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Evening star., 1941-02-25

every war in which America has been
engaged? Has he never heard of the
famed Irish regiment, The Fighting
69th"? That was the organization to
which Joyce Kilmer was proud to be-
long. Has he never heard of the 69th's
spiritual leader. Father Francis Duffy,
whose name is benediction to number
less American soldiers of many nation
alities? Frightened" did Mr. Franklin
say? Do frightened men return as
heroes?
Those of the seth who survived came
back with deeper convictions as to the
democratic way of life. Many of them
are now proud fathers of sons who are
being inducted into active military serv-
ice imbued with that same spirit and
regard for American principle that
spurred on the Irish 69th in the cam
paigns of the war to preserve the Union.
Yet, these are our frightened Irish!
1t might be worth while to note at
this point that the frightened" Irish
constitute the largest percentage of any
nationality to respond to the call for
volunteer enlistment. The frightened"
Irish are joining the Army!
The Irish will not be swayed any more
by Mr.. Kennedy than they will by Mr.
Franklin. Determined and steadfast,
they will defend democracy for America,
and yes, even for England. AS one Rain
bower said at a recent veteran meeting
America is safe and Hitler is finished
because my son has now joined the Army
Air Corps"
Can it be that Mr.. Franklin is con-
cealing his own fears behind vague gen.
eralizations and insinuationS?
MRS. JOSEPH j. SAUNDERS.
Evening star., 1941-02-25
Bell Tower

The bell, 1Dithin its totuer, like sLedos
OF brass
Has hammered music from the
Dinter stars,
Broken their theme in tragn1er-
t1ry bars,
And SCUM measures phers the
lDithered grass
Is sparkling in q coUerIet of frost.
Star notes about the sleeping totDr
are tossed
Until seem to hear them ringing,
SDeet
As mirth OF girls far doton the
empty street.
My hearts sloU beating Quickens and
is strong
With the Uibration OF the bells cold
song!
sOPHRONIA FULLER.
Evening star., 1941-02-25
II Duce's Pep ToIk

MuSSolini'S unheralded address is
revealingly significant both for what
he said and for the circumstances
under which he spoke. This was the
first formal speech he had made
since mid-November, when he gave
his version of the backfiring invasion
of Greece. Now, suddenly and with
out warning, he has broken his
three months silence. 1t is there
fore legitimate to assume that some
sharp compulSion impelled him pub
licly to speak his mind.
II Duce's immediate audience was
the top-f1ight Fascist hierarchy of
Rome, hastily summoned to convene
in the Adriano Theater, a handy au-
ditorium. But the whole. Italian
people was hidden to listen in over
an elaborate radio hookup, with
loudspeakers installed in the re-
moteSt village square. Thus virtually
all Italians heard what their Su-
preme leader had to say.
They heard plenty. For nearly
three-quarterS of an hour MuSSolini
harrangued with all the oratorical
tricks that have proved so effective
with his fellow countrymen. 1t was
a raw, passionate speech, pitched in
many emotional keys and covering
a wide range of topics. With SEEM
ingly brutal frankneSs, the magni-
tude of Italian military reverseS in
Africa was acknowledged, and the
likelihood of long, arduous war was
not disguised. Of course, this was
coupled with confident predictions
of eventual victory, though here
again Mussolini did not conceal the
fact that an axis triumph would be
largely due to German arms. The
presence of German air and motor
lied forces in Italy and North Africa
was admitted, their efficiency was
extolled, and the solidarity of the
axis powers was proclaimed the en-
during basis of Italian policy.
That last was to be expected, since
MusSolini could not say anything
else. More noteworthy were his bit
ter jibes at America and his defiant
assertions of the basic hostility be-
tween FaSciSm and the democratic
world of which America forms so
prominent part. Americans were
pictured as the victims of colossal
mystification" wrought by "a politi-
cal, financial oligarchy dominated
by Jewry through a form of extreme
ly personal dictatorship" This be-
unused America was assured that lit
is lie that the axis powers want to
attack America" and was told that
a more probable invasion would be
one by belligerent MartianS.
Yet, later on in his speech, II Duce
asserted that the world of liberal
ism, democracy and plutocracy" had
made war on Fascist Italy since
FaScism came to power almost
twenty years ago. In reality we
have been at war since 1922, namely,
from the day in which we raised
against the Masonic, democratic and
capitaliStic world the flag of our
revolution" which, he proclaimed,
will set the pace of the century"
Such words logically belle peaceful
proteStationS half contemptuously
addressed to an allegedly befuddled
American people. They tend to con-
firm the views of those who contend
that this is indeed struggle of basic
ideologieS between which no compro-
mise is possible. 1t would be inter-
esting to know how widely II Duce's
call to a fight to the finish is today
indorsed by the hungry. depressed
and diSilluSioned Italian people.
Evening star., 1941-02-25

@. If a baseball player is signed up
with a two-year contract with his club
and then is drafted, does the club have
to pay his full salary?-E. B.
A. All contracts carry provisions COW
ering the drafting of players into the
Army. The player is taken off the clubs
active list and placed on a special mill
tary service list at no pay. The contracts
provide that the club is allowed adequate
time to make room for him before re-
storing him to the active list at the
completion of Army service.
O. Will you kindly advise me how to
determine the bow and stern of a ferry
boat?-H. A. C.
A. Generally speaking, the bow and
stern of a ferryboat are exactly the same.
as there is a pilot house on either end.
The machinery is generally located in
the center. However. should this ma
chinery be located in either end, that
end would be the stern.
@. How long do Holsters grow7-R.
L. E.
A. The average length of the adult
lobster taken for market is 10 to IL
inches. Lobsters may attain, however. a
greater size if allowed to I'LL out the full
term of life.
@. What is the derivation of the word
genie as used in the Arabian Nights"7
j. w. w.
A. The word genie was adopted by the
French translator of Arabian Nights" as
the rendering of the Arabic word which
it reSembled in sound and sense. In Eng
lish, genie has been commonly used in
the singular. and genii in the plural. The
word is defined as meaning one OF the
sprites or COLLINS of Arabian demonology.
.. How many bananas are produced
in the United States?-C. j.
A. Bananas are not grown CONNER
cially in the United States. There are.
however, paintings in Florida, Louisiana
and California.
@. Did Jack johnson ever fight STAN
ley Ketchel? If so, when and where1-
j. B. M.
"a
October 16, 1909. at Colma, Calf. John
son won by a knockout in the twelfth
round.
Q. Is the wife of a veteran eligible for
burial in Arlington National Cemeteryp-
E. w. B.
A. In the case of enlisted men, only
one grave site is assigned The wives
of enlisted men may be buried in the
same grave with their husbands but only
after the death and interment therein
of the veterans concerned, except where
the enlisted man is 10 years Of age or
over, in which case interment of his
wife prior to his death is authorized.
provided he gives assurance that he will
eventually be buried in the same grave.
Evening star., 1941-02-25
The Reed Report

In carrying out the mandate of
President Roosevelt for compre-
hensive study of methods for the
recruitment, training and placement
of professional, scientific and admin
istrative personnel under civil Serv-
ice, the committee headed by Su-
preme Court Justice Stanley F.
Reed was confronted with task
that was not to be resolved by rule
of-thumb standards or fixed for
mulaS. Rather, the problem pre-
sented was one that by its very
nature called for extensive applica-
ton of the trial and error" process
in the search for solution, and it is
in such a light that some of the
major recommendations developed
after two years intensive labor must
be considered.
The committee found itself in
sharp disagreement in dealing with
the problem of bringing lawyers
under civil service, this issue being
productive of radical proposal for
departure from accepted civil service
standards, with one group recon-
mending that the employing system
be administered by committee on
Government lawyers instead of the
Civil Service Commission. Propo-
nents of this plan, including Justices
Reed and Frankfurter, Attorney
General Jackson and Gano Dunn,
an engineer, argued that the legal
profession occupies unique position
in the Federal service, and that the
recruiting procedure should be
shaped more toward meeting peculiar
needs than toward conformance
with some standardized routine.
Other members of the committee, in
Guiding William H. McReynoldS, ad-
ministrative assistant to the PreSi-
dent; Doctor Leonard D. White,
former civil service commissioner;
General Robert E Wood and Justice
Murphy-who submitted an indi-
vidual report-condemned this pro-
posal as an impairment of the merit
system because, in effect, it amounts
to Manipulating Government law
yers. Criticism of the plan is boil
stored by the fact that some agencies
already obtain satisfactory results by
recruiting lawyers through civil
service.
The committee properly empha-
sizes the deSirability of fostering
promotion policy that will assure
men and women already in the serv-
Ice of an opportunity to qualify for
higher positions when vacancies de-
velop, and, as a complementary
proposition, of providing training to
fit them for the new responsibilities.
This is a phase of Government en-
ployment to which too little atten-
ton has been paid in the past, and it
is the one basic principle that must
be followed if Government service is
to be the democratic career service
that Justice Reed described as
Essential to the proper conduct of
public affairs" recommendation
for improvements in the recruiting
and examining machinery of the
Civil Service Commission also are
important.
The Reed committee report is be-
ing presented at an opportune time.
Originally designed to cover only
about five thousand positions which
could be given civil service status by
executive order, it now prescribes
policies for several thousand more
brought within its purview by the
RamSpeck Civil Service Extension
Act. 1t should prove helpful factor
in the Advancement of the merit
system.
Evening star., 1941-02-25
Answers Mr.. Franklin's Suggestion
That Irish Are Frightened.

To the Editor Of The Star:
In your edition of February 18, Jay
Franklin rendered a grave injustice to
the Irish of this country.
Most insidious were his references to
Joseph p. Kennedy's preaching Of the
doctrine of defeatism and appeasement,
which has become the ghastly gospel of
the frightened Irish" The subtleness
and poignancy of those words!
Is Mr.. Franklin so ignorant of Ameri-
can history that he does not know that
Americans (f1rst and always of Irish
forebears have spilled their blood IN
Evening star., 1941-02-25
Approves Hoover Proposal
For Experimental" Feeding O

Approves Hoover Proposal
For Experimental Feeding of Belgians.
To the Editor of The Star:
We have been called by the leaders
of non-democrstic countries a nation
of Softies 1t seems to me that we have
been effectively demonstrating the
reverse of this statement. We are not
soft. On the contrary, we are proving
ourselves to be not only cold and CAL
culatingly selfish but as hard-boiled as
any other so-called civilized people of
the moment.
Hitler car toss bombs on the innocent,
but we sit idly by while people-our
alleged friends-starve to death amid
the ruins. Bombing is merciful in COM
parison! For what could be q more
refined torture than to allow the i'm
poverisheo and hungry-who did their
very best to stay free of this conflict
to watch their children and loved ones
perish from lack of food while we liter
ally join forces in allowing their miseries
to attain the most extreme proportions?
Herbert Hoover's proposal is to test
his food distribution plan in Belgium
to experiment. Surely the results of
such a plan could not be disastrous
even If the plan failed, for it is always
subject to the approval of countries in
volved and could be halted the moment
1t was deemed needful. Why then is
the plan so summarily waived?
MILDRED K. HEATWOLE.
Evening star., 1941-02-25
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 1Uriter, although the use of
pSeudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters lCith
q UielU to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-02-25

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Evening star., 1941-02-25

@. How much of the sale price of the
average package of 15-cent cigarets b
chargeable to advertising? H. 6.
A. The advertising cost for cigarets
selling for IA cents is a little more than
u cent a package.
Evening star., 1941-02-25
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. HdSkin.

A reader can get the nnsUer to drp
question OF fact by tDriting The EUe-
ming Star Information Bureau. Fred
eric J. HdSkin, director, Washington,
D. C. Please tncIose stamp for reply.
Evening star., 1941-02-25

O. Is it true that a snake will not
crawl over a rope made Of Manila
hemp?-F. c. L.
A. No. The Smithsonian Institution
says that a snakes progress Is not
affected by anything scratchy or thorny.
1t is accustomed to crawling over cactus,
for example. the thorns Of which do not
penetrate its skin.
Evening star., 1941-02-25

@. Please give me the name Of the
present Governor General of Canada
G. K.
A. The Governor General OF Canada
is the Earl of Athlone, who took once
on June 81 1910.
Evening star., 1941-02-25

c. What is the official weight Of o
basket ball?-J. w.
A. The official weight of a basket ball
is from 20 to % ounces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-11
a j. l. Friedman j. Barnes entry,
b-A. A Wilcox H G.. BedWen entry,
SECOND RACE-PuLse. zoo. claim
THIRD RACE-Purse 81 600. claiming;
steeplechase: 4-year-olds and up, about 2
FIRST FAcY-Purss 81

miles.
Epindel e Roberts - I42
xxQuakerStrect ~ MeynerD -- 49,
xxx ROYAL Day tno boy - 49,
Xxx Silver Lining mo boy -.------ l32
Buck LsnghoTne &C Brooks - AS
Brown Imp IN Brown --- AZ
b Archery mo boy -------- 40
b Congsree tho boy go 49,
Saba tapool elements, Is"
M H DIXON and Miss Zimmerman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-11

Suffolk Downs

Apprentice allowance claimed.
Clear and fast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-11
80 Axis Trucks Destroyed
In Libya, British Claim
By the Associated Press.

CAIRO. Egypt. June 1.-THE
R. A. F. Near East headquarters
reported today that British fighter
planes destroyed about 80 Axis mo-
tor trucks-descrlbed as mostly
large tankers"-in an attack on a
convoy between BARGE and Derna
Libya.
r. A. F. bombers also struck a
heavy blow against Axis airdromes
on the island of Rhodes last night
and the night before, the commu-
nique said.
Two aircraft were burned out in
q large gasoline fire and others were
damaged and destroyed by bombs at
Calato, it said
Besides the attack on transport
in Libya, it reported hits on ship
and the mole in the harbor of
Bengasi. the Axis chief supply port
in North Africa. on the nearby
Benina airport and on the landing
grounds at Derna. Gambu and
Gazala, damaging some aircraft.
The R. A. F. continued to give
full support to the advance of our
ground troops" the communique
reported on the Syrian offensive.
"A bombing attack was made on the
airdrome at Palmyra and direct hits
were obtained on hangers"
Defensively, it reported one Axis
plane was downed in the course of
two air alarms yesterday on the
Palestine port of Haifa and another
shot down attempting to scout the
Egyptian port of Alexandria.
There were no British losses in
any Of these operations. it said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-11
Hearings 10 Start Friday
On I D. T.. LIQUOR Bills

A House subcommittee arranged
late today to begin public hearings
at 10 am. Friday on two bills that
would drastically change the liquor
control law in the District.
The hearings will be held by the
Public Health Subcommittee of the
House District Committee. headed
by Representative Schultz, Demo-
crat, of Indiana. who introduced
both measures.
One bill-recommended by the
Commissioners - would permit
"standup" drinking" at bars and
allow hotels. night clubs and restau-
rants TO sell liquor by the drink
until am. Sunday. instead of clos
ing their bars at midnight Sat-
urday.
The other would abolish adver-
Using of liquor prices by amy me-
DUNN newspapers, handbills
and even in stores where liquor is
sold by the bottle. In addition, the
measure aims to prohibit eventually
the sale of liquor within 600 feet of
a public school, church. library,
Army post or elemosynay institu-
ton providing housing for the indi-
gent. Existing regulations allow
liquor sales within 400 feet of schools
and churches, but do not apply to
other institutions.
Representative Schultz said no
list of witnesses had been prepared
in advance of the hearings, but
added we are going to hear every
body and his brother"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-11
Ordnance Laboratory
AT Navy Yard Wins
House Groups 0. K.
New Building TO Cost
$3.50 900 Planned in
Gun Factory Section

The House Naval Affairs Com
nittee today approved bill au-
thorizing erection of a new naval
ordnance laboratory in the naval
gun factory section at the Wash
ington Navy Yard at a cost not to
exceed S450.000. The committee in
structed the Bureau of Yards and
Docks to proceed Immediately with
construction.
Chairman VinSon said he will
try to have the bill inserted in the
pending supplemental appropria-
ton measure
Rear Admiral w. H. P. Blandy.
chief of the Bureau of Ordnance
cited the imperative need for the
new structure in connection with
the defense program. and Comdr
Lewis B. Combs OF the Bureau OF
Yards and Docks assured the COM
mittee that work could be started
within three days.
Admiral Blandy said it is pro-
Ing 246 by 80 feet. four stories with
a penthouse so by 20 feet. TO be
used for range finder instruction. In
addition to mine work the labora-
tory is to be used for general ord
nance research, experiments. tests
and designs optical Instruments and
range finding
The committee has set a hearing
for Monday morning at 10 O'Clock
on bill authorizing employment of
additional personnel in the Navy
Department, The hearing was to
have been held today. but the same
witnesses had been called before the
subcommittee on the Navy appro-
prlation bill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-11
Racing News
Racing Results
Charles Town

FIRST RACE-Purse $500: claiming;
AZ furlonEs 3-year-olds and upTaro ca
Navigation Duffordl $50 $50
Lady Buck tSolimensl 500
Also rsn-BloWink Rock, secreta. Likly
Lad. Miss Maker and Waugh Scout
SECOND RACE-Purse. $500: claiming:
Ga furlongs; for 4-year-olds and upward
Aste- Lady Churchill 1910 $40 $40
Maetake (Solimena) 1920 $50
Schey Goree (Palumbo) $50
Also ran1Debiin, oestr.. Bromo, upris-
ms and Vivian K.
Charles Town course; for 4-ysar-olds and
Scarlet Flame (Scotn 80 420 $50
Precious Time tScocCa 1880 & 40
Meadow Gold CHernandez $40
Also rsn-solar Ray Neeopi. Grouchy
Girl, Counsuello and Lady Doctor
DAILY Double paid So54O.p
FOURTH RACE-Purse $500: claiming:
Charles Town course, for -3year-olds.
Banyhaunis ROOT $40 $40 $50
Wenuit tHernsndez) $50 400
fusionette VesseliD $50
Time l:115s
Also ran-Miss Goldins Pattiwrack
Star Castle. sunbright, end. and Sir Ksar.
FIFTH RACE-Purse $500; 81, fur
longs; claiming; 4-year-olds
Chief Cherokee IScoccs) 47.40 1850 $50
Charming Boy kelly 900 40
Goantel tBernhsrdtp 400
Time, .2O-S
Also ran-Mafuts Romney ROYAL Con-
namista Don MonteI and Cora Kay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-11
Congress
Continued From First PAGE i,

blamed on Communists by newspa-
pers and members of Congress, but
the real reason why the dispute was
not settled promptly was because a
professor from the East. with an
Army title, was sent out there. be-
came intoxicated and stayed intoM-
Gated
Senator DoWney. Democrat. of
California, although explaining that
he did not condone the Inglewood
aviation plant Ualkout, contended
the strike could not have occurred
If wages had been high enough for
decent standard of living" Work
men in the aircraft industry, where
he said industrialists were reaping
huge profits were within their
rights in asking for wage increases,
he argued.
Downey said the average wage in
the aircraft industry was s110 to
Sis monthly, and added no one
can live in Los Angeles, on a de-
cent scale, on that"
"Airplane manufacturers are doing
a miraculous job in producing ships,
but they're not doing badly from
the profit standpoint, either" Sem
ator Downey said. There is ade-
quate money in the aircraft industry
to pay labor's modest demands.
Senator Vandenberg. Republican,
of Michigan, supporting Senator
Byrd's proposal, declared that sub
versive elements" are using "legiti-
mate organized labor as a smoke
screen for treason and sabotage"
The Michigan Senator told his
colleagues he believed thoroughly in
the right to strike so long as strikes
did not endanger vital public in
terests But, he added:
Some of the panZer divisions in
recent labor disturbances hav, been
nothing more or less than an Amer
lean fifth column on the march.
I'm labor today there is a small
minority of scientific saboteurs.
-" We have got to clear the track
of anything that is colliding with
the defense effort, whether 1t Is In
or outside the la1nr movement"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-11
Court Assignments
district C0IIRT

Note-Due to the annual outing
of the Bar Associa ton of District
of Columbia tomorrow at Bay Ridge
Md. the regular sessions of the
court will be suspended.
The following are the assignments
for Friday Other criminal court
assignments and jury and nom
jury actions will be in late editions
of tomorrow's Evening Star.
Criminal Court No. 3-Justice
Let's.
Sentences referred:
United States VS.. Joseph A. Bris-
coe.
United States vs.. Samuel D. Fos-
United States VS.. John r. Haus-
mann, jr.
United States VS., Hubert o.
Metheny.
United States vs.. Richard Moore
United States VS.. william M
Williams.
Sentences mot REFEREED:
United States VS.. Benjamin F.
McCalip.
United States VS.. Raymond M.
Young.
United States VS.. Dorsia Burns.
United States VS. Lucille Shipley
and James E. Shipley
United States VS.. Ursaline
Thomas
United States VS.. Wade o. john
son.
United States VS.. Richard P. Cos
tello
United States VS.. William H. Bur-
ton
United States VS. Samuel D Fos-
ter
United States VS., Leon Msyfeld.
Trial:
United States VS.. Liskin. Rush
and Weinberg.