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Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1941-12-24

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Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1941-12-24

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Evening star., 1941-11-05
Virginia Election

With the Byrd political Organiza-
ton regaining full control of the
State administration in Virginia as
result Of the general election, it will
be interesting to note what, if any,
changes are made when the new
Governor, Colgate w. Darden, jr.,
takes office in January. Changes
are expected in many quarters be-
cause Mr.. Darden is affiliated with
the faction of the Democratic party
which often has opposed the pol
icies of outgoing Governor Price,
an ardent New Dealer. 1t was fire.
quently reported however, that
the Governor favored Mr.. Darden
among the three Democratic cam
didates who sought the nominal
ton in the primary. although he
never publicly committed himself.
The powerful Democratic machine
headed by United States Senator
Bryd, a critic of the New Deal,
openly supported Mr. Darden.
Aside from the victory of Mr.. Dar-
den and the general apathy shown
by the voters, the most noteworthy
feature of the election in Northern
Virginia was the victory of Colonel
r. R. Farr, Mayor of Fairfax. a Re-
publican. in the Fairfax County
House of Delegates race. While all
other Democrats achieved easy vic
tories in adjacent Virginia, Colonel
Farr beat the incumbent Democrat,
Francis P. Miller. Price supporter.
The upset follows in the wake of
a bitter local Democratic party fight
in Fairfax which caused Mr.. Miller
several "close calls" in the past. The
ballot splitting over the Delegates
post was an unusual phenomenon
among Democrats in that section of
Virginia.
Evening star., 1941-11-05
THIS AND THAT
By Charles Z. Trdce1UeH.

She says that the bird has no friends
among man or bird, and yet the cow
bird is a very interesting creature. as
well as pleasant one to look at. 1t
gets its name because it follows cows
around the pasture, eating the insects
which the animals stir up as they walk.
1t is said that 80 species of birds are
made the victims of the cowbird and
her sly ways
Chipping sparrOws. song sparrows.
various vireos and several of the Warblers
are the most frequent victims.
AS far as we know, the female cow
bird does not toss the rightful eggs
out of the nest, but merely contents
herself with putting her own eggs in.
Female house wrens often toss the
eggs of their rivals out of the nest out
of pure malice.
Since the cowbirds' egg are larger, in
most cases. than the riehtful eggs in
the nest, they receive the most heat,
and so hatch first.
First hatch, first fed, of course.
Since the cowbird babies are larger
they demand more food, and usually
get it.
They often push the rightful babies
out of the nest, and, since the parents
have no way of getting them back they
die.
In this way, thousands of other Amer
ican songbirds are killed every year
This should be kept in mind when one
is discussing the various causes which
lead to lessened numbers of songbirds
in this country.
Mrs Green cites an estimate by Gene
Stratton Porter. made in "Homing With
the Birds in which a flock of 200 cow
birds on the banks of the Wabash River
were responsible for the deaths of 600
birds Of other species.
But this was not all The other birds
reared and brought up 400 new cowbirds,
to continue the cowbird lines next sea-
son by the same tri"kery.
So clever is nature. in the raw. that
the cowbird is supposed to put but one
of her eggs in nest.
Mrs. Green continues: Some of the
larger birds are able to push the un-
wanted egg out of the nest, but the
yellow warbler. too small to Go that,
has clever way of outwitting the para
site bird
Finding such an egg in her own dainty
nest. this tiny bit of golden fluff calmly
proceeds to build another floor to her
nest. cleverly sealing in the cowbirds
egg. then starts all over with her own
laying and incubation.
Such nests have been found with
two or three floors in them. and cow
birds egg sealed up in each space.
There are even instances on record
of four-story nests having been found"
1t may be seen. from these few in
stances, that both goodness and badness
exist side by side in nature For every
cowbird, there is song sparrow, thank
heaven. The dark side of nature is
usually relieved in time by the light
Evening star., 1941-11-05

was good because the weather was cold.
went to bed about $50 and slept very
good. Most of the fellows were cold and
stayed up around the campfire. I took
my shoes and leg9ings off and my feet
were comfortably warm. We got up at
$50 am and took down our tents. rolled
our packs before having breakfast. 1t
was awfully cold and my hands we're
blue. They soon got warm.
When we got back to camp We cleaned
up and got into our uniforms and had
group picture taken of the company.
The major and Capt. H. 1t F. and 1t. A.
were in the picture. The officers are
very nice and not at all like the i'm
preston you get from seeing pictures or
reading books about them They main
tain discipline but they are also a lot of
fun
Last week l went TO a class for fire.
man instruction and am one of II bows
to tend the fires. All I have to do is
check the temp and put in coal. Guess
can do that"
I am happy to say that his letters
always are cheerful
ANNE WESTON MOORE.
Evening star., 1941-11-05
HoodIumism in Detroit

Every decent American will deplore
the hoodlumism displayed in Detroit
yesterday by group of women rep
resenting themselves to be mothers
opposed to United States entry into
the European war. These misguided
women hurt no one but themselves
in their disorderly demonstration
against the British mbassador. Ger
tainly they contributed nothing to
the cause which they avowedly were
supporting For if these are the ad-
vocates, their cause is divested of all
semblance of dignity and respect. 1t
is to the credit of Lord Halifax that
he was able to accept the demonstra-
ton philoSophically for what it was
an isolated outburst Of rowdyiSm
significant of nothing so much as the
unladylike character of the partici-
pants
Evening star., 1941-11-05
QUEBEC STREET.

Dear Sir:
I'm reading your column, This and
That, in today's Star. I saw an account
of a very humane act, by blue jay,
which we all have occasion to criticize
at times, and 1t made me think of an
incident which I noticed in my garden
the past summer.
Il kept noticing cOmmOtion out
there, and on investigation 1 found
young catbird was making all the fuss,
teasing a song sparrow TO feed him.
1T was quite ludicrous for he was
about three times as large as the song
sparrow.
He kept flying after the smaller bird.
and when he would stop the larger bird
would scream louder and flap his wings
until he was given a tasty morsel, then
1t was enacted all over again.
THE sparrow was plainly trying to
show the baby how to get his food.
The latter had evidently been aban-
doned by his parents as hopeless case.
For about three days this procedure
went on, and gave us a great deal Of
amusement.
yours very truly, L. P. 81
This is very unusual case.
Often young cowbirds insist on their
foster parents feeding them, but we did
not know a catbird would act So
At any rate, it showed a good spirit
on the part of the song sparrow, which
is exactly what its friends would expect
of it.
There are few nicer birds than the song
sparrow This little bird is striped all
over, and is more streamlined than the
English sparrow. 1t lacks the black
patch beneath the throat which is the
sign Of the house sparrow
1t is altogether one of the finest birds
We have in our yards hereabouts, but
often is confused by newcomers to bird
watching with the English sparrow. In
other words, he thinks he is seeing an
English sparrow, against which he has
heard so much i'll, when all the time
he is looking at one of the very finest
birds we possess.
We suspect that many species of birds
feed the young of other species upon
occasion. There can be no doubt that
if birds of one species are substituted
in a nest for the rightful species. the
parents will bring up the interlopers
as their own.
The cowbrd. of course, is the prime
fea :hered instigator of this rather low
trick upon the birds.
Charlotte Hilton Green. in Birds of
the South" calls the cowbird the sla,ker
of birddom.
Too lazy to build her own nest and
rear her own young" this author says,
the cowbird-a parasite blackbird-
may sometimes be seen sneaking through
the trees and bushes in search of some
nest left unguarded for a moment.
I'm such a nest she will slyly lay her
egg, and then slip off. leaving the cares
OF incubation and motherhood to the
foster parent"
Evening star., 1941-11-05
1t Looks Black

1t is the fate of the politician that
many of his personal affairs must be
explained to the electorate-inci-
dents that are really none of its busi-
ness. What, for instance, could be
more personal, and should be more
private, than the cause of black
eye? Yet when Chip" Robert, for
mer secretary Of the National Demo-
cratic Committee, acquired grade A
sinner in a manner best known to
himself, political instinct told him
that all would be lost unless he came
to bat with some reason. He might
just as we'll turn Republican as dis
tract the voters by forcing them to
guess. In order to save wear and
tear on his speech-making voice, he
had cards printed, passing them out
freely to every one observed gazing
on the damaged optic.
Sure, I'll tell you" read the cards.
II was helping an old crippled lady
of the airplane at Jacksonville,
Florida, when her crutch slipped out
from under her arm and hit me in the
eye. If you don't believe this, ask my
wife. She doesn't, either
Calling a printer on the Job Is q
great improvement over the usual
practice of mumbling something in
coherent about running into a door
in the dark, and fully as convincing.
The cards last three words, espe-
cially, have the unmistakable ring of
truth. In fact, the only thing the
card lacked of perfection was q de-
scription Of what the other fellow
looked like.
Evening star., 1941-11-05
Asks Pertinent Questions
OF "ISolatiOnist" Senators,

To the Editor of The Star:
Messrs. Vandenberg Taft, Capper,
Wheeler, Nye. La Toilette, the two
Clarks and other isolation Senators
have declared in the Senate that the
pending repeal of certain sections of
the Neutrality Act will remove the last
barrier which stands between the people
of this country and war" that when
Senators vote upon this issue they will
be voting upon the issue of peace or
war" that it is their last chance to pass
on the question of peace or war" May
we expect them now to desist from the
charge that the issue of war or peace
has been withheld from Congress, and
after the repeal has been made by Con-
gress to recognize that Congress has
passed on that issue. and to govern
themselves accordingly?
JOHN D. BRADLEY.
Evening star., 1941-11-05
Unwise Amendment

1t Is unfortunate that the House,
In passing the District of Columbia
rent control bill, accepted the hastily
written, i'll considered amendment
proposed on the floor by Representa-
tive Wright Patman of Texas This
amendment, by requiring the rent
administrator to delve into the COM
value of rental properties before
deciding on "a fair and reasonable
rental" defeats one of the prime OBJ
jectives OF the compromise measure
that OF setting up an expeditions,
simplified system Of rent regulation
for the period OF the existing emer-
gency. To achieve that objective,
the House District Committee, after
lengthy hearings and careful study
OF sundry proposals, wrote q bill
which would freeze" rents in WASH
ington as Of January I, 1941, with
provision for adjustment of the
frozen rent upward or downward
upon a showing by landlord or tenant
that prevailing rents for comparable
quarters In Washington warranted
such readjuStment. The rent-freez-
ing date finally selected was deemed
to represent period when rents In
Washington were approximately at
normal level.
The Patman amendment, in effect,
would bring return to the highly
unsatisfactory conditions which OBJ
tanned during the days Of the post
World War Rent Commission, when
protracted hearings. and involved
procedures harassed tenant and
landlord alike and provoked justified
criticism Of the commission and the
rent law under which it operated.
District Commissioner Guy Mason,
who was a member Of the old Rent
Commission, told the House commit
tee that it took four months to clear
up each petition, partly because Of
the small staff available and partly
because the commission had to de-
termine costs and values for rental
property in each instance. Under the
procedure required by the Patman
amendment, the rent administrator
undoubtedly would find it necessary
to employ large staff of realty and
appraisal experts to investigate and
determine the investment value" Of
properties in question.
The effect of the amendment, in
the long run. would be to discard the
rent ceiling in every case of protest
and substitute system of rent-fxing
having no relation to the emergency
and one which was proved imprac-
ticable during Washingtons previous
sad experience with rent control.
The Senate would do we'll to eliminate
the Patman amendment from the
pending bill and restore the measure
to the reasonable form in which it
left the House District Committee.
Evening star., 1941-11-05
Shelves Of Victory

The marching ranks of corn hare all
Uithdrdrn
To little ragged tents rhose per-
mons fly
In tauny stredmers as the mind
goes by
And phiSper in the frosty chill OF
da1rn.
4 field at peace, a bloodleSs battle
WOn'
Among these tents, the only camp
fire light
Glo1Us from the heaps of gathered
ears, as bright
And ,parmly golden as the autumn
sun.
Oh, that mans battle NTH the stub
born corn
Might satisfy his ,uarring heart,
that he
Might match his strength NTH
natures UalorouSly,
Return in triumph NTH the brown
field Shorn,
Bearing the SheGreS Of t.C50ry from
a strife
That forged no tools against .
brothers hte.
-'--Z -Ar~-sY KIc-Y.
Evening star., 1941-11-05

setting of any ceiling on farm prices
below ITO per cent Of parity. This,
1t was said, was to take care Of
fluctuations" in farm prices, but
there can be little doubt in any ones
mind that during this emergency all
or virtually all of the price changes
will be upward, so that farm prices,
under this provision, would be no
per cent of parity. While the bill was
in committee, however, still another
farm Safeguard" was adopted which,
according to Government experts,
may send some farm prices as much
as 20 per cent above the 10 per cent
Of parity level.
Glass legislation of this sort, cou-
pied with the failure of the bill to
provide any method of regulating
wages, cannot fail to arouse public
resentment and destroy public sup
port of the measure.
In Canada, the problem of price
COntrOl Is being tackled with rela-
lively little regard for political con-
siderations, and both farm prices and
wages have been brought within the
regulatory process. Prime Minister
Mackenzie King, in a recent address,
went to some length to explain the
reasons for this action, expressing
the belief that no price control pro-
gram could succeed without con-
trolling farm prices and wages, and
pointing out that farmers and wage
earners would be the greatest suffer-
ers if prices should get out of hand.
In conclusion, he made one Signifi-
cant point. In a democratic coun-
try" he said, price control cannot
succeed without the active support
and cooperation of the mass of the
people That Is a thought that
might we'll be pondered by this
country's dispensers Of special favors.
Evening star., 1941-11-05
Letters to the Editor
Proposes Correction of Traffic Hazard
At Connecticut Ave. and Eighteenth ST

proposes NOFTeCtiOH Oh ITdHC HAZdTu
At Connecticut Ave. and Eighteenth ST.
To the Editor OF The Star;
am one of the thousands who walk
to work in this city. I do not drive 10
work, but drive almost daily for various
purposes I have been driving for 80
years and include in my experience New
York, San Francisco. Los Angeles, Chi
cago and other cities. I would like to
make q minor suggestion which I am
sure would help promote safety at one
spot where I have seen a dozen near
accidents.
Each week day morning, I. as well as
some scores of others, walk down Eight
eenth street NV. crossing Connecticut
avenue between N and NJ streets. Prac-
tically the entire stream of pedestrian
traffic uses the walk and crOsswalk on
the left side of Eighteenth street going
across Connecticut avenue. The cross
ing is guarded by the usual light, but the
light is nicely timed-almost exactly
so that vigorous person. stepping out
briskly, has Just time enough to cross
Connecticut on the green light Drivers
coming down Eighteenth and wishing to
turn into Connecticut, know that it is a
short light and practically without eX-
ception put on speed to make the light,
turning left across the crosswalk with
out regard to any rights pedestrians may
have. This applies to lady drivers taXis,
iveried chauffeurs and just ordinary
folks. The pedestrians have their backs
to these potential killers, and within the
past two weeks I have seen one driver
climb the curb at the southwest corner
to get ahead of one pedestrian, one
killed his engine on an emergency stop,
and any number of pedestrians have had
to dodge and run for their lives. Only
in isolated instances does driver slow
and allow them to cross ahead of him.
Pedestrians crossing Connecticut on
the right-hand crosswalk of Eighteenth
street do so in comparative safety. They
are discouraged from doing so by the
fact that from N street south to the
intersection with Connecticut avenue
there is no sidewalk on the west side of
Eighteenth. The triangle between N
street. Eighteenth street, and Connecti-
cut avenue is graced by life-sized statue
of a Presbyterian minister named Wither-
spoon. There is a walk along the Con-
necticut side of this triangle but not
the other two. suggest that this be
remedied. I further suggest that
warning sign be placed on the light
standard at the southeast corner of the
intersection of Eighteenth and N streets
facing southbound pedestrians some
thing as follows: warning: To avoid
danger from traffic turning left from
Eighteenth into Connecticut pedestrians
crossing Connecticut via Eighteenth are
requested to use the walk on the west
side of Eighteenth street"
G. L. WOODRUFF,
1t. Comdr, U. S. N. Ret).
Evening star., 1941-11-05
Social Security Toxes

The administration plan to amend
the Social Security Act and increase
the tax rate, as counterinflationary
move, provokes critical dissent in
the current issue of the official pub
lication of the American Association
for Social Security, pioneer organi-
zation in the field of social insurance.
The association agrees that one of
the suggested steps, the extension Of
old age and survivors insurance to
certain classes Of workers, including
farm and domestic labor, is advisable
If feasible To associate this, how
ever. with such totally unrelated
issues as authorization and defense
financing, the association declares, is
"unwarranted and unwiSe."
To start with, it is pointed out, no
tax increase is needed for social Sc
curity purposes. Employers and en-
ployes now contribute l per cent
each on wage and pay rolls-up to
limit of $4,000 annually-for old-age
insurance while another 3 per
cent is paid by employers to finance
unemployment compensation. These
rates have created surplus reserves
approximating $4,000, 100000, and
with employment increasing and
benefit payments rejecting CORE
spending decrease, the reserves are
growing. To triple the old-age in
surance tax, as the Treasury has ad-
vocated the association warns, would
accelerate this growth and build up
the reserve, which is represented by
Government obligations, to propor-
tions that could be dangerous to the
national economy, while at the same
time paving the way for probable
demands for new benefits which the
Nation may be unable to meet during
the ost-emergency period. The as
ISOLATION also asks how 1t will be
possible to resist pressure for sharp
cuts in social security taxes in times
OF depression, if the rates are to be
regulated by the changing revenue
needs of emergency periods, rather
than by the necessities of the welfare
program itself.
These points are well taken and
Evening star., 1941-11-05

they deserve the deepest considera-
tion by Congress when the President
puts forward the new social security
program, which up to the present has
only been discussed in outline. Once
sound actuarial principles are dis
carded and the security system be-
comes enmeshed In economic expert
it faces disaster.
Evening star., 1941-11-05
Warning to Farmers

It is to be hoped that Secretary
of Agriculture Wickard's cautiously
worded but none the less specific
warning against the dangers inher-
ent in an unreasonable rise in farm
prices will not be lost upon the
farmers or their professional legisla-
tive champions.
Discussing provisions of the pend
ing price control bill, which would
have the effect of raising the prices
of some farm products we'll above 110
per cent of parity, Mr. Wickard, in a
National Radio Forum address, said:
II am against these proposals" He
added that he is against them be-
cause they would tend to make the
control bill ineffective and, second,
because agriculture stands to lose
lot of good will if people get the
idea that farmers are insisting on
too much"
If the goal of 100 per cent Of parity,
to which Mr. Wickard said he was
committed, be accepted as fair and
reasonable level of farm prices, then
it undoubtedly follows that the farm
ers. to the extent that their legisla-
tive spokesmen reflect their real
views, already are insisting on too
much.
The parity price level, when at
tanned, means that the farmer is
getting the same prices for his prod
ucts in terms of purchasing power
that he got in the 1909-19l4 period.
That period was selected as the basis
of parity because it was considered
fair to the farmer, and, since the
parity price level rises as the price
of things that the farmer must buy
advances, it follows that the parity
price guarantees him q permanent
degree of prosperity comparable to
that enjoyed in the base period.
But the farm bloc was not content
with this and succeeded In having
provision written into the original
price control bill which forbade the