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Evening star., 1941-09-21
AUTUMN REFLECTIONS
By the Right Rev. James E. Freeman, D. d. Ii. d. D. c. L.
Bishop OF Washington.

witnessed again the robe OF beauty with
which God clothes the earth? Have We
been made more sensitive to the ills and
misfortunes of others because our life
has been without the overshadowing
cloud of war? Are we ready to assume
whatever discipline or hardship may be
laid upon us in the months that lie
ahead? These are proper questions that
press for answer as we mark the transi-
ton from summer to fall.
A still deeper question presses for
answer: Have we such an increase of
moral courage, such faith in God, such
an understanding of what our part is in
the outworking of His purpose concern
ing us, that we are ready to assume any
exacting discipline that may come to US?
To pass from season to season with
nothing added to our lives. TO have
learned little or nothing from the obser-
vations and reflections OF the summer
days, implies impoverishment rather
than enrichment of life. Some Of us
seem to wait until tragedy and disaster
stab US broad awake"
Inc seasons must CIldIlse, Steu tLilc
and harvest come and go In majestic
rotation. so life must go on from season
to season. from childhood to youth from
youth to age. The persistent and press
ing question is: Is life growing richer in
knowledge and experience and is it TAX
ing on the ripeness and productiveness
that the autumn days suggest? Album
dant life was Christs purpose, and
abundant life means fullness of life; the
life that grows in strength of character
and increase of selfless service, of loyalty
to ideals and flxity of purpose as the
seasons move along their prescribed
course.
The summer is ended and the days of
golden harvest are at hand. In Shake
speares King Lear" Edgar says:
Man must endure his going hence,
Zen as his coming hither,
Ripeness is all"
Yes. "ripeness is all" and it is maturity
and ripeness that the days of fall
suggest.
Evening star., 1941-09-21

The summer is ended and the days Of
golden harvest and brightly colored
woodlands are at hand For us of Amer
lea it has been an meventful summer,
a season marked by pursuits common to
it, uninterrupted by strife and disaster,
the stern portion of the peoples of the
Old World For this we must be pro-
foundly grateful True. it has been
summer filled with deep anxiety and
growing sense Of uncertainty. To the
young men in the widely scattered
camps it has been season of exacting
discipline with little in it of indulgence
or privilege. To all of us, privileged and
underprivileged, it has been a summer
whose joys and pastimes have been
shadoWed by a world catastrophe. 1t
may be that the somber character of
present conditions brings us to the fall
season, sobered and reflective, with a
clearer understanding of what our fu-
ture course is to be and with increased
courage to face it.
recall that the late Hamilton Wright
Mabie in one of his delightful books de-
scribeS his musings and reflections as
the shortening days of fall reminded him
of the growing years and the changing
circumstances of life. He contended that
this season drove him more than any
other to sober and serious thinking and
evoked the spirit of reverence as did no
other part of the year. 1t is pertinent for
each of us to take stock of ourselves. our
opportunities, privileges and obligations
as We come to new and colorful season
Winter may usher in conditions that will
test all that we possess of strength
forttude and courage. As spring and
summer speak Of the splendor and glory
of creation so the fall speaks of the
ripening and maturity of the fruits of
the earth and suggests that there is
logic in the procession of the seasons. a
logic that must find reflection in the
life of man.
Are we a little better for the season
that is past? Have We garnered any
wisdom, any finer understanding of lfe's
deeper meaning and purpose as we have
Evening star., 1941-09-21

Traffic Remedies

President RooSevelt'S active inter
est in Washington'S traffic problems
Is welcomed by all concerned in try
ing to cure the traffic ills. many OF
them unique, which afflict the Ma
tion'S Capital The President, in his
brief talk with Chief of Police Kelly,
made it plain he had no cure-all to
offer, but indicated his belief that
local authorities might profit by
studying New York City'S methods
Van Duzer, in this connection, points
to the fact that New York stations
from two to four policemen at busy
intersections and the Commissioners
have announced that policemen may
be substituted for traffic signals at
certain congeSted crossings.
There is no doubt about the need
for more policemen to enforce traf-
fic regulations and otherwise to make
the streets safer. With more than
threescore persons killed on Wash
the year-the majority of them pc
destrians-the availability of more
policemen to enforce the rules
against careless driving and against
jaywalking undoubtedly would re-
duce the number Of aVoidable aCCi-
dents. But enlargement Of the
traffic squad is not Of course, the
answer to all of Washington's traffic
troubles. Only measures that get at
the cause, rather than the effect. of
these troubles can be permanently
effective. The simple fact of the
matter is that Washington has out
grown its present facilities for taking
care of the ever-increasing number
Of passenger automobiles, trucks and
buses that must use the streets. Con-
gestion and confusion are bound to
continue as long as there are more
vehicles, parked and moving, than
the streets can accommodate safely.
The Whitehurst report pointed the
way for correction of many of the
defects in the city'S traffic system.
That report was made public several
months ago, but none of the legisla-
tive recommendations contained
therein has yet been carried into ef-
feet. The important proposal for
fringe" parking areas, designed to
take parked cars out Of the down.
town section, remains under study.
Such long-range Improvements as
grade separations, radial boulevards
and elevated highways offer the chief
hope for effective cure of congestion
and for reduction of accidents. And
emergency conditions require that
some of these major Improvements
be started nOW-With Federal emer-
gency funds. Presidential influence
would be helpful in squirting action
on this vital program.
Evening star., 1941-09-21

crew members as wish to reioin.
Afttr the cargoes of defense supplies
are delivered to Caribbean bases and
return loads of bauxite, or aluminium
ore, are received, the ships will be
returned to private ownership, it was
announced. The necessity for this
drastic action by the commission
arises solely from the inability Of
union leaders to control irresponsible
elements within their own organ
ization.
Despite demands and pleas by John
L. Lewis United Mine Workers that
they return to work, some 10000
anthracite miners remain idle at
Hazelton, Pennsylvania. They are on
strike not because of any grievance
against the coal operators but be-
cause they do not like the higher
dues and assessments announced by
their unions high command.
Meanwhile. news of a more en-
couraging nature comes from another
sector of the strike front William
H. Davis, chairman of the Defense
Mediation Board, announces that
$4,000 striking employees of captive"
coal mines owned by and supplying
major steel companies will return to
their jobs tomorrow. pending nego-
tiations between the United Mine
Workers and the companies over
union shop" demands. The miners
walked out when the operators re-
fused to accept the union shop"
clause already included in CONNER
cial mine contracts. This clause
would make union membership COM
pulSory within specified time after
employment. The controversy is not
ended, of course, but the Mediation
Board, under the agreement. will
have a minimum of thirty days in
which to strive for settlement. And
the chances for a satisfactory ad-
justment of the differences undoubt-
edly are greater in an atmosphere of
cooperation for national defense
than in one surcharged with the po-
tentialities of a protracted strike.
Evening star., 1941-09-21
Mr.. Buruch's S Wurnino

Though approving its objective,
Bernard M. Baruch, in appearing
before the House Banking Commit
tee, pointed out that the admins
tration'S price-control bill falls far
short of meeting the needs of the
present national emergency. Describ-
ing 1t as "piecemeal' price-fiX-
ing measure, he warned that ceiling
must be placed on the entire price
structure including wages, rents and
farm prices up to the parity level" if
the American people are to be saved
from imitation, and its destructive
consequences. Once ceiling has been
established over the whole structure,
1t will be possible to adjust individual
price schedules upward separately, as
occasion demands, he said.
In his statement to the committee,
MIR. BaruCh directed attention to one
of the weak points in our defense
economy. With consumer income
rapidly expanding and shortages de-
veloping in many goods, the country
plainly faces the danger of an infla-
tionary price rise. Though ceilings
have been placed on some commodi-
ties, other elements in the price
equation, such as wages and farm
prices, are free from controls. Both
wage increases and higher farm
priceS-which are due in part to Fed
eral subsidies and other measures
have been important factors in the
current increase in national purchas-
ing power.
As Mr. Baruch explained, piece
meal" price fixing will not stop
imitation. Unless the controls cover
the entire structure, restrictions on
a few individual prices will not pre-
vent sharp advance in the general
price level. Though there may be
room for differences of opinion as to
the wisdom of placing control of
wages and rents in the hands of the
same agency that regulates COM
modify prices. anti-inflation meas
ures, to be effective, must include
control over wages, rents and farm
prices.
The Foreign Policy Association, in
q report published early this week,
sounded a similar warning. Efforts
10 control prices for consumers
Evening star., 1941-09-21
"OutIuw" Strikes

Outlaw strikes continue to hamper
American industry in these critical
times. They are labeled OUTLAW"
because they are not authorized by
responsible union leadership. That
they continue to be a major source
of worry to Government officials is
a challenge to the effectiveness of
that leadership.
Of serious import is the "unauthor-
lied" strike of seamen that has re-
suited in requisitioning by the Mari
time Commission of three merchant
ships in New York Harbor. loaded
with defense materials. Despite a
written mo strike" agreement be-
tween the Seafarers' International
Union of the American Federation
of Labor, the union has tied up more
than dozen ships of six merchant
lines in dispute over war-zone
bonuses. Demanding premium wages
in excess of those fixed by
contract last April, the strikers
have ignored orders by A F. L.
leaders that they return to their
ships, pending arbitration of the
bonus question. The Maritime Com
mission took over three ships of the
Alcoa line after repeated attempts to
induce the seamen to submit their
case to arbitration had ended in
failure. The Alcoa line previously
had consented to arbitrate the con-
troversy.
The commission will man the
ships. for one voyage only, with their
present officers and as many Of the
Evening star., 1941-09-21
International
Tunnel

pie fact and are not oppressed by the
understanding. They appreciate that.
with the growth of air power, it no longer
is practical to run an empire from
small exposed island situated near a con-
tinent that may be hostile. The present
British position is too vulnerable. Power
is tending to gravitate toward this hemi-
sphere, in which the United States is the
dominant Nation.
A view strongly held by some high off,
cials here is that President Roosevelt
should tell the American people some of
these things so that they will understand
more clearly that what they now are
asked to do is not based either upon fear
or upon an altruistic desire to aid Brit
ain. Their view is that a little stress
upon self-interest would do more than
any other one thing to end the argu-
ments that now are tending to divide
tas Nation.
Evening star., 1941-09-21

goods are unlikely to succeed, with
out a ceiling on wages, it said,
In framing control legislation, Con-
gress therefore should consider the
entire price structure, and not mere
ly a single segment. Otherwise it
may fail to hold inflationary forces
in check. Since imitation would i'm
pose hardships on many Americans,
impede the defense effort and make
immeasurably more difficult the
problems of postwar readjustment,
price control is of vital Importance
to the Nation.
Evening star., 1941-09-21

ton to remarkable work done by Elmer
l.. Trey and the commendation recently
given that official by Secretary Morgen.
thau. Mr.. Cochran points out that Mr..
Trey, as chief of the Division Of Intelli-
gence of the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
brings into the Treasury of the United
States, on an average, 80 times as much
additional revenue annually as It costs
10 opeeats ths division"
Evening star., 1941-09-21
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

Fifty years ago the revolution in Chile
had just ended. with success for the
rebels followed by recogni-
Bolmocedo ton of their new govern
Su;ride ment The leader Of the
opposition. Balmaceda, had
fed and all were looking for him. His
fate is described in The Star OF Septem-
Der q. 1891: The news Of EX-President
Balmaceda's suicide was not known to
Capt. Manzin of the Itata Editors note:
The gun-running vessel seized by Ameri-
can authorities until communicated to
him by an Associated Press reporter. He
exclaimed on being told of the tragedy:
That was what l expected. There was
no chance for him 10 escape. You DO
not because you cannot, know the fury
of a Chilean mob. Under such circum-
stances, it would have been Unsuitable.
He would certainly have been torn TO
pieces had he been detected trying to
escape"
The suicide rumor was verified by the
American Minister to Chile. Patrick
Egan. in dispatch from Santiago to the
Associated Press.
Fifty years ago there occurred the Sec
ond of three famous rushes into Okla
homa, or rather what is now
OkIohomo the State Of Oklahoma.
p..L Then, it consisted of Okla
homa Territory and Indian
Territory. The first rush occurred in the
spring of 1889, when many thousands
were lined up at the borders awaiting
the starting signal to pour over and pick
out choice free home sites In the 1891
rush. other lands were opened that were
not absolutely free, but nearly so, the
charge per acre running between s125
and sl50.
The Star of September 81. 1891, de-
scribed the assembly: From early morn
ing 80 the streets OF this town CGuth-
rie) have been blocked with people and
wagons of every description. Cowboys
on fleet steeds are mixed up with set
tiers wagons and anxious homesteaders
on foot, while women boys and girls are
equally scrambling together Old gray
haired boomers, with their single blanket
and frying pan, jostled along with pros
pective bankers. pulling the reins over
spirited teams. There will be race fully
as exciting as the English Derby or the
American Futurity, except that it is free
for all. Winchesters and six
shooters will be used freely if occasion
requires.
Everything is wide open. = "a" Gamb-
lers are here with their outfits. Sure
thing games of every description are
being loaded and forwarded to the new
towns" AS before, many were disap-
pointed. there we're not enough lands
for all applicants.
The Star also records, on September
49, 1891, the opening of an international
tunnel under the St.
International Clair River between Port
rI Huron, Mich, and Sarnia,
Ontario: 1T "a special
train) pulled directly to the Sarnia de-
pot =. then steamed out of town to the
approach to the tunnel. Here, near the
unfinished depot. triumphal arch had
been erected" The account tells Of
speeches by the Mayor, the president
of the Grand Trunk Railway and others;
then of the first official trip through the
tunnel and another reception at Port
Huron on the American end.
Evening star., 1941-09-21

Fifty years ago the revolution in Chile
had lust ended. With success for the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-24
Britons Wear Maj Uniforms

Every section of France has its story to tell There is
the inn keeper in resort town who recognized the
German officers staying with him. Engshman who had
often spent his vacations there The Enghman in his Ger
uniform by mperceptibe high sign, warned the inn
keeper against any word Of recognition.
Throughout France from time to time officers in German
uniform will demand lodgings French house The next
day week. when they the householder invariably
finds the Thank You. Have courage! RAF
That excellent English movie melodrama Might Train,
which has shaken American audiences right out of their
only confirmation. not exaggeration of Britain
hazardous fifth column activities the continent.
Before Wnker left occupied France December she
of extraordinary daring almost from the horses
mouth 1t concerned Frenchman who had permit to
drive automobile He returning home when he was
stopped officers German uniform who demanded that
he drive them to airport few miles away.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-24
T.. 8. Civil Service
Urged by Roosevelt
BY GEORGE DURNO

HYDE PARK. n. Y, Feb. "a
President Roosevelt. from his Hyde
Park home. today sent a recon-
mendation to Congress that all
federal employees = except policy
determining officials and those who
require Senate confrmatio- = be
blanketed into classified OIvil
service.
The President submitted a re-
port which has been two years in
the making by a distinguished
committee of eight. including three
Supreme Court justices.
This group urges that all pro-
fessional, scientific. higher admin
istration and investigative jobs
be brought into the merit system.
SIGNED BY MURPHY
Those who signed the 27s-page
report included Justice Stanley
Reed as chairman. Justices Felix
Frankfurter and Frank Murphy
Atty. Gen. Robert II. Jackson,
William II. McReynolds, who is a
presidential administrative assist
ant in charge of civil service
Leonard d. White. a former civil
service commissioner. Gen. Robert
- Wood, former head OF Sears
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-24
4 Children Killed
BYeoke Fumes
Time. stan Correspondent

PONTIAC. Feb. 24.-Four chill
dren from three Drayton Plains
families are dead. asphyxiated by
coke gas fumes. and two others
have a fighting chance to recover,
all of them overcome while their
parents attended a neighborhood
birthday party
Two other younger children es-
capped because they cried so hard
before their parents left that they
were taken along.
Pontiac f1remen, rushing to the
Drayton Plains home with oxygen
equipment, met an ambulance car
rying the children to st. Joseph
Mercy Hospital. The firemen
turned round, raced back to the
hospital and arrived in time to
save the lives of two of the chill
dren.
The dead are: Harry Hopp, -.
and his sister, Blanche. 10, children
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hopp of
Tommy's Lake; Frances Louise
Heck, 10, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred F. Heck Of Drayton
Plains. and Margaret Novess, 16.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Novees of Lake Oakland.
In the hospital are Alfred d.
Heck. z, another child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Heck. and Carol Ann Hinska,
eight-month-old daughter of Mrs.
Pauline Hinska.
The tragedy happened in the
Heck home at Walton boulevard
and Sashabaw road and was
caused by gas generated in the
coke burning furnace in the base
,ment seeplng through the house,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-24

Bamberg said that Garska's
only interest in the place was a
one and that the man.
ager was Charles (Red) German.
a defendant. German got IS
per cent cut of the profits and
Bamberg got 10 per cent as Gar
ska's watchdog in the establish
ment. he has testified.
do you know of any deduc-
lions from~th profits for pro-
lection money!" asked special
prosecutor Chester p. O'Hara.
81 know that S275 month
was deducted by German, which
he once told me was to take
care of the lion tanners An
other timew hen I asked him
about IL, he said that money
kept the lights burning
"Gorman once told me to run
such a roll across Jefferson ave-
CONTINUED on Page lO)
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Link GarSka i'm Graft
Former President OF Crosse Pointe Park Received
$1,000 to $4,000 PayoH, Witness Testifies

Former President Alfred Garska
of Crosse Pointe Park received
IS. 900 to $4,000 as his share of the
profits from a Pointe handbook
between March. 1888. and the end
of the year, August Bamberg. adj
mitted blackjack dealer, testified
today at the county graft trial.
Garska is one of 33 former
county and suburban officials, in
GLIDING former prosecutor Duncan
c. McCrea and former sheriff
Thomas c. Wilcox, and alleged
racketeers on trial charged with
fostering gambling.
alleged racketeers on trial charged
with fostering gambling.
I'VE had $1,000 operating
bank ROLL" said Bamberg of the
harrington road handbook in
which he has testified Garska
owned a 55 per cent interest.
whenever the profits totaled
$1,000 above that operating
bank roll. we split IL.
I'VE did a S1,400 to S1,700 n
day business on week days and
$500 to $1,000 on Saturdays"
TIPPED OFF ON RAID
81 delivered $1,000 OF $1,000
10 Garska In 1898, from the
time we took the book over
until the end of the year.
I'VE had to close for five or
six weeks In 1899 when state
police rslded us-although we
got a tipof on the raid. We ran
until Aug. 20, 1899, when an
other tipoff warned us to close
because Of the grand jury"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-24
british Dare Death
In France. Wearing
herman Uniforms
By INEZ ROBB
International News Service stan Writer

NEW YORK, Feb. PA British fifth column,
whose exploits out-do fiction the films, operates
with great daring and consummate skill throughout
France.
Its amazing activities revealed today for the frs
time by Nine Betty Winkle Partisan author and editor
who has just arrived from her native land Petite Nine
Winker persuaded tell of Engands espionage actv
tiles after she assured that neither the of nd
viduas localities would be told
"Nazifascm may have invented the fifth column but the
British have learned how to it Nine Winker explained
Throughout all France the this
The Heroic Legion
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-24
We Recommend:

at nobody but who made them down the school
house get OF the grade But Bugs Bar has
thing else to say. Page 49, As
sf nation undertake 30
and defend" Gen. Hugh Johnson sits in debate Page D.
the making explosives potatoes
E. V, During. Page ID
Charles
California automobile nearly f3oo0oo
IN a few years. Damon Runyon tells how. Page %
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-24
Continued on Page 1ol
Serbs Chase OF Planes

BELGRADE. Yugoslavia, Feb.
.24.-GNS)-Planes of unknown
nationality which appeared over
the town of Bitoli yesterday were
driven off by anti-aircraft bat
terieS. Yugoslavian authorities re-
-vcaled today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-24
HJ9 les
;292:
PRESIDENT RAY LYMAN
/ WILBUR RECENTLY addressed

PRESIDENT RAY LYMAN
WILBUR recently addressed
he ninth annual alumni confer.
nee Of Stanford University.
He warned the government that
the army draft law must be ad-
ministered In such a manner ms
not to interfere with free scientific
research in the universities.
He said:
you can't Wdste a good
scientist IN trying TO train
HIM to carry q gun.
That sounds reasonable and log
icai In a way. but Is IL not equally
reasonable and logical to say that
you cannot waste q good industri-
allst or a good working man or a
good accountant or a good clerk or
a good salesman or a good lawyer
or a good farmer or n good miner
or banker or writer by taking him
away from his useful work and
training him TO carry n gun and
shooter be shot by--another
somebody carrying q gun:
The whole question of peace or
war Is Involved In that statement
of Professor WiIbur's-the whole
question Of equality and democracy
b Ia involved.