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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09

George Beemans
To Return March |
MR.. AND MRS. GEORGE
BEEMAN plan TO return from
Palm Beach about March !.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09

SIS Mems Robes wide including seconds zss
10 Mems Jackets; spotted aede $50; also os suedss SO
39 Mems Shirts; soed; white and patterns 137
32 Mems Paamas; Hsnneete; and MILDLY. Sac
1897 Mems eoloed borders; white So
SIS Mems Neckie. silk silk wool lined Ate
612 Mems Gloves; seconds domestic c.peskin ess
Mems Socks; irreguars
5s7 Men. Patterned Socks; seconds. .zse
1897 Shirts and Shors shorts knit sh lie
6l3 Mems Union Suits half seconds eotons 1919 wool .7se
$40 Mems Sweaters; seconds eoton-rayon, cottonwood Sac
I'LL Mems Socks; samples; clocks stripes patterns z1s
SIS Men. Shirts, Shorts; broadeloth shorts knit shirts 27s
33 Mems Sweaters; wool eotton landrayon Ia
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
1900 MEMS SHIRTS, "a

Secondsi Cranbrook make Sanforzed-shrunk in
white patterns. Non-wit collars. Sizes "a to II.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
ODD LOTS!

Remnant Sales at HUDSON'S BASEMENT STORE are O
notwithstanding the markets for the best BARGAINS!
impossible Included the remaining stocks from
Clearance Broken Size Ranges and Discontinued Styles
Prices are far beloW usual EVERY DEPARTMENT re
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09

161 knckr sos; cadet II 9S
3s6 Boys Model Pjsmas broadoh; and MILDLY .8ss
34i Boys Waist Suits; color eotton IL see
models.
334 Boys Sport Shirts aannelette; eolors. pds Csc
l35 Boys Jackets; sampsi leather 379 and 48S
$50 Boys sampe wool SIS and los
29 Boys Knckers; amples wools to Is 18s
Gauntets: "Laknlsmb"
749 Boys Golf Socks; 2ndi bold patterns 1sc
Evening star., 1941-04-12
Red Seq Open Aouin

Reopening of the Red Sea and the
Gulf of Alden to American shipping
is logical sequel to the victorious
sweep of British expeditionary forces
in East Africa. President Roosevelt
closed these Indian Ocean approaches
to Suez and the Mediterranean Sea
last June, when Italy launched her
campaign against British Somali-
land, which lies along the Red Sea.
The closing was accomplished by
Neutrality Act proclamation estab-
fishing a forbidden" zone across the
mouth of the Gulf of Alden. With
the fall few days ago of Massawa,
last Italian stronghold on the Red
Sea-and in all of East Africa-the
ancient waterway dividing Arabia
and Africa ceased to be a combat
zone.
In moving so quickly to open this
back door route to the Mediterranean
Sea and the seething Balkans, the
President undoubtedly had in mind
the urgency of the shipping situa-
ton with respect to the aid to Britain
and her Allies program. The Nazi
invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece
has aggravated the supply problem
confronting the British expedition
ary forces in Africa and Greece. The
flow of war equipment must be &C
celerated greatly if the defense of
Greece is to continue on a scale
justifying hope of eventual victory.
With the Red Sea-Aden waterway
open to American ships, it will be
possible for cargoes of planes, guns
and other materiel to reach Egypt,
which is still acknowledgement, by
way of the South Atlantic, the Cape
of Good Hope and the Indian Ocean.
Our ships could deliver the supplies
at Suez or Ismailia, at the southern
end Of the Suez Canal, or could ira
Evening star., 1941-04-12
Member of the Associated Press.
Lonq- -Runqe Planning

A comprehensive analysis of park,
highway and building developments
and of future planning needs in the
Middle Atlantic States is contained
in preliminary report of the
National Resources Planning Board.
This area, extending from New York
to North Carolina, with the National
Capital as a keystone, has shown the
- greatest gains in population and in
duStry in recent years and contains
denser population than any
similar area in the Nation. Its future
development is of national concern
and the time has passed when piece
meal or local planning can suffice.
Covering all phases of regional and
municipal growth, the report Sug-
gests, with other things, elimina-
ton of malignant subdivision of rural
and Submarginal suburban land on
the fringes of the larger communities
through more general plating con-
troll; protection of highway environ
ment by means of stricter zoning;
development of the Washington,
Baltimore and Annapolis recreational
area, including a modern highway
from the Capital to Annapolis for
the benefit of holiday seekers, and
extension of the George Washington
parkway from Mount Vernon to
Wakefield and from Great Falls to
HarperS Ferry, where it eventually
can be united with the Blue Ridge
parkway along the summit of the
Appalachians. A great coastal high
way passing all cities is proposed
to serve as the backbone of the entire
Eastern road system in peacetime
and as link in defense tranSporta-
ton, as well as early construction Of
a superhighway between Washington
and Baltimore. In this connection,
the rapid obsolescence of many major
highways in the area, due to growth
and changing needs, is pointed out.
Many of the things urged in the
report have been carried out, or are
under consideration in the Washing
ton area through the far-seeing
policies Of the planning commissions
having authority in the Capital and
surrounding counties. This week, for
example, Prince Georges County took
steps toward highway zoning under
authority of the new laws for tbs
protection of its roadside environ
ment.
The proposals are not idle dreams
to be realized "some day." If and
when the States, counties and
municipalities get around to them.
They are essential parts of a long
range planning program necessary to
guarantee the desirability of this
area as a place in which to work
and live in reasonable comfort, safety
and health.
Evening star., 1941-04-12
The Ford Settlement

settlement of the Ford strike,
which began in an atmosphere of
violence and mutual i'll will seemingly
beyond hope of compromise, is a
long and important step toward the
establishment of that harmonious
industrial relationship upon which
the success of the defense program
so largely depends.
The agreement announced yester-
day was made possible through con-
cessions by both parties to the con-
troversy and the Skillful conciliation
efforts under the direction of Cover
nor Murray D. Van WAGNER and
James F. Dewey, representing the
Federal Government. The Ford
Company, for the first time, has
entered into an agreement with
union. And it may be presumed,
once bargaining agency has been
chosen by the Ford employees, that
the management, as required by the
National Labor Relations Act, will
enter into collective bargaining
negotiations. That is indeed a far
cry from the earlier refusal to deal
with any union under any circun-
stances.
On the unions part, the conces-
sions are less tangible, since they
represent merely notifications of
demands, as distinct from the sur
render of any advantage already
gained. At the same time, however,
the c. I. o. leaders should be given
credit for accepting Governor Van
Wagoner's formula looking to an
orderly settlement of the dispute,
instead of insisting upon mainte-
nance Of strike which was seriously
disruptive of the national defense
program.
The qualification which properly
attends the settlement of the Ford
dispute is tempered somewhat by
the serving of notice of intent to
strike against General Motors, an
other concern holding large and
vitality important defense contracts.
There is reason to hope, however,
that this threatened strike will not
actually be called-firSt, because an
advance opportunity has been given
for Federal conciliation efforts, and,
second, because the union leaders
Evening star., 1941-04-12

verse the canal to Port Said, on the
Mediterranean. Allied ships would
complete the journey to Greece.
The distance from New York to
Suez by the Cape of Good Hope cir
cult is approximately $4,000 miles.
That is a long trip and a costly one.
Some American ships now engaged
in the Indian Ocean trade can be
diverted to the reopened Red Sea
route, it is said. But lifting of the
commerce ban from that route must
be followed by measures designed to
provide additional vessels for the
emergency trade. Mr.. RooSevelts
plan for taking over the sixty-nine
Danish, Italian and German ships
tied up in our harbors is a necessary
corollary of his action in making the
Red Sea accessible to our merchant
marine. Unless sufficient ships are
found to ply the new lane, its open
ing obviously will have been a futile
gesture.
Evening star., 1941-04-12
The Peace of God

adams Memorial by Saint-Gaudens,
Rock Creek PariShO
No strife can break this deep
serenity,
This quietude beyond all human
pain,
Beyond all human joy. She does not
The budding fotDers, nor hear
springs neto refrain.
No sun can stir her calm, unheeding
face,
Withdrawn, alone, within this
citys still
White silenceS, this peace, whose
tDidening space
Eternity's SIo1O cycle cannot fill.
Symbol of hidden truths, auSterely
tDiSe,
She guards deaths mystic seal.
Not bronze alone,
This Sculptured lip and brot0, these
still, Ueiled eyes
Hold all infnity tDhich Is her olDn.
IVY LINDsLEy.
Evening star., 1941-04-12
BETHESDA, Md.

Dear Sir:
I'VE have found much of instruction
and enjoyment in your daily column in
The Evening Star and are prompted TO
write you about our bird friends on two
winter days.
I'm our diary we find, dated March 8,
1941: Nature often has in store compen-
sations for her sterner moods, usually
discernible only from the wider view of
the geneGal good
Sometimes they are tangible and per-
sonal. When this latter variety is
brought to us through the agency of our
feathered friends we are due for a
thrill This thrill fell to our lot as re-
suit of the heavy snow of last night.
After delayed and firing drive over
slippery roads and through jammed traf-
fic we we're greeted upon arrival home by
a veritable crowd of expectant birds,
fitting nervouSly about and calling for
food.
Everything lay under a deep mantle
Of white, even the window tray. Here
and there we saw little holes that had
been burrowed in the snow, and through
the garage window we could see the jun
cos digging in them, trying to get at the
underlying grain.
so we shoveled off the walk, cleaned
off and refilled the feeding trays, left the
porch door open and scattered grain
around the entrance and on the floor.
The birds were down and feeding even
before we had entered the house.
Purple fincheS settled to their steady
eating; juncos fitted gracefully here and
there, their light breasts a seeming re-
Election of the snow; the nuthatch scold-
ed aWaJ and performed his gyrations
around the trees, using his favorite trick
of sticking a sunhower seed in the bark
Of the pine for flrmer grip and then
hammering away in search of the inside
meat-he apparently cannot hold seed
in his claws as do some of the other
birds; chickadees and tufted titmice
patronized the window tray. For the
little mite he is, the chickadee certainly
made a lot of noise pecking away at a
seed held in his claws on the edge of the
tray.
with the coming of darkness cardinals
and few fox sparrows could still be
seen having their supper.
This morning the world is white and
lovely. 1t showed and sleeted throughout
the night. The trees are covered with
ice crystals. Every stump is wearing a
tall white hat. Even the ugly ash can
is dressed in white as for masquerade.
The birds are up early. So are we,
as we know that all their food lies
buried deep in the snow. There's Mrs.
Downy Woodpecker trying to dig through
the heavy crust on the suet bowl
I'VE brush it off and she comes right
back. Those downys are unquestionably
the least shy of the woodpecker family.
Hello, there is Nine. Red-Belhed Wood
pecker. and, for novelty, she is eating
bird seed on the stump under the pines.
She hangs to the edge and, laying her
head sideways, seems TO scrape the small
seeds into her bill.
Blue jays in increasing numbers ar
rive; there are IA in number now, and
Evening star., 1941-04-12
Argues Differences Between Systems
OF Thought About Government.
tn the Editor nf The Star

OF Thought About Government.
To the Editor of The Star:
The world undoubtedly is going places.
But where? That is a question that
will be answered on the battlefield. AS
I see it, today there is a great struggle
going on between three different schools
of thought, a struggle which is as old
as the world itself, but periodically
comes to a head
First there is the conservative or
rightest school. Its social strata consist
of rulers. military and workers. Its
disciples believe that nations should be
governed by an aristocratic class and
that the common people should be ruled
with firm hand; that justice is what
is best for the strongest party, and that
property rights come before human
rights. They teach the lower classes
that humility is virtue that will be
rewarded in another world. They de-
pend upon force to maintain their power
Their governments are feudal, fascist,
or absolute monarchies.
Then there is the demo-capitaiStic or
middle school. 1t has a social struc-
ture in which the government belongs
to the people, but the economic system
is owned by the rich. Among its leaders
are big businessmen who believe in
"law and order" except when it inter-
feres with their business; who want the
government to protect property rights
I1,,f oil thoy,o fa oyN1nit tho notinr
who want it to prevent cheap goods
from abroad from competing in their
home markets and yet let them pay
low wages so that they can make cheap
goods for foreign markets
Last there is the radical or leftist
school, whose disciples believe that all
persons are created equal, making no
distinction because of sex or color; and
that human rights come before property
rights, and that equal privileges and
economic opportunities should belong
to every one. Such were the early
Christians, and are the socialists of to-
day. A pacifist idealism has made the
doctrine of these a milk-and-water
philosophy, and, until recently, its fol-
lowers nave seldom been able to gain
power, nor had the strength to hold it.
History records little real democracy,
for the masses do not have the ability
to keep themselves in power. The shrewd
and strong among them rise to the top
and usurp the economic and political
reins, and soon an oligarchy is formed.
1t seems to me that each one of these
forms of society decays in the end
through an excess of its basic principle.
The aristocratic right ruins itself by
limiting too narrowly the circle within
which it's power is confined. The demo-
capitalist countries, where the means of
production are owned by the upper
classes, ruin themselves by the continual
warfare of one sort or another, and
through lack of cooperation between
government and business. The demo-
cratic left, whose basic principle is that
all men have right to hold Office and
determine public policy, also goes on
the rocks because its political system is
too unwieldy to lead to decisive action
and because ordinary people are not
equipped by education to select the best
rulers and the wisest courses. nor do
they have the time to give proper
Evening star., 1941-04-12
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles z. TruceUell.

with ncisy cries they monopolize the
various feeding stations, landing with a
bang on the window tray.
"Voracious eaters, they not only shell
the sunflower seeds, but appear to swal-
low them whole.
Here is comical fellow on the win
dow sill. trying to shell a sunflower seed
held fast in his claws.
Tough going, with that dull thick
beak, and IL is funny to see him kick at
the seed and when it jumps away from
him, to watch his effort to catch it in
midair.
"The swinging tray is lined with
finches. We call them the sewing circle,
as they just sit and MUNICH, except, of
course, for an occasional controversy.
They Are part of a f1ock' of so or
more we have been feeding all winter.
"We see some newcomers. Quick, the
glassesl Why, there's a song sparrow
and next to him. after refreshing our
memory, in the bird book none other
than the chipping sparrow.
They are eating in company with
fox sparrow, an interesting trio.
Now there is banging on the porch
screen. Mr.. Finch, trying the wrong
way out, is finally captured and rewards
his rescuer with a bite on the finger.
THE plumage of the purple finch is
certainl, lovely and the sun enhances
its coloring greatly.
"As he is set at liberty, he dashes
frantically away to join his companions
One is struck, this snowy day, by the
symphony of the birds. The exquisite
singing all around is almost unbelievable.
Rising above the general chorus, the
sweet tones of the fnches and song
sparroWs, is the wild free song of the
fox sparrows, delightfully."- clear and
with ripping cadence.
Everything everywhere is buried in
deep snow, icicles on the trees and
bushes, typical mid-Winter scene, and
yet filling the air the glorious music of
the birds. A gladdening and striking
contrast. Verify a generous compensa-
ton long to be cherished, promise Of
spring not far away. The fox sparroWs
keep dropping from the trees like brown
leaves and now we have counted 81.
The inclement weather has brought us
three wretched starlings, not usual visi-
tors here in the woods. Two mourning
doves that have spent the winter with
us were just frightened away by
Ambrose, the squirrel, leaping into sight.
How did he navigate the more than
II inches of snow, I wonder? Now he
is holding sole domain over the stump
and filling up on sunfoWer seed. He
knows where We put his daily quota of
peanuts, too. And so hour by hour the
birds come and go and return again and
again and twilight comes. Gradually
they drift away until only the fox SPAR
rJws and cardinals remain, and now
even they have left. Night draws its
curtain and all the birds have gone to
seek shelter somewhere in a snow-cov-
cred world. We hope they find safe and
warm place in which TO snuggle for the
night.
In full appreciation of your work in
forwarding interest in birds. am, most
| sincerely, E. M
Evening star., 1941-04-12
Says Mistreatment of Negro Youth
Is a Form of Fascism.

Is Form of Fascism.
To the Editor of The Star:
If there is any doubt about what our
national short rt-sightedness has done to
sabotage our own human resources all
one has to do is look at the plight of
Negro young people in our midst
Within that group of future citizens one
will find that much useful manpower in
brain and Drawn is forever lost to us
by denying this segment of our youth
adequate educational facilities, ap-
prentice training wholesome contacts
and other basic factors which go into
the building of wide-awake, industrious
and efficient Americans.
AS long as we allow opportunities
which all Americans should take for
granted to be withheld from our Ameri-
can Negro youths and their elders, then
we know that we are aiding and abetting
.faScism in this country. How can ma
tional unity be attained while 100000
American Negro families are trapped in
fascist vice right here in their native
America? How long must we wait be-
fore we see that all Of our material aid
in the defense of world democracy must
be reinforced with those spiritual values
which breathe life into the souls of men
lost in the pail of a deadlier fascism?
DUTTON FERGUSON.
Evening star., 1941-04-12
Suggests Use of Money
For Street. Corner Catchalls.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
I see by the papers that Washington
is having a cleanup week. One can
readily understand why this is regarded
as news. 1t reminds one of the man who
took bath once year whether he
needed it or not.
wonder if it would be regarded as
subversive and of fifth-column inspira-
ton to suggest that just possibly a few
dollars might be diverted from the
countless billions that are now being
poured down a bottomless pit to buy a
few street-corner trash receptacles.
T. II. RUSSELL.
Evening star., 1941-04-12

@. What are the longest flights Of
migrating birds?-R. T. H.
A. Among the more remarkable flights
are those of the golden plover, which
travels some 5000 miles south from the
Hudson Bay region, crossing about 1000
miles over the sea from Nova Scotia TO
the Caribbean countries and winters in
Argentina. The Arctic tern migrates
almost from the North Pole to the South
Pole and back again each year.
@. What proportion of the national
income goes for taXes?-T. G. A.
A. In 1910 total tax collections
amounted to s14,3OO 10000 or one-ffth
of the national income.
G. Has the death rate in the United
States declined?-B. R.
A. In the past three years the death
rate has been cut approximately in half,
dropping about II per cent in 1910 as
compared to 1899.
@. When was the year without a sum-
mer?-R. c.
A. The summerless year was 1916 Ac-
cording to contemporary writers, ice
and snow occurred every month and
people wore overcoatS even in July.
@. How much salt is there in ocean
water?-F K
A. The amount of salt dissolved in
sea water is not uniform. 1t varies with
the locality and with the temperature.
The average salinity of the surface wa
ters of the ocean is estimated at IS
parts in a thousand parts of water. The
highest salinity is found in the North
Atlantic, where it is 379, and in the
South Atlantic, where it is 37.6 per
thousand parts of water.
@. Who we're the members Of Presi-
dent Wilson's little group of willful
men"?-W. H. c.
A. The following Senators were re-
ferred to by President Wilson as "a lit
tie group of willful mem: La Toilette,
Gronna, OGorman, Vardaman, Norris,
Clapp, Stone, Lane, Cummins, Works
and Kirby. They prevented the passage
Of bill to arm merchant ships against
German submarines by a f1ve-day fill
buster ending March 4, 1917.
@. Please give the meaning Of the
name "Yolanda"-Y c.
A, Yolanda is from the Latin. It
means violet.
Evening star., 1941-04-12

undoubtedly realize by this time that
they can hope for little If any public
support for a strike called to enforce
a demand for closed shop, which
seems to be the principal point at
issue
Evening star., 1941-04-12
Believe Texans Approve.
Compulsory Arbitration of Strikes

CohipuisoS Aloi'iatioh oi SIikes'
To the Edith Of The Star:
There is no measure advocated by the
Governor of Texas more generally ap-
proved by all Texans than his measure to
eliminate all strike violence and compel
arbitration in labor disputes.
Few Texans have ever approved juris-
dictional strikes. of real interest only to
business agents of rival unions, or others
sharing in the "spoils," and it is the
general opinion of the great majority
that organized labor is travelling in the
right direction to lose within the next
six to eight months, all of its alleged
gains over the past six to eight years, if
there is not an almost about-face on the
part of It's leadership in some particulars.
Tyler, Texas. r. G. SWANSON.
Evening star., 1941-04-12

thought to such matters. Thus democ-
racy is ruined by an excess of democracy
in the custody of an indifferent citi-
zenShip.
In this struggle for power which is
now going on I think that if the right
wins the world will be divided into
closed economic and political units. each
armed to the teeth and as nearly self
contained as possible; and if the demo-
capitalists win there will be a world
wide free trade under one all-embracing
economic system; and if the left wins
(and it may win through the growing
power of labor and the demands of
returning soldiers for better social con-
ditions) there will be a loosely bound
confederation of progressive states
WILLIAM OWEN.
Evening star., 1941-04-12

In 1912, it is announced, the auto
mobile tags of the District will be in
a patriotic red, white and blue color
combination. 1t is hoped that these
three cannot also be construed as
red for the budget, white for the lack
of voting privilege and blue for sad
contemplation of the other two.
Evening star., 1941-04-12
to dance

Opera goers in Berlin the other
night were treated to some un-
orthodox sound effects by the Royal
Air Force. They were spared, how
ever, from hearing anything like
the usual Harlem symphony of cow
bells and trombones~ with derby hats.
Evening star., 1941-04-12

Ruby Keeler, movie queen, advises
dancers to play golf because each
diversion uses the same set of
muscles. That is exactly the argu-
ment of the golfing husband who,
after a few dozen holes, regretfully
informs his wife that he is too tired
To dance.