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Evening star., 1942-07-26
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Washington, D. c.
Compoundinq Confusion

The House, by vote of 104 to 13,
has passed the bill to set up an inde-
pendent rubber agency which pre-
viously had been approved in the
Senate with only nine members
present.
This bill is intended to promote the
use of agricultural products in the
manufacture of synthetic rubber,
and in effect, it is vote of mo con-
fidence" in the War Production
Boards handling of the rubber pro-
gram. This was brought out clearly
in the statement Of Representative
Halleck of Indiana, who said the
measure represented lack of con-
fidence In the way the rubber pro-
gram has been handled"
1t is not a measure, however, which
Is designed or intended to correct any
deficiencies, real or imaginary, within
the WPB. On the contrary, that war
agency is left in full control of the
manufacture of synthetic rubber
from petroleum, and may also con-
tinue to direct the production of such
amounts as it sees fit from agricul-
tural sources. In other words, Con-
gress has not sought to eliminate the
evils which 1t claimed were present
In the WPB, but apparently has
endeavored only to broaden the mar
ket for farm commodities.
And this has been done over the
protests of Senate Majority Leader
Barkley, presumably speaking for the
President; Undersecretary of War
Patterson and Donald Nelson, WPB
chairman, who contended that the
bill would serve no better purpose
than to divide responsibility and
heighten confusion in the rubber
program, while weakening control
over the distribution of critical ma
terials. This last would result from
a section Of the bill stipulating that
the WPB must provide for delivery
Of the materials desired by the in
dependent agency.
Because of these considerations,
there have been numerous predic-
tions that the measure will be vetoed
by the President. These forecasts
may or may not be correct, but it
seems clear enough that Mr.. Roose-
velt cannot sign the bill without
tacitly ratifying a vote of no conf
dence in the War Production Board,
which he created, and placing his
stamp of approval on a project which
his own principal lieutenants have
said would hamper the conduct of the
war,
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Cunudu's Example

In urging the Senate Finance
Committee last week to amend the
House-approved tax bill with a view
to raising $4,000, 100000 more rev.
enue, Secretary of the Treasury Nor
genthau urged that this country's
tax structure be brought in line
with those of Canada and Great
Britain. During the fiscal year 1943,
he said, Great Britain expects to
raise 50 per cent of its total expendi-
lures from taxation, while Canada,
in the same period, plans to raise IS
per cent. In contrast, the bill now
before the Senate committee would
bring in only 81 per cent of the
money that this Government pro-
poses to spend in the fiscal year
1943.
quite frankly" Mr.. Morgenthau
said, Il do not see why we should
not do at least as well as Great Brit
ain and Canada" In the case of
Canada, however, there is one obvi-
GUS reason why we will not do as we'll,
although Mr.. Morgenthau neglected
to call attention to 1t, and that is
that Canada has a sales tax which,
in the fiscal year 1943, will produce
11.2 per cent of her revenue. II we
were to add to the pending bill
sales tax that would bring in proper
tionately as much revenue, our rec
ord then would compare quite favor
ably with either Canada or Great
Britain.
But Mr.. Morgenthau in his state
ment to the committee, renewed his
opposition to "such devices as gen.
eral sales tax" because it "falls with
the greatest impact on those least
able to bear the burden" This is an
argument which loses force when the
sales tax is tied to a sharply gradu-
ated income tax, and which is diff
cult to reconcile with the stress
which the Treasury Secretary placed
| on the necessity of curtailing the
large and expanding volume of con-
sumer purchasing power as means
of resisting imitation. The sales tax
is a tax on consumption, and that
is the kind of tax which is best
adapted to curbing consumer buying
power.
If Mr.. Morgenthau is convinced,
as he said, that "the people of this
country are ready for greater sacri-
fees than some of us imagine" why
does he hesitate to ask for a war
time sales tax? The people of Can
ada are making this sacrifice. Does
he think the American people are
not ready to do as well?
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A NEW WORLD
By the Right Rer. James Freeman D. D., ILL., d. D. c. L.,
Bishop OF Washington.

From the dawn of time on to the
latest day men have attempted to express
in some adequate way their philosophy of
life Plato in his Republic" Thomas
More in his Utopia" the Brook Farms
Community and more recently Able
Dimnet in his What Men Live By"-all
these and countless others have put forth
what they conceived to be way of life.
Wars have been fought for national
ideals and national PHILOSOPHERS until
today we have world war that repre-
sents mighty conflict for conceptions
of life that in expression are utterly
antithetical. On the American side We
call it the American way of life"
struggle for the ideals and high claims
of democracy. On the English side it
is bitter fight for the traditions that
have made Britain a great world power.
On the Axis side it is a struggle for
world domination, patterned on an ideal
in which centralized authority is supreme
and autocratic.
From another angle it is contest be-
tween the ideals of Christianity, how-
ever imperfectly demonstrated, and
system of life in which the sanctions of
religion and morality occupy subordi-
nate place. 1t is a contest that has
been going on through the long CEN
turies, contest between concepts of
government and life that are wholly
antagonistic, and that must continue
until the one or the other has been
finally overthrown and defeated
Time was when the distances that di-
vided nations were so great that con-
facts were infrequent; not so today.
Human genius has annihilated space and
intercommunication is intimate. Lam
guage differences are still a factor In
dividing peoples, but even these are I'M
dergoing swift changes. That God has
been bringing nations into closer fellow
ship, despite their differences of tradi-
ton and speech, iS increasingly evident.
There can be no such thing as proud
isolation" today. The questions, the
leading questions in the titanic conflict
OF today cannot be answered through
the time-honored agencies of diplomacy.
They are too great too far-reaching for
chancellories and halls of legislation.
They involve human rights and deep
human interests; they have to do with
vast multitudes that are demanding q
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which distinguishes the creation of
Antonio Contino. Yet, like its Ital-
ian prototype, it was an accommoda-
tion for prisoners and their guards
and thus a legitimate concern of the
makers of modern mythology. The
legends of the Inquisition were re-
peated in relation to Gothams
celebrated Jail.
Many Of the best fables of the
Tombs, however, developed far in
advance of the construction of the
Bridge of Signs. Tradition tells
that the huge granite pile in Center
street stands on the site of pre-
Revolutionary gibbet, planted on
small island in the Collect Pond"
Seven Negro slaves were hanged there
in 174l for alleged completely in local
rioting. John Fitch is supposed to
have conducted his early experiments
in steamboat navigation in the
neighborhood in 1895. The little body
OF water was filled in. about 1917, and
the first portion Of the prison was,
erected in 1840. An Egyptian model
inspired the design, and the build
tng's gloomy and funereal appear
ance and associations" suggested the
name by which it is so widely known.
Lord Byron and Thomas Hood were
responsible for much of the popular
interest which readers of the English
race have taken in the Venetian span.
The New York edition was obliged
to depend upon less notably gifted
bards. Operators of sightseeing
buses invented romantic folklore
for the Franklin street arch. It was
they who insisted that criminals after
being convicted waved to their weep
ing friends from it's windows. The
fact was that the glass in those
windows was opaque.
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Dor, 1t has become a duty to be vigil
lantly skeptical of every idea, every
concept, every notion relating to the
Oriental enemy. Mr.. Price specif1-
cally warns Americans against un-
der-rating japanese fanaticism, de-
termination and ability. The people
Of Japan, he insists, are not lacking
in interest, in will to win or in capac-
ity to carry on"
That does not signify that Japan
cannot be beaten. Mr.. Price men
tions a number OF psychological
weaknesses. Japan has no great
religion" Such an observation is of
the most dynamic Importance to the
United States-if the American peo-
pie make the most of the spiritual
as well as the material advantage
which undeniably they possess.
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for Berknlan

industry and agriculture of Europe and
England and Japan If Japan survives
Not only that but the high costs are
likely to result in an avalanche of for.
eign goods pressing in on the American
market. Those goods can either be ac-
cepted or they can be held out by higher
tariffs. or by direct import controls. If
they are held out, then the United States
again is taking an isolationist course in
trade with resulting pressures for more
war.
Certainly the course of the present
administration in its labor and farm
policies is not consistent with professed
desire to establish system of freer world
trade in the postwar period. Rather.
present policies point strongly to a set
OF nationalistic controls that will carry
over after the war unless workers and
farmers can be induced to give up the
advantages they are gaining during war.
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unknown Jupun'

In his Confessions of Young
Man." published in 1888, George
Moore, distinguished Irish literary
artist, declared: Even the japanese
are becoming respectable; in
another quarter of century silk hats
and pianos will be found in every
house in Jeddo."
The author of such an error of
judgment might have reason to be
ashamed of it-if he were alone in
his fault. 1t happens, however, that
practically all the common prophe-
cies offered by Westerners concerning
the japanese people were mistaken.
Nobody guessed correctly. The ex-
planation is that everybody-or
nearly everybody-was deceived.
Willard Price, in comprehensive
article in the National Geographic
Magazine for August, discusses the
difficulty. "Japan's great advantage
over U.S." he says quite frankly, "is
that she knows us and we do not
know her Japan is the land be-
hind the looking glass. Whenever we
have come up before that glass and
looked into it we have seen only
ourselves little reduced perhaps
because of some imperfection in the
mirror or in our vision. The Japanese
2ave been our pupils and adopted
our ways. We fancy that we have
taught them all they know. There
fore we see them as being like us
on a smaller scale, of course. And we
take it for granted that we can lick
a smaller edition of ourselves"
Now, certainly, the average intel
ligent American finally has begun to
realize that this theory Of diminutive
and more or less amateur imitation
Is a camouflage of a very efficient
and dangerous sort. Mr.. Price an
nounces: 1.-The mirror that has baf-
fed and fooled us covers the secret
Japan" Even Commodore Perry in
1853 and 1854 was hoaXed. The
persons to whom he tremendously
addressed himself were petty func-
tionaries with only nominal author
ity A mere policeman passed himself
of as a vice governor of province.
The shogun pretended to be the
emperor. From the start, then, a
consistent policy Of fraud was put
into effect by all classes and all con-
d1tions Of japanese. How successful
that trickery was the rest Of mankind
discovered on December 7, 194l.
Since the assault upon Pearl Har-
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Bridge of Siahs

WPA workmen are wrecking the
famous Bridge of Signs which long
was a principal objective of tourists
visiting New York. The old covered
passageway, connecting the Criminal
Courts Building and the now aban-
doned Tombs Prison on either side
of Franklin street, has not been used
in nearly year. Scrap metal con-
tanned In it was wanted for military
purposes. Hence the demolition of
an ancient and historic landmark.
But, no great artistic loss is in
volved. The Manhattan version of
the Ponte del Sospiri in Venice was
only theoretically an architectural
masterpiece. It lacked the grace
Evening star., 1942-07-26
Fifty Years Ago
in The Star

Fifty years ago, as today, there were
pirates in the North Pacific Ocean, and
the Aleutian Islands
Pirotes in were the scene The
tn. po-;f;r pirates were of all ma
tionalities, and were
after seals and sea otters, whose capture
had been declared illegal. The Star of
July 27, 1892, in dispatch from San
Francisco, reported: "Advices from
Bering Sea are to the effect that the
patrol squadron of the United States
revenue cutters and cruisers, besides
chasing seal poachers, are breaking up
the lucrative industry of hunting sea
offers. : Rumors from the West reach
Sitka of exciting events in the chase OF
seal poachers. The schooner Willard
Ainsworth was searched by the Mohican.
The sealers are in bad plight.
They have big cargoes OF skins and dare
not try to ship them"
Quiet having been restored at Home
stead, Pa. after the Carnegie Steel mill
riots, soldiers were being
Troops Leove removed from the area.
Homesteod The Star of July 26,
1892, gave an account:
THE withdrawal of soldiers from Home
stead has commenced Wildly enthusi-
astic cheering today among the hundreds
OF white tents on Shanty Hill proclaimed
the fact to the strikers in their homes
at the foot of the slope. 1t is believed
that the troops will be gradually removed
until two regiments remain. The two
will be held until there is no further
danger of trouble But Gen. Dechert.
commander of the first brigade, reported
that in his opinion there was still q
chance for trouble.
4 X -
AS an aftermath of the riots there
came the attempted assassination of
Henry Clay Frick, a
Attempted lieutenant of Car
Assassination negie, who at the
time was in Scotland.
In a wire from Pittsburgh, The Star OF
July %, 1892 announced: "At :55 this
afternoon Mr.. H. G. Frick was shot by
a man, name unknown. The man came
into, his Office and without warning
fired" Then, in later edition, identifi-
cation was announced: The name of
the man who shot Mr.. Frick is Alexander
Berkman, a printer. 81 years of
age. He is Russian and supposed
to be an anarchist" There followed an
account of Mr.. Fricks condition, and an
opinion that he would recover. The
opinion was right.
X X
AS result of this affair, the police
got busy and made determined round
up Of anarchists. Anarchy
Anarchist is not dead" said The Star
Roundun of July 26, 1892. "It is not
even sleeping It's high
priests are just as wide awake, just as
venomous in their ramihcations and
perhaps more so than they have ever
been. Five police officers this morning
arrested in Allegheny Henry Bauer, the
head center of the anarchists of this
region" Bauer admitted knowing Berk-
man, and later on Emma Goldman be-
came prominent in the case, standing up
for Berkman.
Evening star., 1942-07-26

When the late Huey Long was
uttering his slogan OF every man
king" it is doubtful If, in his widest
dreams. he envisioned a time when
two real reigning monarchs now in
this country would be extremely
grateful for two then rather ordinary
articles: Wilhelmina for typewriter
and Peter for a set of new tires.
Evening star., 1942-07-26

1t appears to simmer down to
about this: Would you rather run
your car next winter, or your oil
furnace, or a temperature?
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. Our Rent Is Due

Many Americans labor under the de-
fusion that their country owes them a
living and the right TO life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness
An even greater number-intellgen
enough to know that the privilege Of being
an American has been bought for them
by the tears and blood of those of who
went before-nevertheless are complaisant
about their good fortune and take the
American heritage for granted.
Both of these classes need reminding
that the freedoms and privileges they
enjoy-freedom of speech and of worship,
freedom to work, free education. the high
est living standard mankind ever has at
tained-all of these benefits flow from
the composite good will of the people
of the United States.
For the inestimabe privilege of en-
joying those benefits we owe a debt 10
the United States. That debt may well
be called rent.
Unlike many landlords, Uncle Sam de-
mands his rental fee only when he really
needs it. This is one of those times.
Your rent is due. Are you paying?
Those men who have volunteered. those
men who have been drafted, their wives
and children and parents are paying their
rent.
How about the rest of US?
Those who whine about the hours they
have to work, the pay they get, are not
paying their rent.
Those who do not buy war bonds and
stamps up to the limit of their capacities
are not paying their rent.
Those who waste precious rubber by
unnecessary or careless motoring are not
paying their rent.
Those who complain about necessary
rationing programs, and decline to help
save materials and transportation, are not
payin gtheir rent.
Those who will not take the trouble TO
gather metal scrap from around their
homes and turn it in, to save grease for
gycerine to save tin cans for salvage, are
not paying their rent.
Those who believe everything bad
about our allies, and spread alarming and
disturbing rumors, are not paying their
rent.
Those who argue that we can not win
and those who contend that we can not
lose-are not paying their rent.
Freedom and prosperity can not main
tain themselves, except as we value them
enough to pay the price.
Our rent is due. Let's pay it.
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oTEST QUESTIONS

Can you answer seven Of these
test questions Turn TO Page 5
for the answers.
/. Rudy vallee is now in the
army, navy. marine corps or the
coast guard?
2. Which country occupying
parts OF Europe and Asia has an
area as great as all Of North
America ,
5. Berchtesgsden is associated
with what man?
4. One pound OF dried eggs rep
resents the nutritional part OF two,
three or four dozen eggs, as hsr-
vested from the hens
5. What Is the name for a crane
on the side OF ship for lowering
a boat
g. How did Anne Boleyn die.
7. Al Jolson starred in a pic
ture entitled Sonny Boy: true
or false7
s. The L. S. death rate from
diabetes has been increasing or de-
cresxing since 1907
O. What does barometer
MEASURE
10 Name the capital of Nevada.
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PENSIONER TELLS
OF LIVING COSTS

Editor. The Times: I wish to
make a few statements in reply
to one who signs his letter "A
Reader in The Times of Sept.
%. ! quote the following from
his letter: There is something
the matter with people who
can't get along on $40 per
month"
Now Mr.. Reader" l Judge
you are a man and you are
jumping at conclusions. In the
first place $40 is the maximum
payment under the present "old
age assistance" law. II is only
paid 10 those who have other de-
psndents; or a mortgage on the
home, etc, sS3 is the average
payment.
wonder what you would do
Mr.. Reader" If you were III:
unable 10 earn a dollar: and was
suddenly confronted with the
fact that your roof was leaking
and must be replaced at the cost
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Chinook pass highway. I have for
two years or more entertained a
hopeful idea that Seattle might
show some degree of cooperation,
but they resisted this simple re-
quest that would save nearly fifty
miles in gasoline and rubber in
necessary use on these return
empty trips. The army has for sew
eral months been using this road
over the objection of the highway
department, with apparently no
loss or no injury 10 the highway;
consequently, il seems difficult to
envision an adequate reason for
denying the empty trucks the use
Of this road.
Perhaps the outstanding feature
OF the good roads meeting was the
address OF Walter Williams. who
vividly pictured the degree Of sac
rifice and change in our custom
airy mode OF living that will be
necessary TO win this war. VIII
liams Is 10 be congratulated on
having written such an excellent
and impressive talk.
On the conclusion OF this sd-
dress, I asked Williams, When
we have sacrificed through TO VIC
tory in the manner you have. so
well put. will our international
bankers and big business be again
permitted 10 build up another Hit
Ter :" Williams reached out his
hand and said. Fred. you are
pointing directly at the root OF
things"
This good roads convention
which in its inception was a most
valuable aid 10 highway construe-
ton, has become a perfunetory
gathering with very little active
power. II serves. however. as an
outlet for new ideas and holds to-
gether those individuals who are
vitality interested in the states
welfare. The convention Is given
over very largely TO speeches and
the passing Of few resolutions Of
very little practical effect. l at
tended the last four sessions. and
am certainly in favor Of the con-
tnuance Of the annual meeting
because they would give publicity
TO any especially bad practice IN
our road program.
Yours very truly.
FRED A. SMITH.
Pierce County Assessor.
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D Your Opinions

of s657 Or that YOU had
plumbing bill Of sl53-a vital
necessity - plus fuel wood to
hire corded; taxes, fire insur-
ance. light and water bills: not
to mention any allowances for
clothing or the present high cost
of living, All these l have had
in the past two years and l am
not complaining. am only
thankful ! could accomplish il.
I only wish you to see we can
not always measure others lives
by our own.
Many OF the extra expenses
come TO pensioners who are on
q s33 allowance and must be
met by hardship and the strict
est economy. as my own.
You msy not want that $40
per month. Mr.. Reader" but
for myself I think l can profit
ably use it and none will go for
shows or lottery tickets ! can
assure you
A WOMAN OF 70.
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He Knows or Finds
The Answers

could do things like sewing. The
women here in the hills could come
day times while the children were
In school. We have sons in this
war and We would like TO help all
We can. Can you help us?
A READER.
A Red Cross sewing room would
appear to be what you should have.
1t will require one woman in your
district to assume responsibility
for materials. She should get in
touch. preferably by personal call.
with your local chapter Of the
American Red Cross. That would
he the Lewis County chapter. in
Chehalis
Mr.. Fiait: l. IL necessary to
report TO the draft board II a
child IL born TO a man in 3A with
no previous children? X. =.
You are required by the selec-
tive service rules to report any
change of status, but that would
not be one. You'd still be in ga.
When the notice comes that you
will be up for reelassifieation upon
set date, you will be asked to
present to the board before that
date any evidence which will be
useful in determining your proper
category. That will be the proper
time to tell about the baby.
Mr.. Fisit: I hope you can help
MS with our problem. We want to
adopt n baby and would like TO
know how to 10 about 1t. Is there
a place in Tacoma where one can
adopt children. We are a young
couple in our eos and own our
own home and are fairly free of
debt and feel that we can afford
to adopt q baby.
Mr.. AND MRS. ". c. X.
AAf bfsh aAfANf VIC AnA
you IS that you talk over your
plan with someone at the Family
Welfare association, in the Provi-
dent building. Tacoma, which ar
ranges most sdoptions here. You
certainly should have some advice
and do some serious. long-range
thinking yourselves before taking
such a step now. Unless Mr.. r.
is seriously crippled, he probably
can feel fairly sure he Will be IN
the army within a few months.
since he obviously is Of draft age
and apparently there are no other
children. That is = factor 10 con-
slider. since Mrs. r. may in that
case have 70 contribute 70 her
own support.