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Evening star., 1940-09-28
Food Stamps

OF the many plans which have
been introduced in recent years for
assisting less fortunate members OF
the community to better standard
of living, none has greater poten-
tialities than the distribution of
orange and blue food stamps. This
provides for sale to families on relief
of orange stamps at their face value,
the amount being limited to pro-
portion of the weekly relief money
allotted them, which may be ex-
changed at any food store for any
item In addition, each purchaser
receives free a quantity of blue
stamps equal in value to half of the
orange stamps. These may be eX-
changed for any foods currently des-
ignated by the Surplus Marketing
Evening star., 1940-09-28
EVANSVILLE, Md.

hYA1lSVlbLE, Mo.
Dear Sir:
Il have enjoyed reading your column
for many years, and find real diversion
in your interesting subjects, especially
your continued teachings of good fellow
ship as it should be practiced between
man, beast and fowl of the air. One can
really feel the sting from your pen as it
subjects the so-called human beasts to
shame and disgrace.
my story, while very happy one,
does contain mystery, tragedy adventure
and contentment, even jail-break for
liberty, and has to do with the finding
and rearing of six baby rabbits of the
common cottontail variety.
1T was on Sunday, August IS, took
notion to weed my small garden. All
went we'll until came to a very over
ambitious petunia plant and decided it
should come out. With it pulled out.
the hoe whacked at some crab grass and
very close to this crater, out crawled one,
two, three little creatures squeaking at
the height of their voices, Stop! Stop!
Finally the fourth emerged, and after
little gentle excavating the fifth and
sixth babies were extricated. Why do
some people have these impulsive no.
tions? Remembering the old saying to
the effect, if a'rabbit's nest is handled
in any way the mother refuses to care
for her young, I did as best I could by
removing the grass lining from the SUBJ
terranean dwelling lover which had been
covered good layer Of hair scratched
from the mothers body and placed all
in a waterproof box exactly where
found the nest.
Mothers usually fight for their young,
why not rabbits?
We'll, it rained and rained, no sign Of
tracks from the mother, SO Monday eve
ming they were brought in the house and
placed in a market basket. They were
about starved.
"wednesday heard a rabbit was seen
dead IN the street block away.
The successful rearing Of this family
was done by more delicate hands than
mine. Each was taken in charge by my
wife and fed individually by dunking the
mouth parts IN coaSter OF warm milk
with little sugar in it.
They successfully Tapped, rested and
Tapped some more until they were fed.
A frequent schedule was followed, deter
mined by their restlessness, which We
interpreted to mean hunger.
THE following Wednesday august 28)
they had their eyes open. They were
finally taught to drink from the coaster
alone and unassisted.
For exercise they had the run Of the
kitchen and were brought into the living
room on various occasions where they
could develop high speeds with less skid
ding.
They would romp for half an hour at
time, especially after feeding; would
sit upon their hind legs and wash their
faces with both front paws in sort OF
follow-up and rotary form of technique.
differing considerably from the cat, which
uses one paw at time.
They spent a good deal of time pol
ishing up themselves and each other
Evening star., 1940-09-28
Administration as being in over

AQIlllIllStIdtIOu rs DcluS III over.
supply.
For many months Washington has
been hoping to inaugurate the plan
for the benefit of its 10000 families
who would be eligible. A visit by
two of the Commissioners and the
director Of welfare to Baltimore,
where the system has been in use
since last May, indicates a possibility
of establishing the method in the
Capital at about half the cost orig
inally estimated. When the plan was
first proposed here 1t was believed
a revolving fund Of $150,O00 would
be necessary. Now, If a scheme for
redeeming the stamps within one
instead of two weeks can be worked
out, it appears that only $4,000 will
be required.
So great have been the benefits of
the plan in the 1853 cities using it
in Baltimore a marked increase in
general health conditions already
has become obvious to public health
nurses-that no effort should be
spared to make its adoption here
possible. For under it, not only do
the producers of perishable foods
who have surplus supplies benefit,
but the families whose need is great
est are enabled to obtain adequate
amounts of dairy products and fresh
fruits and vegetables in sufficient
variety to maintain dietary standards
required for normal living.
Evening star., 1940-09-28

The only aim which can be discerned
in them is a German plan not only
to retain. influence over Norway but
actually to incorporate Norway in the
new German empire.
1t is this indication that the Ger
man hold, once established, will
never be felaxed until it has been
broken by force that justifies the
continued participation in the war
OF all Frenchmen, Dutch, Belgians
and Norwegians who have refused to
accept German rule.
The fate of Norway should be an
object lesson to all those who believe
that any security or independence
can be salvaged by temporizing with
the Nazi menace. There is no room
under German rule for other than
German will.
Evening star., 1940-09-28
The Rock

Many Americans are familiar with
Gibraltar as symbol OF imperial Sc
curity. The Rock again and again
has justified such reputation. If it
now is to be attacked successfully,
the cost of reducing it may be in
excess of the investment made in its
defense.
The name of the limestone penin-
sula was derived from Arabic words
signifying "the height of Tarik," in
reference to a general of the caliph
Valid who first fortified the hill in
I'll AID. Previously it had been
called "Calpe" and regarded as one
of the Pillars of Hercules, Abyla in
Africa being the other. The Moors
realized the strategic Importance of
the natural protection of the western
entrance to the Mediterranean. Per-
haps they also appreciated that it is
as definitely barrier to the Atlantic.
In the twentieth century it faces
both waters and may serve both pur-
poseS
1t happens, too, that the Rock looks
out over Southern Spain, watches
events in Andalusia. Ferdinand Of
CASTLE took the fortress in 1909. 1t
was recaptured by the Moslems in
1888. Henry Nv acquired it in 1852,
but the Duke of Medina -Sidonia
rIoiy, tho "hn1o for hjc
family and it was not until the time
of the Emperor Charles v that it
definitely was attached to the crown
by means of new engineering works
built by a German. Daniel Speckel
or Speckle of Strassburg.
An incident Of the War Of the
Spanish Succession gave England
title to Gibraltar after three days
of siege in July, 1704. Sir George
Rookie ION his own responsibility
caused the British flag to be hoisted,
and took possession in the name Of
Queen Anne, whose government
ratified the occupation" The Span
iards who attempted to retrieve the
Rock had the help of French allies,
but they fought in vain. A much
greater effort, lasting from August,
1779, until February, 1888, likewise
failed.
But the governors of Gibraltar
always have understood that the
fortress is constantly in danger. 1t
might be said truthfully enough that
it perpetually is besieged. Correl-
atively it is a scene of incessant
activity in preparation for attack.
For more than a hundred and fifty
years inventive genius has been spent
by successive administrations upon
the development Of a defensive
system beyond the power of any
enemy to break. The Rock is
single unit of defiance to the foes Of
the British Empire from whatever
quarter they may come. For many
reasons the people of the United
States will hope that it will remain
exactly that-a continuing symbol
of stability.
Evening star., 1940-09-28
Lesson of Norway

The exact fate in store for Nazi-
occupied countries in case of a
German victory is being carefully
guarded by the Nazi leaders.
In spite of Nazi disavowals of in
tention to dominate occupied nations
permanently, evidence is accumu-
lating that those countries which
failed to resist Nazi occupation, or
resisted weakly, in the belief that by
so doing they were safeguarding
their heritage, were painfully mis-
taken.
The direction of German planning
for the future of the subject peoples
has become more clear in the most
recent action the Germans have
taken with respect to Norway-com-
plete abolition of the Norwegian
crown-and Parliament - substitu-
ton for them of puppet council
under Josef Terboven, the Nazi COM
missioner, and the abolition of all
political parties, with the traitor,
Maj. Vidkun Quisling, acting as sole
political leader.
The nature of these measures
transcends the requirements for
holding Norway firmly under Ger
man control in order to prevent the
establishment of a British foothold
on the Scandinavian peninsula.
If the German purpose, originally,
was merely to deny Norwegian ter
ritory to the Allies and to use Norway
for its own war purposes, no such
measures would have been necessary.
Evening star., 1940-09-28
! Sees Hope for World
In Men of r. A. F.

To the Editor of The Star:
"Strike-till the last armed foe ex-
pires:
Strike-for your affairs and your fires;
Strike-for the green graves of your
sires;
God-and your native land!"
From Halleck's Marco Bozzaris."
How we of America now echo, in
thought at least, the inspiring exhorta-
men as we watch the heroic action Of
the Royal Air Force in its defense Of
England
When the final period is placed after
the history of the motherland of liberty,
no more glorious chapter will be found
among its pages than the chronicle Of
the battle Of Britain.
Through the silver mists Of dawn;
through the clear air of high noon;
through the black pail of night; always
Death rides with the men Of the r. A. F.
but never do they fail to heed the
sirens wall calling them to battle Hitler's
hateful birds of destruction; never do
they refuse to accept the challenge, re-
gardless of odds. Yet Death is not their
only passenger, for they carry aloft on
their swift wings all of the hopes of a
nation in travail-all of the alteration of
millions of helpless women and children,
the sick and the aged Nobly do they
respond to the staggering responsibility
thus given them.
Far above the crashing shells of earth
bound batteries these incredibly coura-
geous men, truly modern Knights of the
Round Table, have struck such ferocious
blows for freedom that even the bar
barians of a self-styled master race"
with fourfold superiority in number,
are impotent to beat them down and
must return defeated, again and again,
to the lair of the wild beast Of Berlin.
The debt of the English people to the
r. A. F. is immeasurable. Who can say
that the debt of the American people to
this great organization may not prove
eventually to be of equal magnitude?
Be that as 1t may, after so long siege
as we have had in this country by
misguided army of appeasers, ISOLATION
lists and other head-in-th the-sanders, the
knowledge that free men can rise to
such a magnificent peak Of glory comes
as the most heartening gleam that has
yet appeared in all the gloom over Eu-
rope It will keep bright our faith in
democracy.
The world can never be permanently
enslaved as long as there are men with
unconquerable hearts like those in the
r. A. F.
They are the men for me-
ROGER GISH McDARE.
September -.
Evening star., 1940-09-28
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. Trdce1Deu.

Affection was not forced upon them; to
the contrary, they would ask for it, and
they would snuggle tightly in the warm
folds of the clothing and enjoy their
petting.
Zone week more and they were mine
ing lettuce and carrots, and indicating
a desire for the outdoors.
$50 frame 3 feet by 3 feet by is
inches was constructed and covered with
screen wire IA door was provided, into
which a smaller. waterproof metal box
was placed to house them and give pri-
vacy and hideout. OF course, the bot
tom of the box was padded with cloth
and kept sanitary.
"One evening while removing the sau-
Ger, one very playful fellow jumped
through the open door. This was not
unusual. He hoped on top my shoe,
then between my feet, then on top the
other shoe, and when I reached down to
put him in his pen-zip!-like streak
of creased lightning he shot for liberty.
"Five-foot gain-he stopped, looked
back-I coaxed; 10-foot gain-in the rose
bed he went. He outmaneuvered me
badly-the jail-break was complete.
Sunday, September IS, was the day
set aside for their freedom.
"1hey all fed we'll of milk, lettuce. car
rots sweet clover and grass, and were
taken to the edge of large field adjoin-
ing University drive, and the screen cover
removed for their freedom and exit.
Two came out and hoped in the in
closure, but came scampering back to
their basket much dissatisfied with their
new experience
They were finally liberated in large
private estate and game preserve-and
hopes ran high for their safety.
What a family Of peace, contentment,
generosity and tolerance they were-eat-
ing wheels of carrots from each others
mouths. Not a sign of selhshness was
ever demonstrated by any.
Respectfully yours, w. E. B."
t* X
The desire for freedom, then. is shown
to be basic and elemental in the animal
kingdom, let the strange PHILOSOPHERS Of
Europe say what they please.
Recommendation and slavery are not only
debasing and inhuman, they are even
unanimallike.
Even when there is animal hesitation
to accept liberty, it does not take the
creatures long to get over their fright at
the strangeness of the new-found free
dom. They take to it as the lungs take to
air, and for the same reason-they must
have it to live.
1t Is only when animals are kept
penned for years, as lions in ZOOS and
canaries in cages. that they become so
soft they would rather live in conflne-
ment
Given half chance. or even a quarter
of a chance, animals will accept liberty
as their natural right despite the many
dangers they face in the open.
This is one of the most important les
sons the so-called brutes have to teach US
Let Americans, the freest of all man.
animals, protect their freedom from those
who would confne them in any sort OF
cages
Evening star., 1940-09-28
Hobo Headache

Is DR.. J. Leon Lazarowitz still
president Of that mighty nation
whose citizenship can be depleted
only by death or work, the Hobo
Fellowship of America? At a street
intersection in Baltimore the other
day he stopped to chat with sup
posed pair of his subjects, good loyal
hoboes; but there was dirty work at
that crossroads. They were just
buns, cleverly disguised as hoboes,
and by means of trickery made of
with all his numerous credentials.
Police are now hunting for the docu-
ments to restore him to power be-
fore his administration collapseS.
Up to then he had never made
slip. At the hobo convention in Du-
luth last year he took shrewd ad-
vantage of the wild political chaos
existing. The former chief, jeff
Davis, had just been convicted of
malfeaSance in office-he actually
once paid cash for railroad ride
and impeached. The jungle rang
with discord and the delegates in
congruous assembled were seeking a
successor. Leon filled the bill as
a dark horse compromise candidate,
and was elected.
His first official act was to pack
the court. 1t was no botched job,
either; he got away with it. One of
the documents now missing is his
commission as Chief Justice of the
Supreme Hobo kangaroo Court. Be-
coming annoyed at hostile press,
his next move was to become editor
of the entire press Of his dominion,
the Hobo News Of New York, after
which, his power assured, he trav-
eled extensively, campaigning for
more comfortable jails and bigger
and better free handouts. He re-
ceived many honors, among others
the degree Of "hobology" conferred
by the Pennsylvania State College,
and doctor of migration" by the
University Of Nebraska; but now, un-
less the police pick up the purloined
papers, all this glory is gone with
the wind, and the sacred cause of
hobocracy dealt a staggering blow.
Evening star., 1940-09-28
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Evening star., 1940-09-28
September 26.
To the Editor Of The Star:

TO the Editor Of The Star:
I want to thank you very much for
publishing the article written by Miss
Mechlin about the sculpture for the new
Social Security Building. trust that
there will be many more comments on
this excellent article which expressed my
feelings OF the subject very accurately.
1t seems pity that sculpture such as
this should be passed of on the public
as "art." ARTHUR B. HEATON.
September 26
Evening star., 1940-09-28

of that fact, it would seem that one Of
the first and exceedingly important
measures in our defense program would
be to bring back and enforce prohibition
in the United States. L. NJ. TUNE.
Septeuber 25
Evening star., 1940-09-28
Three Readers Criticize
Social Security Sculptures.

/ read with great interest and en-
phatic approval Miss Mechlin's criticism
of the sculptures which are to adorn the
Social Security Building in Washington.
But Miss Mechlin was much too re-
strained in her comment.
AS one who, in a small way, helps to
pay for such projects, I also wish to
register protest against these prize
winners" don't pretend to be an art
critic, but am certainly judge of what
is pleasing to the eye, or otherwise. These
statues are definitely "otherwise.'
Surely most of us will agree that our
modern art is an improvement over the
efforts OF the primitive peoples Of the
Stone Age, or even the present-day Hot
tentots. So why ape them? Why en-
courage, to the tune Of $4,000, such crude
work? 1t is . sad commentary on art
today If these specimens won out in COM
petition with 587 models submitted by
2SS sculptors. Or perhaps the judges
have gone jitterbug.
Shades of Rube Goldberg-one might
almost think that he, with tongue in
cheek, was pulling our leg with more OF
his comic masterpieces.
September 26. r. BEAMAN NEALE.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Repulsive and disgusting are the two
sculptures selected for the decoration OF
the auditorium of the new Social Security
Building. They impress the average citi-
zen as the work of a feeble-minded kim
dergarten pupil. The best that can be
said for the persons who designed and
selected them is that they have sense
of humor. But are they not carrying a
practical joke too far?\
Can't something be done to block the
outrage before it goes further? 1t seems
that we are to pay $4,000 for the two
distorted eyesores, in addition to Incl
dental expenses. Are we taxpayers,
which means the total population, to pay
for such atrocities when we are already
crushed under stupendous public debt
which is growing at the rate of $40 0,000,-
OOO, 900 year? After all, it is our money
being paid, and we are supposed to be
living in democracy.
But worse than the price in money,
will be the placing of the miserable sta
tues where many people will find it i'm
possible to avoid seeing them.
GEORGE FREDERICK MILLER.
September 26.
Evening star., 1940-09-28

Let's see, Adolf-was not August Is
the date agreed upon? So far, you
seem to have missed the bus by
nearly fifty days, and grass still
grows in England. Each day of de-
lay sees a few more thousand Nazis
disilludoned.
Evening star., 1940-09-28
Appraisal

BY this let all mans deeds be weighed
and tried:
Not the long g-rumbling thunders Of Re-
nown,
Nor Gold that settles like an oppressive
Upon the wearers head; nor steel
helmed Pride,
Nor Power that leaves Its millions cruci-
fled,
Nor Elegance aloof in brooch and gown;
But by cleaning face, a smile or frown.
The appraising fates will reckon and
decide.
The glances kindled where hearth light
flames,
The smile on comrade lips, the radiance
won
BY questing minds, the comforting touch
of hands
OF such as these, and never lordlier aims
Is the dark fabric Of mans seeking spun
When truth, and not q starred mirage.
commands. IN
STANTON A. COBLRSTz
Evening star., 1940-09-28
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Evening star., 1940-09-28
Prohibition Urged ~
Defense Measure.

An article appeared in The Star re-
Gently stating that the German bombers
were sparing the breweries in England
because they feel sure that if drinking
continues At the present rate England
viii undoubtedly loss the war. In Nsw
Evening star., 1940-09-28
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Evening star., 1940-09-28

@. Where is the largest county In the
United States?-J. S. A.
A. San Barnardino County in Cali
fornia is the largest with an area OF
POTTS square miles.
Evening star., 1940-09-28

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@. Can you tell me II any Of our Presi-
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learn, President Garfield was the only
left-handed Chief Executive.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-10
churchnlehil 4
Restate the
Golden Rule
Catholic Leader . hip
Pleads for Social
Justice, Charity

WASHINGTON The ad-
W ministratire board OF the
National Catholic Welfare
conference said Friday that m
modern government eco
monte porer must be sabor-
dinated to human uelfore,
both individual and social"
The board. comprising lead
ing figures of the Roman
Catholic hierarchy IN the Unit
ed States, called for restore
ton of a Christian social or
der, in which ruthless COM
petition must give aoay to just
and reasonable state regula-
ton and sordid seifishness
must be superseded by social
justice and charity"
The appeal was contained
IA JOINT statement titled
THE Church and Social Or
der" II aoos considered one
of the most important utter
ances made by American
lContinued on Page 3. Column 81
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CABLE BREAKS;
TRAPPER CONE

SHELTON. Wash. The rain
swollen skokomish river. over
flowing It's banks in places FRI
day was believed TO be the watery
grave OF Billy Vincent. 10. trapper
missing since Thursday noon.
A search by Sheriff Gene Mar
tin. his deputies and neighbors
failed 10 find any trace OF ths
aged man. Vincent visited q
neighbor. John Garrison across
the river.
Picking mp a sack Of grain. he
started back In q basket affair on
cable suspended across the river.
The broken cable Was discovered
an hour later by Garrison. but
there was no sign Of Vincent or
the grain at hls home between
the north and south forks Of the
river.
Sheriff Martin said he thought
further search would be held Up
until water In the river goes down.