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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-21

EW#NW AGobAkGN sAAG &AWN flow of human migration within tho country. After the case got go- ing the Duncans and EdwardsOs were lest sight of, but the Farm Security Administration has now located them. The fact that their names mey 90 down in legal hiS- tory hasn't bothered them much. They've been too busy trying to keep body and soul together.
 Fred Edwards Is now working for the California State Department Of Agriculture 0S Q fruit and veget- able inspector in the state can- ming factory ct San Jose. He rents there, but he's buying 6 little place near Marysville, where the law first tangled with him for bring ing the DuncanS Into the state just before Mrs. Duncan had her baby. Frank Duncan has been working the fruit ranches most of the trne, but In September he got Q job in a chemical plant in Pittshurg, Calf. and as long as defense contracts hold out, he's sure of steady work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-21
Washington Merry Co., Round
Urged Crack Down Lewis President Cites Lincoln Parallel
 Unswoyed by Anger He Says Nobody Will Get Away with Anything
mnA RsFVise, l
DREW PEARSON ROBERT s. ALLEN

WASHINGTON November 21 old friend of the President outraged
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-21
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL [. DOUGLASS. D. D.

LET THE MOTOR IDLE
 Every time I see a person racing the motor while his car is standing still, I think of the hundreds of people I encounter every week who
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-21
TRYING TO GET THEIR IRISH UP

Newest chapter on the Irish site uatlon is an attempt to organize an American Irish E)efenSe Asso- ciation as an active anti-Nazi force in the country. Asking the Amer jeans of Irish descent to support the British" is too much, SO the slogan adopted for the organization is "You Can Count on the Irish MT, President" Backing the U. s. foreign policy and working for an allied victory - not . British vie- tory = are the objectives, Rossa r. Downing of Washington, who used to be confidante of De Valera, is national chairman of the move- ment. Justice Frank Murphys Ve. cent speech, catholicism and the Crisis" delivered before Q Knights of Columbus meeting, has been printed in pamphlet form and is being circulated as the doctrine. Professional Irish charge the new movement s backed by British gold.
 Recent orders that government departments were going to save e lot of money and Q lot of paper by single spacing ell their an- nouncements and using both sides Of the sheet were just SO much talk. Principally, only the defense agencices paid any attention to the order. Others have gone right ahead with the old extravagant hand-out habits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-21
TRUCKINT INTO THE TREASURY

Senator Truman's committee in. vestigating national defense has consistently trained It's guns on big game, but some of the little animals that have been driven out of the bushes make the most interesting and significant reading. There Is, for instance, the matter of truck rentals on government construction projects. At the Milan ordnance works in Tennessee, there was one truck in particular which came to the attention of the committees chief consul, Hugh Fulton. This truck was listed as having cost $2l00 new. The contractor at the Milan plant paid out $l520 in rental for the use of the truck, then released 1t to its owner. Further investiga- ton, however, disclosed that this truck wasn't new on the Milan job. It had been used previously in con- struction at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Rental on the truck there had been paid by the contractor to the tune of $2250. Adding up the rentals brought the amazing figure of $3750 for the use of the truck, and the government still didn't own 1t.
 Correct procedure in this in- stance would have been for the gov- ernment to recapture the truck af- ter the payment of $2l00 rentals at Fort Leonard Wood, assuming that the cost figure of S2l00 was correct. Then the truck could have been used rent free at as many other construction jobs. Irregularities of this sort were exposed at a num- Der of the early construction jobs and called to the a1ny's attention. What burns up the investigators is that these lessons are never learned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-21

e. What French statesman pre- phesied that the American Colonla would become independent of Great Britain?
 A. Turgot, 2e years before ths Declaration of Independence, WSOtes Colonies are like fri $, which cling to the parent tree only till they are ripe. When the Greek colonies be- came sufficient for themselves, they did what Carthage did, and what one day America will do."
 EDITORS NOTE: Yf yoa gre deslrous of securing this weeks booklet, "CAKE MAKINGS d. dress F. M. Kirby, Dept. B-I09s Waterbury DemOcras Service Bus reau, '5l3 Thirteenth SC, Waahs ingtOn, ID. C., with ten cents e cover postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-21

A. Before the Constitution wa adopted and Washington was elee~ ted President, tho United gtAtaa was governed under the Articles ee Confederation and the ChieS ce State was the President os the 0oas gress.
 q. Is Myron Q. TayloF, YrezasA Roosevelts emissagy Co Vaf@ V@sle@A . Roman Catholic9
 A. No, he is m EpiseopaNAHA /
 c. Who was the composer eS , "Serenade," sung by Rosemary xAs1A in -Four DaughterS"s
 A. Franz Schubert
 e. what Is done with the A6mleS sion fees collected at YellowsecA@ National Park2
 A. Admittance fees to an lSAp tional Parks, including YellOwstone, are turned over to the National Park Service, for use in maintaining the parks.
 e. Please name the first five Popes.
 A. According to Catholic tradis ton they are: St, Peter, beginning A. D. a; St. Linus, 67; St. Cletues 7s; St. clement I, 90; and St. An. acietuS, 100.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-21
Q NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
BY PxEm wsON
WaAarAwy Democrat WasAngesn
 slnuwmuu.ou.samwA

WaShington, Nov. 2l-IAe Dun- cans and Edwardses have been found if tAa names don't regiSs tor with you, they're tho two faEn- lies oe Texas and California mil grants whose troubles were written un in this space recently. In case
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-21

e. What is an "Igloo" in Army slang2
 A. Storage warehouse for Ow- plosives.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-21
Whats Your I.Q.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.
Evening star., 1941-01-30
Courthouse Site

The unexpected action of the Ju-
dicial Conference of Senior Court
Judges last October in recommend
ing inclusion of the proposed new
home for the District Court in the
Holmes Memorial development east
of the Supreme Court was a severe
setback to the District Bar Asso-
citation and other groups and indi-
vidualS advocating a more conven-
lent site in Judiciary Square. 1t is
gratifying, therefore, to learn that
the Judicial Conference has re-
Scinded its former recommendation
and adopted substitute resolution
which, while favoring early erec-
ton" of a new District Courthouse,
leaves choice of a site to others.
Unaffected, of course, will be the
original plans of the Oliver Wendell
Holmes Devise Committee for dedi-
cation of an area back of the Su-
preme Court as a memorial park
and court center for such national
tribunals as the Court of Claims
and the Court of Customs and Patent
Appeals.
Judiciary Square certainly is a
more logical site for the new Dis
trict Courthouse than the national
center planned near the Supreme
Court Building, The plan favored
by a majority of local interests is
to erect the courthouse on the site
of the old Pension Building, now
occupied by the General Accounting
Office. Congress already has appro-
priated S2,000,O 900 with which to pur-
chase ground for a new General
Accounting Office Building in the
block bounded by Fourth, Fifth, G
and H streets, and the President has
requested an additional appropria-
ton of $5,000,000 for beginning con-
Struction. The Pension Office site
is close to the new Police Court, the
new Juvenile Court, the new Munich
pal Court and the new Municipal
SSiioSA. oOSll q 1OSdllOll "Oulo DC
convenient to lawyers and to the
general public.
One possible obstacle in the way
of early acquisition of the Pen
sion Office site is foreseen. With
governmental activities expanding
rapidly because of the national
emergency, there is dearth of Fed
eral office space in Washington. 1t
might develop, therefore, that the
Federal Government would be re-
luctant to abandon the old Pension
Building for office use after the
General Accounting Office moves
out. That would be another dis
couraging setback to the movement
for new District Court headquar-
ters. 1t would be most unfortunate
if further obstacles should arise to
delay this important project.
Evening star., 1941-01-30
THIS AND THAT
Bu Charles E. Tr1ce1DeH.

The downy does not look at all downy,
as we see him on tree, or eating away
at the suet on the fence.
Neither does the larger hairy wood
pecker look particularly hairy. These are
names applied because the feathers, to
the touch, seem to have these char
acteristics.
The one sure identification of the
doWny, next to its smaller size, is the
row of small black dots which may be
seen (on very close Inspection on the
white of the tail feathers The hairy
woodpecker does not have this row.
The breast of the downy is off white,
siderably more white. Sometimes the
breast of the downy seems almost gray.
The downy is reported to eat large
numbers of apple tree borers as well as
codling moths.
This makes him true friend Of the
fruit grower everywhere.
He eats both borers and surface feed
ers, and thus helps the grower against
his worst enemy. 1t is claimed that less
than per cent Of the downy's food is
fruit, and most of this is uncultivated
fruit.
So it may be seen that here is the per-
feet bird, from the standpoint of the per-
son who insists that every living creature
must contribute something to mans well
fare to justify its existence.
Birds of America in speaking of this
songster, says:
The one charge that can be brought
against this woodpecker is that it dis
seminates the seeds of poison ivy. These
seeds are favorite winter food for many
birds. Unfortunately they germinate
after they have been voided. Since the
insect food eaten by the downy Is almost
all of harmful species 1t should be con-
sidered fortunate that he can live on thi,
food when it is difficult for him to pro-
cure anything else, and his one sin should
be forgiven him"
Persons who lament poison ivy should
keep this in mind 1t shows how nature
takes care of her own. From mans stand
point, the poison ivy is nuisance, but
the birds find it an ever-ready help in
time of trouble-deep SHOWS and freezing
cold.
Then the ivy stands high in the all
on trees, and the little downy wood
pecker, seeking food for its very life's
sake, finds good what man calls accursed
The very fact that the ivy is rampant
grower, and almost impossible to extermi-
nate, makes it particularly helpful to the
birds, which find in it good source oi
food when other sources fail them.
Our correspondent should not worry
about not having formal feeding sta
ton. An old flower box makes very
good one. Put in it little fine sand
for grit, and saucer of fresh water every
day. Little evergreens planted in 1t are
good to lure birds.
Evening star., 1941-01-30
In On Orchard

Here, at the close OF day, I come
alone
Into the orchard, ,ohers the dark
trees stand
Naked and peaceful. An the grassy
land
Is quiet sdrs the pleasant, dropsv
tone
OF q lou Twilight Dtnd. Here, by this
tone,
I find a peace, rest. I lay my
hand
Against tree. My heart snaps
her harsh band
Here, IN this place Where tumuH 10
unknotDn.
Out OF q troubled world come to
you,
Country of tsoiHght peace uhers
the soft feet
OF sleep are treading, and tho
heauy thing
Which Ueighed on me Is gone, tho
grief knetD
Is taken, and I find hope, bright
and s,Ueet,
Here Dhere thousand blossoms
patt for spring.
BEATRICE RAW.
Evening star., 1941-01-30
Strike MACHINERY

Current labor upheavals in defense
production industries have revived
the demand for legislation to halt
these recurrent tie-ups which dan
gerously delay the arms program as
they throttle contracts running into
the millions.
There have been something less
than two hundred and fifty disputes
in defense industries since the vast
preparedness program got under way
in May, and until the past week but
two had resulted in appreciable STOP
pages, according to Sidney Hillman,
co-director of the Office of Production
Management, who quoted these fig
ures at the recent meeting of the
Council of State Governments to
illustrate the improvement over con-
ditions in 1851. Even accepting
Mr.. Hillmans estimate of the excel
lence of this showing, however, it
still would be difficult to argue that
the record could not have been i'm
proved II adequate mediation ma
chinery had been available.
Chairman Vinson of the House Ma
val Affairs Committee and Chairman
May of the Military Committee favor
defense labor legislation modelled
along the lines of the National Medi-
alton Act, which for fourteen years
has preserved peace on the railroads.
The outstanding feature of this law is
the provision for sixty-day cooling
off" period, during which disputants
must maintain the status quo while
the Government seeks to effect set
tlement. In but a few scattering in
stances over the years has this delay
failed to bring a satisfactory adjust
nent.
Neither employer nor employe sac
Evening star., 1941-01-30
Orqunizer of Victory

In Une SuQQeQ QedIn Ol FTeIllleI
John MetaXas, Greece suffers
grievous loss at the zenith of her
greatest modern glory. Historians
will credit the departed soldier
statesman as the organizer of vic
tory against Italy, for it was under
his far-sighted auspices that the
Hellenes prepared for national
defense so efficiently that when
Fascisms supposedly overwhelming
forces attempted to invade Greece
last October, their venture was not
only valiantly repulsed but was
speedily turned into inglOriouS re-
treat across Albania, where the
Italian Army is now maintaining
precarious and ignominious defense.
General MetaXaS, who was declared
Premier for life" in midsummer
1888, was venerated by his army and
countrymen as the genius who
wrought what the world has come
to look upon as little less than a
military miracle.
Little John" ruled Greece not
only as Premier but as dictator. He
had held virtually autocratic sway
since August, 1886, with full approval
of King George II, following the
coup d'etat !wherefrom Greece. in
herited an authoritarian regime.
The country's earlier strong man,
Eleutherios VenizeloS, had disap-
peared from the tempestuous Athe-
nian scene, leaving Metaxas, his
archfoe, in indisputable command of
the situation, emergent from twenty
years of abdications, restorations
and chronic political turmoil. A con-
firmed royaliSt, MetaxaS modified his
views sufficiently to ingratiate him.
self with the constitutional mon
archists, rode to power with them
when George II resumed the throne
six years ago, and thenceforward ad-
vanced steadily in authority and
popular esteem to the position of
interchangeable rule which he oc-
cupled at his untimely passing.
Though John Metaxas rose to the
heights of supreme military and
governmental responsibility in con-
sistent opposition to the republican,
ism personif1ed by the VenizelistS,
his role as Premier dictator was
marked, especially in it's closing days,
by a liberal outlook, which became
the hallmark of Greece's redoubtable
struggle against the Italian aggres-
sor. AS recently as January of
this year General Metaxas epit-
omized the nations policy and pur-
poses in terms that left no doubt
of the democratic objectives for
which the Greeks are fighting. He
said:
Our aim is the free development
of Greece and of her moral and ma
terial forces-not, of course, at the
expense of other peoples. Nor will
we tolerate, either, peoples who
covet our rights to develop freely.
These are the aims of the war we
are waging and for which we will
battle until the end-that is to say,
the final victory which will be ours" Z"
Such was the credo which brought
Britain to Greece's side g IN any
Evening star., 1941-01-30
Defense Finuncinu

In the light of the figures present.
ed to the House Ways and Means
Committee by Secretary Morgenthau
yesterday, Congress, as part of the
defense and aid-to- Britain program,
should take prompt action to raise
the limit on the public debt, now
fixed by statute at $49,0OO,000,0 900.
As Mr.. Morgenthau pointed out, the
Treasury is already near the end Of
its borrowing authority, and the esti-
mated expenditures under the new
budget will result in combined def
cts for the fiscal years 1941 and
1912 of more than SIS 900 100000. To
permit an orderly financing of re-
armament, he recommended an in
crease in the Federal debt limit to
$4,000, 100000. Because of the OBJ
legations facing the Government,
both in providing a total defense
for this country and in aiding Brit
ain, the proposal seems reasonable,
and one that squares with fiscal
realities.
Secretary Morgenthau made two
other important recommendation
One was his request that nom de-
fenSe appropriations be reduced to
the minimum necessary to maintain
essential Government services and
the other that Congress eliminate
the tax-eXemption feature from fu-
ture issues of Federal securities
Though ban on tax-exempts would
not result Immediately in large addi-
tions to Federal revenues, its elimi-
nation would contribute much to-
ward increasing the flow of private
capital into productive enterprise,
thus speeding business recovery. For
this reason, it is clearly in the public
interest that income from all Sc
curities hereafter issued by the
Treasury be made subject to Federal
taxes.
In exploring possible savings in
nom military expenditures, Congress
oIlOulO liOC llCSltdlc W llldkc TcOuC-
tions in the budget estimates, If
convinced that such cuts can safely
be made. With employment in in
dustry rapidly expanding as a result
of defense orders, expenditures for
public relief seem to offer a promis-
ing field for congressional economies.
A diligent search will doubtless re-
veal other opportunities for savings
in appropriations for non-defense
purposes.
Though the administration will
not submit its revenue proposals
until after March IS, when the 1910
returns are due, additional taxes
are plainly an essential part Of the
defense financing program. To
maintain the credit of the Govern
ment, and as one of the means Of
holding inf1ationary forces in check
during period Of vast public spend
ing, it is of vital importance that
the American people pay a greater
portion of the costs of total defense
out of their current earnings.
Evening star., 1941-01-30
CATHEDRAL AVENUE.

bcdT OIL
will you kindly identify this bird:
"An early morning suet eater slightly
smaller than a cardinal, gray breast,
black shoulders, black and white mottled
wings, white back, white feather each
side of tail, black band from eyes to back
of neck, yellow bill.
AT back of head, sloping downward
was brilliant red comb, and eyes seemed
to be trimmed in red, like red eyelids
No red elsewhere on body.
"On my window sill is a diSused box OF
dirt. On this I scatter mixed seeds, in
cluding sunf1ower seed and peanuts. To
this box come cardinals (they sometimes
crowd down between the box and window,
a tight squeezed, sparrows chat eat the
sunflower seeds) and starlings.
There is an occasional mocking bird.
Under the window Is the roof OF the
entrance of the apartment building-this
forms sort of balcony.
"On this balcony I have dead branch
to which is tied some suet. This is gob-
gled mostly by starlings. Here Is where
my unknown friend dimes, too. Bread
crumbs are put on both box and balcony.
only in the past six months have I
become interested in birds, through read
ing your column: have no feeding sta
ton, as such, and there is no privacy for
the birds.
There are trees across the street and
the Zoo Park is back of the apartment.
Lo IN hiric n
come? Thank you.
very truly yours, l.. K. w."
- = 4
This bird mast be the little downy
woodpecker.
The downy Is an almost perfect
diminutive counterpart OF the hairy
woodpecker. The latter runs to as much
as 10 inches long, whereas the downy
woodpecker Is seldom more than 61a
inches long, that is, from tip Of bill to
end of tail
The downy woodpecker is seen every
where in winter, both in the suburbs and
the city.
In various parts Of the country it goes
by such names as little guinea wood
pecker, little sapsucker, Tommy wood
pecker and black and white drlller.
The hairy, for its names, goes by such
monickers as guinea WoOdpecker. sap
sucker or big sapsucker and Harry,
naturally enough.
These names show how erroneous pop
ular nomenclature can be.
Neither of these birds Is a sapsucker.
The food of the big hairy woodpecker
consists mainly of destructive larvae, and
this food habit makes him one Of the
farmers best friends.
Ornithologists claim that most of the
fruit he eats is wild fruit. anyway.
This bird cleans up the trees, by eating
the d-boring larvae at all seasons of
the year.
He Is always on the job.
Evening star., 1941-01-30
Argues for American
Aid for Britain.

TO the Editor Of The Star:
The viewpoint of Edmund K Colds
borough, as stated in The Star of Janu-
ary 81, reminds me Of a very good ser
mon I once heard, containing the OBJ
servation that the smallest coin made
can be held so close to the eye as to OBJ
scure everything else in the universe.
Hundreds of thousands, If not millions.
of people, who are identical to ourselves
except for the accident of the location
Of their birth, have been robbed OF
everything of value they possessed in the
world by tyrant whose attack against
them is a deliberate attack against us
and everything our country has always
stood for. Yet all some people can think
of at such time is the golden calf OF
money, while they bask in the sunshine
OF liberty and order created for them by
men who were willing to forget all selfish
considerations and even to lay down
their lives to secure our blessings. II
we as a nation would survive, we also
must have similar characteristics.
1t is really astonishing that at the
moment when the valiant people of
Britain, with superb courage, are stand
ing up to the merciless bombing of them
selves and their homes by a flendish
enemy of democracy, there are to be
found some people here whose only re-
action to the situation is the fear that
we might, as a nation, be induced to
make some contribution to the common
fight against the common enemy, which
would result In themselves, as individuals,
being called upon to chip in towards the
payment of the bill.
Most people have opened their eyes
to the fact that for well over a hundred
years we have received benefits from
the existence of the British Navy, to-
ward the expense Of maintaining which
we have not contributed a red cent,
largely causing the wide discrepancy be-
tween the heavy taxation of the Eng
lishman and the comparatively light
taxation Of ourselves. Surely, too, Mr..
Goldsborough is fully aware that in
stead of being a source of wealth to
England, parts of the British Common
wealth are constant financial drain on
the mother country. OF course we want
to be fair to ourselves but If we want to
live In an orderly and peaceful world,
we cannot be false to our neighbors
ERNEST E. OSWALD.
Arlington, Va,