Evening star., 1941-11-07
Wants Consideration
For Letter Carriers.

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In view of the publicity given the
proposed salary increases for policemen
and firemen in the District of Columbia,
is it realized that these District employees
are furnished "all of their wearing ap-
parel needful in the performance Of
duty and. further. are given car and
bus riding privileges?
Why not make similar concessions to
our city letter carriers? They do not
have car and bus riding privileges and
are not given any part of their uni
forms, though they are out in all kinds
of weather and the wear and tear on
their uniforms is great. Their hours of
labor, exposed to the elements. far ex-
ceed that of either branch just men,
toned. Their top pay is but s21OO per
annum.
Cannot letter carriers be recognized
for their service TO the general public?
We depend on the carriers at least 313
days year, at least two or three times
day, through rain. snow and sleet, and
protest if there is delay.
EX-POSTAL EMPLOYE.
Argues That the United States
Has Been Invaded by Germany.
To the Editor of The Star:
Only a sacrifice of the United States
Constitution to the predatory preten-
sions of a lawless military organization,
slavish submission to international
banditry impossible to conceive could
imaginably postpone the inevitable re-
ply of America to Germanys hostility.
The United States is invaded by Ger
many. Public vessels form a part of the
territory of the nation whose flag they
lawfully display and the Supreme Court
in solemn decision decreed that the
political department of the Government,
if America is invaded by foreign force,
besides possessing the power is bound to
recognize the challenge and not delay for
any special act of legislation.
The Governments duty is plainly de-
fined. The Constitution entrusts the po-
litical department with exclusive power
in deciding what degree of force crisis
of the sort requires, and the courts are
governed completely by the acts and de-
ciSions of the Government in such de-
terminations The continuous intended
violence of Germany against American
public vessels is war against the United
States and not strained relations" !"
Such violence is official recognition by
Germany of the existence of a state of
war
BY reason of the actual invasion, the
| Governments judgment may be final in
respect of the measure of force to be
employed against Germany.
! The sovereign possesses the right par
tally to suspend state of war for rea-
sons that are deemed to be adequate, and
during a hostile period the sovereign
power is exercised by the political de-
partment. However, the power seems to
be exercised unreasonably to avoid an
official recognition of the existence of
a condition of war, and the historians
of this emergency probably will assert
that defense" was adopted by our Gov
ernment as euphemism for war that
was intended to be confined within de-
fined bounds pending less indecisive ac-
ton by Congress, which in turn must
desire the peoples indisputable sanction
of war.
The legal fiction that a mercantile
vessel is part of the territory of the
crafts flag is Insignificant in contrast
to the extreme seriousness with which q
war vessel universally is respected as