
hidden in times of peace-riseS to
the surface Minds are Sharpened. In
hibitions, usually the chief obstacles
to human progress, are swept away.
Advances made solely for the pur-
pose of destruction serve even more
as the foundations for new progress
when the struggle is over.
This is particularly the case in the
field of scientific research. In Wash
ington is probably the greatest insti-
tuition for the promotion of pure
science, the Carnegie Institution.
Today it's trustees are holding their
annual meeting. This is the occa-
sion when it has been customary to
make public the more far-reaching
achievements of its workers during
the past twelve months-achieve-
ments which probably have gone
further to better mans daily living
during the past generation than
those of any other institution.
This year on much of the work
there is silence. It has been so
intimately tied up with national
defense that nothing can be said
about it, President Bush told the
trustees. Especially is this true of
the work on Uranium 235, which may
well be the most startling develop
ment of modern times.
Yet there is every reason to believe
that behind the doors of Carnegie
laboratories, closed now when they
used to be open to the world,
progress is being made which not
only will greatly strengthen the mill
tary arms of the United States, but
will be of inestimable value in the
life of the world which will follow
the war.
Evening star., 1940-12-13
Letters to the Editor

effectively, and so have become his un-
whiting tools.
The vital question is, do We really have
the courage of our convictions. or are we
satisfied to drown in a sea of appease-
ment for which We so readily condemn
others? Can We continue to believe and
loudly proclaim that we are the worlds
leading democracy and yet always be the
last to take up its defense?
We know the only way to prevent these
recurring attacks is to work together in
unity and not, as after the last war, by
proceeding to make the peace of the
world political football. Had we
supported the worlds efforts to organize
peace instead Of being the first to with
draw, and not encouraged others by our
example to weaken the prestige of the
peace effort, peace could have been pre-
served. We cannot wash our hands of the
responsibility for the terrible fact that
the smallest democracies are always the
chief victims of democracys enemy. be-
cause we cannot be depended upon to
defend them from attack. The question
Am I my brothers keeper" cannot be
answered by moral man in any other way
than IN the affirmative and he also
knows we'll the answer to the question,
who then, is my neighbour"
ERNEST E. OSWALD.
Evening star., 1940-12-13
Amid Impermunency

There is one beauty man can never mar,
Although he gouge the hills with pick
and stone,
Pour out the lakes. leave canyons
debris-sown,
And smash the woods that torch and
powder char
For still the sea, on glistening beach and
bar,
Will humble with the old, deep mono
tone,
And the cleft billows, in the vast Alone,
Will bare white foreheads to the evening
Not otherwise the giant surge flowed on
When, where our fleets now steam, It
nursed brood
OF snake-necked dragons in earths
monstrous dawn.
And, still unchanged, the tossed green
solitude
Shall heave and flash, when all tho
eyes that viewed
Are closed, and makers of all ships aro
STANTON A. coBLRf1z.
Evening star., 1940-12-13
Bury Your Own Dead

A nature-loving New York State
Senator, recently elected. hired two
men at his own expense to roam
through the two thousand square
miles of his district and remove all
campaign posters, whether for him.
self, his opponent, or any minor
candidate. He said that politics had
encroached on nature long enough,
and that it was natures turn now.
Whether or not Honest Joe Zilch was
elected dog catcher, he thought that
the landscape would be better and
purer if unobstructed with large
signs advocating his candidacy. The
Senator, admittedly under no legal
compulsion, merely followed time
honored custom of pioneer days.
An unwritten law of the old West
was to bury your own dead" and
few failed to comply with it. Granted
that it often was nuisance for
winner to have to stop in the middle
of a full house before the draw and
plant the loser, no one else would do
it, and civic pride and other consid-
erations demanded prompt inter-
ment. Until that was accomplished,
he would be slightly ostracized.
Therefore, after reloading, he would
get up with a sigh, borrow d spade,
and complete his chore at Boot Hill
before mingling again in polite and
precarious society.
Evening star., 1940-12-13
Morally Unfit

It now is more than eight years
since the late Sir Alfred Ewing de-
clared before the British Association
for the Advancement of Science,
meeting at York, that man is
morally unfit" to possess the
dynamic force which "organized
common sense" has given him. The
passage of time has but served to
confirm the judgment of the speaker.
He did not live to see his country
involved in a second World War, but
he had viSualiZed in advance the
frightful cruelty of such conflict
and warned mankind against the
dangers of reliance upon skill alone
for prosperity and peace.
1.-The command of nature" Sir
Alfred insisted, has been put into
mans hands before he knows how to
command himself" Machines para
doxically more efficient than their
makers have made possible mass
production" but have destroyed the
Joy of craftsmanship" Also, these
instruments have created a surplus
of manufactured goods which it has
been infeasible to market with profit.
Unemployment is one consequence,
the willful destruction of commodities
in the interest of the maintenance
of fixed prices upon the remainders
is another. Even if these problems
are solved, man still will face the
question of how to use the leisure
that machines have given him."
But a much more important issue
is that of the impact of invention
upon the spiritual character of the
race. Sir Alfred explained: "The
cornucopia of the engineer has been
shaken all over the earth, scattering
everywhere an endowment of previ-
ously unpossessed and unimagined
capacities and powers. Beyond ques-
ton many of these gifts are benefits
to man, making life fuller, wider,
healthier, richer in such happiness
as material things can promote. Yet
we are acutely aware that the en-
gineers gifts have been and may be
grievously abused. Man was
ethically unprepared for so great a
bounty. In the slow evolution of
morals he is still unfit for the tre-
mendous responsibility 1t entails"
So much for the indictment. What,
then, did Sir Alfred suggest as
curative policy? I'VE are learning
that in the affairs Of nations, as of
individuals, there must be, for the
sake of amity, some sacrifice of free
DOM" he said. Accepted predilec-
tions as to national sovereignty have
to be abandoned, if the world is to
keep the peace and allow civilization
to survive"
Appeasement, however, the world
has learned since 1882 is no solution.
The appetite of aggresSorS is insati-
able. Mere concession of their de-
mands fails to halt their onward
march The more they are accorded,
the more they require. And they
Evening star., 1940-12-13
District Court

Attorney General Jacksons letter
to the director of the Administrative
Office of United States Courts relative
to need for a new building for the
District Court serves to call attention
again to conditions which seriously
handicap the court in it's work.
The essential facts, as set forth by
the Attorney General, may be sum-
married. as follows: Every foot of
available space in the present build
ing has been utilized; three judges
and the grand jury have been obliged
to take up quarters in the new Police
Court Building; important records
have been removed to dead storage"
in the basement of the Juvenile
Court; conference rooms for attor-
neys and waiting rooms for jurors
and witnesses not only are too small
but are too few in number; lighting,
sanitary and other service facilities
are inadequate, and judges wearing
their robes must shoulder their way
through crowds in the corridors in
going to and from their chambers.
1t is little wonder therefore, that the
Attorney General found it necessary
to write: Efficient administration of
justice is seriously affected by these
deplorable conditions
Remedies have been proposed in
the past, but all plans still are in
formative stage. 1t has been pro-
posed for several years to erect a new
court building on the land at the
north end of Judiciary Square, where
the old Pension Office stands, after
new quarters are provided for the
General Accounting Office. A later
suggestion has been to erect build
ing to house both the District Court
and the Court of Appeals at the
Oliver Wendell Holmes park site just
east Of the Supreme Court.
These suggestions necessarily must
await decision by qualified author
tiles. But in view of the general
agreement on the need, whatever is
found most advisable should be car
ried forward to completion with a
minimum of delay.
Evening star., 1940-12-13
Federal Employment

Civil Service Commission statistics
indicating that Federal employment
here has passed the 100000 mark
furnish graphic Illustration OF the
proportions of the defense program
on which this Government has en-
barked. While the commission fig
ureS include only october totals that
are a few hundred shy of 10000, it
is virtually certain, because of the
rate Of growth in recent months,
that this level has been exceeded.
On the same basis of calculation, too,
it seems likely that the field force is
around $4,000. That would mean
the defense program is responsible
for the addition of some $1,000
workers here and $4,000 or more
elsewhere in the country, since the
end of June. And the end is not
in sight.
The size of the Government today
offers an interesting comparison
Will COllOlllOllo al 4o4 !, WllCIl 11llCi
lea was preparing for the World War.
In June of that year, local employ
ment stood-in round figures
Al 400, and employment in the field
at 476, 400. When the peak was
reached on Armistice Day, 1918, a
crowded Washington had Federal
roll of 117,760, while the estimated
national total was ,000-figures
that had been exceeded by the nor
NAL growth of New Deal agencies
before the current program was
started Should the defense expan-
sion now keep step with that of the
World War period, the civilian army
here would approximate 100000,
while the force elsewhere in the
country would aggregate 1,250000.
If history repeats itself, much of
this force will have permanent
tenure, although natural reduction
would accompany tapering of Of
the arms program. The end Of the
World War brought a cut in per-
sonnel, but never again did it fall
below the half-million mark.
Evening star., 1940-12-13
Discusses Responsibilities
OF the Democracies.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The major question of today is the
same as 1t was in 1915. World democracy
is again attacked and by the same
enemy. We have had ample proof now
as then that the only reason we are not
attacked first is the necessity Of over
coming the countries standing between
us and not leaving enemies in the rear.
Now as then, they have worked overtime
to lull us with soft words and succeeded
in preventing a coalition Of democracy,
50 that what could not have then been
done otherwise might be done piecemeal.
With these designs in view, the enemy
carefully has fostered any and all differ
ences between the democracies, magnify
ing past petty quarrels 50 that real
present dangers should be lost sight Of
The pity Of it is that 50 many individuals
who Indignantly would deny their actions
are un-American, have, because Of per-
sonal prejudices, been only too glad to
seize upon this propaganda and spread
it themselves, playing the enemy's game
uneonsciously maybe, but nevertheless
Evening star., 1940-12-13
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles Z. Trdce1peu.

The squirrels tail is its guide and bal
ance in its ceaseless activities In the
trees. It takes the place both Of rudder
and SAIL as well as q balancer.
Any one who has watched one of these
handsome rodents walking the tight
wire" along q telephone conduit knows
how much it uses its tail.
The use of its tail in its ordinary
activities in the trees Is not so easily
understood. The tail then becomes as
important as its feet.
A squirrel may be said to have five
feet in a sense, since its fluffy tail acts
for all the world like another foot.
Great care is required in handling both
squirrels and chipmunks. If a person
is in the least timid about it, 1t is bet
ter not to try it.
Even the person who is able to pet a
squirrel at will upon occasion may find
himself bitten. And those sharp little
teeth go clear to the bone.
Any bite by wild animal should be
treated at once by physician. The best
preliminary treatment is to wash the
wound at once with hot water and soap,
preferably one of those soaps which are
made chiefly of coconut oil and which
lather so freely.
1t is not generally known that soap is
one of the best antiseptics. 1t not only
kills the germs but mechanically washes
them away.
A squirrel is a great deal more likely
to bite one proferring nut than chip
munk, since it is more nervous in its ways.
While city squirrels usually have a far
greater experience with human beings
than those in the woods and suburbs, it
is just as likely to bite the person who
touches it in a manner which it chooses
to regard as too rough
This roughness is better phrased quick
ness. In handling a squirrel even pet
one, be sure to make all motions slow
and even.
Never make a grab at a wild animal,
but let the hand approach slowly and
as caressingly as possible. In this way
the animal is not alarmed Keep the
other hand still
Once the hand can touch the fur. it
does not frighten but soothes. It is a
cause for wonder, too; the house cat
responds to stroke because it belongs
to line which has been petted for
thousands OF years, but the squirrel is
thoroughly wild and none in its line is
used TO stroking.
Therefore it seems all the more won-
,derful that it can be touched at all
Our advice to the average nature lover
is to keep plenty of distance between
you and squirrel.
The real joy of watching this rodent
is in its motion. Few animals of any
sort embody the happiness of ceaseless
activity so we'll as the gray squirrel
Every motion is at once beautiful and
filled with certain sort of humor which
is rare in the animal kingdom The
squirrel is more thoroughly himself when
he is not saving part of himself to
repel a possible attack
Evening star., 1940-12-13
SOUTH CAROLINA AVE. Sc.

Dear Sir:
II have spent many enjoyable moments
reading your daily articles on the life
and habits Of birds and the smaller ami
mails Of the woods, chipmunks, and I
would so like to add to your collection
of letters little experience Of my own
with said Mr.. Chipmunk.
II was born and raised in Maryland
about 9 miles from here and with my
sister frequently went hunting (she did
the shooting never had the courage to
handle gum and went along to pick
up the game.
"On this particular time we were after
squirrels and it was tiptoes for us both
and hide-me down. After long and
fruitless wait and no squirrels, we de-
cided to go back home, when all of q
sudden chipmunk crept near my sisters
hand. She reached out, quietly, and
took him up in her hand.
"She opened her pocket and buttoned
him in and we went home
"She let him loose and he seemed to
like it, running all over the house.
"She kept him in a cigar box and put
acorns and cornmeal there to eat.
AT night he would wander around
and play with the acorns after the lights
were out and we we're in bed One day,
however proceeded to show the family
that l was not frightened at that little
mite and took him up and put him on
my wrist with the intention to pet him.
"He evidently did not want to be
petted and ran up inside my sleeve.
Il can feel those little claws vet on
my arm.
INV sister xtnnDed his race up my
sleeve by placing her hand on my dress
then reached up to where I thought I
could take him out and grabbed, and
the only thing my startled eyes beheld
was chippie's fur tail
Il had skinned him then and there,
so with my sisters assistance in the
neck Of my dress, she pulled out my tall
less steed and she made me hold that
animal while she secured silk thread,
Ilcculc dIlO dIlQ Sic SllQ IIldL
little tail back on the little fellow and
sewed it on while cried and cried, more
scared than the hurt chipmunk.
when We moved here, she turned it
loose. We did not stay long that time
and moved back home again, and there
was chippie, running around in the grass,
but he would not make friends that time
Sincerely, M H."
We are glad to print this, because it
gives an incident similar to one reported
here last year, when a squirrel lost its
tail and died.
Evidently the state of health of the
animal has great deal to do with the
results in all such cases.
Or it may be that the chipmunks tail
is not as important to it as the tail of a
squirrel is to the squirrel.
Chipmunks have no such banner
like tails as the larger animals.