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Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-06
Rural Housing
Plan Approved
For Montgomery
Loan OF $45O,OOO Passed
By President Roosevelt.
Farm Group Backs Plan

Montgomery county's effort to
provide low-cost rental rural hous-
ing moved forward a long step
yesterday with approval by Presi-
dent Roosevelt of contract auth
orizing loan of $450,000 to the
Maryland county for such develop
rent.
The plan will cover 80 per cent
of the cost of the 200 homes to be
built in the first project. The
homes are to be scattered in rural
sections in groups of two to eight
houses, and single homes also are
permissible. For each home built,
a sub-standard dwelling must be
demolished.
The Montgomery county grant
was one of two approved by Presi-
dent Roosevelt on Monday. A
loan of 81, OPT 300 for construction
of a group of 220 homes in Holy
oke, Mass, also was approved.
/, The Montgomery County Hous-
ing Authority, which will receive
the loan from the United States
Housing Authority, was organized
more than two years ago by the
Montgomery County Commission
ers. Maj. E. Brooke Lee, county
member of the Maryland House Of
Delegates, is chairman of the
county group.
Major Lee said last night he had
been informed of the approval by
Representative William D. Byron
and issued the following state
pnent: "The program of USHA
low-rental housing for the poorer
paid workers now living in the
county will go forward as general
ly approved by the Farm Bureau
and other meetings last winter.
"a considerable delay occurred
because low rental rural housing
in the Eastern States is an entirely
new field and since their expert
ence to steer by it has been ex-
tremely difficult to plan the prof.
ect, which has required numerous
conferences between several bu-
reaus of the Department of Agri-
culture and the United States
Housing Authority.
In this county houses will be
built, generally speaking, in small
groups of from two to eight and
single homes are also eligible. We
plan not to upset housing or local
trade Or working or educational
conditions in any section of the
county. We will not be able to
start any construction until well
into the late spring. The 200
houses authorized will probably
represent about half of the COM
plete program. Additional funds
have been earmarked provided this
portion of our program proves suc-
cessful."
Montgomery County sentinel., 1941-02-06
/ Might Be
|Wrong--BUT|
by p. G.. StrOmberQ

In this article 1 shall try to
elaborate on a subject about
which l know next to nothing.
My boldness derives from def
mite knowledge that very few
men know anything about it
and that those who claim to
know never agree. 1t is about
MONEY and N ALTON AL
DEBT. 1t is a subject that
some of us had better try to
understand because - even
more than the danger of pos
sible invasion-the ultimate re-
suit of a policy of limitless debt
can bring greater chaos, panic
and revolution than any other
conceivable disaster.
Our spending today is in ex-
cess of our income by Bill
LIONS OF DOLLARS. This
has been true since 1880. Our
national debt has risen from
less than twenty billions to an
anticipated SIXTY-FIVE Bill
LIONS by 1943. And the end
of the rising debt is not yet in
sight. The figures and the prob
lens involved are so complex
and bewildering that the aver
age man SHES from attempting
to make a sane analysis. Yet
future generations (our chill
dren) viii be bound by our de-
cisions today. They will be the
legatees Of all errors made in
the nineteen-forties
According to the reasoning of
some people there is the possi-
hility that so long as our debt
is the investment of our own
people we can continue to oper-
ate on borrowed money indefi-
nitely with no danger to our
national well-being. But that
seems rather shallow thinking.
Others say that with greatly
increased national income we
can afford to carry proper
tionately heavier debt.
There seems today every indi-
cation that, unless new means
of taxation are evolved to real
ize sufficient income to meet
our normal and defense expenses,
our national debt will soar as
high as ONE HUNDRED Bill
LION DOLLARS. Even if the
debt itself is dismissed lightly
the fact remains that as a part
of current expense interest must
be paid and this item alone Cat
two per cent) will require TWO
BILLION DOLLARS annually.
A new tax-probably a ma
tional sales tax-will have to be
adopted to raise the money.
Present sources of tax revenue
are already burdened. A sales
tax would be felt the least and
would place the burden on all
alike. 1t would produce huge
sums of money. Each person
and family would pay in exact
proportion to ability. The
money would be automatically
"in hand"
Much has been said and writ
ten for and against a sales tax,
but the sooner our legislators
face a grim reality with grim
and hard methods the more Sc
cure the country's future will
be.
Even though this question is
"over our heads" we know that
it is impossible to keep going
on borrowed money. If we
can't find a positive answer the
only solution lies in our deter
mination to pay our bills as we
pn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
Girl Scouts 10 Mark
18th Anniversary

The Girl Scouts OF Washington
will observe the 18th anniversary of
their organization today with a
birthday party at the Little House"
1850 New York avenue NV.
The ceremony will start at 4:30
pm, when Mrs. Paul McNutt, wife
of the Federal security administra-
tor, is scheduled to cut a birthday
cake
President Roosevelt said today
Girl Scouts could aid national de-
tense best "by helping to make
democracy work in their homes. in
their troops, at school and in their
relations with family and friends"
In a message to Mrs. Harvey S.
Mudd, national Girl Scout president,
on the goth anniversary of the
organizations founding, Mr.. Roose-
welt declared, "democracys strength
lies in every citizens understanding
his or her responsibility and taking
part in this Government"
The Girl Scouts will celebrate
their birthday week through next
Tuesday. Today at $50 pm. the
Girl Scout Leaders Association will
stage its annual banquet at Pierce
Hall. Sixteenth and Harvard streets
NV. Mrs. E. Swift Newton, COM
missioner of the Philadelphia Coun-
Gil, member of the Girl Scouts Ma
tional Board and chairman of the
International Committee, will speak
on Girl Scouting and National De-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
u. S. Contract Bidders
To Get WAGE Duto Early

An arrangement under which
bidders on Government contracts
can know in advance any minimum
wage changes that may be made in
their industry by Government action
has been worked out by the Labor
Department and the once Of
Production Management.
While the machinery for setting
minimum wages under the Fair
Labor Standards Act and for finding
prevailing minimums under the
Walsh Healey Act remains I'M
changed, in the future the dates on
which wage changes go into effect
will be determined after Labor De-
partment officials confer with rep
resentatives of the o. P. MS Divi-
sion of Purchases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
A South American Voice
Lima Professor Discusses Influence
Of Peruvian Culture in the West

idea which today should have such
impressing reality.
Four characteristics.
1t is not easy to summarize the
words of Mr.. Belaunde. There are
four fundamental characteristics of
the sense of depth" of the historical
and intellectual movement in Peru
He enumerates and explains them
separately. Political unity, found in
the Inca Empire, which the viceroy-
ship respected and which the re-
public received as an inheritance.
In spite of all contradiction, this
political unity continues to this day.
The consciousness of civilizing
mission, which springs from the
rich seed of the first missions and to
which is joined, since the very be-
ginning, the sentiment Of social JUS
tice, epitomized in two great creative
perSonageS st. Rose of Lima, one
of the earliest in the new world
to initiate contemporary social as
sistance, who in her own home
opened the first infirmary for the
poor ard outcaSt. The blessed
Martin de Porras, who with his ex-
quisite humility has much in COM
mon with the beloved Francis OF
Assist. and who likewise was wont
to talk with the lower animals in
emulation of the founder of the
FranciscanS. These are two never
to-b forgotten word pictures which
Mr.. Belaunde paints in bold and
Illuminating strokes of brilliant
oratory.
The Fourth Element.
The Peruvian esSayiSt spoke still
further on the fourth element of
his country's culture: the imperial
dignity of the history of Peru. In
three cities of the world. he added
with emotion, one clearly perceives
the sensation of empire: in the
old treasures of Cuzco, in the AlcaZar
of Toledo, in the ruins of ancient
Rome. One is not here speaking of
an empire of force but of spiritual
empire, of that intangible essence
which maintains its heritage even
though the political and economic
Conditions OF people collapse. Ma
tional rebirth comes from this, from
the bosom of tradition itself And
in that tradition. according TO Mr.
Belaunde, America should find her
strength, without seeking foreign
utopian ideologies, imported at an
| unSeemly hour America should
march hand in hand with nations
sustaining parallel or similar politi-
cal philosophy. Mr.. Belaunde also
maintains, and not without reason
that the old political unity should
be extended without frontiers. From
the internal unity of each people
the goal should be the unity OF the
two continents. Perhaps it may be
deStiny's desire that in the Americs
of the North and in the America Of
the South. closely united, the mes
sage and legacy Of the tradition and
culture of the millennium of the West
shall find fulfillment. Because this
culture must live on-the speaker
sailor, if the worst should come
it shall die with dignity! There i.
no alternative.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
Three D. T.. Residents
Indicted as Evaders
On Income Tax
Sun Cob Officials Charged
With Failure to Pay
$267 ,027 in Levies
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, March 12.-Three
Washington officials of the Sun Cab
Co were scheduled to surrender in
United States District Judge Will
liam C. Coleman's court here today
on charges of evading payment OF
$267,0 in Federal income taxes.
Five indictments charging tax
evasions between 1884 and 1889 were
returned yesterday by the Federal
grand jury against Herbert Glass
man of 4839 Colorado avenue NV
president; Edward c. OstroW of 170C
DECATUR street NV, treasurer; Jo-
seph I. Fucker of 546l Thirtieth
place NV, auditor of the taxicab
company; the Sun Cab Co, Inc,
and the District Underwriters, Inc,
assertedly controlled by the trio.
Bail for Mr.. Glassman and Mr.
Ostrow was set at $25 900 each and
at $4,000 for Mr.. Fucker.
(Mr. Glassman and Mr.. Ostrow
said in Washington today they had
no immediate plans for appearing
at the court, because they had not
heard from their attorneys. At Mr..
Fuckers home it was said he left
for Baltimore early this morning
Although the three reside in Wash
ington, the Sun cabs operate only
in Baltimore, Mr.. Glassman said)
The indictment against Mr. Glass
man charged that he earned s438,-
1874 net income between 1884 and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12

craft production comes ahead of
tank production, generally in event
of a conflict for equipment. And
defense needs, Of course, are filled
before non-defense requirements.
Critical List" Problem Complex.
Considerably more complex is the
method adopted to enable contrac-
tors to meet delivery dates on prod
ucts on the Army and Navy Mu-
nitions Boards critical list" Rela-
tive Importance on the list is de-
termined by the board, but the GER
tiflcates of preference rating are
cleared through the Priorities Di-
vision.
These certificates, covering ma
terials needed for specified Army
and Navy contracts, assign ratings
by means of symbols. Ala, natural
ly, would outrank Alb, and all Al
classiications would get preference
over Az or A-3 or B-l. Classical
tons may be revised to clarity situa-
lions. In the event ALA orders
pile up dangerously, the AA or ex-
ceptional emergency rating might
be prescribed.
In sending out orders for needed
materials contractors holding these
symbol ratings advise all concerned
of the ratings that have been
assigned to their particular con-
tracts. And the deliveries are made
in the proper sequence by the con-
Germ filling the orders. Any hitch
in meeting delivery dates is brought
to the attention of the board or the
Priorities Division and steps are
taken to remedy the situation.
British Orders Get Ratings.
There are ramifications of this
system, under which the Priorities
Division handles ratings on all
items, including those on the
critical list" not covered In the
prime contract or the first subcon-
tract.
British orders for defense ma
terials are assigned ratings by the
Priorities Division, which maintains
close liasion with the Army and Navy.
As a rule British needs are placed
on the same priority status as Amer
lean requirements.
In issuing priorities certificates the
o. P. M. tells contractors that the
certificate should be used only when
an alternative solution is not readily
available" Attempts are made to
obviate the use of priorities wherever
possible by readjusting production
schedules or finding alternative
sources OF supply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
BY MANUEL VEGA.

Victor Andres Belaunde, Peruvian
eSSayist and longtime friend and
admirer of the United States, has
been giving a series of interesting
conferences at several universities
in this country. His is really a
South American voice, vibrant and
euphonious, that has been heard by
large audiences with undoubted
pleasure. Mr.. Belaunde is an i'm
provisor of the first rank. A pro-
fessor of the University of San
Marcos and of the Catholic Univer-
Sity of Lima, his words are not only
those of master of South American
thought, but those of an artist as
well.
Saturday night last, Mr.. Belaunde
| spoke in the Pan American Union
on The Influence of Peruvian Gull
ture in South America" 1t is a
theme which carries Mr.. Belaunde
almost beyond himself, as it is one
in which he is passionately inter-
eSted, on which he speaks with con-
viction and enlightenment.
Peru's Culture Held Unique.
Mr.. Belaunde maintains that Pc
ruvian culture is characterized by
its noble and age-old profundity of
feeling. To understand and inter-
pref it with eXactneSS, one must go
| back to its dual and far off origin
in the earth of America and in the
soul of Spain, in the fusion of two
races, and two civilizations; the
HiSpanic and the Incaic. And it
must be mentioned, because of its
truth, a similar one is not produced
in other regions of South America,
where the fusion has taken place on
a scale lesser in grandeur, without
reaching down so deeply as in Peru,
to the transcendent plane of spirit.
In this sense Peru has been singu-
larly blessed.
Lima, seat of the colonial viceroy-
ship, is the center of diverse activity.
Lima is the point of departure of the
daring conquistadores as they set
out to explore and discover new
lands; from Lima the self-sacriflcing
missionaries set forth with the pur-
pose of bringing the native Indians
into the fold of Western civilization.
Years, centuries passed and Lima
has held on-preserved her own
particular atmosphere, irreSistibly
seductive The shield of her national
grandeur shows no tarniSh.
In the days of independence. San
Martin assembled the prairies of the
Plata, after having passed through
Chile. and Bolivar came down from
the Venezuelan lands. after having
won independence for his own coun-
try. Their meeting is worthy of
history! Here are two men-two
ideas, fused into one! A single
dream takes possession of these
choice spirits! The Federation OF
the Republics of the Plata and the
Bolivar's ideal of South American
union is fused then and represents,
in our time and days of uncertainty,
the necessary and urgent proposal
of continental unity" From Lima,
instigator of the South American
Congresses, has come the original
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
Homemukers' Clubs

ROCKVILLE. Md, March II
(SpeciaD Miss Catherine Leamy.
State nutritionist. and Miss Edythe
M. Turner, county home demon
stration agent, will be in charge of
a training school for the project
leaders of the county Homemakers
Clubs in the flrehouse here Friday.
The Health and Welfare Committee
of Takoma Park and Cabin John
are to send representatives
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
Priorities Systems
Operation Puzzles
Average American
How Program Functions
To Control Essential
Materials Explained
BY JAMES FREE.

Nearly every one knows the
United States is rationing and con-
serving vital defense materials
through a system of priorities, but
few. perhaps. understand how the
system operates.
Who gets the preference rating
the manufacturer of the necessary
article or the company seeking to
buy it? Is priority a certiflcation
stamp. a seal, letter of authority?
Who issues them? These are among
the questions most frequently asked
The simplest form of priority
is the blanket priority" issued by
the Office of Production Manage
ment's division of priorities to manu-
facturers and prospective manu-
facturers of, say, machine tools and
engineering gauges, giving them
preferential status in obtaining
necessary equipment for new plants
and plant expansion.
These blanket priorities" were
in the form of letters from the
priorities division to the manu-
facturer advising them that such
authority had been assigned. When
the manufacturer encountered any
difficulty in obtaining materials,
he sent out photostatic copies of
his authorization letter and thus
placed himself at the head of. the
delivery lists.
Mandatory Control Method.
drastic priorities control method is
that of mandatory priorities super
viSed on an industry wide basis
through allotment of orders by the
Priorities Division.
This procedure--in effect in the
neoprene "a synthetic rubber indus
Incorporates as follows
At least a week before the first OF
every month. producers OF these
commodities submit their orders for
the coming month to the Priorities
Division. This can be done eff
GENTLY only because there are rela
lively few producers of these ma
terials and the task of studying their
order books is not so great.
This method would be impractical
BILE were there thousands OF pro-
ducers. Fixing OF ALLEGATIONS. OF
setting OF delivery dates, is done by
the Priorities Division on the basis
OF comparative Importance in de-
Tense demands. At the moment. air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
1888 and evaded taxes totaling $llO,-

1888 and evsded taxes totaling $llO,-
727.
Mr.. Ostrow's net income for the
same period was s438 1913, it was al
legged in the indictment, with eva
sion of s116,996; and the indictment
against Mr.. Fucker charged failure
to file an income tax return for 1887
on net income of more than $4,000.
Other indictments charged the
cab company had net income of
s181,033 in 1885. 1886 and 1887, with
tax evasion of $50 1872; and the Dis
trict Underwriters a net income OF
sl3O,6l9 with evasion Of sl6,370 from
1884 to 1899.
T. Barton Harrington, assistant
United States attorney for Mary
land, said the indictments came
after long investigation conducted
by himself and Federal taxing au-
thorities. The indictments were
brought here, he said, because the
men were required TO file Fedora,
income tax returns in Maryland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
Large Choice of
Funeral Prices:

For guidance consult
this list of 1000 consecu-
tive adult services, as Sc
lected by past patrons:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12

Tense" Mrs. Julian Harris Salo-
mon, president of the leaders asso-
citation, will preside.
The Girl Scout movement was
founded on March II, 1912, by JUL
cite Gordon Low of Savannah, Ga
Leaders of the Girl Scout move
ment in Alexandria, Va, also will
mark the occasion with a dinner, to
be held at $50 pm. today in Norton
Memorial Hall, st. PaurS Episcopa,
Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
Mrs. Carrie P. Dram
Dies in Florida at 81

Mrs. Carrie P. Dram, 81, mother
of Capt. Hugh P. Dram, former
director OF inspection of the District
OF Columbia, died Sunday at her
home in st. Petersburg. Fla, ac-
cording to word received here today
She had moved from Washington
with her son several months ago.
She also leaves a sister, Mrs. Anna
II. Kreitler. Burial is planned in
Philadelphia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
Average Movie Salary
Set at $14,857 q Year

ny the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, March 12.-The
average movie actors salary is $14,-
S57 a year, a survey of screen SAL
aries disclosed today.
It said the average bit player
under the $500 week classification
earns $1,000 annually, and featured
players whose salaries range from
$500 to $1,000 a week average S6095
q year.
Stars who receive $4,000 a week
and upward earn on the average
S103,500 a year.
The survey, made by DR.. Leo c.
Roster, was financed by the Car
negie and Rockefeller Foundations.
It showed the earning power Of &C
tors is greater than that of actresses
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12

No extra charge for seruices
in nearby Maryland ana
Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
How to Secure
A Beautiful Final Tribute at
the price you want to paw.

Beautiful Final Tribute at
the price you want to pay.
Your choice of prices in the
Gawler Display Rooms covers
every need. And, no matter
what price funeral you want,
Gawler service assures a
beautiful tribute worthy of
your departed refined,
reverent and perfectly con-
Quoted.
Above all, the prestige of a
Gawler-conducted funeral re-
fleets your thoughtfullness
and good taste to your
friends. Yet it costs you
nothing extra.
Parking Facilities for Patrons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12

The steel industry Is taking steps
to avert a shortage Of nickel.
Evening star., 1941-07-24

haze special file for cherished salad here
three add the collection The Ring Mold Esg Salad shoun
above the uveH the best tasting that haze
time Despite its look of being masterpiece turned on"
by Chef it simplicity itself
Evening star., 1941-07-24

The simplest home meal is ap-
pealing on a warm summer night.
The business woman housekeeper
likes nothing better than to relax a
bit after she gets home from the
Office and then to prepare what she
often calls scrambled meal"
Actually by planning ahead and
thinking about the next day while
she is getting supper for the day in
question, she gets ahead on this
food question. While the vegetables
are cooking and she is waiting per-
haps to broil steak or chops. she may
find some time TO get jellied salad
ready for the refrigerator to finish
its preparation in the next "a hours.
The aspic gelatin, which is much
like real aspic jelly in flavor, fur
nishes a good base for a nodded dish
which is to be the main course at a
meal. Or gelatin favored with lem
on may be chosen for this purpose
Leftover cooked or raw vegetables,
any leftover cooked meat or fish,
no matter how small the amount,
may be combined in whatever pro-
portions you happen to have on
hand. The recipes printed today
may be varied accordingly.
You may like to use cottage cheese
Evening star., 1941-07-24
Picnic Pointer

When sandwiches are the main
stay of a picnic meal, the prepara-
ton is easy. And making sand
Wiches on the spot is fun.
Carry along thin slices of corned
beef. ham, bologna and cheese-all
wrapped in waxed paper, and keep
chilled until the last minute. Pack
thin slices of tomatoes, green pep
pers, radishes, cucumbers and on
ions. Unwrap the foods on paper
plates. Have a helper spread bread
slices with butter, prepared mustard
and mayonnaise, mixed together.
The picnic fans then make up
their own combinations into tall
three-deckers. Sweet pickles. olives
and crisp carrot strips can go into
the sandwiches or be used as relish
accompaniments.