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Evening star., 1941-03-29

room, kitchen. dinette and bath with
shower; close to Conn. ave. shopping center
and Dupont Circle; rent includes gas,
electricity and parking space; sos.
1913 21st ST. NV.
Evening star., 1941-03-29

CENTRAL > THOMAS CIRCLE-Quiet,
single, all conyeniences; reasonable; girl
Evening star., 1941-03-29

THE ALABAMA. lIth and N SITS; n v, Apt
4O-LarCe corner room. next oath' gen
tlennan nnlv MIChigan 1901.
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BRIGHT, outside, cool room, near bath.
Clean, congenial detached, gentle. pri-
vate. brick home. Convenient. Delicious,
wel-served meals Garage Home atmos-
phere. Reasonable Call RA. 1O35
Evening star., 1941-03-29

Sunny room and bath in nice home;
vicinity Chevy Chase Circle; to school
teacher in EXCHANGE for occasional com
naniGnshin eYeS Box 305-R. Star.
Evening star., 1941-03-29

2Oi1 WYOMING AVE-Double room for 2
men, second floor: porch, shower bath;
convenient location
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1889 IRVING ST. NV, Apt 4-Large twin
Spf room. l or 2; breakfast OPTIONAL prl-
FstP home AID OBS.
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6Ic GALLATIN ST. N.W.-Reflned JewiSh
cirI share double room with another
private home, twin beds: bus at ooor - D.
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SIX LGE; RMS. p BATHS: RENTS FOR >
ranliIgS no. ot5Wster heat, refrigeration S55
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CHEVY CHASE D. C-Bright single peg
rm in pvt. home, semi-pvt. bath. W.
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PETwORTH. 3S1? 5th st. nw~aarg;e aa;.
room. nicely furnished breaEtaSL opl!SsRsaiI sssi
near huSes and car Call Taylor 26dl.
13,4 SHEPHERD ST. NW.-Lsrse, front
room. n block 10 transportation: gen
Evening star., 1941-03-29

EMBASSY SECTION: MODERN TOWN
mouse facing Rock Creek Park just of Mass
Sfggi. oeorms b. auto. heat, Esrage:
NII5 mo 2549 WaterSde DR. SANDOZ,
INC. Dupont Circle DII l2a4
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FOR RENT OR SALE-DETACHED. II
rooms bath lavatorv. garage: desirable
neighborhood. conv. schools cars and bus.
Near 18th and 1ngraham NV GF SSSS
KENSINGTON. MD-CORNER HOUSE
Iarge lot: garage: h.-w.h bus at corner.
Phone Wisconsin
Evening star., 1941-03-29
HOUSES FURNISHED.

FACING ROCK CREEK PARK: MAY
through October. . floors. rooms. porch;
Sl00 month; utilities included Box l46-V,
Evening star., 1941-03-29
EXCLUSIVE LOCATION

CONN AVE AT TAFT BRIDGE.
FURN. 2-RM., KIT. APT. 500
Modern freproof BLDG; refK., secretarial
phone service: refined clientele. 23OS
Ashmead pl. NV HO hOS3
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CHEVY CHASE, MD.-Beautiful. large
rooms, private bath and private balcony:
exclusive location lovely SURROUNDINGS rare
nnnnrtnsnity $40 wisconsin $3.50.
Evening star., 1941-03-29

ATTRACTIVE four window room: bath has
shower. fine bus service; ample parking
h4h Buchanan ST. n ".
Evening star., 1941-01-18
Member of the Associated Press.
GROWING Pains

Symptoms of rapidly growing
community in the Anacostia-B
area have been in evidence for some
time. Perhaps the overcrowding of
the Anacostia Junior Senior High
School was the first warning, when,
many months ago, it was forced to
schedule staggered hours for its over
capacity enrolment. The tremen-
dous volume of traffic over the Ana
costa bridges doubtless served to
warn the Highway Department, and
the building permit and inspection
officials also must have had ample
notice of what was coming. The po-
lice asked for new precinct in Ben
ming and the Fire Department re-
quested new equipment to serve the
community. Civic leaders have been
becoming more concerned as they
have perceived the proportions of the
problem. Yet it is probable that no
one anticipated the great extent of
the community's growth which was
revealed in a recent survey by school
officials.
Some 1000 housing units are being
rushed to completion by Federal and
private builders and most of them
will be ready next fall. To the school
officials this means that an emer-
gency has arisen and they are con-
sidering seeking supplementary ap-
propriations to expand the facilities
there. The four schools in the area
were found already crowded and
showing rising enrollments. Some
thing will have to be done to relieve
this condition by next fall. The in
crease in population also is certain
to make a difference in the opera
tions of the other District depart
ments. And if new expenditures
must be made, how are they going
to be financed?
The survey by the school officials
suggests that the influx of national
defense workers may have had much
to do with the growth of the section.
II this is found to be true it would
certainly appear incumbent upon the
Federal Government to share a bur-
den clearly arising out of the fact
that Washington is the National
Capital
Evening star., 1941-01-18
EmpIoye Promotion Plan

The forthcoming House hearings
on the Budget Bureau promotion
bill should furnish Congress with the
first-hand information that is
necessary prerequisite if an intelli-
gent approach is to be made toward
setting up a uniform pay plan for
Government workers.
The Budget Bureau program, con-
templating periodic increases en-
abling competent workmen to reach
the maximum rates of their grade in
from nine to ten years, was mapped
after a study undertaken a year ago
at the suggestion of the House Appro-
priations Committee. In proposing
this step, Chairman Taylor said that
the Appropriations Committee fire.
quently had been confronted with
situations indicating inequalities in
connection with administrative with
in-grade promotions, but that no
overall study ever had been made
to show just how widely practices
varied among agencies.
The bureau determined that
marked differences have prevailed
While very conservative attitude"
has been adopted in some, it was
explained, a directly opposite view
has been taken in other agencies,
especially in the newer and more
rapidly expanding establishments
operating under large lump-sum ap-
propriations. . In these, Exceedingly
Evening star., 1941-01-18

to devour poor little Red Riding Hood
protection from Great Britain. We are
told, moreover, that, as little Holland
and Belgium were devoured by the big
boa constructor, the United States will
be the next to be swallowed. And that
the serpent could cross little puddle,
formerly called the Atlantic Ocean, with
the utmost ease!
Now few will deny that this powerful
Nation would welcome British Coop
GRAFTON in peace or war but to insist, as
so many are doing, that we are destined
to fall in the event that Germany proves
victorious in the present war is an in
suit to American courage And to COM
pare little Belgium with the most pow
erful Nation on earth is too absurd to
merit comment.
BY no stretch of the imagination can
one picture Washington, jefferson, Lee,
jackson, Lincoln, Grant, Grover Cleve-
land or any other great American who
helped to develop this mighty country
indulging in moods bordering on de-
featism.
Admitting that this Nation is in peril,
Is it necessary for politicians to promote
fears which sweep the land like prairie
fires? After all, we have the money
as well as the man power and all that
goes with 1t to make America impree
nable
"
Evening star., 1941-01-18
Anti-Climux
"Airplane Crash!"

AL Plo1lO VI DOH.
AS these dread worus rang out VII
the air and wires in and about lola,
Kansas, they caused much excite
ment. To the scene of the disaster
sped hordes of people with mixed
motives. In the race the honors
went to the fourth estate, the first
person to arrive being a reporter.
Representative of other professions
kept dropping in from time to time.
The next was lawyer. He was fol-
lowed by a breathless undertaken.
Next came two car loads Of police
and a contingent of State highway
patrolmen.
1t was a fearsome sight that met
their eyes. A once proud monarch
of the air lay in utter and pathetic
ruin piled up against fence post,
its wings snapped of, its fuselage
crushed. The disaster was appalling.
It was apparent at once that there
could not possibly be any one in it
alive.
Sadly and somewhat sheepishly the
reporter, the lawyer, the undertaken,
the policemen and the troopers
sneaked away from the scene of the
tragedy, hoping that for once truth
would not rise from the bottom of
her we'll and spill the beans. The
leviathan of the sky was q child's
model airplane powered with q
rubber band. .
Evening star., 1941-01-18
Favors Congressional Delegation
OF Power to President.

To the Editor of The Star:
1t is astonishing that men like Mr.
Landon and Mr.. Hoover should be un-
able to lay aside partisan prejudices
and support the grant of necessary pow-
ers to the Chief Executive in the present
emergency.
There is nothing undemocratic in a
temporary delegation to the Executive
OF power to act swiftly and effectively
when almost instant decision is essen
tial. Rome did it frequently in the
flourishing days of that republic, and if
there had been a French leader so
clothed with authority France might
not be in its present situation.
The talk of Congress abdicating its
powers is simply nonsense. 1t is making
it's powers effective through the only
possible agency-the Executive. If they
think it wise by all means let them put
a reasonable time limit on the delegation
of power, but it should be done without
delay. E. r. WHITE.
Springfield, Va.
Evening star., 1941-01-18

liberal salary advancement policies
have been followed, Notwithstanding
the fact that funds for such purposes
were neither allowed nor requested"
the bureau said, disclosing a condi-
tion that runs counter to the ClaSsi-
flcation Act principle of equal pay for
equal work. The testimony that the
hearings may be expected to produce
probably will shed additional light
on this particular phase of the pay
question.
The Budget Bureau plan is de-
signed to apply to some $4,000 en-
ployes here, and 100000 in the field,
where the Classification Act pay
rates are scheduled to be applied
under the new Ramspeck Act Ger
tain groups, paid under special
statutes, are excepted The net cost
over ten years is figured in excess
of $29, 100000, after allowance is made
for prospective savings from in
creased efficiency, reduced turnover
and similar factors.
In announcing that the House
Civil Service Committee would hold
hearings on the bill, Chairman
Ramspeck expressed the hope that
something satisfactory to the Appro-
priations Committee could be worked
out. The desirability of pay reform
long has been recognized, and the
committee no doubt will weigh that
fact against the need for economies
to Offset defense expenditures.
Evening star., 1941-01-18
An Emerging Nation?

Regardless Of the wars outcome,
many changes will be wrought in the
worlds structure. One Of the issues
in the conflict is whether these
changes will be for good or i'll. Some
of these alterations have been taking
shape for years; others are emerging
as the direct result of the struggle.
Among the latter is the new status
which will come to the dependencies
of imperial powers, particularly those
dependencies which are bearing a
heavy part of the wars burden. They
are the prize for which the Nazi-
Fascist-Japanese axis is fighting and
by that token they are impressed with
their Importance.
First to come to mind in this con-
nection is India, with its almost ira
ditional demand for independence,
q demand which one day will be
granted by Britain, although prob
ably not until the war is over. And
there are others, notably the Neither
lands Indies, from which little was
ever heard about independence, so
benevolent was the hand of the
mother government.
But in this war the paradox is that
while imperial motherlands-like the
Netherlands, Belgium and France
have fallen into the hands OF the
enemy, the empires have proved
themselves capable not only of car
rying on their own government but
OF preparing for their own defense,
and meeting threats to their terri
torial integrity in manner befitting
not colonies but free and independent
nations.
The Netherlands Indies have their
own army, navy and air force. They
have a government which, while
nominally subject to the exile regime
of Queen Wilhelmina, is capable Of
providing for it's own needs. They
are largely sufficient, and have
q population, both native and Euro
pean, which is far above the level of
other Oriental lands. They are thor
oughly devoted to the motherland,
albeit now thinking about their own
future.
In spite of this seeming satisfac-
ton with dependence upon the
Netherlands government, the people
of the Indies are stirring themselves
with the thought of progression from
their colonial status to that of a
dominion, similar to the position of
Canada, Australia, New Zealand and
South Africa within the British
Commonwealth.
What dissatisfaction exists centers
about the age-old complaint of all
colonial peoples-the draining Of
wealth away into the Golfers of the
motherland. The result Of that
drainage is weakeping OF the colony
Evening star., 1941-01-18
Approves Editorial
Urging Aid for Britain.
Scottsville, Va.
TO the Editor Of The Star:

Az Vic 6oitof Va Inc otdr.
Your editorial on "Implementing
Policy" is a splendid analysis of the
present world crisis and our part in it.
Would that 1t could be placed before
every Congressman for study
Aid to Britain is now-or-never propo-
sition. 1t is as If man were about to
drown, being so feet from shore and a
would-be rescuer standing on the bank
with rope but Is feet long. Let us
stretch the rope the full distance regard
less of consequences.
While war is terrible and we do not
want 1t, let us not fear it to our detri-
ment. Fear is the most destructive force
in the world.
To the isolationists and pacifsts I
respectfully call attention to the words
from a man of old: LET us lay aside
every weight, and the sin (fear) which
doth so easily beset us, and run with
patience the race that is set before u.s."
Britain is fighting with zeal and
courage for what? For her very life,
but also for the things we in our glorious
country hold dear-freedom of religion,
action and thought; freedom of the
press, the "bill of rights" and every
liberty bought so dearly by our fore
fathers and handed down to us to pre-
serve. WILLIAM r. WALTON.
Evening star., 1941-01-18
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. TrdceDell.

$50 as long as that cat roams the
grounds, there won't be many chipmunks
IN the Bishops Garden.
With many thanks for your interest,"
ing articles, I remain,
Sincerely, G. F."
~
Window screens left in during the win
ter often are valuable aids in preserving
the life of birds.
If extensive feeding operations are
carried on close to houses, such as at
window sill feeders, 1t will be found that
during an average winter from two to
half dozen songsters will at some time
or other bang into the windows.
Then the screens act as protective
nets, not only saving the window panes
from harm, but, more important, cush-
ioning the impact of the small bodies.
This has happened twice at our dining
room windows so far this winter.
Each time the bird made such crash,
as 1t struck the screening, that the
sound was heard all over the house,
In both instances the blows were
glancing, so that no real harm was done
the alarmed songster in either case: each
bird flew away as capably as it had
flown In.
We often have wondered why this does
not happen more often. Birds fly away
from feeding stations in alarm, mostly
caused by the sudden flight of some other
bird or flock of birds.
The sound Of beating wings Is a
warning to all feathered folk that some
group has cause for alarm. Though the
cause may not be known to others. they
respond at once with the age-old tactics
of bird life, sudden fight.
AS we pointed out in the article re-
ferred to, cats seldom catch chipmunks,
and our correspondents letter bears
this out.
1t was squirrel, not chipmunk, the
cat had.
Squirrels seem to be easy catching for
marauding cat. Just why this is, we
do not know, for certainly they are far
more agile than any cat that every lived.
Perhaps it is due to the scorn which
the squirrel has for the prowess Of the
cat
Your average squirrel spends a part Of
every day gnashing its teeth at cats.
That peculiar grating noise-crek, crek,
crek-Which they make when annoyed is
mostly addressed to the cat tribe.
Though many squirrels are caught,
most of them manage to get away, we
believe.
This comes about because of the
weight of The illicit burden.
The cat must put the rodent down,
finally, and the moment it draws back, to
stab forth paw, in cat fashion, the willy
squirrel leaps for safety.
1t is an odd thing, but fact, that a
cat almost always places the squirrel
at the base of tree, or near a tree.
In most cases the injuries received are
superficial, and the squirrel recuperates
easily. There was a squirrel in a feeder
at the dining room window the other
day. 1t has bad wound at the back
of its neck, just where a cat might
have seized it, but its appetite for sun
flower seed was good, and its spirits high.
Evening star., 1941-01-18
Suggests Financial Help
For Britain without Strings.

To the Editor Of The Star:
May the voice of an individual still
be raised during our transition from
democracy to autocracy, while the lease
lend" bill is before Congress?
I wish to see the record clarified, by
an outright gift to England. Leasing
and lending imply restoring, which is
an obvious fiction. The nations which
entered the war before US cannot re-
store for two reasons. Restoration in
kind will be impossible, because the
things lent will belong to the class
economically designated as things con-
sumed in the use" and restoration by
compensation will be impossible on ac-
count of the impoverishment of the
warning nations. Our experience after
the first World War makes this too
obvious to be used even as a basis for
propaganda.
Why not clear the record by doing
something without a hangover to
becloud our relations after the war
Is over? Why not cancel the debt which
England owes us and give her s1,OO0,-
100000 annually during the war? Our
relations will thus be clarified when the
war is over.
A further clarif1cation of a domestic
nature might result from thinking now
of capital levy" to pay off our ma
tional debt from the accumulated prop
erty of our citizens. I have very clearly
defined views on this subject but would
like to see 1t discussed in Congress.
GEORGE MASON DILLARD.
Scottsyille Va
Evening star., 1941-01-18
Raiders in the Pacific

Presumably with full connivance of
Japan, arrangements seem to be in
progress for a systematic extension
of German raiding operations against
British and Allied shipping in the
South Pacific Such activities have
been in progress throughout the
winter, a considerable toll of vessels
already having been taken along the
sea routes connecting Australia and
New Zealand with India and the
British Isles.
That a campaign more pretentious
than anything hitherto attempted is
in the offing is indicated by the fact
that Major General OFT, German
Ambassador to Japan, has called
conference in Toxic of all Nazi naval
and merchantile marine officers from
Shanghai, Tsingtao and Tientsir.
The reputed purpose is to organize
plans for supplying raiding vessels
with food, water, medicines and pos
sibly munitions requisite for pro-
longed periods at sea. Far Eastern
dispatches report the German au-
thorities as busily pressing Toxic
officials to give them free hand in
the use of ports and naval bases
under Japan's control for refueling
and other accommodations for raid
ing craft. More than destruction of
British commerce appears to be in
mind. The Germans are arguing
that once Britain and the United
States realize Japan is really becom-
ing "active" as an axis partner, Toxic
will be able to adopt stronger at
titude in diplomatic dealings with the
western powers. There is a sugges-
tion in this typical bit of Nazi rea-
soning that German influence may
have inspired the threatening tone
which the government-inspired Jap
anese press has adopted toward Sec
retary Hull's analysis of the interna-
tional situation before the House
Foreign Affairs Committee, which
contained a powerful arraignment
of japanese aggression in Man.
churia at the outset of the past
decade of international brigandage
in Asia, Africa and Europe.
Neutral observers in the Far East
look for swift increase of German
activity on Pacific sea routes. They
think it possible this may include ex-
tensive mine-laying operations, while
have eluded the British North Sea
blockade may have been ordered to
strengthen German surface raiders
in the South Seas.
Heightening the mystery of what
may portend in the remote regions
of the Pacific is the suspected ex-
istence of lone broadcasting station
somewhere in that vast, uncharted
area. There is reason to fear it is
established either on japanese man.
dated territory or adjacent to it, and
is in position to service" not only
German ships at sea but Nazi vessels
tied up in>Asiatic ports. Several in
tercepted radio messages support
this theory and the belief that raid
ing ventures of considerable extent
may be an early war development on
the other side of the globe.
1t is just possible, however, that
the threat of intensified German
raiding in the Pacific may be a ruse
to divert British naval strength from
home waters or the Mediterranean.
Evening star., 1941-01-18
CHEVY CHASE, Md.

Dear Sir:
IT am one of the lucky persons who
has many cardinals and jay birds to
enjoy This morning I heard noise
outside my dressing room window, and
peeked behind the window shade to see
what it was, and there were six cardi-
mails three PAIRS hopping around In the
gutter on the porch, looking for tidbits
among the debris from the black walnut
tree which extends over the roof
Several others were in the evergreens
beyond.
Il have beautiful picture engraved
on my memory of my holly tree full of
berries and snow, and on each side
gorgeous male cardinal and blue jay.
1 wished for a technicolor camera to
preserve the picture for others, as
shall never forget it.
"I was at my window recently watch
ing the antics of lot of blue jays, when
my phone rang, and I left to answer
1t, and just then heard thump on the
window and excused myself to see what
made the noise.
outside on the ground was a tiny
bird, a chickadee, I think, breathing its
last.
Il picked it up, and saw no wounds
on it, only a streak through the head
feathers, not the skin, and I wondered
If a blue jay had pecked it and knocked
1t down, or in trying to avoid the jays it
hoI hi ha viii,
killed itself.
"On December II, last, you published
letter about chipmunks.
In it you mentioned that one might
see them in the Bishops Garden at the
Washington Cathedral.
II am surprised that any are left, after
seeing what I did last summer
MY sister and had just come out Of
the main entrance of the Cathedral,
and were walking toward the Bishops
Garden on the boardwalk, when my sis
ter said, What has that cat in its
mouth?
There was fine light gray and white
cat, and in its mouth was a full-sized
squirrel!
1T was going away from the garden
entrance toward the back of the Cathe-
dral. We tried to 'shoo' it and make it
drop the squirrel. but it held tight and
tried to run, but its load was too heavy.
MY sister then threw her umbrella
at it, and in a fash the squirrel was on
top of the wall, hobbling along, and the
cat eying 1t and running along the base
of the wall, and We after it,
"At the parking space, where the wall
comes to an end, the cat ran around to
the other side, and by the time I got
there it was ready to spring after the
squirrel again.
Il finally drove it of down into the
woods and the squirrel made a mad
jump for the trees but his left fore paw
was injured, and blood was flowing from
its head and it finally went up one of
the big trees.
Il hoped it escaped and lived. That
cat was some ones pet and we'll fed, and
beautiful, and it surely wasn't hungry.