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Evening star., 1941-10-20
Ammunition Supply
Declared Only 7 Pei.
Of Defease Needs
Not q City Protected
From Air Attack, Thomos
Of New Jersey Says
BY the Associated Press.

| bs inc hSSOCldteQ Press
Representative Thomas. Repub-
lican. OF New Jersey, Military Affairs
Committee member, said today ne
had authoritative information that
the supply of ammunition in this
country was only about 2 per cent
of defense requirements.
Because of this situation, which
he called "the crime OF the age
Mr.. Thomas said there probably
was not enough ammunition on
hand to keep the Army in action
one week, if it were engaged as
Russia is now fighting.
Mr.. Thomas said in an interview
he had confidential figures on the
expansion of the anti-aircraft de-
fense which he could not discuss,
but said he could disclose that much
more time was required for con-
struction of such guns and equip
ment than was expected by the
War Department.
Cities Called Unprotected.
Not a city in the United States
is protected from enemy air at
tack" he said. therefore, American
cities along the Atlantic seaboard
must necessarily expect token air
raids If our relations with Germany
continue to grow worse
Mr.. Thomas asserted that Com
munists and their Sympat thizers
through the Office of Production
Management, the ONCE of Price
Administration and Civilian Sup
plies, and the Supply Priorities and
ALLEGATIONS Board are getting into
position where some day they will
have complete control Of the de-
fense structure"
Coast defenses, except at the Pan
anna Canal, are antiquated, Mr.
Thomas said, and have been weak
ened by transfer Of coast artillery
to Western Hemisphere bases. A
long time will be required before
coastal defense holes will be plugged
with new guns. he predicted.
Navy Strength Praised.
Because many defense materials
come from the Far East. Mr. Thomas
said. Japan must not be permitted
to block the trade routes there. He
said that in view of the ammuni-
ton supply situation, an Ameri-
can expeditionary force at this time
would be lust plain suicide
He saw a silver lining in the de-
fense picture in that ."our Navy
is already the worlds most power
full. the air force is expanding rap
idly, our pilots are probably Of the
best, our standing Army is seasoned
and well trained. but still meagerly
equipped"
Evening star., 1941-10-20

in Washington she will be at the
Mayfiower Hotel.
Mrs America" will be only one
Of the many beauties to attend the
food show. for Miss Washington"
and others are scheduled to make
appearances.
Queen TO BE Selected.
Tonight's ceremonies will start
at 8 o'clock when one of the Dis
trict Commissioners is scheduled to
open the show. Representative
Randolph, chairman of the House
District Committee. has accepted
an invitation to attend.
A queen for the night will preside
over the opening session and a
superqueen will be selected from
among five royal" representatives
Of the five large store groups to
reign as ruler" of the Independent
Food Distributors. Each queen will
be paid homage one night of the
show The winner will be chosen
on the closing night.
Evening star., 1941-10-20
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MUSIC.
Organ musicale, Washington
Chapel Church Of Jesus Christ Of
the Latter-Day Saints, Sixteenth
street and Columbia road NV, 3
o'clock tonight.
Band concert, Army Band, Army
War College auditorium, o'clock
tomorrow afternoon.
Photographic concert, Public
Library Music Division. Central
Building Eighth and K streets
/ NV, 7:30 o'clock tonight.
LECTURE.
The Art of Listening to Music"
by Helen Middleton Smith, Y. w.
c. A., Seventeenth and X streets
NV, 3 o'clock tonight.
CONVENTION.
Patriotic Order Of Americans,
Willard Hotel, today through
Wednesday.
MEETINGS.
District of Columbia Bankers As
sociation, Willard Hotel, O'Clock
tonight.
Democratic Women's Council, Will
lard Hotel. 8 o'clock tonight.
Maine State Society, Wardman
Park Hotel. 8 O'Clock tonight.
Sigma Delta Kappa Fraternity,
Wardman Park Hotel, 8 O'Clock TO-
night.
Young Republican League Of the
District Of Columbia, 1912 Rhode Is
land avenue NV, 3 O'Clock tonight.
Washington Society Of Amateur
Cinematographers. Mount Pleasant
Branch Public Library, Sixteenth
and Lamont streets NV, 8 O'Clock
tonight.
National Aeronautical Chamber Of
Commerce, Willard Hotel, $50 am.
tomorrow.
American Roadbuilders' AssociA-
ton, Willard Hotel, $50 an. 70
morrow.
LUNCHEONS.
Overseas Writer'S Club, willard
Hotel. l pm. tomorrow.
women's National Press Cub,
Willard Hotel, l pm. tomorrow.
Uptown Warrington Lions Club,
B1oadmoof Hotel, 1915 pm. to-
| morrow.
East Gate Lions Club S39 Bla-
densburg road NE, 12:15 pm. TO-
| morrow.
Sigma Nu Phi Legal Fraternity,
Hamilton Hotel. II 80 pm. tomorrow.
FOR MEN IN THE SERVICE.
Dance, sponsored by National
Democratic League, Washington
Hotel, $50 O'Clock tonight.
Evening star., 1941-10-20
Mrs. America Here
For Food Show
Opening Tonight
Miss Washington Also
To Be Featured at
Riverside Stodium

Mrs. Ruth Licklider, l9, who won
the title of Mrs. America of l94l"
in a beauty contest for married
women last month at Palisades,
N. j., was welcomed today at Wash
ington National Airport by a bevy
of District beauties.
Mrs. America is one of the feature
attractions at Washingtons second
annual food show which opens to-
night under the auspices of the
Independent Food Distributors of
the District in Riverside Stadium
She was welcomed formally by Miss
Jean Cavanaugh, Miss Washing
ton" of this year.
Will Meet Mrs. Roosevelt.
Mrs. America will attend the food
show until Wednesday night. when
it will be necessary for her to
leave for her home. Mrs. Licklider
wife of New York advertising
man, will meet Mrs. Franklin d
Roosevelt at the White House to-
morrow afternoon. During her stay
Evening star., 1941-10-20
Begeor Mob Dispersed
After Lono Defyino Aid

Shanghai, China. has more or less
satisfactorily solved the beggar prob
lem IN the central district, which re-
Gently teemed with foreign mendi-
cants. They are rarely seen there
now.
For a long time the beggars
operated despite the fact that nu-
merous hostels of the Salvation
Army and Russian benevolent So
cieties we're willing to take care Of
them. The mendicants were mostly
Russian and gypsy.
Evening star., 1941-10-20
Foirfox Will Send
Red Cross Delegates
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FALLS CHURCH, Va, Oct. 30
A number of Fairfax County Red
Cross officials and workers will rep
resent the county at the regional
conference at Charlottesville tomor-
row, it has been announced by Mrs.
Eleanor r. Bolton, publicity chair
man.
Those who will attend include
Mrs. David L. Wing, chairman Of
the county chapter; Mrs. j. Hunter
Mack. vice chairman; Mrs. E. D.
Vosbury, treasurer; Mrs Edmund
H. Parry, jr., secretary; Mrs. Bolton
and Mrs. Robert o. Lord. chairmen
of the Disaster Preparedness Com
mittee.
Evening star., 1941-10-20
Aid Navy Munitions

More than threescore privately
owned ordnance plants are now
cooperating in the Nays NUM-
tions expansion program.
Evening star., 1941-10-20

white stripes. standing for the IS
Colonies, and union composed Of
the combined crosses Of st. George
and St. Andrew in tribute TO our
dependence upon Great Britain.
Evening star., 1941-10-20
First Fleet FIuq

For a time before the Declaration
of independence the first American
feet flew a flag with l3 red and
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-23

forced by putting the employer "on
the spot in the defense crisis.
Third, the jurisdictional strike.
To strike simply because other work.
ers. members Of a legitimate and re-
cognized union working under legal
contract, are rivals to the striking
union. is out of order today.
Fourth, there may be strikes IN
plants whose managers will try to
take advantage of the defense situ-
alton INC the unpopularity OF
strikes to break up established
unions and nullify their quite legi-
innate efforts to keep their MEM
bers afloat in the stream OF rising
prices and new conditions.
The Wagner Act provides machin-
cry for showing by orderly vote who
represents who in any shop. The
federal government offers concil-
iation and mediation machinery,
and is increasing it. Now is the
time to use it, and the spirit back
of it as never before.
The President, in appealing a
gainst unnecessary strikes and
"short-sighted" management, struck
the keynote by emphasizing that
neither labor nor management will
be able to keep freedom if the
present effort fails. Both must be
wise, foresighted and willing to
accept the responsibilities of the
day and time
Some of the labor situations which
will arise this spring will be trying.
They will require every ounce of
patience for settlement wit h out
either taking from labor its hard
earned rights or allowing it to ride
rough-shod over the right of en-
ployers and the public.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-23
THE new POLICE CHIEF

r. r. Voyles, new Ell Centro police
chief, has had enough experience in law
enforcement work to make him at least
a potentially successful police executive.
The one thing upon which all his ac-
quaintances are agreed-that he has al
ways kept himself free of all factional
disputes and political movements-is the
best possible recommendation.
Neither Voyles nor any other police
chief can succeed however, if he is con-
tinually subjected to ''sniping" by fac
tional elements, and hampered every
step of the way by interference from
higher-ups. Cooperation is necessary to
his success.
Voyles deserves the chance to succeed.
He will have the chance only through CO.
operation of all concerned.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-23
by Willis Thornton
A Time For Faith And Patience

Let's look quite calmly at this
matter of strikes and national de-
fenSe.
There are going to be some strikes
and threats of strikes. There always
have been, especially when pro-
duction is rising, employment in
creasing, and spring weather beck
ons. In spite of the defense eff
fort there will be strikes. England
has them even now, while she fights
for life
Why do We permit this at all?
Why does England? Because we
both have full faith that better
production and more of it will come
in the long run from free Workmen
than from the slave galley factor
les of continental Europe where
strikes have ended, true, but so has
liberty
There are certain kinds of strikes.
however, which merit special at
tention, and which will not occur
if American Workmen and American
employers are as wise and as loyal
as we believe they are.
First, there is a possibility that
strikes may be fomented by certain
groups specifically for the pur-
pose of interfering with the defense
program. We believe there are
too few American workmen allied
with such groups to make this
sort of thing dangerous The great
er danger is that all strikes will be
put in this class by an emotional
public
Second, there is a possibility of
organization strikes" being called
in shops with almost no union men,
bers, simply on the hope of labor
leaders that recognition can be
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-23
by Peter Edson...
The Inside Track in WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, March % -
whether you go in for Art or
whether you let it alone, Andrew
Melons Sl5,000,000 gift National
Gallery of Art, just opened to the
WASHINGTON public. is a must stop
for every tourist. lobbyist. ward
politician, tycoon, fireman, old sold
ier schoolmarm. OAR, or visiting
Elk from now on. So as to get the
appropriate noun, understandable
to the three generations now eX-
tant it must be called a Lulu, a
honey. a WOW. It is also free, which
is understandable TO every age.
Leaving to art critics and peo-
pie who know about such things
the technical alteration of the near
ly 1000 masterpieces of paintirg
and sculpture and etching hlIne IN
the 100 galleries, making 1t IN
uuestionably one of the worlds
greatest art collections, there are
plenty of other reasons why you
will want to see this newest of
Washington sights.
In the first place, it is approXi-
nlately and conveniently half way
between the Capitol and the White
House. Also, the G-man depart
ment. which is one of Washington
most popular attractions, is just
around the corner. This association
is not made flippantly or irrever-
emily but factually for whatever
it may be worth.
Second, the building is complete
" air-conditioned, and as a haven
from Washington's notorious broil-
ing sidewalks of July and August,
this will offer the most painless
way of taking capital-A Art ever
devised by man. There are COM
Portable daVenportS in some of the
galleries. too, and you can pick out
your fayorite Rembrandt or Ell Gre
co, park yourself in front of it,
and give your soul a good soaking
in beauty. As a relief from tired
dogs. bureauCrats and congressional
CTatOry. there's nothing like it.
There is a cafeteria. in case you
suffer from bodily. as well as spiri-
tual hunger.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-23
LET'S HAVE THIS
GAMBLING ISSUE SETTLED

Councilman p. L. Moore of FL Centre
and District Attorney Elmer w Heald
have done their fellow officials and the
people of the county seat a favor in
bringing gambling to an issue.
Periodically there is an accumulation
of rumors, complaints and actual un-
pleasant incidents which breaks to the
surface, forcing recognition that some
thing is wrong
What is wrong? An attempt to reach
conclusion now would be premature,
and liable to error. Apparently there
is a united effort now under way by the
city council and other officials to OBJ
tain and examine evidence which might
later justify a studied conclusion. We
believe the effort should not be ended
until the work is done, and definite
policy has been arrived at which every
one can understand, and which will guide
both officials and citizens in future ac-
tions and decisions.
The perennial problem Of city govern
ments faces us. Shall We:
l. Be "blue nose town, ignoring the
voice of that portion of the population
which demands at least some form of
gambling; or,
g Be wide open town where gam
bling of all kinds-legal and illegal by
state LAWS allowed to flourish because
of intentional ignorance" by officials
of what is going on; or,
3. Adopt a middle-of- -the-road policy
where city ordinance permits such gam
bling games as are also permitted by
state law, but where city ordinance also
provide strong penalties for such gam
bling as is declared by the state law to
be illegal, and city police relentlessly
prosecute illegal gamblers?
Under any plan police and other city
officials should follow through TO see
that the stated policy Of the city is car
ried out in such manner that there can
be no more room for rumors of graft,
corruption and favoritism.
The public is sick and tired of this
problem remaining unsolved. There has
been too much undercover conversation
too much acknowledgements maneuver-
ing too much hush-hush about gam
bling. 1t is public problem, which
should be aired in a public manner and
decided with full knowledge of the pub
lie as to the decision.
In the El Centre city election last year
gambling was a vital issue, directly and
by innuendo. One of the purposes of
the balloting was, quite evidently, to
have the status of gambling and gam
blers cleared up, and to put an end to
unpleasant rumors. That the problem
is still with US, year later, is testimony
to the fact that this objective of the vot-
ers, at least, has not yet been achieved.
We hope Councilman Moore and Dis
trict Attorney Heald, who appear TO be
prime movers at this stage of develop
ments, will persist in their efforts to
place the city on a practical operating
basis with regard to gambling and all
other forms of vice
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-23
ARE WE A NATION
OF FOOLS?
(Tulare Times)


Most Americans, undoubtedly, are still
good Americans. who put the welfare of
their country ahead of selfish advantage.
But there are conditions now existing in
this nation which are an affront to every
right-thinking citizen. There are condi-
tions which make friendly and enemy
powers alike wonder whether we are
4 nation Of fools.
There are thousands of fine young
American youths-in army training camps
giving year, or possibly two or three
years, to their country's service for dol
lar-a-day wages. There are tens of mil
lions of American taxpayers giving until
it hurts to pay for American defense.
And yet this country still puts up with
strikes and walkoutS in vital defense in
dustries, just as France did before her
GethSemane.
There are cheap jurisdictional quar-
relS between unions. tying up prOduc
tion at time when lack of production
may jeOpardiZe the safety of the nation.
There are strikes in aluminium plants,
when the government is rationing our
limited supply of that metal to protect
defense industries There is strike in
Bethlehem steel plant which is making
artillery parts and ammunition. There
are strikes in airplane companies, ad-
mittedly provoked by agents of foreign
governments-and yet we do nothing.
There's the Allis Chalmers strike, chok-
ing off the manufacturing of powder
and the building Of destroyers. There's
the Universal Cyclops strike, stopping
the production of fuses. And when these
strikes have been settled, new strikes
will have been called. Yet America does
nothing!
We don't need laws to cope with that
situation. We simply need an articulate,
outraged public opinion. We just need
an expression of what the average man
is thinking-a swelling chorus of public
indignation against any and every per-
son who lets personal greed and selfish
ness, or blindness to his country's needs,
stand in the way of our national welfare.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-23
ALMOST AS BIG
AS CAPITOL

The building itself is a thing of
wonder and beauty, even il it
didn't have an etching in it. It is
of grade pink" or roSe- white,
Tennessee marble, darkest near the
base of the building. fading grad
ually through 33 imperceptible
shades to shell-pink at the top,
but the casual observers might call
the whole thing white.
1t covers an area nearly as big
as the Capitol though it isn't as
high, and the simple design of the
gallery makes the Capitol look a
little gingerbreadish in COMPARE
sion. The site was originally an old
swamp at the foot of Capitol Hill
With no rock bottom within reach,
$500 conrete piles were driven as
foundation, and the friction be-
tween these piles and the earth
supports the massive weight of
masonry and steel
Most striking features of the in
terror are the rOtunda in the CEN
ter and two garden sculpture
courts at either end For the open
ing, these garden courts were
massed with a most magnificent
collection of more than 500 aca-
clas, dozens Of varieties of all sizes
and shades Of yellow. The rotunda,
100 feet in diameter and that high,
Is supported by "a big columns of
Italian Variegated green marble,
quaIried, slid down a mountain and
shipped just before the war broke
out, then turned in Vermount to
100 or more seyen-foot drums.
When they were all done, matching
them became a problem, so a man
was put in a cradle at the end of a
l0O-foot boom, and by crane he
was moved over the yard, direct
ing the shifting Of these lG-ton
blocks till they were all in order.
Percision masonry in the building
was 50 exact that when the %
ton blocks in the ring which these
columns support were hoisted in
to place, they fit to an eighth Of
an inch. Similarly, the $4,000 pieces
of marble in the exterior were all
machined and matched at the
quarries before they were shipped
TO Washington in 30 cars, for re-
assembly.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-23

HOLLYWOOD, March % BY
all the rights OF come-uppance and
sweet revenge, Burgess Meredith
should be directing, instead of act
ing in, Tom. Dick and Harry"
The story goes back to 1882, when
Meredith was on Broadway, play
ing the title role in Little OF
Boy" grim story of reform school
life. 1t was his first professional
role, and he had an understudy
as green as he was. Inexperience
didn't prevent the understudy-a
persistent opinionated young guy
from lecturing the leading man on
the fine points of the drama. He
would corner Meredith and earn
e2tly tell him just how the role
should be played. Until the end of
the show, he was considered a cross
to bear, not to say a pest.
Eventually, both actors came to
haywood, and it would make a
swell turn-about story to tell how
they met again under reverse cir
cumStances, but there's no justice
Meredith's the Harry, of Tom,
Dick and Harry, and the pest
who be-deviled him on Broadway
again is telling him how to pay
his scenes. This time it's worse
because he's really the director of
the picture. You see, the ex-under-
studys name was Carson Kanin,
and he's one of the most successful
young directors in MovietoWn.
Producer Cecil B. De Mile is
renting $4,000 worth of props from
Cecil B. De Mile, antiques collector,
for the formers sea epic, Reap
the Wild Wind" The props are
38 pieces of firearms dueling pis-
tolls, derringerS. muskets, a cane
gun and a ships swivel cannon
from his own arsenal, one of the
largest private collections of its
kind in the world. You'd think
man could use his own possessions
without charge or red tape, but De
Miles an independent producer
releasing his pictures through Par
amount. The studios complicated
bookkeeping system requires him
to fix a rental for the props that
will be charged against the pictures
production cost. Being pretty good
business man, Producer De Mile
will drive a sharp bargain. get a
low rate from Collector De Mile.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-23
AMERICANS A
kEPPKESENTED


III the basement below Potomac
river flood level. is the intricate
network of pipes, conduits, wires
and ducts which provide the air
conditioning sysCem-all open to
inspection and repair Here sui
phur dioxide is washed from the
air to preserve the life and color
OF the paintings.
All the offices the cafeteria, the
auditorium and some special ex-
hibit galleries as yet unopened are
ON the ground floor, their windows
concealed by a marble moat wall.
All the art is on the second
floor The Mellon collection, the
Samuel H. Kress collection, a new
Bullard collection of 300 engraV-
ngs. The Joseph E Widener COL
lection is to come. All masterpieces
Nothing modern.
The galleries may seem empty to
some people. Paintings are widely
spaced, and there is room for the
art masterpieces of the next 300
years.
Lighting on the paintings all
comes from overhead-diffuSed
daylight 35 per cent of the time,
supplemented by an elaborate ar
tificial illumination so adaptable
that each paintig gets the exact
coloration to show it off best
Not all the paintings are Euro
pean. though most of them are.
There are a few familiar Stuarts.
George Washington and his fam
ily. and the two famous Wash.
ington portraits the one on the
stamp and another, earlier job
which makes the father of his
country look pretty florid of face.
As one of the go new, civil service
police whose job it is to guard all
this wealth of art remarked, That
painting makes it look like he
didn't live right"
WASHINGTON WEB
Eighteen million dollars worth of
corn, rye, malt and other farm pro-
ducts go into the Whiskey and beer
industries. But $22 million worth
OF farm products go into ice cream.
British purchasing agents now have
about 1900 employees in Washing
ton and New York. To keep
Willkie from getting more applause
than Roosevelt at the White House
dinner, one plan
was to have Willkie in
troduced with Harry Hopkins. .
for direct tax on all
to finance defense, run as
high as per cent. :. Eleven thou
sand invitations were issued to
ceremony for opening National Gal
lery Of Art, and with 40 per cent
acceptances. the hat and coat
checking problem was immense.
Greatest fear was that it would
rain, which would mean thousands
of pairs of rubbers to get mixed up.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-23
Uranium Crackers
MEET THE NEIGHBORS

Up here in North America. were
getting acquainted rapidly with our
Latin American neighbors in the
interests OF what they cali "hemi-
sphere solidarity See how much
you know about the neighborS by
aSWering these questions.
l. Is any country in South
America larger in area than the
U. s.?
2. Is the Amazon river longer
than the Mississippi?
3. What two South American
nations have no seaports, and
which is the only Central Ameri-
can country not on the Atlantic
Ocean?
d What South American capital
is known as the City of Kings?
5. What South American coun-
tries are called to mind by these
products: ta) beef; (b) beans;
Co OIL (d nuts.