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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-04

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Evening star., 1941-10-30
New Solicitor General

Charles Fahy we'll deserves the
promotion which has come to him
with his appointment as solicitor
general of the United States. AS as
sistant solicitor general he had
demonstrated marked fitness for the
higher post, fact which the Presi-
dent has recognized in making his
selection from among the several
candidates, some of whom are said
to have had strong political backing.
Mr.. Fahy, a native of Georgia, has
become widely and favorably known
in Washington He attended George
town University and practiced law
here before entering the Interior
Department in 1888 as first assistant
solicitor. Later he was made chair
man of the Petroleum Administrative
Board. In 1885 he was appointed
general counsel of the National Labor
Relations Board, a position which
bought him into general public no.
tice and one which he filled efficient
ly. He had marked success in Defend
ing the Wagner Act during the
critical early days of the board. His
fairness and impartiality In the
Evening star., 1941-10-30

the same time will be making a
sound investment, building up for
themselves and their families flnan-
cial reserves for the future.
The Government can obtain the
money needed for defense purposes
in three ways One is by borrowing,
a second is by taxes, and the third
through the savings of the people.
1t is plainly in the public interest
that as large proportion of the
costs of armament as possible be de-
frayed out of the savings of the citi-
zenry BY reducing consumer buying
power that would otherwise be avail
able to compete with goods needed
for defense, savings thus invested
will serve as a safeguard against in
flation and its destructive aftermath.
This is another reason why every
American should purchase defense
securities.
Evening star., 1941-10-30
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles Z. Trace1peH.

They feed harmoniously with the birds
at feeding stations designed for the
latter.
Some persons who 60 in for bird feed
ing become very angry at the squirrels
when they, too try to still the pangs
of hunger.
II they are not molasted, they will
stay around all winter. They probably
will 60 elsewhere for shelter, but will
show up every morning. bright and early,
for go at the sunfiower seed.
This seed is favorite of most of the
smaller outdoor creatures which remain
around here in the cold.
We have seen a female squirrel work
all day building a nest of leaves and
branches.
She makes trip after trip, after finding
q particular tree whose leaves suit her.
The locust, with 1t festhery branches,
Is a favorite
She will run down the tree where she
intends to build the summer house, run
across ground to the tree whose leaves
she likes. nip off a piece of branch, fly
down again, go across ground and up the
selected specimen.
There she wedges the branches into
the crotch Of the tree
Then she goes down and across, down
and up, time after time, all day long,
placing each new bit of leaf and branch
on the other. patting it down securely
BY nightfan she has a real nest made,
with the entrance at the side, rather
than at the top, as in a birds nest.
Neither the hole in tree, a man
made house, nor the summer house or
nest is used as a container of foods.
The gray squirrels do not lay up sup
plies for the winter.
They must depend upon acorns, beech
nuts and others which they can find to
supplement the nuts and seeds which
they have buried all summer and fall
in the ground. Just how much of this
buried food they ever find is a question
Some observers feel they find most of it.
others that they bring to light again
only very small percentage.
Our belief is that most of it goes to
waste, through inability of any one small
animal to know just where it put so
many nuts.
So 1t may be realized that any house
holder who supplements their diet with
hand outs Of seeds and peanuts is
helping them in a real way.
One curious fact about the SQUIRRELS
Ii that when snow lies deeply on the
ground they stick to their trees, and
eat not much.
1t is evident that when snow deeply
covers the earth, the squirrels powerful
sense of smell can help him but little
to flnd the nuts he has buried. Even
II ne could smell them, 1t is doubtful
whether he could dig down to them.
An old followed out section of log.
with the bark on, securely vedged into
the crotch of a tree. not too low down.
would make an excellent squirrel house.
Evening star., 1941-10-30
Yoicks!

Hunting Is sport instructive to
man because to his remote ancestors
it was business and the only means
Of keeping alive. Now that the groc-
cry store has replaced the covert and
the spinney, and the dollar bill the
flint ak or the arrow, hunting has
become of secondary Importance,
and, as far as daily routine is con-
cerned, has degenerated into setting
an occasional mouse trap or swatting
a few flies.
But in some spots the sport is kept
alive by ladies. gentlemen and horses
pursuing a fox Luck keeps the first
three alive, especially at water jumps
and barbed wire fences, and the law
keeps the fox alive long enough to
be hunted. Or, at any rate, the law
tries to do this. When a Maryland
farmer shot fox the other day in
the course OF a hunt, he was fined, in
spite of the fact that he had posted
his property against hunters and
hunted alike, and manfully had re-
Trained from shooting the hunters.
This shows that the trainers of the
Constitution knew their onions when
they insisted that all defendants be
tried by juries of their peers. 1t
would have been too bad If the
farmer had been up before a blood
thirsty panel of genuine foxhunters
with the M. F. H. ss foreman. For
the crime of killing a fox they would
have given death, with a recon-
mendation to the court that 1t be
SLOW ens.
Evening star., 1941-10-30
Defense Bond Sales

The announcement that the de-
fense savings program, during the
five months ending on September
30, has yielded more than 81, 500, ,000,-
600 in the sale of Defense bonds and
stamps will be welcomed as gratify-
ing evidence of the desire of Ameri-
can citizens to share in the Nations
preparedness effort. Approximately
2,5O0,0O0 individual investors already
have purchased these securities.
Since the bonds and stamps were
placed on sale in May, the armament
program has been expanded greatly
to meet the growing threats of Axis
aggression. Though the results SO
far have not fallen below the expecta-
tions Of the Treasury, increased sales
and larger number of investors are
clearly needed.
Under the craftsmanship of H. L.
Rust, jr., the District OF Columbia
Defense Savings Committee is now
urging all residents of the District
to make regular purchases of these
securities. 1t is to be hoped that
District citizens will respond, in the
fullest possible measure, to its ap-
peal by investing Systematically part
of their savings in Defense bonds
and stamps. In so doing, they will
be contributing to the defense effort
by helping to provide the tanks, air.
planes and other war materials re-
euired by the Government, and at
Evening star., 1941-10-30
CHEVY CHASE, Nd.

Dear Sir: -.
Can you give me information as to
how to build a house for the squirrels
make it and about the size OF the OPEN
ing?
I'VE have quite a few of them that
feed in our yard and one is now build
ing a nest of leaves and twigs in the
branches of one of our trees.
Il thought If I would put up house
he would use that instead of the nest.
I read your column and, enjoy it i'm
mensely. Sincerely, C. L."
Squirrel houses, man-made, are not
always successful, but may be tried, and,
II occupied give the builder a sense of
having done q good deed in 4 naughty
world
In nature, the gray squirrels seek VIM
in the hollow of a beech. maple or birch,
preferably Lacking this, the animals
just cuddle up in the fork Of branches,
and make the best of snow, ice, rain and
wind
Sometimes they use the summer
house" of leaves, which they construct
for nesting.
The builder, in each case is the female.
Usually the hole in the tree is selected
at point from 20 to 40 feet from the
ground
This gives a good tip as to the place.
ment OF the man-made box, or house
This should be simply an elongated
doghouse, about a foot square, and 2
feet long. The entrance should be at
one end. and not more than inches
high and as many wide, although it may
be somewhat smaller. The smaller the
better, since it keeps the wind out.
Usually the squirrel house has neat
roof, not Sloped too much and the whole
is painted dark green, or brown 1t may
be left natural wood color, to weather,
which in time gives a very nice effect.
We prefer painting the little house a
dark, blind green.
The house must be located in the fork
OF the tree. wedged in securely.
1t is best to nail 1t, or tie 1t around
with wire. Be sure, however it is fas-
tened in, that the sharp winter winds
cannot blow 1t down.
1t would be no fun, if you were a
squirrel, to be doing nicely in a new
house, when suddenly 1t gave way be-
meath you and bore itself and you down
to the ground in the dark.
There is no telling. of course, whether
Q squirrel family will take up shelter
in a house or not.
That must be left to nature to decide.
-
The best way TO attract squirrels TO
yard and keep them there Is to feed
them.
II they are given continuous supplies
OF sunflower seed and peanuts. they will
be sure to remain, unless driven away
by dogs.
Evening star., 1941-10-30
Proposes Wall Maps and Blackboards
For Traffic Court Use,
To the Editor OF The Gtar.

To the Editor OF The Star.
Traffic courts are jammed with cases
much valuable officers time is wasted
in court. How can we speed up DISPOSE
ton of these cases?"
That is the problem District ofhcials
are trying to solve. To see for myself, I
visited the Trafic Court, and I found that
cases do move painfully slow. This is
detrimental to the court offenders, per-
sonnel and taxpayers alike Ali con-
cerned are doing the best they can; but
the system in use is hopelessly antiquated.
Other cities, larger than ours, have had
and solved this problem. They are en-
ploying methods, many of which might
well be copied to advantage in our own
traffic courts.
For instance. one large court in city
visited recently emf ployed large maps
on the walls to expedite action in it's
trials One Of these maps portrayed the
city's streets. All the offender had to do
to describe the scene of trouble was to
point to the spot. The Judge had a clear
cut view of the exact spot at glance;
no time or words were wasted in making
the position known. Then there were
maps of roads in the outlying sections.
Also, on the wall, there was huge black
board with several intersections drawn
upon it.
When case came up, the defendant
went to the board, pointed to the loca-
ton of the cars involved, then described
the action that took place This took
but few short minutes. The court had
a clear, graphic description of what
actually took place Decisions. were made
quickly. No time was lost listening to
wordy, inadequate accounts of what hap
pened. 1t was all cellar as a picture and
cases moved quickly.
Why can't we have such a system here?
Contrast the above with the method we
employ. We call the defendant to the
bar; he tries to depict with words Just
what happened (and some Of the Of
tenders are notably poor at expounding);
the judge tries to grasp the situation; he
must stop to ask questions; then the de-
fendant proceeds. Then comes the off,
Ger with his version. More talking, more
questions, more delay. Why net do away
with all that by the simple expedient Of
erecting few, not -too-expensive wall
maps and blackboards?
This is just one of the many things
that might be done to expedite matters
in our courts. There are many other
good tricks where this one came from, If
only the officials will look In the right
diYeettoa. JOSEPH .. AADN0eL
Evening star., 1941-10-30

handling Of these difficult cases won
him the respect OF legal adversaries
and Of the courts. He left the Labor
Board to accept appointment as as
sistant solicitor general of the United
States. Since the advancement Of
Francis Biddle to the Attorney Gen.
eralship, MIR. Fahy has been acting
solicitor general. In his new job
Mr. Fahy will be next in rank to At
torney General Biddle and will have
direct charge of the presentation of
the Federal Governments side Of
cases before the Supreme Court.
Evening star., 1941-10-30
Query to Martha

Why this perpetual insisterce on
The care OF thtnos7 Cleopatra's
rouge
And Clotilde's croun surripe. The
Wffe OF Khan,
Elizabeth and Mary are gray dust
Under pearl streton ootDns apparently
eternal.
The cups you prize can, unattended,
last
A century of htettmes; the cherished
plates
And shining wood you polish beyond
reason
Kno1o only slo,1 decay. But you 90
fast
To that dark narrop room tohere the
norm safes
His greedy pleasure In and out Of
season.
Were 1t not better said you blithely
stole
One UtndsUept, sunltt moment for
your soul? ANNE WOLF.
Evening star., 1941-10-30
Burning Of Franked Stationery
Prompts Question About Patriotism.

To the Editor OF The Star:
7 notice that Mrs. Bennett Champ
Clark. acting chairman of the Washing
ton Chapter of the American First
Committee, informed one Of your re-
porters that 1t has been burning
franked envelopes and postal cards sup
Piled by the members Of Congress
almost daily since 1t moved to Its new
headquarters on October IL"
For months the "bally hoo artists" of
the American First Committee have
branded as unpatriotic and disloyal any
one in America who destroyed or
diverted to the hard-pressed Allies any
articles which could be used in the
defense Of America. Those of us who
live in Tulsa, and, in fact, all of America,
have been urged not to destroy paper
but to save it for the defense of America.
Is the burning of quantities Of paper
by the Washington Chapter to be taken
as symbolic of its patriotic aims, or is
1t just coincidence?
Those who live in glass houses"
should be very careful of the size of
the stones they throw, or they should
adopt the name which many believe is
truer indicative OF Its aims-"Amer-
lea Next Committee"
ANDREW J. BARRETT.
Tulsa, Okla
Evening star., 1941-10-30
Confusion and FutiIity

United States Housing Admins
traitor Nathan Straus, testifying yes
terday before the Senate Defense
Investigating Committee, painted
dismal picture Of some of the causes
of the public housing mess. More
than half dozen unrelated Govern
ment agencies, with generous allot-
mentS of public funds to spend on
housing" have been proceeding Wig
orouSly in all directions, the custom
ary lack of coordination of effort
and objectives being made even more
confusing, according to the critical
Mr.. StrauS, by the activities of de-
fenSe housing CO-ordinatOr who has
obviously failed to coordinate.
Regardless of the causes, the re-
suits of a deplorable condition are
becoming more evident in Wash
ington every day. The Government
does not let its left hand know what
its right hand is doing. The Gov
ernment, according to summary in
yesterdays Star, has seized some
1884 family dwelling units in apart
ment houses and converted them to
office use, thus making more acute
an already serious shortage in the
type of housing in greatest demand.
At the same time, with apparently no
recognition of this situation, the
same Government has laid down ar
bitrary priority and other reStric-
tions which are going to put most of
the private builders out of business,
making impossible the provision of
substitute housing for that taken
over for office space. Mr.. StrauS in
dicated yesterday that no relief can
be expected from public housing
agencies, squabbling among them
selves and restricted in their activi-
ties to the provision of a type Of
housing which has very little to do
with conditions in Washington.
The appalling situation existing
and threatened is the result of an
utter lack Of sound management and
planning. No one agency of Govern
nent has had the authority to step
in and decide whether the demands
for office space to accommodate
somebody's new idea of defense
activity" really outweigh the need for
living space, or vice versa. And in
proclaiming construction prioritieS
and the regulations which govern
them, Washington has been placed
on the same level with cities where
defense activities are merely incl
dental to the normal life of the COM
munity.
Typical of an attitude which critics
often have associated with the New
Deal chief emphasis in Washington
has been placed on securing the en-
actment of drastic rental-control
legislation, with its punitive effects
against property owners as a class,
in the fond belief that if landlords
are made subject to strict govern
mental control all housing problems
will vanish into thin air. Nothing
has been done to deal intelligently
with the confusing and contradictory
efforts of Government agencies
which are themselves diminishing
the supply of housing and making
the provision of new housing a prac-
tical impossibility.
1t is high time that steps were
taken to centralize responsibility for
housing in Washington; to embody
in one agency the authority to decide
when housing or office needs are the
more urgent and to adjust priorities
to the actual conditions in Washing
ton in an effort to do everything
possible to stimulate private con-
struction instead Of sitting it.
HI Ct
Evening star., 1941-10-30
Wants Congressional Action
In Answer to Mr.. Lewis.
To the Editor Of The Star:


In Answer to Mr.. Lewis.
To the Editor Of The Star:
According to radio reports John L.
Lewis has greeted the request made by
President Roosevelt that he withhold
the strike by his coal miners with words
to this effect mo comment, no COM
ment whatever tonight"
Thus We have the spectacle. crystal
clear, of one man ohstructing the vital
defense effort for our very existence as
. free people on whose united productive
efforts depends the fate, in turn, of mil
lions OF people throughout the world.
The man holding the highest office
nation of 130,00O,Oo0 people can confer
has sent dignified and urgent plea to
a man controlling $4,000 miners and has
been rudely told, in effect, to wait until
tomorrow for a reply.
Clearly this is an intolerable situa-
ton and calls for immediate congress
sional action. EVAN THOMAS
Evening star., 1941-10-30
Huskin's S Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. HdSkin.

reader can get the anslDer to any
question OF fact By tOritino The EUe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. HaSkin, director, Washington,
D. c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
G. What is the fatality rate In the
Army Air Corps?-W. T.
A. The Army Air Corps says that the
fatality rate in the Corps is less than
one-hah of / per cent. During the
past year it has been less than IN any
one year of the preceding iye-year pc
riod.
O. How large is the Hope dlamond7-
J. C. S.
A. The jewel weighs approximately
AZ carats.
@. Please give the number of persons
carrying disqualification insurance and
the amount accruing to hospitals under
such plans-M. U.
A. Approximately 100000 persons in
the United States carry disqualification.
The approximate annual revenue TO hos
pitals under the execution of these
various plans is from s35,O0000O to
$40 900 900.
@. What was the weight of the rhln-
oceros born at the Brookheld Zoo in
Chicago?-L. T. E.
A. The animal weighed 20 pounds Its
mother weighs 1000 pounds.
@. Who is the Indian on the buffalo
nickel?-J. r. C.
A. The head on this nickel is not a
portrait The features, according TO
James E. Fraser, the sculptor, represent
an idealized type taken from studies
Of many Indians
@. What was the Supreme Court de-
cision about the Jim Grow laW?-P. f. E.
A. On April 19, 1941, the Supreme
Court ruled that colored passengers who
Evening star., 1941-10-30

tions. to enjoy the benefits that are OBJ
tainable under our system of living. or
to endure the suffering which strikes
always bring. for the gain of few
paltry dollars and closed shop?"
LEWIS CLARK,
Evening star., 1941-10-30
Questions Organized Labor
And President Roosevelt.
To he Editor Of The Star;

To he Editor Of The Star:
Some days ago our President stated
that he would not beg crumbs from the
table of Adolf Hitler. Has it become
necessary for him to beg crumbs from
the table of John L. Lewis? Is Amer
lean labor so blind that it can't see the
handwriting on the wall with such a
leader? W. WE.B.
Evening star., 1941-10-30

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 10riter, although the use OF
a pseudOnym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters NTH
a Ufe1C to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-10-30

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Evening star., 1941-10-30

@. In what building is Sargent's frieze
of the Hebrew Prophets?-J. C H.
A. 1t is in the Boston Public Library.
Evening star., 1941-10-30

O. What is the worlds largest ocean
liner?-C. w.
A. The United States Maritime Com
mission says that the British liner
Queen Elizabeth, with a length of 1880
feet is the largest liner in the world.
Evening star., 1941-10-30
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