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Evening star., 1942-02-25
Housing Merger

The reorganization of the sprawl
ing Federal housing setup ordered
by President Roosevelt yesterday has
long been overdue. A glance at the
bewildering chart of the old organi-
zation which President Roosevelt
attached to his announcement of
the change is enough to make one
wonder why such. a patchwork, dis
jointed structure was permitted to
continue in existence this long. In
the rush of the emergency new
agencies were superimposed on old
agencies and new ones of independ-
ent status we're created The chart
shows that sixteen agencies have
been building housing with public
funds or aiding private industry to
build homes and apartments. The
White House put it conservatively
when it asserted that there have been
"duplication, conflict, disputes and
overlapping among these public
agencies themselves and also be-
tween them and the private building
agencies" An earlier effort to bring
some sort of order out of this chaos
by appointment of co-ordinator
failed of its objective, largely because
the co-ordinator lacked effective ad-
ministrative control.
Washington, because of its rapid
growth, has had ample opportunity
to see at close range the results of
this housing confusion. 1t saw one
Federal agency converting apart
ments into Offices while other Fed
eral agencies sought to create ad-
ditional apartment facilities. In one
instance, an agency whose duty it
was to relieve the housing shortage
in the Capital contributed to the
housing shortage by taking over part
of a downtown apartment house.
Private builders, urged on the one
hand to cooperate in providing new
living units, found themselves bound
on the other hand by priority and
other restrictions. This welter of
activities undoubtedly has been a
factor in the failure of Congress to
make adequate provision for the Dis
trict Of Columbia in connection with
housing legislation. Testimony on
the $50,000,000 Lanham housing bill
has reflected some of the confusion
which has prevailed regarding hous-
ing needs of Washington.
There is reason to hope that the
reorganized housing Setup, to be
known as the National Housing
Agency, will function with a mini
mum of waste and q maximum Of
wartime efficiency. The diverse
housing groups will be consolidated
under one controlling head. He will
be John B. Blandford, jr., now as
Evening star., 1942-02-25

sistant director Of the budget. The
ONCE Of the co-ordinator is abol-
ished, but all other agencies will re-
main, grouped into three main di-
visions for simplif1ed administration.
Mr.. Blandford no doubt will find
many ways in which further to strip
the new agency for more effective
action. He deserves to be given a
free hand In making whatever, addi-
tional refinements he may find to be
advisable.
Evening star., 1942-02-25

my children that I have understood
This is our Mother Country. She has
nourished US from her body. We have
slept upon her breast. She has been
indulgent with us, even as our human
mothers. She has given lavishly. We
have used her gifts-spendthrifts all
with no thought of privilege or graft
tude. But now-we know!
This tide Of fierce tenderness! We
would circle her with our arms II we
might, lest harm befall her! This Is our
mother! We hold her dear. She stands
for all we know of life. She stands for
love and home For the freedom to be
our best and all that goes to make life
worth living as we see it. These are
the things that belong to this mother
land of ours. We hold them in common.
These are the things we stand for We
live for them, we fight for them-we die
for them If we must. 1t is dedication,
our giving now.
Your boy. my boy, they are in the
Service.
ANOTHER SERVICE MOTHER.
Evening star., 1942-02-25

@. Is it correct to call the engine of
automobile a motor?-O. o. K.
A. The National Bureau of Standai
says according to the best techniI
usage, engine" is the correct term. Z
motive power of an automobile is
internal-combustion engine. Among
gineers motor" generally means
electric motor. However, in a BRO
sense, motor could be used to descr
any kind of engine or other device Cd
verting one form of energy into anotl
form.
@. Who Is considered to be the q
author of the United States?-H. L.
A. Gov. Bradford, author of
Plimouth Plantation" may be cons
cred as our first author. DR.. Willianl
Long says of this book, "At the beginnl
Of American literature stands the chrd
Gle history of Gov. Bradford"
@. Do elephants always go to cert
place to die?-N. N. S.
A. 1t is a legend or myth that is aim
universal in the elephant country Il
there is a place to which all elephaI
60 when they are about to die. WI
this place has often been sought 1t
never been found. In fact there Is
reason to believe it exists.
@. When is child health day observ|
p. P. A.
A. Since 1928, May / has been des
mated by act of Congress as child he'd
day. The Presidents proclamation q
upon people in all communities to e3
every effort Ito the end that before \
Day-child health day, children d
nine months of age be immunt
against diptheria and smallpox, the
diseases for which we have the SUI
means of prevention"
@. Did India declare war against q
many in the First World WARM. 4
A. In the First World War India nj
no separate declaration Of war, not
ing self-governing colony. India
however, contribute a substantial nj
Der of men to the Allied forces.
@. What breed of COW Is known as
poor mans cow"?-P. r. M.
A. The Dexter or Dexter Kerry br5
which originated from the Kerry b
of Ireland, spread into England and \
introduced into America in 1859, d
called. 1t received its nickname becS
of the quantity of milk given and
small amount of inexpensive feed
quired.
@. What Is the significance of the 4
"macaroni" as used in the song "Ya4
Doodle? G. N.
A. For long time macaroni was
known outside Genoa, Italy, but in
18th century 1t was introduced into q
don. A club was formed at whose gS
erings macaroni was the principal Z
Soon "macaroni" came to be q conf
name for young man about town.
@. How many peoples were subjed
ancient Rome?-C. N. r.
A. Gibbon estimates that all races
nations which obeyed imperial R1
numbered 100 millions.
Evening star., 1942-02-25
Bomber for Butuun'

The derisive humor of Bundles
for Congress" drive, launched early
this month at Spokane, Washington,
took the country by storm. It's spon-
sorS, alarmed at the proportions
assumed by what they had begun as
harmless ribbing of congressional
pensions, dropped the campaign a
few days after its start. But it had
caught the imagination Of the Amer
lean people. Its real end came yes
terday with the fall of the clerks
gavel in the House after the over
whelming vote to repeal the pensions.
A movement with similar poten-
tialities was reported yesterday from
the Philippines by Associated Press
Correspondent Clark Lee. American
and Filipino soldiers, fighting their
grim battle on the Bataan PENN
sula, have begun a Bomber for
Bataan" campaign, offering
months pay for the purchase of a
bomber-just one bomber-for Ba-
taan. Bonuses will be paid the ships
crew which brings it there. OF all
the bombers now being turned out
by Americas great industrial effort,
they are asking for one-just one.
They will furnish from their ranks
the pilots to man the bomber.
This is irony, of course. 1t is bitter
irony, perhaps unfair but certainly
not ill-advised For perhaps it will
serve to bring into sharp focus the
shameful shilly-shallying with war
on the home front while American
soldiers and sailors are dying every
day on our far flung battle fronts.
The time has passed for appeals to
men to stay at work in the factories
producing the tools Of war. So many
appeals of this sort have been made
that their repetition is hollow and
meaningless. It is time for a show
at home of that stern stuff that has
enabled MacArthur's men to hold
their lines. Leaders of labor or
leaders of industry whose counsels
or actions bring stoppageS of work
should be hauled of the job and
treated as any other saboteurs would
be treated. There may be occasional
acts of injustice. But thesE could
never compare with the hateful in
justice of which we, as Nation, are
guilty now by permitting stoppages
of essential work in the midst of q
war. And this injustice must stop.
Evening star., 1942-02-25
Truqic Wunderer

Lie pdtIleClC Qcdtll VI SGclaIl IWclS
and his devoted wife constitutes a
reproach to the times from which
they have chosen to take their de-
parture. 1t is indeed a solemn in
dictment Of the world at large that
they believed that they were pos
sessed of no place in it.
But, lest others be prompted to a
like decision by their tragic example,
something more must be said. Mr..
Zweig was restless long before the
development of militant intolerance
made residence in Vienna uncom-
Portable for him. The record of his
youth shows that he was lone with
out a country" while yet Europe was
relatively exempt from coercive ide-
ologies. He wandered over the globe
in quest of utopias which do not
exist. His "long years of peregrina-
ton" were not forced upon him by
any power outside his own nature.
Roman ROLAND testifies: "a burning
desire to obtain an insight into all
phases of life made him a Flying
Dutchman who mixed with
all sorts and conditions of men,
always observing and noting down
what he saw, writing in hotel bed
rooms and devouring the books Of
every country in an effort to unravel
the tecrets of its great men and
great movements"
OF course, at the end he felt that
he had failed, but Mr.. Zweig should
have realized-perhaps in a certain
sense he did realize-that that is the
common fate Of most human crea-
lures. The age in which his lines
were cast was not so vastly different
from the ages about which he wrote
with marvellous skill. His biography
of Marie Antoinette has been called
the best work of its class extant, but
it's author would have been miserable
had he been a contemporary of the
French revolutionists, Robespierre
and Danton. So, too, his study of
Mary, Queen of Scots, should have
convinced him that he would not
have been happy in the days Of
Elizabeth. The brilliant account of
Erasmus of Rotterdam which he pub
lished in 1884 ought to have educated
him to a philosophic objectivity equal
to his need.
Mr.. Zweig, however, was by nature
a prophet and reformer. He suf-
fered as Hamlet suffered-and as
uselessly. But he was not wrong;
his hope was the universal hope of
which he wrote: with faith ever
freshly renewed, men still look to
the possibility of a reconciliation
between the nations. For man
cannot live and work without the
comforting delusion that humanity
is really capable OF rising to higher
moral plane, without his dream that
in the end he and his fellow-mortals
will be reconciled and will under
stand one another" Neither was he
alone. Even at the last he had loyal
friends-and a wife who loved him
more than her own existence.
1t is great pity that such "a
gracious, gentle master of the art of
letters should be lost to the cause of
liberty just now; but, on the other
hand, it is comforting to think that
Mr.. Zweig has found at last the
mystic peace he sought throughout
his whole career.
Evening star., 1942-02-25

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1Driter, although the use OF
a pSeudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters NTH
q Uie1D to condensation.
Evening star., 1942-02-25
Calls Attention to Need
For Guarding Heating Plant.
NJ ~ . r5Sxx,x - rrr> me-.

To the Editor of The Star:
The Public Buildings Administration
announces five more temporary Federal
office buildings to be constructed in the
downtown area.
Does the public realize that these
buildings and so or more of the principal
Federal ONCE buildings all are heated
from one central heating plant? Even
the partial destruction of this one CEN
trail heating plant by either sabotage or
air raid would completely disrupt the
operation of our Government and its
direction Of the war.
We had too many warships in the
small confines of Pearl Harbor. Are we
again putting too many eggs In one
basket? ALERT.
Evening star., 1942-02-25

The Department of Agriculture
highly praises the bee as defense
worker. It's defense is so good, how
ever, that one should be careful about
mats on its back.
Evening star., 1942-02-25

Purchase of half q million skis in
Norway is expected to put the Nazi
armies in better shape. Hitherto in
Russia they have been mainly on
SkidS.
Evening star., 1942-02-25

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Evening star., 1942-02-25

There has been an epidemic Of sab
otage fires in Norway. This is one
way Of making 1t hot for the invader.
Evening star., 1942-02-25
Believes Widespread Public Protest
Against Congressional Pension Is Just.
tn tbs Editor NJ The Qfar.

Believes Widespread Public Protest
Against Congressional Pension Is Just.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Long ago I learned to have great re-
spect for the opinions of my friend of
many years, George A. Warren, but
find myself unable to agree with his
communication in The Star of February
18 defending that portion of the Ram
speck-Mead revision of the Civil Service
Retirement Act pertaining to members
OF Congress and other elective officials
For one thing, the amazing volume of
tumult" in protest has not been without
reference to facts and heed to the voice
of reason. A fair examination of the
almost unanimous editorial condemna-
tion by the press of the country, includ-
ing The Star and other of the most re-
spected newspapers, as well as Of other
expressions representative Of public
opinion, is entirely sufficient to refute
the contrary contention.
The members of Congress and others
who would have us believe that the re-
peal by Congress by almost unanimous
vote of proposition that it adopted with
almost no objection but few weeks ago
is qualification of conviction, a mere
bowling to unwarranted public clamor,
seem to me to place Congress on a
lower plane than is necessary. I think it
would be more just and correct to as
sumo that the quite remarkable about
face of Congress in this matter is in
some measure, at least. due to recogni-
ton, whether acknowledged or not, that
the public protest Is so meritorious that
1t would be foolish and futile to attempt
to resist it. JOHN D. BRADLEY.
Evening star., 1942-02-25
Entered as second-class matter post once,
Washington, D. c.
Member Of the Associated Press.

A.. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republica ton of all news dispatches
credited to It or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights Of publication Of special dispatches
herein also are reserved
Evening star., 1942-02-25
Warns Of Dangers
Like Those That Defeated France.

Like Those That Defeated France.
70 the Editor Of The Star:
The conduct of every phase of the war
SO far has been silly. No responsible
leadership exists in financial, political or
industrial circles. The Nation has gone
profit mad, and the soldiers are leaving
for the front with bitterness In their
hearts. Our troops are being called upon
to make every sacrifice but the people
at home and the leaders Of this country
are concerned only with profit and
power.
All industrial plants, wealth and man
power in this country should be con-
scripted at once and put to work In the
war effort. Profit should be eliminated.
Remember that the Army Of France
saw no cause to engage in life struggle
to protect the slackers and profiteers at
home. SARATOGA JONES.
Evening star., 1942-09-06

End Of the run in Los Angeles.
DwindIine monpower for streetcor
crews finds the girls reody to step
into the Jobs and into these snoppy
uniforms oIreody adopted for them
by the oiy's trootion oompony.
Movie storIets Marjorie Lord tIeft)
and Louise AIIbritton give you the
preview.
Evening star., 1942-09-06

Autos have vanished and
bikes ore sooree in Poris.
So this old controption of
Soy Nineties vintage serves
this Porision model for q
display Of her robe cuIotte
bicycle toshion in q style
show in the Germon -ocou-
pied former French copitol.
Wide World and A. P. Photos.
Evening star., 1942-09-06

Practice Air Raid Country SfvI>

T h e s a b ote ur
started the make
believe incendiary
b o m b a little
ahead Of schedule
on the lawn of the
auxiliary fire
m a n S h o m e .
T h a t s W hy tn e
A, F is doing a
quiCkie to the fire
house. He has to
be on hand for the
phone call notify
ing him Of the
danger.
Evening star., 1942-09-06

All out for Victory means all out on
time every morning. That's the job for
Bag Ben =. this dependable fellow has
been Keeping America on time for 30 years
II YOU find that Big Ben and other
Nestclox alarms. electric clocks. pocket
watches and wrist watches are not as
plentiful as they we're. its because
Westclox craftsmen. too are busy with
war work. And if YOU are one of those
millions of fortunate people who own d
Big Ben now, take good care of him 81
that he can continue 10 do his job Of
getting YOU to l0nr lob-on time,
Evening star., 1942-09-06

Casualty with make believe fractured
thigh, He's a pretty heavy guy for
little first aid girls, and being every
inch the gentleman, he won't think of !
letting them carry him on stretcher /.
No, stree, he'll walk to the ambulance. /
~ EM, EG4ga
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-29
Coming Events
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20

GAMES PARTY St hall, sponsored by Metropolitan
Auxiliary, at p m
RUNMAGE SALE in Matthews building North Broadway
sponsored by BIN Senior Sisterhood.
LADIES' AFTERNOON BOWLING League of Macomb
alton banquet at Gowane Golf Club at p. m.
TWELVE BELLIES, at the home Floyd Rosso Jr,,
Dickinson avenue, at p. m.
FOUR O'CLOCK CLUB of St Louis parish at the home of
Mrs Manley Sampson, Jones street, at p.
HARRISON CIRCLE of Kings Daughters with Mrs Earle
Gonyaw, 1928 South River road, at $50 p. m.
CITIZENSHIP CLASS, third floor, county building,
CrTzENsIP CLASS in Mount Clemens High school, Room
GAMES PARTY X c. hail. sponsored by Knights of Co.
lumbus, at 8:l5 p. m.
ST. JOSEPHS GUILD at the Clay 1872
Gallup avenue, at 1870 p. m.
SILVER CROSS Circle of Kings Daughters at the home
Mrs Michael Schalm 19l South Broadway, at pm.
HERMAN XIX PTA Executive Board at the home of Carl
Saeb at pm.
MEETING of all young ladies parish in St Louis
school, at pm
MIGNONETTE CLUB of St Louis parish at the home of
Mrs Henry LaCroiX rs Croker boulevard, at pm.
BANQUET for Wednesday Afternoon Bowling League
of Macomb Recreation, at Gowane Golf Club, at
THURSDAY APRIL 80
PUBLIC GAMES PARTY in ST Louis hail. sponsored by the
ST Louis Rose Club at 100 pm.
RUMMAGE SALE in Matthews building sponsored by BIN
Senior Sserhood.
Mrs John Madou ia Riverside drive, potluck lunch
at 100 pm.
LUNCHEON and FELLOWSHIP party, in village hall at New
Haven sponsored by Lutheran Ladies Auxiliary, at
NEIGHBORHooD CLUB at the home of Mrs Glenn Jones'
24l2 Orchard street, pm.
ANNUAL BANQUET of ST Louis at Verniers
Inn, New Baltimore at 100 pm.
REBEKAH DEGREE Staff, potuck supper at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Wood, 70 Avery street, $50
FOUNDERS DAY Banquet of Beta Sigma Phi at Gowanie
FRATERNAL ORDER Of Eagles in Aerie hall 1872 North
Gratiot avenue, at pm
LILAC CLUB of st. Louis parish, the home of Mrs
Arthur Cooley 10 Rathbone street with Mrs Theresa
LaFores as hostess, at pm
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-29
Eleanor Fe|dman's Marriage
Revealed at Supper Party

NEWS of the marriage of
Eleanor Feldman was revealed
at a lovely buffet supper party
given asst evening by her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Field
man at the Arethusa Hotel.
Miss Feldman became the
bride Of Alan Keys of Detroit,
son Of Hyman A. Keys of De-
troit and Mrs. Laura Keys of
New York City, at a secret we'd
ding held in Detroit on We'd
nesday, April %. Rabbi Leon
Fran read the service at 4 o.
clock.
The bride wore a blue gabar-
dine suit, with navy accessories
and a pink blouse. Her flowers
were camellias. There were no
attendants.
Guests at the supper party
numbered 80, including members
Of the BIN Junior Sisterhood,
OF which the bride is a member,
and her sister, Mrs. Jules Pol
lock Of Detroit. The center
piece was a pretty arrangement
of white Gala lilies and snap
dragons, with a miniature bride
and groom placed nearby.
Card games and nah jongg
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-29
Circle Tea
Set

FULL PLANS are announced
today for the annual tea which
Girls Own Circle Of King 5
Daughters will sponsor Friday
afternoon at the home of Mrs.
CASTOR Vermuelen, l54 Floral
avenue.
The public is invited TO attcn /
the event, hours for which are
from 1870 TO $50 o'clock,
Mrs. Lawrence SChott, Mrs.
Christian F. M att h ews, Mrs.
Francis Goodar and Mrs. John
Bannow comprise the committee
in charge of general arrange
mentS. Mrs. Frank Priehs and
Mrs. Harry Allen will have
charge of the dining room, while
Mrs. Glenn Lewark and Mrs.
Harold Halsey will assist Mrs.
Vermuelen in re ccivir G the
guests.
Presiding at the tea-table dur
ing the afternoon will be Miss
Julia Bohil, leader of the circle,
Mrs, Sydney Tinker, Mrs. Ern-
est Noe, Mrs. William Koehler,
and Miss Myrta Bowers.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-29
CD Workers
Register 125

CLEMENS CIVILIAN DE-
TENSE Institute has l25 per-
sons registered due in great
measure to the efforts of a
group of IA women who cam
vassed the district for registra-
tons,
Workers included Mrs. Ber-
nard Peltier, Mrs. Charles Lin
Mrs. Paul Litvin, Mrs. Willard
Kidd, Mrs. David Carpenter,
Mrs. Evelyn Keller, Mrs. STAN
ley Worthington, Mrs. Laverne
Greve, Mrs. Vernon Smith, Mrs.
Walter Feet, Mrs. Warren Cook,
Mrs. c. Eckman and Mrs. {.
Schultz.
MARGARET BALLOR has re-
turned home from a two weeks
visit to her brother, Corp Nor
man M. Ballor, who is stationed
at Camp Polk, La.
MIR. AND MRS. JOHN KUS-
TER will entertain their dinner
club this evening at their home
in Seminole Hills.
MRS. RUSSELL d Z F Z r,
3048 Lakewood, Harrison town
ship, is observing her birthday
anniversary today