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Evening star., 1941-02-03
Japan Not Happy Over War Prospect

The Japanese carefully their preparations
tack against Great Britain apparently intend
Control the whole and Thaand affords them that
these
dsoganized
prepared for the Chinese Peiping
The naval staff knows that both the British the Dutch
the Netherlands
force Pacific hghrankng japanese
There hiding
prowlng ready
TO the japanese Navy.
Evening star., 1941-02-03
Dinner Will Be Given
To Honor Justice Roberts

To honor Associate Justice Rob-
erts of the Supreme Court, dinner
under auspices of Phi Alpha Delta
legal fraternity is being planned
for February Is at the Carlton
Hotel, it was announced today by
Robert E. Freer, chairman. He said
members of his committee would
include:
Senator Lucas of Illinois, Repre-
sentative Walter of Pennsylvania,
william S. Culbertson, former Am
bassador to Chile; Corporation
Counsel Richmond B. Keech, Ber-
nard F. Garvey, Russell B. Brown,
Raymond N. Beebe, Joseph A.
Carey, Mason WEIGH, Paul Rocca,
John F. Moore, William 3. Traxler,
Moultrie Hit, John Littlepage, j..
Lynn Lucas, Robert P. Smith,
Frank A. Yates, Paul F. Schmid,
Arthur Carroll, jr., and John F.
Richter.
Evening star., 1941-02-03
Women Voters League
Backs Leuse-Lend Bill

The National League of Women
Voters will support the amended
lease lend bill, Mrs. Louise Leonard
Wright Of Chicago, national foreign
policy chairman. in Washington to
confer with Miss Marguerite NJ.
Wells, national president, an
nounced yesterday.
In a prepared statement Mrs.
Wright said the league. which two
weeks ago backed the original
measure. is satisfied" with the
amendments inserted by the House
Foreign Affairs Committee. The
proposed amendments, she stated,
do not add or subtract from the
detectives of the bill"
Evening star., 1941-02-03

Green, president of the American
Federation of Labor, is noted. Mr..
Green. in a formal statement, says:
Thousands of members OF Amer
ican Federation of Labor unions
have been regularly employed by
the Ford Motor Co. inside its plants
ever since it was established. None
of these employees was ever dis
eliminated against by the manage
ment of the Ford Motor Co. because
of membership in American Fed
Grafton of Labor unions"
Mr.. Green has just announced
that the production workers en-
ployed by Ford have now organ
lied and that "a majority Of the
employees of these two plants uln-
coin and Rouge River have taken
the necessary preliminary steps to
become organized into American
Federation of Labor unions" He
declares that "the right Of the pro-
duction workers to voluntarily be-
come members of a union of their
own choosing, as provided by the
National Labor Relations Act, was
freely exercised without interference
by the management of the Ford
Motor Co"
Evening star., 1941-02-03
M. Herriot Didn't Speak Navy

During his conversation with the President Mr. Roosevelt shot at him
this
What Cape Jacques you gone
the naval base there and how
in the dock?"
All of this hopeless agon to I1eriot In all honesty he
admitted friends,
Jacques So he hemmed and hawed then went back to his hotel
Cabed his information
fairly
be placed at the disposal the United Navy
work Cape ST. Jacques has been completed
which taking advantage of the north
Cape St Jacques greatest naval
which
Jacques ideal operation base any
Evening star., 1941-02-03
The Odds Against Invasion
Observer Believes Hitler Would Be Unable
To Keep Lane Open for Passage of Borges

the defenders. A wind which blows
gas inShore in the morning may
blow it back on the beach and the
barges in the afternoon. And the
British have gas, too, which they
can concentrate on a small area
along with all the power Of their
naval and army gun and machine
gun fire and the r. A. F. bompers.
British bombers will have a far
shorter radius than in raids over
Germany, shorter than the German
bombers from their cross-channel
bases, while German bOmberS will
be too intent on protecting the
passage and landing to blast British
cities.
Face Army of 1000, 900.
Suppose Hitler does get two
thirds-a large estimate-of the sur
viVors Of his initial force established
ashore. 1t will face British Army
of 100000, which will be speeding
tanks, guns and truck-borne troops
at 80 and 40 miles an hour to the
point Of attack, every unit having
its assigned position.
Food, ammunition, supplies of all
kinds for the invaders ard all re-
Inducements will have to run the
same gantlet of fire as the initial
force in its crossing. It will take
huge number Of men in place of
casualties and requirements for
bargeS sunk to maintain a German
Army of 1000 900 in Britain.
And will that be enough? We
have the answer in the fortitude the
British have shown under the bomb
ing ordeal. In meeting invasion,
they know they are fighting for all
they have in the world AS for the
Canadian troops in Britain. who
have been year without action,
there will be no holding them.
This time, Hitler's soldiers will be
met by such mechanization as that
of the British in Libya. His prestige
in some minds a a miracle military
genius Of victory will be submerged
in a disaster which will pile tanks
and dead on the shore and scatter
floating bodies of his soldiers on
the waters he could not conquer.
Evening star., 1941-02-03
As the Great Debate Begins

ball rolling serene
confidence prevails Washington that the desired legislation Will be
Heated bipartisan discussion
prospect Modifying amendnent 10
which support pledged certain But W
rolls called conVcon
essential feature OF
and Senate committees by the
others has built wall OF favor
far has seriously breached
action Will not De
cua The need for speed becomes
knockout attempt against
grows of the bill will emphasize that point as
the Niagara Capitol Hill Mr. Wilkes advocacy
proposal the Senate Foreign Relations Coee Is
give it
Evening star., 1941-02-03
Man Dies After Fall

Thomas L. Backer, 49-year-old
postal employe of 2O18 Thirty-sev-
enth street NV, died early today
in Georgetown Hospital of a frac-
tured skull which police said he
received Saturday afternoon when
he lost his balance while attempting
to pick up a small dog at his home
and fell down the cellar steps.
Evening star., 1941-02-03

tdent IN Delllg
granted broa d
powers must not
violate any laws
of the United
S { a t e S or do
anything con-
trary to law
hereafter?
Probably t h e
President a n d
his fri e n d S
would be grossly
disturb b e d by
such a SuggeS-
ton and would
rightly oppose it,
nm n unt Mr.
Evening star., 1941-02-03
Eastern Star Group
Elects New Officers
srecia, Dispatch to The Star.

SpeclaI Dispatch 70 The Star.
GAITHERSBURG, Nd, Feb. g.
Mrs. Betty King has been elected
president of the Montgomery Coun-
ty Past Matrons and Patrons As
sociation. Order of Eastern Star.
Other officers are Charles c. Hart
man, vice president; Miss Pearl N.
Graeves, secretary; Fred B. Kitter-
man. treasurer, and Jack Williams,
marshal
Evening star., 1941-02-03
Firms Urged to Share
Defense Contracts

Unless large firms redouble their
efforts to share defense contracts
with small businessmen, I'VE may
experience a serious lag in the speed
of defense output" Morris L. Cooke
management engineer of the Ma
tional Defense Advisory Commission,
warned today.
In releasing bulletin on The
Problems and Organization of Farm
ing Out" he commented that we
must leave no stone unturned in
our drive to bring all industry and
all labor into The defense program"
Evening star., 1941-02-03
Special French Toxes
Abolished by Viehy

By the Associated Press.
VICHY. France, Feb. 3.-A gov
ernment decree today abolished spe-
cial taxes on profits by industries
working for the national defense,
undistributed profits and public
utilities.
Also abolished we're taxes on
profits from overtime work under
the 40-hour week.
Evening star., 1941-02-03
War Puts Crinp in Globe Trotting

war American abroad indicated by
Department showing that 1910 only 262 passports
total
2o3174 In 1888 while European war clouds we're gathering the
89850 1889 Applicants
passports evidence visit
foreign parts America that than half Q550 of
with 5291 the total only 1876 OF 26253
citizens passports 10380 pleasure the object OF
travel personal business 3439 of employment
for
Evening star., 1941-02-03

Britain.
His urf a C e
naval force be-
ing quite un-
equal to chal-
lenge open bat
tie with that of
the British, we
are told how he
will protect a
lane for the pas
S age of h i s
transports-or a
50-mile circle as
some have it
by bombers, sub
marines and tor
pedo SpeedboatS.
Evening star., 1941-02-03

tional S t a g e
a g a in S t t h / s
b a C k ground Of
developments in
the past week:
At Washington
the House COM
m lite e COM
pleted its hear
ings and gave
the measure a
2-to-l indorse-
ment, with TOUR
a m e n d ments
which do not Sc
riously restrict
i t S operations.
The S e n a { e
Evening star., 1941-02-03
Washington Observations
Hitler Could Add Two More Errors to ia
He Admits Making, Observer Says
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

his Victory 1941" speech Hitler remarked that
British cabinet minister had just him of making seven mistakes
chued according his reckoning his enemies
add
number of his ironically admitted he might begin with the
people bufed
Britain whether
DISPATCHES italians being much
Evening star., 1941-02-03


But the British also have bombers,
submarines and speedboats with
much larger and more vulnerable
targets to shoot at.
British destroyers, cruisers and
submarines will run through the
ring of guarding fire to get to closer
quarters, if need be, with that pro-
cesSion of bargeS which can go no
faster than Is knots, 10 being a
more likely figure.
1t will take only a very small tor
pedo, plane borne or otherwise, to
punch a hole below the water line
in a barge which will be just as easy
prey of a 50-pound bomb, while
machine-gun dives will spray the
close-packed soldiers on board. In
place of a big armor- piercing shell
from a battleship will be one that
bursts into several projectiles which
tear flesh, Shrapnel fashion, or pene-
trates the bottom of barge.
Defenders Scattered Targets.
Naval ships out Of range of guns
that can fire from barge platform
will be scattered targets with tor
pedo and anti-aircraft defense
which the barges will lack in any
adequate measure.
Consider the number of barges
needed to land an initial force of
100000. The barges would require
at least the capacity of several
liners like the Queen Mary, and
this is for troops alone.
Hitler also must transport hun
dreds of tanks, guns, motor trucks
and an amount of equipment and
ammunition, which will call for
more tonnage than the troops.
All these may not move out from
shore separately as though they
were bathers jumping into a river to
swim across. They must issue from
the narrow harbor entrances Of
Northern France, not in mass, but
in column Night or day the British
will know they are coming and begin
blasting them at once.
Air Scouts Reveal Feints.
= In normal precedent the Germans
will attempt landings at two or
three points as feints. 1t vii lbe
only a matter of minutes before
British air scouts will be able TO
Judge by the size of the movement
the location of the main objective
For this the Germans must make
a string of landing heads along an
extensive stretch of favorable beach.
They cannot pass equipment from
barge to barge in column. They
must have heavy mobile artillery
guns of larger caliber than 75s. or
they will be at the mercy of guns
of longer range inland.
Speculative reports that low tide
will favor landing are far-fetched
until tanks and big guns can be
dropped by parachute, which, at
present. belongs in the same domain
of fiction as the death ray which
will burn up armies and navieS.
Low tide means more sand for
the tanks, guns and trucks to go
through if they can be run off the
barges successfully. ManeuverS
have shown that both mobile guns
of large caliber and tanks should
have piers for prompt disembarka-
ton.
Chain of Mines on Beach.
A detail in the receptjonists' pro-
gram is a chain of mines on the
beach to welcome the invaders as
they rush ashore, their cohesion al
ready broken by losses of men and
mechanization in the sea passage.
A smoke screen, or fog, which
Evening star., 1941-02-03

cheered by Hitler'S feat in "frighten-
ing" the United States into a more
realistic" attitude on the subject of
helping the British. No theory, it
goes without saying, could be more
lopsided. There has been no official
comment here on Hitler's outburst,
but it's safe to assume that If his
bluster about ruthless sinking of aid
carrying ships has had any effect
whatever, it will only intensity the
resolve of the administration. of
Evening star., 1941-02-03

the British and they are not too
sure that they are better prepared
than their Mediterranean ally. The
German Stukas are too far off to
come to Japan's rescue in the event
that the adventure against the
British and the Netherlands pos
sessions in the Far East prove
another Greek campaign.
Internal conditions in Japan are
said to be even worse than in Italy,
although the pOpulation Is better
Evening star., 1941-02-03

HE OPINIONS the rtterS this page their oOn. not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented IN The
questions interest to its
readers although opinions be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1941-02-03

naval bases. Cape st. Jacques, IN
particular, is of paramount i'm
portance to the Japanese Navy as a
base of operation.
Back in 1888 when Premier
Herriot came to Washington to dis
cuss the outlook for more cordial
relations between France and the
United States, he had a long chat
with President Roosevelt. He did
not know Mr.. Roosevelt was a naval
expert. AS for himself. M. Herriot
Evening star., 1941-02-03
British Aid
Holds Center
OF Stage
Senate Hearings
Called Masked
Filibuster
BY JAY FRANKLIN.

The Britain bill, still be-
fore the Congress Of the United
States. continues to hold the center
of the national and the interna-
Evening star., 1941-02-03

defense of the United States as
nearly impregnable as possible, the
Department of Justice has not over
looked the fact that this purpose
must be achieved with due regard to
the civil liberties of the individual as
guaranteed by the Bill of Rights and
embraced in our American tradi-
tions. In the process of upholding
democratic ideals, we must not un-
Willingly destroy or impair what We
eserve. This guiding principle must
Evening star., 1941-02-03
Explanation
To Ford
Declared Due
President Criticized
For Statement
On Communicating
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Would President Roosevelt con-
sent to the insertion of an amend
ment in the pending lesse-lend bill
which would stipulate that the Pres
Evening star., 1941-02-03
This Changing World
Cope St. Jacques Is Jopon's Main Prize
As Arbiter in War She Created
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

The japanese helping themselves the choicest
According the Thaanders will
price establishing having
Japan closing Singapore mehodicay 1t has the
Evening star., 1941-02-03
Jopon's Leaders Feel Russia Is Unreliable

The served by the Netherlands to Toxic
in
Evening star., 1941-02-03
Attorney General Jackson on democratic Ideals"


might
mind while pennng the following passage
with
Evening star., 1941-02-03
By COL. FREDERICK PALMER.

In thorough study. such as l
have been making, detail piles upon
detail of overwhelming difficulties
for Adolf Hitler in an invasion of
Evening star., 1941-02-03

did have the faintest
philosopher politician
Evening star., 1941-02-03
Chain of Mines on Beach.

A detail in the receptjonists' pro-
gram is a chain of mines on the
beach to welcome the invaders as
they rush ashore, their cohesion al
ready broken by losses of men and
mechanization in the sea passage.
A smoke screen, or q fog, which
blankets the landing, may. be more
confusing to the invaders than to
Evening star., 1941-02-03
SAYS Explanation Is Due.

The President owes Henry Ford
an explanation. 1t would be Won
derful thing for the cause of ma
tional unity and good will if, when
q major mistake of this kind is made
at the White House, there was the
candor to admit and make amends.
For the extent of the unfairness of
the attack on Henry Ford can be
understood when the expert testt-
mony issued today by William
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Automobiles Wanted
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Evening star., 1941-05-07

rents, comparable to other Amer
lean cities.
Nearby Areas Held No Answer.
Nearby Maryland and Virginia
offer no solution to the problem. "
Mr.. Plunkert said-"even if houses
were available at reasonable rates,
which they aren't, there is the ques-
ton of transportation and its re-
sultant inconvenience.
ut Is of the utmost Importance
that landlords not be permitted to
take advantage of the situation to
enrich themselves at the expense
of those with small incomes 1t is
claimed by the owner, too fire.
quently, that he has to charge more
because labor and fuel have gone
up. These items are an inflniteSimal
part of his costs and in a commu-
nifty where rents are already dispro-
portionately- high there is no logical
reason for this position.
1T is recognized fact, and there
is plenty available material to prove
1t. that the housing shortage in the
vicinity of Washington is a serious
one. Recognizing this fact, and
knowing that owners will take ad-
vantage of this situation, the U. F..
w. A., in the interest of its men,
bership. urges that the Randolph
bill become law"
Evening star., 1941-05-07
sleep on a concrete floor in a coal

sleep on a concrete floor in a coal
cellar"
In the course OF his testimony, Mr..
Harris charged that the District AL
ley Dwelling Authority has mis-
erably failed" and that hundreds OF
colored families had been forced to
vacate their homes which subse-
quently were razed without provid-
ing for their shelter.
Ihlder Summoned to Appear.
AS result of these charges,
Chairman Randolph summoned
John Ihlder, executive officer of the
A. D. A., to appear before the SUBJ
committee when it resumes hear
ings on the rent control bill at 10
am. tomorrow.
Mr.. Harris said the Federation at
a recent meeting authorized him to
appear as spokesman before the SUBJ
committee to indorse the rent con-
troll bill with certain notifications.
His statements with respect to hous-
ing conditions, he explained, we're
based on several surveys by civic
organizations and pupils of a colored
Junior high school.
Results of those surveys, he said,
showed that housing accommoda-
tions for colored people are "as
scarce as the proverbial eyebrows of
a snake"
Mr.. Harris further testified that
many conditions of overcrowding
were found during the surveys. and
exhibited photographs of ramshackle
dwellings in which some colored
people are living.
Health Declared Impaired.
OvercroWding and lack of proper
sanitary facilities, Mr.. Harris said.
are impairing the health of 'the
people who are forced to live in
ramshackle dwellings Asked by Mr.
Randolph in what section of the
city conditions are the most serious,
he said the Southwest section.
When the witness made the report
Evening star., 1941-05-07
Wheeler Asks Submission
OF War Issue 10 PeopIe

By the Associated Press.
LANSING, Mich, May 7.-Sen-
ator Wheeler, Democrat. of Mon
tano, concluding Nation wide
speaking tour, last night called on
President Roosevelt to submit to the
people the issue of war or peace.
Addressing an America First Com
mittee rally, the Senator declared:
The American people do not want
war. I only hope the President does
take his cause to the people He will
find, as I have, that 80 per cent of
them are against our involve
ment.
The issue is becoming crystal
clear-war or peaCe-democracy or
dictatorship-an done man, Presi-
dent Roosevelt, will decide it."
Asserting that the use of conveys
means war" Senator Wheeler said
the President "once told us thai"
and continued:
Il refuse to believe that a man of
the peoples choice will go against
his own promise and take us into
war without first coming to the
Congress"
Evening star., 1941-05-07

that SO persons were living in the
house on Virginia avenue, Repre-
sentative D'Alesandro said:
That couldn't be the Jail, could
it?"
mo" the witness replied as he
proceeded to tell about reports he
had heard of colored people living in
boarding houses that have hot
beds"
A hot bed" he explained, is one
that Is occupied continuously One
person sleeps in it from am. to 6
pm. and another occupies it from s
pm. to am.
Randolph Bill Endorsed.
Before Mr.. Harris took the witness
stand. the subcommittee heard Will
liam Plunkert and Milton LoWen-
thai, representative of the United
Federal Workers of America &C. I.
o. indorse the Randolph measure.
Mr. Plunkert, national repre-
sentative of the organization. de-
clared the housing shortage here is
serious" and enactment of rent
control legislation is essential to
prevent property owners from taking
advantage Of it.
Mr.. Lowenthal said they already
are doing so. He as we'll as Mr.
Plunkert cited cases in which rents
were raised in April.
Mr.. Plunkert told the subcommit-
tee it would be in the interest of
the $500 members OF the U. F. W. A.
in Washington to have the proposed
rent-control plan embodied in the
Randolph bill become law. This
measure would freeze rentals and
place rent control in a commission
of three members.
Mr. Plunkert testified that actual
ly there has long been a scarcity
of decent housing in Washington,
and that unlike most cities, the de-
preston never brought a drop in
Evening star., 1941-05-07

Fl. Campos,
534 11th Street Sc.
Cavanagh & Kendrick,
3211 NJ Street NV.
r. CoIman & Sons.
1919 1th Street NV.
District Hardware Company
214S p Street NV.
Edgewood Hardware,
4th and Adams SITS. NE.
Lansburgh g. Bro.
7th and E SITS. NV.
Morris Hardware,
707 7th Street NV.
c. L. Osborn,
1919 Georgia Avenue NV.
Frank Pooh.
4515 Wisconsin Avenue NV.
Ullman Hardware,
2212 14th Street NV.
Annandale Variety Shop,
Annandale. Virginia
Arlington Coal & Lumber Company
2SO5 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington. Virginia
d. NJ. Blandford,
Rockville, Maryland
Blue Ridge Hardware Company
Warrenton, Virginia
Frank NJ. Ewing,
451I Rhode Island Ave.
Brentwood. Maryland
Risdon Hardware Company,
IL
Evening star., 1941-05-07
Nye Would Probe
Public Opinion Polls
By the Associated Press.

BY the AEsoclated Press.
Senator Nye. Republican, of North
Dakota proposed yesterday a Senate
investigation of polls of public
opinion.
He introduced a resolution which
would authorize the Senate Inter-
state Commerce Committee to deter
mine the methods used in conduct
ing such polls.