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Evening star., 1941-05-19
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles z. TrdcetDeU.

very WELL especially If protected from
the north winds to some extent.
The trunks have a habit of dividing
into two, close to the ground. and grow
ing up independently Often the trunk
splits about feet from the ground.
Many picturesque effects are secured
in this way. Many of these trees send
out curVing branches which make pretty
pictures, with their feathery leaves,
compound The leaflets give the branches
the distinct feathery appearance.
*+
Other names of the common locust
are yellow locust, white locust and
acacia
The honey locust, s6-called, is some
times known as honey shucks, thorn
tree and three-cornered acacia.
The big thorns on the trunk and
lower branches easily identify it.
All the locusts are brittle, in life, and
tough when down Locust Wsod makes
the best sort of fence posts. We believe
that policemens billies once were made
of this wood
Despite their drawbacks, they have a
way Of working up quite an affection for
themselves on the part of persons who
live around them.
Many years ago there was a series of
books, for feminine readers, called the
Little Colonel books.
A great driveway bordered by Iocusts
was part of these stories, so mitch so
hot ic Fo 10 y.
but today keeps,a warm spot IN her heart
for the locust trees. So, at least, We
are told, on very good authority.
X
The fall of the blossoms, drifting down
hour after hour, in rain and shine, is in
triguing
The careful lawnmaker will be some
what nonplussed, as he watches his
green grass become almost white.
The little flowers blow in the wind like
snow.
They drift even, as snow drifts. In
the streets they rather resemble hail
stones.
The fall is not all at once, but spread
over long time, several days, with the
blossoms OfItlng across the Edrd minute
after minute.
If YOU watch the display from an up
stairs window, it resembles a slow motion
snowfall more than ever.
Various insects attack the loCusts, 50
that sometimes tree which TO all out
ward appearances is perfect, Is practical
/ ly hollow inside
Such trees are easy preys TO summer
storms
1t is good practice to inspect all To-
I Gusts shortly after a thunderstorm.
Most Of them have a decided slant
anyway; the inspector must know his
trees and be able to tell whether they
are more cut Of line than usual.
Sometimes suburban dwellers tend to
deprecate locust trees. They are not as
good as oaks, they say Which is some
what on the order Of the dog owners
criticism of cats, that the latter are not
dogs.
Oak trees are much more likely TO be
struck by lightning, for one thing. Oak
/ elm and pine lead the list.
Evening star., 1941-05-19
Discusses Report of Proposed Appeal
OF Philippine Government for Loan.

To the Editor of The star:
The other day The Star published
press dispatch from Manila stating
that Philippine Commonwealth Presi-
dent Manuel Quezon contemplated
sending another political mission to the
United States for the purpose of ne
gotiating S20OO00OO0 loan from the
American EXport-Import Bank
AS a Filipino, 1 am opposed to the
grant of such a huge loan to the Quezon
government. Mr.. Quezon says that the
money thus obtained would be used to
bolster plans for protection of civilians
in wartime and for the military de-
fenses Of the Philippines. 1t seems that
Mr.. Quezon at long last has found in
the hySteria of the native population
resulting from the present World War
II an excuse to justify his vast financial
program envisaging the expenditure of
millions of dollars beyond the limited
income of the Philippine commonwealth.
The average annual income of the
Philippine government for the past dec
ade has not been more than $50 1000 900.
How in the name of common sense does
Mr.. Quezon ever hope to repay this loan
by the American Export-Import Bank?
What proposal does he intend to sub
NIT to the American people to Justify
such loan and insure its repayment
within a reasonable period? On the
basis of the present income of the
Philippine government, it certainly
would take at least half century to
repay, if at all, the 5000 100000 loan
Moreover, what kind of government
will the Filipinos have after July 4,
1916, the date Of total independence from
the United States under the terms of
the Philippine independence law? All
intelligent Fflipinos and keen students
of Pacific affairs agree in the belief
that Japan will gobble up the Philip
pines the moment the Filipinos are given
their longed-for freedom, notwithstand-
ing statements of the Japanese Foreign
Office to the contrary.
The granting of the 5000 900 900 loan
or any loan, for that matter, to the
Quezon government should be predi-
Gated upon the basis of the indefinite
retention of the Philippines by the
United States. The Philippine Inde-
pendence Act should be amended to
permit this country to hold those islands
until all obligations of the Quezon gov
ernment have been discharged in full
TEDDY DE NOLASCO.
Evening star., 1941-05-19
Oh, SHINING Moment

There 1uiH be nights OF beauty as
the year
Advances garlunded upon her Udy.
But not again an hour so hushed
and clear,
So pure and uirqinal dusk of May.
There 10tH be other moons, but never
these
Same dogCood Shado,CS traced upon
the rail-
Never the seltsame blossoms on the
trees,
White chaliceS phere deU and moon
beams fall.
oh, shining moment! Your rapt
loneliness
The passionate heart mould snatch
from time and hold,
As fingers pluck the perfect rose to
But find, one day, Its petals dry and
old.
A thousand centuries hare foDered
tonight,
A consunmation Wrought by shaping
gears
That sweep beyond the human
hearts delight
And 90 their way, unheedful OF mans
tears.
INEZ BARCLAY KIRBY.
Evening star., 1941-05-19
Labor Discipline

Two things have occurred within
the past forty-eight hours which
promise to end the outlaw strike that
has shut down eleven San Francisco
shipyardS, and which, if given gen.
eral application, could be expected
to bring about a substantial improve
ment in the labor picture.
One is the decision by the Bay
Cities Metal Trades Council to ignore
the "illegitimate" picket lines estab-
lished by 1,700 A. F. of L. and c. 1. O..
machinists who struck on May 10 Ia
violation of contract The other is
the bluntly worded statement by
Acting Secretary of the Navy James
V. ForreStal that the Navy Depart
ment has mo intention whatsoever"
of agreeing to the demand of the
strikers for wage increases in excess
of their contract provisions.
The action of the A. F. of L. Coun-
ell is of real significance, for it marks
a determined and-in the eyes of
labor-a drastic effort on the part
of the parent union to discipline its
own members.
When the striking machinists set
up their picket lines some $4,000 other
workers refused to go through them,
with the result that all activity in the
shipyards, including work on sixty
vessels for the Navy, was brought to
standstill. Presumably the nom
strikers were not in sympathy with
the machinists, but, in keeping with
established labor practice, they were
unwilling on their own initiative to
cross the picket lines.
II these men are now going to ig-
more the pickets and return to their
Jobs in accordance with the A. F. of L.
announcement, it will not only make
possible the resumption Of much of
Evening star., 1941-05-19
Woman Thinks Aloud
About Things in Her World.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Tonight watched the sunset, as
prepared dinner; heard cricket singing
close outside; tried few melodies on
my recently acquired 25-cent fife while
the food cooled off slightly. and then sat
down in a circle of lamplight (electricD
to eat.
Later, with the kitchen in order and
the trash taken out, curled up on the
couch to look through new book picked
up at a drugstore bargain counter, a
simply. written, thoughtfully compiled
high school course, for those who didn't
have the chance" and those like myself,
who were exposed to it, but
1t began to rain suddenly and softly.
As I stepped over to close the window,
I noticed United States. map folded
and tucked into q corner, In case I
Evening star., 1941-05-19

new economic system, designed to
lessen their dependence on the
United States market by developing
export outlets elsewhere. "We feel
that the spiritual values involved in
the present conflict transcend all
material considerations" Commits
sioner Elizalde said, in streSsing the
desire of his government to CO.
operate with the United States.
Because it is essential that the
movement of war materials to the
Axis from the Philippines be halted,
the House and Senate should quickly
pass the pending legislation. For
until the leak from the Philippines
is plugged, the export control pro-
gram cannot reach its maximum
effectiveness.
Evening star., 1941-05-19

One by one the locust flowers had
fallen. so that the lawn and the drive
way and sidewalks were covered, and
a creamy drift had blown onto the
porch.
1t was as if slightly yellow snow had
fallen. On the trees the flowers, which
somewhat resemble sweet peas, hang in
long clusters.
On the lawn they are nuisance, but
disappear in time, even if not raked up.
Careful home owners like to sweep them
up on sidewalks, but they are light and
will blow away by themselves.
This fragrant litter comes after the
great day of perfume, in which this tree
is unsurpassed. Not every spring is a
good locust flower year.
1t is just every now and then, usually
in very dry springs, that the locusts,
especially the common species bloom to
their fullest.
Then the bees come from near and
far.
IOCuSts, honey lOcuStS, redbuds and
coffee trees belong to the pulse family.
SIENNA and indigo are derived from for
eign members of the family.
To this group also belongs the famous
sensitive plant which has had poems
written about it.
The various locust trees grow ex-
tprCjva1V UTocl,Jyo+Ov, c,,h,,rLr
Although these trees have some bad
points, including that of being easily
blown down, they are graceful and in
teresting.
The Kentucky coffee tree, as it is
popularly called, is not so common. Sew
eral fine specimens may be seen at the
Connecticut avenue entrance to the
Chevy Chase Club. This tree develops
very tough pods, which are lined with a
green wax, and hold about six seeds.
1t is now grown solely as an orna-
mental tree.
The coffee part of its popular name
seems to be more tradition than any,
thing else. In pioneer days, in the
Middle West, settlers are supposed tc
have roasted these beans, and ground
them up for coffee
We once collected a quantity of them
intending to roast and grind them. but
never got around to it. Coffee roasting
is, after all business and an art. Not
every one can take it up lightly.
One stops short, on trying to imagine
just what the resulting coffee" would
taste like.
Pioneers, after all, were very hardy.
They would eat and drink almost any
thing, And, what was more, they could
get away" with it better, because they
had all the vitamins and minerals in
their diets.
Locust trees have bad habit of losing
their lower branches, so that in time
there is just a cluster of limbs at the
top
This results in long, straight mast
OF trunk, not at all preposseSsing.
Probably most of the faults of these
trees are due to croWding.
Specimens by themselves seem to de-
velop normally enough, and to stand ur
Evening star., 1941-05-19

might want it some time. but neglected
in the press of jobkeeping and house.
keeping.
I stopped to look over it, and remem-
bered a sentence spoken few years ago
by the President of the United States:
There is no problem, social, economic,
or political, that cannot be dissolved in
the fires of a spiritual awakening"
Perhaps that is not quoted exactly,
but it's close.
We get all Cluttered up with our
adulterated foods, our poisoned air, our
economic rivalries, our congested emo
tions. until our vision clouds.
Germanys did . Englands did.
Ours? VIRGINIA LEE GRIMES.
Evening star., 1941-05-19
Pleased to See Hitler
Called by His Original Name.

To the Editor of The Star:
am very glad to see that in the c. K
Bergman cartoon, May IA. the artist has
had the gumption to call the German
dictator by his real name.
Operating under the name of Schickl-
gruber the person under discussion might
never have been heard from
Many gem of purest ray serene.
The dark unfathomed depths of ocean
bare;
Many flower was born to blush unseen
And waste its fragrance on the desert
air."
Der Fuehrer certainly is none of these.
As Schicklgruber, he might not have got
to first base. LAURA K. POLLOCK.
Evening star., 1941-05-19
Emergency Needs

The survey just completed by Dis
trict and Federal officials reveals IN
sharp perspective the excessive bur
dens which are being thrust upon
already inadequate municipal SerV-
ices as a result of the rapid growth
of Washington in recent months.
The stress on the school system, the
water supply, health and sanitation
facilities, highways, fire protection
equipment and a multitude of other
essential agencies and activities is
becoming increasingly acute. Some
of the deficiencies call for immediate
remedial measures, in the interest
of the public welfare, and the report
therefore lists a group of projects
that should be started before the end
of the year.
Special emphasis was laid on the
urgency of prompt action to protect
the city's water supply from Sabo-
tage. At present it would be rela-
lively easy for SaboteurS to cause
serious damage to WaShingtonS
water system. For example, the
main inlets at Great Falls have no
gratingS to block floating obStruc-
tions from entering the COnduitS,
and many other vital parts of the
delivery, storage and pumping SyS-
TENS are not properly safeguarded.
A $500,000 allotment to insure in
tegrity of the water supply was
recommended. This is a small pre-
MUM to pay for insurance against a
water shortage or worse.
School construction costing $780,
600 should be begun this year, it was
estimated, due largely to the influx
of new families in connection with
the defense program. At least
$4,000,000 worth Of buildings are
needed right now to relieve over
croWding. especially in the eastern
section of the city. The school sur
vey served to confirm earlier reports
as to the gravity of the classroom
crisis in the District.
The survey also brought added
support for the efforts of local citi-
zenS to secure a health center for
the thickly populated central north
west area, where health conditions
are grossly unsatisfactory. The
health center in this most unhealthy
part of the city has been regarded
by public health officials as a press
ing need.
The whole program would entail
an outlay this year of more than
S17,700000. Since most Of the prof.
ects are a direct outgroWth of eX-
traordinary demands made upon the
municipality as result of the ma
tional emergency, it follows that
Federal funds should be made avail
able to pay for as much of the pro-
gram as is reasonably attributable
to defense expansion. That the Fed
eral Government recognizes that 1t
has responsibilities to meet in this
connection is evidenced by the fact
that there is pending in Congress a
bill to appropriate Sl5O,OOOOOO Tor
emergency requirements of defense
burdened local communities, among
which the District of Columbia is
an outstanding example.
Evening star., 1941-05-19
Destroying the SokoIs

DR.. Karl GrOOS Of the University
of Basel some forty years ago wrote
a fascinating book to show, with
other things, that men learned to
play before it ever occurred to them
to learn to work. The average per-
son perhaps does not think of pleas
ure before business as a defenSible
proposition, yet there have been times
within the experience of living gen.
eratiOnS when the antitheSiS of
labor-the legitimate recreational
interests of a people-took prece-
dence for the moment.
In Bohemia and MoraVia in 1862
there came into existence a great
folk movement to which the younger
elements among the CzechS and the
SlovakS were strongly attracted.
This development took its name
from that of the falcon, "a bird of
strength and courage" Each of the
many local branches was known as
a SOkol. The number of reighbOr-
in 1898 to four thousand in 1910.
Dr. Miroslav TyrS and Jindrich
Fuegner were the founders and
original leaders Their purpose was
"to strengthen the national con-
SCiOuSneSS with a resultant growth
of patriotism" and "to create through
calisthenics a nation of physically
perfect individuals" Every sixth
year a "Slet" or athletic demonstra-
ton was staged at Prague, but these
periodic physical culture exhibitions
we're more than mere SpeCtaCleS.
Through them the spirit Of a nation
was cultivated-a nation which at
last was reborn in the Capital of the
United States on october 25, 1918.
Through the two decades follow
ing that date. during which CzechO-
Slovakia maintained an independent
prosperity, the SokolS continued to
serve as a bulWark of the repub-
lican government headed by DR..
Thomas G. MaSaryk and his success
SOr, President BeneS. When the
Germans occupied the country they
heSitated for a while to trouble the
SokOl organization because of its
connections with similar bodies in
Bulgaria and YugoslaVia. Now,
however, those Balkan Kingdoms
have fallen to Hitler'S legions and
there no longer is any compelling
reason for the Nazis to spare the pa
triotic impulses which still survive
among the Bohemians and the Nora
vians. Early in the morning of Sun
day, April 20, agents of the GeStapo
sealed all buildings belonging to the
sokols and confscated all money
and securities held by them. News
of the destruction of the movement
reached America last week.
But Der Fuehrer is too intelligent
to imagine that his war can be won
by abusing the material manifesto
tions of human freedom. The
sokol gymnaSiums, hotels and Ii
braries may be delivered to the
German turnverband and the very
names by which they have been
famous may be forbidden utterance,
yet the instinct which inspired the
sokol adherents cannot be destroyed.
Hitler would be ashamed of his fol-
lowers if theV were to submit to an
alien tyranny. Logically, then, he
must concede the right-yes, the
duty-of the Czechs and the SlovakS
to resent the persecution to which
they are being subjected
Meanwhile, plans for a "slet" of
members of the sokols in the United
States are being formulated for Sol
diers' Field, Chicago, Sunday, June
20. The occasion will be memorable.
Evening star., 1941-05-19
Proposes Tax Anticipation Bonds
To Help wealthy" Investors.

10 Help wealthy" Investors.
To the Editor of The Star:
People of wealth have good reason to
fear the great tax levies that are i'm
mediately ahead. Offerings of taxable
Federal bonds offer them no encourage
ment nor tighten their load. 1t would
special issues of tax exempt defense tax
anticipation bonds.
Two per cent is good return on a tax
exempt private investment. Two per
cent also is good return on taxable
United States Government bonds. The
Treasury should offer as an inducement
per cent defense tax anticipation bonds.
These bonds could be purchased now
from the Treasury in one year. two years,
three years, four years, five years, etc.
maturities. They would carry no inter-
est coupons. They would be redeemable
only in payment of Federal taxes at ma
turity at par. One year maturities would
sell at SO and be redeemable in payment
of Federal taxes at maturity at 100;
tWo-year maturities would sell at 80 and
be redeemable in payment of Federal
taxes at maturity at 100; three-year ma
turtles at 88-payable at 100; four years
at Sc; five at 81, etc. All maturities
would be exempt from all Federal, State
and local taxes.
Defense tax anticipation bonds would
give the wealthy man break. He could
convert other tax exempt holdings into
United States bonds now when the
market is strong and prices are good.
1t would put over the sale of defense
bonds with bang" 1t would get people
started buying defense bonds when the
buy a bond" habit needs urgent stimu-
lation. WALTER A. BOWERS.
Evening star., 1941-05-19
Spreading Eastern Fires

The blaze recently kindled in Iraq
East in a general conflagration.
Everywhere in that vast area sparks
are flying before strong winds of
partisanShip and propaganda, and
here and there they ignite fresh
fires
SymptOmatic of the unrest which
exists in all these lands is the at
tempted flight of General Aziz PaSha,
a former chief of staff of the Egyp-
tian Army. Despite technical inde-
pendence, Egypt is closely aSSo-
ciated with Britain by a treaty which
gives British military and naval
forces virtually complete use of
Egyptian territory in wartime. How
ever, the Egyptian government has
not formally Joined in the war
against the Axis, and even when
British forces were most hard pressed
by Axis armies on the Lybian front,
the Egyptian Army remained on the
SidelineS.
This anomalous policy is due to
the fact that strong anti-British
elements exist in Egypt, while public
opinion inclines toward cautious
neutrality. General Aziz Pasha is
known to have pro-German sympa-
thieS and was accordingly relieved
of his key post last August. Pre-
Sumably this was done at British
insistence in a critical time. But
the generals attempted flight at
this moment indicates that he has
been secretly plotting with the Axis,
especially since the government de-
cree offering a rich reward for his
apprehension states that he is ac-
cused of action ''injuring the security
of the kingdom"
With ffth-column activities thus
revealing themselves in Egypt, Brit
aims vital Near Eastern stronghold,
Syria is becoming an Axis base. Be-
sides putting numerous air fields at
the disposal of Axis planes Winging
eastward to Iraq, the local French
authorities seem to be assisting in
other ways. Columns of French
Army trucks are repeatedly rolling
eastward, filled with Syrian volun-
teerS on their way to join the IraqiS
in their struggle against Britain and
those recruits presumably are armed
from large surplus military stores
accumulated in Syria during the
early part of the war, when a big
French Army was assembled there
for action against the Axis. Indeed,
the remaining French troops in
Syria. numbering between 10000 and
$4,000, appear ready to resist any
British attempt to take over the
country. Britain is thus faced with
the unpleasant choice of letting the
Axis close its grip over Syria or
fighting the combined French and
Axis forces.
Behind these reliably reported
facts lies a seething background
of diplomatic intrigue and popular
ferment. The exiled Grand Mufti
of Jerusalem has issued a call
to the Palestinian Moslems urging
them to war against the British.
Iranian Persian) and Afghan mis-
sions are conducting negotiations in
Ankara, the Turkish capital. Turkey
becomes daily more isolated and un-
certain, threatened as it is not mere
ly by Axis pressure from three sides
but also with an increasingly pro-
Axis attitude of Russia on the fourth.
Russia formally has recognized
Rashid's Iraqi government, a dis
tinctly pro-AXis and anti-BritiSh
Evening star., 1941-05-19
Objects to "MuddIed Reasoning"
OF Former President.

To the Editor Of The Star:
An outstanding example of the
muddled reasoning which characterizes
our isolationists is that of former Presi-
dent Hoover's recent address in which
he advocated the utmost aid to Britain
but objected to the only possible way
in which We can make our aid effec-
tive-deGvery of the needed supplies
and weapons.
1t is perhaps wise to give our isola-
zionist friends a full head of steam
because their wishful thinking and fall
ure to face the facts are convincing the
country, if not themselves, that their
policy, or lack of policy, would lead us
into inevitable disaster.
E. RUSSELL WHITE.
Il
Evening star., 1941-05-19

The Nazis have learned by now
that before putting victims into the
doghouse 1t is wiser to make sure
that the back door is locked.
Evening star., 1941-05-19

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