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Evening star., 1941-09-16
The Public Suffers

1t is novel and, withal, disturbing
situation which has been presented
by the strike of anthracite coal min
erS in Pennsylvania in protest against
an increase in union dues and assess
mentS.
High-ranking officials of the an
thracite section of the United Mine
Workers of America, after meeting
to discuss the strike, have urged that
the striking miners return to their
jobs at once, but the strikers in the
dissident mining districts are assert
ing that they will not return to work,
and are demanding that their en-
ployer abstain from the checkoff COL
lection of the increased dues and
assessments, although the higher
rates were approved in a union
referendum.
This situation-involving a strike
against an employer and, incidental
ly, against the public-to enforce a
demand upon majority of a union
is something new in a labor relations
picture which has brought many in
novations. Certainly, it is hardly a
dispute which comes within the pur-
view Of the National Labor Relations
Act, a statute designed to penalize
employers for anti-union activity
but which carries no cOrrespondinp
penalty for irresponsible unionism
Hugh v. Brown, president of one of
the affected districts, has described
the strike as being merely a family
quarrel" Without doubt, it is that
but 1t is also a family quarrel in
which the employer and the public
seem to be cast in the unhappy role
Of innocent suffering bystanders.
Evening star., 1941-09-16

well, if this is the spirit of modern youth,
how can We expect to combat Hitler?
Our real enemies are within
1t has been called a healthful sign
in a democracy when citizens disagree.
And so 1t is under ordinary times and
circumstances. But these are not ordi-
nary times. The parents of some of
these boys owe everything they have to
our Government.
Why can't you have a children's COL
umn in The Star about the policy of the
President and our Government. Your
editorial page is excellent-but boys do
not read it.
The difficulty, Of course, is that any
thing of this kind Immediately is labeled
propaganda to get us into war. But
there must be an interesting, intelligent
and fair approach to this question, and
your paper has wonderful opportunity
to teach our young people the truth about
our country's stand. SUBSCRIBER.
Evening star., 1941-09-16
Impressions of Motor Tourist
Who Visited Washington.

To the Editor of The Star:
have just returned from an extended
trip back East covering II .589 miles, pass
ing through Washington, New York,
Hartford Boston, Quebec. Detroit, Chi
cago, Portland, Greg; San Francisco
and back to Los Angeles
We were very fortunate in making the
round trip without a scratch or a bump
to the car in spite Of the many hazards
in driving in the various cities, especially
in Washington.
We found Washington the most haz-
ardous city of all those passed through
due to the diScourtesy of the taxicab
drivers and local residents District of
Columbia car numbers.
The police and tourist agents we found
very courteous; the allowance of double
parking was quite bothersome in many
instances. ROBERT E. WISE.
Los Angeles.
Evening star., 1941-09-16

Army alone" and at least not try to
tear down what they are striving
so hard to build up.
Justifiably, the Chief of Staff
pointed to another and even more
serious handicap in preparing the
countly'S state of mind to accept the
sacrifice of national defense. What
we lack and what we must have is an
understanding by every family in
America of the gravity of our situa-
ton, he said.
Given aggressive support on the
home front, the task of building up
the best Army in the world, which
is his chief aim and hope, can and
will be done in time.
Evening star., 1941-09-16
Wants More Detail" in Reports
On Street Repairs and New Roadways


To the Editor of The Star:
While driving about the District OF
Columbia I have been at loss to see
how we we're given good value from the
$5,5000O0 spent on streets (repair, main
tenance and new roadways) in one year
through June 30, 1910.
In view of the controller generals re-
cent warning on the handling of roads
bids in this city, we should insist that
the annual report of the government OF
the District of Columbia contain more
detail on just what is charged against
the city's largest special fund-gasoline
taxes and motor vehicle fees.
1t is true that the Commissioners,
through their Street Division chief, re-
port the number of linear feet and cubic
yards of various materials used on streets,
but to mean anything to most of us
these reports should be analyzed further,
giving dollar totals and bid prices.
The only vehicular inspection dollars
mentioned in the report refer to 81 ,991 IS
for postcards! Yet never did see such
lavish efficiency in city government out
side of our inspection stations.
I notice also in the same publication
that the report Of the Accountancy
Board does not list receipts and expenses
as required by law. LEE AFFORD.
Evening star., 1941-09-16
General MurshuII's Plea

In his address last night in Mil
waukee before the American Legion,
General Marshall Army Chief of
Staff, unburdened his heart and
spoke "aS one soldier to another"
regarding what he considers to be
a lack of public understanding which
is hampering efforts to train an
efficient citizen Army.
General Marshall has never given
the impression that he regards the
Army as his own. He has stressed
again and again that this Army be-
longs to the American people, as he
reiterated last night, and that his
sole responsibility is to give them
what they have right to expect
the best Army in the world. So it
was with deep sense of the trust
imposed upon him by the President
and the Congress that he said it was
impossible to develop an efficient
Army if decisions of a purely mill
tary nature were continuously sub
ject to investigation, croSS-eXamlna-
ton, debate, ridicule and public
attention"
But it was to the questionable pa
triotism of certain pressure groups
that General Marshall directed a
complaint with which most thought
full Americans surely agree. Il sub
nit" he warned, that there is a
clear line Of demarcation between
the democratic freedom of dis
cusSion which we are determined to
preserve and destructive procedure
which promotes discomfort and de-
stroys confidence in the Army"
Criticism, justified or otherwise, is
TO be expected, and General Mar
shall himself has shown a tendency
toward doing a healthy bit of it for
the good of the service and the per-
sonnel. Yet he was clearly justified
from the point of view of national
defense in pleading with the misin-
formed and ill-advised to leave the
Evening star., 1941-09-16
Comments on Change Of Policy
About Communism and Russia.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Poor Martin Dies. He doesn't seem to
have much luck. After putting in so
much faithful, fervid work exposing
Communists, he misses the bus for lack
of timing.
But where has Mr. Dies been that
he failed to learn when the schedule
was changed? resto-chango, and over
night new political time table went
into effect, since when we have gone all
out to aid Russia and the Communists
1. e. to sell them bill of goods-not to
hinder them.
1t is true that previously Russia was
the Red menace, Stain bloody butcher,
ETC., etc, but all that was reversed while
Mr.. Dies was not looking and Stain is
now our pal joey.
So how can We be pro- Communism
and anti Communist at the same time?
Or is that easy for the warmakers,
whose motto, it seems, is war at any
price and for any purpose?
T. H. RUSSELL.
Evening star., 1941-09-16
District Budget

Some eminently sound advice was
given to the District Commissioners
yesterday by civic and trade repre-
sentatives attending the opening Of
hearings at the District Building on
departmental estimates totaling $65,-
100000 for 1943. Taking proper ac-
count of emergency conditions
confronting the city-and likely to
continue in evidence for an indefinite
period-the citizens indicated gen.
eral agreement that municipalities
as well as individuals must adjust
themselves to the eXigencies of the
defense program. The consensus
was that washington must tighten
its belt in concert with its constituent
citizenS-that it must live within its
income, that it must fOrgO not only
luXurieS but many improvements
which, though ordinarily favored, are
considered non-eSsential in the light
of defense needs. For example, the
Board Of Trade suggested that fur
ther expansion of parks and recrea-
tional facilities, while desirable,
should be deferred until times be-
come more normal; that certain re-
lief and social service items could be
curtailed in view of rising employ
ment and that the school conSolida-
ton program should be postponed.
On the other hand, the witnesses
urged that vital health, police and
fire protection and other necessary
municipal services be maintained
and amplifed.
The weight of public opinion GER
tainly is against any increase in the
local tax burden, especially at
time when taxpayers are faced with
greatly increased Federal levieS and
rising living costs. 1t will require
courage and intelligence on the part
of the Commissioners to balance the
District budget. In studying the de-
partmental estimates, the Commis-
SionerS should Scrutinize carefully
every item involving an increase In
capital outlay or in services rendered,
to determine whether the Federal
Government should not be asked to
assume a fair share Of the added
burden. 1t is obvious that defense
expansion already has placed great
strain on utilities, roads and other
municipal services. New bridges and
approaches are being discussed to
take care of War and Navy buildings
across the river, new water and Sani-
tation facilities are required to meet
special demands, more claSSroomS
are needed-all largely because of
the national emergency. 1t has been
the policy of the Federal Govern
ment to pay for Improvements in
other cities directly traceable to de-
fenSe requirements. There is every
reason why the same policy should
apply to the Nations Capital, which,
as the Board of Trade asserted at
yesterdays hearing, is second to no
other community in its Importance
as a defense area"
Evening star., 1941-09-16
Proposes Editorial Column
For Junior Readers Guidance.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
I recently overheard talk carried on
by group of boys in our neighborhood
and was amazed at their criticism Of the
President and his policies, the Chief
Justice and our Government in general
I believe in considering both sides of
a question, but this talk was loose, un-
intelligent and destructive.
One of the boys remarked, eff Lind
bergh can talk like that, I can. This
is free country"
When another of the group dared to
take up for the President, he was told:
"All right, do you want a gun stuck in
your hand do you want to be cannon
fodder?"
These boys come from average Amer
lean homes Discounting the fact that
boys in their early teens like to talk in
. spirit Of bravado and to show Off
Evening star., 1941-09-16
Meadow Foo

GrdndSir'S lolDer meadow
In the early day mould be
Wrapped 1Uithin the daWn-tog's
Siluery mystery;
Neither stony brook nor totllops
Had shape or sound
There Was no apparent difference
Betueen the air and ground;
And the cattle ,Dere a phantom herd,
Cropping all unseen,
Behind the meado,0 da0n-tog's
Opaque SiIDer screen;
But the herd-belPS hidden ringing
None hearing could forget
The daUn Uns silDer bell-notes
Within silUer 1Cet.
JESSIE M. DOWLN.
Evening star., 1941-09-16
Leuse-Lend Progress

.SSSS .S'S
President Roosevelt's report to
| Congress on the first six months of
operations under the LeaSe-Lend Act
shows that most of the promised aid
from our arsenal of the democra-
cies" still is on order. Not quite
$8OOOO,O00 worth of leaSe-lend
planes, tanks, guns and other mill
tary supplies actually have been ex-
ported to Britain, China and other
benefciaries since passage of the
historic law on March II last. In
addition, $110,606,550 worth of agri-
cultural supplies have been shipped
abroad When it is considered, how
ever, that heavy ordnance and other
complicated war materiel cannot be
turned out overnight, the fact that
greater quantities of the sineWS of
war have not been delivered under
the aid-to-democracies program is
not surprising. These slim figures
do not, of course, give the whole pic
ture of Americas production for
Britain and her allies during the past
six months. Our defense industries
were at work on huge orders for ship
ment abroad long before lease and
lend policies were heard of. More
than four billions of dollars worth
of war supplies have gone to the
British Empire since the outbreak of
the second World War, most of it
paid for ION the barrel-head"
OF the S7,OO0,OOO,OOO appropriated
last March for lease-lend aid, S6,281,-
237, ,421 has been allocated. More
than half of the original appropria-
ton has been translated into con-
tracts. In appraising the situation,
it is encouraging to note that Of the
$190,000,000 worth of defense ma
terials exported in the half-year pc
riod, 80 per cent of the deliveries
were made in the past three months,
and the tempo is speeding up gradu-
ally. The report does not disclose
what percentage of shipments eluded
German U-boatS, surface raiders and
bombers and reached their destina-
tions safely Safe delivery of the
goods is essential to success of the
whole lease-lend program-and to
insure safe delivery, the United
States Navy has been ordered to sink
at sight any Axis raiders venturing
into waters deemed essential to our
defense. Such waters are to be found
wherever our lease-lend supply lines
extend
Meanwhile the President is pre-
pairing to ask for another large ap-
preparation with which to carry for
ward the lease-lend program. 1t has
been reported in official quarters that
the amount requested will approx
mate $6,000 900, ,000-only billion
short of the initial allotment. This
sum, like the first, Is staggering, but
if it will help the enemies of Hitler
ism to achieve the victory for which
they are giving their energies and
their lives, it will be a sound invest
ment. In making this tremendous
investment for the cause Of freedom,
however, the American people will
want to know that their dollars are
producing the greatest return posi-
BILE in terms of material assistance
rendered to those who are doing the
fighting. That a vastly intensified
productive effort and far greater sac
rifices by every one engaged in that
effort will be necessary in the hard
months that lie ahead, there can be
no doubt.
Evening star., 1941-09-16

Britain's oldest man, Alfred Arnold
by name, has died at liz. He had
been a correspondent in three con-
flicts, but Hitler's improvement on
what Sherman said war is proved too
much for the veteran.
Evening star., 1941-09-16
Letters to the Editor

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q UielU to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-09-16

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Evening star., 1941-09-16

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the for republication of all news dispatches
credited TO It or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein
All rights of publication OF special dispatches
herein also are reserved
Evening star., 1941-09-16

@. Which of John Buchan's novels
was posthumous?-E D. H
A Mountain Meadow" was published
in February, 1941, year after his death.
@. What are social insects?-L. F. H.
A They are those that live in COM
munities and have differentiated forms
or castles, as bees, Wasps, ants and ter
mites.
@. At what temperature are bananas
kept when they are being shipped?-
J. C. E.
A. They should be kept within tenn
perature of from SIS to 65 degrees.
O. How much money is embezzled?-
c. L. S.
A approximately 5000 100000 annually.
Q. How many non-Germans are work.
ing in Germany?-C. D. A.
A. Over 100000 non-Germans are
working in the factories and fields Of the
Reich. Half are prisoners of war and
the other half are either press-ganged by
force or compelled by unemployment to
work for Germany or starve.
O. When were clocks first Illuminated
M. J. H
A. In 1926 the first Illuminated clock
was placed in st. Brides, London.
@. What is the meaning Of Granada,
the city in Spain?-L. B. N.
A. Granada is the Spanish word for
pomegranate.
@. How early did Virginia have Sun
day schools?-W H M
A. The first was established in 1886
by Francis Asbury, John Wesley's assist
ant and the first bishop of the Methodist
Episcopal Church ordained in America.
@. Please give the origin of the term
star chamber."-E. w. F.
A. These words were first applied to
an English court which met in the
council chamber of the palace at West
minister. The ceiling of the room was
decorated with gilt stars, which are sup
posed to have given the court its name.
@. Who was the greatest chess player
of all time?-L. C. R.
A. Paul Morphy of New Orleans is
generally conceded to be. He died in
that city in 1884 and his home is pre-
served as a memorial.
Q. Was there ever a war known as
Seven Years War on the American con-
tinent?-J. T. o.
A. The French and Indian War or
the Seven Years War was closed by the
treaty Of Paris in 1853 France sur
rendered to England all the French ter
ritory east of the Mississippi River, ex-
cept two small islands off the coast Of
Newfoundland and small portion Of
land around New Orleans.
@. What prison was called "the DEVILS
Island of America"?-W. M G.
A. Fort Jefferson, Fla, which still
ranks as the largest an-maSonry fortif1-
cation in the Western World 1t was
abandoned as an active defense in 1873,
but during the Civil War it was the most
dreaded of all Federal prisons. Shark
infested depths between the prison and
the mainland cut off every hope OF
ecoona
Evening star., 1941-09-16
Hoskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. HGsktn.

A reader can get the unSUer 10 dry
question OF fact by Writtng The EUe~
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. HdSkin, director, Washington,
D. c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
O. When was the name Washington
given to the Nations Capital?-A G. A.
A. In September, 1871, Congress passed
an act naming the Federal District tbs
District Of Columbia and giving the
name of Washington TO the city itself.
@. How much is the war costing Great
Britain?-C. B. r.
A. The Chancellor of the Exchequer
recently reported that Great Britain's
war expenditure is estimated at Sal 00O,-
600 day. not counting the help being
received from the United States.
@. What color test Is required OF
officers in the United States Army
H. G.
A. The ability to recognize and dis
tinguish red and green is requirement.
@. Who was the first woman in the
United States to receive a patent?-
c. L. S.
A. The first successful application
from woman was recorded in 1909
by Mary KieS, who invented a method
of weaving straw with silk or thread.
@. What became of 1sadora Duncan's
two children?-C. B. R.
A. In April, 1913, they were drowned in
the Seine as the result of a motor acci-
dent.
Q. When was King George VI given q
21-gun salute at the Washington Navy
Yard?-J. E. r.
A. He was given the salute at 1l:53
am. June 8, 1889
Evening star., 1941-09-16

Q. When were clocks first Illuminated
M J. H
A In 1926 the first illuminated clock
was placed in ST. Brides, London.
Evening star., 1941-09-16

O. At what temperature are bananas
kept when they are being shipped?-
J. C. E.
A. They should be kept within a tenn
perature of from SIS to 65 degrees.
Evening star., 1941-09-16

@. What color test Is required OF
officers in the United States Army7-
Evening star., 1941-09-16

A. The ability to recognize and dis
tinguish red and green is requirement.
Evening star., 1941-09-16

Q. How many non-Germans are work.
ing in Germany?-C. D. A.
A Over 100000 non-Germans are
working in the factories and fields Of the
Reich. Half are prisoners of war and
the other half are either press -ganged by
force or compelled by unemployment to
work for Germany or starve.
Evening star., 1941-09-16
Member of the Associated Press.

Entered as second-class matter post Office.
Washington. d. c.
Evening star., 1941-09-16

MdCIlG lUullU.
This shows clearly, he said, that
there is a definite interaction between
the two substances, both of which have
a primary action on the nerve cells Of
the brain.
In another series of experiments one
group of mice was given lethal doses of
cobra venom and, at the same time,
small quantities of the vitamin. An
other group was given cobra venom
alone. The group receiving both the
vitamin and the venom showed a lower
death rate than that which was given
only the latter.
A second series of mice was injected
with the vitamin daily for several days
and then given the venom. The thiamin-
fortified mice were much more resistant
to the toxic effects. When very large
doses of the vitamin were given, how
ever, mice were rendered more suscep-
tible to the poison than the normal
controls.
Some promise of practical value may
already be discerned as a result of the
discovery described above" DR.. Macht
said. In the first place, while the mar
gin of safety for therapeutic solutions of
cobra nerve toxin is a very wide one, it
may be expected that the administration
of thiamin to patients receiving large
doses over long periods may insure safety
from untoward side reactions.
"In the second place, it is quite pos
sible that treatment with thiamin and
cobra venom in cases of tic douloureux,
sciatica and other forms of neuralgia may
improve the already favorable results. .
Evening star., 1941-09-16

@. How much money is embezzled?-
c. L. S.
A. Approximately 5000 900 900 annually.
Evening star., 1941-09-16

President Roosevelt's report to
Congress on the first six months of
operations under the LeaSe-Lend Act
shows that most of the promised aid
from our arsenal of the democra-
Evening star., 1941-09-16

A reader can get the answer to any
question OF fact by ,0rittng The Eue-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred.
eric J. HdSkin, director, Washington,
D. c. Please tnclose stamp for reply.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-10-10
Indians of Old Buried
Master With His Dog

UNION SPRINGS, N. Y.-Evi-
dence that prehistoric residents Of
western New York took their dogs
when they went to the Happy Hunt
ing Ground has been unearthed by
scientists.
The evidence was found by Will
liam A. Richie, Rochester Museum
of Arts archeologist, on Frontenac
island in Cayuga lake. 1t consisted
of skeletons of several large hunt
ing dogs found among the bones Of
Is human beings who were buried
some Is centuries ago.
Although skeletons of small dogs
have been found before in New York
state Indian burials, this is the first
time remains of large hunting dogs
have been discovered. Richie ex-
planned. He said the dogs were
about the size of the collie
1T is evident that the dogs were
treated with utmost respect" he
said. 1--WE have found at least two
graves in which the dogs alone have
been given the dignity of burial
Other pets apparently were killed
and buried beside their masters.