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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-24
Rev. Herbert B. Smith
Named Presbyterian
Church Moderator
Merger With Two Seets
To Come Before General
Assembly Next Week
Ry the Associated Presk.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, May 24.-The Rev.
Herbert Booth Smith, pastor of the
Emmanuel Presbyterian Church of
Los Angeles, has been elected mod
orator of the General Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church in the
United States.
He will preside over the General
Assembly, or annual business meet
ing of the church. during the next
week and will hold ONCE for a year
Three ballots we're taken before
the Pacific Coast Minister received
a majority. Other candidates were
the Rev Henry Sloane Coffin OF
New York. president of Union The
illogical Seminary, and the Rev
William r. Framer of Pittsburgh.
Union to Be Discussed.
The retiring moderator is the Rev
William Lindsay Young of Park
vile, Mo, president of Park College
A major matter to be discussed
will be the status OF the converse
lions looking toward union with the
Protestant Episcopal Church, tie
Presbyterian Church in the United
States and the United Presbyterians.
With $255,000 already raised, the
assembly today authorized continual
ton OF campaign for a S625 900
fund for world emergency needs
caused by the war.
The money is being used, among
other things. for support OF mission
aries formerly sponsored by Euro
pean churches which now are unable
to continue the financial aid. 1t also
will be used for work among men
in the United States Army and
Navy.
$1,000, 900 Budget Adopted.
The Assembly adopted an $1,000
900 budget for benevolences and a
regular budget for general expenses
of s228,075.
Included in the budget were
Women's National Missions. $1,000
600; Women's Foreign Missions. ST.
200 900: Board Of National Missions,
1882 900; Board of Foreign Mis-
sions. Sl.820,000. and Board of
Christian Education, 81. 092 900.
A decision on a proposal to
change the retirement age of min
listers from 65 10 SO at reduced
benefits was deferred for year.
The Special Committee on Pensions
and the Board of Pensions were in
structed to give further study to the
plan and report at the next general
assembly.
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were fired at the King in an at
tempted assassination of the SOW
ereign himself had been current in
Rome ever since he came back from
Albania. where he had gone on his
first visit since the original occupa-
ton of the country by Italian
troops, and its incorporation under
Italian rule.
Nothing was disclosed in authori-
tative quarters, however, until CUES
tioning of the asSailant enabled au-
thoritieS to make public today's
version of the shooting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-24
Grain and Corn Surplus
Seized by Rumonio
BY the Associated Press

BUCHAREST Via Berlin, Ma
24.-All surplus supplies OF grain
and corn in Rumania in effect were
seized by the Government yester-
day for the general welfare.
SURPRISES from the next harvest
also must become State property
under the measure. which was said
to be aimed at a Just division
among the people of Rumania."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-24
Punumu Tolls Decline

Vessels passing through the Pam
ANA Canal during the first four
months of 1941 paid tolls amounting
to s15,762,635. compared with tolls
Of sl8.068 800 during the correspond
ing period last wear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-24

and kill or injure the occupants, the
British reported.
The Junkers 50 transport is built
to carry II passengers, but probably
would carry more soldiers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-24
RESORTS.
OCEAN CITY, n. J.

OCEAN CITY, n. J. New e-bedroom ant,
clean. very complete; eIec. refg., inner
spring matt; 100 feet from ocean; reason
able. 2411 Central ave. or write Fred
kasper, 6125 Harvey ave-, Mefehantville,
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Evening star., 1941-11-22
given no voice In the negotiations

given no voice In the negotiations
leading up to it.
Beyond a doubt, this is a major
diplomatic victory for Mexico. If the
result is whole hearted cooperation
with the United States in it's defense
plans it may be worth the price
which this Government has paid
But that price, in addition to its
monetary elements, also involves at
least tacit concession of the legal
ity of the appropriation, which Sec
retary of State Hull once said
amounted to illegal confiscation in
the absence of adequate, effective
and prompt compensation. When
this Government now enters into an
agreement which is in effect a con-
donement of the appropriation, and
couples this with the advancement of
large sums to Mexico, it establishes
a precedent which may lead to en-
barrassing repercussions in other
quarters.
Evening star., 1941-11-22
Calls Upon Congress
To Enact Labor Legislation.
To the Editor of The Star

To the Editor OF The Star:
Congress should enact its own labor
legislation now or adjourn. 1t has been
bOSsed and hypnotized by President
Roosevelt long enough. 1t should come
out of it's trance, wake up. exercise its
prerogatives under the Constitution and
do it's lawful duty.
The seed of the present growth of or
ganized labor was planted by the Presi-
dent when he began his first term in
office He sowed the wind; now he is
reaping the whirlwind. His chickens
have come home to rooSt. He created
his own master, placed organized labor
in a class by itself above the Constitu-
ton under which the rest of the people
live. He favored the lop-sided Wagner
Act and opposed amending it to make it
fair and just to all concerned. He was
against the enactment by Congress Of
legislation prohibiting strikes in key in
dustries of defense in time of emergency.
These acts brought labor to realization
of it's power. 1t felt safe and secure
while it grew strong and arrogant. To-
day it rules the country. A timid New
Deal Congress is its vaSsal
DANIEL C. BENNETT. M. D.
Winchester, Mass.
Evening star., 1941-11-22
OdenwuId Case

A considerable public will be in
terested to watch the outcome of the
proceedings now being initiated re-
specting the German freighter Oden-
valid, brought into San Juan, Puerto
Rico, by the cruiser Omaha.
Under the terms of international
law, a merchant ship is permitted
to fly false colorS in order to
escape attack or capture But the
United States on occasion has ven-
tured to argue the practice of using
the American flag deceptively. In
February, 1915, for example, the
State Department protested to Great
Britain concerning the display of the
Star Spangled Banner on the steam
er Lusitania as it entered war zone
waters. The communication sent to
London at that time admitted by
implication that the American flag
properly could be employed to de
ceive an approaching enemy" but
objected to such general use" as
would imperil the lives and property
of citizens of the United States.
When the British Foreign Office
politely refused to concede that the
American protest was well-founded,
the State Department dropped the
subject-without receding from the
position it had set forth in its COM
plant. The problem of the fraudu-
lent display of the American flag
perhaps is too complicated for Salts
factory solution. To illustrate the
difficulty it may suffice to mention
that the specific penalty provided in
the Neutrality Act of 1899 for the
wrongful use of distinctive signs or
markings" of foreign vessels to in
dicate that they are American is
merely denial of the right to enter
United States ports or territorial
waters for period of three months.
Evening star., 1941-11-22
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. TrdceDeH.

only flying over and around, but never
coming down, we gave up the struggle,
got a piece of wire, removed the white
cloth, and wired the station to the stake.
Inside Of ten minutes, a score Of happy
birds were eating their heads off.
Chlckadees, nuthatches, and the vari-
GUS woOdpeckers are fat eaters.
Starlings also like it. Cardinals, at
least to a limited extent, would be likely
to eat fat.
Any of the suet eaters might like to
try the fat SKINNED off vegetable soup.
Some homemade vegetable soups, We
are reliably informed, are too greasy,
and some Of the fat must be taken off.
If it is not too greasy, then the fat is
just stirred in. Many consumers prefer
a Few bubbles of fat, but we believe
that most Americans are Jack SpratS,
that is. they do not like fat.
Perhaps the birds are in the same
boat We have never experimental
with this delicacy for the birds, and do
not know whether they would pay much
attention to it. We feel that plateful
would need to be in the yard for a
long time before the birds would sample
It, Then the problem would be to keep
the wandering dogs from getting it.
Often the newcomer to bird feeding
finds it full of unexpected problems.
One of these is the placement of the
suet holder.
If it is low, the dogs will try to run away
with it. They are amazingly capable in
order of wire soap holder and making
off with it. They have the idea that if
they can get clean away with it, they
can get it open by a combination of
nuzzling and paving. Often they are
right, but as often are mistaken, and
get nothing but great smell of good
ness for their pains
There are many left-overs which may
be used in bird feeding.
Bits of cottage cheese, meat, canteloup
seeds, may be tried
Bread crusts are standard.
Most of these things will attract star
lings.
There are few things which these
versatile birds Will not eat.
One of the strangest sights We ever
have seen in bird feeding was brought
about by plate of salmon put on the
back porch for the cat.
The cat did not show up, but the
starlings did
iThey few down. a dozen of them, and
literally ringed the dish.
Just at this moment the cat came up
the back steps.
As his head appeared over the floor,
the starlings took off, as one bird, with
a mighty clatter OF big wings.
The cat was so frightened by the black
apparitions that he fed down the steps
and would not come back for long time.
Evening star., 1941-11-22
Faulty LEGISLATION

Lie ullltIcllCt UelWeeII llle pUI n
laden highway bill which President
Roosevelt vetoed last August and the
substitute measure which he ap-
proved with emphatic reservations
yesterday is one of degree of faulti-
ness only. Whereas the earlier bill
allocated S125 100000 of strategic
roads money to the States on a
basis suggestive of pork-barrel ap-
portionment rather than defense re-
GuirementS, its successor provides the
relatively small sum of $25,000000
for distribution on the same basis.
An additional $25 100000 for definite
ly urgent strategic projects-which
is the amount originally asked by the
Presldent-WaS granted, free of geo.
graphical, population or other ap-
portionment factors
Fhe legislation finally enacted car
rieS into law the Objectionable provi-
sion of the vetoed bill increasing from
so to IS per cent the Federal share of
the cost of strategic roads declared
by the War Department to be of
secondary Importance" Moreover,
it authorizes the expenditure on this
basis not only of the $25 100000 of
additional money earmarked for ap-
portionment, but of S267 100000 of
Federal-aid funds previously appro-
ot oI Tho al otl
provisions which the President crit
icized in his veto message last sum-
mer, notably those for parking facil-
tiles, for repair of local roads under
certain circumstances and for sur
veys and plans not directly related
to the emergency.
On the credit side is an appropri-
alton of $3.50, 100000 for Immediately
needed roads leading to military and
naval reservations and defense in
dustry centers There is no pork
taint to this access highway fund.
War and Navy officials declare that
these roads are vital to the success of
liIC OC4tilSS eAlUIl. AIlOLIleT QeSlTdOle
appropriation is s1O,0OO.OOO for air.
plane landing strips along important
highways, regarded by military ex-
perts as potentially valuable in time
of war. That Congress could not re-
strain the impulse to go beyond these
essential appropriations is regret
table indeed. Mr.. Roosevelt put it
mildly when he told his press confer
erce that Congress missed good
opportunity to show real statesman
ship by sparing taxpayers the ex-
pense of non-urgent highway prof.
ects in a time of great national
stress. If such projects can be
blocked by priority rulings depriving
them of right of way, it would seem
eminently proper, in the light of the
emergency, to do so. A public which
already is disturbed over reports of
waste and inefficiency in bona fide
defense undertakings is entitled to
every possible protection against all
forms of unnecessary spending
with or without defense camoufage.
Evening star., 1941-11-22
are scarce and expensive in a time

are scarce and expensive In a time
Of war. Lemuel Ayers, designer Of
F.. the garments needed, saw the pos
sibilities of the situation created by
the struggle abroad. With the help
of Nine Helene Pons and the Cotton
Textile Institute, he furnished the
players with apparel Of exclusively
American origin.
Maurice Evans, in the leading role,
wears suit of red corduroy topped
by tunic of gold Waff1e-weave cotton,
the ridges of the weave incrusted
with gold paint" and purple cape
of fringed cotton bordered in gold.
Judith Anderson, as Lady Macbeth,
during the coronation scene is ar
rayed in violet corduroy "appliqued
with cotton lace painted in metallic
tones and outlined with ball fringe"
The costumes of the other members
of the company are constructed of
arechenille. rep. muslin and velvet
cen. Whole plaids, it is explained,
"have been painted on some of the
costumes because Nine. Pons found
them more effective for the stage
than real tartans" Colors were
sprayed on the ladies gowns for
shadows, and worn appearance was
achieved for the trousers of the men
by the same expedient.
The masterworks of William
Shakespeare, of course, have served
a vast variety of purposes of which
the bard himself had no expectation.
In the instance of the current edition
of his great Scottish fable, he pro-
vides rich opportunity for the cot
ton trade of the United States.
Macbeth" in its present form is good
news for the Southland.
Evening star., 1941-11-22
Member of the Associated Pres.
Experienced Counsel

With debate scheduled to start
Monday on price-control legislation,
the House should lend an attentive
ear to the statement made yesterday
before its Rules Committee by Ber-
nard M. Baruch, chairman of the
World War Industries Board
Mr.. Baruch. because of his World
War experience in price regulation,
probably is in better position than
any other man in this country to
know what will and what will not be
successful in a price-control pro-
gram. Thus. when he says that the
selective control bill reported out by
the House Banking Committee will
do more harm than good" because
1t will fail to control initiation, the
members of the House are given the
benefit Of a timely warning which
they can i'll afford to ignore.
The World War price control ad-
ministrator believes that the adminiS-
tration-sponSOred measure approved
by the committee is defective on
three principal counts. First, in its
provision for selective rather than
overall price controls; second. in that
1t actually encourages a further rise
in farm products, and third. in its
failure to authorize any control of
wages.
This is not the first time that Mr..
Baruch has appeared before the
House in behalf of a sensible and
effective price-control bill. In Sep
tember, as a witness before the
Banking Committee, he took a posi-
ton identical with his stand yester-
day, and on that occasion his testi-
mony was enthusiastically applauded
by House leaders. But after the
applause had died down the commit
tee proceeded to report out a bill
which ignored virtually all of his
recommendations.
When the measure is called up for
debate Monday the House will have
an opportunity to reconsider this
rejection of the experienced counsel
of Mr.. Baruch, since the Rules Com
mittee, under agreement with Demo-
cratic leaders. has made it possible
for alternative proposals, including
the 'Baruch plan" to be offered as
amendments. It is to be hoped that
the legislators, taking into account
the lessons of the past, will reject
the weak and ineffective administra-
tion measure and substitute for 1t
legislation which offers some real
hope of saving the country from the
disasters attending unchecked infla-
ton.
Evening star., 1941-11-22

go back to slay Northern boys again.
No. madam" he concluded. Il cannot
grant your request"
She arose with a gasp and a sob, hur-
rying to the door But Lincoln called
out. I can't stand thisl Madam, come
back" and he wrote the order for the
boys release. That boy afterward be-
came one of the justices of the United
States Supreme Court
IL
1t was the fall of 1864 Lincoln had
been renominated for the presidency.
Grant was making desperate efforts to
crush the Southern Army before Rich
mond and thousands of Northern SOL
diers were dying every day Just then
Grant sent to Lincoln call for a draft
of another 100000 men
Lincoln called the members of his cab
met together and laid the situation be-
fore them. What should be done about
the draft?
The answer was unanimouA In sub
stance it was: You have been renom-
mated for the presidency. The losses
of life before Richmond have been ter
rife. In nearly every home in the North
there is mourning and lamentation for
the death of husbands fathers. sons and
brothers. If you issue the call now for
the draft of another 1000 men. you
will be defeated. Put off the call for the
draft until after the election"
Mr. Lincoln replied: What happens to
me is of small consequence. The ques-
ton is, can a Government of free people
be preserved on this earth? Gentlemen,
the call for the draft will go out
1t did go out. The war for freedom
was won. But Lincoln and thousands of
others died for it.
Is the spirit of Lincoln dead? Or is
he with his million comrades brooding
over this land. solemnly asking the ques-
ton: Did We die in vain?
Is 1t true that
"Our hearts grow cold,
I'VE lightly hold
"A right, which brave men died to gain;
"The stake. the cord.
The Ak, the sword,
Grim nurses at its biz n Of pain?
Denver, Colo. T. H. HOOD
Associate Justice Horace Harmon
Lurton.
Evening star., 1941-11-22
Denies That Alcohol
Is Mai Cause of Accidents.
Editor of The Star

To the Editor of The Star
A correspondent signing himself "Citi-
zen blames speed and alcohol for the
more serious traffic accidents in Wash
ington" and says it is possible for any
driver to stop in almost any block down.
town and get liquor"
Apparently Citizen" is one of those
unhappy persons who are so hypnotized
by the thought of liquor that they cam
not keep their imaginations in control
when they begin to speak Of liquor s
evils. No matter what trouble comes TO
mankind, they see the specter of liquor
looming in the offing.
Traffic experts agree that speed is the
major cause of accidents. but few of
them put drunken driving in the class
of major causes of accident" AS a
matter of fact, among the 3217 arrests
made in the past month in Washington
for causes that are dangerous driving
practices, such as speeding, passing red
lights and stop signs, failing TO give
proper attention to operation of car,
failing to slow down at intersections,
failure to keep in proper traffic lanes,
etc, only "a were for driving while
drunk In October. Washington's traf-
fc enforcement authorities established
new all-time high for arrests in a
single month, and while arrests for
many traffic violations jumped per-
ceptibly, arrests for driving while drunk
dropped 33 per cent below the figure for
the preceding month
As to Citizens statement that 1T is
possible for any driver to stop in almost
any block downtown and get liquor"
feel sure that many of your readers
would be eternally grateful to Citizen"
if he would name just few of the blocks
downtown where a person driving a
car can stop and get liquor, or a tooth
brush, or a pair of pants. or anything
else, without first disposing of his car
in parking lot and then walking several
blocks to the place where he makes his
purchase. If Citizen" really knew traffic
conditions in Washington. he would
realize how absurd his statement is.
E. L.
Evening star., 1941-11-22
ARLINGTON, Va.

Dear Sir:
"A friend Of mine told me that the
fat skinned of kettle of vegetable
soup is relished by the birds. I thought
would try it, so waited for the kettle
was on the surface. 1t was orange
colored, and 1t smelled good. There
were carrots, tomatoes, potatoes, celery,
etc, in the soup. 1t seemed to me that
any bird would like it,
Il got plateful, and put it out on the
grass near the feeding station. Then
I settled back at the window to await
results. The birds soon began to fly
over it, and around it, and they went
back to the feeder, but not one touched
the fat.
After time, they hoped close to
it. One even hoped all around the
plate. But not bird deigned to SAM
pie the food.
Il left it out over night, and the next
morning all the food was gone
DO you suppose an owl got it?"
Sincerely, M. o. T."
1t was no owl, this time
1t was dog.
Many persons fail to realize that dogs
are nocturnal animals, and that they
do a great deal of roaming at night.
The universal picture of the faithful
dog guarding its masters property is
not always true.
Most dogs go on a little ramble, and
in doing so, they build up routes, which
they adhere to as carefully as if they
were on regular schedule.
If they ever find anything to eat in
a ward, they will visit that yard there
after in the hopes of finding something
more to eat.
Perhaps most dog owners fail to realize
what abOunding, healthy appetites their
friends have. We are convinced that
not one dog in a thousand gets enough
to eat. We are sure that the dogs, at
any rate. would agree with us.
Birds are extremely skittish, when 1t
comes to sampling new foods.
Often they require several days before
they will give it trial
A tablespoonful of cottage cheese,
placed in a feeding station, to one side of
the grain and seed, often frightens all
the birds away.
We have found that anything which is
very white will have this effect upon
them.
Once We attempted to hold up sta
ton. which had broken loose from the
STAKE to which it had been wired, by
using a length of white rag.
The operation was a success. mechan-
ically speaking. but an absolute failure
from the standpoint of bird feeding.
Not a songster would come near.
We thought to starve them to it. but
when two days went by, with the birds
Evening star., 1941-11-22
Submits Two Pictures
OF Lincoln in Wartime.

To the Editor of The Star
As we enter the second World War,
with the spirit of greed, dissension, dis
cord and the senseless, suicidal strikes so
prevalent now, it is cheering to gaze upon
the two pictures OF Abraham Lincoln
presented here
1t was the autumn of 1864. The South
was fighting desperately against the
impending failure of its cause. Grant
with the richer resources of the North
was making great sacrifices of men to
hasten the end. The South was robbing
the cradle and the grave to fill the losses
in its diminishing army.
Among others it seized a 16-year-old
boy in Tennessee and forced him into its
army. Soon after he was captured and
imprisoned with host of others on an
island in Lake Erie, where many were
suffering with tuberculosis. The boy
wrote to his mother in Tennessee, tell
ing of the many who were dying, whom
he would follow soon if nothing were
done.
The boys mother appealed to the boys
father, but he refused to 60 to Washing
ton and appeal to Lincoln for the boy s
life. She then went herself and applied
in person to Lincoln. He answered say
ing thousands of Northern boys were
dying in battle every day and the strick-
en- fathers. mothers. wives and sisters
were complaining bitterly that he was
releasing Southern boys from prison 70