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Evening star., 1942-03-26
Complains About Government
Concessions to Organized Labor.

Complains About Government
Concessions to Organized Labor.
To the Editor Of The Star:
How can any one be inspired with
patriotism when the administration
makes deals with labor? Donald Nelson,
who was going to get production going
all out for defense, ETC., ETC., has sue
cumbed to the wiles of labor lobbyists
and the President, and 50 labor again
wins. One day there are promises Of no
strikes, the next the papers report dozens
Of them.
Yes, I am angry, and 50 are thou
sands of others. My son and their sons
are giving up good jobs (Which they
probably will not get back II they return)
to receive $21 q month with no limit on
hours.
hope the spineless Congress will
receive new backbones in the next elec-
ton. I for one intend to do my part
toward that end.
Thank you for David Lawrence and
Frank Kent. wish every person In our
country could read their clear-cut.
honest expeditions Of facts. often send
their articles to friends and relatives In
other cities May they never b
muHledl MRS. q. q. ".
Evening star., 1942-03-26
Says International Barriers
Must Be Abolished.

NuSt DC AOOLSucO.
To the Editor OF The Star:
The craze for economic self-sufficiency
that has characterized the worlds ma
tions since the last war has increased
and strengthened international trade
barriers, and the deadening effect Of
these barriers can be depicted by paint
ing a picture Of the economic situation
that would afflict the people Of the
United States were each Of its 48 States
an autonomous nation bent upon achiev-
ing economic independence.
Each State brings in from other States
thousands Of necessary raw and manu-
factured materials not produced within
its own borders Fearing to find outside
sources cut of by war, each State would
take up the task of establishing in its
own territory the means Of producing
every item its people consumes. But
since the many new industries that would
result could not, at the start, compete
in price with ong-established outside
industries, legislatures would be asked
to shield them behind protective tariffs.
The addition Of a tariff to manufactur-
ing and carrying costs would boost the
price of every item from another State.
Conversely, every State produces some
items in quantities beyond the consump-
ton needs Of its own residents. Kansas
produces more grain, Minnesota more
dairy products, Illinois more beef Texas
more oil, Florida more oranges than
their own peoples can absorb. Were
each a sovereign nation. their govern
ments, spurred by the dread of seeing
trade outlets shut by war or by new
tariff walls erected by consumer States,
would tend to restrict productive capacity
within each State to its own consumption
limit.
Such restriction would take from con-
sumers everywhere the benefits of mass
production. 1t also would interfere with
the tendency Of each industry to grow
where natural conditions most favor 1t.
Result: Enhanced price tags on every
thing the common man bought.
This imaginary picture of the welter
that would follow were the United States
composed Of independent, instead Of in
terdependent States diagnoses one Of the
ills that have plagued the world. An
equally faithful portrayal Of the superior
economic situation as it actually exists
in the United States prescribes a cure.
To cure its Ill the world must demolish
international barriers. But this alone
will not suffice 1t must also create
some effective judicial machinery for the
arbitration of disputes to the end that
war blockades may not interrupt the
free flow of trade between nations
thereby established.
HARRY STARK.
Daytona Beach, Fla.
Evening star., 1942-03-26
Telling the News

General MacArthur's statement of
his policy concerning the release of
war news for publication-that all
facts not helpful to the enemy should
be made public-gives welcome as
surance that the American people
will be kept informed Of the progress
of their fight for survival.
It should be noted that General
Macarthur, in taking this position,
was Influenced by thoroughly real
istic considerations. "One cannot
wage war under present conditions u
he said, without the support of
public opinion, which is tremendously
nodded by the press and other
propaganda forces. Men will not
fight and die without knowing what
they are fighting and dying for. The
care with which the enemy keeps
the truth from his people and tries
to incline their minds toward GER
tain channels and to implant certain
ideas shows the weight he lays upon
it. In the democracieS it is essential
that the public should know the
truth"
1t seems hardly necessary to elabo-
rate on the Importance of dealing
frankly with free people. They are
accustomed to the truth and they
will not long support a government
which attempts to deal in misrepre-
sentations or which unduly withholds
facts which might properly be given
out. It is the confidence of the people
in their government which is at
stake, and If this confidence should
be destroyed by a lack of candor or
by foolish attempts to tone down
Evening star., 1942-03-26

burden Of services, would be sufncient
to meet current needs, pending . study
of the whole situation. Congress is as
incapable of handling taxation for this
community as State Legislatures were
to handle industrial safety, or Congress
itself to handle interstate commerce. It's
record on the last tax law is fresh in
the minds Of citizens and members Of
the District Committees alike.
Experience proves that realty taxes
on assessment valuation are obsolete
and that to continue to increase the rate
merely drives people into new areas,
handicaps business, causes those in low
income brackets to allocate more Of
their narrow budgets to rent abandoned
better places, as in most large cities,
and lowers nutrition and health stand
ards Of the people while it hastens
depreciation Of properties. AS a conse-
quence, great areas of down. n-at-the-heel
properties produce less and less taxes.
followed by steadily increasing rates,
slum areas and defaults.
The ALLEGATION Of definite percentage
areas Tor residence purposes varying IN
costs and other areas for business, light
manufacturing, Federal and municipal
purposes, out of a limited space such as
the District. would both remove specu-
lation, menace since the location
was agreed upon, and operate to make
planning possible.
Tax values would then derive from
definite local and Federal costs and be
allocated by blocks Of land upon which
1t would be too costly to preserve obsolete
property.
AS this is tied up with rehousing
suggested transportation facilities. school
buildings, Fairgrounds and parks, and
public safety provisions, it calls for q
study by an impartial board aided by
experts over q long period Of time.
Meanwhile. the municipality. as the
servant of the Federal Government.
should have an appropriation Of at least
$40 0O0, 900 dollars as emergency funds
for its operation.
CHARLES M. THOMAS,
Editor, Washington Tribune.
Evening star., 1942-03-26
Unwise Puy Increases

To attempt to appraise in dollars
the value Of the indispensable serv-
ices rendered the city by the men of
the Police and Fire Departments
would be difficult indeed. Consid-
ering the hazards of their respective
Jobs, the compensation which they
receive seems little enough-just as
the pay Of men in the armed forces
is small in relation to the service ex-
pected Of them. In weighing pro-
posals to increase the salaries of
policemen and firemen, therefore,
the controlling considerations in
Washington as elsewhere should be
whether increases are justified by
the comparative municipal statistics,
by economic conditions and by ability
Of the community to pay the bill.
Representative Schultz, in re-
sponse to query from the floor, told
the House, prior to its approval of
his police and firemen's pay increase
bill, that local salary scales in these
departments are below those of other
comparable cities. He did not name
cities nor say whether he was COM
pairing entrance, average or maxi
mum salaries. The 1941 Municipal
Yearbook, however, supports con-
tentions OF the District Commission
ers that pay levels of Washington
patrolmen and fire fighters compare
favorably with those in other large
cities. For example, Washington
stood fifth among twenty-one Of the
larger cities in entrance pay for pa
trolmen and full-time fremen. It
stood sixth with respect to maximum
pay. Cities with higher entrance
salaries for both services were De-
troit, Chicago, Newark, Los Angeles
and San Francisco. Among those
with lower entrance salaries were
New York City, Philadelphia, st.
Louis, Boston, Pittsburgh, Indian
apolis and Baltimore. The Bureau
Of Labor Statistics, in a report last
year comparing flremen's salaries in
thirty eight South Atlantic cities,
pointed out that sixth-grade firemen
In Washington received more than
first grade f1remen in all but two of
the cities.
While it is true that living costs
have risen since those surveys were
made, there does not appear to have
been any general upward trend in
police and firemens wages that
would materially alter the picture.
Certainly, as Representative Stephan
told the House, if pay of policemen
and firemen should be raised to keep
pace with living costs, then it is just
as logical to increase the salaries of
all other District employees. But it
would be economically unsound to
launch general pay boost program
at this time, not only because of the
1nf1ationary aspect. but because Dis
trict taxpayers cannot afford to pay
the added cost. BY the same rea-
soning, it would be extremely unwise
to single out two groups of municipal
servants for preferential pay treat
ment. Even a limited program un-
doubtedly would involve increased
taxes for an already overburdened
community
Evening star., 1942-03-26
Discovers Low" In Logic
In o. P. A. Difficulties.
Co the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
The latest news about relocating Fed
eral agencies strikes new low In logic.
o. P. A. has huge new Office building
constructed in Suitland, Md. Just before
completion, o. P. A. discovers" that the
location is unhandy. Proposed solution:
Move Census out Of its building and into
o. p. AS structure at Suitland; move
o. p. A. into the Census Building!
The principle, II any, seems to be-:
Plan badly: correct your errors by spik-
ing the other fellow. L. o. 0lC1AN.
Evening star., 1942-03-26
Daytona Beach, Fla.
lis for Substantial Increase

Calls for Substantial Increase
In Government Lump Sum Payment.
To the Editor of The Star:
1t is unfortunate that once again the
District of Columbia is confronted by
recommendations to raise revenue by
taxing realty, while findings of the
Tax Revision Committee which sat for
months under authority Of q joint
resolution Of the committees on internal
revenue of both Houses of Congress lie
unheeded.
The keenest attention was given to
the whole complex subject and pre-
sented in the Pond report.
One Of the first steps toward financing
the District is for . payment by the
Congress adequate to the steadily in
creasing cost Of municipal administra-
ton following Federal functioning. Ten
million dollars rather than the 5000, 900
appropriated for . smaller and lighter
Evening star., 1942-03-26

Once there was a newsboy who
howled out not only the name of
publications but the gist of the big
news so distinctly that any one could
understand him. He did not last
long, however: he soon got so pros
porous he could quit.
Evening star., 1942-03-26

In 1861, just before COL Robert E.
Lee went with Virginia, Gen. Win
field Scott declared that Lees life was
of such value to his country that
the Government ought to insure it for
a million dollars. Who is prepared
to quote an actuarial figure on Doug
las Macarthur?
Evening star., 1942-03-26
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 1Driter, although the use of
a pseudonyn, for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters NTH
q Ute11 to condensation.
Evening star., 1942-03-26

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In this 36-page booklet-how to
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or steam. Also includes recipes for
your favorite chicken combina-
tions-creamed chicken, chicken
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chop suey, sauted chicken livers,
gumbo, jellied chicken and
chicken salad. Suggestions for
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inclose 10 cents In coin, wrapped
In this clipping. and mail to The
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Evening star., 1942-03-26

~. is t1c l1lll uuocIy III ftlCllulOuO,
Ind, the largest in the United states7
ID. M. B.
A. The Hill Floral Products Co. Of
Richmond, Ind. Is one Of the largest
nurseries in this country. 1t has the
distinction of having originated about
IS per cent Of all the new improved
forcing roses produced in the world DUR
ing the last 40 years.
@. How many books are there In the
libraries Of the United States?-B. U. r.
A. The total number of books in all
libraries is placed at $50 100000. OF
these 100000 900 are in public libraries
and the remainder in Federal, State, col
lege, school and special libraries.
Q. What city in Canada Is nicknamed
the City OF saints?-P. C.
A. Montreal. Canada, is often called
the City of Saints because all the streets
are named after saints.
@. Is there . British Ambassador in
Soviet Russia at the present timer
I. NE
A. Sir Archibald Clark Kerr Is the
new British Ambassador in Russia. He
reached Kuibyshev on March II.
Q. How did the dish known ~ ~gou-
lash" get its name?-D. T. H.
A. Goulaxh Is derived from "gulyash,"
meaning cattle herdsman." The frBt
goulash was cooked by herdsmen living
in the open at Hortobad, near Dehrecsen,
Hungary, some five centuries ago.
@. Do woodpeckers harm tsssf-T. NJ.
A. Fish and Wildlife Service says that
voodpeckers. ordinarily. DO not harm
trees. They do destroy injurious tree
insects.
@. What are the four major errors Of
the eye7-M. B. T.
A. They are nearsightedness. farsight-
edness, astigmatism and double vision.
These constitute 95 per cent of all eye
defects.
@. What is the exact date Of George
Washington's birth as recorded In the
family Bfble?-G. c. M.
"A. III VIC w do1l4316tOh 01blC w
tons birthday was noted as occurring
about 10 o'clock in the morning Of Feb
ruary II, which is the same date now
designated as February ~.
@. Who was the author of the first
poem ever written In the United States7
r. T.
A. The first poem produced in this
country was the Nova Anglia" by VII.
liam Morrell, written in 1925 in the Latin
language.
@. How much money did the late
Andrew Carnegie devote to philan.
thropy?-J. s.
A. Robert M. Lester, secretary of the
Carnegie Corp, in his recent book says
that before his death in 1919 Andrew
Carnegie had personally given away
$311 ,00o, 900.
@. When does Kentuckys sesquicen.
tennial celebration begin this year?-
B. r. T.
A. 1t begins on April 19
@. Is hara-kiri still obligatory In
Japan?-W. w.
A. Hara-kiri. literally "beuy-cutting,"
has not been obligatory since 1868. The
custom Is still adhered TO by high.
ranking officers who have fallen into
disgrace.
@. Who was 1t who said Shakespeare
was not Of an age but for all time"7-
N. F.
A. Ben Jonson, In the poem ITO the
Memory Of My Beloved, the Author, Mr..
William Shakespeare" preflxed to the
first folio.
Evening star., 1942-03-26

In connection with overtime pay
scales on holidays, it really looks as
though the c. I. o. and A. F. L. were
plainly saying Uncle" to their Uncle
Sam.
Evening star., 1942-03-26

Ths Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to it or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
AL rights Of publication Of special dispatches
herein also are reserved.
Evening star., 1942-03-26
Member Of the Associated Press.

Entered - second-class matter post once,
Washington. D. c.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-13
London
Continued from Page l


military career. He began at
tending Citizens Military Train
ing Courses at Camp Custer,
now Fort Custer when he was
IA years old and still attending
high school here. Upon gradua-
ton from high school he enroll
ed in Michigan State College
from which he graduated five
years ago after winning a col
onclcy in the military forces at
the college, taking it away from
a man who had held ii for eight
years.
Immediately after his gradua-
ton from college he became a
member of the State Police at
the East Lansing post and left
that to enlist in the Army.
As reserve officer, through
his c. M. T. &. training he won
commission in the regular
Army has been stationed at a
number of posts in the United
States before going to Iceland
and London.
1T makes fellow proud to
have a son like that" his father
declared, a little sclf-Conscious-
~ this morning and his
Younger brother, Edwin, is just
about ready TO 20.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-13
Mrs. parrott,
80, Suttumbs
Long Illness Fotol;
Services Wednesday

Mrs. Martha Jane PARROT, 30
a lifelong resident Of Mount
Clemens and vicinity, died al
.3:45 a. m. today at her home, 13
Washington, following a lengthy
illness.
She was the wife OF Wallace
F. PARROT who died April IA,
1880, and the daughter Of the
late Jonathan and Alkaline Wild
rig.
Mrs. PARROT had been an &C
tive member Of the First Metho-
dist church until failing health
curtailed her work. She was a
member Of SaS,osa Lex ffite .;
'Naccahees
Surviving are two sons, Lyle
G.. and Bernard j., both of De-
troit, sister Miss Phoebe Wild
rig with whom she made her
home, six grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
The body will be at the home
tomorrow morning from where
services will be held Wednes-
day at 800 p. m. with Rev.
Dunning Idle, pastor of First
Methodist, officiating. Burial
will be in Clinton Grove Gene
terry under the direction of Dun
can b. Hubbard.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-13
Other Polar Bear
Soldiers Listed
85th Fought in Russio
Following World War

Arnold f. UllTiCh and Harold
Green aren't the only two for
mer members Of the 339th in
fantry, Of the 85th Dctroit's Own
or Polar Bear division who
fought in the vicinity of Archan-
gel, Russia, in 1919 it was
Indignantly avcrrcd Sunday by
other members Of the famous
division who kept on fighting
after the World War had Off
cially ended.
Others are Tom, proprietor of
Toms cafe, in Gratiot avenue,
Louis BobcCan, Jewell Barrett
and Waldo +. PcaSc, it was
stated.
The members Of the famous
Michigan military groovN Wy
nofd their annual reunion in
paying tribute to the fallen fell
lows at Whitcchapel Memorial
Park in Oakland county Memo
rial Day,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-13
Long War
Continued from Page l

Of fire and spirit today as were
the minute men Of Concord
and added:
Il can tell you without batting
an eye that man for man, and
plane for plane, Uncle Sam has
the greatest ,2c-i>I ,sist.,S..;;--,zs -
cnIne in the world today.
Don't get me wrong, / am
not Understanding our enemies
and their equipment. Never UNI
dercstimate your enemies. But
on the other hand let's not get
frame of mind that he is the top
dog"
Col. Rickenbacker, who is
president Of Eastern Air Lines,
and Col. Frank Hunter, also a
World War ace, made a country
wide tour Of all army air force
pursuit and combat stations to
help train pursuit pilots and
Commandment crews in the psy-
chology Of warfare. The mission,
which started March 8 and end
ed today at Mitchell Field, was at
the request of Lieut.. Gen. Henry
II. Arnold, commander Of the
army air forces.
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ELrand
Continued from Page


him back into Jail there. They
were very rcGrCtful about it,
Deputy &, II. Ferris and Deputy
Luther jackson, sub. They never
thought that Red would turn out
TO be absent-mlndcd. Because he
did, he must now go back to his
old jail home for another year
and a month as the penalty for
breaking jail. He would other
wise have had just a n o h e +
month TO serve and the county
jailer was getting a good job
lined up for him.
Yes, sub
Reds only trouble was that
he forged a check down there
in the horSe-r2Clng Country
which is a practise that is frown-
ed upon in that section. SO he
drew a year in the brig. Then it
was found that he had previous
record in a pcnitentiary some
where, the officers didn't recall
just where, before that. Life for
Rcd has been pretty much one
jail after another
He was arrested i'm Warren
township by Chief William Ro-
mano and Patrolman Eddie Fee
leo, of the Warren township po-
lice Saturday at house at 1927
East Eight Mile road, When ar
rested, he made no mention of
the spool Of thread that he had
been sent out TO get. They found
him here on a tip from some
point in Ohio and held him on
request o the Fayctte county au-
thoritiCs.
At the jail the officers and
their prisoner exchanged greet
ings through the bars OF the cell
last night,
Then the visiting officers &C
corded local officers a little old
fashioned southern hospitality in
exchange for little Of the new
tangled northern variety.
Special Deputy Fred KlOCkOw
showed them all over both tho
city and county iallS and took
them out 10 the kitchen and in
troduCed them tO everybody As
they went aloug
Then the southern gentlemen
entertained the special deputy al
a little after-the-show supper,
sub
And Red started home with
them this morning.
And everybody IS cordially in
vitcd 10 come down there for the
horse racing
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Suspect Dope
in Jail Case
Woman in Jail Token
TO ST. Joseph's

Mrs. Elsie Becker, SO, who was
removed from the county jail to
St. Joseph hospital Saturday
when jail attaches found her I'M
conscious, was repeatedly In
poor condition al the hospital to-
day. A physician summoned by
the sheriffs office said that he
believed she had taken some
kind OF dope
Shcriff's officers claimed the
only drugs she had at the time
of her admittance to Jail were
aspirin tablets.
Other casualties listed a. hav-
ing been in the hospital for
treatment ranging from first
aid up during the week end
were Alex Ross, OF the Royal Ca
madam Flying rorCe, of Fingal,
Ontario, and his girl friend, Miss
Thelma Van Velder, of 1913
South Adams road, Birming-
ham, who received first aid Sun
day night and left; Robert For
ton, 102 Euclid avenue, and Miss
lone Brinkmer, 5218 Shoemaker
road, who received similar treat
ment and were discharged; Mrs.
ClarisSa Fenner, OF Port Huron
who was discharged Sunday, fol-
lowing treatment for injuries
received in an auto accident Fri
day night; Lloyd Stone, OF Al
gonac, injured in another accl-
dent Friday night, who was also
discharged yesterday; F G d
Scott, of 10 Park avenue, hit by
a Detroit motoriSt after he had
walked into the path of the car
while tagging ride home on
Gratiot avenue It Masonic
boulevard, who still remains in
hospital, his condition reported
~ fair; and Chris O'Brien, Of
North avenue, who was hit by
a car driven by Donald Dene-
weth 12 aeed oN MA run
charge. O'Brien is repeatedly
improved.
Hospital attaches had no in
formation regarding the mishap
to the Canadian flier and his
friend, and it was not reported TO
local authorities.
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II Duce Cries.
Laughs as He
Loses Control

LONDON, April ia special
correspondent of The Daily Mail
on the Italian frontier cabled
today that Premier MuSSolini
was foWnd - ssccts r. "conI
plete prostration" when eX2G2
ined by specialist,
The dispatch said;
During the interview II Duce
sobbcd bitterly. then burst into
hysterical laughter. The spe-
cialist said Mussolini had lost
all control Of himself and no
longer was able to manage his
affairs as dictator Of Italy, which
now are reported II chaotic
condition.