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Evening star., 1942-10-02

cludes in its membership some Of
the country's best-known inventors
With the assistance of a technical
STAN, the council promptly examines
and evaluates the suggestions re-
ceiyed. The details of the inventions
submitted to the Army and Navy are
closely guarded. Secretary Stimson
and Secretary Knox, in letters to
DR.. Kettering, have praised the work
of the council and attested its value
to the armed forces.
Since the early days of the Re-
public the Americans have been an
inventive people. In the main, as
Secretary Stimson pointed out, their
inventive talents heretofore have
been devoted to improving the in
struments of peace. Now that the
Axis has forced war upon us, the in
ventors Of America are rising to meet
the challenge.
= In today's mechanical warfare,
the United States has a great po-
tential asset in the inventive genius
of its citizens. The council has al
ready done much to mobilize our
inventive resources behind our fight
ing men. Its record during the past
two years holds out a high promise
OF even greater service to the Nation
in the months ahead.
Evening star., 1942-10-02

sumed, at least among the amateur
strategists, that control Of the air
not only is essential to successful
offensive operations but would be a
reasonable guarantee of success in
a continental invasion. It did not
work out that way, however, in the
Dieppe attack.
The British had clear margin of
air superiority. What stopped them
was the quality of the German land
defenses, particularly the strength
of tank traps in the town itself.
British planners knew OF the exist
ence Of these tank barriers and had
taken them into account. But ap-
parently they underestimate their
strength, and one of the principal
reasons for the failure of the attack
was the inability of the British tanks
to break through after they had been
landed.
All of this, of course, is no reason
to conclude that a second front
can not or will not be opened. But
it is persuasive evidence that an in
vasion effort launched prematurely,
and without the most exact and
careful planning, would be disas-
trous. To repeat the experience of
Dieppe, but on a much larger scale,
would give a great deal of aid and
comfort to the Germans, but GER
tainly 1t would be of no value what
soever to the embattled Soviet Army.
Evening star., 1942-10-02
Urges Changing Fire Sirens
To Bells TO Avoid Confusion,
By Maj. George Fielding Eliot.
To the Editor of The Star

To the Editor Of The Star.
Since having the opportunity to OBJ
serve the handling of practice blackouts
in Washington have wondered why the
prevailing means Of signaling on fire
department apparatus Is not changed
from sirens to bells. The existing method
offers possibilities of much confusion.
From my quarters in . large apart
ment building observed lights which
were switched on, not only In various
parts OF that building but in adjacent
properties as well, when the apparatus
of . nearby station was called out during
the blackout. Wardens were required to
scurry around and warn the occupants to
put out their lights.
II blackouts have any value whatever
they must be total Other cities, such
as Chicago, for instance, long ago
changed from sirens to bells on all IRE
department apparatus as well rs on am
balances.
There Is 20 much similarity between
the tones Of sirens, both those used for
AFRAID warnings and those used by the
IRE department, that II no change is
made in Washington the resulting con-
fusion may end in serious results II We
ever have blackout that means husi-
mesa FLOYD WoRDEN.
Evening star., 1942-10-02
The Month of Midas

Men say you are the saddest Of
the year, -
Month OF October, shouting ouer-
much 81
The ,Odning summer and the ,pinter's
fear. ~
But I, 1oho ,Datch your silent Midas
touch ~
Kno1o you for ,Dhat you are-the
month of gold: -.
The grass gro,us russet, fruits turn
ripe and nelloU, %
Sea oats are lumber, 1ohile the NAPLES
hold m
A thousand ieapes that changed
from green to vellow. -
TJ
Be gay, October, for your little hourl
Midas toas happy for a little season.
But knoto you this, In spite, OF magic
potDer,
Your 1Oealth ,piH tarnish, for your ;
touch Is treason
TO vine and tree, and all your gold
= Is lost, "a,
Prisoned By silper letters Of the frost. Z
JOHN RICHARD MoRELAND. y
Evening star., 1942-10-02
Lesson of Dieppe

Winston Churchill's statement in
the House of Commons on the Dieppe
raid should give some pause to those
individuals who might be Jumped to-
gether under the general classifica-
tion of Second Front Now" strate-
gists.
Mr.. Churchill disclosed that losses
In the ranks of the attackers were
nearly half the total force. And this
despite the fact that their air sup
port was "faultless." In addition, it
should be remembered that the at
tacking troops were among the
best in the Allied service-superbly
trained specialists who are limited
In number and who cannot be reck-
lessly expended.
Heretofore 1t has been widely as
Evening star., 1942-10-02
Inventions and the War

That the National Inventors
Council, created in 1910 to encourage
inventive ideas of possible value to
the Army and Navy, is making a sub
stantial contribution to the war
effort, seems plainly indicated in the
summary recently made public of its
operations during the past two years.
Since its establishment the council
has received more than 100000 sug-
gestions, of which upwards Of $500.
on examination by experts. have
been given serious consideration. The
Army and Navy have tested hundreds
of these ideas. Many have already
been adopted and some have been
used in actual combat.
Headed by DR.. Charles F. Ketter-
ing, vice president in charge of re-
search for the General Motors Re-
search Corporation, the council In
Evening star., 1942-10-02
Prisoners Soma

The professional psychiatrist, COM
ing into contact as he does with
many strange delusions, is rarely sur
prised at what he digs up in a client:
but even the most blase member OF
his profession would doubt his own
sanity after listening to new sub
ject now coming into prominence
the Jap prisoner.
His trouble started back in Japan,
where by incessant propaganda three
delusions were ingrained; one, that
If he died in battle he would go
straightway to Jap heaven, where the
keys of the city would be personally
handed him by long line OF depart
ed Mikados; two, If he were captured
by Americans he would be slowly
tortured to death; three, that his
capture would disgrace forever both
himself and the family he left be-
hind. In consequence, he Is not often
captured; when he is, a struggle in
psychology commences greater than
the battle he has survived.
As time passes, and he remains all
In one piece, and better fed than at
any other time in his life, doubts
assail him. That string of deceased
emperors in heaven can wait while,
the longer the better. The disgrace
part is little tougher; that is, 1t
would be II he returned to Japan,
but he gets what he thinks Is q better
idea. Surely, after the war, these
kind Americans will let him and
family settle on some nearby island,
where he can do no harm? Grimly,
he Is reassured that after the war,
wherever he Il, he will do no harm.
Evening star., 1942-10-02
Complains About Suggestion
OF National "self-1n Interest"

To the Editor OF The Star
In his article of last Sunday, 'Constan-
tine Brown raped the Russian govern
ment over the knuckles for expecting
its Allies to establish q second theater
Of war, and advised us to follow self
interest In this conflict This is 4
perfect example of how to- SOW seeds
Of dissension among the United Nations
President Roosevelt has said, and all
who have given the matter any thought
must realize, that Russia is fighting our
battle, thus giving us an opportunity to
prepare to tackle the enemy.
To understand the feelings of the
Russian people it Is only necessary to
imagine our own Nation fighting for
its existence. facing possible defeat, and
allied to. two powerful countries whose
governments praised our gallantry, but
whose material aid was negligible.
Would We not be indignant with our
Allies unwillingness to take . risk, when
We were gradually being bled to death7
It is the path Of self-interest that
has led the nations Of the world to the
edge Of the precipice. and II that path
is not abandoned We al will plunge into
IN abyss Of darkness from which We
never again may smerse.
oxNTHUDE oEDH.
Evening star., 1942-10-02

circles. 1t is one of the beauties of music.
the way q musical work opens out on
repeated performances.
One Of the best features of the modern
phonograph is the ability 1t gives the
music lover to repeat = work As often
as he wishes.
The symphonies of Bruckner lack the
neat, cohesive quality found in Beetho-
ven. And since 1t is this latter masters
works which are the keynotes in the av-
erage appreciation Of symphonies it is
not to be wondered at, perhaps, that
many persons. not themselves musicians
or composers, find the more diffuse works
Of Anton Bruckner dif1icult.
If they are listened to, however, even
once, they will be found less difficult"
on subsequent hearings. One of the
amazing and hopeful facts. about SYM
phonic music, and one which more
thousands have mastered every year,
thanks to the radio and photograph, is
the ease with which the working out of
the various movements is comprehended
by persons with no particular musical
training. Their greatest asset is their
love for music. 1t must be remembered
that composers and musicians depend
upon the musically unframed. 1t is
for them that they write and work.
Hence every sincere lover of music can
feel that he has right to his own judg-
ment Often this judgment may be
faulty, but that cannot be helped.
Care for the birds of America means
that we will help them all we can.
Fortunately, in recent years, the cult
OF the bird has risen to new heights.
Thanks to the members of the various
organizations of the National Association
OF Audubon Societies, and many other
sincere friends of birds, the songsters
have found food and water at countless
thousands of places.
1t is always pleasure for the average
person to realize that he, too, may take
part in this work
1t Is real conservation, a saving OF
Americas natural resources
At the same time, 1t offers much in
terest and pleasure.
little food goes long way with the
birds. Water is something they need
badly at all times of the year.
All people can put out water, and
most persons can put out some food, at
least now and then.
Fortunately. few birds will be found
covered with oil. In relation to the
amazing number of chemicals they might
get mixed up with, few birds are harmed
in this way. Carbon monoxide gas is so
diluted that 1t has no effect on them
Pollution of streams harms them little
The fishes alone suffer, in this respect
1t is to be hoped that friends of birds
living along the sea coasts will devise
schemes for removing the oil from
drenched sea birds.
Heavy motor oil is one OF the worst
materials to take of skin, fur or feathers
The birds have suffered enough at the
hands of man without having this new
suffering thrust upon them.
Evening star., 1942-10-02
THIS AND THAT
By Charles Z. TracetoeN.

One of the saddest features of the war
from the nature standpoint Is the loss
Of waterfowl through exposure to oil
slicks on the ocean.
The birds innocently fly down to the
water beneath which some vessel has
sunk, coating the surface with oil for
hundreds of square yards.
Gulls and other beauties, exposed to
this injury, receive such a drenching
from oil that they ultimately die.
IT they manage to get to beaches, they
their bills and, swallowing it, perish all
the sooner
Experts declare that it is kindness to
the creatures to kill them.
This is one of the known losses follow
ing in the wake of the conflict.
No doubt European birds have suffered
largely. as we'll as those in other parts
Of the world.
Surprisingly little has been written
upon this matter.
Perhaps mankind is ashamed of the
woe it has brought to the birds and
animals, as the result of its present
indulgence in the periodic insanity
called war.
songbirds must have been lost in
staggering numbers as the result OF
bombing.
The laying waste of fields of grain
probably has been balanced by the
enlarged acreage, in the attempt to in
crease dwindling food supplies.
The toll by rats probably is on the
increase, since there is not time to give
to work against this menace and fight
the war, too.
On the home front more care must be
taken for the welfare of bird life than
ever before. 1t is not inconceivable that
in the future the birds of other lands
may have to be replenished from Amer
lea. In the past We have drawn largely
from the songsters of the Old World.
Some persons think that these expert
ments were not wholly successful. Not
many experiments of any nature can be
called completely successful. Certainly
the kind-hearted person would not be
likely to regard the experiment on the air
plane as leading to undivided good. The
misuse of ideas is not confined to any one
department. It is for this reason that we
have never been able to regard the i'm
portation OF the English sparrow, or
European house sparrow and the star
ling as complete mistakes. 1t is true
that today they offer problems to the
bird lover. They have, however, given
us, too, sturdy forms of bird life, replete
with interest to the person able to see
them.
Not all observers are able to see the
good in things. This applies to music
as we'll as to birds. How many music
lovers, so-called, there are who even to-
day profess to find the symphonies OF
Anton Bruckner uninteresting! This
comes about, of course, partly because
they have not heard them enough and
also because it is the fashion in some
Evening star., 1942-10-02
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hnskin.

A reader can get the arsDer to any
question OF jact By tDriting The Zoe
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J.. HasAin, director, Warrington,
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postage.
Q. Which are the two largest cities
in the United States in area7-K. N. D.
A. Los Angeles, with a land area OF
1856 square miles, is the largest, fol-
lowed by Chicago with 206.7 square miles.
@. To what extent has gasoline ra-
tioning reduced driving mileage2-B..R r.
A. According to the best estimates.
coupon rationing has reduced passenger
Car mileage by so per cent.
@. Which volume Of Dante Gabriel
Rossetti's poems was buried in his wife's
cofin?-C. ND
A. It was the collection of poems writ
ten during his wife's suffering and pub
lished in 1869 and 1870 under the title
House of Life" The poet was persuaded
to allow friends to recover them from
his wife's grave seven years after her
burial.
Evening star., 1942-10-02

copies that might better have been
thrown away.
Government in general is begged Gown
in swamp of records and correspond
ence. Every so often there is a gesture
toward simplification. Each Is disap-
pointing.
But red tape is not peculiar to govern
ment. One of the longest communica-
tlons ever saw pertained to the break
age of an 87-cent window In a Pullman
car. There were some 6O-odd indorse-
ments. 1t must have cost the Pullman
Co. at least as much in postage, sta
tionery. clerical hire and tipping wear
and tear. And in the end the company
did not recover the amount claimed.
Worship of meticulous accuracy and
thoroughness does not pay. "A letter will
answer itself If left on the desk for q
few days." That is more true than is
realized. Personal contacts are best: wire
or wireless are next. So long as the
memories Of the parties are sufficient for
conclusion of the subject, the details
need no record beyond an informal one.
Only when the subject is statistical or
It's details complicated or it may be of
historical Importance, or when its con-
clssion must be postponed to a future
time or decided by other personnel
should a record be essential.
Reform is quite possible through lively
interest in the subject by responsible
heads Of even minor otices. They must
know and accurately remember details;
must train each subordinate not in one
but In several specialties. Quite likely,
matters could be greatly simplified by
peremptorily enforced reduction of per-
sonnel or discard of machines. Usually
1t is the decision of q matter that Is I'M
portant, not the record of discussions
that led to it.
EDWARD r. McGLACHLIN,
Major General U. s. A., Retired.
Evening star., 1942-10-02
A Dual Responsibility

In his blunt statement that mo
one can live without labor, but they
certainly can live without labor
unions" Rear Admiral Ben Moreell,
chief OF the Bureau of Yards and
Docks, was merely emphasizing in
his speech to the AFL Construction
Trades Department, a point that any
real friend of union labor might
make in all sincerity. That point
was summed up in his reference to
the obvious fact that they are living
without them (unions) in Germany
and in Italy and in Japan and they
seem to be doing right well-at least
for the moment. In my opinion they
will live without them here If all of
us don't get in there and pitch"
For as more than one responsible
union leader has recognized in recent
months, if the power that lies in
privileges enjoyed by organized labor
as a result of the exercise of collec-
tive bargaining is abused to the point
where the war effort becomes dan
gerously retarded, the people-and
they include the members of unions
will take away that power as quickly
as they will remove anything else
that stands in the way of essential
victory. More and more there is a
realization by the strongest leaders
OF organized labor that their re-
sponsibility is two-fold: They are
responsible for continued production,
without injurious results to the war
effort, and they are responsible for
the continued success of the cause
OF organized labor. Failure in one
would be reflected by failure in the
other.
Taking the same general tack, an
other authority has had this to say:
Some men have the idea that the
Government can't make them work.
They say it is contrary to their con-
stitutional rights. When the
safety of nation is endangered
every citizen must serve where
he is told to serve. There is no time
for debate or argument. Civilians
must sweat while soldiers bleed. May
be they (the Government) can't
make you work. But, brother, they
can certainly make you wish you
had worked. A man who won't work
to- save other men from dying is
unworthy of his membership in any
American labor union. He is un-
worthy OF his citizenship in our de-
mocracy. He is unworthy of his
freedom, and nobody will spare him
a thought if he is put away some
where to mediate on the consti-
tutional rights he couldn't appreci-
ate and wouldn't defend"
This is not quoted from some anti
labor publication. It appeared this
week in the official magazine of the
International Brotherhood of Team
sters, one of the most powerful of
ALT unions, whose president, Daniel
J. Tobin, recently broadcast a pro-
test against strikes and other forms
of work stoppages.
IT these expressions seem to add up
to "work-or else" warning to la
Dor, it can hardly be said that they
misrepresent the wartime attitude of
the American people or of the wise
leaders of organized labor.
Evening star., 1942-10-02

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Evening star., 1942-10-02

u. Wnat Is the origin OF the term
"haywire"?-S. N. S.
A. The origin is uncertain One author
says that haywire on the range is con-
temptuous term which originated from
the habit of using the wire from broken
bales of hay to patch harness, machinery,
ETC., in makeshift fashion.
@. Can an athlete run faster indoors
or outdoors?-C. F. G.
A. He runs faster outdoors Indoors.
he must shorten his stride for the more
frequent turns and breathing is more
difncult.
Q. How many woman flyers are there
in the United States?-D EJ.
A. There are 3,258 licensed woman
airplane pilots.
Q. Was there real road about which
the play Tobacco Road" was written7-
G. D.
A. Tobacco road was constructed over
a century ago for the purpose Of trans
porting tobacco from Georgia farms to
the nearest shipping point on the Savan-
nah River. Today 1t is a modern sand
clay thoroughfare extending from North
ern Georgia to New Savannah, An old
settlement and shipping point on the
river few miles below Augusta.
@. Which are the best song birds7-
O. W.
A. The Smithsonian Institution says
the best songsters among birds are those
OF the thrush family They are we'll dis
tributed over the United States.
@. Should a letter of introduction bs
sealed?-M. E. G.
A. Letters of introduction and mes
sages carried by friends should not be
sealed
@. Is it harmful to keep plants in
sick room?-D. j. F.
A. A few house plants would not
prove harmful, the amount Of carbon
exhaled being so small in proportion to
the air.
@. Where is the largest hospital in
the world?-F. @.
A. The largest hospital of any kind
Is the Pilgrim State Hospital CmentaD,
Brentwood, N. Y, with 1922 beds The
largest general hospital in the United
States and probably in the world is Cook
County Hospital, Chicago, ILL.,, with
3,647 beds.
@. What is the origin of the saving,
"Robbing Peter to Pay Paul"?-E. Y.
A. Westminster Abbey in London
once was the Cathedral of st. Peter.
When the bishop and estates we're trans
ferred to ST. Paul's, the byword "Robbing
Peter to pay Paul." came into use.
@. Does India still have child brides?
e. F. L.
A. The Legislative Assembly in Sep
tember, 1929 by large majority, enacted
law raising the minimum age for mar
riage OF girls to IA years and the age of
consent to 16
@. Why is the oak leaf used in naval
inslgnia?-R. w. j.
A. The oak leaf has been from the
earliest times the emblem of strength.
1t Is one Of the most ancient insignia
OF heroism. 1t was used by the British
Navy and adapted by the American Navy
and is now used by the Medical Corps
and other stan corps as well as the Civil
Engineer Corps
Evening star., 1942-10-02

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