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Evening star., 1941-06-05

JEANNE with the light brown feathers
few down for slice of bread.
She does this regularly every after
noon.
She is a young English sparrow
evidently deformed at birth
If it were not for this daily slice of
moistened bread, she might starve to
death, since she does not seem able
to eat seeds.
Her breast is bumped, and her swal-
lowing is difficult.
Otherwise, she seems normal enough.
Normal, that is, with one exception.
JEANNE does not seem to have the
slightest fear of anything.
She will fly right down for the bread,
or perch or the hose two feet from the
nozzle.
Members of her flock pay little at
tention to her, except to envy, no doubt,
her ability to get bread before they
dare come down.
So far, JEANNE and her really pretty
brown feathers have not been caught
by cats, but she is not enough afraid
of them for her own good.
*
AS she stuffs moistened bread, her
chest becomes larger and larger, until
finally she can eat no more.
1t took her only a day or two to be-
come accustomed to this way of eating.
| Her favorite perch is in the great
Van Fleet rose vine, and there she sits
all day long, waiting for dinner.
She will eat any kind of bread, but
must have it moistened
All the members of her clan are
partial to wetted bread. White, whole
wheat, raisin bread-it makes no differ
ence, just so 1t is we'll moistened with
water.
1t is queer fact that many of the
| birds like bread more at this time of
year than in winter. One might think
offhand that their need for carbohydrates
would be far greater in the cold.
1t is an interesting sight, the band of
sparrows in the grass, eating away at
two slices of bread, while JEANNE monop-
| olizes the third.
They seem to recognize that the slice
belongs to her.
| She eats away, consuming at least half,
before she flies up into the vine.
|
Sparrows are by no means the only
| birds which come to the feast.
Although there is plenty of seed, in
| cluding sunf1ower, at several stations in
the yard, the birds all come for the
| bread.
Usually it is gone in 10 or Is minutes,
every crumb of it.
Even the robins fly down TO the feast.
Often there will be several cardinals
and catbirds hopping around, too
But the English sparrows remain the
real picture. This may seem strange
to persons who are not interested in
this bird. but the fact remains that these
| sparrows are at their peak at this time
Evening star., 1941-06-05
Says Some Children
Do Not Like Milk.
To the Editor of The Star

To the Editor of The Star
Why more milk at cents quart is
not sold at the various city stations has
been discussed in numerous articles in
the press.
None has brought out a very impor-
tant reason-which is that many thou
sands of adults and children do not like
milk and would not buy it at any price.
Children buy in this order with their
lunch and other spending money:
!. Sodas-some children many q day.
2. Ice cream in bars, cones, etc.
8. Chocolate milk runs bad third.
4. Plain milk only when forced to by
parents or teachers.
know Of child, now grown, healthy
and strong, who never did drink milk,
refusing it from infancy. Another child,
now grown, healthy and strong, stopped
drinking milk at IL years and refused 1t
thereafter.
There is marvellous opportunity for
some chemist who can conceive of new
dairy drink Of about go per cent plain
milk with some ingredient that will
stimulate as large Q demand as the
popular sodas. E.E.s.
Evening star., 1941-06-05

general public will be debarred from
parking anywhere near the various GEN.
ters of public interest on Capitol Hill.
The situation has almost reached that
stage now.
On some of these public streets park
ing spaces have been marked off and
assigned to a designated person or tag
number. Although there are often
vacant places. nobody else can take ad-
vantage of them even for brief stop.
This. to use the apt language of Mr..
Penn, is "a gross misuse of public prop
erty."
Congress should provide parking lots
for its members and it's employees.
JOHN .. BRADLEY
Evening star., 1941-06-05
Member of the Associated Press.
Toxinq Hospitals

It is hard to believe that Congress,
in enacting legislation in 1877 to
exempt District charitable inStitu-
tions from real estate taxes, intended
that hospitals should be excluded
from the exempted class. The law
as adopted provided that no realty
taxes should be levied upon build
ings belonging to institutions of
purely public charity, conducted
without charge to inmates, profit or
income" A liberal Interpretation of
this act had kept the city's public hos
pitfalls off the real estate tax list until
recently, when several of them were
restored to the tax rolls upon recon-
mendation Of the Real Estate Tax
Exemption Board. This board has
been conducting city-wide inveSti-
cation of tax-exempt properties in
Washington, with the result that
many holdings deemed to be properly
Interpretation of the statutes have
been ordered restored to the tax list.
Because of the restrictive language
OF the old law, it is obvious that the
Tax Exemption Board, in reviewing
the legal situation with respect to
taxation Of hospitals, had no alter
native but to follow the literal word
Ing Of the act, which specifies that
an exempted institution not only
must be a purely public charity"
but must assess no charges and re-
ceive no income of any kind. Most
hospitals, while often rendering free
clinical service or general hospital
ization to destitute persons, could not
exist unless they received fees for
service rendered patients able to
pay. BY accepting money from some
patients, however, the hospitals
automatically come into conflict with
the law and under the new reading
OF the statutes lose their tax exemp-
tion. This is obviously inequitable
and unreasonable. In the case
OF Children's Hospital, to cite an
example, the board reported to the
Commissioners: I'm our opinion this
hospital Is charitable institution,
and under authority of great
number Of cases in different juris-
dictions could be classed as a purely
public charity, but at the present
time, in this jurisdiction, there is no
existing statute exempting hospitals
as such from real estate taxes" The
same condition, generally If not
specifically, applies to other hospitals
which render services comparable to
those rendered by ChildrenS.
It is with view to rectifying this
glaring deficiency of the law that
Chairman McCarran of the Senate
District Committee has introduced
bill to exempt ten Washington hos
pitals from real estate taxation and
to relieve them Of any accrued liza
bility therefor. The bill in question
specifies In great detail the exact
location and nature of properties
which would be relieved of taxes, and
these specifications probably should
be studied carefully before they are
incorporated into law Senator Nc
Carran has promised that hearings
will be held on the bill at an early
date. Enactment of legislation re-
storing to the hospitals the tax
exemption they have always enjoyed
clearly is in the public interest.
Evening star., 1941-06-05
BIuckbird on the Lawn

There's Tilt OF prince or pirate pride
In that high head and S,Ddying
stride ..
Your coats more beautiful to see
Than carUed and polished ebony q.
Sunlight on you ShotDs the gliSt
OF emerald and amethyst.
Let indoor people look at gems
And stotuettes and diademS-
I'd rather t0dtch you at my side,
Black and bold and golden-eyed.
HoRTENsE ROBERTA ROBERTS.
Evening star., 1941-06-05
Wants "Backfire"
To Protect America.

To the Editor Of The Star
The laws Of the universe may be on
the side of democracy, but a steady prac-
tice of too little and too late" can hold
the universes help from functioning
even for us.
A flare of wind has turned the fame
to the Near East beyond Crete toward
Syria and Cyprus just now. But another
gust, out of Brennero, perhaps, may set
the flames raging toward America.
Why not backfre, as the woodmen say,
against the danger and create line over
which it shall not cross? A fire dies out
at good backfire line. We do not need
to get into the European blaze. A fire
line from Greenland through the Azores
and perhaps the Canary Islands, with
an outlook and . fre patrol for our de-
mocracy. would be IN intelligent insur-
anes. SAMUEL ". IRWIN.
Evening star., 1941-06-05
Challenge From Labor

The President and the members
of Congress endeavoring to carry
out the national defense program
today find themselves confronted
with a defiant and truculent chal-
lenge from important sections of
organized labor, and if this chal-
lenge is not dealt with promptly and
in decisive fashion it Is perfectly
obvious that the security of the
Nation will be put in gravest
jeopardy.
During the past twenty-four hours
those elements in the labor move
ment which obviously have no in
tention Of cooperating in the de-
fense effort have shed all pretenses.
In Washington, o. M. Orton, leader
of striking C. I. o. West Coast lum-
bermen, has rejected recommended
tions for settlement of the dispute
which were submitted by the Ma
tional Defense Mediation Board.
These recommendations were in
dorsed by two c. I. o. officials on
the board panel considering the case,
and their acceptance was urged by
Philip Murray, president of the c. I.
o. In spurning the settlement plan
despite these considerations, Mr..
Orton, in a manner reminiscent Of
the attitude of John L. Lewis at the
outset of the coal strike, charges the
board with being an "all-out, labor
busting and strike breaking device"
seeking to "bulldoze and mislead
workers with false and hysterical
propaganda"
At IngleSide, California, 5000 C. I.
o. workers at the North American
Aviation plant, which has s1e6 ,OoO>-
900 in war plane orders from this
Government and Britain, have gone
on strike In direct violation of an
agreement, ratified only last Satur-
day by the union membership, not
to strike while their controversy
was pending before the Mediation
Board. The walkout was ordered
before any action could be taken,
and on the f1imsy pretext that the
board was "Stalling the workers"
And from San Francisco, it is re-
ported that striking A F. of L.
machinistS, who have tied up work
in eleven shipyards, including con-
struction of vessels urgently needed
by the Navy, have fatty rejected a
request from the Senate committee
investigating defense strikes that
they return to work.
Viewed in the most favorable light,
the attitude of those responsible for
these strikes establishes beyond dis
pute that they are selfish, irrespon-
Sible and wholly Indifferent to the
welfare Of the Nation as a whole.
They have taken a position which
does not permit of further tenn
porizing. Weakness on the part of
the Government at this time could
serve only to encourage other ire
sponsible labor groups to take
advantage of the national emergency
for selfish purposes, and it is plainly
the duty of the President and his
supporters in Congress, however
great may be their chagrin at reap
ing such a bitter harvest from their
efforts on behalf of labor, to take the
lead in meeting this challenge
squarely and without equivocation.
Now is the time for the President
to act upon his recent declaration
that "this Government is determined
to use all of its power to prevent
interference with the production of
materials essential to our Nations
security"
Evening star., 1941-06-05

@. Which President once conducted a
liquor tavern?-V. S.
A. Carl Sandburg in Abraham Lin
coin, the Prairie Years" says: Berry and
Lincoln took out license in March
1833 to keep a tavern and sell retail
liquors. Their license specified that they
could sell whisky at 1919 cents pint and
French brandy, peach and apple brandies
Holland and domestic gins and wine and
rum at various other prices"
@. For whom is Fort Knox in Kentucky
named?-E. E
A. 1t was named in honor Of the
Revolutionary general and first secre-
tary of War, Henry T. Knox.
Q. Please give directions for cleaning
natural colored pigskin.-V. F. P.
A. The National Bureau Of Standards
says that a good neutral soap, such as
saddle soap, is satisfactory for cleaning
natural colored leather After cleaning
with soap and water, a few drops of
castor oil may be rubbed on the leather
as preServative. The wet leather should
be allowed to dry very slowly at room
temperature.
Q. Does the Constitution prescribe the
requirements for the presidency?-S. v.
A. The Constitution lists the follow
ing qualifications for the presidency: A
natural born citizen of the United States;
35 years of age or older; at least IA
years of his life must have been spent
in the United States.
@. What determines the field horses in
the Kentucky Derby?-F. A. D.
A. At Churchill Downs, which uses the
manual mutuel system Of betting, the
ticket racks are set to sell tickets on 10
separate betting units only. Therefore,
If more than 10 horses start. the tenth
horse and all additional horses are
grouped in one betting unit which Is
called the field" In Kentucky, the
field is determined by the track handi.
capper who places the horses he figures
have the least chance of winning in the
field.
@. How many teeth is a draftee re-
quired to have?-P. D. K
A. In order to be eligible for service
under conscription, man must have
minimum Of three serviceable natural
maSticating teeth above and three below
opposing, and three serviceable incisors
above and three below opposing. Teeth
which have been restored by crowns or
dummies attached to bridgework, If we'll
placed, will be considered as Serviceable
natural teeth when the history and ap-
pearance Of these teeth are such as
clearly to warrant such assumption.
@. Please give the official definition
Of bunt hit in baseball.-S. p. r.
A. The Official Baseball Rules define
a bunt hit as legally batted ball, not
swung at, but met with the bat and
tapped slowly within the infeld by the
batsman. If the attempt to bunt result
in foul not legally caught, q strike
shall be called by the umpire.
@. How many men deserted from the
A. E. F. overseas?-W. H. E.
A. Out of the 2,084, 1000 men who went
overseas with the American Expedition
ary Forces, there were approximately
1926 deserterS.
Evening star., 1941-06-05

A member of our Signal Corps
has been assigned the task of train
ing hawks to kill hostile messenger
pigeons. Probably the next step will
be to train eagles to grab the hawks;
then focks Of crows to blitzkrieg the
eagles, and so on, far into the future.
Evening star., 1941-06-05
Payment of Dep0sitors
Eyokes Praise.

To the Editor OF The Star:
The Franklin Bank: In these jittery
times 1t is quite refreshing to note that
the former Franklin Bank (now City
Bank has finally satisfied all of its
depositors in full. The bank holiday Of
1888 has demonstrated that at that time
many of the concerns securities, while
sound, were not easily negotiable.
Those then put in charge have now
definitely made good. For this service
our thanks. And SO what? Oh, in our
more penniless and therefore unreason-
able moments we are inclined to con-
sign all these money changers to per-
ditlon. But, with a dollar in our pocket,
we feel little better, more forgiving. We
realize that temporary adverse conditions
may be overcome by brains plus a sense
of duty and responsibility.
Those at the head and also their as
sistants and clerks (men and women)
are to be complimented. The present
appreciation is not 4 helping of goose
grease labeled out free gratis. They have
earned it. FRED vETTER.
Support Correspondents Objections to
Closing Capitol Roads and Nearby Streets
To the Editor of The Star:
wish to thank r. Alan Penn for so
well expressing a-needed protest against
the departure from democratic practice
which has been inaugurated about the
Capitol in the matter Of parking on cer-
tain public roadways. Capitol employees
and members of the press, and, for that
matter. members Of Congress, have no
just right to monopoly Of the public
roadways for parking purposes.
Every day many citizens of the United
States are visitors to the Capitol. and
they are entitled to an equal chance for
parking
And this undemocratic discrimination
is not confined to the Capitol grounds
roadways indicated by Mr.. Penn. What
is even more intolerable is that 1t has
been extended to streets adjacent to the
Capitol grounds and congressional ONCE
buildings. 4 htS,s nners ef this and thA
Evening star., 1941-06-05
Letters to the Editor

Letters TO the Editor must
bear the name and address Of
the tDrtter, although the use OF
q pseudonynl for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters t0tth
q uieU to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-06-05
Huskin's S Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. HdSktn

A reader can get the dnStUer to any
question OF fact BY ,Drtttng The EDe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. HaskinS, director, Washington,
D. c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
G. What does it cost to fire l4-inch
gun on one of our battleships?-G D. NJ.
A. The cost of firing large shell from
14-inch naval gun Of the type now
used on battleships is about $1,000.
@. Does an infant have as many bones
as an adult?-R. w.
A. A baby has II more bones than an
adult. This is due to the fact that GER
tain bones in the skull and at the end
of the spine Join later.
@. can find no reference to river
named Rye in Scotland. Is it stream
that Is referred to in Comm Thro' the
Rye"?-H. T. P.
A. The stream mentioned in the old
song is shown on certain maps of Scot
land 1t is in Ayrshire.
@. Who invented the striking clock2
C. T. c.
A. According to Famous First Facts"
the first clock to strike the hours was
constructed by Benjamin Banneker, a
Negro, in 1854.
@. Is it true that the many cocoanut
palm trees in Lake Worth are the result
Of a shipwreck many years ago?-I. B.
A The Florida Historical Society says
that in January, 1879, the misfortune of
the Spanish bark Providencia proved
godsend to Lake Worth. She was cast
away on the coast, and her cargo of
10000 cocoanuts distributed itself Inn
partially for miles up and down the
beach, with the result that now the
cocoa palm lifts its graceful fronds every.
where in the district.
@. What city was the first to adopt
daylight saving time?-M. L. K.
A. It was first adopted in New York
City on March l9, 1918, by city ordinance.
Evening star., 1941-06-05

Ex-King Carol styles himself "iust
q simple refugee" He Is q refugee all
right but far fro0 simpie.
Evening star., 1941-06-05

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Evening star., 1941-06-05

@. can find no reference to q river
named Rye in Scotland Is it stream
that is referred to in Comm Thro the
Rye"?-H T P
Evening star., 1941-06-05

A. The stream mentioned in the old
song is shown on certain maps of Scot
land. 1t is in Ayrshire.
Evening star., 1941-06-05

@. How many men deserted from the
A. E. F. overseas?-W. H. E.
A. Out of the 2,O84,OOO men who went
overseas with the American Expedition
airy Forces, there were approximately
l236 deserterS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-02

- NEW shopping thrill awaits you gro
GERS It's like strolling through garden, picking
luscious fruits and tender vegetables for your table
Foods in Duragas containers let you their ripe
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-02

Here's real convenience-keep unused por-
tons of fruits and vegetables in your refriger-
ator in their own DuragIas jars. When they
are empty you can discard them as you
would any other oontainer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-02

Trademark Of The Company wbOse
pioneering research Transforms glass
into brodHaS useful 70 Everyone Z.
Glass Confdiners InsHinx Glass
BiOnks and Libby Sajedgs Glasses
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14
Like father, like son :.

Like father, like son -.
Forget this is the year 1911 as you study
these pictures Of children at play. Let your
mind flash back twenty-five years or So
See the curly-haired youngster, upper
right, so intent as he aims his wooden gun at
the unseen enemyi Twenty-Five years ago,
as their elders engaged in the supreme folly
of war, other youngsters, like him, played
with guns, laughed in glee as they pretended
death.
But there was no laughter in those who
met death amid the horror and agony of
genuine war.
Today these youngsters are grown. Their
children, in turn, once again play at blood
shed and destruction. Innocent of the
deeper, more tragic significance of their
games, they play once more at that most
heart-rending of human follies-war.
They fly "airplanes" and "bombers"
they man "warships"; they even incorporate
the latest most fiendish developments of
modern blitz warfare. The old pastimes of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14
Will There Be Total War Again
When These Children Grow Up?

Cowboys and indians" and "Cops and Rob-
bers'' have given way to battles" between
opposing armies"
Barbara Sutro, expert news photographer
who went out into the streets of New York
for these pictures, found the very beat and
alarm of war about her. She saw children
engaged in exciting blitzkrieg, with snip
ing from trees and bushes, sudden charges
on bicycles and carts.
"The carnage sometimes is dreadful she
reports. MANY of the boys obligingly play
dead in order to end one battle and begin
another" She actually came upon elaborate
arsenals where bombers, battleships and
machine guns, constructed out of wood, tin
and rubber, were turned out in mass
production
On vacant lots she found lean-tos of board
and brick to which the small fry hurry when
a whistle warns "the bombers are coming
Total war on the streets of New York
And will it be total war again when this
generation of children grow to manhood
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-16
Senior Senator:
Vandenberg Among
Senate's Ablest Men
Foreign Policy and Finances.
Are His Chief Concerns
BY THEODORE A. HUNTLEY
Time. s,ss Ccrre.pona,n,

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-Sen-
ator Arthur H. Vsndenburg slumps
sideways in big, comfortable
chair with leather seat, provided
since time immemorial for SEN
stors Of the United States while
attending Senate sessions. He
listens intently 10 the debate
Sometimes he may sit thus for
DAYS, speaking briefly and casually
10 colleagues, hat keeping out OF
discussions from the floor.
Occasionally he will stroll
through the swinging, frosted
glass doors into the Republican
cloakroom. or tramp relenilessly
out into the long foyer Just off
the Senate chamber. or into the
adjoining marble room where SEN
ators may smoke, nap or read
their hometown papers. All OF
the metropolitan papers are there.
There is mineral water also,
provided at public expense 10 help
guard the Senate's health. There
is A phone. and small mahogany
tables where senators may sign
or dictate mail and give instruc-
tons 10 secretaries.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-16
Senators Drift
In From Halls

Senators drift in from corridors
and cloakrooms. or hurry over
from their offices.
For the senior senator from
Michigan speaks as a rule only on
the Senate's big days when
subjects of major Importance are
before il. and seldom then. When
he does. he speaks out in meeting,
as they say down in the country.
In journalese. he says some
thing" The senator has convic-
tons and is not afraid 10 express
them. When he does, he is likely
TO be forceful and direct, with no
beating about the bush. Clear,
straightforward newspaper Eng
lish is part of his upbringing and
background.
Two subjects hold his principal
tnteres Foreign affairs and
finance. Bullets and bond issues.
But weaker and weaker, these
DAYS, grow the senator's pleas for
economy. Why save a million when
the war budget for the coming
year calls for the spending of "a
BILLIONS?
Initiation? As certain, in the
senator's opinion. as that night
follows day
War? How can t.he country
escape il if the Neutrality Act
is repealed. or If ii should send
ships into waters wher. submarines
lurk?