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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12

A Berlin spokesman echoes these
threats. There are thinly yelled ref
erences to the obligation Japan pre-
sumably undertook in joining the
axis. Signor Gayda declares that the
axis counter blockade "is more than
ever determined to bar passage of
such supplies, and more than ever
armed to sustain this resolution with
quick, massive efficiency"
NaZi commentators recall Hitler's
reference to the aid-Britain measure
on January 30. He then proclaimed
that any vessel, regardless of the flag
it flies, which comes before the tor
pedo tubes of German submarines or
planes within the Reichs declared
zone of blockade around Britain,
would be sunk. The German press
has insisted that no amount Of
American help for Britain could
appreciably influence the outcome
of the war, emphasizing that not
only must American industry first
be placed on a footing to render
adequate aid, but that its production
must afterWard reach the British
Isles. Through possession of air and
naval bases stretching from polar
Norway to Spain, the Germans claim
ample facilities to prevent arrival of
American war sinews in Britain, and
now assert that "RooseveltS aid bill
will not be able to change that situa
ton at ALL
Such comment SavorS strongly of
whistling for the purpose of keeping
up courage. Neither Germans nor
italians can be under any serious
illusions as to the industrial poten-
tialities of the United States once
these are placed on maximum pro-
duction basis. This country will not
be deferred from putting forth the
required effort by either axis ter
roriSm or abuse. Germans. in par
ticular, with poignant memory of
what happened in the World War,
can be INDUCING in no self-deception
as to what all-out American aid to
Britain means.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
Spreading Defense Orders

The recent announcement that the
Office of Production Management is
planning a drive to distribute work
on armament orders among a greater
number of contractors will be well
coined as an important step toward
bringing the full productive facilities
of the Nation into the defense pro-
gram. Of the $4,000, 000,00e in de-
tense contracts awarded between
June and the end of December, 1910,
approximately ninety per cent went
to six hundred large concerns, &C
cording to o, P M. officials. Though
It is estimated that there are ap-
proximately 100000 firms in the
United States able to handle arma-
ment orders, only 10000 shared in
the awards made through December.
Because of the urgent need for war
materials, the administration, in the
early period of the rearmament pro-
gram, had no other choice than to
award contracts to companies hav
ing the technical and factory per-
sonnet, and the physical equipment,
TO begin large-scale production Of
materials for the Army, the Navy and
the air forces, with a minimum of
delay. The number of these concerns
was small. In the race against time,
a concentration of defense work
among q comparatively few con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. TrdceWell.

If he had seen one, he didn't know
it when he saw It,
So he was we'll pleased, as human
beings are, when he could lament about
somebody elses trees being attacked by
sapsuckers.
In this world, of course, 1t is often a
case of whose OK is gored," as the old
saying has it.
One day shortly thereafter Jones was
standing at the window, looking out at
his favorite maple tree by the garage.
Beneath the tree reposed a bird feed
ing station. the one which recently had
also done duty as a rat feeding station.
The scoundrel had dug hole be-
meath the garage, and from this he
trundled out to seize sunfower seed
Jones watched the rat at work one
morning for 20 minutes. Every 20 sec
onds it came out. grabbed a seed, and
sped back to its den. The watcher could
not help but admire the industry of the
rodent.
This admiration, however, did not pre-
vent him from mixing up some red squill
with ground beef, and placing neat piles
in the rats run.
And 1t worked
Templeton Jones now was admiring
his maple tree.
He began to wonder about dark
splash which ran down from the
branches all over the trunk.
What is that?" he asked, calling Mrs
Jones to the window.
You know that bird we thought was
hairy woodpecker?" began Mrs Jones.
Yes" said T. Jones, Il remember it"
well" said Mrs. Jones, Il think it
must have been a yellow-bellied sap
sucker 1t has bored holes all around
those limbs, and when the sun comes
out the sap flows down the trunk"
Jones walked out to look over the
damage.
Sure enough, many and neat holes
had been punctured around the base OF
the largest limbs.
There were some places which were
were almost rectangular.
The lifes blood of the tree was flowing
steadily now.
"Yellow-belIied sapsucker," shouted
Templeton Jones, although the culprit
was nowhere in sight
Jones got in touch with his favorite
tree man, who pooh-poohed the idea
that sapsuckers do much injury to trees
Later in the day Jones read in one
of his favorite books that these birds
annually do much damage. that most
trees attacked ultimately die"
Templeton Jones has stopped being
complacent about sapSuckers. His advice
is: Don't think they are cute" and
don't put out suet. 1t just attracts them.
Remember what you think is just a
woodpecker may turn out to be a yellow
bellied sapsucker, after all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
CHEVY CHASE, Nd.


Dear Sir
II have been reading and saving your
wonderful articles for about two years
and 1 have just gotten around to writing
to you. I am girl of IA and an ardent
bird watcher
Il have been watching birds over a
period of three years and would like
to add my list to the ones previously
printed in your column.
The birds in the first list have been
seen in my own yard in Chevy Chase
The list includes:
"Downy woodpecker, yellow bellied sap
sucker, wood pewee, purple grackle,
purple finch, English sparrow, white
throated sparrow, junco, fox sparrow,
cardinal, blue grosbeak, yellow warbler,
black-throated blue warbler, black poll
warbler, hooking bird, brown thrasher,
brown creeper, white breasted nuthatch,
chickadee. golden crowned kinglet, ruby
crowned kinglet, flicker, hummingbird
blue jay, startling, goldfnch, chipping
sparrow, field sparrow, song sparrow,
toWhee, cedar WaXWing, red-eyed vireo,
myrtle warbler, Maryland yellow throat,
redstart, catbird, Carolina wren, house
wren, titmouse, wood thrush, robin.
II also have another list of birds that
have seen in other parts of Maryland.
The birds in this list are:
"Belted kingflsher, cuckoo, red bellied
woodpecker, red-Winged blackbird, or
chard oriole, barn swallow. blue heron,
kingbird, crow, vulture, meadoWlark, pur-
pie martin, hooded warbler, bluebird
Mother would like you to write more
Templeton Jones columns, but as for me,
give me the bird ones.
Sincerely yours, j. s."
y * 4
Templeton Jones was feeling very SNUG
the other day.
He had been reading here about the
Virginia gardens beset by yellow -bellied
sapsuckers.
How they we're drilling into limbs,
causing the sap to run down, threaten
ing the life of the trees.
Just how much damage these wood
peckers do is open to dispute. AS usual,
the authorities disagree. Some say that
any tree attacked will die. Others de-
clare that the damage is much exag-
gerated.
.Templeton Jones was feeling real sorry
for the folk over in Virginia.
He mad never seen a sapsucker around
his yard. What name they have to
be sure!
All you would have to do to "bawl out"
yellow-bellied sapsucker, Jones thought,
would be to roar its odd name 1t it.
k
To be sure, Jones had seen a hairy
woodpecker at his best maple tree. but
all it was doing, he thought, was making
few little holes
He was just after insects.
You see, Templeton Jones had never
seen a yellow-bellied sapsucker in his
10 years in Chevy Chase.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12

tractors, therefore, could hardly have
been avoided.
Since the facilities of most of these
firms are now being used in the
manufacture of war materials, it is
essential that steps be taken imne-
diately to secure a greater spread of
work on armament orders. For
wider distribution of these orders by
placing thousands of small machine
shops, foundries, mills and factories
into defense production will greatly
increase the volume of our aid to
Great Britain.
Only part of our industrial facili-
ties are being used today in the man.
ufacture of munitions and war
equipment. The campaign of the
o. P M. to farm out" defense orders
to small subcontractors in all parts
Of the country should 60 far toward
Harvesting, in the Nations defense
effort. its vast potential productive
capacity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
Discusses Administration Attitude
Toward Problems of Farmers.

To the Editor of The Star:
1t was with much interest that
awaited the hour on Saturday night
to address over the radio the farmers of
America In addition to the President
there were also short addresses by the
Vice President former Secretary Of
Agriculture and the incumbent Secre-
tary of Agriculture. I feel sure that a
large majority of intelligent farmers
were keenly disappointed in what the
trio had to say.
AS to the intimation of what might
have befal'en the farmers had not the
Government handled farm problems as
has been the case during the present
administra ton, that is water over the
DAM limitations as to the possibili-
ties of the farmers benefiting directly
from the passage of H R. 1776 are ex-
tremely doubtful as what England will
obtain from the United States will
principally be war materials and not
food. She will require every available
ship to transport these war materials
population
The preparedness program" has and
doubtless will place the farmer in a
worse economic condition He already
has suffered curtailed labor supply
through Government construction at
Army bases. where saw-and-hatchet
carpenters from the farm are paid the
basic wage of $125 per hour upon paying
tribute to a labor urion of approx
mately $50 classed, I believe, as union
initiation fees. How is the farmer to
compete when farm prices hardly Justify
his paying the usual $500 to $3.50 per
day for labor of this class?
From personal knowledge as to a LARGE
area of Maryland and Pennsylvania
(Which doubtless will hold true of other
areas especially in the South, an in
spectlon of the homes of farmers will
disclose that more than IS per cent are
in such condition that if they were
located in large cities they would be
classed as of the slum type.
If the Government really wants to
help the farmer, the plan of fixing prices
on the domestic consumption part of our
abundant crops on a cost-plus basis
appears to be the most logical solution.
Surplus commodities to be disposed of
by the Government with net proceeds to
the farmers. The working of the plan
could not be more hectic than the
present bureaucracy of the Agriculture
Department.
A MARYLAND FARMER.
Rising Sun, Md
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
Axis Reaction

1t would have run contrary to
every expectation If the axis powers
had failed to resent enactment of the
lend bill, with all its disquieting
implications for them.
Rome does not conceal Italian
alarm and indignation or refrain
from tell-tale anti-American TRADES.
Signor Virginia Gayda declares that
H. R. 1776 is open intervention in
the war against the axis" and that
"Roosevelt's gesture is deliberate,
unprovoked move toward war" Mus
solini'S favorite mouthpiece then
hints darby that the bill may even
tualIy bring into play the Berlin
Rome Toxic pact, with many dis
agreeable surprises for Britain and
the United States In the Pacific"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
Comments on Mr.. Seals Views
OF poor Government" Before 1870.

To the Editor OF The Star:
In a news item in The Star former
Corporation Counsel Elwood Seal, adj
dressing the Cosmopolitan Club, is
quoted as opposing any form of suffrage
in the District of Columbia and as saying
that: THE Capital was poorly governed
when the local government was elective
prior to 1870"
Aside from the absurdity of compar-
ing the Washington of 1870, with pop
ulation of about 10000, and the present
metropolitan city of more than five
times that population, it is unfortunate
that Mr.. Seal should have made such a
statement without an investigation of
the facts. The misgovernment that re-
suited in total deprivation of the fran
chise IN 1874 was the fault Of the ter
ritorial government" established by act
of Congress in 1871, in which the partici-
patton of the citizens of the District of
Columbia was restricted to the election
of the lower body of two-chamber
legislature.
KENNETH P. ARMSTRONG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
Revere at Dusk

I spoke my piece in this dress, long
ago;
This one, father brought home
calico
For Mother she made hers up
the last,
Children must come first, they qre10
so fast.
Here's a yarn hedge fence, a Sprin-
king can,
I feel the cool pump mater as it ran
Over her flag lilies and bleeding
hearts
As night came on -. I almost hear
the carts
OF neighbor boys trundlinp into the
yard
As mothers called tired truants,
playing hard
At bonfreS, hide -dnd-Seek. A NUT
fed number,
A "reudy-or-not" trails of In the
Twilight Slun1ber.
The first pale star comes out oDer
the shed
And Mothers lamp is lit, foWer
of red,
Her old Se,Uing machine goes and
goes.
Beside the lamp her cheeks tired,
Uhite rose.
These memories coUer me, they neUer
fade,
They're on the PATCHWORK guilt ny
mother made.
IDA ELAINE JAMES.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12

G. Who were the leading members Of
the cast IN the original production Of
THE Firefy"?-B. L.
A. Emma Trentini took the part of
Nina. Others in the cast were Roy At
well, Audrey Maple Vera de Rosa and
Craig Campbell.
@. Who said Whatever is worth do
ing at all, is worth doing well"?-C. R. S.
A. This maxim is from the Earl Of
Chesterfield's Letters
O. When was the N. R. A. declared I'M
constitutional?-A NJ. D
A. The Supreme Court declared the
National Industrial Recovery Act un-
constitutional on March 81, 1885.
@. Please give the salary Of the head
of the Government Printing ONCE at
Washington.-E. H.
A. The Public Printer receives $4,000
a year
@. Which Presidents of the United
States were married twice?-M. NJ
A Presidents Tyler. Fillmore, Benia-
min Harrison. Theodore Roosevelt and
Woodrow Wilson.
@. Please give a quotation suitable for
a patriotic celebration.-J. NJ K.
A. The following is an excerpt from
"The Flag Speaks, by Franklin K Lane:
Il swing before your eyes as a bright
CLEAN of color, a symbol Of yourself, the
pictured suggestion Of that big thing
which makes this Nation. NY stars and
stripes are your dreams and your labors.
They are bright with cheer. brilliant
with courage, firm with faith because
you have made them so out of your
hearts. For you are the makers Of the
flag, and it is well that you glory in
the making"
@. Who received the Ten Command
ments?-J. r. D.
A. The Ten Commandments wers
given by Jehovah to Moses on Mount
Sinai.
@. Who first practiced artificial breed
ing of animals?-S. K. r.
A. The first experiments in artificial
breeding were made by Dr. William Har-
vey in England during the 18th century.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
CLOSING the Ranks

The final chapter in the passage
of the leaSe-lend bill, which became
law when the President signed the
measure late yesterday, was an i'm
pressive demonstration of the ca
pacity of Congress, representing the
people of the United States, to close
ranks in the interests of national
unity once a controversial issue has
been settled in the traditional demo-
cratic fashion.
In the case of this bill, the wholly
desirable result which has been
achieved can be attributed primarily
to two things: The patriotic willing
ness of the minority, after succeeding
in their efforts to improve the meas
ure through amendment process, to
accept and support the policy i'm
plicit in the action of the majority
and the wisdom of the President and
his lieutenantS in accepting reason
able amendments and in refraining
from any effort to jam the bill
through Congress without oppOrtu-
nifty for full and free debate.
AS a result of these two factors the
bill was passed in the Senate by a
two-to-one majority, but the degree
of unity behind its central purpose
of full aid to England, as Senator
Vandenberg has pointed out, was
really much greater. The Michigan
the fact that in the two final roll
callS-that upon the bill itself and
upon the Taft substitute-no less
than ninety of ninety-five members
voting recorded themselves as favor
ing aid to England. the only sub
stantial difference of opinion being
concerned with the method of pro-
cedure.
The final vote in the House, from
the minority standpoint, was equally
impressive In yesterdays balloting
on the question of concurring in the
Senate amendmentS-a vote which
signif1ed final passage of the bill in
stead of sending it to conference and
possibly reopening the f1ght-the
tally showed ninety-four Republicans
voting with the majority, and only
f1fty-four Republicans voting to re-
1ect the Senate changes. This COM
pares with 1875 Republican votes
against the bill itself last month and
only twenty-four G. o. P. ballots
for 1t.
This highly favorable Republican
showing was foreshadoWed earlier in
the day when Minority Leader Mar
tin, who had reluctantly voted
against the bill last month, an
nounced that his ballot would be cast
In favor of concurring with the Sen
ate. 1--WE live, thank God, in a coun-
try where we can debate these great
questions and divide as our convic-
tons direct us, the minority leader
said. But once the decision is
reached, we accept the verdict of the
majority. We are one people;
an undaunted people determined
that real AmericaniSm shall not dis
appear from the earth" After Ma
iority Leader Mccormack had re-
sponded in similar vein, the members
on both sides of the House arose and
applauded the speakers.
The significance of that Sponta-
neous demonstration will not be lost
upon the heads of the aggressor
states for it is indicative of capac-
ity to unite voluntarily behind
chosen course of action, and that is
O. more potent force than the collec-
tive effort of men whose decisions
are made for them and who have no
choice but to obey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
Rising Sun, Md.
Criticizes Status of
Negro Housing Facilities.
tn the Editor of The Star.


Judging from your editorial under the
caption Rent Control" there seems to be
a measure of doubt as to the necessity
for the establishment of a Rent Com
mission in the District of Columbia.
There is every need for such an agency.
1t is hoped, however, that the law will
not only include Government officials
and employees, but all people renting in
the District.
The reasons given by Chairman Ran
dolph for seeking this legislation have
too long been experienced by the COL
ored citizens, whose rents have been so
high as to deny them other very vital
needs.
There has been a general housing
shortage for colored renters, not only
within the territory of the Lincoln Civic
Association (Seventeenth street to Rock
Creek; p street 10 Potomac River, but
throughout the entire city. This short
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Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1Ortter, although the use Of
q pSeudonynl for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters NTH
q UietU to condensation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12

age is not Que solely to the influx Of
migrants and others seeking domicile
here, but much of it can be laid at the
door Of the local housing agency, the
Alley Dwelling Authority
The A D. A. since 1884 has removed
a total of 595 houses mot including those
now being demolished in Southwest and
has built exactly SO single-family units
for colored tenants and acquired 274 in
the Langston Terrace, total of $40
units in the past seven years. while
approximately 1900 to 1900 families have
been dislodged through its operations
We understand the law to say it is
the responsibility of the A. D. A. to pro-
vide dwelling for persons whose housing
needs are not adequately met through
private investors.
In the immediate section of the Lin
coin Civic Association the A. D. A. de-
molished 96 houses, failed to rehouse the
former occupants and replaced with
parking lots and garages together with
accommodations for "a single families
Within the past two years the Federal
Government has taken Sc houses for
the erection of the new War Department
and the District II for an addition TO a
public school, AS to these we have no
quarrel because We feel Congress pro-
vided for this upon the institution Of the
A D. A. And, in addition to the fore
going, private enterprise has taken Sc
houses, hence total of $50 houses from
which colored persons were removed.
The removal of these houses and the
non-replacementS serve as direct threats
to our approximate half million dollars
worth of church property as well as our
educational, business and professional
institutions. Besides, people are over
taxing the living capacities of every
conceivable place. thus breaking down
our sanitary and moral standards of
living.
In one instance there is a man who
makes his home in wagon and cooks
his meals over an open fire on lot.
In another, man makes his home in
woodshed. The writer has a copy of a
survey made in a certain section of this
city where it was reported flve-room
house had SO persons residing therein;
six rooms with 40 people; one room with
II people, and a woodshed was recently
built upon a public street within the
city limits and rented for human habi-
tation.
Washington is sadly in need of rent
commission and commissioners who will
refuse to be puppets of any group and
who will use common sense instead of
too much theory. E. F. HARRIS,
President, Lincoln Civic Association.
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Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled TO
The use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to II or not otherwise credited this
paper and also the local news published herein
All rights Of publication Of special dispatches
herein alSn reSRrXhd
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EDITORS NOTE:

EDITORS NOTE:
Statistics contained in the 1910
report of the Alley Dwelling Au-
thority are at variance with those
given by Mr.. Harris concerning the
Authority's activities According to
the report, under the Authoritys
original and present programs, $40
dwelling units have been demolished
and los new dwelling units for COL
ored people have been completed.
In addition, 627 units are now under
construction and contracts have been
let for 1863 more. The present pro-
gram of the Authority calls for total
of LILO new units for colored people
and SAB new units for white tenants.