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Evening star., 1942-12-09
"TAKOMA PARK,

Dear Sir:
Il want to thank you for your articles.
I think they are fine. I do get amused
at some of the letters you receive. Did
you ever notice that when birds develop
human traits. people are ready to pounce
on them and want something done
about it?
THE overbearing jays. quarrelsome
starlings, sparroWs who get to be para
sites. etc.-a lot of people could do with
out nicely. But after all. perhaps there
has to be balance of power in brdland.
Like the poor, the good and the bad
always will be with us, too.
Il think every one who feeds and
knows birds has a favorite Mine is the
chickadee. His gay chatter when he is
feeding or his song when he comes and
Il always want to put out an extra
portion Just for him
The best of luck to you and your
birds.
Sincerely, L. A. NJ"
The chickadee is everybody's favorite
He is one of the smallest as we'll as one
Of the most beautiful songsters
The unfortunate thing is that English
sparrows and other of the more common
birds will tend to drive him away
Hence the necessity is, as our cores
pondent points out. to find some way of
making an especial appeal to him.
Not that the lure always will be sue
cessful. But it will be we'll worth trying.
4 ~
Bits of suet, tied to branches Of ever
green's. might appeal.
Small feeding stations, put at unusual
sites, and stocked with ground-up suet
and sunflower seeds, may be tried
II coconut shell can be found 1t may
be followed out and slice cut out Of
one side about half way down.
Then long wire is strung through
the 'eyes' and the whole put in a tree
or suspended from an arch or arm stuck
out from the garage
Stocked with sunf1oWer seed, this is
a favorite of chickadees. nuthatches and
titmice
Another device liked by this trio is
the food stick. so-called This is a sec
ton of branch about foot long and two
inches in diameter
With a large auger, holes are bored at
intervals, and these are stuffed with
melted suet in which various seeds are
Incorporated
This stick is hung in shrubbery. or in
a tree.
1t is plain that all sorts Of feeding
| stations no matter for whom intended,
will be visited by many species, as we'll
as by the squirrels
Even pigeons. large and fat, will come
in time, unless they are vigorously chased
away.
The smaller the feeding station. how
ever, the better chance there is that
large birds will not patronize it. and the
more chance there is that the small ones
will.
Evening star., 1942-12-09
Comments on Columnist's Views
CnnroPntvN En4I prtnae

To the Editor Of The Star:
I note what Samuel Grafton, In The
Star for December /, calls "corkscrew
arguments about food supply black
markets and rationing-when they are
critical Of the administration.
Where does Mr.. Grafton get the idea
that successful regulation Is purely guam
titative and so requires more bureaucrats
to be effective? Is that critic who says
that a change in the character of regu-
lations would make possible much
lesser but more successful civil service
bureaucracy any more inconsistent in
contending that better government
can be a lesser government, than was
Thomas jefferson when he said: "Tha t
Government is best which governs least?"
Jefferson, of course, on the scene today
would be the little man who vasnt
there" in what Mr. Grafton thinks is
good government because it is big
government
Again, who ever argued that "back
markets are developed "by being too
Internally strict? Mr. Grafton must
have set up that straw man to add bulk
to his polemic conquests; for if big
bureaucracy is good government, then a
bulky argument must represent level
headed logic
I do not undertake to dovetail all the
arguments that may develop on Capitol
Hill against the administration. But let
us have Mr.. Grafton try threading the
administrations farm policies through
anything but a corkscrew. For example ::
In this same edition of The Star you
take up the farm side of the food argu-
ment nationally and point out that at
last when a crisis is imminent, the ad-
ministration is attempting to stop this
decline of manpoWer on the farms, The
first step contemplates higher farm wages
under the direction and control of Secre-
tary Wickard"
But note that farm leaders have sug-
gested for the duration" not higher
farm wages, but lower non-farm wages
and absence of Federal subsidies which,
as The Star says, are "at best a tempo
rary solution At worst they are a
highly inf1ationary aosolution of the sins
and utilities of an arbitrary fixation of
prices.
Yet, along with this decree for higher
farm wages, which the farm proprietor
must pay out of the prices he gets for
his products. we find, on the front page
of this same edition of The Star, the
following double-column headline: 'U S.
Plans Big Cash Penalties to Assure War
Crop Output" Subsidies, did you say?
Bring on your corkscrew. Mr.. Grafton,
and thread 1t also with this one
The Nation is being needlessly rationed
on the use Of gasoline for the sake Of
needful conservation of rubber so that
the crisis in transportation may be met.
Farm requests for rations have been
mercilessly cut--in Detroit offices far
from the madding crowd of farmers Yet
the administration is adopting a defini-
ton of essential" farming for man.
power purposes, which would remove
men from small farms close to their
Evening star., 1942-12-09
These Are the Builders

These are the builders on whose brit
tie bones
Netp empires shall arise; pho laid
them dotrn,
A bridge OF sacrifice for men to use:
Who kne,c themselues as lost yet dr.
ting cried,
"Take oper" as they ten to die
alone.
Crushed IN the dark tnppersonul arms
OF earth,
They cannot knop hoD great a
part they played
In tdshtoning the stone snd steel Of
men
Who struggle bltrdlv out Of tchut has
Across a bridge triumphant bones
haze lntd.
HELEN ROWLAND PRoMMEL.
Evening star., 1942-12-09
Realistic Approach to Peace
Urged by One Who Recalls Versatile,

Urged by One Who Recalls Versailles
To the Editor Of The Star:
The Attorney General saws there will
be no ''unrealistic compromise" at the
next peace table--as at Versailles Thank
God for that-and Mr. Biddle.
Discussion of peace or peace terms at q
time like this-with the world ablaze on
all fronts as never before-may. in it.
self, be considered "unrealistic." but per-
haps not by those who recall the sudden
collapse and termination of hostiiities
of World War No. l. And this brings
us to consideration of a possible peace
tender or protocol from some source in,
at least, the European theater. For.
surely. all must realize that the wholesale
slaughter and despoliation of today cam
not continue indefnitely-if there is to
be anything left for either victor or
vanquished.
Reverting to the Attorney Generals
quoted phrase Of no "unrealistic COM
promise as at Versailles, we can only
pray that we may be saved from another
versailles, which but sowed the seeds of
this war and. therefore, must accept
responsibility for the death Of millions.
Would 1t be too much, In the light of
experience, to ask that the starry eyed
boys-with their wonderful but "un-
realistic plans for world reformation
as we'll as the color blind who see only
red at mention of the enemy's name, be
Kept from that next table? Can't We
have something workable and realistic
next time. something that. viewing facts
as they are and humanity as it is, will
save the world from further strife and
senseless despoliation?
WILBUR H. CLOSE.
Evening star., 1942-12-09
Wants No Court Martial
OF Pacific Commanders Now.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
There is an old adage that charity
begins at home" but evidently our super
lative isolationists, Messrs. Nye and
Wheeler, never heard of it or at least do
not seem to believe in it. Why should
Senator Nye demand that Admiral Kim
mel and Gen. Short be brought to imme-
diate trial for their derelction ct Pearl
Harbor? What possible help can that
be to our war effort at this timer Prob
ably no two men in the whole' q. 8. A.
have suffered more than these gentle
men, 50 let us exercise little charity
by leaving them alone, at least until our
war y won. CHARITY,
Evening star., 1942-12-09

In other words the States found them
selves paying successfully more in bene-
fits during these three years and having
less available to be added to the reserves.
This illustrates how difficult 1t is, on our
limited experience, to predict fund
drains.
1t must also be remembered while ex-
figures that before the States paid cent
in benefits they collected contributions
for the equivalent of one year at the 27
per cent rate. The first few benefit
paying years Of the program, therefore,
would still retain the effects of this
fattening-up period.
In spite of these and other warning
signals. the States. under pressure, have
been steadily cutting their unemploy-
ment taxes, until the point where, as of
December 1912, of the 38 States with
provisions for varying the individual
employers rate above and below the 27
per cent, only 20 have rates above 81 as
well as below! The other 10 have rate
structures which run like fixed" slot
machine-downwards: in two OF the lat
ter group the minimum rate is as low as
tzero) per cent!
The present situation clearly points
to the need of %, recognizing the un-
employment problem as one of national
magnitude; (2), maintaining the av-
erage State tax at the rate of the At
per cent mark until. at least, the post
war transition period is over: 90, insti-
tuting at once some pooling system of
the funds or federalizing the a. per
cent tax.
The relationship OF the above discus
sion to the proposed District Of Columbia
tax rate reduction ought to be very clear
The employers in the District are totally
dependent upon expenditures made by
Evening star., 1942-12-09

power-for military service, for in
dustry, for agriculture-calls for an
even finer spirit of sacrifice by the
people. 1t means, in effect, that
every citizen holds himself in readi-
ness to do the thing his Government
asks him to do and to forget personal
ambitions and preferences in his ef-
fort to do it cheerfully and well.
Evening star., 1942-12-09
Every Citizen q Soldier

The people, it is believed. are ready
enough to accept Mr.. McNutt's con-
ception of the Nations popula ton as
a vast reservoir Of manpoWer, from
which the needs of the armed serv-
ices, industry, agriculture and essen
tail civilian activities will be supplied
Most of the people are willing enough
to do what they are asked to do to win
the war. Fundamentally the most
complex part Of the manpoWer prob
lem has resulted from uncertainty,
uncertainty on the part of the indi-
vidual and uncertainty on the part
of the Government in deciding where
duty lay.
without discounting the manifest
difficulties that are still ahead for
the Manpower Commission a tre-
mendous advantage has been gained
In centralizing the power of decision
In Washington. That, with the
abandonment of voluntary enlist
ment and a halt on the highly COM
petitive bidding between the recruit
ing officers, the draft boards and in
dustry, will go far to simplify the
rest of the problem by ending the
uncertainty
Mr.. McNutt correctly points out
that his first step is to determine the
basic military needs--for the fulfill
ment of these needs becomes his first
problem. BY this time, those needs
should be pretty we'll established
Primarily. they will reflect the Ma
tion's military problem as the mill
tary men see it. They know, gen
orally, the size of the Army and the
Navy we must have to carry out the
military task that events have out
lined. But they also know that the
size of our military forces is directly
related to the Nations ability to arm
and to equip them, to feed and clothe
the people at home and to meet our
commitments to our Allies abroad.
The size of the Navy, Secretary
Knox said yesterday. will not be
affected by the abandonment of re-
cruiting. Nor should it. If the man.
power Is there, it can be supplied as
readily and in a more orderly man
ner through the selective service
system than by enlistment. The Navy
has depended, traditionally. on en-
listment. There is supposed to be a
psychological advantage in volun-
tary, rather than drafted, service
But the Navy in modern times has
never tested this theory. In the
summer of 1918, when enlistments
were banned for the Navy, about
12,5O0 men were inducted through
the draft. But the war was over
before these men received basic
training. Perhaps the Navy will find
as the Army has found, that the
advantages claimed for voluntary as
against drafted service are not sup
ported in practice.
The decision to ban enlistments
like the Anal decision on the powers
and the form Of the Manpower Com
mission, has been delayed. It's wis
dom will be demonstrated as we &c
deeper and deeper into the war. Fol
while there is fine sentiment In the
gesture cf volunteering ones serv-
ices, the universal draft Of man
Evening star., 1942-12-09

markets while leaving on slightly larger
farms far from any market men who
produce more but must use up so much
rubber and other transportation to get
their product consumed as to develop a
large spread in transportation costs
which the country can i'll afford. And all
this while ODT is handing out ESSEN
tial' badges to non-farm truck drivers
tThe kind of drivers that mount a
farmers truck and ride into New York
City with him, for fee?,
We can all agree with Mr. Grafton's S
headline-"1d Rather Be Right"
FARMER.
Evening star., 1942-12-09
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. Hdsktn.

A reader can get the ansper TO any
question OF fact by ,orttino The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hdskin, director, Washington.
D. c. Please inclose stamp for return
postage.
@. What is the correct title Of the
head of the Supreme Court Of the
United States?-H. L. Y.
A. Chief Justice of the United States:
not Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
as Is often supposed.
@. Did Luther Burbank ever produce
a white blackberry?-L. r. NJ.
A. 1t Is said that the late Mr.. Bur-
bank grew 5000 hybrid bushes before
he succeeded in producing a white
blackberry.
@. Where Is the monument to the
Bible?-W N. S.
A. What Is believed to be the only
monument to the Holy Bible In the world
is on the campus Of Illinois Wesleyan
University at Bloomington, III.
@. Is the discharge Of the skunk q
sure protection against all enemiesQ-
B. N.
A. 1t is fairly sure for the adult but
many young skunks are eaten by
wolves, coyotes, foxes, badgers and owls.
@. Did any States lose population In
the last decade?-H. A.
A. Six States lost population In the
decade 1s3o-1s4o. They were Vermont.
and the five dust-bowl States, North
and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas
and Oklahoma The States with the
greatest proportionate increase were
Florida. New Mexico, Idaho, Nevada and
California.
Evening star., 1942-12-09

Parents of boys in service not only
should be proud of them, but &C
tually are indebted to them In
addition to risking their lives that
their fathers and mothers may be
safe, they are undergoing hardship
in order to preserve for their fore
bears such measure of peace. free
dom and comfort as the latter may
now eniOv.
Evening star., 1942-12-09

United States Map-Just OF the
press, printed in full color, al by %
inches in size. Familiarize yourself
with the largest cities, the capitals of
States and the location of places
mentioned in the daily news. This
new map includes our detached ter
ritories and shows the Aleutian Is
lands and Alaska in detail. The re-
verse side gives 1910 population
figures of States and 200 leading
cities. Another timely feature is the
insignia of the Army. Navy and Ma
rine Corps An excellent map for
home, Office or school To secure
your copy inclose Is cents in coin,
wrapped in this clipping, and mail to
The Star Information Bureau.
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Address
Evening star., 1942-12-09

Federal employees. The latter are paid
from general revenues raised by general
taxation of citizens Of all States Why
then. should the District Of Columbia
employers protest against following the
program outlined In the previous para
graph? ADOLPH APPLEldAN.
Evening star., 1942-12-09

This phrase may yet be found fire.
quently scattered through the Con-
gressional Record: Provided that
no part of the funds herein appro-
priated shall be used to issue any
form Of questionable whatsoever"
Evening star., 1942-12-09

Q. Who was the fattest man who ever
nved2-G. F.
A. This record Is claimed for an Eng
lishman, Daniel Lambert, who lived
from ITO to 1909. He weighed 739
pounds and measured 9 feet inches
around the waist 1t Is recorded that at
one time II young men stood inside his
buttoned waistcoat.
O. What is meant by coonskin
library?..R. P. T.
A. In the early DAYS Of the Middle
West raccoon skins were sold to purchase
books for libraries. Fines also were paid
In coonskins hence the sppellation.
@. During which Presidents admin
tstration were the most States admitted
to the Union?-P P.
A. Benjamin Harrison's. During his
term OF Office six States were admitted.
North Dakota, South Dakota. Montana.
Washington, Idaho and Wyoming.
Q. When did the United States acquire
the Aleutian Islands?-C. L. r.
A. These islands were obtained as q
part Of Alaska in 1867.
@. Where was Jonas Lie, the painter,
born, and how is his name pronounced?
M. S. C.
A. He was born In Moss, Norway. The
name is pronounced "Yonas Lee"
@. Who originated the phrase. Life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness?"
L. W. S.
A. The origin Of these words In the
Declaration Of Independence Is attrib-
uted to Thomas Jefferson.
@. What State approximates England
In area?-F. r. G.
A. England is little smaller In size
than the State of Oregon There is no
spot In the country that Is more than
10 miles distant from salt water.
@. When was shorthand first used?-
E. r.
A. The earliest record Of an organized
system Of shorthand dates from the year
% d. ht tildI LlHlc ITlenQ OF ClCer0S,
Marcus Tullius Trio, invented system
that was used in recording the speeches
OF Cicero, Seneca and others in the
Roman Senate. The system invented by
Trio was taught In the Roman schools
Q. Please give some information about
the red carpet used for British royalty2
IN. C. H.
A. There is no particular red carpet
used by royalty. 1t Is customary In Eng
land, however to spread q red CARPET
wherever royalty may have to walk from
carriage or car to the entrance of the
building.
@. What was Alexander Popes Uni
versal Prayer?-E. G. N
A. 1t Is as follows: What conscience
dictates to be done. or warns me no. to
do This teach me more than hell to
shun. That more than heav'n pursue"
Evening star., 1942-12-09

The war has brought a number Of
disagreeable things, including the
newest phrase, "compartmentalized
thinking"
Evening star., 1942-12-09

the committee could have made. 1t
at least Is Z better one than many
anticipated. And it may be shown,
in time, to have been a thoroughly
wise decision,
Evening star., 1942-12-09
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1priter, although the use OF
a psendonyn1 for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters NTH
a Uie1U to condensation.
Evening star., 1942-12-09

A. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use Tor republication of all news dispatches
credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in This
paper and also the local news published herein.
herein also reserved
Evening star., 1942-12-09

O. What is meant by coonskin
library?..R. P. T.
A. In the early DAYS Of the Middle
West raccoon skins were sold to purchase
books for libraries. Fines also were paid
In coonskins, hence the appellation.
Evening star., 1942-12-09
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Entered as second-class matter post ONCE,
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Evening star., 1942-12-09

@. What was Alexander Popes Uni
versal Prayer?-E. G. N.
A. 1t Is as follows: What conscience
dictates to be done, or warns me no. to
do; This teach me more than hell to
shun, That more than heav'n pursue"
Evening star., 1942-12-09

Q. When did the United States acquire
the Aleutian Islands?-C. L. r.
A. These islands were obtained as q
part Of Alaska in 1867.
Evening star., 1942-12-09

@. During which Presidents admin
istration were the most States admitted
to the Union?-P. P.
A. Benjamin Harrison's, During his
term of Office six States were admitted.
North Dakota, South Dakota. Montana,
Washington Idaho and Wyoming.
Evening star., 1942-11-01
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Evening star., 1942-11-01

Olympia S1ys: II use Pacquins regu-
larly at work. Then know my hands
will make a good impression after
work. 1t feels SO cooling and sooth-
ing j.. does away with that unpleas-
ant dry feeling. Easy to use. too.
because it's a cream, not a liquid"
Evening star., 1942-11-01
TRAVELLING LIGHT?

ent, freshener, deodorant, bath
powder, makeup aids. and what
ever else it takes to keep you look
ing as fresh as the risen-from-the-
foam Aphrodite. To keep these
travellers aids in good shape, pack
face tissues, powder puffs, wash
rags and what-n -nots into hooks and
crannies. Include among the what
nots a pair of stockings.
Helping you to organize the con-
tents of your big bag is where our
globe-trotting stewardess shines
best. Remember, she says, that
shoes, hats and pocketbooks
are aggressive space-takers. So,
if you can make those that you
wear serve the clothes that you
carry, you can conserve space.
PACKING TISSUES. Skip these.
They are pre-war luxuries that
can be dispensed with, if you'll
substitute knitwear and tweeds
for crushable clothing. Kathryn's
standbys for her out-of-uniform
excursions in Ireland. where the
Flying Aces land, are a sweater
and a knit skirt for casual dress,
the same knit skirt and a bejeweled
sweater for fancier needs.
indies? Where you can make
one piece do for two "a combi-
nation slip and bra take the place
of a slip and a bandeau, for exam
pie you can save valuable
space. A blouse which boasts a
petticoat as a shirt-tail is a design
ing space-saving trick.
Where you have a laundry-fresh
blouse or some other starched-
underline chin piece that you
want eto, keep safe in a bulging
bag. pack it last.
2. r.
o0DS AlgD ENDS. Don't use the
pockets Of youH bag as a dumping
ground foF these. .Lumpy pockets.
only make it tougher for you to
close your bag. even when there
is an accommodating friend to sit
upon the bouncy lid. Best place to
stow your oddments is in the cor
ners and crannies of your bag.
Evening star., 1942-11-01
An airline hostess
gives timely hints
for wartime jaun1s
%%%'tss Blythe

WING N A SUITCASE and
looking as though you had
IL stepped from a bandbox is
new technique you'll need to mas
ter, if you expect to join wartime
multitudes on wheels.
So, if you are a college girl who
shuttles home, a Service wife who
does the visiting, or career wom-
an whose job makes gypsy out
of you, take notes from Kathryn
Friedrich. She is one of the seven
stewardesses who take off with
the Flying Aces" famous air
liners which ply the Atlantic.
These girls. who hobnob with
important travellers, such as min
listers, diplomats and other prior
ity passengers. are obliged to look
like a million, with next-to-nothing
in the way of luggage to help them
turn the trick. Here's how.
Says Kathryn: Take only the
grooming aids that you are going
to need and only clothes that are
good travellers. Put these in bags
one big. one little - that add
practically nothing to their
weight"
LUGGAGE, Best type for that pur-
pose, she says, is made of alright
fabric.
If you check your luggage
through, rs airlines make YOU
do, and as railroad companies
would like you to do, put your
essential grooming aids into .
hand-swung reticule.
But herd into this portable Kit
only what you're going to need to
see you through your travels.
From your bulkily- -packaged jars
and bottles transfer into small
plastic containers measured allow
ances of cleansing cream, emolli-