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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-04
Clubs

I. l. A. auxiliary Will meet
Thursday afternoon at ! o'clock at
the Maccabee temple. Mrs. Gladys
Caldwell is in charge
Ladies' Auxiliary Of the Police
and Fire departments will meet
for their regular noon luncheon at
station 6 Thursday. Hostesses will
be Mrs. Jack Langdon. chairman.
Mrs. Lula Robinson. Mrs. Elmer
Levenhs gen. and Mrs. II. l.. Nc
Allister.
Jolly IA club will meet Thurs
day for IL o'clock potluck lunch
con at Tiuow beach. In case Of
rain the meeting will he held Al
the home of Mrs. Dean Among
ITO So Madison st.
Women's Division of Christian
Service of Asbury thodis
church will meet Thursday at moor
for luncheon. followed by a bust
ness meeting and program. Host
esses will be Mesdames Back
Bailey. Bell. Burke. Carlson anc
Carstens Gifts are TO be collected
for Alaska missionary work.
I
United Woodcraft team is spon
soring a rummage sale at 1922 So
Tacoma ave. Thursday. Friday snc
Saturday Mrs Emmett oursler i,
making plans for the sale.
the church psrlors Wednesda,
evening at T:30 with Mrs. Free
Muntz as the hostess.
Raw &. Roberts Auxiliary sew
ing group will meet al the HON,
Of Mrs. A. f. Holman. l0ll So
Ferry Thursday. A potluck lunch
con will be served at noon.
Ladies auxiliary. Messiah Iu
thersn church. will meet Thursis,
for Il 80 luncheon AZ the home o
Mrs. Thelma Benson. 2soI No. l2tl
ST. A short business meeting vii
follow.
Ladies Aid, Our Sayiar's I.uth
ersn church. will have a rummag,
sale Friday and Saturday AZ l53'
Pacific ave. Mrs. Clarence Cobb
Mrs Gust Peterson and Mrs
Mathew johnson will no in charge
Ladies auxiliary tn Plumber
and steam Filters VIII meet a.
o'clock Friday afternoon in N
Building Trades hal ~ e4oi.
Broadway for the purpose % or
gaining. Helpers and apprentice
wives are welcome An elsctio,
az officers viii take place.
Bethany Lutheran church Ladie-
Aid viii meet Friday evening 70
a thank offering program at
O'Clock in the church psriors. Ia
, Harrison and C SITS. The speske
will be the pastor. Rev. Burtol
Smith. SPECIAL music is ais.
planned
Social club a Mae Camp r. y
A. vii resume its meeting in N
Royal Neigheors hall. McKinle
hili. Friday. Mrs Perry Smith
and Ms. Cora Rrsssfield will 3
nosteSses for nom luncheon. Ms-r
hrs are 20 bring sewing equiI
nent
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-04
A. o. U. W. Lodge Plans
Back 70 School DAYS"

Members OF A. o. L. W. lodge
No. s will meet Wednesday eve
ming in Eagles hall The program
for members will feature Back &c
School Days" Members are asked
to come in costume.
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w. 0. w. VIII Gsiher
On thursday Evening

Tshoms Camp No. 2ss. Wood
man Of the World Will gather
Thursday. for their regular bust
ness meeting at 8 o'clock in the
Eagles hall. Mrs p r. Wright
viii preside over the meeting with
discussion Of plane for the coming
month.
Following the business session
the camp will be served refresh
ments. Miss Dorothy Weingard
Is in charge.
Women Of Unity viii hold their
monthly luncheon on the second
Thursday OF the month instead o;
the first. in Unity Temple. No. :
and I 81. MIS- Charles Mills uni,
viii be in charge.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-04
Leaves for. Boston
University Graduate School

Mr.. Roy n. Lokken, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Olaf X. Lokken. 1916 So.
J st, left Friday evening for Bos-
ton. Mass. wnere ne will accept
an appointment as graduate as
sistant for the coming year. En-
route he will visit his cousins. Mr..
and Mr.. A. w. Valencia GLADYS
Msrtinsonl formerly of Tacoma, at
their home in San Leandro. Calf.
seventh Ward W. &. T. L. Will
meet al the home Of Mrs. Fred
Decker. ii6 So. Anderson st,
Thursday at 100. Preparation
and the Use Of Fruit Drinks Will
be the afternoon topic. There will
be an election OF officers for
the coming year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-04

Bethany Lutheran church Ladies
Aid viii meet Friday evening for
a thank offering program at S
o'clock in the church psriors. Ia.
Harrison and C SITS. The speaker
will be the pastor. Rev. Burton
Smith. SPECIAL music is also
planned.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-04

Social club q Mae Camp r. ~.
A. vii resume its meeting in the
Royal Neighbors hall. Mckinley
hin. Friday. Mrs Perry smith
and Ms. Cora Rrsssfield will ne
aostssses for nom luncheon. Mem
h~rs are 20 bring sewing equip
nent-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-04

Ladies' auxiliary tn Plumbers
and Steam Filters VIII meet a, 2
O'Clock Friday afternoon in the
Building Trades hsll ~ e4ois
Broadway for the purpose 81 or
ganizing Helpers and apprentices
wives are welcome An election
of officers viii take place.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-04

Ladies' Aid. Our Ssvior's Luth-
ersn church. will have a rummaEe
sale Friday and Saturday At 1889
Pacific ave. Mrs. Clarence Colho.
Mrs. Gust Peterson and Mrs.
Mathew johnson will no in charge.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-04

Iadie> AUXILIARY, Messiah Lu-
thersn church. Will meet THURSDAY
for 1880 luncheon at the home Of
Mrs. Thelms Benson. 2s0I No. 18th
ST. A short business meeting will
follow.
Evening star., 1941-10-09
Picket SHORTAGE

Into the Office of the employment
commissioner for Los Angeles County
stepped a prosperous looking GUS
toner. "I need 200 workers." he or
dered. "A hundred men and hun
dred women. The gals must be good
lockers and the pay is three dollars
a day"
The official in charge beamed.
Here was real evidence that prosper
ity was just around the corner. A
little more Of 1t and he would be out
of job, but no matter, he was
patriotic. "Splendid!" he said.
What do you want them to do?"
1t was then that he received a jolt.
They were needed, it seems, as strike
pickets. In other words, instead of
being asked to help get rid of unem-
ployment-the announced purpose
of the office-he was requested to
furnish a couple Of hundred aides to
help keep men from working. There
must be a really serious bottleneck
in the picket business.
Evening star., 1941-10-09
Employment Peck

That the defense program Is
breaking the back of unemployment
in the United States is plainly evi-
denced in the announcement by
Secretary Perkins last week that
9542,0 900 workers had jobs in non-
agricultural industries in August, the
largest number in our history, and
1,166,000 more than in August, 1929.
During the twelve-month period
ending in August, employment in
creased 3,640,000. Though defense
industries, in general, registered the
largest gains, the employment rise,
like the economic stimulus created
by armament expenditures, has been
widely distributed. In nearly every
industry the number of workers is
substantially larger than a year ago.
The increase is even more significant
in view of the fact that nearly 1,50O,-
900 men during the past year have
entered the armed forces. Military
and naval personnel are not in
cluded in Secretary Perkins employ
ment estimates.
Current gains, which have brought
employment to an all-time peak,
provide full justification for dras-
tic cut in public relief expenditures
and a reduction in appropriations
for the Civilian Conservation Corps,
the National Youth Administration
and other Federal activities whose
principal purpose is to make jobs for
those who cannot find employment
in private industry. Though some
measure of public relief is essential
for there are still several million
jobless persons in the country-the
appropriations needed, in compari-
son with those of the depression
years, are small. If employment
gains continue, as there is every rea-
son to believe, the taxpayers have
a right to expect further tighten
ing in their relief burden.
Though both have climbed to new
record high levels, the advance in
the Department of Labor's pay roll
index has been twice as great during
the past year as the rise In Its en-
ployment index, Secretary Perkins
Evening star., 1941-10-09
War Building Problems

The general plans announced yes
terday for the new War Department
Building in Arlington reveal that,
despite the reduction in size and the
relocation ordered by President
Roosevelt, the project still is of such
tremendous proportions that it will
create new and serious problems in
traffic and transportation unless
adequate and effective highway
changes are begun Immediately.
The revised plans call for a three
story reinforced concrete structure
capable of housing 10000 employees.
The building evidently is being con-
structed for permanent use as an
office building.
The cost is estimated at about
$31, ITO 900, which is only $3,890,000
less than the original estimate for
building to accommodate 10000 en-
ployes. 1t should be emphasized that
this is just an estimate. The final
cost conceivably could run much
higher, for the job is to be done on
q cost-pluS f1Xedfee basis, under
which, of course, there can be no
guaranteed ceiling.
The Army's statement pointed out
that the three main highways which
will serve the structure were planned
by the Public Roads Administration
before the new War Department
Building was contemplated" Under
the pre- emergency planS-Since radi-
cally reviSed-the cost of road con-
struction in this area over a period
of years was to be shared by the
Federal Government, the State of
Virginia and the County of Airing
ton, with the District government
participating in development of
bridge approaches on the Washing
ton side of the river 1t has been
estimated recently that access roads
needed Immediately on the Virginia
side for defense purposes would cost
about $8000,000, and that improve
mentS on the District side would
approximate about s6 6,OOO,OO0 more.
Some of the new Virginia roads, in
cluding the so-called Army and Navy
boulevard, connecting the War
Building with the south approach to
Memorial Bridge, are basically Fed
eral in character and obviously
should be paid for out of the Federal
Treasury. Costly grade separations
undoubtedly will be necessary at the
south end of Memorial Bridge and
several other intersections, as a
direct outgrowth of governmental
expansion across the river. On this
side, an immediate start on the
Maine avenue grade separation, the
Twenty third street widening and
extension program and other bridge
approaches becomes imperative. All
of these projects properly come with
in the category of access roads for
which funds are to be provided under
the pending defense highways bill.
Certainly the major responsibility
for financing these emergency under
takings made necessary Immediately
by the War Department building
logically falls upon the Federal Gov
ernment, rather than upon local
citizens
Evening star., 1941-10-09
Tells of Russian Substitute
For Revealed Religion.
To the Editor of The Star:


When I hear all this talk about 're-
ligious freedom" in Russia, l am re-
minded of two Russian guests we had
several years ago, who were sent by
the Soviet government to America to
study our agrarian system. They travelled
by auto from New York to San Fran
cisco and from Canada to the Gulf OF
Mexico, inspecting the farms, the crops
and what they were raising that was
not grown in Russia. Singularly enough,
sweet potatoes seemed to be the crop
that interested them most.
asked them about their religion,
saving: "You are destroying what stands
for religion in your country, what are
you putting in its place? What are you
teaching the young people Of Russia
today?" One of them replied: I'VE are
telling them that the Bible Is good
book and that Jesus was good man,
but we have outgrown them!"
But what" I insisted, "are you put
ting in their place?" and with much
emphasis, the husky young Russian,
pounding his fist on the table, replied:
"The strength of our own personality"
When I think of the fields, over there,
covered with the dead bodies OF such
boys, I wonder II they do not know
better now-know that there is no
strength to their personality unless 1t
be founded upon the rock, Christ Jesus,
and His teachings.
Evening star., 1941-10-09

Presumably the Nation again will
make generous provision for its
veterans. When a man is accepted
by the Army it is presumed that he
is physically perfect. Anything
which can be revealed later, even by
a rigid physical examination, may
be the basis for a claim against the
Government for support for the rest
of ones natural life.
This system may be wrong. 1t
may be diametrically opposed to
sound public policy-opposed even
to the welfare of the veteran himself.
But changes now are unlikely. We
are not at war. We have no crying
need for additional man power. The
Army can afford to choose carefully
and by doing so, save the taxpayers
of the next generation millions of
dollars.
Evening star., 1941-10-09
THIS AND THAT
By Charles z. TraceUeH.

woodpecker, the yellow -shafted wood
pecker and the pigeon woodpecker.
These names refer to the real golden
glow of his breast as he flies. The third
one refers to his size.
Other common names are the clape,
high-hole, yarrup, yellowhammer, high
holder, wake-up, wood pigeon, heig1 -ho,
nairy wicket, yawker bird, wick-up,
walk-up
1t may be seen that some of these
names refer to sounds the bird makes
others to nesting habits, while still 9TH
ers are merely plays on words.
One country boy called the flicker a
wake-up, so another dubbed it walk-up.
Such names are interesting, but have
currency only in restricted sections of
the country. In addition to the scien-
tific name, which stresses the gold color
in the bird, the really popular common
name is that of flicker, which no doubt
was given the bird by reason of his
wavy sort of flight
In flight this bird can be told by the
white patch on his back, which shows
when the wings are spread, and by the
golden color of his breast.
On the ground, the best Identification
is the red patch on the nape of the
neck, with the black triangle beneath
the chin.
The flicker Is very fond OF ants.
A large bird, brownish barred, after
ants in crack Of the sidewalk, is sure
to be flicker.
He also likes to gather ants on the
trunks of trees.
His appetite for them is Unsuitable. If
big swarm of ants shows up on the
sidewalk. leave it to the flicker, for he
will clean them up in short order
His famous yarrup-yarrup call is dis
tinctive. The common name "clape"
comes from softer call given by the
bird in fight.
Flickers would be among the few birds
which might build nests in a colony of
bird houses.
AS a rule, few birds like to nest close
together, because this means that there
will be too many young mouths to feed
from the immediate neighborhood.
! Young birds need constant feeding.
and the parents are put to it to find
enough worms and insects. If the COM
petition is too keen, in given territory,
! some bird is going to suffer
1t should be recognized that there is
another use for small bird houses than
holding nesting birds, and this is sheer
ornamentation.
! Two or three small houses, close to-
/ gether, make friendly looking group
Accented white, to call attention to them
such a grouping might be distinctive
without being useful, particularly.
Little stress has been placed on the
use of feeding stations, bird baths and
bird houses as ornaments to a yard
!, but there can be no doubt that there is
wide field for experimentation here
birds or no birds.
| While bird houses are best painted
/ dark green or dark brown, as altogether
more appealing in natural settings, there
| is some question as to whether colora-
ton plays any particular part when a
bird makes up its mind to nest.
Evening star., 1941-10-09
Health of SeIectees

News that pproximately half of
the men called before selective serv-
ice boards are found physically or
mentally unfit for service as soldiers
naturally Is alarming. The record is
much worse than that of draftees in
the first World War. Have the
American people undergone phySi-
cal decline? This is hard to believe
from the superficial appearance of
the present warage generation on
the streets and in their homes. 1t is
hard to believe in view of the public
health activities in the schools and
homes. the decrease in the disabling
diseases of childhood, the newer
knowledge of nutrition which has
come to the American people. Has
there been mental deterioration?
Here, of course, there is no basis for
comparison. Essentially no mental
examination was made of recruits
in the last war-a neglect which has
cost the taxpayers close to a billion
dollars since then, with no indication
that the peak has been passed.
The picture is confusing. The
trade of soldier today is more exact
ing than it was two decades ago.
There Is no place for the weakling.
There is no place for the Ounce, the
moron, the crack-brain. But there
is little question but that, both
mentally and physically, large per-
centage of the men who are rejected
today would have been accepted in
1918. Many with similar defects then
made excellent soldiers Some physi-
cal defects need not disqualify aman
for soldering if he has mental
stamina and physical courage.
But the Army and the selective serv-
Ice boards are looking ahead. Defects
passed over today will appear later
Evening star., 1941-10-09

revealed. Pay roll gains have re-
flected substantial increases in
working hours, overtime payments
and wage rates, she explained. 1t
is thus clear that labor, since the
start OF the. defense program, has
achieved q substantial advance in
its average earnings. AS the Brook
ings Institution pointed out in a re-
port few days ago, the rise in wage
costs is one of the major causes of
the present upward price spiral and
any attempt to control prices with
out some form of wage control will
be a fiat failure.
Evening star., 1941-10-09
DARLINGTON. Va.

Dear Sir:
Among flock of robins in our yard
recently was a rather large bird with
red patch on the back of his neck.
Can you tell me what this Is? 1t
looked something like a woodpecker, but
it didn't seem to have enough red to
be woodpecker.
And, although 1t was with the robins,
this bird certainly didn't look like any
robin ever saw I have heard of white
robins Il believe you had an article
about them once-but I never saw a
robin with red on the back of its neck.
What do you think of three bird
houses on one lattice? A friend of mine
has three of them over the driveway.
and I can't believe that three birds
would nest so close together
Il always thought bird nests had to be
some distance apart, except when the
birds were martins. We do not seem
to have many purple martins.
These three bird houses are painted
white. Do the birds like their houses
white, or would natural wood color or
green be better? I have another friend
who sWears that dark green will draw
more wrens than ANY other color. Do
the birds have their preferences in colors
just as we do.
Sincerely yours, L. l.. s."
The bird with the red on the back Of
its neck is flicker.
lyar
group, and one of the most handsome
birds in these parts.
Although it is a permanent resident in
Washington and vicinity, 1t is not seen so
much in winter, so that many persons
think it flies south. Probably some of
them do, but most of them stay here,
but keep close to the wooded areas.
This is big bird, about II inches
long, with a real preference for the
company of robins. 1t is an odd thing
In nature, these animal friendships
While there is no real reason why the
members of one species should not pal
around with the members of another,
they most commonly do not do so, as
We all know. Dogs and cats, for in
stance. Yet every now and then we find
true comradeship between a dog and
a cat. The most recent striking in
stance of this was the case of Ger
man shepherd dog and kitten in New
York City. The great dog has become
so FOND of the cat that it keeps it by
its side all day long. even carrying it in
basket on small Journeys around the
neighborhood.
1t is said that all dogs and cats could
share this friendship If they were
brought UP together, but some may doubt
this. The enmity of some dogs to some
cats seems not only proverbial but actual
Occasionally there is cat which resents
all dogs, and runs them away. Old yell
low Ounce, fat and IL years old, chases
dogs still.
The flicker also likes bluebirds and
sparrows, and is not beyond striking up
an acquaintance with hawk.
Few birds enjoy more common names
than this one. In various parts of the
country he Is called the winged
Evening star., 1941-10-09
Peuce-At q Price

The implications of the Govern
ment'S refusal to award a contract
for 300 defense houses in Michigan
to the low bidder-the Currier
Lumber Company-should be clearly
understood.
In this instance the Currier firms
bid was low by $431,000, or about
$1,000 per house under that of any
other bidder. There was no conten-
ton that the firm is not financially
responsible or that 1t is not compe-
tent to do the job. On the contrary,
from testimony submitted to a SEN
ate committee, it is quite clear that
Currier was refused the contract
because the firms employees belong
to Congress of Industrial Organiza-
tions union and because it specializes
in pre-fabricated construction.
The Department of Justice has
held that there was no legal basis
on which the low bid could be re-
jected, but it has been turned down,
nevertheless, by John M. Carmody,
Federal Works administrator, who
said that this was in accordance with
the wishes of Sidney Hillman, who is
in charge of labor questions for the
Office of Production Management.
From Mr.. Carmody's testimony, it
is clear that the low bid was rejected
to avoid offending the building trades
unions of the American Federation
of Labor. In other words, in this
case alone, the taxpayer is to be
assessed S431 900 to purchase an, ,un-
certain peace in the building in
dustry, and if the policy is to be
broadly applied the cost will run into
many millions of dollars
1t is easy to understand what the
A. F. of L. objections might be. First,
Currier is a c. I. o. firm, and the
efforts of the c. l. o. to gain a foot
hold in the building industry already
have brought on bitter feeling. And,
second, while the introduction of
pre-fabricated homes on a large scale
would save the public money by low
ering construction costs, it would also
tend to make fewer jobs of the sort
now performed by carpenters and
other building trades workers.
Unless our whole theory of prog
ress is erroneous, however, the pre-
fabrication of homes would be step
forward. Those who would insist
upon maintaining old and costly
methods in the building industry
might just as logically demand the
abolition of mass production in auto
mobile factories. If one is progress,
so is the other.
Under these circumstances, the
Governments decision to buy peace
in the building induStry-for that is
what it amounts to-is no inconSe-
quential matter. If the precedent is
firmly established in this instance,
where will the end be? Before this
decision becomes matter of estab-
lished policy, those responsible for
it should be called upon to explain
why they believe technique of ex-
pediency and appeasement will prove
successful in reconciling domestic
issues when it has proved such a
tragic failure in the international
field.
Evening star., 1941-10-09
Says Laws
Do Not Prevent Crime.

Gays LAWS
Do Not Prevent Crime.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Referring to the vagrancy bill, in my
Judgment II the President had signed
the bill as 1t was written it would not
have reduced crime in Washington to
any noticeable extent, because 88 per
cent OF all the crime in the United
States in 1910 was committed by first
offenders. In the past 10 years slightly
less than 8 per cent of the crime in the
District Of Columbia has been attributed
to ex-convicts.
The promoters Of the "crime bill" are
building on false hopes. No man can
write q law that will prevent crime, be-
cause the criminal never thinks of the
penalty when he commits the act.
have talked with thousands in and out
OF prison and this is the word they pass
along to me: Never thought of the
punishment before committed the
crime" I believe this, because If they
did ! think they would 90 siow.
Ii DUDDneo, T. \.
Evening star., 1941-10-09
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