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Evening star., 1941-02-14
Poet Not Forgotten

Those who have loved the memory
of Henry Wadsworth LongfelloW will
be grateful to President Roosevelt
for quoting his Building of the Ship"
to Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
The poem itself is noble compost
ton, and there is a certain element
of justice in the gesture of apprecia-
ton which two great contemporaries
have joined to make in the direction
of bard who undeservedly has been
in danger of neglect.
Longfellow merits remembrance
for a variety of reasons. Perhaps it
is true that he was merely 'the poet
of the commonplace" If so, what
harm has he done? His themes may
be tedious things in the view of those
who have other concerns, but they
are precious to a multitude of other
men and women. The poem cited
in the communication carried by
Wendell Willkie from Washington to
London is an Interpretation of the
United States in terms of a beautiful
new vessel, launched from the ways
to sail a temperamental ocean. 1t
glorifes the Constitution; it pays
homage to freedom. First published
in The Seaside and the Fireside" in
1849, it came to fame when Fanny
Kemble, a daughter of the royal
blood of the English theater," read
it at the Mercantile Library in Boston,
February II, 1850 Three thousand
citizens went out from that assembly
to repeat phrases from it to their
neighbors. Little children soon were
speaking it "trippingly on the tongue"
in countless country schools. A whole
generation-that of our fathers and
mothers-grew up under the influ-
ence of its music and its doctrine of
liberty.
Think of the meaning of the words
They well might be accepted into the
experience of every living soul today:
Thou, too, sail on, o Ship of State!
Sail on, o Union, strong and great!
Humanity, with all its fears,
With all the hopes of future years,
Is hanging breathleSs on thy fate!"
Evening star., 1941-02-14
Ready for Debate

The leaSe-lend bill, as reported by
the Senate Foreign Relations Com
| mittee, contains two new amend
mentS designed further to safeguard
congressional control of expenditures
| contemplated by the measure and
retains the changes voted in the
House, with the exception of the
Dirksen amendment. Taking cogni-
zance of the objections raised to the
constitutionality of the amendment
sponsored by Mr.. Dirksen, which
would authorize Congress by concur
rent resolution to repeal any or all
of the provisions of the bill at any
time, the Senate committee reWrote
the proposal in an effort to meet this
criticism. This revision, however, in
volved no attempt to destroy the pur-
pose of the Dirksen amendment, and
it is not too much to say that the bill,
which now goes to the floor of the
Senate, retains all of the correctives
adopted by the House, plus additional
safeguarding clauses based on the
hearings held by the Senate COM
mittee.
AS a result of this effort by admin
istration forces to meet legitimate
objections raised by critics of the bill
in its original form, there is reason
to hope for expeditions action by the
Senate as a whole. Certainly, the
current darkening of the interna-
tional picture in the Far East and the
feveriSh diplomatic maneuverS on the
continent of Europe should serve to
rule out any blind opposition" to
the measure which would result in
needless delay after debate begins.
1t may be that need for further
amendment will be shown in debate,
and if this can be done without i'm
pairing the basic purpose of the bill
it is reasonable to suppose that the
majority, on the basis of its past
willingness to make concessions, will
not be averSe to accepting such
SAidilSOo' Dy viz SAINT GOhClI, llOW-
ever, there should be no liberation
of opposition tactics aimed merely
at obstruction and delay.
Each passing day reveals more
clearly the need for empowering the
President to act quickly and deci-
sively in the protection of our ma
tional security, and all thoughtful
Americans will subscribe to the
thought expressed in the following
excerpt from the report of the Senate
committee: I'm times so unpredict-
able, under a Constitution which
authorizes it, a President should be
trusted to use the responsibility i'm
posed upon him adequately and
swiftly to safeguard the best interests
of this Nation against dangers of
which he, better than most, can be
aware"
Evening star., 1941-02-14
Volts for Vehicles

There is no gasoline in Paris, eX-
cept for its conquerors, but automo-
biles are beginning to appear again
on its boulevards. They run on bat
teries, can attain the dizzy speed of
twenty-five miles per hour, and go
all of seventy miles before charging
The batteries are filled with juice
by plugging into a wall socket
and waiting five or six hours for re-
suits, during which time the driver
is free to think of other matters,
such as politicians who told him
that France was unbeatable.
AS may be imagined, this system
has its drawbacks. There is some
thing substantial about a fuel that
can be seen, heard and smelled as it
goes in, that is lacking when for it is
substituted an imponderable, in
visible, inaudible substance that can
not even be advertised as giving more
miles to the volt than any of it's
rivals. The Partisan motorist does,
however, get one break. AS long as
his home is his filling station as we'll
as his chateau he will at least be
saved the necessity of shooing away
eager, savage hordes of superservice
attendants who insist, when he is
already five minutes late for an ap-
pointment, on initiating the tires,
checking the oil, aligning the lights,
adjusting the horn and wiping
everything from the windshield to
the drivers nose.
Evening star., 1941-02-14
COLUMBIA ROAD.

Dear Sir:
II would esteem 1t a favor If you
would tell me what is the best food to
feed pigeons, sparrows and starlings that
come daily to my window.
"Up to now have been feeding them
white bread and suet. How many times
a day should feed them?
Il live on the fourth floor and have
a very broad sill, which holds many
birds. I have three feeding stations, one
at each window.
Yours very sincerely, E. NJ"
Here is correspondent who takes the
birds as she finds them, and does the
best oy them that she can.
Instead of lamenting the failure of
chickadees, titmice and nuthatches, as
we'll as cardinals and jays, to come to her
window, she goes right ahead being in
terested in what she has.
In bird feeding and observation, as
well as in all walks of life, there is some
thing to be said for ready acceptance.
Perhaps there is too much of an idea
today of being masters Of our fate;
maybe if we would acquiesce more, and
protest less, we would all be happier
Our correspondent might try some
baby chick feed. as it is called, for the
Columbia road birds.
This may be purchased at almost any
signed for baby chicks, as the name in
dicates, many Of the seed ating birds
like it, too.
If a handful of sunfoWer seed is mixed
in, the result is good general mixture
which may attract some of the rarer
birds
Cardinals, In particular are fond Of
sunflower seed. Having once lived on
Lanier place, just north of Columbia
road, we know from personal experience
that there are plenty of cardinals in
that neighborhood
AS matter of fact, there ought to be
almost every wild bird which winters
here in that vicinity, owing to the prox-
unity of the Zoo.
We sometimes fail to realize that the
National Geological Park is not only a
sanctuary for the animals and Gagged
birds there, but also for chipmunks,
squirrels and multitudes of wild birds.
The fact that grain and fodder of all
sorts is fed the animals makes it
happy hunting ground for various species
Of birds.
Often the English sparrows may be
seen eating at the very feet of the ele-
plants.
We wonder how many people who visit
the Zoo miss this spectacle Sparrows
are so common, indeed, that even the
person truly interested in birds can over
look them as they wander around
among the feet of the great beasts.
4*
Our correspondent is feeding pigeons,
starlings and sparroWS we'll when she
gives them bread and suet.
Starlings, in particular, are very fond
of both.
If the suet is chopped up in the me-
Evening star., 1941-02-14
Indicts Aggressor Governments
OF Intolerable Tyrannies.
To the Editor of The ST. a

To the Editor of The Star:
Our citizens we'll may rejoice over the
fact that the President and Mr.. Willkie
both seem to see the present fearful
crisis clearly.
The prime need is not to keep US out
of the war, nor even to make the world
safe for democracy. The prime need is
to establish such conditions in the world
that it will be reasonably possible for us
to live in peace and quiet and free from
the danger of domination by, or injury at
the hands of laWleSs, deceitful men.
A government that interferes with the
free exercise of personal choice in the
worship of God; that prevents (by penal
ties including DEATH listening to any but
approved" broadcastS; that stiles free
dom of speech and of the press and thus
interferes with the development OF in
formed public opinion; that repeatedly
has shown that its solemnly given word
cannot be trusted, and habitually has
employed lying statements to throw off
guard those with whom it was dealing;
that ruthlessly and viciously employs
force to deprive others of their lawful
possessions and commits murder and
arson in the furtherance of lawless pur-
poses-with such a government satisfac-
tory relations are wholly impossible.
Wishful thinking cannot make them
otherwise.
Living in city with an endured band
of organized murderers and thieves would
be less intolerable than living in world
with the present aggressors unsubdued.
WALTER w. STRONG.
Long Beach, Calf.
Evening star., 1941-02-14

cabulary and the structure of an aux
iliary language-a second language for
ALL carefully derived from the forms
which are common to the modern ethnic
languages.
Criticizing proposals that basic English
be recommended as an international Ian
guage in this hemisphere, We said; 1t
is true that the English language spread
to many parts of the world in recent
generations, and that English now holds
something of a leao in respect to the
number of persons familiar with it. But
neither of these considerations argues
in favor Of English as an international
language. Spanish, French, and several
other languages have spread to many
parts of the world also And even if
the sheer number of people familiar with
English were larger, say, than the num-
Der of people speaking Chinese, nothing
would follow concerning the desirability
of English as an international language. ;"
BRONSON PRICE.
w. MARK TAYLOR.
Columbus, Ohio.
Evening star., 1941-02-14
THIS AND THAT
Bu Charles E. TrGce11eH.

dium grind of food chopper, it will be
the sill
If the suet is in chunk, the birds will
tear away large pieces and fly away
with them.
1t is possible that some persons inter-
ested in birds still will wonder that any
one could find the starlings interesting.
But science is showing us that these
often despised birds not only are inter-
esting, in their own right, but that they
have soft, pleasant voices, in some
phases, and may in time be found to be
helpful to farmers. 1t must be admitted,
at this time, that few farmers look upon
them favorably.
1t is being more realized all the time,
however, that the starting is a great
eater of japanese beetles He may
prove, in the last analysis, to be Amer
ica's last valiant defender against this
scourge.
There Is no rule about how many
times day an enthusiast should feed
the birds, no matter what they are, which
come to feeding stations, whether these
are located on window sill or in the
garden.
Some persons merely put out enough
food to be cleaned up once or twice a
day in a reasonable time, say half an
hour or an hour.
Others believe in keeping a continuous
supply of food available from daylight
to dusk
If cardinals, or redbirds, come to the
lure of sunflower seed, it is a good plan
to see that they have access to it at
first and last light, because these are
their favorite eating periods.
Even in suburban gardens where food
In plenty is available to the cardinals
all day long, it is found that these birds
remain away the greater part Of the day,
preferring to eat breakfast and a sup
per, as it were
This does not mean that these beau
ties are afraid of other birds. They
simply do not choose to eat much at
feeding stations at other times of the
day. There are, of course, many ex-
ceptionS.
There is one pair of cardinals. in par
ticular, which may be seen at all hours in
our yard, feeding peacefully with the
other birds.
As general thing if one is going to
feed birds on limited scale the best
time Of the day is the early morning.
At this time of year the birds begin
to arrive at about am.
If enough food is put out to keep them
occupied for an hour or two. they will
have heat units added TO their makeup
at the coolest part of the day. It must
always be realized that these tiny crea-
tures-and even a pigeon is small, in
comparison with humans-are in a pc
culiar sense dependent upon the food
they eat. Their normal temperature is
higher than ours. and their physical con-
struction is such that what they eat is
turned into heat almost Immediately.
When they eat, it is almost as if they
were turning on the heat" literally.
Evening star., 1941-02-14
The BRIDGES Case

The institution by the Department
of Justice of new deportation pro-
ceedings against Harry R. Bridges,
head of the Pacific Coast Longshore-
mems Union of the Congress of In
dustrial Organizations and long a
prominent figure in waterfront
strikes along the West Coast, is
thoroughly justified by changes in
the law that have occurred since the
unsuccessful deportation proceedings
against the Australian three years
ago. When Dean James M. Lands,
of the Harvard Law School, serving
as trial examiner for the Department
of Labor, ruled against the Govern
ment in the previous hearings, it was
necessary to prove that Bridges was
affiliated with the Communist Party
at the time proceedings against him
were begun. Although Federal au-
thorities introduced considerable evi-
dence as to Bridges Communistic
associations, Dean Lands held that
proof of the aliens present member
ship in the Communist Party was
lacking.
Last year, however, Congress en-
acted drastic new legislation govern
ing registration and control of aliens,
and administration of the act was
vested in the Department of Justice.
Under the new alien law it was pro-
vided that any non-citizen is deport-
able if he presently is or at any time
in the past has been a member of
or affiliated with Subversive organ
ization. Shortly after passage of the
act, the Senate immigration Com
mittee requested the Department of
Justice to inquire into Bridges status
with relation to the law. The Federal
Bureau of Investigation thereupon
was directed by Attorney General
Jackson to make a comprehensive
study of the Bridges case. 1t was
on the basis of the voluminous find
ings of the F. B. I. that Mr.. Jackson
ordered Bridges held for new de-
portation proceedings. The F. B. I.
report, he pointed out, is purely
factual and devoid of recommended
tions. The G-men's evidence will be
presented at the deportation trial,
and Bridges will have full oppor-
tunity to answer 1t. Whatever the
outcome, the aggressive Australian
Evening star., 1941-02-14
Calls for Defeat
OF LeaSe-Lend Bill.
To the Editor of The Star

To the Editor Of The Star:
The advocates of the lease-lend bill
have stated repeatedly that the President
as commander in chief of the Army and
Navy under the Constitution has all
the powers the bill confers upon him and
also that he would not use all the powers
conferred by the bill if it were enacted.
If this be true, why enact the bill? What
are the reasons behind the insistence OF
its advocates that it be enacted?
Furthermore, in view of the attitude
of the advocates of the bill, it is fair
and reasonable inference that they are
motivated by some ulterior and sinister
detectives, which in the opinion OF the
undersigned are to create a dictatorship
in the person of the President and there
bv perpetuate themselves in power and
in control of the Government, with a
view to the ultimate socialization of the
industries of the Nation.
This bill, in its orginial form, is the
most infamous measure ever presented
to the legislative body of free people in
that 1t is q threat to the liberties of
the people and to the security of our
institutions for which reasons it should
be defeated.
ALEXANDER SIDNEY LANIER.
Evening star., 1941-02-14
Discusses Emergency Obligation
OF Capital and Labor.

To the Editor OF The Star:
I heartily applaud the following
statement of Gen. Hershey, deputy di-
rector of selective service: IF We are
going to go all out for defense, we must
do just that. Today is not the time
America is not the place-for manage
ment to debate in council the per-
centage of profit while production dozes
in the ante-room; 1941 is not the year
for controversy over wages, hours of
labor or jurisdictions if those contro-
verSies prevent the driving of single
rivet"
We need a new amendment to the
Constitution-an equal rights and equal
duties amendment. Let the capitalist
keep, If he must, his right to fair
profit, but let him no. forget ever that
his duty is to produce Let the labor
unionist retain, in theory, his right to
strike, but let him remember always
that his duty is to work. And let both
of them-and all of us-bear in mind
that the draftee has neither the right
to fair profit nor the right to strike,
but that he has only the duty to serve,
and that this service is made in most
cases at great loSs-the loss of income,
the loss of ease and pleasure, the loss of
the fellowship of friends and loved ones,
and the possibility, at least. of a still
greater loss-the loss of his life
Can we do less than he? Shall he.
because we insist upon our rights and
fail in our duties, make his sacrifices
all in vain?
PAULINE D. TAYLOR.
Evening star., 1941-02-14
frances Mission

1CIlCI IdllClSCO
head of Fascist Spain, is homeWard
bound with his motor cavalcade after
his WhirlWind trip to Italy and
France, during which he conferred
at length with Mussolini and some
what more briefly with Marshal
Petain. Just what, if anything, this
more or less totalitarian trio decided
upon is as yet undiscloSed. Vichy
is officially silent, Madrid says little,
while a Rome communique utterS
glittering generalitieS to the effect
that Nationalist Spain and Fascist
Italy have "ascertained identity of
view on European problems and
those which interest the two coun-
tries in the present historic moment"
In Italian official circles, this has
been interpreted as including prob
lens" of the Mediterranean and
Africa.
All this may mean much or little,
but it has certainly provoked a
diverse crop of speculation. London
Semi-official observers seem inclined
to fear it means twin German thrusts
at Gibraltar and the Suez Canal
within the next thirty days" in
an effort to seal both ends of the
Mediterranean and isolate the Brit
iSh Imperial Army in its Libyan
campaign. That implies that Franco
is going to let the Germans through
Spain and that a full-sized German
blitzkrieg is going to burst upon
Greece and Turkey. These same
British sources are confident that
both thruSts can be checked. London
clearly intimateS that German inter-
vention in Spain would revive the
Spanish Republican movement; in
other words, that free Spanish"
forces, akin to the free French forces
of General De Gaulle, might revive
the civil war in Spain itself. Con-
sidering the great numbers of
Spanish Republican refugees abroad,
there would probably be little
difficulty of recruiting and equip
ping sizeable forces which domi-
nant British sea power could land
anywhere on Spanish soil. Since
it is we'll known that large
sections of the Spanish people
remain unreconciled to Frances
regime, the Germans might find
themselves in somewhat the same
position as Napoleon's armies, and
new Spanish ulcer" could seriously
drain Hitler's strength. Such posi-
bilitieS render a German thrust
through Spain directed at Gibraltar
a risky venture. 1t certainly could
not be undertaken except as a
major move.
Another intriguing possibility is a
three corner arrangement between
Franco, MuSSolini and Petain, per-
mitting the beaten Italian armies
in Libya to pass through French
North Africa and Spanish Morocco,
to be shipped thence across to
Spain. While this would be tech
nically unneutral conduct on the
part of both the French and Span
ish governments, Britain might wink
at it, provided the Italians kept
going until they got home overland.
Those demoralized troops would pre-
sumably not add much to the Duce's
domestic strength, and might even
be bad for Italian morale, which
already seems to be approach
ing zero.
Such are current speculationS on
what is afoot over Francois mission.
The one thing certain is that both
political and strategic pots are SIM
mering vigorously with the approach
of spring. Indeed, tidings from the
Far East are so alarmist that it may
be the first to boil over.
Evening star., 1941-02-14

To the Editor of The Star:
To keep the record straight, let us
note concerning your stimulating edi-
torial of January %, captioned "One
Tongue, Perhaps" that the word aux
iliary" was omitted in the news reports
of our remarks. No interlinguist pro-
poses that any Of the ethnic or national
languages should be displaced or even
changed by his efforts. Instead, inter-
linguistic research In providing the vo-
Evening star., 1941-02-14

will have found that his rights are
fully protected under the democratic
processes which so many of his
Communistic friends repudiate.
Evening star., 1941-02-14
Friendly, Md.
Suggests Correction
OF Housing Conditions.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
After one month In our beautiful Ma
tional Capitol have only one complaint
to make: Why not start a real cam
paign against the terrible housing con-
ditions that exist in the city proper at
this time? UNCLE BOB.
Evening star., 1941-02-14

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@. Please give the correct width for
mourning pand on a mans sleeve
S. T. NJ
A. Mourning bands should be 81
inches in width and should be sewn on
half way between the elbow and ths
shoulder.
Q. Was Carrie Nation. the temperance
worker, married?-A. F.
A. She was married twice Her first
husband was Charles Gloyd, a Civil War
soldier, who died two years after their
marriage of alcoholism. Later she mar
ried David Nation in Missouri.
@. Does the French government have
a secret service similar to Scotland
Yard?-M A M
A The French Surete is national
police system and is responsible for
arrest all over France.
@. In what year was the grasshopper
plague?-M. J. D.
A A grasShopper plague occurred In
the United States in 1856 and another
occurred from 1874 to 1877. The latter
plague which extended over period Of
three years caused widespread ruin
throughout the whole region between
the Mississippi River and the Rocky
Mountains.
@. What color uniforms are worn by
the R. A. F?-R. c.
A. The Royal Air Force wears uniforms
of horizon blue.
@. Did the late Senator Robert La
Toilette vote for or against the war
in 1917?-F. w. w
A. Senator La Toilette was one Of the
six Senators who voted against the entry
of the United States in the World War
in 1917.
@. Who was the Wizard of Menlo
Park?-M M.
A. The late Thomas A. Edison was
known as the Wizard of Menlo Park
O. What is a pilgrim Shell?-S. r. W.
A. This was scallop she'll worn during
the Middle Ages by persons who had
made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
The pilgrim shell was sometimes in
cluded as a device in the family coat
of arms