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Evening star., 1941-05-11
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0be bone
by Irene (onnen Ernhorf ESA

The story thus far When Courtney Dolopers
killed in plane crash he is left the responsibility caring for his
sister substantial
marry socially prominent Cynthia Carter after graduation and send
Lucy boarding school, but Mary Cre student the
college Sae him by mentioning his obligation
all that benefit of his fathers creditors After
graduation Uhen he learns Lucy that their Parsonue neigh
bors bitter their losses in the DooDer m he impupey
inheritance benefit keeping only the
down deserted farm his grandfather ownd Cynthia breaks
her engagement on learning of this.
Evening star., 1941-05-11

Continued tomorrow. }
Evening star., 1941-05-11
Strawberry Fete Set

WALLACE, N. c., May 10.-The
7th annual Wallace strawberry mar
ket and festival will be held on
May 1923. High lights OF the pro-
gram include the annual coronation
pageant and nightly dances with
big-name orcheStraS.
Evening star., 1941-05-11
U. S. Paper Goes to Chino

More. than half the paper, and
paper products received at Shanghai,
China, last year were from the
United States.
Evening star., 1941-02-23
Orchestra Deficit

The National Symphony OrcheS-
ira, Washmgton's premier musical
organization, must diSband unless
additional support for its work can be
found at once.
Volunteer solicitors meeting at a
campaign luncheon on Thursday
last were told that seventy per cent
Of total fund of S1O76OO for the sea-
son Of 1912 had been subscribed.
Walter Bruce Howe, chairman of the
eleventh annual drive, announced
that 6085 persons had pledged
S75.26325 The deficit, he explained,
approximates S32 600. Before a new
contract can be signed with the
eighty-tWo players Of the orchestra
ensemble this money must be OBJ
tanned The campaign, therefore,
will be extended until March IS, on
which date the destiny of the Capt.
tails symphonic institution will be
settled.
Meanwhile, in order to understand
the orcheStra'S plight it is necessary
to know that some of the music
lovers of Washington already have
demonstrated their good will in the
most practical way. From 81 patrons
subscriptions in amount Of S37642
have been obtained. If the business
and professional groups now would
emulate these generous people. the
problem would be solved. The Gov
ernment group also is asked to help.
A special petition is addressed to in
dependent individuals not directly
affiliated with any particular portion
Of the community. Neighbors who
have not been solicited at all are in
vited to send their gifts to campaign
headquarters at the Carlton Hotel.
Last year 1884 contributors gave
S107 ,122 &c. Whether or not the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra survives
depends upon as great an achieve
ment in the three weeks beginning
today
Evening star., 1941-02-23
New Debt Limit

President Roosevelt has signed an
act of Congress increasing the public
debt limit from 100000 600 to
S65 1000 ,O0O,O0O However much the
need for such action will be re-
gretted, lifting Of the present cell
ing is clearly essential to finance
rearmament and the aid-to-Britain
program. The public debt is al
ready close to its statutory limit
and it will be necessary for the
Treasury to borrow large additional
sums. For defense purposes alone, it
is estimated that Congress, during
the balance of the present and in
the next fiscal year, will appropriate
the sum of $28, 100000. On July
l, 1912, according to the Treasury,
the United States will have outstand-
ing approximately S58,000000,000 in
direct obligations. With the higher
debt limit, there will thus be available
a leeWay of about $1,000 100000 to
finance borrowing operations under
the leaSe-lend bill
In view of the huge cost of the
defense program, it is of vital impor-
tance, as Senator Byrd of Virginia
pointed out during the Senate debate
on the debt limit bill, that Congress
Immediately reduce non-defenSe eX-
penditures to the lowest practicable
minimum. To save the country from
the evils of uncontrolled imitation,
and the financial chaos that in
evitably follows such imitation, will
require, in the present emergency,
sound and courageous fiscal policies
In asserting that "it is folly for this
Nation to continue to spend for nom
defense the same sums we have spent
in recent years, and then to pyramid
on this our huge expenditures for
national Defense" Senator Byrd
sounded a timely warning. So far,
there is little evidence, either in the
budget estimates, or in Congress, that
expenditures for military pur-
poses during the coming fiscal year
will show any large reduction over
the levels of the current year.
In addition to drastic economies
IN non-defenSe spending, new taxes
will be necessary if all national ex-
penses are to be met within the limit
of the new debt ceiling. Here, too,
Congress must show courage. Sena-
tor PrentisS M. Brown of Michigan
pointed out that it will be necessary
for the Federal Government to reach
Evening star., 1941-02-23

GIVE me new thought that I may
rest myself" said some one. We need
new thought, new outlook in this diff
cult age for our minds dwell too much
on thoughts that harass and disturb US.
Over and over, with slight changes in
phrasing, we read day by day the same
tragic, sOrdid story of crime, wars and
rumurS of wars. We cannot avoIu these
sad recitals. they form a part OF con-
temporary history. but we do need an
antidote; we reed a new thought con-
cerning life that eases the strain, that
brings relaxation that fits us for the
pressing burdens that grow in intensity
with each recurring day.
A clear-visioned journalist came to me
sometime ago and confirmed the need
of a new thought, new and refreshing
outlook upon life. The press has so
much of the tragic in its columns, so
much that appeals to fear, that we need
that which tells the other and more
wholesome side of life" he said Re-
hgion is designed to furnish this better,
kindlier outlook. It's true purpose Is TO
ease the strain, give TO life and its pur-
pose q finer meaning; out of the seven
days OF toll and struggle and disillusion-
ment provide through worship and
Christian fellowship in the houSe-of
peace rest, regeneration of the jaded
spirit and the assurance of better things
TO come. Apart from the quality of the
music or the sermon, the gathering to-
gether of kindred spirits in such an
atmosphere Of devotion, there is generat-
ed temper and a sense of ComradeShip
that is refreshing. stimulating and re-
newing. We greatly need such an ex-
perience in days like these.
A season is at hand, a season wisely
devised for tired, overstrained nerves, the
season of Lent II is written Of the
Master of Men that, before He entered
upon His ministry He withdrew from
the world for 40 days. Apart from the
world of action He sought the quiet and
solitude of wilderness. He would not
venture upon His mighty tasks without
a long-continued period Of quiet and re-
Election. He deemed it essential that He
might fit Himself for His great work.
What of US in such a world as this,
with its strained nerves, its too-pressing
demands It's anxiety and its uncertainty?
Evening star., 1941-02-23
A DEFENSE PROVISION
Bu the Rt Reu James E. Freeman. D. d. Ii. D. D. c. L.,
Bishop of Washington.

Can we face with courage the unpredlct-
able events of the future without time
out for the renewing of our spent forces,
for quiet reflection and the deepening
of our belief in what Robert Louis Stew
enson called an ultimate decency of
things? If we need time to give fresh
ness and vigor to body and brain when
we are subnormal, certainly we need the
period which this season OF Lent affords
for getting a clearer vision OF the mean
ing CT events and better understanding
OF Gods purposes concerning US. De
spite all that we hear and see and know
of world in disorder We must believe
there is plan and purpose, that behind
the tragic events of life, even OF our own
individual lives there is design, however
imperfectly we may discern it.
To believe less than this is to destroy
the only hope of better world and re-
stored and vastly improved human So
ciety. We cannot go on with any sense
of security any peace of mind believ-
ing that a blind fate governs in the
affairs of men. We cannot understand
the history of America without seeing in
it manifest God who. despite all our
follies. has guided and directed the ship
of state. 1t has been when We have
grown overcOnfident in our own capacity
and strength and have abandoned the
ways of a reverent recognition of our
deeper moral and spiritual needs that
We have lost our sense of security.
We are in a period today that chal-
lenges the best of our wisdom and judg-
ment. Can We with confidence face
grave problems unless We pause to take
account of the need of divine help?
Apart from the quieting influences of
worship afforded us Sunday by Sunday,
there IS in the consistent recognition of
Lent, with its multiplied privileges for
worship. together with the suspension of
many of our social activities, an oppor-
tunity to clarity our vision to lessen the
tensions and to ease the strain of our
hurried and overcharged lives Yes We
need new thought that We may rest
ourselves a new thought that is broad
er and finer than the ones that crowd
upon us day by day. A rested life is a
sufficient life life made ready for any
emergency; a strong, poised and cour-
ageous life. 1t is a defense provision in
olSpensable to peace and security.
Evening star., 1941-02-23
Reopeninq Mexico

The steady shift to the right In
Mexico raises the prospect of some
deep-seated constitutional changes
which, if completed, may serve to
relieve the strained relations preva-
lent in recent years between the
Mexican government and foreign
capitalists.
The Mexican constitution Of 1917
established national ownership of all
of MeXico's subson resources. This
policy was taken from old Roman
and Spanish law. out Of which MeXi-
can law originally grew. Under this
provision of the constitution PreSi-
dent CardenaS in 1888 appropriated
the property of the seventeen for
eign-oWned oil companies, and the
Mexican government undertook the
operation of the seized properties.
That experience has not been a
happy one. Mexico not only has la
bored under a boycott by American,
British and Dutch oil companies
finding her foreign market limited to
Germany Italy and Japan-but she
has also had serious difficulty with
the $4,000 petroleum workers who
were supposed to be the chief bene-
ficiaries Of the appropriation. Not
only did the workers fail to receive
the benefits which they demanded
from the oil companies, but consid-
cradle number of them were dis
missed under an economy program
imposed by the government.
President Manuel Avila Camacho
appears now to be endeavoring to
reconcile MeXico's constitutional pro-
vision for national ownership with a
liberalized policy which would again
attract foreign capital to Mexico.
He has submitted to the special ses-
sion of MeXico's Congress a bill
which would amend the constitution
to permit the return of private en-
terpriSe to the Mexican oil industry.
AS outlined in press reports, the
Mexican Presidents plan would pro-
vide for government ownership and
control of exploited oil properties,
the operation of which would be
financed by foreign capital. Clearly
defined and ample management
rights, which the oil companies have
insisted upon retaining, presumably
would be left to them under some
formula, still to be worked out, for
division of profits.
Before foreign capital will be will
ing to return to Mexico certain points
of conflict must be removed, how
ever. In the first place, ironclad as
SuranceS against any repetition Of
appropriation would be necessary.
How these could be given is proble-
matical, since Mexico has a change
Of administration every six years.
The controversy over the 1888 eX-
preparation also would have to be
settled satisfactorily Perhaps the
Mexican Presidents plan, coming at
a time when negotiations for settle
ment have been resumed, is part of
such an agreement.
If by this method the differences
between Mexico and the foreign oil
Evening star., 1941-02-23
Stadium Site

When plans for the National Cap
ital were drawn nearly a century
and half ago, one of the outstand-
ing features was a magnificent ave-
nue. approaching the east front of
the Capitol Only in recent years
have definite steps been taken to-
ward realization Of that dream. Now.
through move just announced by
the Park and Planning Commission,
the dream is to be brought closer
than ever to reality. The commits
sion states that all of the land nee
eSsary for a municipal stadium has
been acquired at the eastern ter
minus of East Capitol street, directly
opposite the armOry, which is under
construction. This will form the
nucleus of a great sports center for
the city, project which has been
civic need for a generation.
Whether the stadium will seat
$4,000 people and be designed to
fulfill all community needs, or 100,-
900 or more to meet requirements
of possible great national and inter-
national events, depends upon the
view taken by Congress. Also still
to be decided is the extent of Federal
participation in the financing of the
program.
But the progress is encouraging.
Washington has waited many years
for a public arena in which its citi-
zens could meet and where they
might watch major athletic or other
events, Perhaps the national de-
fenSe program will interfere with
immediate development of the sta
dium site. But the way has been
cleared for final action when Con-
greSS gives the "go" sign.
Evening star., 1941-02-23
CopitoI SideIights
By viii p. Kennedy.

Marked progress has been made in the
greatest botanic garden in the world
during the past five years since Congress
took over the Iong-neelected garden,
then in the Mall extending west from
the Grant Memorial. and placed It under
the supervision of David Lynn. architect
of the Capitol with William A Freder-
lex. landscape architect and horticulture
ist. in direct charge. The value of this
scientific and eSthetic development by
Congress has been emphasized by the fact
that the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew,
England. and others in France and
throughout the subjugated nations have
been wrecked by bombs or abandoned
because of the fuel shortage. Some Of
the finest botanical specimens have been
offered for importation TO this country
at ridiCulouSly small prices-bUt the pur-
chasers must take all risk in transporta-
ton Already the United States Botanic
Gardens has several collections which
rival any others in the Uorld-OTChldS,
azaleas cycads hardy chrySanthemumS,
Erabu and Creole lilies, citrus ana cacr.
All of these are constantly being en-
larged by gift and purchase. With the
standing OF the Botanic Garden now
well established. it is TO be augmented in
the near future by inheritance y 1t IS
to be the depository of several other
noted plant collections. The Rutherfor-
diana collection OF azaleaS--90 varieties
and 400 plants-now on display is rated
by experts to be the finest in the world
and it is strictly American developed.
The cycads come next in importance.
This family is Of prehistoric origin and
found mostly in ASiatiC countries. South
Africa and Mexico. The Botanic Garden
cycad collection is outstanding for its
fine old plants. in y varieties. These
plants are IN as good condition as any
in the world The Botanic Garden has
achieved what has never before been
known in botanical history-the hybrid
izing and bringing to seed for the past
three wears one of the best varieties,
the CyCas circinoliS. 1t is the first time
this ever has been achieved under artif-
cial conditions The seeds are about the
size Of hen egg. The orchid collection
now has more than 500 types, and it is
being added to each year. Many varle-
ties recently have been received from
Venezuela and Colombia. The hardy
chrysanthemum collection is now the
largest and best in the world. comprising
more than 300 varieties. Public interest
is greater in this collection than any
other because the Botanic Garden is CO.
operating directly with the people, show
ing them the wide variety of fall bloom
ing types they can raise in their home
gardens with little care. In annual ex-
hibits the garden has been extremely
successful in developing outstanding
plants of the Erabu and Creole lilies.
In fact, it is a result of the Botanic
Gardens work that a new Creole lily
industry has been built up in the South.
Evening star., 1941-02-23

Konoye has his eyes on in the South
Pacific is loot of the kind Hitler wants
and needs more than anything else
This combination is held together only
by a common interest in grabbing terri
tory now ruled by others Once these
"have-not" nations succeed in becoming
"have" nations they could start to strug-
gle among themselves for a larger share
in the loot.
The Roosevelt Churchill partnership
has no such basis. The basis of this
partnership is one of common interest
and common understanding. Although
the British and Americans have had
their differences and their arguments in
the past, they have always stood together
whenever there was a threat from an
other nation or combination of nations
1t is more and more obvious that they
are standing together again now that
the rise of air power is creating a threat
to the British in their homeland.
If the British should lose the battle
for England herself, all present signs
suggest this still would not be the end
of the present war and that the Roose-
lt-Churchill combination would be in
evidence to plague the Hitler -Mussolini-
Konoye combination + in its quest for
empire.
Evening star., 1941-02-23
japanese Peace Dove


Major Kunio Akiyama, spokesman
for the japanese eXpeditionary force
in China, declared at a recent press
conference that Japan has the
heart Of a dove of peace, but
Snake-the United States and Great
Britain-haS placed its egg in the
doves nest" The egg, Major Aki-
yama explains, is the fortification
of Singapore, the arrival of Austria
lian troops in Malaga and the i'm.
pending fortiflcation of Guam and
Samoa" Asked by neWspaperman
what he thought would hatch from
this egg, the major replied vigor-
ously, God knows, but the dove will
protest vigorously" Then, abandon
ing metaphor, this official spokes-
man asserted that Britain and the
United States want to impose the
status quo in the Pacific on Japan,
nation desiring peace"
To most of US in America, that last
statement of the doughty major goes
rather anonymously with what he
said before. 1t conjureS up the illog-
ical picture of a peace-loving dove
bent On upSetting the status quo
and then protesting vigorously"
against those powers, unfiatteringly
described as egg-laying serpentS,
who take defensive measures to pre-
vent the status quo from being upset
by the dove. However, Major Aki-
yama was putting picturesquely just
what Foreign Minister MatSuoka was
saying to a group of Japanese jour-
naliStS that very same day and what
virtually all Japanese SpokeSmen,
official and unofficial, have been
arguing for a long time.
1t would be ill-advised to dismiss
such statements, with sardonic
laughter or irritation, as being mere
hypocrisy or cynicism. They are
more serious than that, because they
denote a mental attitude pro-
fOundly different from ours. The
present leaders of Japan, and SEEM
ingly a majority of the japanese
people, undoubtedly believe that
their projected new order" in the
Far East is not merely a vital matter
for themselves. but a legitimate and
beneficial development for the other
Far Eastern peoples. They regard
themselves as the natural architects
Of this new order" because they are
the "Yamato race" divinely blessed
and headed by a God-Emperor whose
heaven -decreed destiny it is to
spread his benefcent rule.
The average japanese devOutly
believes all this. Hence, necessity
and destiny coincide to ''rationalize"
his desires into a fervent faith for
which he is prepared to fight and
to die when misguided opponents
seek to thwart the policy employed
to bring the new order into being.
If force is necessary, it should be
employed, and those who resist are
guilty of ~provocation." Japan is
thereby acting, not aggreSSively, but
in legitimate "selfdefense" of the
new order" already partially estab-
lished and now to be harmoniously
completed.
Such is the chain of reasoning
which has undoubtedly become fixed
in most japanese minds. To them
it is logical and Self-evident, and it
does no good for us to give vent to
ridicule or call hard names. If we
are going to oppose this new order"
we must be prepared to oppose it
with more than verbal arguments.
1t would be a serious mistake to pre-
sumo that the Japanese are bIufhng.
They are fanatically sincere.
Evening star., 1941-02-23

into other forms of taxation that are
not theoretically just, and that are
not entirely defensible," such as a
manufacturers sales tax.
Such a tax would give the Federal
Government muCh-needed addi-
tional revenues, obtained from mil
lions of Americans, and its imposi-
ton would enable the Treasury to
pay larger part of the costs Of de-
fenSe out Of current receipts.