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Evening star., 1941-09-07
Shock Tactics

1t Is often difficult to raise money
at meetings, no matter how worthy
the purpose of the meeting, and con-
siderable ingenuity must be used to
make any kind of showing. Some
times the situation is dramatized, by
movies or other means, to show what
good the money can do. At other
times, the reluctant are shamed into
giving.
But for speed and effectiveness the
Goldsboro IN. c. method is hard to
beat. The chairman asked that all
those willing to contribute to an
orphans home rise promptly. The
results were most gratifying. Six in
the first row rose almost as high as
the sun, and far quicker On their
faces could have been observed a
strange mixture of fear and wonder
but they had risen, and that was
what counted. Assistants deputized
by the chairman collected from them
readily. What they got was almost
a hundred per cent profit. 1t had not
cost much, just before the meeting,
to wire half a dozen chairs for an
electric shock.
Evening star., 1941-09-07

political system that is thoroughly
repugnant to them.
This is not the first time that the
Germans have used such methods.
But 1t is significant that they have
now begun to employ them in France.
The Vichy government, or powerful
elements in it. has endeavored
strenuouSly to bring the people of
France into the Nazi orbit. But the
French people have haG no taste for
the collaboration decreed by their
masters, and there has been abund-
ant evidence of strong undercurrent
of sullen resentment throughout the
whole of France.
Whether the Nazi system can be
imposed by terrorism, now that
other methods evidently have failed,
remains to be seen, but history ar
CUES against it. Hitler is not the
first conqueror who has reSorted to
pillage and murder in vain effort
to break the spirit of his victims, and
these past failures even now cast an
ominous shadow across the projected
new European order which has been
conceived in the warped minds of
men who do not hesitate to order
the indiscriminate execution of
innocentS.
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FOUND, BUT NOT IDENTIFIED
By the Right Rev. James Freeman, D. D. ILL., d. D. C. L.
Bishop OF WASHINGTON.

His expressed will? "Why call ye Me,
Lord, Lord, and do not the things which
I say?" He said on one occasion. Our
generation has persiStently acknowledged
His power and the beauty of His divine
personality; it has found Him but it
has rot identified Him with its ways
and practices.
IF any man willeth to do My will, he
shall know of My teaching" The proof
of knowing Him is in the regulation of
life, in all its purposes and acts by an
obedient following of His standards and
precepts. Is He identified with the life
of the world as we know 1t today? Has
He place in our social and economic
order? Have we in our domestic, our
family life given Him the place of rever-
ent acknowledgment? Does a warning
and distracted world with its bitter hates
and cruelties reflect His spirit? 1t is
in life regulated and controlled by His
principles that He is flttingly recognized
and identified. There is little or no dis
pute as to His supreme greatness, but
there are wide differences between our
and practices There are those who Gym
ically ask: Can we longer claim that
our civilization is to continue Christian,
or, indeed, that there are any traces Of
Christianity in civilization as we have
known it?" There is and always has
been a saving remnant that preserves to
each succeeding generation vital faith
and a Christian way of life. He is not
without witnesses, be they few and lack
ing in strength, nor will He ever be.
A crisis such as the world faces today
must make it sober and reflective. Life
cannot go on as it has these recent
years; there must come situation in
which the sanctions and guarantees of
the Christian way Of life are made more
evident. The way of life Christ pre-
scribed has to DO with its every concern,
political, social and economic, its right
relations between men of every sort and
class. To know Him means to identify
Him with our life, to give Him the place
that He demands. To worship Him is
not enough, to build cathedrals and
churches is not enough, He must be
brought back again into the life Of our
time, be identified with it.
Where cross the crowded ways of life.
Where sound the cries of race and
clan,
Above the noise of selfish strife
We hear Thy voice, o Son of Man"
Evening star., 1941-09-07

Long familiarity is no proof Of under
standing or Identification. 1t is quite
possible to enjoy companionshlp with
one whom we regard as frierd and yet
fail to realize the true worth OF his
character. Frequently an incident or
an experience reveals qualities IN one
we have long known and in an instant
we see him in the full strength and
nobility of his stature. Never under
stood" is a sad comment often heard
and too late to be of value to the one
of whom it is spoken.
There is a striking example OF this
in the Gospel narrative. The Master
was coming to the close OF His great
ministry and He was talking intimately
with His chosen followers. Presently,
one of them, Philip, asked Him ques-
ton that betrayed his ignorance of the
deep significance of His life or UNDER
standing OF His real character. In re-
sponse Jesus said: Have been so long
time with you and yet hast thou not
known Me, Philip" 1t was both chal-
panionship Philip had enjoyed with the
Master had failed to reveal to him the
true character of Jesus. Later He said
to him. Believe me that am in the
Father and the Father in Me, or else
believe me for the works that 1 have
done" He seemed to say: IF what I
claim Myself to be has not identified
MY real character and the purpose OF
My ministry then witness what / have
done for those whom I have served. "
known but not identified-this is
tragically true of Him who came TO men
to give them new and larger vision OF
life and its lofty purpose. Through 10
centuries of time He has been known
and acknowledged by men as the Great
Teacher" the highest eXemplar OF the
noblest and truest. Higher has human
thought not reached" says one, but His
identification as the Son of God, the
Saviour of mankind has not been ade-
quately recognized. He has been known
of men the world over. He has been
revered and worshipped and to His name
cathedrals and countless churches have
been reared More than any other who
has trod the earth His teachings have
been cherished and held as incompar-
able among the sayings of the great
and the good Our form of civilization
takes His name to characterize its aims
and vet who would venture to assume
that it is governed in accordance with
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trical machinery. To keep pace with
the increasing industrial and trans
port demands, electric power facili-
ties have been expanded. In 1884 the
output Of current in the four Ural
Provinces was over 2,000,000,000
kilowatt hours. Today power pro-
duction is estimated at twice that
amount.
That the Soviet government has
taken steps to remove to the Urals
the machinery in some of the NUM-
tions plants in the combat zone
seems a reasonable assumption. Be
cause of its geographical location
near the approaches to Siberia, the
Ural area, at present, lies beyond the
effective range of the Luftwaffe.
Even if the NaziS capture Leningrad,
conquer the Ukraine and move
nearer Moscow, the Russians still will
have available large facilities in the
Urals. Many of these plants could
no doubt be quickly converted for
defense production.
Evening star., 1941-09-07
Member of the Associated Press.
Hioher Milk Prices

The one-cent increase in the retail
price of milk, which has been put
into effect by most local dairies to
absorb the higher rate which the
Department of Agriculture has re-
ouired them to pay the producers, is
a matter of serious concern to the
District.
Past efforts of those interested in
the plight of the producers, who had
surplus milk on their hands, were
devoted largely to stimulating in
creased consumption of milk. One
of these attempts was represented
by the so-called penny milk project
a plan for selling milk to underpriv-
ileged children in the schools and
elsewhere for one cent half pint.
But this project seems to have COL
lapSed because the stipulated in
crease in consumption could not be
guaranteed under the rather arbi-
trary conditions laid down by the
Surplus Marketing Administration
of the Department of Agriculture.
And now, on top of the failure-and
possibly needless failure-of this
subsidized effort to stimulate milk
consumption, there comes price
increase Obviously, this means that
undernourished children henceforth
will get even less milk than they had
In the past.
This, surely. is a situation which
should be made the subject of a care
full investigation. Are the producers
no longer interested in disposing OF
their surplus at a less-than-market
price, or does a surplus no longer
exist because of wartime demands?
Even before the increase, the price
paid farmers for their milk in the
Washington milk shed was consider
ably in excess of that paid in other
comparable areas. This is accounted
for by the fact that District stand
ards are higher and more expensive
to meet than those prescribed by the
United States Public Health Service,
and it would seem that this in par
ticular is one phase of the milk ques-
ton which might be investigated
with a view to reduction instead of
an increase in milk prices.
1t is undoubtedly true that the local
milk situation is one which has been
complicated by many abnormal fac
tors, but that is no reason why the
Commissioners should hesitate to
seek a corrective formula, particu-
larly at time when needy and I'M
dernourished District children are
threatened with curtailment of
their already inadequate supply.
Evening star., 1941-09-07
UruI Industries

Though many of Russias indus
tries are threatened by the advance
of the Nazi armies, the Soviet has
several industrial areas far removed
from the war zone. One of these
lies in the Ural Mountains area,
more than a thousand miles east of
Moscow. In the current issue of
Foreign Commerce Weekly, E. C.
Ropes points out that this region is
rich in deposits of many metals, in
clUding iron, copper and platinum,
and that in recent years it has be-
come a leading center of industrial
production. Between 1928 and 1888,
200 new factories were built in the
Urals. If Russian resistance con-
.tinues, and Hitler'S plans for quick
Knockout victory over the Soviet
armies are frustrated, the Ural area
would become an increasingly impor-
tant supplier of war materials.
Constructed in territory previously
uninhabited, the Magnitogorsk steel
plant is the largest new development
in the Ural district. Nearby are vast
deposits of magnetic iron. A fully
integrated iron and steel plant is
now in operation, equipped to pro-
duce 100000 metric tons of pig iron
annually. MagnitogorSk is an en-
tirely new city, planned and built
around the steel plant. In 1889 it had
a population of 10000,
The junction of Seven railroads,
sverdlovsk, with a population of
nearly 100000 is the industrial capi-
tai of the Urals. In addition to the
large Uralmarsh plant, built in 1888,
which manufactures large quantities
of heavy machinery for Soviet in
dustry, this city has several other
factories. To the southeast lies
Chelyabinsk, the center Of another
industrial area, containing nickel
and copper mines, and new alum
mum plant. At Chelyabinsk are
located a tractor factory, a zinc
smelter, and machine-tool plant.
With the discovery of oil some
years ago, the Ural Mountains region
has become an important petroleum
producer, containing several large
reflneries. Other natural resources
include coal and potash. Due to the
industrial development of the region,
Ural cities have grown rapidly. The
output of its factories shows wide
variety-from railroad cars to elec-
Evening star., 1941-09-07
The New Order

The people of France yesterday
had their own private preview of the
deeper meaning of the NaziS' New
Order.
In occupied Paris three hostages
were lined up and shot in retaliation
for the wounding of German SER
geant by an unknown assailant.
There is no reason to believe, nor
did the executioners claim, that any
of the three was involved in any way
in the attack on the sergeant. Pre-
sumably they were entirely inno-
cent. But because they were
Frenchmen, and because a German
soldier had been attacked in France,
their lives were forfeited In bar
barrie attempt to terrorize a con-
quered people into accepting a
Evening star., 1941-09-07
Coast Defenses

In view of the extensive improve
ments being made to our coast de-
fenSe system under a S92 100000
appropriation, the assertion by a
member of the General Staff Corps,
writing in the current issue of Army
Ordnance, that air power has revo-
lutionized, and in some important
respects superseded, traditional coast
defense works is interesting indeed.
According to Lieutenant Colonel
Thomas r. Phillips, author of the
article, the United States would be
impregnable to sea-borne invasion
even if there were no coast defenSes
providing our land-baSed bomber
forces were adequate and function
ing efficiently. The presence or
absence of harbor defenseS along
the American coast" he declares
in the semi-official publication of the
Army Ordnance Association, would
be of no importance whatsoever
against a sea-borne invasion, as long
as we possess ample land-based air
power"
Colonel Phillips bases his opinions
some of which obviously are at
variance with those of other Army
experts-largely on the fate of the
British expedition to Norway. Prime
Minister Churchill, it is recalled,
attributed the failure of Britain's
counterinvasion of Norway to in
tense, continuous bombings of the
bases, which prevented the landing
of any large reinforcementS and even
of artillery for the infantry already
landed" An invasion of the Western
Hemisphere would be infinitely
more difficult" the officer concludes.
The modern bombing plane, he
writes, makes it possible for this
country to insure not only its own
continental territory from invasion,
but, by the provision of a suitable
air base and airways system, to in
sure the impregnability of all North
and South America"
The article points out that harbor
defenses originally were intended to
keep enemy naval forces away from
our ports, ships and facilities, so
that our own naval units could move
in and out of port unmoleSted by
naval gunfire or torpedoes. Long
range coast defense guns played an
important role in this protective
system. But Colonel Phillips fore
sees the land-based bomber as taking
over the task heretofore assigned to
coast artillery-and performing it
more effectively. The British found
at Norway that German bombers
were all the coast defense weapons
| needed to bar successful landings in
| force.
Colonel Phillips does not advocate
abandonment of the present coast
defense program in it's entirety, con-
| ceding that certain shore inStalla-
tions are necessary to protect har-
bors and facilities from naval attack.
He implies, however, that the cur
rent program of modernization ad-
heres to defense principles that have
been outmoded by aerial warfare of
today. The modernization plans, he
contends, should place major en-
phasiS on air power and less on
artillery. This article undoubtedly
will attract attention in military and
congressional circles. Because of the
qualifications of the author to discuss
so technical subject, the thoughts
he expressed are deserving of careful
consideration in this period of rapid
ly changing theories of warfare.
Evening star., 1941-09-07

board that will tie together the machin-
cry of domestic defense.
These signals all suggest that the
President is giving the Vice President
an opportunity to make name for him
self that will be outside the limited field
of agriculture and will be most impor-
tant when the time comes for Mr.. Roose-
welt to step aside. President Roosevelt
and Vice President Wallace differ in
temperament and, many times. in ideas.
Yet of all of the men who have been
among his advisers and associates during
the past eight years, Mr.. Roosevelt ap-
pears to show most interest In Mr.. Wall
iaca.
Evening star., 1941-09-07
Capital SideIights
BIZ VIII p. Kennedy.

How Uncle Sam gradually Is becoming
a movie magnate" is emphasized by
Representative Everett NJ Dirksen of
Illinois, who cites the fact that last
year executive agencies of the Federal
Government spent nearly $4,000 900 for
movies, providing for nearly $500 reels
and approximately $500 copies. A large
number of Government agencies, he
says, are now employing movies to sell
their services to the people throughout
the country. The Army and Navy are
using movies for instruction purposes.
Titles are almost as intriguing as the
thrillers that issue from Hollywood
such as "Plows, Planes and Peace" De
mocracy in Action" Green Acres"
Dangerous Dusts," The Trumpeter
Swan" "A Day at the Zoo" Trees to
Tame the Wind" Germ Quiz" The
Life of Riley" and scores of others.
*x k&
Representative Compton I. White of
Idaho, who the other day wrote to the
President urging that the new War De-
partment building be located between
the Capitol and the Army War College
in Southwest Washington, is a real
pioneer-born in Louisiana, lived on an
ancestral estate in Mississippi, moved TO
Idaho at the age of 13, attended business
school in Chicago and college in Wash
ington State. He pioneered with his
father in reclaiming a stump-studded
logged-off tract; was in the saw-mill busi-
ness; later served as telegraph operator
in the railway mail service and progressed
to trainman and conductor: subsequently
engaged in the agricultural and lumber
ing business; finally became manager of
several mining properties. He now de-
votes the major portion Of his time to
cattle raising and agriculture. He is
Joiner" and holds membership in nearly
a score of nationally-known organiza-
tionS.
Attention of Congress has been di-
rected to the technical library of Denver,
Colo, by Representative Lawrence Lewis
He points out that the Massachusetts,
Institute of Technology has described it
as the best practical technical library
in the country" One nationally famous
engineer established his residence in
Denver just so that he might have access
to this library, and engineers from all
parts of the United States 60 there for
intensive research study. Established as
result of cooperative efforts by IA
engineering and scientific societies, it is
a basis for study Of many national de-
fense problems. An outstanding aero
nautical collection from England recently
was acquired. 1t consists of 400 items
in seven languages, dating from the year
1900. 1t is used extensively by soldiers
from Lowry Field. one of the Army's
largest Air Corps technical schools.
Chairman Mansfield of the House
! Rivers and Harbors Committee first
points to the fact that Germany is max
ing herculean improvements on the
Danube River for military purposes, and
then emphasizes that America has the
greatest potential inland waterway sys-
tenn on earth" and that development
and expansion could make it priceless
national asset"
Evening star., 1941-09-07
Poetic Justice

From the New York Times:
If the theorists of the relationships
hadn't consistently boasted that war is
natural and normal and good for people,
it might not be fair to Judge them by the
kind of life that war creates In their
territories.
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tailed than that ever conceived during
N. R. A. days.
Likewise, an effort is being made by
Congress to avoid direct price control.
Price control, like the use of priorities,
strikes at the heart of the economic
system. That control calls for a broad
exercise of power. 1t requires Govern
ment to make decisions that determine
the distribution of the national income
among major groups within the country
and even among individual industries
1t is in these fields of policy making
that Henry Wallace will function.
Policy making in which the Vice Pres
ident will have hand is to center in
the field of economics. And that field
will be international as well as domsstic.
This is field in which President Roose-
velt is least at home and least happy.
1t is a field in which the Vice President is
most at home and most happy The
combination, if all goes well, can work
out to advantage.
Developments suggest more and more
that the President is interested in CIV
ing Mr.. Wallace every opportunity to
build up his prestige and to broaden his
field of influence in this country.
President Roosevelt insisted upon hav-
ing Henry Wallace as his running mate
in 1910.
Then Mr.. Roosevelt chose Mr.. Wal
lace as the man to coordinate the ma
chinery for economic warfare. This
L.
cation Of policy in the foreign field.
Now the President has chosen the Vice
| President TO serve - chairman OF thu
Evening star., 1941-09-07

The Nazis are said to be taxing
incomes of Germans resident in Ar
gentina. They are also directly
responsible for the upward revision
In our own taxes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14
To Mix En- Up
In Arena Bouts

An Indian, South African. q
former Hollywood movie man anc
a southern bad man, will figure In
the wrestling double-header ir
the Arena Gardens next Monday
night.
The Indian is Chief Bamba
Tabu, who has won four matches
here. and who meets Gentleman
Jack" Claybourne, the leapine
South African. frankie Taylor is
the wrestler who has done his
stuff in pictures. He takes or
"Reb" Russell, king of the bad meH
of Michigan and the South. Both
Of these matches are best two ir
three falls and one hour time
limit
Paul Orth. a former bad man
champ, is slated TO meet one OF
Detroit's wrestling sons. Harold
Chaundy. while Dale Haddock, the
three-fingered coal miner takes on
Jack Smith, a newcomer from
Toronto.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14
BY VI. r. DRUKENBROD

Clarence Gambler, whose sudden
death a few days ago shocked golf
ers. always got a bang oUt of a
good Joke even If it was on HIM
self.
Also. the hie and lkcable Tam
O. Shanter professional, who was
only 81 years old. could take the
toughest breaks and come up
smiling
In 1890 he Won the national
driving championship al Philadcl-
phia The top prize was 10 he
$500, but he never got IL because
the promoters up and skipped town
with all The dough
To him % was Just a big Joke.
As was the one that happened a
year ago OF so later when the
same event was held in Chicago.
lie went there confident of win
ming. but because Of q Slpup never
got 90 compete. He was mistaken
as 10 the date. While he rested
in his hotel thinking tho contest
was 20 be held tho following day.
the firing took place
Craig Wood won and collected
& 500
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14
Scored I27 Points

For Dick Walterhouse OF Ann
Arbor, Michigans top Glass A
pointgetter-he made Is touch
downs and kicked 10 extra points
for 127 points--making the first
team marks the second sport IN
which he has made the Times ALI
State.
Last Winter. the 17-year-old
Ann Arbor senior earned a spot
on the all-state basketball five
Incidentally. he's also star in
baseball and golf. On top of that
in his scholastic work Walter
house has fashioned an ALA rat
ing thus far.
In addition to Walterhouse and
Culligan, named as co-captains
this years backfield has Horace
Smith, junior from Jackson, and
Rex Roseman of Grand Rapids
Union. Smith unquestionably was
the foremost runner in Michigan
prep circles.