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Evening star., 1942-04-09
The Political Mill .
With Primaries Neor, Congress Listens Closely
To Home Folks Views on Lobor Bills

sideration Of Senator Connally's
motion to take up his bill which
would authorize the President to
take over struck plants working
on Government contracts and to
provide for the freezing of the
existing status regarding open or
closed shop in those plants.
Amendments Likely.
Under the rules of the Senate,
II the Connally bill is taken up
for consideration, amendments
may be offered dealing with the
40-hour work week and with any
other phase Of the labor problem.
There seems strong probability
that some such amendments will
be offered, unless there Is a real
change of sentiment before that
time. Whether the amendments
could command a majority sup
port Is another matter entirely.
Labor has been able to get
what it wanted from the present
administration in the past, and
through the administrations sup
port, from Congress. Since the
beginning of the national defense
program, however, it has only
been because of the support Of
the administration that labor has
been able to Withstand efforts in
Congress to pass legislation which
the unions have opposed.
With a congressional election
In the offing, the members are
paying more and more attention
to what is being said by the
voters. The nominating primaries
are just around the corner. The
first of these primaries takes
place next Tuesday in Illinois.
The people have sounded of in
no uncertain tones several times
recently. Once was when Con-
gress put through a pension, or
retirement, act for its own men,
bers. Another was in the case
of the Office of Civilian Defense,
which seemed to be making little
progress and to be spending a
lot OF money on projects which
the people did not consider neces-
sary.
1t took the whole weight of
the administrators power, with
the President, Donald M. Nelson,
the high-ranking officers of the
War and Navy Departments
making definite statements
against changing or suspending
the 40-hour work week with
overtime pay. to prevent the
House from acting in a hurry
not long ago bill to suspend
that act for the duration of tre
war. ?
Hearings to Be Resume.
The House Naval Affair Com
mittee has suspended earrings
temporarily on the NTH and
Vinson bills for lat purpose,
but Is to resur.e them at the
end Of the present vacation"
1t is p--oumed in the light OF
wha. the members hear at home
they will then act. Labor in the
meantime has organized a strong
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that this silver be lease-loaned TO
the w. p. B., a subterfuge designed
to avoid the necessity for legisla-
ton which might eventuate In wip-
ing out the present requirement
that the Treasury purchase all do
mestically mined silver at I'LL cents
an ounce, approximately twice the
prevailing commercial price.
The 4o,o00-ton figure obviously
arises from the fact that this Is
approximately the amount OF So
called free silver" in the Treasury
vaults. To be exact. the free silver
stock at last report amounted 10
1865 ,44l,31O ounces, which tne
Treasury calculates as equivalent to
4s 600 tons. This is valued on the
Treasury books at its purchase price
of 1865, ,07s,182, an average OF ~
cents an ounce.
In addition, the Treasury has
1,l53 ,275 1893 ounces (about 10000
tons) of monetary silver. This also
cost an average of Al cents an ounce,
but it is valued on the books at
81 .4s1 ,l04. .3l4, based on the artifically
established currency price OF $l-2S
an ounce. Approximately third OF
this monetary silver has been coined
or pledged as security for green
back issues.
Demand Is Great.
Technically, the Treasury Is still
offering 351s cents an ounce Tor
foreign-mined silver. Actually the
commercial demand for silver now
is so great that all foreign offerings
are being bought in at something
above the Government price. One
private use to which silver currently
is being put is to replace priority
controlled tin in the coating OF beer
cans.
The Silver Act Of January, 1884,
required the Government to buy sill
yer until 1t reached the theoretical
coinage price of $l.29 an ounce. but
there was no stipulation as to how
quickly this aim was to be attained.
The Treasury began by offering so
cents an ounce (about IS cents
above the then prevailing CONNER
cial price, for all silver, both domes-
tic and foreign
For more than year Government
buying seemed to have no marked
effect on the world silver situation,
but in the fall Of 1885 the silver
price skyrocketed. President Roose-
welt lacked up the Governments
silver buying price by successive
stages to about 78 cents, but the
world price continued to run rapidly
ahead even of this figure.
1t became apparent that foreign
spectators were deliberately bulling
the market for their own profit and
also the swiftly mounting price was
draining Mexico, China and other
countries of their silver currencies
and otherwise producing serious in
ternational repercussions.
Policy Reversed.
In face of this situation the Gov
ernment suddenly reversed its pol
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Churchill cabinet can no longer
ignore the pressure. Similar out
cries are heard not only in the
u. s. s. r. but also in the West
ern European countries under
Nazi domination.
From the political point Of
view active operations against the
Axis in Europe appear essential.
Whether such operations are
feasible from the military point
Of view k an entirely different
matter.
Must Win Over Turkey.
If the estimates Of the United
Nations strategy board are cor
rect. the Nazis will not turn their
whole power on Russia until
some time late In June or early
in July. Before it decides to
"blitz" the Russians the Axis
must attempt to clean up the
Mediterranean situation, win over
Turkey either by coercion or per-
suasion, and reach the Mosul oil
fields. This means that the bulk
Of the Nazi-Italian air force
henceforth will be concentrated
in Southern Europe and the East
ern Mediterranean in order to
achieve . quick decision In that
area. Such strategy Is possible
because, unlike Russia, the Near
Eastern terrain Is limited and the
British Imperial forces cannot be
as elusive as Stains armies.
While the Axis is engaged IN
those operations there is little
1t can do on the Eastern front
except attempt to hold the Rus
slams back, raid their positions
and intensity the submarine cam
paign In the North Atlantic to
prevent substantial reinforce
ments from reaching Murmansk
and Archangel from the United
States and Britain.
During the next three months.
II the British and American
high commands decide on action
against the Reich. every attempt
will be made to bring the
necessary ships and planes to
the invasion bases. The British
should have q force large enough
by now to invade the continent.
This force, together with token"
American units. may attempt
large-scale operations on the Eu-
ropean continent.
Two Basic Conditions.
1t is emphasized in responsible
quarters that our sending of
men must be considered merely
as token assistance In the frst
phase OF the invasion If 1t
occurs-becase Of the shipping
situation. For the time being
warden for Alexandra. quoted Col
Hart aS saying when he visited thu
;ity Tuesday.
Arlirrton defense heads eonferref
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Delivery Of
Night Final
Edition

The Night Final Edition Of
The Star, with two addi-
.ional pages of last-minute
news, Is delivered through
out Washington and nearby
suburbs, together with The
Sunday Star. at 85c per
month.
This edition gives the
latest developments of the
day in International, Ma
tional and Local news. with
complete Financial Reports.
Special delivery Is made
between 6 pm. and 7:l5 pm.
daily.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Arlington, Alexandra
Defense Sefups Praised

Civilian defense organization In
Arlington and Alexandria has been
pronounced sound by 1t. Col. Allan
Hart, Army oficer assigned to duty
with the Virginia State Defense
Council, defense ofnciels said yes
terday.
Alexandra has one OF the best
organized defense units in the State"
Bernard Padgett. chief AFRAID
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To Lecture on India

The Rev. We're Walford Abbey,
general secretary of the India Chris
tian Endeavor Union for the last II
years, will deliver lecture on India,
Burma and Ceylon under the aus
pices of the Christian Endeavor
Union OF the Rhode Island Avenue
Methodist Church at 8 pm. to-
morrow.
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1910 to supply
Japan with rub
Der has been re-
lated to the
Truman Com
mittee of the
Senate by Sec
retary Of Com
merce Je sse
Jones.
The testimony
reveals that the
British = Dutch
cartel did not
even encourage
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year and that II we decide to
direct our principal efforts to-
ward Europe, we shall have to
neglect the Pacific.
Gen. Macarthur needs many
more weeks Of preparation be-
fore he can consider his defensive
position secure in Australia and
many more months before he can
think of striking at the Japanese.
Should the Government slow
down reinforcements. the posi-
ton of that continent might be-
come critical
Consequently, competent mill
tary observers consider that Gen.
Marshall's visit to Britain Is
merely exploratory to study con-
ditions at first hand and to re-
port back to President Roosevelt
what the chances Of success
would be II an invasion of Eu-
rope were attempted under Ger
tain specific circumstances, such
AZ an Axis setback In the Near
East and failure OF the Nazi
campaign In Russia.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Society to Give 'Pinofore'

Clef and Key, a University Of
Maryland musical and dramatic So
ciety, will present H. M. S. Pima
fore" April %, "a and Is at Sis
pm. in the agricultural auditorium
Leading parts will be taken by
Dwight Fearnow and Marcella Bic
by1ccb
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son, chairman of
the War Pro-
duction Board,
that 10000 tons
OF the Ire a S =
ury' S ov err
price silver
took be re-
leased to supply
solder and other
ma t er l ais for
I he " a r m q
chine.
Silver Sena-
tors have added
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TO hinder our
war effort than
all the others
put togeth er.
The men most
guilty of its use
are our national
leaders. 1t is a
fav vorite with
them. They use
1t In aim o s t
every Epe e c n.
1T he ultimate
victory will be
ours" How many
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When you've finished reading this
paper, why not send 1t on q little
mission abroad: Call . collector and
start your waste paper on its way
to q useful war purpose or send 1t to
q nearby school for collection.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
BY JAY G. HAYDEN.

The crowning touch Of irony as
respects the New Deals currency
manipulations has been supplied in
the suggestion by Donald M. Mel
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THE opinions OF the wrers this page their not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented In The
Stars effort to oiue all sides OF questions interest to its
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1942-04-09
Jones' Story
On Rubber
Reviewed
Problem Of Ample
Synthetic Supply
Held UnsoIved
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

How the British-Dutch cartel re-
stricted the shipment of rubber from
the Netherlands East Indies and
Malay States and continued even in
Evening star., 1942-04-09

If you can remember Pearl Har-
Dor, you can remember to call a
collector and give him your old
paper.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
.McLemore-
Ultimately We Must
Drop 'UItimote'
By HENRY McLEMORE.

Use Of the word ultimate" should
be barred for the duration In this
country.
1t is the word that Is doing more
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with Col. Hart. The organization
drew his praise.
He is expected to revisit both
areas in about 10 days.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

The arrival in London Of
Gen. George c. Marshall, United
States Army chief Of stafI, and
Harry Hopkins, President Roose-
velt's Nc. / adviser, has produced
a wave Of speculation as to future
Allied war plans.
The question Of . summer
offensive by British American
forces, In conjunction with the
Russians, Is now being seriously
discussed. although in most COM
petent circles such . possibility
u still discounted. Gen. Marshall
and Mr.. Hopkins are said TO be
visiting London to obtain first
hand information regarding Ger
tain possibilities"
The demand for offensive ac-
ton after almost three years Of
fatal defensives is growing among
the British people and the
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warden for Alexandra. quoted Col
Hart as saying when he visited the
city Tuesday.
Arlington defense heads conferred
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William Green, have pledged
they will work together and
have no further "jurisdictional"
strikes in defense plants.
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ton unit is anxious to get at least
a hundred panel delivery trucks and
their drivers.
Or they may take the less seriously
injured to casualty stations or to
their homes or act as couriers.
Those assigned at the supply
depots will be on call for any trans
portation job. They may supple
ment the medical unit in carrying
first-aid supplies. They may be
used as drivers for Army officers.
They may supplement the demoli-
ton squads own truck force. They
may be called on to help evacuate
the aged and infirm from dangerous
to safer areas.
Because this is a job that requires
training, the corps of volunteers for
the transportation unit must be en-
listed now. They have been given
assurance that in their training pc
riod and thereafter, they will not be
called on to use up an unreasonable
amount of their own tires and gas.
For the men or women who can
drive q car and as yet have found
no place in the war effort, this Is a
job worth doing, one that must be
done should the enemy choose
Washington for q target.
Evening star., 1942-11-09
Suspect Is Identified
As 'Bandage Bandit
Who Killed Grocer
Police Soy Man Brought
Back From Harrisburg
Has Admitted HoIdups

Police today were preparing to
bring charges against a 23-year- old
colored man who was identified by
two witnesses at police headquarters
yesterday as the "bandage- bandit
slayer of Harry Kline, A. grocery
store proprietor at 1893 Fifth street
NE.
The suspect, who was brought
back Friday from Harrisburg, Pa,
where he had been arrested the day
before, already has admitted &C
cording to police, that he held up
and robbed Harry Katz, proprietor
of liquor store at 1861 New York
avenue NE. on October 80 and Mrs
Ida Chite. 70, manager of the Toree
Real Estate Co., at 1925 North Cap
itol street.
During the lineup at headquar-
ters yesterday, the man was identi-
fled by two witnesses as the slayer
of Mr.. Kline and by four other hold
up victims.
Miss Beulah Strand OF the HOO
block OF AbDey place N E., and Cath
crime Harris, IA, of 1119 Fifth street
NE, named the prisoner as the man
who on October II shot and killed
the grocer.
The prisoner conducted his crimes,
police said, wearing a bandage on
his face. When he was arrested in
Harrisburg, it was said, he was
carrying adhesive tape and bandages
in his pocket. All the suspects who
were lined up yesterday for identi-
1cation. it was reported, were made
to wear bandages on their faces.
Victims who identified the man
besides Mr.. Katz and Mrs. Chite
were Gabriel Sacks, 811 Ninth street
NV, who was robbed of $105 at the
Lux Appliance Co., September 30
Martin P. Mallory, 1903 D street
NE, robbed August 81 of $50 in the
700 block of Twelfth street NE. and
Leon and Ruth Slavin, 1910 Davis
place NV, robbed of 5000 in front
of their home on August II. Mr..
Katz was robbed of $500 and Mrs.
Chite of $207.
Evening star., 1942-11-09
Six Persons Injured
In D. T.. and Nearby
Auto Accidents
British Air Commission
Member Hurt as Cab
Crashes Into Bridge

Six persons were injured in auto
mobile accidents in the District and
nearby areas yesterday.
Two soldiers and a sailor were
hurt when the car in which they
were riding ran off the Washington
Baltimore highway and struck a
culvert 2 miles south of Waterloo,
Md, last night. Pvts. Ellis c.
Graham, Sd, 26, and Stephen A.
Wrinkles, %, stationed at Fort
Eustis, Va, suffered lacerations to
the face and head. Thomas Gar
rison, the sailor, received a possible
fractured pelvis. All were taken
to Fort Meade Hospital.
Pvt. Graham, said by Maryland
State police to have been the driver.
told authorities he was forced off
the road by a passing car.
Capt. Edward Pearce, 80, men,
ber of the British Air Commission,
was injured when the taxicab in
which he was riding crashed into
a support in the Highway Bridge.
He was given first aid for a possible
skull fracture at Emergency Hos
pital and later transferred to Walter
Reed Hospital.
The driver Of the cab, Samuel
Harper, colored, 2O17 Portner place
NV, suffered several fractured ribs
and a possible lung puncture.
George E. Club, 18. of Silver Hill,
Md. suffered a fractured skull and
a broken nose in an accident on
the Marlboro pike yesterday. He
was taken to Casualty Hospital.
Evening star., 1942-11-09
D. T.. Ration Boards
Call for Personal
Registration Of Tires
Change in Plans Voids
Earlier Method of
Sending Substitute

District automobile owners were
advised today by local rationing
officials that they must appear in
person to register their cars next
Thursday and Friday under the new
tire inspection plan. The registra-
ton program here is designed to
bring the District in line with the
system which vii. go into Nation
wide operation on November %.
Previously, the Office of Price Ad-
ministration had indicated it would
not be necessary for car owner to
appear in person at rationing boards
or registration centers, but merely
to send any adult with the own
er's registration card and other
pertinent data An OPA spokesman
pointed out today, however. each
local Rationing Board is permitted
to devise its own system of register
ing motorists, and that under the
method to be used in the District,
the car owners must report in per-
son. to one of the % schools des-
ignated to conduct the registrations
this week,
In many other places, including
Maryland and Virginia. motorists
are merely required to pick up their
rationing applications at gasoline
stations and garages. They may
then fill them cut and sign them
at home and send them to their
boards either by mail or by some
other person. The signature of the
car owner is required on each ap-
plication, and this cannot be OBJ
tanned in the District unless the car
owner himself reports to the schools
to register.
District rationing officials adopted
the system of having motorists
register at the schools becouse they
believed this would enable them to
get all the details out of the way
before the actual inspection of tires
begins on December l.
The District OPA office revealed
today so more applications had been
received from garage owners and
automobile dealers willing to set up
tire-inspection stations on their
premises. To date, about $50 ap-
plications have been turned in.
Whitney Leary, District OPA di-
rector, has said about 400 inspectors
will be required to handle the in
spections properly. He pointed out,
however. that many of the places
approved as stations will have more
than one inspector.
Evening star., 1942-11-09
Guidance Service Set Up
For Niqht School Students

A special guidance service for
students in the Washington public
night schools has been set up at
the Central Evening High School,
Thirteenth and Clifton streets NV,
according to an announcement by
Assistant Supt. of Schools Chester
w. Holmes.
Charles E. Barton. the guidance
counselor, will be available at Gen.
trail from 7:30 to 10 pm. on Mon
days, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
The object of the service, accord
ing to DR.. Holmes. is to assist out
of-school youth with educational
and occupational problems. The day
student, he explained, receives this
guidance automatically. Heretofore,
however, students in the scattered
night school classes have had no
central place to 60 for Information
on the armed services, civilian de-
fense, manpower needs and en-
ployment possibilities.
In response to growing demands
by night school students, Mr..
Holmes added, new classes in mathe-
mates have been started at Cen
trail and new classes in Spanish
at Western High School.
Evening star., 1942-11-09
Inactive Units
Of 0CD in City
Face Shake-up
Mutual Assistance
Committee Named
By Council Chief

Inactive civilian Defense COM
mittees in Washington either will De
lacked up by the Civilian Defense
Council or replaced by citizens more
willing to do the job. Leonard
Tucker, president of the council
declared today.
At the same time, he announced
the appointment Of mutual as
sistance committee designed to put
all civilian defense area com"
mittees on working basis.
Members of the new committee
are DR.. Ralph B. Kennard OF SIX
teenth Street Highlands; George l..
Thomas, Howard Park, and Harry
Friedman, Sixteenth Street Heights.
AS a basis for its activities the
new committee will use the Civilian
Defense Committee reports from the
sc areas recently submitted to local
OCD. Some areas turned in IN
complete reports and some did not
report at all. In at least two areas,
according to the reports, the Clvlllan
Defense Committee has disbanded.
Meeting Set Tomorrow.
Discussion of the job before tho
mutual assistance group Is scheduled
tonight when Mr. Tucker has called
| an Executive Committee meeting OF
the council.
Before November 10 when tho
council meets again, Mr.. Tucker
said he hoped a definite plan could
! be prepared SO the council could
vote on the action to be taken with
each backward group.
The most important job, Mr..
Tucker said, was to get the inactive
committees reorganiZed. After that,
members of the mutual assistance
committee will help the newly or
! ganized groups in starting recruit.
! ing, fund raising and civilian mobi-
/ lization programs.
Where area committees are not
functioning. Mr. Tucker said, the
mutual assistance group will check
with Chief Air Raid Warden Will
liam j. Mileham to determine if the
warden service in the area is active.
Then the help of deputy warden OF
the area may be solicited to obtain
names of citizens who might be
willing to serve on the Civilian De-
fense Committee.
Alternative Proposed.
AS an alternative, Col. Lemuel
Bolles, executive director of District
civilian defense, might be asked to
call mass meeting of citizens of
the area to elect their own repre-
sentatives. Wherever possible, how
ever, an attempt will be made to
| inject life into the original COM
mittee.
The Civilian Defense Council plan
follows publication of the area re-
ports on civilian defense activities
which OCD officials frankly ad-
mitted were disappointing in many
cases. The goal of the council is
to put all committees on an equal
footing so the overall program in
each area will be kept moving.
AS an indication that some areas
were less active than others, Mr..
Tucker pointed to the fact that re-
peated requests sent to all civilian
defense committees to appoint two
representatives to the council had
resulted in representation from only
40 instead of the entire 66 areas,
Evening star., 1942-11-09
Gambler Who Pawned
Friend S Shoes Ends Life

A 28-year-old man, who pawned
his friends shoes to obtain money
for a last unsuccessful gambling
effort, ended his life yesterday by
turning on the gas jets in his room
at 735 First street NV.
James Allen Benson, a former
transfer company employe, was
found dead in his room by the
friend, James A. Phillips, who lives
at the same address. A certificate
of suicide was issued by Deputy
Coroner Richard Rosenberg.
Benson left note addressed to
Mr.. Phillips. in which he told his
friend about the shoes and where
they could be recovered. In the
same note he said: II wanted to
live more than ever before. but I
found too late gambling doesn't pay.
When I realized it I was so far in
debt I took chances just to pull out,
and, as you know, lost. Gambling
took my soul, so I may as well give
it my life"
Benson had been unemployed re-
Gently because of an injury.