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Evening star., 1941-06-24

police protection, and If that is not
being given at this time they are en-
titled to a public showing of the fact,
together with the reasons for it. As
Representative Hebert, an early ad-
vocate of the inquiry, put it: This
investigation is the public's business
and the public should be a part and
parcel of it,"
In determining the scope of the
investigation, the subcommittee un-
doubtedly will be Influenced by a de-
sire to exclude eXtraneous issues,
which, in the past, have played havoc
with other Investigations. AS
beginning, at least, the five points
proposed by Representative Hebert
suggest themselves for favorable con-
Sideration. These are whether the
present force is adequate, whether it
is efficient, whether the methods of
the Detective Bureau are up to date,
whether the bureau has proper scien-
tific equipment and whether officers
are properly trained before being
placed on the street.
incidentally, since the murder of
Miss Jessie Elizabeth Strieff undoubt-
edly will figure prominently in the
inquiry, it is important to keep in
mind the fact that the police investi-
cation of this crime is still underway.
In all probability the subcommittee
will want to hear testimony from de-
tectiveS and other police officials
working on the Strieff case, but it is
to be hoped that this will be arranged
at such times and under such condi-
tionS as will not interfere with their
investigative activities.
Evening star., 1941-06-24

New York points out how utterly un-
prepared for war We are in respect Of
equipment for our Army.
Ambassador Winant denounces Ger
man propaganda in this country, at
the same breath extolling some British
material of the same pattern.
Bad news for Britain comes from
Ankara. Turkey has agreed to a peace
pact with Hitler whereby Turkey will
share the profits of the war.
Adding up all these items Americans
are asking: Why not settle the war?
Objections hitherto offered were that
negotiated peace would mean nothing,
merely giving Hitler time to make
proper preparations for the next war.
This argument is neither convincing
nor conclusive and should not be final.
If Hitler persists in preparing for an
other war, the rest of us will have to
do the same thing, prepare on top of
preparation.
We will accomplish Our purpose if by
our power we can stop the war. Let
us not bother about giving Hitler
breathing space, let us save the lives of
our British brothers and keep our own
boys from the slaughter.
JOSEPH A. CONRY.
Evening star., 1941-06-24

been uncompromisingly opposed to
any and all unions. Its labor policies
have been shaped in the belief that
union membership was unnecessary
and undesirable so far as Ford work.
erS were concerned. And its founder,
Henry Ford, has made an open secret
of his utter disbelief in the wisdom
of union organization.
In the light of this background,
the contract which has just been
signed can only be described as a
complete about-face on the COM
panyS part. Instead of being the
last of the great non-union strong
holds in American industry, Ford
now becomes willing party to a
contract which, from the union
standpoint, is the most favorable
in the automobile industry.
Various explanations will be ad-
vanced, but the correct one probably
is to be found in the statement by
EdSel Ford, president of the COM
pany. After pointing out that the
U. A. VIC. I. o. had won a decisive
victory in the recent collective bar
gaining election, Mr.. Ford said: CAS-
the company views the situation, no
half-measures will be effective. We
cannot work out one scheme of
things for some of our workmen and
another scheme for the remainder.
So we have decided to go the whole
WaV."
Evening star., 1941-06-24
Investigating the Police

1t is to be hoped that the subcom-
mittee of the House District Com
mittee which has been designated to
conduct the investigation of the local
Police Department will decide to hold
a public inquiry and that the subject
matter of the investigation will be
selected with view to achievement
of maximum of constructive results.
1t is difficult to conceive of any use
full purpose that would be served by
conducting an inquiry of this nature
behind closed doors. The people Of
the city, after all, are vitally con-
cerned in the question OF adequate
Evening star., 1941-06-24
New Walls for Old

Men 1OiU rebuild their ruined temple
WallS;
The tortured earth t0iH hide her
scars again;
The lUorld'S bereaUed will camou-
fage their pain;
A smile aDiU mask each memory that
gals.
Sleep lDtll return to huts and
stately halls;
But time cannot bring the millions
slain,
Restore the blinded eyes or shat
tered brdin-
Wars curse on uictor and on uun-
Quished falls.
Though noU the dragon so1Us the
bitter seed
For hatreds haruest under skies
grotDn cold,
And Scatters pestilenttal germs OF
greed,
Not utter loaste, this tragedy un-
told,
If hardship make of men q
stronger breed,
II better Ualls be built upon the oI1.
ANNA M. PR1EsTLEY
Evening star., 1941-06-24
First Things First

In his statement of this Govern
ments attitude toward the clash be-
tween Germany and Russia, Acting
Secretary of State Sumner WelleS
takes a sensible and realistic view OF
the opportunity which is presented
to the democracies by the opening OF
another major war front.
He implies that this Government
will give such help to Russia as may
be within it's power. And this will be
done not because the principles and
doctrines of Communism have be-
come any less abhorrent to us, but
rather because any effective aid
which reaches the SovietS now may
be expected to contribute to the
larger objective of breaking the
power of Nazi-iSm.
Much depends upon the outcome OF
the attack which Hitler has Launched
against his erstwhile friends" in the
East. If he reaps quick, easy ana
decisive victory the position OF the
democracies, in the long run, Will be
decidedly worsened. On the other
hand, if he can be compelled to light
long and hard for any substantial
gains-a Russian victory seeming to
be beyond the range of any reason
able hope-Britain and the United
States will be given new opportu-
nity of incalculable importance, one
which might well prove to be the
turning point of the war.
1t is these factors which are lg-
nored by those who urge that Amer
lea should wash its hands OF the
whole business, now that one ism" is
fighting another. Clearly, because OF
normally valid theological concepts,
they overlook or close their eyes to
the momentouS consequences Tor
Britain and the United States, what
ever the outcome of the clash be-
tween Berlin and Moscow.
But not Mr.. Welles. With the full
approval of the President, he has
made it clear that this Government
is not disposed to look what amounts
to a gift horse in the mouth. The
ideology and the record of the Rus
sian government are as distasteful to
him as they are to any other Amer
lean, but he has determined to put
first things first, to grasp a fleeting
opportunity before it is gone forever.
That is the way that wars are won.
And to do otherwise is to court dis
aSter.
Evening star., 1941-06-24
These Honored Dead

Memorial services for the thirty
three officers and men lost in the
submarine 90 are being held at
New London today. The craft in
which these men sailed on Friday,
June 20, lies in four hundred feet
of water off Portsmouth, and 1t is
doubtful if the accident which re-
suited in their death ever will be
explained.
The value of their lives to their
country, however, has been enhanced
by the tragedy in which they per-
ished. 1t is one of the glories of
human experience that those who
sacrifice themselves in behalf OF their
fellows should be endowed with I'M
mortality. The members of the crew
of the O-9 did not blindly venture
themselves against the cruel dark
ness of the depths of the ocean. 1t
was with full and complete knoWl-
edge of their risk that they started
the trial run from which they did not
T6GuIH. 4llSll Slllp Wdo OAI ollu OuU-
of-date. 1t had been reconditioned
In the emergency of the prevailing
war. To test it's safety it was sub
merged. A few minutes after the
coming tower disappeared beneath
the waves the disaster was history.
The weight of the sea, it is supposed,
crushed the hull. A study of all the
evidence available prompts general
belief that there was no agony of
waiting for the sailors trapped in the
vessel.
What more is there to say? A
sense of the futility of words afflicts
the average citizen as he thinks of
the price which, in its best tradition,
America is paying for the safety of
her institutions and her people. Ger
tainly, "these honored dead" have
not been inundated to freedom in
vain. When that is said, all is said.
Evening star., 1941-06-24
THIS AND THAT
Bu Charles z. Trdce1Dell.

analyzed scientifically, have had to fly
to the defense of 'Caruso.'
"Caruso is a very large mocker who
sits atop a radio pole every evening and
serenades us at our porch dinner.
Two years ago two baby mockingbirds
were born in the pink rambler few feet
away from our porch table and, Of course,
you know Caruso is one of those two
birds.
I'm other words, in addition to being
a supersinger, he is my very own grand
son. as it were! And science or no
science, no sour notes ever come out of
his throat.
wouldn't you say birds add the half
tones and quarter tones and eighth and
sixteenth, etc, in addition to their har-
monies and science can't keep up with
them?
Birds like Caruso hardly belong in
this 'cock-eyed' world, anyhow.
Perhaps they are just loaned here for
while as proof Of pie in the sky some
where.
yours for Birdland, c. L. j."
X X X
This column, over the years, has prob
ably gotten more letters about the mock
ingbird than about any other species
People love the bird, despite its faults.
They are willing to do battle, if neces-
sary, for their Knockers.
And grand fellow he is, too, winging
his way with white fash across the yard
attacking cats and even dogs in the
nesting season, playing dog in the man.
ger in the winter bird feeding station,
and generally making himself known and
recognized.
Maybe that is one reason human be-
ingS like him, that somehow he reminds
them of themselves.
- X
In all ways our handsome mocking-
bird is a distinguished bird.
There is nothing timid about him
nothing which exactly resembles any
other bird
No other, for instance, sings at night
as he does. Now and then another
species will cheep, or even sing softly
for short time, on moonlight night.
The mockingbird. when the moon is
full, sings for hours at a time Then
persons who have no interest in bird life
proclaim him a nuisance. They should
realize, as one correspondent above
states, that here is singer fit for any
scene, even the Garden of Eden.
One writer calls the mocker "the un.
rivaled Orpheus of the forest, and the
natural wonder of America"
Another says, without mincing words
He often brings his tiresome extrava.
ganzas to magnificent climax of melody
and as frequently concludes an inimit.
able chant with a most contemplate
bathos."
Mockingbirds not only attack dogs
and cats, at nesting time, but even hui
man beings and snakes.
Raisins in our own yard this summer
so far have failed to raise a mocking-
bird. The catbirds seem to have taker
over.
Our Knockers evidently have gone out
OF the neighborhood, after eight year:
with us. The bird population of any on.
garden will change, gradually, over the
years. This is just another reason why
bird watching is interesting.
Evening star., 1941-06-24
Disagrees With Justice Frankfurter
On Efficiency of Recourse to Arms.
To the Editor of The Star


To the Editor of The Star:
Felix Frankfurter in a recent address
reminded his audience that "the Civil
War settled slavery" and that "it is fall
lacious to believe that war never settled
anything"
1t is doubtless true that individual and
mass problems have been solved by force.
An enraged Maggie" may settle some
domestic problem by bouncing a frying
pan on the head of an inconsiderate
"Jiggs," just as an outraged country
temporarily may solve certain difficulties
by hurting bombs. However, there must
be better ways of adjusting mass dis
putes than in throwing dangerous OBJ
jects at those that may disagree with us.
Mr.. Frankfurter failed to comment on
the fact that while slavery was being
settled by warfare, the entire Nation
was in a state of complete unsettlement
and chaos. Brother was arrayed against
brother; our fair land was deluged with
blood; devastation and disease stalked
the States; poverty gripped the soul of
our Southland, while incredible hatreds
were generated. And time has failed to
eradicate the scars!
Who can deny that the terrible con-
flict might have been averted if dis
senting groups in power had resorted
to calm reason and justice, thereby
checking the conflagration in its in
cipiency?
Perhaps aeons hence, human beings
may reach the realization that 1t is bet
ter to beat swords into ploughshares
than to utilize them in numbering men
In mass.
EDAxuND K. oOLI,sBoRouoH.
Evening star., 1941-06-24
GLEN ROCK, N. J.

Dear Sir:
MY rose garden in these Ramapo foot
hills of Northern New Jersey is, I be-
heve, the mockingbirds farthest north
"Rarest and greatest of our singers, I
add him and the hummingbird to the %
species that, waited on the wings OF
Aeolus, visit my garden.
"Columbines, cherries and roses called
him, as petunias and delphinia with
their color and sweet nectar, soon will
entice the jeweled hummingbird.
Few, perhaps, will believe that
above the Potomac. I have known him
all over the Southland, from the blazing
Rio Grande to soft-shining Virginia.
They say he stole his 20 lyrics. Maybe
20 species stole their notes from him and
specialized. But here he was on three
June mornings at 6 o'clock, with the
world all to himself Except he sings for
God, parting the curtains of spring and
summer; remembering the echoes of the
music of the high spheres and obeying
the signals of earth's billion song resur-
rections since the chaos, when his kind
took up the prophecy.
II could not believe my ears or eyes.
I was transfiXed. Was it catbird? The
song was too long; too varied; too full
and wildly tremolo. The catbird fits
about.
Minus of many notes stayed steady
on one bare branch of mountain ash,
his tail down. He seemed to hug the
branch closely to his breast, while he
threw his vocal head to all quarters of
the listening wood and garden.
Mature was enrapt.
THE wide-f1ung chorus that the sun
awakened stilled itself and was all look
and worship. A high priest was here!
For 20 minutes, clinging to one place,
he gave a full opera; melting lyrics,
trilled cadenzas, colorature notes drop
ping like water beads; dramatic arias, of
sustained power; violins, smothered
strings; clarionet and flute tones: deeper
sorrows of brass throats; up and down.
hurled and caught; repeated, mixed-he
whipped the wind with echoes. He held
all nature!
TT was high and rare hushed event,
as old and as new as life. Over the
world I have gone to many lands Of
song. and seen and heard and been told ;
but to my dying day no one, perhaps,
will believe the truth that I ever heard
a mockingbird in my garden as far north
as these Ramapos.
Mark well the sacred chosen spot and
visit it, all ye wandering winged crea-
lures!
II prefer exquisitely to think that I
must have been in Elysium once and
heard the mingled chorus of the Para
disal blue cyaneus, the silver smooth
buhl-buhl. and the green zippor of the
Zephyr-stirred gardens of eternal peace
just this side of Eden.
Sincerely, j. S. T"
"PETWORTH.
Dear Sir:
Il love your bird chatter in The Star.
But since the other night when you
| spoke of q nockingbird's sour notes If
Evening star., 1941-06-24
Protests Proposed Removal
OF I, C. C.. from Washington.
To the Editor Of The Star

To the Editor Of The Star:
AS former resident of the District
Of Columbia, would like to protest the
reported plan to move the Interstate
Commerce Commission from Washing
ton to Chicago.
The Chicago Tribune in recent edi-
torial advocated the moving to Chicago
of several Government agencies and
departments, such as Social Security,
Interstate Commerce Commission, Farm
Security, etc. Reasons given were that
Chicago was centrally located and that
the increased pay rolls would help the
city Immensely.
However, am sure that the majority
of our citizens feel that Washington
should remain the capital of our coun-
try in all respects. If one of these
commissions is moved to Chicago, every
other large city in the country will ask
for the removal of some agency or COM
mission to their city.
LESLIE n. YOUNG.
AdrnAiaahaa Ala
Evening star., 1941-06-24
Ford SIGNS Up

1t is only natural that the action
of the Ford Motor Company in sign
ing a contract with the United Auto
mobile Workers &C. I. O)-a contract
In which the company granted vir-
tually every union demand and
threw in the union shop and the
check-off for good measure-should
be received with a degree of surprise
bordering on astonishment.
For years the Ford company has
Evening star., 1941-06-24
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the priter, although the use of
a pSeudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters Nth
a Uie10 to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-06-24
Discusses Reasons for Proposal
To Settle" the War Now.

To the Editor Of The Star:
A Representative complains that two
retired Admirals of the Navy are talk
ing altogether too much about rushing
our country into war, one anxious to
annihilate Japan, the other ambitious
to destroy Hitler.
Emerging from the maze in Washing
ton appears an unknown division chief
who calmly tell us it will cost Ameri-
can taxpayers 100000, 100000 to beat
Hitler. his note being Endorsed and
figures verified by an equally obscure
sssocists.
At The sans nomsnt N authority IA
Evening star., 1941-06-24

Newly appointed Chief Justice
Stone hopes that he will be worthy
of his high office" His many ad-
mirers hope that this will be the
least Of worries for the rest Of his life.
Evening star., 1941-06-24

It sometimes seems as though
Woodrow wilson's famous points"
could not have been more unlucky if
there had been thirteen instead of
fourteen.
Evening star., 1941-06-24

Household Pests damage and
destroy and spread disease and do
untold harm every day of their ex-
istence. Control of pests is essen
tial to the well-being of mankind.
How to war successfully on ants,
flies. mosquitoes, cockroaches, ter
mites and other insect pests is
explained in our booklet on the
subject. To secure your copy of
this authoritative publication In
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Evening star., 1941-06-24
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. HdSkin.

A reader can get the nnsUer to any
question OF fact by toriting The Eue-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. HdSkin, director, Washington,
C. Please incloSe stamp for reply.
@. Please give an estimate of the war
casualties in Great Britain.-B. G. C.
A. Recent figures from Great Britain
show that in the first 81 months of the
war 1887 members of the army, navy
and R. A. F. were killed in action. There
were 35, 756 civilians killed in air raids.
@. At what period from 1917-1919 we're
there the largest number of Government
employees in Washington?-C A. A.
A. The Federal Government employ
ment record at that time was 917,760 on
November II, 1918.
@. Where was the first State fair
held?-H. P. S.
A. The first State fair of continued
existence was held in Syracuse, N. Y,
in 1841.
@. In what murder case in the United
States was the plea of temporary in
sanity first NADER. L. w.
A. Edwin M. Stanton, afterwards At
torney General and Secretary of War,
made the plea in defending Gen. Daniel
Sickles, who had killed Barton Key, son
Of Francis Scott Key, for attentions to
his wife. Sickles was acquitted.
G. Are many applicants for the Air
Corps found to have poor vision?-H.
P. r.
A. Approximately 80 per cent of the
applicants for the United States Army
Air Corps are rejected because of faulty
vision.
@. Should an orchid be worn with the
stem up?-L. G. H.
A. An orchid, or any other flower or
spray, should be worn with the flowers up.
@. How can I get the time signals
broadcast from the Naval Observatory?
B. A. R.
A. The frequency of time signals from
the Naval Observatory at II o'clock
noon is s,425 kilocycles (short wave).
Evening star., 1941-06-24

@. What are class publications.
E. T. A.
A. They are magazines printed on fine
coated stock, the circulations of which is
small compared to mass publications.
Being of high type, these publications
are usually limited to readers in the
higher-income brackets and the price of
the magazine is relatively high.
@. Who were the first artists to settle
at Taos, N. Mex.?-H. T. j.
A. The first artists to be attracted by
the possibilities of the Taos region were
the brothers Edward and Richard Kern
of Philadelphia, who went there in 1s48
with John c. Fremonts fourth e:ipedi-
ton.
Evening star., 1941-06-24

To the Editor Of The Star:
Negroes are being Systematically dis
eliminated against in the Army, Navy
and national defense industries. Trained
Negro technicians are still receiving the
mo help wanted" answer in spite of the
national shortage in their fields. Weekly
come stories of brutal treatment of Negro
draftees at the hands of Southern
military police.
In spite of this undemocratic, brutal
treatment, Negroes are conducting them
selves in well-disciplined, loyal manner.
However, the Negro would be cowardly
and undeserving of the long record of
heroism and loyalty of his forebears if
he accepted the aforementioned abuses
without attempting to make some form
of intelligent protest.
Negroes have organized to march on
Washington fifty thousand strong in an
attempt to focus on the Nation and the
administration the undeserved, undemo-
cratic treatment which they are receiv-
ing. This is march for jobs and justice.
JAMES WARD.
Evening star., 1941-06-24

@. What is meant by a divorce in
vinculo matrimonii?-J. J. S.
A. divorce vinculo matrimonii is
an absolute dissolution of valid mar
riage made by decree of court for a law
full cause that arose subsequent to the
establishment of the married relation,
Evening star., 1941-06-24

@. Is Palm Beach cloth made of cotton
or wool?-M. C.
A. 1t is a combination of cotton and
mohair.
Q. Please give biography Of Sir Basil
Zaharoff, who was known as the mer-
chant of death.-C. S.
A. Born at Constantinople in 1850 of a
Greek mother and Russian father So.
Basil zaharoff was educated in London
and Paris. His fortune was built large
ly from armament, shipbuilding, oil and
banking enterprise. 1t was said that he
practically controlled Vickers. Ltd. Be-
cause of his large armament interest
he was sometimes referred to as the
merchant of death. He died in 1886.
Q. How many loaves of bread can be
made from 100 pounds Of four?-
j. T. M.
A. 1t is possible to make ll3 loaves
Of bread weighing one and one-half
pounds from 100 pounds of flour.
O. Where and when is the annual
Smoki Snake Dance given? M. S. B.
A. This is the climax of the ceremo-
mails produced annually by the Smoki
people, group of 800 white men and
women, in Prescott, Ariz. This event, in
which the dancers hold live, writhing
reptiles in mouth and hands, Is one of
the most spectacular performances in
this country.
Evening star., 1941-06-24

@. Where was the first State fair
held?-H. P. S.
A. The first State fair Of continued
existence was held in Syracuse, N. Y,
in 1841.