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Evening star., 1941-06-27
Controlling Prices

Indications that the adminiStra-
ton will ask Congress for specific
price legislation serve to
direct attention once again to some
of the factors that must be taken
into account in any realistic effort
to avoid a general price advance.
To this time, the activities Of Price
Administrator Leon Henderson have
been based on program of volun-
tary cooperation with business. In
some respects considerable measure
of success has been achieved, but
the voluntary undertaking seems
now to have broken down in the
face of a refusal by the ChrySler
Corporation and several furniture
manufacturers to obey a request for
cancellation of scheduled price
increases.
Commenting on the price ad-
vances, particularly in the Chrysler
case, Mr.. Henderson seems disposed
to charge the corporation with
willful and selfish refusal to CO.
operate. But there is another side
to the story.
1t seems obvious that price control
cannot consist merely of an arbitrary
fixing of prices for manufactured
commodities. And this is especially
true at time when the Government
by legislative action has deliberately
sought to bring about substantial
increase in the price of basic farm
commodities, and when it has con-
doned if not encouraged important
wage advances while refusing to
"siphon off" a portion of the result
ing increased purchasing power by
broadening of the tax base. The
result of these policies is to apply
double squeeze" to the manufac-
turer-first, he must reckon with
increased material and labor costs,
and, second, he is faced with
rising demand for his product.
For example, ChrySler officials,
replying to Mr.. Henderson, contend
that the price advances in question
add only s2662 per car to its net
income, while increased costs, in
Guiding two wage boosts aggregating
10 per cent, have raised the cost of
production by about $27.55 per car.
If these figures may be taken at
their face value, it would seem to
follow that Mr.. Henderson is really
asking Chrysler to hold down the
price of its cars by sacrificing its
profit. That, obviously, is unfair in
the case of financially well estab-
lished concern, and could only prove
ruinous in the case of a marginal
enterprise.
These are some of the factors that
should be taken into account by
Congress if it is called upon to enact
price-control legislation The whole
question Of price regulation is mex
tricably tied up with fundamental
economic laws, and the latter cannot
be ignored without inviting disas-
trous consequences.
Evening star., 1941-06-27
A Fortress Falls

The steep and rocky trail that goes
uphill
Is strangely stDeet from roses protU-
ing iDild
Along the tDdy. Roses 1phose thorns
are filed
To rapier sharpness, guarding them
from, Ill.
The tpdy is rough and difficult to 90,
The load I carry heavy on my back,
Yet strain of breathing, t0etght OF
limb and pack,
Are lightened knotOing here pild
roses grotD.
Against the hills impregnable
stronghold,
They loose their SDeet attack upon
the air.
They plant their cleaning ban
nerS everywhere
And take mountain fortress In
their fold.
Each creUice lifts a blown rose that
mockS
Austertty of hills and granite rocks.
HELEN ROWLAND PRoMMEL.
Evening star., 1941-06-27
w. P. A. Reduction

While the notifications made by
Work Projects Administrator Howard
o. Hunter in his original drastic
order for a so per cent reduction
in local w. P. A. rolls have saved the
jobs of TOO relief workers, the fact
remains that $500 w. P. A. benefi-
Charles will be cut off the rolls on
July 1-most Of them without pros
poets Of employment, despite defense
expansion in Washington. In de-
Tending his initial order Mr.. Hunter
explained that employment condi-
tionS were better here than in many
parts of the country-although no
specific figures were presented to
justify the imposition of so per cent
slash for Washington as compared
with an average cut of 20 per cent
ordered for other localities. The
latest modification calls for a Al
per cent reduction here. But, while
it is true that Governmental person.
mel here is growing, consideration
must be given to the fact that new
positions are being filled by qualified
civil service employees. 1t Is doubtful
that the Federal departments will
be able to absorb many Of those who
will be rendered jobless next week.
In view of this situation, it is difficult
to see the logic underlying the wide
disparity between the reduction
ordered for the District and that for
the remainder of the country.
Nor is it logical to retain on the
W. P. A. rolls workers assigned to
projects certified as necessary to
national defense, while dismissing
those engaged in less important
pursuits. 1t would seem only reason
able to expect that employees doing
defense work should be paid from
defense funds, not from relief appro-
priations. The proper solution prob
ably would be to transfer the 'essen-
tial" w. P. A. workers to defense
payrolls, thus accomplishing a drastic
reduction in relief expenditures with
a minimum of hardships for those
forced to depend on w. P. A. for
their bread and butter. This possible
remedy might we'll be worked out
Jointly by w. P. A. officials and
Congress.
Evening star., 1941-06-27

clue to what has happened may be
found in Hendrix Willem Van Looms
Geography" where it is written:
mo precise statistics ever have been
kept, but from 1900 to 1900 $50 the
mean annual average of exiles was
about twenty thousand. ''' When
their actual time of punishment had
come to an end, the survivors were
given little pieces of land ''' and
were allowed to become independent
farmers. On paper this was mar
velouS scheme. - In practice, how
ever, it worked so we'll that the
greater part of these so-called free
settlers disappeared from the face
of the earth without leaving trace
of their whereabouts" A glance at
the map shows that there are not
more than a dozen scattered towns
from the OBJ to Bering Strait, a dis
tance of more than three thousand
miles.
How rich or poor in natural re-
sources that tremendous eXpanSe
may be is anybody's guess. The
American to whom General Goering
addressed his inquiry has mentioned:
Magnetic iron ore, coal, gold, silver,
platinum, asbestos, graphite, mica,
antimony, radium, copper, sulphate
Of sodium, lime, clays, jasper, por-
phyry, petroleum. A similar list in
the Encyclopedia Britannica bears
the notation: THE above is an indi-
cation only of the great mineral
wealth of the Siberian area; much
of the region is as yet unsurveyed
and, of the mineral wealth reported,
little is worked"
The quixotic, incredible Hitler may
be on the march to living room" and
unlimited treasure in the least known
quarter of the globe. If such is his
secret purpose, the whole destiny of
mankind would be affected by his
triumph as by no other event since
the expansion of Europe after the
discovery of Americasby Columbus.
Evening star., 1941-06-27
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles Z. Trucetoen.

It allows any one to understand that
his is, after all-at least in comparison
with fish-a superior mind!
For what must be done must be done
quickly, and correctly
So when the shouting started, 1t meant
that action would have to follow, and
at once.
Later would not do.
fiddle was passing out. She was on
the way to the great fish heaven unless
superior brain did something besides
think.
Get the hand puffer, quick!
Press the bulb, cause thousands of air
bubbles to sweep up alongside the ailing
fish!
Get out that old aquarium, hurry
Fill it with water! Do not stop to
measure the temperature with ther-
mometer, in order to have 1t the same
temperature as that of the water from
which the fish will come
There is no time for that refine
ment, now.
Fill the bowl, comrades!
Put in just so much salt, and stir 1t
around!
Now get the net!
In it goes-out comes fiddle, still with
enough life in her to wiggle a bit.
Into the fresh water she goes!
The shock of seventy degrees, rather
But the improvement lasts only a few
seconds.
over she goes.
The distended stomach presses against
the swimming bladder, causing her to
lose her balance.
This sad state of affairs causes her to
lack the ability to breathe properly.
Now the fins stop waving. The mouth
closes. The gills stop moving. She is at
the top Of the water.
The one eye is glazed.
Will this be the end of a good fish?
1t will not!
The old fish has life in her yet.
Over she turns, the fins start up, the
gills move.
She opens her mouth, and gasps
for air.
The stream Of bubbles tosses her
around and around.
The shock Of the colder water causes
her to move.
And, moving she begins to win the
battle of life all over again. The salt Is
real aid now.
Five minutes later would have been
too late. In fish keeping, the right things
must be done at the right time.
We suspect that this is the secret Of
all good keeping, whether of man or
nation, or just goldfish.
Evening star., 1941-06-27
Urges Use of Navy
On German Raiders.


Our Navy needs practice. We have
not been in real shooting war for
% years. And we had as well practice
shooting at German raiders and sub
marines in preparation for Japanese as
practice shooting at japanese ships in
preparation for Germani Or are we
still hoping the umbrella of appease-
ment (Which Britain used till it was
worn to shreds) and the British Navy
will enable us to get by without ever
using our own Navy for the purpose for
which we have built it?
In any case, try to imagine a more
golden opportunity for using our fight
ing power, especially our Navy, for
defeating this world-monster whose aim
is nothing short of real, stark slavery
for every one Of us.
Meanwhile, for the German people
to know that we are actively in the
war right now, while they have Russia
also on their hands, would clearly de-
press German morale immeasurably
Indeed If we wait till Germany is flushed
with its showiest victory of all, then the
moral effect of our entering the war
actively will be close to nothing Today
brings our opportunity to high tide, and
speedy action is of the very essence of
victory. BOILING SOMERVILLE.
Evening star., 1941-06-27
Suggests Bus Service From Virginia
To Navy and Munitions Buildings.

-" ~''J VIII" DuhuiHESs
To the Editor Of Tn. Star:
In view of the fact that parking con-
ditions in downtown Washington are
extremely acute and motorists are be-
ing urged to curtail the consumption of
gasoline, I wish to make a suggestion
which might assist in a small way in
correcting both of these conditions.
AS one of the many residents of nearby
Virginia who are employed in the Navy
and Munitions Buildings, I believe that
a majority of them would prefer to use
buses as means Of transportation If
they were permitted to operate along
Constitution avenue or at least in that
vicinity. At the present time Virginia
residents must walk either to K street
or Fourteenth street in order to take
buses and as the employees in the Mu-
nitionS Building now work until o'clock,
1t is nearly o'clock before they can
get home if they use buses. Virginia al
ready has granted permission to buses
to operate as far as Memorial Bridge
and it is believed that the District au-
thorities should allow them to cross the
bridge and operate along Constitution
avenue. While 1t was not intended that
Memorial Bridge should be used by buses,
Evening star., 1941-06-27

There was great deal Of running
around in the household.
fiddle, the one-eyed goldfish, was on
her back at the surface Of the water!
Lone resident of a two-gallon aqua
rum for many years, the fat goldfish
had done very we'll except when over
stuffed.
This time it seemed to be the end.
There was fiddle, barely gasping for
life, her fins waving feebly, her stomach
in air.
Quick action, in all such cases, has
saved many fish life.
Only the person really interested in
the aquarium, of course, can realize just
what such situation means.
A few more minutes, and the lack of
breathing would finish off the fish.
To persons not interested in this in
door sport of keeping small fishes in
tanks, the loss Of one fish would mean
exactly nothing.
With entire peoples being externi-
mated, nations wiped out over night
with cruelty and underhand business on
the rampage, one goldfish two inches
long might seem very little.
But to the fish, Of course, life means
everything. And to the person who has
taken care of it for ten years, saving
its life means another triumph.
Saving life is triumph, any way you
look at it.
The doctor knows this.
The loved ones who stand by the bed
side know this.
After the long siege, comes relaxation.
Everybody gives sigh of relief.
The life of a fish, of course, is very,
very little. 1t doesn't count for much,
in the long list Of millions and millions
and still more millions of fishes.
Maybe the life of human being does
not count for much more, in the strict
toll of nature.
1t is Christ's love, and His love, alone,
which has told us differently.
fiddle was on her last fin.
She had been given too much food.
Such foods are concentrated, so that it
is difficult, even for the experienced
hand, to avoid feeding too much at
times.
Warmer water, in summer, means in
creased fish appetite.
1t also means less oxygen.
Less oxygen makes for poorer diges-
ton. 1t is vicious circle which means
extinction for the poor fish which fails
to command attention from outside the
tank.
A superior brain must see. know what
to do, and command its doing.
Perhaps that is one reason why the
aquarium hobby is soothing.
Evening star., 1941-06-27
Advocates Replacement Of
Private Enterprise.


David Lawrence is most industrious
plugger for big business and heckler
of the New Deal. What about Govern
ment ownership which is his particular
nightmare?
Between 1875 and 1890, the Govern
ment, particularly the Supreme Court,
aided and abetted certain groups in
seizing control of more than go per cent
of the natural wealth of the entire
country and in building up control of
from so per cent to 80 per cent of It's
industries. 1t was the gross mismanage-
ment of these groups, controlling not
only wealth and industry but the Gov
ernment itself that resulted in national
chaos in 1890. 1t is inconceivable that
Government ownership of any part of
wealth and industry could equal this
record.
ship by the people. The natural wealth
Of a country should belong to the people
and not to q few private individuals
Government ownership means that divi-
dends 60 to the people in lower costs
and not to swell the Golfers Of a few
stockholders. In 1929, l per cent of all
stockholders received A per cent of all
dividends. Out of a national income of
1000 900 900, so per cent of the people
received less than $4,000. This is what
1t means to have big business in control
it is working for big business and not for
the welfare of the country as a whole.
The fault of the New Deal, to David
Lawrence and others who think like him.
is that it is working for the welfare of
the great mass Of people and not for a
favored few-for the common man and
not for big business.
Berkeley, Calf. DIR. OLIVE swEZY.
Evening star., 1941-06-27

thoroughfares. This will make 1t
more than a mere scenic and his
torical drive around the city. 1t will
serve as an important means of
croSstown communication within the
outer fringes of the District and will
enable passenger vehicles to avoid
much of the congestion which now
is encountered in driving through
Washington.
With restoration and reclamation
of the fort sites, the drive, when
completed, will rank with other
major park developments in Wash
ington.
Evening star., 1941-06-27
Advocates More Rigid Laws
To Punish Habitnal Criminals.
TO the Editor of The Star

10 the Edltor OF Inc star:
The appalling record of crime in
Washington and throughout the Nation
demands some very urgent reforms in
dealing with the criminal element, some
Of which ask the privilege of suggest
ing through your columns, as follows:
First, here and in all the States there
should be habitual criminal acts pro-
viding that upon conviction Of a person
a third time. his sentence should be life
imprisonment without pardon, COM
mutation or parole. Such a repetition of
crime clearly indicates that such an
individual is congenital criminal who
is incapable of reformation, a constant
menace to society, and from whom So
ciety Is entitled to protection. New York
State has such law. When I was as
slstant to the attorney general of the
Philippines 1 drafted such a law for
the islands.
Second, it appears that the overwhelm-
ing majority of crimes are committed
by convicts who have been paroled and
turned loose upon society to pursue their
criminal instincts. Nothing is more
greatly abused than the parole system
and the evidence and results regarding
it shows conclusively that it should be
entirely abolished.
Third, another grave defect in the
law, which tends to encourage crime is
giving criminals serving sentences time
off for good behavior. The law should
make service of the full sentence man
datory, and instead of rewarding the
criminal for good behavior he should be
properly punished for bad behavior.
believe the foregoing reforms would
greatly improve the crime situation in
the Nation, which is demanded by every
consideration for the social welfare.
ALEXANDER S. LANIER.
Evening star., 1941-06-27
Fort Drive

After many years of steady prog
ress in planning for one of the
National Capitals great parkway
projects, the Fort Drive, the Park and
Planning Commission has completed
the preliminary phase by ordering
acquisition of the last links necessary
for the right of way.
This drive, designed originally as
a simple park road connecting the
numerous temporary Civil War forts
which dotted the heights of the then
rural outskirts of the city, has been
replanned within recent months.
Today the sites of the forts are we'll
within the built-up city limits and
a line connecting them crosses prac-
tically all of the principal arteries
leading to the congested section.
Therefore the Fort Drive as now
contemplated will be broad modern
boulevard with parking down its
center and grade separations at
some of It's intersections with main
Evening star., 1941-06-27

@. Where is the island that is noted
for its tailless cats?-T. H. P.
A. The Isle of Man, the home Of the
Manx breed of tailless cats, is in the
very center of the British Isles, nearly
equidistant from England, Ireland and
Scotland.
O. What is the most widely known
card game?-J. C. H.
A. A survey conducted by the Asso-
citation of American Playing Card Manu-
facturers shows that rummy is the most
widely known game.
@. When is the Paul Bunyan Festi-
val?-W. H S.
A. The Paul Bunyan Summer Carnival
will be held at Bemidji, MINI, July As.
@. How many Indians come under the
supervision of the Government?-T. L. J.
A. The Office of Indian Affairs has
under its Jurisdiction more than 361 900
Indians in the United States proper,
and $4,000 Eskimos and Indians in
Alaska.
@. How many students were graduated
from West Point this year2-E. T. A.
A. This years graduation class at the
United States Military Academy con-
sisted of AIS members.
@. Who is known as the Henry Ford
of aviation?-M. G.
A. w. T. Piper, manufacturer of light
airplanes, is so called.
@. Where are the Bottomless Pools?-
T. J. D.
A. They are at Lake Lure, mile east
of Chimney Rock and about 26 miles
southeast of Asheville, N. c., on the
Asheville Charlotte highway, U. s. u.
@. What is meant by the crossroads
of the Pacifc?-C. r. H.
A. The Hawaiian Islands are so called.
@. How long has Mrs. Mary A. Sulli-
van, director of the New York City Police
Women's Bureau, been on the force?-
J. T. E.
A. Mrs. Sullivan recently observed
the 30th anniversary of her service on
the New York City police force.
@. When did President Roosevelt sign
the social security bill?-W. L. T.
A. 1t was signed by the President on
August 9, 1885.
@. Where is the deepest mine In the
United States?-C. T. A.
A. 1t is believed to be copper mine
on the Keweenaw Range in Michigan
which has vertical depth from the sur
face Of over 5000 feet.
@. Who gave the first marcel wave?-
H. K. c.
A. The late Francois Marcel Grsteau
of France, who invented this hair-waving
process in 1872.
Evening star., 1941-06-27

Would any one contend that city
of 100000 people was properly policed
by force of 80 men, or one for every
2,439 inhabitants? Scarcely; yet
those figures represent the growth
of Washington and of the number
of her policemen in the past ten
years. Critics might also remember
the fact that the force was by no
means adequate a decade ago.
Evening star., 1941-06-27
Wants District Authorities
To Help Police Students Of F. B. I.
Tn the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
refer to the editorial Police Inquiry
which appeared in The Star Thursday,
June 49, 1941, and particularly to the
statement that only one Washington po-
lice officer has taken the F. B. I. train
ing course.
Some months ago heard discussion
of this lack Of cooperation between the
District of Columbia police and the F.
B. l., and the following allegations were
made:
The District of Columbia police, work
ing in rotating shifts as they do, can
take this course only by sacrificing their
own annual leave to do so. Many of
the privates who have newly Joined the
force, filled with enthusiasm for their
task by the excellent instructors of the
District of Columbia police school. take
steps to further their training in the
F. B. I. school, to be frustrated when
they learn they would have to sur
render their leave for one and one
half years in order to have free the
hours the school is open. No provision
Is made by the District of Columbia
officials for keeping on one shift for
the time of his training man taking
the F. B. 7. training course.
have not verified these facts, but II
they be true, can you not, through the
influence of your paper, strike while
the iron is hot and persuade the proper
authorities to allow any policeman de-
string to take the F. B. I. course to work
on night or evening shift for the
duration Of the course, giving him also
If possible a six-hour day for that time,
rather than the full eight-hour day?
If the police heads are not willing
to make it easier for their men to attend
the F. B. I. course, it may be supposed
they are convinced their own instruction
includes all that is known concerning
crime detection and prevention.
Many of the District of Columbia DO
licemen are capable, intelligent men.
Many of them 60 on to other fields. 1t
would pay the citizens of the District
to make it worth their while for these
men to stay in police work. thus insuring
for themselves the maintaining of a
force of educated, experienced officers
and preventing the economic loss that
results with large turnover of trained
workers.
MARJORIE FOLSOM LEIGHEY.
Evening star., 1941-06-27
Finds Prototypes Of Dictators
In Children'S Classic.

To the Editor OF The Star:
In "Alice in Wonderland" Tweedledee
and Tweedledum agreed to have battle
and, although Dee" and DUN" were
really friendly fellows, Alice, If we re-
member correctly, prepared to watch
the flight from the sidelines and refused
to participate. Indeed, Alice urged them
to call the battle off and make peace.
Would it not be well for Uncle Sam
to keep his eye on both the modern
Tweedles, viz, Hitler and Stain. They
are exactly alike although in this in
stance, instead of friendly, exceedingly
ferocious! In character and department
we shall award Adolf and Joseph
couple of ciphers. And, If our Uncle
Sammie is wise, like Alice, he will re-
main at peace In his own backyard.
EDMUND K. GOlDsBoROUGH.
Evening star., 1941-06-27
Letters to the Editor

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
q UieU to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-06-27

One hears honey" sweet cookie"
my little sugar plum" and even "my
little lamb pie" as terms of endear-
ment. But did any one ever hear
or ever say, my little tapioca" or
my little rhubarb"7