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Evening star., 1941-03-16
THE UNSATISFIED
By the Rt. ReU James E. Freeman, d. d. LII. D., D. c. L.
Bishop of Washington.

Some one has well said that "a pain
in the mind is the prelude to all discov-
cry" The pain III the mind of the world
today is one that does not seem to sug-
gest the near approach to some fresh
discovery, nor does it readily suggest
remedy to ease its pain. Men and women
are distracted and confused by the trag-
edy of passing events. This is pecu-
liarly true Of youth. Suddenly the nor
NAL course of life has been arrested and
the orderly ways of living checked The
remedies to which men hitherto turned
have relieved some for the while, but
have failed largely of their healing vir-
tues. Old systems that seemed perma-
nently established and customs and
usages universally observed have lost
their place of authority.
That there must come, and come
speedily, some form of relief is clearly
evident. Without relief there will be
nothing of stability, nothing of repose,
nothing of confidence. We live in an
unsatisfied and deeply inquiring world;
the conflict between old and new ideals
grows sharper and more intense with
every recurring hour. To many men and
women it seems that we are entering
into another Dark Age.
In Lord Tweedmuir's Pilgrims Way"
he describes a situation that is all too
conSpicuouSly evident in our life today.
He says: Men would go everywhere
and live nowhere; know everything and
understand nothing. In the perpetual
hurry of life there would be no chance of
quiet for the soul" Against such a sit
uation he rebels. He finds himself driv-
en- as never before to the deep and un-
changing values that men have so long
neglected, the loss of which has pre-
cipltated another universal cataclysm.
Lord TWeedsmuir was expressing what
may be the inarticulate yearning in the
heart OF every thoughtful man and
women. Jesus in His teaching clearly
visioned such a situation. He saw the
utter inadequacy of the sources of supply
to which men resorted. The incident of
His conversation with the woman of
Samaria who had come to draw water
from the ancient well of Sycher is perth
nent. The dialogue that ensued had to
do with the unsatisfying water which at
Evening star., 1941-03-16
Patriotism UncompeIIed

Dean Roscoe Pound and Prof.
zechariah Chaffee, jr., of the Har-
ward School of Law are well known
for their libertarian views. It there
fore was no surprise to anybody when
they took advantage of an invitation
to participate in the founders day
exercises at Boston University and
made use of the opportunity to dis
cuss the problems of censorship and
free speech in America during the
prevailing emergency. Their atti-
tude, admittedly advanced but none
the less philosophical on that ac-
count, is worthy of the attention Of
q national audience.
Behind the dozens Of sedition bills
Evening star., 1941-03-16

best could only serve its purpose for a
brief space Jesus said to her: Whose
ever drinketh of this water shall thirst
again, but whosoever drinketh of the
water that I shall give him shall never
thirst" He was seeking to make clear
to her mind that man needed something
other than those things to which he re-
sorted for the satisfaction of his physical
needs He insisted that mans nature
must recognize and secure the peace and
assurance that alone come from the full
recognition of the demands of his spirit
ual nature, his real Self-hiS soul. A
great Russian has said: There is at the
bottom of modern history mans break
with the depths of his own soul" 1t is
because of this break with right un-
derstanding of his real worth and dig
nifty, and along with it the essential
worth and dignity of others, that he
finds himself in a world characterized by
unrest, hopeless confusion and ever-in-
Creasing disorder. The descent of man
from his higher levels of thinking and
living has been swift, tragic and disillu-
sionlng.
No matter what other means We may
employ to restore world order and
peace, one thing is ndispensable-name-
ly, fresh reckoning with those values
with which We have parted company
these latter years. Armies and nayies
alone cannot discipline us back into
the orderly ways of living. Coercive
methods utterly fail to do this. We cam
not be satisfied with the kind of life we
are experiencing today, and before we
shall gain that for which we vainly
struggle, we shall have to rediscover the
real meaning of life and in rediscovering
it we shall have to recognize the needs
of our souls. Without this We shall have
nothing of peace. nothing Of order, moth
ing of freedom, and less of those things
that make life worth living
The demands of the soul are as urgent
and pressing as the demands of the body.
To satisfy them by making them more
evident to men, Christ lived and taught
and worked An unsatisfed. despairing
world will recover its serenity and peace
when it rediscovers Him. Everything
else has failed. He, the "inescapable
Christ remains.
Evening star., 1941-03-16

fore. This condition has brought
charges and countercharges of lax
ity and ineff1ciency involving several
branches of the local government.
But the difficulties revolving about
thievery, annoying as they may be,
are not germane to the primary
theory underlying installation of
parking meterS-namely, the con-
venience of the public. In the early
autumn of three years ago, before
meters were installed, surveys were
made by two organizations. 1t was
found that each downtown parking
space accommodated approximately
two and a half cars during the 9:30-
to-4 o'clock period. A month after
installation, and again three months
later, other surveys were made which
showed that the average car-use per
day of each space had risen to seven
and a half.
These meters long since have paid
for themselves, both in convenience
and in cash, since they are averaging
S337 a week, despite thefts and
destruction.
1t is true that in some respects
meters are a nuisance. But they
have proved to be far less of a nui-
Sance than long and often fruitless
searches for curb parking spaces. AS
long as any parking on the streets
is permitted, it would seem that
meters are necessary to reasonably
equitable ALLEGATION of the available
snare
Evening star., 1941-03-16
Capital SideIights
By Will P. Kennedy.

Former pipe organ pumpers-beware
Representative Paul Shafer of Michi-
gan, having canvassed his colleagues and
found some of them who qualify
for membership in the Guild of Former
Pipe Organ Pumpers, is now arranging
for the biennial meeting of the guild
here. at which they will be formally in
Quoted into the cult to perpetuate men,
ories of the honorable but decadent pro-
fession" which his brother Chet insti-
tuted IS years ago, and of which he is
Grand Diapason. Pump, for the wind
is f1eeting" is the slogan of the guild,
which includes in Loft No. l some of the
most noted men in public life. The Off
cial anthem of the guild, as explained by
Representative Shafer, is "Gedpopling
and Gedickling," to the tune, "Oh. Lazy
Mary" and the movement andante con
moto-or something like that. The final
chorus is Cease doppling-also gedic-
king" Representative Shafer says, 1T
will be a great blowout of the wind
TANNERS"
~ +&
Everything from country clubs to
gold mines and wineries have been deed
ed to the State of California for non
payment of taxes, according to House
members who have been checking up
with their colleagues in cloakroom gossip
at the Capitol. They disclose that the
State controller is Landlord" of the
ghost town" of Samuel Posen, near Red
Bluff, community of 10000 city lots in
undeveloped range land. The town was
laid out nearly so years ago, but when
taxes were not paid the State took over
the entire community. The State also
owns a history Office building glass
factory, s250000 private school, several
large hotels, two mausoleums, an ice
skating rink, a railroad, an athletic club,
a distillery, hundreds of warehouses and
homes. and 100000 acres of vineyards,
grazing lands and forests. More than
$500 900 worth of delinquent property
has been returned to California tax rolls
during the past three years through re-
deption by former owners and s00O,O0O
NoA vi Aioo UcCll oUlu W llcW UNlltIS dl
public sale. Rentals of such delinquent
tax property has yielded s375 900 in the
past six years-more than the cost of
administering the entire program.
Representative Walter K Granger Of
Utah formerly served on the board of
trustees Of the State Agricultural Col
lege He made a three-year mission to
Southern States for the Latter Day
Saints Church and was bishop of that
church for nine years. He served with
the Marines as a volunteer in France
He is farmer and livestock man. He
was three times successfully elected
Mayor, then three times in the State
Legislature. where he became Speaker.
He was member Of the Public Service
Commission when elected to Congress.
Veteran House members are preparing
for the Record memorial tributes to one
Of the greatly loved and respected for
mer stalwarts of the House-the late
Representative Edward H. Wason of New
Hampshire, the news of whose death at
the age of rs came during debate on the
lease-lend bill. He and the late Repre-
sentative Will R. Wood Of Indiana for
years were known as the Damon and
Pythias of the House"
Evening star., 1941-03-16

possible farm problem, a highly difficult
problem of dealing with Canada, owing
to what would be an economic collapse
in that country, and depression of
probably record-breaking proportions in
ternally Defeat for Britain this sum-
mer still would leave the United States
confronted with the need for vast arma-
ment spending that would delay the day
of reckoning.
However, the boom getting under way
probably will seem good while it lasts.
Industry will be buster than it ever was.
Most of the employable among the un-
employed will find work to do in indus
try. Wages will be rising. There will be
profits even after record breaking taxes
The long depression is now to disappear,
ct least temporarily.
Evening star., 1941-03-16
Second Thouoht Is Better

Prom the Providence (R. - sunday Journal:
1t is reassuring to read that the Gov
eminent has given up its dreamy-eyed
original idea of creating a hoard OF
$4,000 military planes and is now bent
on building up to peak of about 25.o 900
with a monthly production capacity Of
1900. That makes better sense for both
wartime and the aftermath Of war.
Evening star., 1941-03-16
Brookings Report

AOOuI TWO years ago montgomery
County's commissioners accepted an
offer of the BrookingS Institution to
make comprehensive study of the
county'S governmental Setup to de-
termine whether basic changes were
needed in view of its rapid growth.
The suggestion that such a study be
made had been advanced by the
Committee on Legislation and Legal
Action of the County Civic Fedora
ton and other interested citizens.
A summary of the 700-page re-
port, which recommends sweeping
changes, is printed in today's Star.
1t represents thorough, objective
study by specialists of an institution
devoted to public service through
research" They emphasize that
they have made study and not an
investigation
The county which was the object
of their scrutiny has the reputation
of being one of the best governed in
the State. It's population has grown
from about 10000 when it was estab-
liShed in 1776 to more than $4,000
when the 1910 census was taken. The
character of a large section of the
county has changed from rural to
suburban. AS a neighbor of the
National Capital its metropolitan
area has grown rapidly in popula-
ton, particularly in recent years.
The prospect for the immediate fu-
ture is that this growth may be ac-
celerated.
While the size and character of
the county have been undergoing
drastic changes, its system of gov
ernment retains much of the tradi-
tional rural county form. Changes
have been made, of course, but in
rather piecemeal fashion, chiefly
dictated by expediency. This con-
tinuous addition and alteration of
the county government structure,
evident at practically every session
of the State Legislature, made it
wise for the county commissioners
to appropriate $4,000 toward the cost
of the Brookings survey when the
institution offered to make the study
and bear the remainder of the cost
from its own resources. AS a result
Montgomery now has a compilation
of data and proposals by recognized
authorities which can be used as a
future guide.
Innovations which seem logical to
those who can examine a govern
mental unit impersonally and from
a detached standpoint are likely to
appear radical to residents who long
have accepted the customary form
of county rule and particularly to
those who hold positions in the ex-
listing regime. The Brookings report,
therefore, recommending as it does
many fundamental changes in many
branches of the county government,
is likely to provoke vigorous contro-
versy. Regardless of whether all,
any or none of its recommendations
are put into effect, the report appears
certain to provide needed "factual
and analytical basis for discussion"
which should precede any changes.
In that respect the report is a
valuable contribution to the store of
information at the disposal of county
officials and residents. BY helping
focus attention on the shortcomings
and needs of local government it
may prove to be a major factor in
Montgomery's progress. 1t is the
first study the institution has made
of county unit and should be of
interest to other counties in the
Washington area and elsewhere.
Evening star., 1941-03-16

Naturalists announce that an alba
tross can preen its feathers in the
heaviest gale. Husbands and boy
friends will contend that q woman
can do the selfsame thing.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-13

some 800 pounds In 1893 relatively large scfte
production a byproduct of zinc refining was un-
dertaken by the Vielle Montague Zinc Company OF
Belgium But the maximum total production OF
the poison from this source. if the output from the
entire worlds zinc were considered, would have
been only some 10000 tons
All very nice had the war been fought in 1888
but just then began one Of those behind-the-scene
shifts which are typical of German war-prepara-
tons The world demand for arsenic ores before
1888 was about 5000 tons, of which the peace
loving United States consumed two-thirds. Since
1885 Germany has contracted for $4,000 tons a
year from Sweden alone which puzzled military
and scientific circles Of all countries.
The usual guess has been that the arsenic was
intended for production of the known war gases
the most effective of which contains arsenic as
the base mustard gas, Lewisite, Adamsite Clark
site-all arsenic poisons. This in itself was such
a terrible threat that few looked for anything
worse For example $4,000 tons of arsenic could
produce 10000 tons of Adamsite, and 10000 tons
of this gas could destroy all living things within
the London area. But when one realizes the com
position of this Swedish ore, the real threat
appears.
Swedish arsenic ores contain from 05fo to 1870
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-13

poisoning before the British started to get their
Eejrbution started But not if Britain has learned
snvthng about this enemy. more ruthless than any
! ative savage Surely England has her chemists
constantly testing the air of all stable towns for
Evidence of chemical as well meteorological war
Iare If So they would detect the first sprnkling
bf thallium and retribution would be on its way,
perhaps within few hours.
knowledge of this would deter the Nazis who
but their faith in terrorism because they them
|elves are easily terrorized, proved by frequent
bancs among crews of their warships, such as
when the pocket battleshp Graf Spec was attacked
bv three little "tin-clad" British cruisers The
German army of invasion might find an army Of
beeMse too sick and decimated to offer much re-
81 Wce, but this would be Of little avail to sick
| nd dying army of invasion.
What is the justification for believing that Ger
|nany is loaded up with this and other new poison
Eases Before the present war, every time warn
|ngs of such things were printed certain American
themists arose with surprising alacrity to deny
HEM as fantastic impossibilities. These same
Voices will probably be raised again, and therefore
viii devote paragraph or two to the evidence.
Here are the facts:
The total production of thallium in 1924 was
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-13

Besides being floated in large clouds over cities
and troop concentrations, it may be dissolved IN
other nflammable substances, such as gasoline for
these too act as primer in igniting them. 1t can
be enclosed in bombs and shells for action against
distant detectives. 1t is true that of this gas
demands much care and equipment, including spec
tally devised apparatus for keeping the substance
dry, anti-catalysts to retard over-quick combus-
ton and troops trained in its special technique and
held in reserve until needed. But the Germans
shine at organizing such details as these. They
have decided to become Yankees at the point where
Yankees leave off-converting new discoveries and
inventions into engines of death.
This may be the ideal gas to watt ashore in
advance of the invasion of Britain. If so, neither
this nor any other kind will be used before that
time because at the first whiff the British will Te-
brutaze themselves to the extent of retaliating In
kind, against the invasion ports and perhaps the
German cities.
The German General Staff now realizes the
truth of the precepts laid down for them by Fritz
Haber during the last war, when he first intro
duced gas warfare. Haber insisted that if gases
be used at all, they be'done in "all-out" opera
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-13

of thalum. The importance Of this fact is mag
nified by the further fact that Germany also con-
trolls the only other sources of thalllum wnlch are
in the HartZ Mountains and Macedonia Let any
optimist try to invent any good reason for Ger
many's cornering the arsenic and thalllum markets
Contrary to the practice of the last war, there
is doubt that this gas, If used Will be sprlnKed
forth over the widest possible areas Of dense popu-
lation, possibly disguised by the dropping slmul-
taneousfy of a certain number of explosive ana IN
cendary bombs. The result will be that later mil
lions of people will suddenly come down with an
illness ranging in severity from acute stomach
and intestinal upset to complete paralysis and
death Those who have been heavily exposed will
die, others will be disabled for many weeks, If not
permanently Those who have been lucky enough
to escape entirely will be needed to nurse the
stricken.
ELAME throwers have been used since the days
i of the ancient Greeks, and their secret prob
ably some sort of petroleum product, was known
as Greek fire" All modern armies have expert
mented with the idea of squirting inflammabe
liquids, reaching a distance of several hundreo
yards, but that was not enough. Now comes
gas that can be distributed for miles by loW-fylng
planes or allowed to drift with the wind from cyn-
ders in the trenches from invading boats TOWARD
the shore, when the wind is right before
taking fire.
This gas has all the advantages which the old
flame-throwers lacked. such as covering great DIS
tances setting the very sky on fire killing many
by its heat and by destroying gas masks and cloth
ing leaving the survivors easy prey for ordinary
posonga waves sent after it. If in addition TO all
these things the burning gas, by IT'S own cornpds-
ton would produce its poison gas, then II
would indeed be the perfect thing, almost too BAD
to be true
And one gas, dimethyl beryllium fills each and
every one of those requirements. Dimethyl beryl-
lium exists a gas that spontaneously lgnltes on
contact with moisture, burning with terrific heat
and creating beryium oxide fumes which are such
a deadly poison that one of the great problems IN
the manufacture of berylurn metals has been the
toxicity of the fumes released in the process OF
refining.
Unlike thallium nature has distributed this
poison literally all the world, but 1t is found
only in combination with other substances from
which it has been hard to extract Only recently
have means been found to do this on practical
scale and it is still costly. The metal also has
useful peacetime properties as an alloy. 1t hardens
babbitt metal makes motor bearings fatigue
proof" and is said to give copper a hardness
greater than steel These innocent features made
it possible for Germany France, England and the
United States 70 carry on struggle Tor control
of the fnetal=Ypitheut= a word being said of its
military Importance. There seems to be no reason
why England and America should not have ample
e,,nplica of hcrxyli1Dn
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-13
Continued on Page 49,

Was II Nerve
Gas" a Weapon
That Caused
Mass Fear and
Hysteria-Or
Was 1t Really
Fifth Column
Propaganda That
Caused the Bel
gians at Eben
EmauI to Give
Up Without a
Struggle ?
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Penn State, Scranton
Tossers Offer Hoyas
Real Task on Trip

Georgetown's best "road" team In
recent years hits the highway again
today. travelling to Penn State for
the first of a two-game trip. To-
morrow night the Hoyas stop at
Scranton for game with the
university of that name.
Ten times now Coach Elmer Rip
ley has led his sharpshooters away
from home. and only twice have
they met defeat. Loyola beat them
in the curtain-raiser before Bill
Bornheimer, Charley Schmidt or
Jim Herman could unloose their
eleventh-hour barrage, and later
on Syracuse turned the trick.
Penn State has been showed
around considerably since losing to
the Hoyas in an overtime duel at
Riverside couple of weeks ago but
is expected to make 1t interesting,
Scranton's little-heard-of team
has a powerful reputation among
court fans and will be far from a
pushover. The duint is reported to
have a forward with a 24-point
average, and although he had not
been identified before Georgetown
departed Coach Elmer Ripley felt
certain the boys would spot him.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Adam Hot Tossers Enter
A. A. U. Court Tourney

Competitors in the annual Dis
trict A. A. U. basket ball tourna-
ment ever since they were playing
as 85-pounders, Adam Hat baysketers
today marked their climax in the
Journeys ascension ladder when
they entered the competition for
the first time as an unlimited con-
testant
The Hatters won the first-half
championship of the Heurich ANA
ter League and soon are to play
the Regal Clothiers. second-half
winners. for the loops l94l title.
Most of their attack is centered
around Merrell Hedding, 6-foot-5
center, who scored l91 points in
his teams first 172 games this sea-
son.
Entries for the tournament close
at 1890 o'clock Friday night at the
Boys Club Of Washington, 230 c
street NV.
Evening star., 1941-02-19

Recognition of a first-half girls
champion and the conquest of one
of the citys more highly-rsted
amateur fives had D. c. Recreation
Department Basket Ball League
circles buzzing today
Georgetown's seXtet won the girls
title by trouncing Treasury, 1915
at Central High last night with Miss
Honabach scoring 20 points. while
Census Bureau pulled the big sur
prise by upsetting Adam Hats, 46-40
Both Dwortz and Wiger scored 10
points for the population counters.
Most activity was centered at Mac
farland gym, where Polish Club de-
feated F. D. I. c., 1920; Hot
ShoppeS whipped P. w. A., 31-23;
Mails and Files conquered Washing
ton Loan e. Trust, 31-25, and the
Greek-Americans topped the Grey
hounds, 24-14. Other games at
Central found United Typewriters
running up a 61-35 score on Mari
time Commission and Jacobson S
Florists nearly doubling the score
on Nebraska A. c.. 54-28.
At Roosevelt, the Finnish Amer
leans nosed out the Sons of Pericles,