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Evening star., 1941-06-16

climax when Mr.. Yoshizawa, the
head of the economic mission at
Batavia, demanded final" answer
to the negotiations and gave out a
press interview so inf1ammatory that
it sounded like an ultimatum.
Promptly on the required dead
line" the Dutch authorities gave
their answer, and the Japanese have
been mulling and muttering over it
ever since. Evidently it is displeas-
ing to them, and Mr.. YoShizaWa
commented acidly: The contents of
the Dutch reply are very stiff. 1t is
question whether there is any
further hope or not. I cannot say
definitely"
Still, week has passed, and Japan
has taken no action beyond a re-
ported decision to recall its negotia-
tors from Batavia. Indeed, faced by
Dutch determination, there seems
little for Japan to do excep; apply
some form of coercion. But that
would probably mean war, not merely
with the Dutch but also with the
British and conceivably with Amer
lea as well. The weight of evidence
tends to show that Japan is not vet
ready to risk so great a gamble.
Therefore, the probabilities are that
an uneasy deadlock will continue
between Toxic and Batavia, at least
for the immediate future.
Evening star., 1941-06-16

Public Roads Administration, as well
as the District of Columbia. Financ-
ing, as an element in the Potomac
project, has hardly been considered
at all, although the subcommittee in
recommending the supply bill ex-
pressed the opinion that the Ana
costa bridge properly may be
chargeable to national defense funds
rather than to District revenues.
With this viewpoint the citizens Of
Washington are in hearty agree
ment.
While the fact should be stressed
that the subcommittee and the COM
munity are in agreement as to the
need for the two projects, the delay
recommended in the committee re-
port should be beneficial.
Evening star., 1941-06-16
Endorses Indictment
OF "Honkine" Nuisance.

To the Editor OF The Star:
I want to indorse the article in the
June u issue of The Star on horn blow
ing, particularly the paragraph on max
ing right or left turns on traffic signal,
when pedestrians are going with the
green light. On various occasions I have
been startled by an automobiles "honk-
ing at my heels under just such circum-
stances. In such instances my intention
is to continue walking until I have
cleared the path of the car; but when
caught off guard, my reaction is to stop
in the path of the car, thus delaying
both my own progress and that of the
car; while, nine times out of ten, if the
motorist had not blown his horn, I would
have cleared his path in ample time.
I am not always a pedestrian and can
see the motorists viewpoint; but oftener
than otherwise my sympathies are with
the pedestrian, even when it does not
concern me in the least.
"Honking" horns tends to make both
pedestrians and other drivers nervous,
thus increasing the danger of accidents.
AMORETTE BLEDSOE.
Evening star., 1941-06-16

cases, when the mother Is killed, the
male bird takes over and rears the young.
Few creatures are able to be "on their
own" as completely as young quail.
They hatch at the same time, and are
able to run and hide as soon as their
down is dry.
For them there is no waiting period,
as with most of the songbirds.
The young keep together, and never
go back to the nest. The roaming habit
is their protection.
The sleeping habits of these birds are
interesting. They keep together on the
ground, in a circle, with their heads
stuck ou3. Thus they are all able to fly
up and away at the slightest alarm.
This sudden departure by creatures
which are practically invisible, yet are
so large, is great surprise to the un-
wary person who happens to stumble
on them.
BobWhites are about 10 inches long,
but their round shape makes them seem
shorter.
The female is quite round, in outline,
and differs from the male by having the
throat buff, instead of white, less black
on the breast with the reddish tints of
the male turned into pinkish.
The early morning visitor on the locust
branch was within 10 feet of the window,
yet it was not visible for some time.
As we looked intently, we finally made
out the bird, perfectly matched with the
bough on which he rested.
Even after we had located him, we
found it difficult to keep him in sight, so
perfect was his camoufage.
All this time he was sending his cheer
full "bobwhite' call over the neigh
borhood.
Surely this is one of the most pleasant
sounds in all nature, loud and vital, yet
as clear as bell.
At the same time, the bird actually
seems to be saying "bobWhite." We be-
ieve that SO out of 100 persons, who
might never have heard it, would imme-
diately say the bird said "bobWhite.
Sometimes it is really impossible to hear
the songs of some birds as popularly in
terpreted, but there is no difficulty with
bobwhite.
He really says it!
X n
Sometimes in the suburbs a dozen OF
more quail will appear in the yard when
the snow is on the ground.
Snow cuts off their food supply, since
they are ground feeders.
1t is for this reason that supplies OF
grain and grit are put out for them
everywhere. The grit, or sand, is essen
tial.
If you have quail next winter, put corn
and grit beneath a shrub. at some dis
tance from bird feeding stations. because
the bobwhites will not come where the
smaller birds are feeding.
Evening star., 1941-06-16
japan and Dutch India

A full week has passed since the
government of the Netherlands
Indies gave it's reply to the insistent
demands of Japan for a new trade
agreement. For many weeks pre-
viously an impressive japanese mis-
sion had been negotiating at Ba-
tavia, capital of Netherlands India.
The negotiations were conducted
behind closed doors, and neither the
Japanese demands nor the Dutch
answer has been textually disclosed.
But the issue is highly important
and may have momentous conse-
quences.
Netherlands India is a vast treas
ure house of raw materials, espe-
cially those vital strategic items, oil,
rubber and tin. Japan has long been
getting them from the Dutch Indies
in normal commercial ways. The
war, however, greatly increased Jap
anese requirements, and as Japan'S
pro-Axis policy resulted in British
and American economic restrictions,
the Dutch Indies became the nearest
and most obvious source of supply.
Yet that same pro-AXis policy was
the main reason for Dutch opposi-
ton to 4apan's insistent demands.
Besides avoWed Japanese ambitions
to include the Dutch Indies in their
projected new order" throughout
the Far East, it was an open secret
that Japan was shipping quantities
of vital raw materials to Germany via
the Trans Siberian Railroad. The
Dutch in the Indies were especially
determined not to furnish the sinews
of war to the arch-aggressor in
Europe who had subjected their
homeland to brutal conquest and
tyrannical occupation.
The Dutch counterproposal was as
simple as its aim was obvious.
Batavia was willing to meet Japan's
domestic needs as shown by previous
purchases over a five-year period.
The one notable exception to this
proposed quota was in hlgh-teSt
gasoline, to which the British had
already been granted priority.
Naturally, the Dutch were not going
to go back on an agreement made
with their friend and ally, Britain,
who was both the chief protector Of
the Dutch Indies and the sole hope
of a redeemed Holland.
Such, in brief, was the Dutch posi-
ton. And, with proverbial tenacity,
they have stuck to it against every
japanese argument or threat. Japa-
nese threats have been numerous of
late. The Toxic press waged a
veritable war of nerves" backed by
official warnings which reached their
Evening star., 1941-06-16
Need for Penalties

The strike of West Coast ma
chiniStS remains as an exceedingly
sore spot in a generally improving
defense labor picture.
Defying the President, their ma
tional officers and a specific order
to return to work from their own
international executive board. the
machinists-both A. F. of L. and
c. I. O.-have voted to continue a
FIVE -week-old strike which has
hampered work on $500, 900, 900 worth
of defense contracts, including ships
urgently needed by the Navy.
In reluctantly" informing the
President that I'VE cannot comply"
with the request to return to work,
the local union, through formal
resolution, announced that in lieu
of returning to their regular jobs
the strikers were being urged to
accept employment" in any fair"
union shops in the San Francisco
jurisdiction. In other words, these
men, while refusing to work where
they are most urgently needed, are
willing to accept employment in
such other plants as may be willing
to meet their demands.
This is an attitude which serves
to emphasize the necessity of setting
up penalties for strikers in defense
plants who refuse to accept the ma
chinery which has been provided
to prevent defense work stoppages.
If these men, having engaged in an
unauthorized strike at their regular
place of employment, can take ad-
vantage of the shortage of skilled
labor to accept employment" in
other plants whose owners, needing
help, may be willing to bid little
higher for their services, it would
seem to be futile to attempt to sta
bilize production in the West Coast
shipyards. While the action of the
House in adopting legislation de-
signed to prevent the use of Federal
funds in paying wages to defense
strikers may be open to question on
other grounds, there can be no doubt
that it would have a most salutary
effect on the stubborn and recalci-
trant attitude of these striking ma
chinists. Certainly, if problems
such as that presented by the San
Francisco strike are going to be dealt
with effectively. some formula for
penalizing strikers will have to be
worked out.
Evening star., 1941-06-16
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trdcet1ell.

If human being were to call on you
at o'clock in the morning. out of
clear sky, as it were, the chances are
that you might be somewhat upset.
But II bobWhite comes at exactly
the same time, and perches in the tree
outside your bedroom window, and sa-
lutes you and the entire neighborhood
with his loud and CHEEKY call, you will
welcome him.
You WILL that is, if you are interested
in the birds.
1t is not often that a lone quail comes
in this way at this time of year.
Sometimes in winter, in the suburban
sections, bevv of them will come across
the yard especially in snow, seeking
grain or corn.
q X
The other morning, at the time men,
toned, we heard fine "bobwhite" call,
so loud and clear that we knew the bird
must be very close at hand.
Several times in recent weeks this call
had been heard, and we thought it must
be the real thing.
Sometimes a mockingbird or catbird,
even, will initiate the "bobwhite" call
to perfection, with bit of added per-
formance which gives the mocker away.
The imitator cannot stick to the call.
He must add trill, or do little fancy
singing which no real bobwhite would
ever do.
So this morning we knew we had a
real quail at hand.
1t took good deal of looking to locate
him on the curved branch of the locust
right outside the window
The quail, of course, is the bird which
invented camouf1age.
At least, that is the way the observer
feels, after trying for time to locate
him
The bobwhite, as every hunter knows,
can disappear right before ones eyes.
First you see it, then you don't 1t is
said that a quail can fatten to the
ground so that it practically disappears
even on lawn.
With the slightest bit of leaves or
branches at hand, a bobWhite is able
to hide completely.
The young can run and hide when
just out of the shell.
BY squatting close to the earth, the
chicks are very well protected. The
mother quail at all times tries to lead
them out of danger.
X
The nest is placed on the ground. usu-
ally under fences or beneath clumps of
grass or shrubs
The nest is made of dry grasses, leaves
and stalks of plants, and from a dozen
to l8 white eggs are laid after the first
spring rains.
One wonders what the quail hereabouts
| did in such spring as We have just
gone through. The spring rains were
not evident, but no doubt the birds laid
their eggs and Matched them, neverthe-
| less.
The family life is very good. In some
Evening star., 1941-06-16

for room and board wholly out of pro-
portion with our income.
Something definite and immediate
should be done about this situation. I
make the proposal to Government work.
ers to form cooperative for their mu-
tual benefit. believe that groups of 20
to 80 people could lease large home and
by hiring an efficient manager and
regular servants they could run the home
on good money saving basis
According to my own estimate, it would
be possible by the proposed plan to
reduce existing living costs from 25 to 40
per cent.
I have wondered why the Welfare and
Recreational Association has not set up
a bureau to help Government workers to
organize in the manner suggested above
HENRY CANDY.
Evening star., 1941-06-16
Asks About commitments"
To "A Foreign Government"

To the Editor of The Star:
At no time have we stood poised upon
a more dangerous precipice in national
affairs than at present. The American
people definitely do not want to go into
this war, yet we have been strong-armed
right up to the threshold of it by those
In whom we put our trust after assur-
ances to the contrary were given us.
We have no way of guessing to what
extent we have been committed In secret
and against our will 1t seems evident
that there have been some very strong
assurances given the representatives of
foreign government. In public utter
ances there have been some sweeping
generalities and vague illusions which
set US wondering what is going on under
the surface.
We want to know which is the more
sacred and solemn: A pledge to the peo-
pie of this country, given publicly as q
condition upon which high public Office
Is assumed, or secret word given the
representatives of foreign government
AMERICAN.
Evening star., 1941-06-16
Proposes Cooperative Solution
Of Problem Of High" Boarding Costs.

To the Editor of The Star
With the increase of the stream of
new workers pouring into Washington,
there has been discussion in the news
papers about the steadily rising costs of
living. Of course, such a development
was to be expected, but prices have been
and are too high here in the Capital City.
A comparison of Washingtons living
costs with those of other cities of similar
size undoubtedly would prove that costs
here are approximately Is per cent high
er in most instances. 1t seems that we
Government workers ere taking a beat
ing and it is rather unpleasant well
come for newcomers to find they have
to pay from $3.50 upwards for room and
board per month.
Simply because Washington is mecca
for thousands of tourists throughout the
year Is no reason why We permanent
workers should be made to pay prices
Evening star., 1941-06-16
Spokesman for Cafeteria Strikers
Discusses Their Demands.

To the Editor of The Star:
1t is apparent that Charles G. Wood
does not want to know what is going on
at the S. d5 w. Cafeteria. Yet he pre-
sumes to Wax indignant over 1t in let
ter to The Star.
Most of them now get S11 to Sl3 a week
They want an increase in pay to meet
the rising cost of living, two weeks va
cation with pay, paid legal holidays, a
reduction of working hours from 81 to
48. What is there in these requests that
the S. & w. management cannot grant?
Mr. Wood bemoans the difficulty he
has in "bucking the picket line" He
disclaims all knowledge of the Supreme
Courts decision upholding the right to
picket and states such decision is un-
known or disregarded elsewhere" The
implication is to disregard the courts
decision here, too.
Why any one would want to "buck the
picket line" can probably be best eX-
planned by Mr.. Wood. The difficulty of
trying to live on s11 to $13 a week is not
the issue, according to Mr. Wood.
According to him, the issue is that he
finds it an inconvenience to break
through the picket line. I assure Mr..
Wood that If he would eat at other
equally good restaurants in the vicinity
for the duration of the strike, it would
be over in few days and the cafeteria
workers would be back on the job serv-
ing S. & W.'s patrons with the same
courtesy that characterized their work
in the past. JACK MINK.
Business Agent, United Cafeteria
Employees Union, Local No. All,
G. I. o.
Evening star., 1941-06-16
Urges Use of Hitler's Book
To Educate People.

To the Editor Of The Star
wonder If you would be able to give
some space, say column, each evening
to reprinting the book, "Mein Kampf,"
so that the public can read it.
At such time as this, when we want
the American people to wake up to what
is going on, to acquaint them with
Hitler's ideas, is the most patriotic thing
We could do.
VIDA I. FAIRCHuD.
Evening star., 1941-06-16

@. Was a special kind Of equipment
used in recording Fantasia ?-M. L. c.
A. The recordings for Fantasia were
made by an improved type of R. c. A.
equipment called FantaSound. The
sound was recorded as four tracks and
played from separate protector from
that used for the picture. Three sets Of
loud speakers were located behind the
screen and other units at selected points
in the auditorium.
@. What President appointed the
Midnight Judges"?-M. F.
A. just before President John Adams
term expired, Congress passed an act
creating % new judicial judgeships and
President Adams filled these offices. hav-
ing life tenure, with members of his own
party.
@. Were warriors horses formerly
buried with them?-W. T. G.
A. The last known occurrence of
rider and horse being buried together
was in 1881, when Gen. Kasimir and his
favorite charger were inferred in the
same grave.
@. What percentage of air-condition-
ing equipment is installed in homes?-
M. S. T.
A. Air-conditioning installations In
1910 were divided as follows: Commercial,
74.2 per cent; theaters, 18 per cent: in
dustrial, 49 per cent; institutional, o.2
per cent, and residential, 1879 per cent.
Q. What are the natural wonders of
Tennessee?-E. J. H.
A. Tennessee has three Of the Nations
outstanding wonders: Reelfoot Lake. the
reservoir basin of the Mississippi River
formed by an earthquake in 1911; Look
out Mountain. rock-faced promontory
carved by the currents of the Tennessee
River, and the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park, which is about equally
divided between North Carolina and
Tennessee.
Q. Please name the wives of King
Henry VIII in the order of their mar
riage.-L. T. M.
A. They were as follows: Catherine Of
Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour,
Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and
Catherine Parr.
Evening star., 1941-06-16
Cites Axis Propaganda
As Weapon Against America.
To the Editor of The Star:

Last evening I tuned into broadcast
from Rome during which a speaker said
among other things: The President of
the United States has thrown out of the
North American plant the workers who
were satisfied that they were not being
paid enough to build airplanes for Eng
land, and in their place he put the
Army"
1t appears to me that it is about time
for the United States to wake up to the
fact that propaganda is one of the Axis
strongest weapons.
FREDERICK PICKARD.
Evening star., 1941-06-16
Huskin's Answers
To Readers Questions
Bu Frederic J. HdSkin


A reader can get the unS1Der to any
question OF fact by ,Uriting The EUe-
Ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hasktn, director, Washington,
D. C. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. What is the average automobile
worth?-J. G. H.
A. Studies show that the average car
on the road today is worth little more
than 5000.
@. Did President Roosevelt have a
brother?-J. w. w.
A. Franklin Delano Roosevelt had one
half brother, James, who died in 1927.
@. Where was the first Protestant
church in the United States?-J. A. A.
A The earliest Protestant church built
in America was the brick church at
jamestown, Va, which was dedicated in
1917.
@. How often does the guard change
at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?-
G. J. w.
A. The guard of honor at the Tomb OF
@. What is the chief cause of fatal
accidents in the Army Air Corps?-C.
H. w.
A. Of the fatal accidents, those in
which one or more persons were killed,
II per cent were due in 1910 to personnel
errors, 4 per cent were caused by faulty
material and 19 per cent were chargeable
to miscellaneous and undetermined fac
tors.
@. How does South America compare
in size with the British Isles, France and
Europe?-L. 7. H.
A. The South American Handbook
says: South America is Sc times the size
of the British Isles, 80 times the size Of
France and "a times the size of Europe.
1t is one-half the area of the whole Brit
ish Empire and twice as large as either
Australia or China"
@. How many draft boards are there in
| the United States?-F. D. C.
A. There are approximately $500.
@. How many people in the United
| States earn salaries Of $4,000 a year?-
| B. H.
A. In 1899 there were approximately
401 persons who received a salary of
$4,000 year or more.
Evening star., 1941-06-16
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1Uriter, although the use OF
q pseudonynl for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters 1Cith
y1eU TO condensation.
Evening star., 1941-06-16
Historic Churches in the United

hIStUiiC NHuiCIitS III the HIteu
States-In almost every State of
the Union are old and historic
churches of all denominations,
whose colorful and romantic his
tory pictures the early days in
America. Fifty-three such churches
are included in this booklet. The
descriptive and historical text ac-
companying the photographs gives
a keen insight into the customs
and mannerisms of the pioneer
Americans. To secure your copy of
this booklet inclose 10 cents in coin,
wrapped in this clipping. and mail
to The Star Information Bureau.
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The Scriptures say that Prosper
ity is won and wed by generous
giving.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28

DEARBORN, Mich.-When the
average person visualizes a big
industrial plant, he Cor she) usu-
ally views it in terms of miracu-
lous operations done by mechanical
marvels. Few think of a factory
rs a school house." yet the vast
Ford Rouge plant has an indus
trial school system comparable in
size to large university.
With the opening this year of
two important new units, the
Ford school system now enrolls
nearly 10000 students. Latest ad-
ditions are an aircraft apprentice
school and a U. S. Navy Service
school to train Uncle Sans blue
jackets.
Henry Ford started school
system in his automobile factories
25 years ago when he foresaw a
future need for skilled manpower
in industry. This foresight now is
expected to go a long way toward
solving his need for skilled hands
in filling more than $700,00O,00O in
national defense orders.
Ford training facilities have
grown in the past year to become
the largest of their kind in the
world. Space within the 1,20o-acre
Rouge plant devoted exclusively
to classrooms, laboratories and
school shops has been increased
from three to five acres. One hun
dred instructors have been added.
In the new aircraft apprentice
school, youths are being trained in
machine shop, assembly, disas-
sembly, inspection and testing of
the Pratt & Whitney airplane en-
gine which Ford is building for
the us. Army. The school is
located in the front portion of the
new s27,000,000 airplane engine
plant on the Rouge grounds.
Another unique Ford school pro-
ject linked closely to national de-
fense is the Navy Service School.
Costing around S1,000,000, this
school was provided and equipped
through the Ford Motor Company,
at no expense to the government.
The first sections were erected IN
the record time OF 10 days.