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Evening star., 1941-11-19
Centerpiece

Clean ,uhite chrysanthemurls
Flo1Dering so tardily,
Haunting your crisp, pungent
Faces so hardly,
You, the last thing nliDe
No,p your comperes are dead
Ho,U is it you can thrive
Frost thick upon your hedd7
Patient endurance OF
Summers obscurity
No,D UiH re1Dard you In
Gorgeous maturity;
Come, let US make Of your
Beauty a bright bouquet
Grant US your charms for our
Table Thanksgiving ddyl
IRENE SMITH PICKETT.
Evening star., 1941-11-19
Logging Drive

The latest report of pledges re-
ceived in the annual Community
Chest campaign shows that subscrip-
tions thus far recorded are 455 per
cent below subscriptions acknoWl-
edged at a like stage Of the 1910
drive.
Perhaps the pressure of world
affairs is being felt to the hurt of
the local effort. Adolf A. Berle, jr,
Assistant Secretary of State, has
warned the workers in the drive that
it is not permissible to fail to recog-
nize the distressed condition of peo-
pie at home simply because of appre-
citation of misery abroad. The same
speaker also has cautioned against
the notion that Washington's social
problems can be turned over to the
Federal Government for solution. IF
this we're done he said, 1T would
mean that we would get out of the
responsibility involved, whereas if we
are to have the free form of life we
love, things must be predicated on
assumption of responsibility by every
individual"
The personal note, Mr. Berle
properly insisted, needs to be struck
If the drive is to attain it's maximum
objective. 1t is the privilege as we'll
AS the duty of every resident of the
District of Columbia to join in the
endeavor to make the democratic
conception of existence valid in the
city which, inevitably, sets an exam
pie for all other communities in the
limited States
Evening star., 1941-11-19

enlightenment and a restoration OF
trade conditions, with a stipulation
that other powers keep hands of
Japan's settlement of the conflict
with China.
1t has been the prosecution OF
essentially these same ambitions that
already has brought Japan to the
brink OF an open clash with the
Western powers and If, as Premier
TOTO said, they still represent ia
pans minimum terms of settlement,
it seems quite obvious that Mr..
Kurusu can have nothing new to
offer. This impression also is con-
firmed by yesterdays statement in
Toxic by Foreign Minister Togo that
Mr.. KuruSu carried no new inStruc-
tions."
There remains the slim possibility,
of course, that the statements of the
Premier and the Prime Minister were
intended for home consumption, and
that their special Ambassador to
Washington is authorized to make
concessions that will be attractive to
this Government. But that is not at
all likely.
The greater probability is that Mr..
Kurusu is on time-gaining errand,
that his mission is to spar for time
while his superiors wait to see which
way the wind is blowing in European
Russia. After all, Japan can afford
to wait while, for if worst comes to
worst she can sheathe the saber and
come to terms, knowing that no ma
ton is going to attack her in the
Evening star., 1941-11-19

@. What was the first naval engage
ment of the Revolutionary War;
A. w F.
A. The opening naval battle was
fought on Lake Champlain October II.
ITO when an American fleet under
Benedict Arnold was defeated by
British feet under Guy Carlton.
Q. How many pounds are there In a
cubic foot of gold?-D. U.
A. The weight of a cubic foot of gold
is 200 pounds.
@. What kind of dog is Lhasa
terrier?-R. P. E.
A. 1t is a small terrier of a Tibetan
breed, lionlike in appearance. with a
dense coat of long. straight hair, heavy
fall over the eyes and heavy whiskers
and beard. The dogs tail curls over its
back
@. Who won the national corn husk-
ing championship?-G. H. F.
A. Floyd Wise of Prairie Center. Ill,
won the contest at Tonica. Ill. by husk-
ing 4537 bushels in 80 minutes.
@. What is a banovina?-H H J.
A. 1t is any of the nine provinces Of
Yugoslavia. each Of which is under
governor called a ban"
@. How msny persons are represented
by each Member of Congress?-M. B.
A. Approximately 30o,l28.
Q. Who was the Popes father'-
N. J. H.
A. His father was Philip Pacell,
brilliant ecclesiastical lawyer.
@. Please give brief history of Hail.
Columbia &C. F. S.
A. The music of this song. originally
known as The Washington March" is
generally attributed to Philip Phile. It
was written in 1889 as an inaugural
march for George Washington. The
words were written nine years later by
Joseph Hopkinson for a special occasion.
@. What is the real name OF Sax
Rohmer. the mystery story writer?-H. r.
A. The authors real name is Arthur
Sarsfeld Ward.
Q. Who first used the expression
"steam roller" in a political sense?-
C. j. B.
A. 1t was first used by Oswald F.
Schuette, then Washington correspond
ent of the Chicago Inter-Ocean, to de-
scribe the rough methods used to pro-
cure the nomination Of W. H. Taft as the
Republican presidential candidate in
1908
@. Please give the population Of the
Hawaiian Islands?-W. D. A.
A. In 1910, the population was esti-
mated at 423, $3.50.
@. For what is dogwood timber used?
r. H.
A. Dogwood is used especially for SPIN
dies and shuttles in textile factories. It
has a smooth grain and will remain
smooth when subjected to continued
rubbing. 1t is also used for small pulleys,
skewers, quills and flyer blocks used in
weaving, golf club heads mallet heads,
turnpins for shaping ends of lead pipes
and jewelers. blocks.
Evening star., 1941-11-19
independence Avenue

How the national emergency is
having its effect on Washington
highway program is well illustrated
by the case of Independence avenue.
This broad thoroughfare south of
the Mall was planned in more nor
NAL times as the Southwest counter
part of Constitution avenue, which
it parallels. 1t was one phase of a
long-range program of Mall devel-
opment which was laid out by park
planners more for esthetic purposes
than to serve possible utilitarian
needs of the future.
But the defense crisis, with its
phenomenal initiation of Washing
tons population and its spreading
of Federal activities into unforeseen
directions, has neceSSitatRd reStudy
and revision of some of the impor-
tant highway and parkway plans.
The extensive improvement of indie
pendence avenue, for example, has
been lifted from the category of
projects scheduled for future atten-
tion to those listed for urgent and
immediate action. Moreover, sundry
notifications of the original plans
for the avenue are being considered,
with view to fitting it more closely
to traffic requirements of a rapidly
growing defense center. Independ-
ence avenue now is regarded as a
vital unit in the enlarged system of
bridge approaches made necessary
as result of governmental expan-
sion across the Potomac River. 1t
will connect the area east and south
of the Capitol with the Highway and
Memorial Bridges, which lead to the
huge new Army and Navy Buildings
in Arlington.
Under tentative plans the avenue
will cross Fourteenth street at grade
level (although an underpaSS here
seems desirable), skirt the north
end of the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing and proceed to the north
bay of the Tidal Basin, where extern
sive engineering work will be re-
quired. Because the Basin performs
the very practical function of flush
ing the Potomac Channel, the engi-
neers wish to avoid any major re-
duction of the water capacity of this
beautiful reservoir Two suggestions
are being studied: First, that the
north end of the basin be bridged
and, second, that a cauSeWay be
constructed Federal officials believe
that by splitting the avenue just be-
fore it reaches the Basin and then
running the north lane around the
present shore and extending the
south lane directly over the water
by bridge or causeway, the natural
beauty of the Tidal Basin will be
preserved. They point out that only
about half an acre of the north side
of the Basin would be involved in
this operation, and most of the priced
cherry trees on the north shore could
be saved. From the Tidal Basin the
avenue is to extend along the line
OF the present cinder road south OF
the Lincoln Memorial Rejecting Pool
to Lincoln Memorial Circle and the
watergate underpaSs
Federal authorities are calling for
speed in the completion of plans for
this major traffic artery-and speed
In construction will be necessary if
the highway is to be ready by the
time the new War Department Build
ing across the river is occupied.
Evening star., 1941-11-19

Obviously, the Independence avenue
development has become an emer-
gency project essentially Of Federal
character, which means that the
Federal Government should assume
its rightful share of the burden OF
financing it.
Evening star., 1941-11-19
Prays for Patriotism
Among Americans.

thE EQIL0f OF tne bluI.
If there is any virtue common to man,
1t is love of country.
But today OF all of the peoples OF the
earth the Russians are outstanding and
eminent in their possession and
exercise Of that virtue-love of country
willingness to endure any hardship and
make every sacrifice for 1t.
God grant that the people of America
may never be lacking in this virtue.
that neither riches nor education, nor
culture ever make them soft and unable
to exercise this virtue in time of need.
HENRY z. COTTON.
Nashville, Tenn.
Evening star., 1941-11-19
Pays Tribute
Ta Gamma ConHadA1

Pays Tribute
To Canine Comrades.
TO the Editor of The Star:
The dog has often been called mans
best friend.
How true is this statement, for is there
anything so genuine as dogs devotion
to his master? knowing nothing OF ad-
versity, strife and misfortune occurring
In the world about him which so vltauy
affect the destiny of his master. dog
remains true and steadfast to the end.
Such loyalty affords contrast to tickle
friendships within the human circle.
Holding the advantage, as 1t so hap
pens to be our good fortune, we can, and
possibly are, giving much of our atten-
ton to the care and well-being of our dog
in return for his loyalty and devotion.
That is all your dog asks. He does not
ask for riches, for comfort, or security;
all he asks and begs for is his master 5
affection. Although the dog is only sub
human, on account of his likable traits
he holds the love and respect Of the
human race everywhere
M. r. HORTON.
Evening star., 1941-11-19

Five hundred snails, painted red,
white and blue, were released in
Colmar, Alsace, to snarl up traffic
and serve as victory symbols. The
snail is good model for traffic con-
gestion, but 4 mighty poor one for
ultimate victory.
Evening star., 1941-11-19
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the ,Uriter, although the use Of
a pseudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters NTH
q rie1U to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-11-19

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republlcatlo of all news dispa tches
credited TO 1t or not otherwise credit in this
paper and also the local news publishsd herein
All rights OF publication Of special dispatches
herein also are reserved
Evening star., 1941-11-19

Home Law Book-A publication
for the layman telling in simple
style and non-technical language
what you want to know about
contracts, buying property, prom
issory notes, wills, missing heirs
and estates. copyright, patents,
naturalization. Included also are
tables of interest rates, ages of
majority, time required to obtain
marriage licenses in the several
States, marriage ages, grounds for
divorce and residence require
ments, also a wealth of other in
formation. To secure your copy
lnclose 10 cents in coin. wrapped
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Evening star., 1941-11-19
Wants Congressional Investigation
OF InefYicient" Federal Employees.

To the Editor OF the Star:
AS A member of a group of taxpayers
interested in the curtailment of nom
defense expenditures in our Government,
I have been spending some time IN
Washington studying the activities OF
various Government agencies.
Ironically. it was brought to our at
tention that the agency of Government
charged with the investigation and en-
forcement of fair" trade practices IN
private industry was conspicuously in
need of a thorough going investigation,
and that department was therefore the
first to be surveyed. For some weeks
past, Washington departmental work as
well as examiners field work out OF the
Washington Office was observed. Both
proved eye-openers. Complaints OF con-
ditions existing in the department. 1t is
alleged. have been submitted to various
members of Congress and, through them,
to the department officials with ap-
parently no corrective measures being
undertaken.
In this time of necessarily large eX-
penditures for defense work, reduction
in non defense disbursements can be
attained through the wedding out OF
ineficient, indolent and lntemperate
employees. They are a disgrace to the
Government and an unwarranted I'M
position upon the taxpayers.
believe if the facts were made known
to the taxpayers, they would demand
an immediate investigation by sena-
torial committee, preferably headed by
Senator Byrd OF Virginia, who can be
relied upon conscientiously and without
partialitv to ascertain the facts with
fairness to all concerned
In private industry, sobriety, diligence
and application to work are essential.
Neither loafing, tippling nor card-play-
ing during Office hours, nor excesses after
hours impairing the next days efficiency
can be tolerated, nor does private in
dustry grant three weeks per diem and
mileage for work the employe can COM
plete in one.
No amount of casuistry can justify
retention in the Government, on tax
payers money, of employees not measur-
ing up to reasonable standards. II
slothful employees are retained through
political pressure, the taxpayers are en-
titled to full information on the source
OF that pressure.
CITIZEN TAXPAYER.
New York CITY,
Evening star., 1941-11-19
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. HdSkin

A reader can get the dnsWer TO any
question OF fact by ,Drtting The EUe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin, director Washington,
d. C. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. What is the name Of the new
Nazi National Church as projected by
Alfred Rosenberg?-T. NJ H.
A. The church is referred to in Rosen-
bergs memorandum as the Rationale
Reichskirche (National Reich Church,.
Q. How much money Is collected BY
the Empire State Building in admission
fees?-T. R.P.
A. Entrance fees to the tower average
$1,000 a day
@. What was the property loss from
fire in the United States last year?-L. M.
A. According to the National Board
of Fire Underwriters, the estimated an
nual property loss for 1910 was s286 6,49l,-
BAT.
@. Who received the American Ski
Trophy last year?-H. N. o.
A. 1t was awarded to ALI Engen as
the outstanding skier In America during
the 1910 season.
@. What is the october Revolution?-
J. B. H.
A. 1t was the revolution. starting in
October, 1917, by which the Kerenskv
provisional government was overthroWn
and ultimately the Bolsheviks gained
power.
@. Is there such aword as 'pixilated"?
M. H. P.
A. 1t is a colloquial word meaning
slightly unbalanced mentally" 'balmy,"
"daffy."
Evening star., 1941-11-19
Applauds
"CouraxeOuS Members"

"Coura EeOus Members"
To the Editor of The Star
Hats of to those courageous members
of Congress, real Americans, who had
the strength of character to cast their
votes against the outrageous revocation
of the Neutrality Act. Those are the
kind of men who, without question,
should be returned to the Congress.
A. H. G.
Evening star., 1941-11-19
Discusses Interference
With Nations DESTINY"
To the Editor of the Star:

Discusses Interference
With Nations DESTINY"
To the Editor Of the Star:
One sits ins the Senate gallery and is
appalled, to witness the desperate attempt
being made by politically minded
minority to prevent the national policy
from being carried out, to observe the
dilatory tactics and note the studied
attempt at all times to drive wedge
between the people and their duly elected
leader.
And one reads a speech by our former
Ambassador to Belgium, John Cudahy,
and is shocked to think that q man who
was on the scene Of one of the greatest
crimes in all recorded history should be
able to find no better use for his time
and talents than to return home and
begin attacking, not Hitler, but the Presi-
dent of. his country.
Then one hears a radio address by
Alfred NJ Landon who, although de-
feated in 1896, still is making campaign
speeches which 60 far beyond the
waters edge.
All this seems bad enough. But the
Evening star., 1941-11-19
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WEDNESDAY November ~. lSAl
Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
Member of the Associated Press.

Entered as second-class matter post ONCE.
Washington, D. c.
Evening star., 1941-11-19

A reader can get the ansWer TO any
question OF fact by ,Drttino The Eue-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin, director, Washington,
d. C. Please inclose stamp for reply.
Evening star., 1941-11-19

@. Who won the national corn husk-
ing championship?-G. H. F.
A. Floyd Wise of Prairie Center. H.,
won the contest at Tonica. Ill. by husk-
ing 4537 bushels in 80 minutes.
Evening star., 1941-02-09
Newly Elected Memberc q Board of Trade Announced

A. Calevas, service representative
Thomas A. Carr, estimator; Roger
G. Chisholm, salesman; Richard K
Cochran, jr., distillery representa-
tive: F. Anthony Cocuzzi. laundry
owner; A. Byrnes Cole, salesman;
Russell A. Conn, hotel manager;
W. A. Cornwall. district manager
of the Glidden Paint Co.; Robert
Croce, owner of a liquor store; o. l.
Grove, building contractor; Matt A.
Doetsch of machinery firm; Will
liam w. Donaldson, paving con-
tractor.
Arthur L. Eskey, assistant to the
president of the Chesapeake & Po-
tomac Telephone Co.; Peyton B.
Fletcher, jr., assistant manager of
the Riggs National Bank; William
A. Furman, appraiser; Stephen A.
Gatti, wholesale grocer; Robert e.
Graham of the Chesapeake & Po-
tomac Telephone Co.; Fred Harri-
man, bank teller; William H. Har-
ris, window shade manufacturer; |;
Herbert Harvey, real estate busi-
ness; Harold G. Herly, ice practi-
toner.
Henry P. Hoffman, note teller;
Addison L. Holmes, elevator busi-
ness: Otis H. johnson, printer; C..
Francis Kennedy, manager of the
Moore Hardware Co.; Thomas w.
Kern, wholesale business; Joseph
w. Krenlich, restaurateur;. George
W.. Lee, contractor; Phillip j. Nc
Guire, paint branch manager; Carl
o. McIntire, real estate broker;
Evening star., 1941-02-09

Francis j. Mcnamara, special as
siStant to the Attorney General.
Dr.. Carl j. Mess, dentist: M. L..
Murphy. salesman; Jack Nichols,
owner of a liquor store; Karl w.
Ochs, structural engineer; Hans E
Roschlau, construction estimator:
John T. Ross, builder; Emmett Leo
Sheehan, lawyer; B. K. Slaughter,
special trade representative; Gren-
vile c. Small, real estate salesman;
DR.. H. c. Smathers, dentist; w.
Winfield Smith, retired.
Francis James Stefanak, stock
clerk; Lincoln F. Stock, Govern
ment worker; Howard H. Sullivan,
real estate consultant; William T.
Tobin, jr,, secretary treasurer of the
Master Builders Association; Joseph
w. Turton, contractor; D. B. Tux
horn, owner of service station; Cy
j. Warwick, manager of an Oil burn
er department; Harry M. Watkins,
vice president of the Watkins
Whitney Co.
John Howard Wellbrock, repre-
sentative of the Inland Steel Co.;
William B. Wheeler, lawyer; Joseph
A. Willett, plastering contractor:
Horace E. Williams, real estate
business: Howard v. Williams. used
car manager; William E. Williams,
bank clerk; Carl S. Winkler, elec-
trical contractor; Percy ]. Wright,
garage manager, and Edwin B. DON
aldson and Andrew M. Gardiner,
representatives of E. B. Donaldson
q Bro.
Evening star., 1941-02-09

Joseph E. Davies, former Ambas-
sador to Russia, is included among
the new members of the Board of
Trade by recent action of the Or
ganization's Executive Committee.
The new memberships include the
following:
Philip G. Alter, rooming house
operator, of 1909 Sixteenth street
NV; Edwin w. Bethel, CONNER
cial manager, of 725 Thirteenth
street NV; w. Byron Board, sales
agent, of 1903 H street NV; John
l.. Boccina, police aide to Commls-
sioner Hazen; Richard Albert Bur-
ton, policeman; E. o. Craig, presi-
dent of the Eagle Laundry, of 2120
L street NV; Maj. Henry M. T..
Cunningham, motor company man
ager, of Alexandria; Edward w.
Donahue, sales manager of the
General Outdoor Advertising Co.;
George E. Engelmann, special rep
resentative of the Studebaker Corp,
of the Tower Building; John
Michael Gatti of the Bureau of
Standards; Henry Gavens, District
administrative analyst; William j.
Hill, printing pressman at the Bu-
reau of Engraving and Printing;
Clifford F. Johncox, auditor, of 1900
South Capitol street; w. Harry Lee,
bonding and insurance, Colorado
Building. 49,. .....
Theodore F. Menk, realtor, of 1876
Connecticut avenue NV; John r.
Evening star., 1941-02-09

Meyer, manager of Armour & Co.,
of SOL Twelfth street S.W.; Eugene
x. Murphy, attorney, Investment
Building; Louis H. Nesline. restau-
rant owner, 1904 Rhode Island ave-
nue. NE; Burdette H. Neweity,
estimator, 614 H street NV; Ray
mond G. Parsons, Treasury exam
iner; Paul F. Pfeif1e, bricklaying
contractor, of Arlington; Warren E.
Rabbit, Junior administrative as
sistant in the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration; Anton Luis
Reinhardt, window shade manufac-
turer, of 5605 Fourteenth street
NV; E. S. Stradley, contractor, of
102 New York avenue NE; Alex
ander L. Thomas, broker, of 458
Eleventh street S.W.; Barnes
Thompson. Hearing Aid Co., Thir-
teenth and F streets NV; Howard
j. Walters, of 725 Thirteenth street
NV. and Elton F. Young of 1905
H street NV
Dyer Bros, Inc, of 734 Thirteenth
street NV, and James A. MesSer
Co., of 1906 K street NV.
Arthur A. Allen of a blue PRINT
ing and photostat service; Louis P.
Allen, salesman; James P. Arm
strong, clerk; Maurice Beecher, de-
partment store buyer; Douglas p.
Berry, builder: w. G. Bond, district
manager of w: A. Taylor & Co.:
Frank Bowen, building superintend-
ent; Gaylord w. Boyer, statistician;
DR.. James w. Braden, physician;
Jack E. Brown, salesman; Harry
Evening star., 1941-02-09
CiVicGrOupS
To Testify
On Bus Line
Hearing Is Tuesday;
Twenty Bodies
Meet This Week

More than two score citizens and
businessmen's associations are ex-
pected to be represented at public
hearings on the proposed cross
town bus line scheduled by the
Public Utilities Commission Tuesday
at pm. in the District Building.
The bus line, as proposed. would
run from WeStmoreland Circle to
Bladensburg road NE, through Rock
Creek Park either by way of Mill
tary road or Klingle road. Associ-
ations approving the cross-town
line have been divided in opinion
as to which is the most feasible
route, but reports lately indicate
Evening star., 1941-02-09

jections to the Capitol. The fed
Grafton was strongly opposed to the
attempted custer of the health
officer.
Eye Specialist Urged.
An eye specialist to examine pub
lie school children has been one of
the most recent campaigns for the
federation and the efforts of the
campaigners. which included the
Board of Education and the District
Society for the Prevention of Blind
ness. have been successful to the
extent of having $500 allocated for
the rest of the year to finance some
of this work, he said.
For 10 years DR.. Campbell has
been delegate to the federation,
representing either the Mount Pleas
ant Citizens Association. to which
he has belonged for 27 years. the
Medical Society or the District
Pharmaceutical Society. Once he
represented both the civic and phar-
maceutical group at the same time.
But they wouldn't let me vote
twice" he observed with a grin.
He was born in Pennsylvania,
brought up in Virginia and has
lived for many years in the District.
He is graduate of the George
Washington University School of