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Evening star., 1941-01-13
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. TrdcetDeH.

Hence this feeder had not been used
for a long time. 1t was a good device,
no doubt, but we couldn't get out of
our mind the probability of harm to
their claws.
The first time this device had been
used, a year ago, we had split piece of
rubber tubing and carefully curved it
around the edge.
1t made very neat job.
Here was a feeder with a rubber tired
rim!
1t looked nobby to human eyes, and
the birds did not mind it.
1t would have been all right, indeed,
if the squirrels had let it alone But
these animals have an inquisitive nature.
In this respect they much resemble
monkeys and humans. They kept on
prying at the rubber, just because it was
something new.
When they got one end loose, they
kept on until they got the other end
loose, and from then on it was simply
matter of time till they got the whole
tire" on the ground.
Now, we hoped, the squirrels would let
the rubberized edge alone
1t was at this point that the nuthatches
arrived.
They took to the feeder with alaCrity.
First one and then another would fly
TO the rubber rim, seize a seed, and fly
to a nearby tree With the titmice and
the chickadees, the nuthatches seldom
eat where they find.
They all prefer to bear a seed away,
eat it at leisure in a secluded place.
Whether this is simply bird psychology,
or just habit, is unknown.
This brought the nuthatChes close to
the house, where they could be seen
easily. Few birds are prettier close up.
Practically all the songsters which win
ter here repay close study. 1t is fea-
ture of birds, that they improve with
close acquaintance. Dogs often do not,
and the same can sometimes be said of
cats, monkeys, and-man.
But birds repay close study every time
Persons who cry out against the starlings
have never seen one of them as close
as 4 feet.
Then they would see how neat their
feathers, how gorgeous is their pattern
and coloring.
The white and gray and blue of the
nuthatch make fine study at close
range.
Often even enthusiasticc bird observers
tend to overlook the nuthatch, because
it is a shy bird, and seldom comes as
close as the observer might like.
The establishment of feeding station
close to the window will tend to lure
this bird close, especially if some trees
are nearby, to which it can fly after
picking up a seed.
Any good wildbird mixture, with some
peanut hearts in it, will attract the
white breasted nuthatch. But the pres
ence of trees nearby is essential to make
it feel at home, for this is true tree
| bird, If there is one.
Evening star., 1941-01-13
A Non-Purtisun Issue

The manner in which many public
men normally counted among the
critics of this administrator are
rallying to the support of the main
objective of the Presidents lend
lease bill is most encouraging evil
dence of the capacity of our democ-
racy to close ranks in a time of great
crisis.
With the exception of those who
are fundamentally opposed to the
administration foreign policy and
who would fight any program for
extending effective aid to Great
Britain, there has been surprisingly
little partisan or factional opposition
to the policy of 'all-out" assistance
contemplated by the pending leg
islation.
This willingness of the opponents
of the administration to cooperate
with the President at this time is best
exemplified by Wendell Willkie, de-
feated Republican candidate for the
presidency. Declaring that democ-
racy, with conditions as they exist
today, can hope to defend itself from
aggression only by granting eXtraor-
dinary powers to the elected Execu-
tive, Mr.. Willkie warned that we
must not fall into the fallacy of
depriving the administration chosen
by the people of the powers necessary
to defend us in order to preserve the
mere forms of democratic procedure.
This willingness on his part to en-
dow the President with great powers
upon condition that some definite
provision is made for their relinquiSh-
ment within a reasonable time arises
from the conviction that British
victory is of vital Importance to the
United States and from his belief that
there can be no assurance of that vic
tory unless the President is author
lied to act quickly and decisively in
the immediate future.
In taking this position, Mr.. Willkie
rises above any suggestion of par
tisanship. For the sake of the pri-
mary objective of national security
he is prepared to forget his own per-
sonal likes and dislikes, and the same
Is true of others who stand with him
men like Senator Austin of Vermont,
Kenneth Simpson of New York and
Senator George of Georgia, Demo-
crat whom the President tried to
drive out of the party in 1888.
In announcing their support OF the
bill, Senators Austin and George
like Mr.. Willkie and Mr.. Simpson
declare themselves for certain amend
ments, but these do not destroy the
primary purpose of the legislation. If
administration leaders in Congress
will receive and consider their pro-
posals in the spirit in which they are
made, they will greatly facilitate that
prompt action on the bill which is so
obviously desirable.
Evening star., 1941-01-13
Sir John LoveY

The last years of Sir John Lavery
were sorrowful enough to discourage
any man who loved beauty as he
certainly did. Yet he clung to life
with a bravery which sometimes has
been characteristic of the greatest
of artists, Michelangelo and Titan
among the number. Perhaps the
EXPLANATION of his persistence might
be discovered in the endowment OF
hope which is the possession OF the
Irish race to which he belonged.
His optimism was power born m
him, and never did it fail him when
he needed its help. At the apex OF
his career he gained an international
reputation as a forceful craftsman
and a dramatic colorist. His cosno-
politanism was legend. Pictures
from his hand were hung in London,
Brussels, Edinburg, Berlin, Glasgow,
Venice, Paris, Antwerp, Madrid,
Stockholm, Milan, Munich, Pitts
burgh, New York, Philadelphia and
Sydney. Among the famous men
who sat for him we're Bernard Shaw
and Patrick Cardinal Hayes. His
interpretations of incidents of the
first World War included the sur
render of the German fleet at Scapa
Flow. He Sketched the symbolic
figure of Fire for the paper currency
of the Irish republic. Meanwhile,
he was knighted by King George V,
admitted to the Royal Academy,
given the freedom of his native Bel
fast and also that of Dublin, and
nominated a corresponding member
of the Institute of France.
Looking back upon effort so yigor-
Gus and valiant and upon achieve
ment so fruitful, it is impossible to-
escape the conclusion that Sir John
was product of freedom. He moved
over the earth without having to ask
a license from any arbitrary author
ity. So, too, he painted in liberty,
without regard to. the let or him
drance of any government. No die
tator patronized him. None ordered
him about. His imagination was
untrammeled save by his own con-
sciousness of what was true to ma
ture, faithful to human dignity,
honorable in its r1lation to the
Evening star., 1941-01-13
Germuny's Balkan Lurder

The worst news from the German
viewpoint printed for some time
appears under Washington dateline
in the shape of a report about agri-
cultural prospects in the Danubian
Basin, published by the Office of
Foreign Agricultural Relations. In
its monthly publication, Foreign
Agriculture, this scientifically i'm
partial organization analyses objec-
lively the agricultural situation and
prospects of the Danubian countries.
And the analysis would certainly
make bad reading in the Third
Reich.
The four countries of the lower
Danube, Hungary, Rumania, Bull
garia and Yugoslavia, are collectively
the traditional granary of Central
Europe All of them are normally
heavy exporters of cereals, livestock
and fodder crops, and upon them
Germany has leaned heavily in its
economic expectations. Long before
the present war, Germany strove to
tie them into its economic system by
long-term barter agreements, and
when war broke out in the autumn
of 1899, Hitler certainly counted upon
the Danube basin as prime factor
in nullifying the strangling effects of
the British naval blockade.
Such expectations have been dis
turbed by a number OF factors.
Perhaps the most important of these
was the record breaking winter last
year. This truly calamitous visitation
of nature greatly reduced most crop
yields. In addition, extensive floods
last spring retarded and curtailed
spring sowings On top Of that,
diplomatic crises in the Balkans led
to large-scale notifications OF both
men and draft animals for military
purposes. In Rumania, especially,
these combined misfortunes resulted
in amazingly low cultivated acreage.
The final blow to German hopes
was Russia's occupation of the Ru-
manian province OF Bessarabia.
Thereby, the richest single granary
Evening star., 1941-01-13
Says Opinions of Contributors
Are Their Own.

To the Editor of The Star:
Last week your paper commented on
an article by F. Regis Noel that ap-
peared in the January issue of the
Journal of the Bar Association OF the
District of Columbia, in which he made
certain criticisms of the United States
District Court and the United States
Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia
Permit me to call your attention to
the fact that while the Journal is the
official organ of the Bar Association,
there is nothing official about the articles
published in the Journal by any member
thereof. In other words, any member
of the association may submit an article
for publication in the Journal but when
his article is published it represents
merely his own personal views and
perhaps the views of other members
who may agree with him. Please make
it plain to your readers that neither
the Bar Association nor the editorial
staff of the journal is necessarily COM
mitted to the views expressed by any
person whose article Is accepted for
publication. JAMES J.kHAYDEN,
Evening star., 1941-01-13

destiny of mankind. He prospered
in his art under democratic system
of society. His influence spread
through institutions independent of
political control. He was himself
from first to last. 1t was not re-
quired of him that he should bow
or scrape to any accidental tyrant.
At the end, despite the gloom in
which he died, he still believed in
the dream of civilization exempt
from uglineSS.
If the planet were to be conquered
by the totalitarian states, it no
longer would be tolerable for persons
of Sir John Lavery's sort nor for the
public which appreciates them.
Evening star., 1941-01-13
Defense Cooperation

The belated agreement reached be-
tween this Government and British
colonial authorities on base sites at
Trinidad removes the last major
obstacle in the way of immediate
development of hemisphere defense
bulWarks in that strategic part OF
the Caribbean Sea. Although some
high officials had sought to minimize
the seriousness of the situation,
there had been much concern among
defense experts here over difficulties
which for weeks have delayed prog
reSS on the base program at Trinidad.
While actual construction was get
ting started at Newfoundland and
other Atlantic base sites, Trinidad
officials continued their efforts to
persuade the United States to accept
a marShy tract of land in lieu OF
certain territory inspected and ap-
proved by the Greenslade Board,
which made a survey of all the pro-
posed bases included in the over
age destroyer deal. Island residents
pointed out that part of the land
desired by the GreenSlade Board
constituted Trinidad's principal "hol-
iday grounds" The United States
rejected the alternate SWampy site
because of the time and cost that
would be involved in reclaiming and
conditioning it for base purposes.
The final agreement gives the Amer
lean Government the area originally
sought by our experts, with the
proviso that in appreciation of the
sacrifices made by the people of
Trinidad, every effort will be made
to avoid upsetting the normal life of
the community.
The concluding step in the his
toric destroyers- for-base exchange
will be taken with the arrival in
London shortly of a special mission
designated by the President to col
laborate with British authorities in
executing the formal ninety-nine-
year leases for the eight bases. The
mission will consist Of one repre-
sentative each from the Army, the
Navy and the Department of Justice.
Under concessions made by the Brit
ish, work on some of the new bases
has proceeded without waiting for
the signing of the leases.
As the forging of this formidable
chain of Atlantic outposts proceeds,
word comes from Canada of plans
for construction of series of land
ing fields in the Far Northwest that
eventually will provide valuable
defense airWay from the United
States to Alaska. These air posts
will follow the general line of the
commercial airWay which now links
this country with Alaska. Intermedi-
ate landing points and supply depots
would be essential to quick and effec-
tive transit Of troops and materiel to
Alaska in time of emergency. Alaska
is assuming an ever increasing i'm
portance in the whole scheme Of
Pacific defense, with two Army and
three Navy bases under construction
and some 5000 troops already gar
risoned there. Proposals have been
made for a military highway through
Canada to connect Alaska with the
States" but this would entail heavy
costs and would require long time
to build The Canadian air fields
therefore would be all the more well
come. They would provide an ade-
quate aerial bridge over friendly
territory. 1t is in this spirit Of good
neighborly cooperation that the
Americas are building up strong de-
fenses against invasion from any
point of the compass.
Evening star., 1941-01-13
State
The Stalker

Ever fled the stalker with his sack.
My breath grew short, my stumbling
feet were numb
My swollen tongue, my painting lips
were dumb,
While sleeper, ever sleeper grew the
track.
And yet dared not stop for breath,
nor slack
The desperate speed that bore me on
my way.
The instant that slowed by night or
day,
I felt his breath on my defenseless back.
At length I muttered, "I will run no
more.
He can take me to his fearsome place,
But he must bear me that last weary
mile"
turned and faced what fate had held
in store.
And 10! I saw my Fathers tender
face
That bent above me with loving snilei
MARION Z. MILLER.
Evening star., 1941-01-13
Joint Budget Committee

Because the national program OUT
lined by the President in his budget
message calls for so vast an out
lay of public funds and because the
financing of rearmament is one of
the major problems facing the new
Congress, the plan of Representative
Woodrum of Virginia for joint COM
mittee to consider Federal eXpendi-
lures and revenues merits the
sympathetic consideration of con-
greSSional leaders. The Senate last
year approved a proposal by Senator
Harrison, chairman of the Finance
Committee, similar to that now
sponsored by Representative Wood
rum, for a joint committee on the
budget. Though the Harrison pro-
pOsal had the support of the PreSi-
dent and Secretary Morgenthau, the
House declined to give its concur
renee. largely because House men,
bers objected to giving the Senate
share in the inception of revenue
bills, which under the Constitution
must originate in the House.
The plan of Representative Wood
rum calls for the creation of a joint
committee, consisting of the ranking
members of both parties on the
House and Senate Appropriation
Committees and the House Ways and
Means and Senate Finance Com
mittees. This group would be a
policy-making and advisory body,
charged with the duty of studying
the budget estimates as whole and
the problem of raising revenue to
meet Federal expenditures. Under
the proposal of Representative
Woodrum, the actual drafting of
revenue bills would continue to re-
main in the hands of the Ways and
Means Committee, so the establish
ment of joint budget committee
would not involve a surrender by
the House of its constitutional duty
to originate revenue measures.
At present no congressional group
analyses, as whole, the budget
estimates and revenue proposals sub
mitted by the Executive AS Secre-
tary Morgenthau pointed out more
than a year ago, revenues and ex-
penditures are "two interrelated
aspects of a single problem" The
Appropriation Committees of the two
houses handle the annual supply
bills for the Government depart
ments and other Federal agencies,
but they are not called upon to raise
the money to meet the expenditures
they have recommended Not infre-
quently it is near the end of the
fiscal year before the Ways and
Means and Finance Committees have
a clear idea of the amount that the
Federal Government is likely to spend
during the next twelve-month period.
Though the American people are
determined, whatever the cost, to
secure total defense, Congress has
a plain duty to insist that the tax
payers be given full value for every
dollar expended. Creation of a Joint
fiscal committee would serve two
useful purposes. First, give Congress
a clearer overall picture of the budget
and the Governments revenue re-
quirements, and second, uncover
possible fields for economy, particu-
larly in the non-defense part of the
budget. Since these results would
obviously be in the public interest,
it is to be hoped that congressional
leaders, early this session, will set up
a Joint budget committee.
Evening star., 1941-01-13
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a pSeudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters 1Uith
Uie1U to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-01-13
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Bv Frederic J. HdSkin.

A reader can get the dnstUer TO any
question OF fact By tUrtting The Ere
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
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Evening star., 1941-01-13

O. When did President Roosevelt maks
his first fireside radio address?-H. T. M.
A. The President broadcast his first
fireside chat on March II, 1888.
Evening star., 1941-01-13

blOOdS, the meStlZOS, have made them
an important element in the Mexican
pattern. Although occasionally an out
standing Indian like Benito Juarez and
Joaquin Amaro may make name for
himself, by and large it is the mestizos
who are the dynamic and unpredictable
group in the country. They are the po-
liticos, the generals, petty officials, and
to some extent the heroes of the people.
Above the inscrutable Indians and the
unpredictable mestizos, there is a con-
geries of classes based on blood" prop
erty and birth. In addition to a grow
ing urban proletariat, middle class
and the varying levels between, there
are groups OF second and third genera
ton mmigrants-American, German,
French, Syrian-both in the capital and
throughout the countryside. Recent in
fuxes of refugees of many national and
theological hues further complicate the
scene.
If the United States Is serious about
Pan-Americanism, one thing should be
made clear at the outset: That our
Mexican policy is to be realistic-that
rich, dull Tic Sam is tired of being
bamboozled and that, if he is to save
his own and his neighbor's skins, he
must go about it on quid pro quo basis.
Otherwise he may wake up to find that
he has equipped supposed ally. only to
find that the latter has gone over to a
higher bidder. A firm stand will produce
amazingly satisfactory results. and, al
though this may be unpalatable to both
sides of the bargaining table, it will ac-
complish more than policy that is
framed in terms Of noble ambigutss.
Evening star., 1941-01-13

c. In what part of the jaws Is the
strongest pressure exerted?-J. D.
A. The strongest pressure of the jaws
is in the molars. They come together
with force of from 100 to 100 pounds,
with a maximum of 270 pounds.
Evening star., 1941-01-13
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Evening star., 1941-01-10
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Evening star., 1941-01-10
One E|ector Rebels, So 'Tuxes'
Are Made Optional at Dinner

The tuxedo and black tie will
be in order at the presidential elec-
tors dinner at the Mayflower Hotel
January 10, but they will not be
compulsory.
This final decree was exacted from
the Presidential Electors Committee
yesterday by one of the electors.
James H. Hammond, attorney Of
Columbia, S. c., who wrote of his
hatred for the tux and tie"
Was there a fifth or fifteenth
columniSt in our ranks who betrayed
to our enemy the advance plans of
this banquet, where all, dressed as
chorus Johnnies, we would be lined
up in our tuxes and ties?" asked
the distressed elector.
Mr.. Hammond went back into
history to support his stand.
"Old Abe said he of Lincoln,
would have split more than logs,
and you may rest assured he would
have had most of his Gettysburg
speech in defiance, at the suggestion
of tuXeS and ties"
Confessing he would rather be "a
seceder than a tuxedo" Mr. Ham,
mond declared he had so much pro-
found diSreSpect for such garb that
Evening star., 1941-01-10
Fuel Oil Probe
Asked byCitizens
Of A. u. Park
Changes to Permit
Parking Lots in a
Zones Is Opposed

A Justice Department inveStiga-
non of recent increases in fuel oil
prices il the District was urged
by the American University Park
Citizens Association meeting last
night in Hurst Hail. American Uni
versity
A resolution offered by Henry L.
Colman opposing proposed change
in the zoning of "A" restricted
areas in the community was passed.
Under the proposal, "A restricted
area zoning would permit establish
ment of parking lots if an area
adjoined a commercial zone or was
separated from such zone by an
alley.
Hear of Projected Fair.
A representative of the Worlds
Fair in Washington in 1943" Com
mittee spoke briefly on tentative
plans for the enterprise. A motion
to indorSe a fair was tabled until
the next meeting.
Prizes for the best decorated
homes in the American University
Park area during the ChflStmaS
holidays were awarded by E. M.
Clark, vice president of the asso-
citation and chairman of the Judging
Committee, to:
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry B. Hawes, first
prize: Mr.. and Mrs. Rowland w.
Brown, second prize; MI. and Mrs.
William H. Matthews, third prize,
and Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe w. Reich
ard, fourth prize.
81 New Members.
w. Arthur Ross, chairman OF the
Membership Committee, reported 81
new members had been admitted to
the association after an extensive
membership drive.
Mrs. Thelma Davenport, chairman
of the Program and Entertainment
Committee, reported that the asso-
ciation's annual dinner-dance would
be held February II at the Brooke
Farm TeahouSe.
The meeting was presided over by
the president James E. Maxwell.