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Evening star., 1941-09-09
Community Needs

In transmitting to the Commis-
sioners a budget only slightly under
S18,OOO,OO0, the Board OF Educatlon
again is presenting estimates which
reflect the needs of public education
better than they conform to the
ability of the city to pay. Certainly
1t can be said of school budgets that
they represent the views of the COM
munity, since they are prepared by
the school officials each year after
conference with residents OF the
community and since the members
of the board themselves are repre-
sentative citizens.
The program of replacing old
school buildings with modern struc-
lures, which has suffered from pri-
,ority requirements of national de-
ZEE fense, is basically sound. There Is
ample Justification for new Wilson
g Teachers College and for many
B others of the twenty-Six new build
ings and ten sites requested. But
there is also little doubt that an
S18O0O,O00 budget will not fit into
the city's financial picture this year.
1t seems therefore inevitable that the
Commissioners, charged with bal
ancing the budget, will be forced to
= omit from the school estimates many
items for which there is demon
strated need.
If, on the other hand, the District
Is permitted to receive some OF the
Federal funds authorized by the
Lanham bill for the relief of defense
areas, these needs may be met from
that a-budgetary source. The
school officials should, of course, be
allotted their share of such money
should it become available, even If
1t does not total the $2,s00 900 they
suggest.
More modest increases for the
coming fiscal year are sought by the
Health Department The additional
money would be used principally for
expansion in fields of cancer control,
venereal disease control, tuberculosis
control and mental hygiene. The
g only major building item is for COM
pletion of the proposed Northwest
health center. Most of the expan-
sion was sought in the 1912 estimates
but the items were eliminated before
the bill reached Congress. At least
one of the projectS-the mental hy-
giene clinic-frankly would be an
experiment, since the Health Depart
n1ent admits it has no accurate gauge
of the need for such work but be-
. lieves it to be a problem of some
Importance.
Evening star., 1941-09-09
turnover

Auditing is a highly specialized
business, requiring years Of study
and practical work. Examinations
are purposely stiff for the position of
certified public accountant, so that
in his practice an accountant may
be well equipped to deal with itchy
fingered individuals.
If any c. p. A. wants a busman's
holiday. let him try his hand at this
little gem from Fergus Falls, Mime
sota-the Turner Askew headache.
Detecting sour note in his piano,
Turner got a tuner, who in turn
turned up mouse nest while tuning
the Turner tune box. In the nest
was a ten-dollar bill, belonging to
Turner, but missing for several years.
But that was not all. The mouse had
paid rent, or interest, and had added
a one-dollar bill to the ten-spot,
which the tuner turned over to
Turner as sort of a turnover on in
vested capital. When the tuner had
tuned, Turner in turn turned over his
tuning fee.
Who profited how much? Ask a
G.. P. A.
Evening star., 1941-09-09
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles Z. TrdcetDeH.

most ignorant Of all living creatures, to
have so much. and yet to mishandle
and misuse 1t, TO be starving In the midst
of plenty, to be without the good things
of life because he must, through some
quirk of his mind, use it all to destroy.
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Rabbits know better.
The moment they see petunia plant,
they know what 1t is for.
1t is good to eat-if you are a rabbit.
No self-respecting bunny would think
OF turning the plant into alcohol, so
he could get into machine and go out
and murder other Dummies.
Rabbits, since the year of their special
creation, have but one rule of conduct
when frightened
1t is the same rule known to the an
cient Chinese. "Of the % ways of getting
out of trouble" sthe saying went, "the
best is to run awav."
So plant petunias, If you want to keep
your rabbits.
And do not begrudge them any other
flower or plant.
After all, they cannot do much dam
age, unless there are scores of them. 1t
is impossible for a rabbit family to grow
very large in modern suburban commu-
mites. There are too many enemies.
The wonder is that the nature lover ever
sees one of them.
We have found that there is not much
use in putting out alfalfa or other food
for the wild rabbits. They either will
not touch it, or never show up in the
yard, once 1t has been put out.
Whether this is elemental cunning, or
just chance, we do not know, but are
sure that never once has wild rabbit
ever partaken of any food we have put
out for it.
What these beasties like is place of
concealment.
If there is covered place. where
shrubbery grows dense, especially if
there are plenty of vines, and maybe
berry bushes, the wild rabbits love to
come.
They like trees, too not only to gnaw,
IN severe weather, but to place their
nests at their base. One of the neatest
jobs of camoufage in all nature is that
of the rabbit nest alongside tree.
This will appear, on the surface. Just
a bit of gray lichen, or something, but
investigation will show it to be covering
placed over the nest by the wise mother
rabbit.
There. in a shallow little den, will be
half dozen babies.
Once the covering is disturbed, the
mother will not rest until she has moved
all her babies away, and made them safe
from the harsh touch of man.
The smell of man." says the mother
rabbit, wrinkling her nose with disgust
Remember this smell, my little ones, of
man, the evil one, who does not know
| how to value the life which he has been
! given, who spends his time in destroying
/ his own kind.
mo one but fool" says the mother
] rabbit, would do that"
Evening star., 1941-09-09
THIRTEENTH STREET.

Dear Sir:
"Out where I am there are plenty of
rabbits, and occasionally one Of these
strays on to our grounds.
"Is there anything can do to keep
him around, short of caging him?
IT do not want to make a captive of
one of these wild things. think their
wildness Is the best part of them. 1t is
fine to have them come around, If only
they would remain.
'The family gets great deal of pleas
ure out of watching big one hop around
and eat the flowers. Thank Heaven, we
do not begrudge them, as so many do.
IF we paid any attention to them, the
rabbits would all be shooed away, be-
cause we would think there wouldn't be
any flowers left at all
Tell me how to attract and keep wild
rabbits. And thanking you,
Sincerely, L. c."
About the best thing our correspond
ent can do is what he is doing now. That
is, welcoming the blnnies.
There can be little doubt that these
truly wild animals understand where
they feel at home.
Where there is i'll will felt, it pene-
trates
All human beings understand this. Not
q word need be said. It makes no diff
ference. The feeling is there, as plain
as words.
While rabbits and other game are not
able to know about this feeling as we do,
they do have perfect understanding
of sort.
There can be little question that a
yard which is kept as a small animal and
bird sanctuary will have a far greater
wild-creature population than one where
this liking does not prevail.
This Is not just matter of keeping
people and noise out of the place. Those
factors have something to do with it.,
without doubt, but there is something
more; there is the wave of understand
ing which goes out from the human,
higher form of life, to the lesser, the
rabbits and birds and squirrels, the dogs
and the cats, and all the other creatures.
=
The wild rabbits are among the most
welcomed animals in many suburban
gardens.
This comes about because these crea-
lures exert a special influence on the
minds and hearts Of all persons inter-
ested in nature.
A rabbit is about as helpless and in
nocent looking animal as there is. 1t
is not for nothing that they have always
been associated with children. And chill
dren really like them, too. There is no
better pet for the small child.
Rabbits, like sheep, seem somewhat
dumb, in the sense of being innocently
ignorant.
Perhaps this look is what appeals to
many human beings
Maybe it reminds them of themselves! |!
Certainly, in the year 1941, the wisest
man alive must think that man is the
Evening star., 1941-09-09
The Dies Letter

The charge by Representative
Martin Dies that Price Administrator
Leon Henderson and several rela-
lively highly paid employees under
him have shown definite Communist
leaningS should be matter of seri-
Gus concern to the President and the
people of the United States.
In a matter of this kind it is not
sufficient to answer merely by at
tacking Mr.. Dies. 1t may very well
be that on past occasions he has been
indiscreet and has used poor judg-
ment in the conduct of his investiga-
ton of un-American activities. But
the fact remains that he has per-
formed a task which needed to be
done. Had it not been for his work,
often carried forward in the face of
strong opposition, it is safe to assume
that Communists and Communist
sympathiZers would be in a much
more secure position in our Govern
ment than is the case today.
With respect to Mr.. Henderson, it
appears that Mr.. Dies complaint is
an expression of personal opinion,
unsupported by creditable evidence.
But in the case of the employees, the
complaint is not based merely on Mr..
Dies personal opinion. On the con-
trary, as to some of them at least,
it is supported by documentary
evidence which, II valid, would seem
to show conclusively that the sympa-
Evening star., 1941-09-09
Sailor Remembered

The discussion of the attempted
destruction of the U. S. S. Greer In
the waters adjacent to Iceland has
served at least one useful purpose
In that it has revived his countrys
memory of the naval officer for whom
that now famous ship was named.
He was James Augustin Greer,
snative of Cincinnati, born February
%. 1888. At fifteen, he was an acting
midshipman, on the Saratoga, then
on the Saranac. Graduated from
Annapolis in 1858, he was warranted
master in 1855 and shortly thereafter
was commissioned lieutenant. From
1854 to 1857 he was on board the
Independence cruising with the
Pacific Squadron. Tours of duty in
the Southern Star to Paraguay and
In the Sumter to the west coast OF
Africa followed between 1858 and
1860.
His first celebrity was attained
when Lieutenant Greer was ordered
to take the Confederate Commission
ers Mason and Slidell. from the
British vessel Trent, November 8,
1861. On that historic occasion he
was serving on the San Jacinto un-
der Captain Charles Wilkes The
incident might have resulted in war
with Great Britain, but the caution"
of Abraham Lincoln on the one side
and of Prince Albert, husband of
Queen Victoria, on the other, pre-
vented hostilities. Meanwhile, James
Greer was promoted to lieutenant
commander and sent in search OF
Confederate commerce destroyerS.
: He was on the bridge of the Benton
and later on that of the Black Hawk
in operations in the Gulf of Mexico
and in the Mississippi River during
1863 and 1864. Subsequently, he was
assigned to the Naval Academy, to
the Philadelphia Navy Yard and
elsewhere, rising to be commander
In 1866.
Chosen to have charge of the
Tigress in a search for survivors of
the unfortunate Polaris expedition,
he made a complete examination OF
Baff1n Bay and Davis Strait in 1873.
While in command of the Lacka-
wanna with the Pacific Squadron in
1876, he was designated captain.
Serving at the Washington Navy
Yard, as a member of the Naval Re
firing Board and as president of the
Naval Examining Board, he gained
the rank of commodore in 1885 and
rear admiral IN 1892. His last active
Evening star., 1941-09-09
AirpIune Production

The announcement that American
factories turned out 1854 military
planes last month, while a distinct
advance over previous months. still
leaves the Nation far short of the
$4,000 -planes-a-year goal, which the
President proclaimed more than a
year ago.
Production figures for August were
394 in excess of those for July and
1858 in excess of those for August,
1910. That, obviously, beSpeakS pro-
gress. but even on the basis of the
latest monthly figures, our annual
output still is only 22,250 planes, or
less than half the production rate
recommended by the President.
Thus, while there is some basis for
encouragement in the August an
nouncement from the Office of Pro-
duction Management, there is GER
tainly no justification whatsoever for
complacency.
The o. P. NJ did not give a break
down Of types of planes manufac-
tured. According to Senator Byrd,
one of the chief critics of tagging de-
fenSe activities, the factories deliv-
cred twenty-one heavy long-range
bombers in April, twelve in June and
fourteen in July. Other unofficial
estimates have placed the monthly
totals of these craft at close to fifty.
Even so, the figures are alarmingly
short of the 500 heavy bomberS per
month which o. P M. Co-Director
Knudsen called for nearly a year
ago. Senator Byrd declared that July
production, in addition to the heavy
bombers, included 95 medium bomb
ers and 243 light bombers. Presum-
ably there were 40e fighters and
about TOO trainers. If the same ratio
prevailed last month, the factories
completed 18 heavy bombers, 120
medium bombers, 800 light bombers,
$40 fighters and 9O6 trainers, it was
pointed out by Richard L. Stokes in
an article in Sundays Star.
, An augury OF still further progress
is seen in the War Departments an
nouncement Saturday that mass
production of new long-range
high-altitude heavy bomber has been
ordered. Contracts totaling $347,-
1864 have been awarded two West
Coast firms and third award is ex-
pected shortly. The new bomber, to
be known as the BITE, is an en-
larged and improved edition of the
famous flying fortresses, now giving
a good account of themselves in
R. A. F. raids over Germany and the
occupied regions.
The redesigning of the flying
fortreSses and of other types of air
craft has been necessary because of
lessons constantly being learned by
the British in their battles with the
Luftwaffe. Changes in models un-
fortunately disrupt production sched-
ules. Undoubtedly many of the vital
improvements in our military air.
craft have been made at the cost of
speed in production. Evidently o. P.
M. officials are proceeding on the
theory that it is better to interrupt
production, when necessary, to in
troduce war-tested Improvements
than to try for production records
on obsolescent planes. This, if not
carried to extremes, is a sound pol
icy. But to offset this new model"
lag even greater production efforts
are essential if the output of planes
is to be stepped up in the critical
months that lie ahead.
Evening star., 1941-09-09

can be recovered from the liquors re-
naming after the processing of the
waste wood. The wood sugars, in turn.
may be dermented to form ethyl alcohol.
They also can be converted in part into
addition acetic acid and furfural.
"Acetic acid is used in the manufacture
of synthetic f1bers. In combination with
ethyl alcohol 1t yields ethyl acetate, q
solvent of major importance. The fur
fural produced may be used rs solvent
In refining petroleum products"
Small amounts of the ignooellulose
compound, DR.. Othmer said, already are
In use in molding shops in the East
and Midwest and are competing on q
price basis with the most inexpensive
plastics now on the market.
The process on which this new plastic
is based, he said, is adaptable to many
types of wood available In the major
forest areas of the United States and
Canada. Such forest areas yielding large
amounts Of wood waste are within 800
miles Of every major industrial area in
which plastics are produced, he ex-
planned.
Evening star., 1941-09-09

AS ever, there will be cries of selfish
rage and bitter denunciation from those
who have steadfastly insisted that our
birthright as free men is not worth the
shedding of single drop of blood and
who vainly hope that compromise with
consummate evil and the barbaric slavery
Of the rest of mankind will continue to
subsidize their parasitic security They
will beat their breasts and call upon
heaven to witness how this evil has be-
fallen us despite their warnings and
disdained counsels. Even in an hour
when our President must cast aside his
human wavering and grid himself with
the inf1exible responsibilities of Com
mander in Chief, this group will do all
in its Machiavellian power to make him
the scapegoat for the failure of its own
wishful thinking. For certain persons,
Mr.. Roosevelts embarrassment and frus-
tory over Hitler, and to accomplish their
malicious purpose, they will not hesitate
to use every disruptive force and sub
versive agency to defeat his belated ef-
forts for national unity.
But If the record of the President Is
one Of many political errors and unfor-
tunate human weaknesses, the record Of
his calumniators who would hamper him
as Commander in Chief is one totally to
mistrust. If we must choose between
the leadership of our President and the
leadership of those who would wreck the
ship OF state for reasons of personal
vantage or malice, let us in fairness recall
these few simple facts: Mr.. Roosevelt
did not create Hitler and neither is he
In any way responsible for his predatory
malignancy. He can no more stop Hitler
by literally keeping the opposition's in
depreciation of his campaign promises
than the opposition can by wishful think
ing, flight from reality or solemn cove
nants with Hitlers honor The only thing
that can stop Hitler is superior brute
force, advantageously applied as to time
and place. Give Hitler the advantage of
timing, of initiative, of continued treach-
cry and of the repeated stupidity of his
dupes and victims, he will conquer and
enslave the rest of the world. The oppo-
sition claims that it, too, hates Hitler
and wants to give Britain all aid short
Of war, but what is the minority political
party's record and what has it done to
make our present dilemma less likely?
Quoting an editorial In the New York
Times, August IA, 1941, the minority
party voted as party bloc against repeal
of the arms embargo. passage of the lend
lease bill, on adoption Of the Selective
Service Act, on extension of the period
of training. Is this record of intelli-
gent, unselfish minority patriotism upon
which we can predicate dissent and re-
pudiation of Mr.. Roosevelt's leadership
If we are possessed of the faintest
trace of intellectual honesty, we will look
at the record and not only absolve Mr..
Roosevelt Of all blame for war il it comes,
but will place the blame where it right
fully belongs, upon the shoulders of those
who would rather appease Hitler than
keep faith with our national honor
and tradition.
THOMAS I. MArfneoLY, II. D.
Evening star., 1941-09-09

duty was as commander in chief Of
the European station, 1887 to 1889.
He was retired, after forty-seven
years of devoted labor in the naval
branch of the national defense,
February %, 1895-his sixty-second
birthday.
Admiral Greer's Sunset period"
was passed in the District of Colum-
bia. It was in Washington that he
died June II, 1904. His body rests
in Arlington. The ship which bears
his name was commissioned in 1918.
Evening star., 1941-09-09
Wants America
To Wake Up.

To Wake Up.
To the Editor of The Star:
Love of ones country follows familiar
ity with it and naturally is common to
mankind, but the extreme idea that
patriotism necessitates hatred for any
other country is deplorable fallacy re-
sulting in harm to all
Chauvinism. fanaticism, blind preju-
dice and willful ignorance can have no
useful part in patriotism, but unfortu-
nately they are widely practiced. Even
some of our noble leaders, who may be-
iieve that their motives are lofty, use
these things as their stock in trade.
Our forbears advanced long way
from the time when man regarded all
outside the small circle of the tribe as
deadly enemies, but farther progress is
halted until wise generation takes the
next logical step forward. Today we
realize that we need fear no people ex-
cept the Nazis, who once again fight 70
return the world to conditions worse
than those of the dark ages
The man behind the present threat
to the world has permitted no excusable
doubt as to his objectives but arro-
gantly has advertised his aim to destroy
democracy everywhere. When a brave
man sees his family and his friends
attacked he Immediately seizes any
weapon at hand and wades right in to
defend them, but so far our inglorious
response has been a deluge of words.
Wake up, America We are not so
decadent as we have been made to ap-
pear, but it is time that we realize that
we have grown up, accept our status of
manhood with its responsibilities and
act so as to earn the respect of our
selves, our children and our neighbors.
Only then will improved prospects for
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
materialize. ERNEST E. OSWALD.
Arlington, Va.
Evening star., 1941-09-09

Americans perhaps might have
been skeptical about the Navy's story
of the Greer incident, but the vio-
lence of Nazi denials of the accuracy
of the official account will be sufi-
cient to satisfy even the most pro-
found agnoStic.
Evening star., 1941-09-09
Criticizes Opposition
Apd Applauds President.
To the Editor Of The star

That dreaded hour seems fatefully close
at hand, when our desultory non-belliger-
ency will become determined, active par
ticipation in a cruel war to the finish
between the democratic concept Of
morality and security and the pagan
creed of ruthless aggression.
Evening star., 1941-09-09
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 1Driter, although the use of
a pseudonyn1 for publication is
permissible. The Star reSerDes
the right to edit all letters NTH
q DietD to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-09-09

Canning and Preserving - This
month will see the end of the
canning and, preserving season.
Now is the time to make your grape
and damSon jelly. The picking
season is also at hand. Our 48-
page booklet offers more than 100
tested recipes, the latest canning
methods discovered in the scien-
tific kitchens Of the Federal and
State departments of home eco
nomics. Stock your cupboard now.
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Huskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hnsktr1.

BY FTeQeftc y. HdSftn.
A reader can get the onS1Uer to any
question of fact By tDrtting The EDe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. RdSkin, director, Washington,
D. c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. How much did it cost to dredge the
site Of the new National Airport?-G.
s. NJ
A. The cost of the dredging 18,500 900
yards at 1871 cents per yard) was
$3,o52,5O
@. What is the largest mail load ever
carried by airplane7-T. H. M.
A. The record load was carried on De-
cember 18, 1910, when the Yankee Clipper
set out for Europe with 13 ,402 pounds.
@. How does the number Of Govern
ment employees now compare with that
10 years ago?-W. A. L.
A. In June, 1881, there were 6SS,205
employees in the entire executive service
of the United States Government. In
June, 1941, the number had increased
to 1,37o110.
@. In what part of Russia Is the most
wheat produced?-R. T. E.
A. The Ukraine, which contains the
famous black soil belt, is the chief wheat
producing section.
@. Is the suicide rate increasingly
M. H. T.
A Proportionately fewer suicides oc-
first seven months of 1941 than in any
corresponding period in the last IS years.
@. When did Elsie Janis play in The
Slim Princess &C. B.
A. The musical comedy opened at the
Globe Theater, New York City, on jan
uary 2, 1911, with Elsie Janis in the
star role.