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Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-28
REMEMBER, IT'S DEFENSE
We WANT NOT WAR

The graVeSt danger III Oncle SAM ,
praiseworthy nationa! defense program
is the growing threat that Americans ma!
become reconciled 10 the belief thal we
can't keep out Of the var III Europe.
When you're tempted To sueeamn mo, 10
this defeatist theory. ask NoufSe1 " lid.
difference is there between TO-DAY ana
two months ago, insofar as America
position in the European fraeas Is con-
cerned
The answer. Of course, Is thal the Only
difference is psychological.
Propaganda has put in lis WORK, ana
fear-call it by any other name you
want to-has knocked out the overWhelm-
ing sentiment for isolation that existed
two months ago Actually, the fact that
Germany went into Belgium and Holland.
then crashed through into France and
now threatens England. has made not one
whit Of difference in this countrNS posi-
ton.
The decision we must make is whether
we want to fight Europes War. We nope
not,
Ii is true that German victory III
Europe would create a grave menace to
the United States. But that was true
two months ago 1t was true before the
war started The fact hasn't changed
1t is true NOW. as il was then, that Ger
many Victorious in Europe would un-
donbtedlN cast ambitious eyes on South
America. and that the next step after
South America would undoubtedly be
North America.
But we can face that fact without feel
ing that we've got to go to Europe to
spend our blood on Flanders battle
grounds second time We can face it
and WE can, do something about il. Only
that "something" neednt be the sending
Of AN #eNpeditionuN force 10 Europe.
The thing We v;tn do is IL arm 81 thor
oupl4lY prepare 80 well. that We can de
fend this entire hemisphere against what
ever force a possibly victorious Germany
could uSleaSh. We can warn the world
that 30 nation from Europe or Asia VII!
be allowed 10 claim new territory IN our
hemisphere We can warn our neighbors
in this hemisphere that We shall allow
no surrender to dictatorial influences
from abroad.
Having issued these warnings, we can
see that We art ready 10 back them up.
Europe is thinking IN terms of spheres
Of Influence" We must think in those
same terms. We must be realistic, not
idealistic We must realize that one
South American nation. By Surrendeling
voluntarily 10 German influence. coQld
threaten the entire hemisphere. We must,
of needs be. Use more than moral persua-
sion TO see that the nations OF this hemi
sphere remain free from alien domina-
ton.
We can stay out Of Europe's war, but
We must realize that it is our business
and challenge to War-if Germany
or any other aggressor nation attempts
to set foot anywhere IN the Western hemi-
sphere
Use FRIENDSHIP FIRST.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-28
USE FRIENDSHIP FIRST,

Perhaps The United States can cement
nations Of the Western hemisphere into
such close unit of friendship that pen
etration by outside nations will be i'm
possible. If Friendship fails. it becomes
matter Of self preservation to keep
aggressor nations out Of this hemisphere
at all costs.
Imperialistic?? Perhaps. But it is bet
ter to be imperialis,ic in that sense Of
The W.rd than not II be anything at all.
Uncle Sans danger lie, not in Ger
man victory in Europe, but in possible
later German penetration into the Ameri
cas-. Such penetration should be oppos-
ed with all forces At orr command, moral
and physical. regardless who says no.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-28
Bar rbs

IN Wisconsin. Il pole Vaulter is
working ms way through school
as tailor. A he seWS, ii appears
20 shall lie leap.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-28
Thoughts For The Day

knowing that whatsoever good t}ias an> iat1 doeih
the same shall he receive of the Iord whether he b.
bond or free-Ephesians 6.8
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-28
GLOVE, CoURTsHIP AND MARRIAGE

Insurance companies have mod
tiale priced policies some as low as
$50 Il yearN which in the event of
LIE husbands death, would pay
his widow a lump sum of several
hundred dollars, and Il number of
monthly sums equalling the salary
checks hc had been getting.
II would be better if one could
take out Il parenthood insurance
policy. which would finance the
aomne OF an unexpected baby,
while the husband was alive. for
this is what oftenest apsets the
had2et.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-28

Nov comes The city official Who
~ pa oa oi action 4 ahos
4hIle Whrn struck by L foul at
IL bull eame. less drastic meth
cd Of showing displeasure with
l. the recall.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-28
Our Boarding House

Ml9TA4 MAJOR I,eeo NOW REQ AIzN CONF
Up sECONDii>>,~ Mht-uMNt obtlET WON'T -
81 OUR IiL CAlCkADEE 6IT B@-DG~sl7,>l w.
ohfEET WIN BY A TONGUE, bQSTAA MAYOR I
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-28

one hear Il GREAT deal about
fhe fifth eolunnst these days.
md beema Ia wonder if he# sNn-
.IIcatld.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-28
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-28

NEXT: Frankness Lead TO
Understandings
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-28

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LnAW, MAJOR -

Il WAS CLOSE
WAS I&4If .e
Evening star., 1940-02-03
THIS AND THAT
BY Charles E. Trace1Dell.

seen robin, spring is really on It's way.
It may be difficult to realize this, at
times, but February is short month, and
March usually has aspects about it which
are not entirely grim.
Even the famous March winds hold,
despite all their bluster, certain tinges OF
warmer days, certain definite edges Of
softness
Friends of birds will do we'll to keep
their eyes open for the first arrival Of
their robin friends in their own neigh
borhoods
These are the robins that count, after
all, the robins which come to ones own
neighborhood and garden.
Just few will straggle in.
Snow may be deep on the ground, but
there will be Mr.. Robin, perched in a
bush, trying his best to sing prettily, and
pretend that he doesn't mind the snow.
But, of course, he is shivering.
This season the contrast between the
South he leaves and the North he comes
to will not be as great as in years past
1t may even be that the cold in the
South will drive many robins to fly away
by themselves before attending the great
roosts which these birds hold before
separating for the journey North.
+ X X X
Sometimes robins come to Washington
in small bands of so to 100 birds.
Alghting of such band on lawn
IS very interesting and picturesque
sight.
Most of us do not get the opportunity
to see it because our lawns are not large
enough. 1t is more likely to be seen in
suburban estates which really merit the
name. If one has front lawn, for in
stance, of one or two acres, there is some
likelihood of being able to look out, some
time in early March, and see the robin
band fly down.
Most of us will have to be content with
one or two robins suddenly appearing in
the front yard as if they had never been
away.
This is one of the queer things about
robins, how they manage to give the
appearance of never having been away.
Wood thrushes, when they appear April
%, are recognized at once as something
quite new on the landscape.
But the robin, friendly, outstanding,
seems to have been there all the time,
with never day away, although actu-
ally he was away for many months.
This speaks volumes for the actual
friendliness of the big bird, the one bird
known to everybody.
We all love him so that the moment
he appears it is as if he had never been
away at all.
Calm, confident, beautiful, the Ameri-
can robin proceeds to his appointed task
of yanking worms from the earth. We
are afraid, however, that he won't be
able to do it around here for few
weeks more
Evening star., 1940-02-03
ALEXANDRIA,, Va.

Dear Sir:
II take pleasure In announcing my first
robin Of this year.
"On January %, at about am, while
shoveling snowdrifts about feet deep
in my driveway, heard that buglelike
note and started looking
There he was, fitting about group
of locust trees, and in that cathedral
silence that follows great snow, his call
sounded like that of our recently depart
ed friend, the bell bird at the Zoo.
II have tried to feed robins in winter
but they are hard to entice. They even
ignore suet in the trees.
II wonder what they would take as a
substitute for worms and bugs.
MY neighbors, who live by Accotink
Creek where 1t crosses the Little River
pike, tell me that they, too, are in the
'blue-bird belt entertaining quite hock
of these each winter. They do not seem
to be around Seminary Hill at all.
Have had as many as five pairs OF
cardinals on my back terrace, eating
scratch feed all at one time.
Have covey Of quail-none lost since
last october. How we do enjoy your
ever interesting articles.
"Very sincerely, J. L. K"
This is doubtless that first robin" you
hear about.
One of the best things to lure these
early robins is bread and milk.
Come to think of it, who or what
wouldn't be enticed by bread and milk?
In the old days, no one had any idea
but that this grand dish was good
meal all by itself. Children loved it. and
were given 1t at all times, but especially
for supper.
Then along came people who said that
bread by no means should be eaten with
milk, that the two were incompatible.
No sooner had they said this, however,
than along came others, of equal author
ity, who said nonsense, the one compile
mented the other perfectly.
Well, we had always thought that!
Surely combination of such tastiness
could not help but be good for YOU"
n X
Feeding the wayward robin whether
at this time or later, is not easy.
The creatures natural foods are worms
and insects, with a few cherries thrown
in, now and then.
1t seldom if ever pays the slightest
attention to seeds. grains, suet, foodstuffs
which appeal to most Of the birds which
winter here.
The robin, of course, is not wintering
here.
1t is coming here to stay
Pretty soon all of us will see robins
They begin to come in consistently early
in February and keep up the process
through March.
Fortunately, as soon as any one has
Evening star., 1940-02-03

there has been no indication that
either disputant has been willing to
make concessions which might be
expected to result in a settlement OF
the quarrel. Many employers, mean
while, have been caught between two
contending labor factions, a circum-
stance which cannot be conducive
to a revival of business confidence.
It is also worthy of note that the
Executive Council neglected to men
ton certain conditions within the
A. F. of L. itself, which have acted
as drag on industrial recovery.
AS an example, one might mention
the alleged violations of the anti
trust laws by building trades unions
which are now under investigation
by the Department of Justice.
So far as 1t goes, the Executive
Councils appeal for sounder govern
mental practices is encouraging, but
it will carry more weight when labor
puts its own house in order.
Evening star., 1940-02-03
Borrowed Time

When Senator Carter Glass Of
Virginia attained the age of eighty
years he remarked to reporters that
he felt that he was living on "bor-
rowed time" Perhaps his attitude is
shared by numbers of other men who
have passed the meridian of life.
But it probably also is true that their
juniors feel the same uncertainty
about their continued existence in a
world which is dangerous.
One of the strange contradictions
of the twentieth century is that of
the clash between enterprises which
are designed to prolong human sur
vival and those which are intended
to shorten it. Whole nations demand
increased living room" for them
selves while denying the equivalent
opportunity for expansion to their
neighbors. The principal motive Of
modern war, it has been said, is a
struggle for land and the products
OF land. Obviously, conquest Is .
Evening star., 1940-02-03

form Of theft. It likewise is a recog-
nized variety Of murder. And the
slaughter Of their fellow creatures
has been developed into science by
perverted genius.
Meanwhile, practitioners of medi-
cine and surgery, sociologists and
educators devote themselves to the
business OF promoting longevity in
terms of physical and mental health.
Every community deserving to be
called civilized spends money and
labor without stint to lengthen the
span OF the average citizen. Unhap-
PLY. but necessarily, there is every
where vast expenditure for destruc-
ton. The whole sorry paradox re-
minds the Outstanding philosopher of
John Ruskin's explanation of the
value of "coin of the realm" What
makes a piece of minted metal de-
sirable, he declared in effect, is pos
session. That, incontrovertibly, Is
true; but 1t is nothing to be especially
happy about.
Similarly, 1t may be postulated that
life in the world of today is becoming
sadder as well as more perilous.
Sensitive people are appalled, by or
ganized carnage. They realize that
the entire human species is living on
borrowed time" Somehow, and as
soon as possible, they insist that the
problem be solved. They know that
the brotherhood of man cannot be
wished into fulflllment, but they are
just as certainly convinced that it
must be achieved-by reasonable
compromise, by sacrifice, by CO.
operation. Such is the background
of the thought put forward by the
Rev. DR.. Albert J. Mccartney, presi-
dent of the Committee on Religious
Life in the Nations Capital, that
religion be represented at the peace
conference which eventually will
liquidate the prevailing strife in
Europe.
Evening star., 1940-02-03
Two Dissents on
McNutt's Labor Record.

To the Editor OF The star
The letter of Labor Official" in The
Star of January % extolling the labor
record of Paul McNutt's governorship in
Indiana certainly does not represent the
opinion of labor generally.
The labor movement has come to be
justly suspicious of part-time, fair
weather friends.
When Paul McNutt called out State
troops to break the strike in Terre Haute
and maintained martial law in the area
for months following, suspending civil
rights in violation of constitutional guar
antees, he forfeited forever the support
of working people.
The constitution of the State of In
diana provides in Article I, section 26:
"The operation of the laws shall never be
suspended except by authority of the
General Assembly; McNutt arbitrarily
usurped the powers of the General As
sembly when he suspended civil law to
break the strike.
The constitution says in Article I, Sec
tion 81: '"The privilege of the writ of
habeas corpus shall not be suspended ex-
cept in case of rebellion or invasion and
then only if public safety shall demand
it," Although no rebellion or invasion"
existed in Terre Haute and the strike
was peaceful, McNutt's decree establish
ing military law suspended the constitu
tional guarantees of habeas corpus.
The constitution says in Article I, Sec
fioy, ono 1ou cbo11 rnctroiy, opy Of
the inhabitants of the State from as
sembling together in peaceable manner
to consult for their common good" All
meetings were prohibited, even in
churches Even the strike committee
elected by the strikers was refused the
right to meet in the Labor Temple.
The constitution says in Article I, Sec
ton 33: "The military shall be kept in
strict subordination to the civil power"
The military was not only not subordi-
nate to the civil power, but in all labor
matters suspended civil rights
The constitution says in Article I, Sec
ton 13: I'm all criminal prosecutions the
accused shall have the right to public
trial by an impartial jury" Strikers
WEIc uS1llCO 1lSllU VI tl1dl NY july, buC
were held in Jail at the whim of the
military, refused legal counsel and IL
legally imprisoned.
The constitution says in Article l. Sec
ton II: "All courts shall be open; JUS
tice shall be administered freely COM
pletely and without denial, speedily and
without delay" Strikers and strike
sympathizers were thrown into Jail and
held from one day to more than three
weeks without trial and then freed.
To break the strike and smash organ
lied labor in Indiana, Paul McNutt, in my
judgment, violated the constitutions Of
the United States and the State Of In
diana.
Such a man should be the last any
labor official" should want to see sitting
in the White House.
KATE HUBBELL,
Secretary, washington Branch
Workers Defense League.
February I.
Evening star., 1940-02-03
AppeuI From Labor

A measure of encouragement is to
be found in the appeal from the
Executive Council of the American
Federation of Labor for an end to
governmental activities which tend
unnecessarily to discourage business
expansion and the substitution Of a
program calculated to encourage
greater industrial activity.
The council frankly states that at
this time there are not enough jobs
to 20 around and that this is largely
due to the fact that lack of conf
dence has curtailed business growth
and expansion. These facts, the
council declared, have taught the
lesson that when opportunities for
profit diminish, opportunities for Jobs
likewise disappear"
There can be no reasonable dissent
from the propositions which the A.
F. of L. governing body has laid
down. Without doubt repressive and
oppressive governmental policies dur
Ing the period of the New Deal have
so beclouded the future outlook that
many businessmen and others with
funds to invest have been afraid to
risk their capital in new ventures.
But that is not the whole story.
One of the prime factors in the
sluggish industrial picture has been
the attitude of organized labor, and
Of first importance in this respect
has been the long-standing rupture
between the A. F. of L. and the c. I.
q. The parent body disclaims re-
sponsibility for this condition, but
Evening star., 1940-02-03
YOUNG Love and Old

The maiden spoke of love with face
aglow;
"She is too old to understand" she
said,
Not knowing that heard. Instead
She might have said, IT am too young to
How true love, all through life, will great
er grow;
Will be about me Ike . radiance
spread;
Linger In memory after I am dead"
Dear girl, until your eyes are dim, your
pulses slow,
May this great love that nils your heart
today
Bring the fulfllment Of your souls de-
sire;
Give Joy undreamed Of; smooth the trou.
bled way;
Refine and purify you in its fire.
Now, heaven awaits you in your lovers
kiss;
But age, not youth, will bring loves per.
feet bliss
BESSIE sCHENcK BuNTEN.
Evening star., 1940-02-03

Humane treatment of labor was aban-
doned and the militia called out to sup
port such violent measures.
Labor Official" although a respon-
sible officer of the carpenters union Of
the A. F. L., completely indorses the
calling out of troops in Indiana. He says
it was most unfortunate, but necessary.
1t was indeed unfortunate, as the ele-
phant and the laboring man do not for
get Furthermore, perusal of the 55
labor laws passed during the McNutt
administration will show that labor was
double crossed, not benefited. Labor will
look at the record Of Paul McNutt, and
then be guided by John L. Lewis (sup-
posed to be facing oblivion).
ANOTHER LABOR OFFICIAL.
Ian11arv 90
Evening star., 1940-02-03
At Natures Mercy

Al NQCuIe mercy
Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess, whom
the japanese revere as their creator
and to whom they look for inspira-
tion in their plans of conquest, ap-
pears to have committed them to the
vagaries of a Mother Nature that de-
clines to cooperate.
Japan exists with peculiar lack
of most of those physical resources
from which modern national
strength is drawn. For two and
half centuries Japan was completely
Insufficient, living entirely within
herself and on her own resources.
But in the modern world of indus
trialization Japan must import the
cotton with which to fabricate her
main product of eXport-textiles-
the iron ore and coal from which she
forges her industrial plant and
equipment and her engines of war,
the petroleum which fuels her auto
mobiles and lubricates her machin-
cry, the machine tools with which
she manufactures for herself and
foreign peoples and the chemicals
which transform raw materials into
usable goods.
The motive power of her factories
and her railways comes from the
streams which roar down out of her
mountainous interior, streams which
have been harnessed to Japan's eX-
panding economy with hydroelectric
plants. From them Japan draws
more than seventy-five per cent of
the electric power which turns the
wheels of her industry and lights her
homes, Offices and factories. When
the streams run full, Japan's indus
try prospers with power which is
both cheap and plentiful; when the
streams run dry her industry Ian
guishes.
Japan's economy is now under an
extreme burden. For nearly year
the country has suffered intense
drought. The streams have dwin-
died to a mere trickle. Turbines no
longer spin with Natures energy.
Industry in the closing months Of
1899 was subject to power curtail-
ments, and wasteful use of electricity
has been stopped. Now Japan's in
dustries have been virtually cut off
from sources of power, except for
that which can be produced from
coal.
But Japan's coal supply is made
quate. Japan is at war, and much of
her productive man power is at the
front in China, fighting for the glory
of Dai Nippon. Japan's power plants
using coal are insufficient to assume
the burden from the hydroelectric
system, and Japan cannot import
enough fuel Immediately to operate
such coal plants as she has at full
capacity.
Thus Japan, fighting war of ag-
gression, finds herself struck from
behind by the fickleness of Nature, to
which the Sun Goddess delivered her
children when she overlooked the
things that count in modern and
highly integrated world. The blow
comes at time when the demands of
war are straining Japans endurance
to the breaking point.
It is scarcely to be wondered that
the japanese Diet heard in stony
silence Foreign Minister Arita's re-
assertion of the intention to create
new order in Asia"
Evening star., 1940-02-03
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Having read the recent letter in The
Star from Labor Onicial," would say
that he is deceived by his own "knowl-
edge" He suggests no positive course to
the ultimate peace which should prevail
between the A. F. L. and the G. I. O., but
merely expresses the antagonistic atti-
tude which exists in all branches of his
afhliated unions. He needs greatly the
illumination which will endeavor to
supply. Mr.. McNutt's labor record while
Governor Of Indiana shows brutal beat
inss and suppression Of civil rights.
Evening star., 1940-02-03
Discusses Christian
Peace Efforts.

To the Editor of The Star:
That Christians should cooperate to
promote peace goes without saying. That
this cooperation should be spiritual and
not of civic nature is equally self
evident. So far as Christians are con-
cerned it is not political or civic ven-
ture but a manifestation of q heartfelt
desire for the welfare of the individual,
nations and humanity. This desire finds
expression in words avoiding hate, i'll
will and abuse and gives vent to our
Saviour's word in His Sermon on the
Mount, But say unto you love your
enemies" etc. w. j. HUBBARD.
January %.