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Evening star., 1942-09-01
A Job for q Good Mon

Many months ago Frederic A. Del
ano told the President of his desire
to be relieved of the craftsmanship of
the National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission. 1t was only at the
Presidents insiStence that he re-
manned. Now that he is going, Wash
ington will feel fortunate in the
choice of successor whose tempera-
ment, experience and broad knowl-
edge of the Federal City fit him so
admirably for the position. When
Brig. Gen. U. S. Grant III, assumes
the Craftsmanship of the commission
it will be as if he were coming back
home
AS for Mr.. Delano, it will be hard to
think of the Park and Planning Com
mission functioning without him. He
took leading part in the legislation
which brought the commission into
being, but for longer years than the
commission has lived he has been
working for the development of the
American Capital as the city it some
day will be. His gentleness, his quiet
perseverance and his farsightedness
have made him one of the real build
ers of modern Washington and this
community and the Nation owe him
debt that would be difficult to pay.
While the National Resources Plan
ming Board, of which he still is chair
man, will occupy most of his time, it
Is comforting to think of the con-
tinued availability of his wise
counsel.
1t is disappointing that Mr.. Del
amos announced retirement was not
accompanied by some statement re-
garding the Budget Bureaus study
Of possible changes and reorganiza-
tion in the constituency and func-
tions of the Park and Planning Com
mission and other bodies with which
it is associated in Capital City plan
ming and development. One con-
sideration that held Mr.. Delano to
his post, after expressing the desire
to retire, was his hope of being of
some assistance to the Budget Bu-
reau in drafting reorganization plans.
Have these been postponed indefi-
nitely because of the war, or may we
still anticipate them?
The President correctly placed
proper emphasis on the Importance
of General Grants new assignment.
1t is more important now even than
In peace times, for much of the work
of past years in Capital City planning
has been destroyed or temporarily
brushed aside in the war rush
where all emphasis is placed on i'm
mediate action to meet immediate
needs. If General Grant can devote
to the work of the commission only
the time that he manages ito squeeze
In" between other responsibilities at
the Office of Civilian Defense, Wash
ington is going to suffer. The chair
manship of the commission calls for
strong man who can devote ade-
quate time to the many problems
with which the commission is con-
fronted. General Grant is strong
enough. The Star hopes he will have
the time.
Evening star., 1942-09-01


been prepared to impose on them.
And, after considering what Mr..
Grew has had to say, they will be the
reader to get down to the seri-
Gus business of war. There is not
much that they can do, however,
without more positive leadership, and
that must come from their Govern
ment officials. Whatever the reason,
the fact is that they have been un-
willing to call upon the people for
the effort and the sacrifices which
this war demands. Therefore, 1t Is
to be hoped that these officials, no
less than the people, will read and
take to heart Mr.. Crews warning.
Evening star., 1942-09-01
ALEXANDRIA, Va.

Dear Sir:
I'VE have been very greatly interested
in the column This and That appearing
in The Star, and as we are very fond
of birds and wild animals and have
maintained feeding stations for them in
the side yard at our home here. we have
found ever so many of your articles
quite helpful and instructive in our
study and enjoyment of these our
friends.
Since We maintain \ good supply of
feed in these feeding stations through
out both the winter and the summer
time, there are a great many different
kinds Of birds which frequent our yard
and we have had many enjoyable hours
watching the habits and characteristics
OF them.
There is one question that we would
like very much to have you enlighten
us upon. That question is: Where did
the dove obtain the name and reputa-
ton of being the bird of peace?'
Prom our observation of this bird dhe
cooling or turtle dove), it is one of the
most gluttonous quarrelsome and obnox-
ious of any of the birds which come to
our yard. AS soon as food is placed in
the feeding stations the doves virtually
take possession of them and prevent
other birds from eating until said doves
have gorged themselves, and even then
there are times when the doves will just
in 3v,
the feeding stations and pecking at any
other bird which dares to alight upon
the feeding place.
They even chase the blue jay, who
has plenty of spunk ordinarily. away
from the station. Occasionally female
cardinal will arouse sufficient courage
to stand her ground and not permit one
of these pesty doves to chase her away
from her food, but those occasions are
rare.
The only birds which we have OBJ
served as being able to withstand the
onslaught of the dove are the yellow
hammer, the red headed woodpecker and
the blackbird
What information have you with ref
erence to this so-called bird of peace?
1T is my opinion that if the dove is
the symbol of peace, and from what we
have observed of their habits, it Is no
wonder that the whole world is at war:
and may we suggest that new symbol
OF peace be determined upon?
Very truly yours, H. E. r"
+ 4
The dove is universally regarded
throughout Christiandom as the emblem
Of love, simplicity, innocence, purity,
mildness and compunction
Holding an olive branch, 1t is held to
be the emblem of peace, and by many
it has been regarded as the emblem OF
the human soul.
All OF these feelings in regard to the
dove come to us from Christianity and
Christian art.
The dove of Christian art is the SYM
Dol OF the Holy Ghost.
Evening star., 1942-09-01
For Minimum Needs

In finally announcing it's approval
OF the hospital building program for
the Metropolitan Area and allotting
the funds with which to carry it out,
the Federal Works Agency has begun
an investigation to determine what
buildings are available in Washing
ton for quick utilization as additional
hospitals in case of emergency.
That is an eminently sensible thing
to do. There are the japanese, Ger
man and italian Embassies, for in
stance. They are being used now by
the neutral powers in charge of
enemy interests in the United States.
The State Department undoubtedly
would interpose, any one of half
dozen sound objections. But it is
something to keep in mind. There
are other buildings in Washington
whose owners, if the matter were
properly put to them, undoubtedly
would consent to their use as hos
pitfalls of sort if the demand arose.
1t is worth looking into, at any rate.
The Federal Works Agency very
wisely, it seems to The Star, makes
1t plain that the current program is
designed to meet only the minimum
needs of the Metropolitan Area and
is based on its national criterion of
four beds per thousand of population.
1t an emergency, such as an epidemic,
arose, such hospital facilities would
be woefully inadequate. But how
can anybody plan hospitals for an
epidemic? What sort of an epidemic,
in the first place? No hospital build
ing program ever devised could cope
with repetition of the influenza
epidemic of the last war, for instance.
About all the Federal Works Agency
can hope to do. the construction sit
uation being what it is, is to plan for
minimum needs and stand by with
emergency measures if the situation
gets out of hand.
Priorities for this building program
have not yet been obtained from the
War Production Board. Could not
the WPB make a welcome exception
in the rule of delay with which it is
credited and grant these priorities
Immediately? Time-one hopes not
too much of twill tell.
Evening star., 1942-09-01
Earthquake Anniversary

Nineteen years ago today cata-
clysmic earthquake shook the islands
Of Japan. The cities of Toxic and
Yokohama especially suffered great
damage from the tremor and wide
spread resultant fires. Nearly 100000
people were killed. A still vaster num-
Der were impoverished. The sympathy
of the civilized world instantly was
made manifest to the afflicted ma
ton. President Coolidge issued a
proclamation, calling upon the whole
population of the United States to
give immediate tangible evidence Of
its sympathy The Star was one
of the newspapers which gladly lent
assistance in the collection of funds
for relief. Approximately $4,000, 900
was raised within few weeks. Mean
while, the American Red Cross, Amer
lean military and naval detachments
In the Orient, missionaries of every
American branch of the Christian
church, American physicians, nurses
and teachers resident in or visiting
the East generously joined in re-
construction work The catastrophe
brought into existence bonds of
friendship which were believed to
be enduring.
How futile such hopes have been
requires no declaration on this nine
teenth anniversary of the disaster
The behavior of the japanese gov
ernment and particularly that of the
fanatical imperialistic clique in ia
pan has been such as to destroy the
worlds confidence in japanese char
acter. Her endeavor to subjugate
China, her occupation of French
1ndo-China and Siam, her conquest
Of the Philippines, the Malay Set
Elements, the Dutch East Indies and
Burma, her operations now directed
Evening star., 1942-09-01
Mr.. Crews Wurnino

Because of his long diplomatic
service in Toxic, Joseph C. Grew,
formerly our Ambassador to Japan,
is well qualified to discuss the psy-
chology of the Japanese and their
capacity for waging war. When he
tells us that Japan will not surrender
but must be completely defeated in
battle, he is sounding a warning
which should be needed by the Amer
ican people and by their Government.
The point which Mr. Grew tried to
emphasize is that Japan-the gov
ernment, the Nipponese military ma
chine and the people-are determined
to fight this war to the bitter end.
When the japanese struck. he said,
they made mo provision for failure;
they left no road open for retreat.
They struck with all the force and
power at their command. And they
will continue to fight in the same
manner until they are utterly
crushed
Assuming this to be correct-and
there is no reason to doubt tive
must expect to fight what will
amount almost to war of extermi-
nation. The meaning of such a war
can be found between the lines of
news reports which have come back
from areas in which American troops
have been in hand-to-h hand combat
with the japanese. Very few of the
enemy surrender. In most cases, ap-
parently, they fight to the death,
even when the fight is a hopeless
one. This resolute attitude, in evil
dence during the resistance to the
| American attack on the SolomonS, is
what Mr.. Grew had in mind when he
said that the japanese are a people
who individually and collectively
will gladly sacrifice their lives for
their Emperor and their nation, who
can be brought to earth only by
! physical defeat" And we must re-
member that the capture of three
of the Solomons, measured against
the whole picture of the war, makes
but a tiny dent in the japanese
armor. Before victory will be- in
sight there must be many more such
battles, probably growing progress
Sively harder and bloodier as we get
closer to the real centers of japanese
power.
Although Mr.. Grew did not say it in
so many words, he indicated his be-
lief that the people of this country
are not prepared, psychologically or
otherwise, for the kind of war we
must fight. Ultimately, he said, we
can defeat the japanese. But, he
added, "if we Americans think that,
collectively and individually, we can
continue to lead our normal lives,
leaving the spirit of self-sacriice to
our soldiers and sailors, letting the
intensification of our production pro-
gram take care of itself, we shall un-
queStionably risk the danger Of a
stalemate in this war of ours with
Japan" In other words, Mr.. Grew
wonders whether the American peo-
pie are imbued with the same de-
termination, the same will to win,
which inspire the people of Japan
to accept any and all sacrifices;
whether we. like the Japanese, are
possessed of a morale that cannot
and will not be broken"
This is question which has not
been answered because the American
people have not yet been put to the
test. But that is not the fault of the
people. There is good reason to be-
lieve that they are willing, and have
been willing, to accept greater wal
burdens than the Government hal
Evening star., 1942-09-01
Suggests Rock Salt" Cure
For Youthful Vandals and Their Parents

To the Editor Of The Star:
K. T. PennebaKer, in The Star of Au-
gust %, adds the latest sob sister touch
to the "bovs will be boys, so boys will be
vandals' controversy now engaging the
attention Of voxpoppers In The Star and
other Washington papers.
A Mrs. Clark wrote that she had spent
some years indulging her taste for a
beautiful garden and beautiful trees.
Perhaps she has done a lot of work and
was under the impression that she had
right, as an American citizen, to the
enjoyment Of her handiwork and Gods.
That Is the wrong attitude. What right
has she to expect to keep her flowers and
trees to herself If some boy wants to
come along and destroy in a minute
what she has labored years to create?
Boys will be boys. That excuses the
wanton vandalism that destroys flowers,
steals unripened fruit and breaks fences.
No one has any property rights as
sacred as the right Of an unmannerly
boy to destroy that property
When are We going to get over this
nauseating attitude and insist that par
ents discipline their children? When are
We going to send few OF these parents
to jail or put their sons in institutions
which will teach them that no one has a
right to indulge his taste for destruc-
tiveness' When are we going to hold to
account the judges who from the bench
condone such vandalism?
suggest that Mrs. Clark get her hus-
band q shotgun loaded with rock salt
and that he administer one barrel to the
boy vandals and the other to their par
ents, and will contribute to the expense
OF defending him In court.
STIRLING Wu 9OM,
Evening star., 1942-09-01

@. What is the derivation OF the word
"nickel"?-M. B. w.
A. 1t is an abbreviation Of "kupfer-
nickel or copper nickel" The German
miners named it for "Old Nick" because
it apparently contained copper, but
yielded none.
Q. Are the natives Of Australia
Negroes?-M. d. j.
A. The Australian natives often
called blackfellows, are not Negroes.
They differ from them In several re-
spects, notably in that their hair il
wavy, not woolly.
Q. Why is "compleat" spelled with
an "a" in Izaak Walton's book, "The
Compleat Angler"?J.
A. "Compleat" is a form of the ad-
jective which was common in the nth
century and most of the 18th. It was
used only on the engraved title page of
the book, the form complete" being en-
ployed on the other title pages and In
the running heads.
Q. How large load can horse pulp
r. H. E.
A. Omcial records Of the pulling
strength OF horses are established by
means Of = dynamometer. The national
record is $500 pounds for q light team
and $500 pounds for heavy team, all
pulls being 27ha feet.
@. How many seals are there on the
Pribilof Islands?-M. C.
A. recent census placed the num-
Der at more than two million.
Q. When was the cathedral at Co
logne begun and completed?-s. s.
A. The great cathedral was begun in
1248 and finally completed in 1880 with
lottery funds.
Q. Where in the world are the great
est glaciers?-W. G.
A. The greatest are those in the Ant
arctic. The Beardmore Glacier Is 100
miles long and 20 miles wide.
Q. To whom has been awarded the
British Nays first submarine Victoria
Cross7-N. p. j.
A. This distinction has been won By
by 1t. Comdr. NJ D. wanklyn.
Q. How is rainfall measured?-T. Z.
r.
A. Rainfall is measured by exposing q
suitable gage in q position where It will
catch approximately the full amount
of water that falls upon the earth's sur
face at the point in question. The re-
ceiving can is usually 10 times the
diameter OF the small measuring tube
into which the contents Of the larger can
are poured for convenience in measuring.
@. Where was the first botanical gar
den in the United States?-P. N. B.
A. John Bartram. the famous botanist,
established the first garden Of this kind
in America at Kingsessing, Pa, in 1728.
Q. Do all Russians speak the same
dialect?-D. w. T.
A. At present there are three distinct
dialects spoken: Great Russian, Ukra1-
nian or Little Russian, and White Rus
sian. Over 10000, 900 people speak Great
Russian. 10000, 600 speak Ukrainian and
about 5000, 1000 speak White Russian.
@. Which is the costliest kind Of
jewel?-W. N.
A. When large, brilliant and lawless,
the emerald Is the costliest gem.
Evening star., 1942-09-01

against Australia and Alaska-all
OF these proceedings have combined
to rob Japan of the good will of
those OF her neighbors to whom she
was most indebted for her very
existence. The fault is her own.
incontrovertibly.
Evening star., 1942-09-01
Praises Radio Program
About Stamp Collecting.
To the Editor Of The Star:

TO the EdltOr OF Ihe St1f:
Very few radio programs dealing with
Most Of them appear to be written by
persons who are totally unfamiliar with
the basic elements OF stamp collecting.
A gratifying exception was the sketch
contributed by Amos and Andy and their
colleagues to the II Pledge America"
roundup Saturday evening. should like
to thank the author and the players for
something worth listening to. A. W.
Evening star., 1942-09-01
Hoskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hnskin.

reader can get the ansper to unp
question OF fact by tDrtting The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau. Fred
eric J. Hnsktn. director, WASHINGTON.
D. c. Please tnclose stamp for return
postage.
@. How much does the population of
the world increase each year?-D. DE.
A. 1t has been estimated that each
year about 100000 new human beings
are added to the worlds population.
@. Is it dangerous to swim during
thunderstorm2-A. M. B.
A. Authorities say that there is risk
in swimming or other water sport dur
ing thunderstorm, for there is plenty
of evidence that lightning does strike
the water.
@. What foreign ruler is buried in
England?-B. L. L.
A. Napoleon III, Emporer of France,
is buried in England The Emporer.
Empress and the Prince Imperial lie
in the crypt of ST. Michael's Roman
Catholic Church at Marlborough.
@. How long does 1t take to get
patent?-M. l.. N.
A. 1t takes about Is months on the
average to obtain patent.
Evening star., 1942-09-01
Expresses Faith In Marines
Regardless Of Color Of Uniforms.

To the Editor of The Star:
marine in his olive drab or his blue,
or even his summer khaki, holding his
shoulders back and his head high, is
enough advertisement for the corps to
which he belongs.
The Flag would not still be flying at
Midway were it not for the marines; and
the public may rest assured that the
fighting Devil Dogs will raise Old Glory
over Wake, Guam the Philippines and
-yes-Japan and Germany. too.
HELEN SEMPER FIDELIS.
Evening star., 1942-09-01
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the ,Driter, although the use of
a pseudonyn, for publication is
permissible. The Star reserDes
the right to edit all letters Dith
a yie1D to condensation.
Evening star., 1942-09-01
Complains About "Tenderizing"
OF Ham by Packers.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The star:
For the past year 1t has been impos-
sible to buy ham in Washington that
has not had all the good flavor and
juices extracted. They call it tender
lied ham" to fool the consumer. 1t is
impossible to have ham gravy or ham
broth to cook vegetables in. The con-
sumer is being deprived OF the best food
value in the hams
When buy ham want the full food
value for my family. The process they
use in tenderizing the ham has ruined
the taste. The local meat cutters have
told me that the hams are tenderized
by the packers. called the Agriculture
Department and was told that they knew
about 1t, and had not authorized tender
ization of the hams. but had permitted
the packers to tenderize the hams be-
cause the packers wanted to do So
MRS. BRANSON G. McILWEE.
Evening star., 1942-09-01

up in Germany, with responsible ad
ministrators. There are German experts
in government and economics who have
fed the country; they should be re-
stored. nave studied the Weimar con-
stitution which was set up after the last
war by Germany under the direction Of
DR.. Preuss, and I am of the opinion
that Germany might have been one of
the family of democracies If Weimar
had had chance to succeed against
the chaos which followed -disillusion-
ment, debt, imitation and, above all, the
Communist revolutions that occurred
all up and down the country.
We must prove that democracy is the
best by education and example. We can
not build up and maintain peace by
methods which are the antithesis of that
which we are fighting for.
CHARLES e. WILLIAMS.
Evening star., 1942-09-01
Declares Support Of A. p.
And Country's Newspapers.

To the Editor of The Star:
With reference to the Government
filing suit against the Associated Press
for certain alleged practices, wish to
say that am on the side Of the Asso-
ciated Press and the newspapers. Your
editorial sums up the matter excelently.
I have long watched the controversy
between the Chicago Sun and the Chi
cago Tribune, and 1t is no surprise to me
! that things should come to q head thus.
The press in this country is the best
in the world
Our government and way of life are
also the best in the world. But it is
my belief that in this suit the Govern
ment will not whole -heartedly prosecute.
On what grounds does it stand-that is
the question?
This action every one knows was in
stituted by few influential individuals
in high Government circles who now
enjoy peculiar advantage but after the
war they will be given their walking
papers.
My sentiments again are with the As
sociated Press and the country's news
papers. MATTHEW E. TYSON.
Disasrees With Writer
Who Condemned Germans as Monsters"
To the Editor Of The Star:
The letter of George Payne which ap-
peared in The Star for August 20 prompts
me to write an answer. Contrary to his
idea, we are fighting human beings The
Germans are not monsters. Biologists,
the psychologists and, above all, the
anthropologists have proved that all men,
Teuton, Slav, Oriental, Negro, Aryan-
If there is such thing-are all human
If after the war we destroy the enemy
nations, redraw the map of the world
and set ourselves up to police the earth,
we would be doing the very thing we
have set cut to preventive aomina-
ton of the world by one nation.
The Axis must be beaten. and Fascism
must be destroyed. Democracy must
triumph. We all must put everything
we can into the war effort-our time
and money. But never must we let bias
and prejudice influence our clear think
ing.
Times Like these encourage irration-
ality. 1t is up to us to try harder than
ever to maintain the highest levels of
our mental capacities.
Certainly, the German people might
have been able to crush the Hitler re-
gime. But what did the common peo-
pie of Germany know about any other
form OF government? Hitler established
himself and maintained his new order"
by terror. The people of Germany know
nothing else but what they have been
taught. Those who know better have
been forced into exile or put into con-
centration camps.
A refugee anthropologist at our school
said that the people OF Germany thought
Hitler just another crackpot politician
who would go with the wind like others
before him. When they came to the
realization that this was not the case.
1t was too late He said that he and
others actually had made jest of Hitler
and his promises. Do you think it right
to make every German suffer for the
crimes OF the Nal "oligarchy"?
If We are fighting for democracy and
think 1t the best form of government
on earth we should see to 1t that q
| democratic form Of government Is set
Evening star., 1942-09-01

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