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Evening star., 1941-05-14
UNITED STATES SENATE.

Dear Slr.
Last week my wife came home with
an infant bird, obviously not more than
q week old, which she had found on
Connecticut avenue, more than 100 yards
from the nearest tree or possible nest
site.
"It had been cut around the beak and
was not exactly in tip-top form.
That was five days ago. It has
thrived, since then, in a cotton-lined
box, on diet made out Of canned dog
food, but we can't keep it up. The
apartment has but limited facilities for
raising small wild birds.
Besides that, we have Pomeranian
which isn't any too enthusiastic about the
idea. Besides that, 1t seems to require q
feeding every time we turn around.
eve don't know what make of bird
it is. 1t has some blue feathers coming
in on its wings.
1--WE want to get rid of His Nibs, but
not II he is going to be the worse for 1t.
If you can recommend a bird orphan
age, or something, 1t would be gratefully
appreciated.
Sincerely yours, G. w. M"
The drawbacks to bringing up young
bird in the house are manifold.
In the first place, the bird which has
fallen out of its nest doesn't like it.
A house is no nest, at least in the
bird sense.
1t may be imagined that the whole
thing is terrifying to the unfortunate
creature
Properly handled, however, it gets over
its fear and grows nightly
That is where another of the draw
backs come in. Feeding young bird
is q 24-hour job and 1t seems a great
deal Of trouble to go to for such mite.
Another drawback Is the lack of
genuine interest for the job on the
part of many persons who undertake
it. Pity comes in and the first thing
one knows, without really wanting to,
one is caring for an orphan bluejay.
There is only one person out of 100.
perhaps, who is fitted for bringing up
young bird by hand The other 90
had better leave the Job to nature.
Often it is possible to see where the
bird lived. The cries of the parents
will quickly show this, If one investigates
Sometimes the nest can be seen and
even reached easily. In the latter case,
it is far better to put the creature back
into its nest.
y y
If the parent birds are identified, a
good plan is to make up a substitute
nest in cardboard box, lined either
with cotton or soft tissues.
This box may be lashed securely In
the proper tree, at some crotch where
1t will be held firmly.
1t Is best to cover the box on the
outside with green paper.
Evening star., 1941-05-14
No Time to Quit

It Is not difficult to understand
E, Representative Hunters reasons for
wishing to leave the District Com
+" mittee but it is sincerely to be hoped
that he will reconsider and that he
will retain a position he has filled
with credit to himself and to the
advantage of his voteless constituents
In the District.
D AS chairman of a special Subcom-
mittee on fiscal relations, Mr.. Hunter
has personally experienced some OF
the curious contradictions that mark
V the tortuous course of legislating, in
the House, for the District.
Impressed, as were many of his
=, colleagues who had given the matter
even casual study, with the marked
Determinations in the local income
tax law-from the payment of which
Congress and the courts have ex-
. empted thousands of potential local
taxpayers-he attempted the amend
. ment of the law to remove some OF
observation-disclosures
p law apply not merely to those who
lacked the power of voting, but to
voting citizens as we'll who are men,
bers of the Washington community.
The amendments also would have
increased the revenue yield from
the act.
But the House, motivated by an
astonishing exhibition Of cynical self
interest, refused to amend the act,
leaving it to apply merely to part
of Washington's population and in
effect approving the exemption of
thousands of other Washingtonians
who still retain their voting rights
in the States.
On Monday Mr.. Hunter, as chair
man of the same subcommittee, was
in charge of the legislation designed
to place in effect the so-called Over
ton formula for measurement of the
Federal payment. That legislation
was also defeated, and many of those
who opposed it stated that they did
not believe the District was bearing
its fair share of taxation. These,
incidentally, were the same legis-
lators who refused to make the local
income tax apply equally to District
residents and thus increase the yield
from the tax.
Such defeats, however, do not dis
credit Mr.. Hunter. He has done his
duty as he saw 1t and the people of
the District honor and respect him
for his fairness and his sincerity
They sorely need a few more friends
In the House like him.
Evening star., 1941-05-14
Explains Famous Phrase
Used by President Wilson.

To the Editor Of The Star:
In one Of his speeches prior to our
entry into the first World War, Presi-
dent Wilson said America was "too proud
to fight"
Immediately the phrase was ridiculed
from on, end Of the continent to the
other. The pity Of 1t was that no one
seemed to understand him! Under the
duelling code with which he was
familiar as an historian, a gentleman
only challenged a gentleman, never one
of inferior birth or breeding. He had
witnessed the outlawing of this system
because public sentiment had become
sufficiently enlightened to see that it
was a barbaric. way of settling ones
differences. Having observed the disas-
trous effects of the Civil War in the
South, We can assume that he thought
it high time to outlaw war in the same
way, as unworthy of our civilization and
therefore beneath our dignity.
He finally was induced to enter the
war on condition that the Allies would
agree not to fight again and enter into
q covenant to that effect. Thereafter
our slogan became "a war to end wars"
What l. the aim of our President in
this present war? What does any one
in America hope to gain for ourselves
by entering 1t, since even proponents
of conveying admit that danger of in
vasion here is so remote as to be
negligible at this time? What do we
hope to gain for others? If we allow
our emotions to govern us, what is to be
gained for anybody by hatred and re-
venge? A. S. H.
Evening star., 1941-05-14
The German Luwyer

The fate which has overtaken the
lawyers in Nazi Germany is of more
than professional interest, for the
virtual elimination of lawyers, as
lawyers, from the German economy
has gone hand-in-hand with the
snuffng out of personal and property
rights.
This story of the German lawyer
is told by Arno A. Herzberg in the
current issue of the American Bar
Association Journal. Formerly
practicing lawyer in Germany, Mr..
Herzberg was forced to abandon his
career as Hitler came to power, and
he is now a resident of the United
States.
Writing against the background Of
his own experience, he asks: Where
there is no protection of person and
property, where there is no free
speech, where the state is able to do
everything and to command every
thing without being restrained by
constitution or law-what is the pro-
fession of a lawyer good for? Is there
any place for the lawyer in the
totalitarian system?"
Mr.. Herzberg answers his own
question-in the negative. In the
totalitarian state, in his judgment,
courts as they are known in America
simply do not exist. And because
there are no courts in the true sense
there is no work for lawyers. Much
of the routine legal business is han
died by the Nazi party without any
recourse to such courts as there are,
and the word of the Gestapo is the
true law of the land. The lawyers,
on the whole, have become party
clerks and party zealots. They have
no alternative but to carry out the
party orders, regardless of any sup
posed rights of individuals.
In this situation, 1t is to be ex-
pected that MIR. Herzberg should con-
clude: Where the courts are su-
perf1uous, the lawyer is superf1uous,
too. No wonder that the profession
is declining in numbers and In in
fuence. There is no use for lawyer
in Germany. The totalitarian state
can do without him. Where freedom
Evening star., 1941-05-14
Corny

Years ago, when vaudeville was
still alive, a performer used to bring
down the house by peeling a banana
on the stage, eating the skin, and
throwing away the pulp with the
comment that bananas were pretty
good but the main trouble was that
the seeds were too big. If he had
tried the stunt with an ear of corn,
he would have got the hook Aside
from occasional use as a Missouri
meerschaum, the corn cob was
worthless.
Now, 1t seems, it is more valuable
than the grain it carries. Treated
kindly, it can be turned into alcohol,
gunpowder, motor fuel, rubber, gun
cotton and many other products use
full in helping man go places or kill
people. A plant is under construc-
ton in Missouri Valley, Iowa, that
can make a meal of forty tons of
cobs a day, after their former own
erS have made meals or meal from
the kernels. 1t will turn out almost
anything specified for defense.
With summer coming on, the air
soon will be full of the merry crunch
of corn-on-the-cob fans getting into
action. But these are grim times
and they should not waste the cobs
as in happier days. 1t would be al
most treason to discard something
which can run a tank or blow up the
enemy. Save those cobs, and mail
them to Iowa!
Evening star., 1941-05-14
Tells Of Trip to Gapland
And Wonders About Mount Atho."

To the Editor Of The Star:
The pictures and story of Gapland.
which appeared in The Sunday Star,
April 6, were most Interesting, SO much
so in fact that group of us made the
trip up there week ago yesterday. 1t
more than lived up to the story and
our expectations. Many other visitors
came and went all the time we were
there, no doubt also attracted there by
The Stars story.
Possibly there is an equally interest
ing story somewhere in Southwest Vir-
ginia behind another medieval arch with
the words Mount Atho" inscribed over
the center span. Having passed this
weird structure some six years ago on a
return trip from Natural Bridge have
often wondered about its history
MRS. M. s. SNOW.
Evening star., 1941-05-14
Differs With Professional Critic
And Praises Operetta.
To the Editor Of The Star:

Az VIC SuItOL Va luc OtdI
For nearly 40 years I have considered
The Star the best newspaper in the
country and still do. am not in any
way changing that opinion by writing
this letter.
You have a set of especially capable
men on your staff, which fact to me
makes the following episode seem all the
more in contrast and shows how one
may be too close to his subjet matter
to get the reaction that may be taken
by an audience.
Early in the week Jay Carmody wrote
a review of 1.-THE Student Prince" at
the National Theater. On reading it, my
reaction was that was in for dull eve
ming later in the week at performance
for which had purchased tickets.
I claim no distinction in regard to
music and far be it from me to put my
knowledge in opposition to Mr.. Carmody,
but I spent a very enjoyable evening
listening to THE Student Prince"
Perhaps it has become quaint" as Mr..
Carmody states, but the audience, which
to my surprise contained many young
people, appreciated the whole perform
ance and applauded generously.
1t is really tribute to the National
Theater that at time when war news
is so rampant the management can put
on a production that for few hours will
take an audience away from itself into
a make-believe land.
The National is the only example that
has survived of the old legitimate theater
and think it is to be admired for striv-
ing to preserve some of the things OF
yesteryear and furnishing employment
to human beings rather than machines.
JOHN H. MacCLANE.
Evening star., 1941-05-14
Vacant Lot

This tUus his ,oide, Dide ,oorId, this
udcdnt lot
Through all the summers OF his
childhood days
He wandered here in happy solitude,
Neglecttul OF all other sports and
plays.
For here each hour neto worders
came to pass;
The sod he UuLked on, green or
sunrer-dried,
Became his tundr1S; clumps Of
prairie grass,
TaH-nodding, tecked NTH bloom,
his pdmpds tUtde.
And overhead the sky, his seuen
seas,
With stUtft ships scurrying on that
tide so blue.
often he pondered, but to whut far
ports
Those ,0htte ships sailed, he neUer
TIyLLLy hUcU.
Sometimes a jungle stretched across
his Uay,
The 1oild hemp, pungent In the
noon-hour heat,
Through Dhose green gloomS-smaH
tiger OF DAY.
His kitten roamed on predatory
feet.
But, miracle OF all, when earliest
light
DreD him to Dtstt this, his dear
domain,
To find that in the darkness of the
night
A mole had buiIded him q noun
tain chain.
A mountain chain, tDhere nothing
Dds before!
Gift OF the oodsi-tDhat could he ask
tor, rrorer
JANET WOOD.
Evening star., 1941-05-14

of speech and freedom of the indi-
vidual are abolished, there is no room
for lawyer"
Mr.. Herzberg was writing for the
benefit of American lawyers. But his
disclosures have a wider field of in
terest. And particularly should they
interest those who believe or who
try to make themselves believe that
the spread of the Hitlerian system Is
not direct and imminent menace
to our American concept of equal
justice under law"
Evening star., 1941-05-14
Police Fitness

In ordering a careful physical
: checkup of all policemen and fire.
men who are fifty-five or older, the
Commissioners have made practical
move in the interest Of increased
efficiency of two branches Of the
municipal government vitally con-
cerned with public safety. Because
Z these departments have such impor-
. tant responsibilities in the protection
of persons and property, it Is axio-
. matte that policemen and firemen
should be, at all times, physically fit
and mentally alert. 1t was in recog-
= milton of this fact that the Police
: Department, about sixteen years ago,
instituted a system of annual phySi-
cal examinations for all men fifty
five years old or older. These annual
examinations have resulted in the
wedding out of many officers who
we're not qualified physically to con-
tinue the arduous work of police
officer.
For some unexplained reason, the
! Fire Department has not seen At to
follow the example of the Police De-
partment in this respect, although
the duties of a fireman surely call
for physical qualifications no less
exacting than those of policeman.
Z It has been the custom to order fire
>. men before the Board of Police and
! Fire Surgeons only when some indi-
+ vidual case of obvious or suspected
physical disability developed. The
Commissioners have acted wisely In
ordering a systematic examination
of firemen in the older age classifi-
cations.
Police Department records indi-
cate that about fifty officers are
sixty or older. Eleven are sixty-five
or older and one is seventy-one. APP
proximately eighty members of the
police force who are fifty-five or older
were examined recently by the Board
of Police and Fire Surgeons. 1t is
the practice in such examinations to
classify the men under one Of three
headings: First, those physically fit
In every particular; second, those
with certain defects but deemed
capable of continued active duty, and
third, those physically disqualified
for active patrol work. The new
findings of the examining physicians
are to be analyzed by the board and
submitted to the Commissioners tor
study and possible action. This Is q
Evening star., 1941-05-14

O. Why is patrol wagon called a
Black Maris?-S. F. z.
A. The traditional story is that Maria
Lee, Negress of great size and strength,
kept sailors boarding house in Boston.
When constables required help it was
customary to send for Black Maria who
soon collared the refractory and led him
to the lookup.
@. Who commands the U. s. s. North
Carolina?-B. L.
A. The commanding officer of the re-
Gently commissioned battleship North
Carolina is Capt. Olaf M. HuStvedt, a
native of Chicago and resident of
Decorsh, Iowa.
Q. Where does most of the tea drunk
in America come from?-C. L. A.
A. Java, Sumatra, Ceylon and India
produce most Of the tea consumed in
America today.
@. How many trademarks are regis
tered at Washington, D. CIV. AL.
A. The Patent Once says that as Of
April 20, i94l, the total number OF regis
trations of trademarks was 387, ,121.
@. Who wrote the Cuckoo Song"7-
c. w.
A. The verse is anonymous. Written
about 1850, it is the most ancient English
song that appears with the musical notes
attached
@. Is there law that foreign-made
goods must be so labeled?-A. A. r.
A. The Tariff Act says: Every srticls
imported into the United States, and its
immediate container, and the package in
which such article is imported, shall be
marked, stamped, branded or labeled, in
legible English words, in a conspicuous
place, in such manner as to indicate the
country Of origin of such article, in
accordance with such regulations as the
Secretary Of the Treasury may, by regu-
lations, prescribe"
Evening star., 1941-05-14
Native Woshingtonion
Not q 'Rure Bird
The Census Figures Refute
A Popular FolIocy
Regarding His Number

The JollotDing excerpt from speech
by the Editor r-in-Chief of The Star Is
made timely by recent discussions,
during the hearings on national rep
resentation, OF the number OF Wash
ingtonians ipho claim residence no
tDhere else.
How many are there of us natives?
Who Of us has not been confronted with
the popular delusion that Washington is
populated by alien transients; and that
the native Washingtonian is rare bird,
or another wild man from Borneo, the
sole specimen in captivity?
The census Of 1930' shows that of the
Districts 486.8 1863 population 1So,864 were
born in the District (37.1 per cent?, and
that Of the 353,914 whites in the District
population 128, ,226 were born in the Dis
trict 1862 per cent?.
The Districts relation to Maryland
and Virginia Is so intimate that District
residents born In these States are near
natives, and are at least not to be classed
as alien transients, collecting here solely
for Government and temporary purposes.
If the District residents, born in Mary
land, are added to those born in the
District the aggregate is 231 $50, or ATS
per cent of total population. If District
residents, born in Virginia, are added to
those born in the District and in Mary
land the total is 303, ,754, or 62.5 per cent
Of the total population. In 1880 only
62.2 per cent Of the population of New
York was born in the State; and only
62.9 per cent Of Illinois) But 3O,733 Dis
trict residents are of foreign birth, and
by that fact are removed largely from
the category Of transient visitors from
the States.
Subtracting this number from the
total population, it appears that the
District residents of home birth, /. e.,
birth in the District, Maryland and Vir-
ginia, number $685. ,754, as against l52, $3.50
born in all the other States of the Union.
When we consider how many thous-
ands of this 152,3S0 have become identi-
fed with the District as isolated Wash
ingtonians having no connection with
the State of their birth, and when we
consider how many thousands of war
workers from remote States were brought
here in the war emergency and were
still here in 1880, this number Of 152,3so
Is not strikingly large. When discounted
as suggested 1t becomes small
Extraordinarily large numbers of ma
tives of the District remain at home
when the inducement or the compul-
sions to self-exile are considered. Under
the operation of the apportionment of
offices law in conjunction with ,the con-
gressional policy of discouraging COM
merce and industrial enterprise in the
District, the District youth must 90
abroad in order to get employment in
the classified service at home. And
through the constitutional denial of ma
tional representation to the District the
Washingtonian must exile himself in
order to be represented and to partici-
pate in his national-local home govern
ment. ...
1910 figures Of census for these subdivisions
not yet available Total Population I940
-6R3. .0Q1 n holds aSth nIa IN 1o10
Evening star., 1941-05-14
Historic Parallels

The motives and purposes OF Rudolf
Hess remain a mystery, but there
can be no question about the variety
of the speculation which his sudden
and dramatic flight to Scotland has
stimulated. Not in many years has
the precipitate action of one single
individual created so much discus
sion. Theories of explanation are as
dogmatic as they are numerous, and
it would be folly to anticipate de-
velopments by accepting any of them
at the present moment.
Nevertheless it is human to seek
parallels in history for the escape
Of Hitlers erstwhile lieutenant. The
obvious resemblance between Hess
adventure and the treason of Bene-
dict Arnold has been mentioned. But
thus far there is no evidence to
suggest that the Nazi gutter has
been guilty Of any turpitude COM
parable with that Of the commander
of West Point when, following the
capture of Major John Andre, he
hurried aboard the British Vulture
in the Hudson, September "a, 1880.
Neither is it Just to connect the
detection Of Hess with a violation
of faith like that of King James II,
who, decamping to Sheerness during
the night of December 10, 1888, cast
the Great Seal Of England into the
Thames at Lambeth as he went.
A much greater similarity, it would
seem, exists between Hess perform
ance and that of Mahomet. His
objectives in common with those of
the founder Of Islam, Fastening from
Mecca to Yathrib, July Is, 622, appear
to have political connotations of a
recognizable sort.
The same observation may be made
with reference to the flight of Louis
Napoleon from Ham to England, May
Is, 1846.
If it be objected that Hess is not
ambitious, his record of self elevation
may be cited in answer. Having
helped to make Hitler dictator of
Germany, it is not altogether i'm
possible to believe that now he might
desire to unmake him. The record
of human experience is full to the
brim with examples of second fid-
dlers" who have come to fame in
that manner. George Monk aban-
doned the Commonwealth and ar
ranged the Restoration to the end
that, after May l, 1860, he might
be gentleman Of the bedchamber,
knight of the Garter, master of the
horse and commander in chief, Earl
of Torrington, Duke of Albemarle,
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, ETC., with
pension Of seven thousand pounds
a year from Charles II.
But in connection with Hess deser-
ton of Der Fuehrer a more recent
intriguer might be recalled. The
name is not universally celebrated,
yet there must be at least a few
persons by whom Prince Max of
Baden is remembered. He it was
who managed the abdication of
Kaiser Wilhelm, November 9, 1918.
Part of the story may be found in
Lady Norah Bentinck's memoirs.
The unwritten portion Of the tale
would show at the instance of what
agencies "it also became his duty to
put pressure upon the Emperor" in
order to persuade him to retire to
Amerongen.
Evening star., 1941-05-14
Criticizes Declaration of War"
BY Presidents Son.


BY Presidents Son.
To the Editor of The Star:
Capt Jimmy Roosevelt, speaking at
Cairo, Egypt, is quoted as saying I'VE
are already in the war"
Is 1t not probable that had any less
favored, but more efficiently trained
officer of the Army, Navy or Marine
Corps made such statement, he might
Immediately be recalled for reprimand
or court-martial?
If son Jimmy is touring as an official
military observer, this was an undiplo-
matte and belligerent statement; If he
is acting in the capacity of courier for
the President, his remarks present an
alarming viewpoint to the voters of our
country who last November were prom
ised that we would sanction only meas
ures short of war"
When Charles A. Lindbergh presented
facts regarding aviation, he was termed
. "copperhead." Has son Jimmy been
Evening star., 1941-05-14
Wants Navy to Protect
Shipments to Britain.

To the Editor of The Star:
The die is cast. We have crossed the
Rubicon. So let us be sensible and see
things in their proper proportion. We
have a lend-lease law, and We are max
ing or will make billions of dollars worth
of war materials for Great Britain.
These munitions are our property,
part of our defense plan to preserve our
American way of life. Therefore, 1t
would be the height of folly to permit
Hitler to destroy them by sinking the
ships they are be transported in. thereby
multiplying that part of our national de-
tense program.
Moreover, we are morally if not legally
bound to deliver the goods, and the best
way to do 1t is for the Navy to see to 1t
that our goods are delivered.
Roseland, N. j. GEORGE ROY.