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Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-08
MAY BOOST WAR PRODUCTION

Il IS entirely possible thlt this
effcrt OF AnerlCaniZe General An
line and Fllm Corporation Will IT
suit In lC9 per cent producu,n teg
the gcod o. the county III Va
time. G A F. IS the second ,ar-e>.
manufacturer e Photographers
equipment IN the United States
aid one OF the three largest mana-
facturerS OF dyes and chemicals
used in textiles. paints. leather
goods ana plasUcS Much OF It's
output eventually finds its Way
into material used by thc war =
duStrieS
1t is essential company OF ll's
size and character remain n
American control. not only dWng
war but after. And no matter What
Kind OF window dresSln. Is shown
10 the public Il the form 0i super
patriot directors and Officers, tie
fact remains that 85 per cent ul the
common stock Of G. A +. Is owned
by Swiss company which is con-
trolled by l. G. FarbenindG,ts.es
of Germany.
Profits from the operations O.
firms like these would cyeu nov
be goinC to Germany :; II were II.
for the freezing CT German funds
II would not apply. Of course. e
the funds of naturauzed American,
like the original panel OF G. a :.
officers and directors, noy would
II apply T. transfers OF funds %
neutral Switzerland.
More charming than even tn,
profit motif, hoWeve:. are -
potentia!ities WalcA tIe-upS such
as this offer Ior esplon9ge or
American val preparations Do
ing business with the war naGs-
tries. German controlled firms hayr
: natural and easy access to VIVA.
goes tl and where Cugbin2 tEla
.orm ct industrial spying = as M
pOrtant as preventing sabotage.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-08

uon. is b.a'heg OF the Herman
Seamt. - peghn Who l. hrad OF
I 4 Ias5s. auG repor,edly one Of
he Wta..s4,-, and most ullu-
,raa. me- ~ Germany man
Who Vii Ill. b. uch and world
: Reria after Hitler Is heked and
gont Wilhelm Il yoD Ra'h. q A
F secretary. another naturauzed
American. son AID hel, Of Cne Of
he German dyr trust founders.
Hans " Aickehn G \ z We
pre >Ident another ..dt,laal; d
American ThcSz a., Il prlu,.pa
persons lnalC'c,.
Where t0otc ..acG al AA,oas
Sador B4la. come l.to Ire m-'.:s
Is through ,hc >taIm. o. a Saam
Battle VI,a.r The & a r. orIIn.zJ-
uon a battle IN which y l. made L
appear tie company = ID Us Crg-
man couGa. ana Is noE !t.H l0C
Pc. cen; :. L : .n,ere>. by Ice
per cent Americans po>Seasml tie
unquestioned patriotism and loyil-
y Of Judse Mack and Amba> ado!
bulhtt and represented BY such dis
tlngulshed counsel as THE eN-at-
torney general, lie Hla Homor
StIlle Cummings
Imperial Valley press., 1942-01-08
Exclusive silks and wooIs

-FIGrr Dresses taken from regular
stocks. formerly 1910 L. 2i.775, and
ali H. one proHp at li>S 49,. This i
4 rel money SAVER.
Evening star., 1942-09-22
urnubout

At the Hatfield (Pa.) County Fair,
corps of women were eating slice
after slice of cake, unselfshly dis
regarding the extra weight that they
would take on. They were judges Of
all the hundreds of cakes sent in by
housewives, and to prevent political
skullduggery, the cakes were num-
bered, and the names corresponding
to the numbers kept in secret file.
When the judging was over, and
the answer decoded special COM
mittee on eligibility was hastily sum-
moned, but after much discussion the
result was made official. The out
standing cake artist of the county, a
winner of five prizes, had turned
out to be a mere man. But worse
was to come. ''It was nothing" he
said shyly. II owe all my success to
my father. He taught me to bake"
There is no doubt that the best
man won; even the losers concede
that, but he had better watch his
step. If not married already he may
be some day, and not only will he
have to make all the cake in the
family, but it had better be good. 1t
would be highly disturbing if his
wife complained that he didn't bake
cakes the way his father used to bake
| them.
Evening star., 1942-09-22
United Nations representatives here

United Nations representatives here
are still ministers. Before the war Is
over, it is probable that they will all
be ambassadors. The ENJOYS OF
Greece and Yugoslavia are being
made ambassadors as a sign of ap-
probation by the United States of
the resistance within Greece and
Yugoslavia. Does that suggest we
do not appreciate the resistance in
side Czechoslovakia, whose repre-
sentative here remains a minister?
Or that we do not appreciate the
fight being put up for the Allies by
Canada, Australia, Union OF South
Africa and New Zealand, whose
legates are not ambassadors? The
answer to each question, of course, is
no, just as it is to the question
whether we are not grateful to the
people of Luxembourg for their anti
German stand, or the people of Costa
Rica, Guatemala, Dominican Re-
public, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua
and FL Salvador for ranging them
selves on our side in the war. In
time, they probably will all have am
baSsadors here.
Evening star., 1942-09-22
More Ambassadors

The Governments announcement
that the legations here of Greece and
Yugoslavia are to be raised to the
eminence of embassies serves as
reminder that distinctions still sur
vive that were framed in the days
before government of the people, for
the people, by the people became
global aspiration. The ambassador,
in the words original concept, was
the representative of a ruler author
lied to speak for the ruler to another
ruler, or chief of state. The minister
was lesser fellow, sent by govern
ment to deal with a government; he
lacked the authority which made it
possible for the ambassador to COM
mand the ear of the ruler when he
wanted it. In Washington, the
capital of democracy, we have both
ambassadors, who dwell in embassies,
and ministers, who live in legations,
and the wonder grows why the dis
tinctions are preserved, especially
among the United Nations. Mutual
consent of the governments con-
cerned Is all that is needed for the
elevation of ministers to ambas-
sadorS.
Thirteen Of the twenty eight
Evening star., 1942-09-22
Advocates Freedom for India
In Vindication of Gandhi.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The problems of India are grave and
complicated to a degree and whether
or not this race of "underfed" and
'underprivileged' are capable of self
government remains disputed issue
Nevertheless, there must be something
fundamentally wrong with the present
system, when millions of unfortunate
natives are forced to toll for a few
pennies day
1t seems worse than futile for poll
ticians to prate about freedom from
want for everybody, everywhere, when
the war is over, In view of the frightful
conditions in India today. Actions
speak louder than words" and the pres
ent seems the proper time to smash
the shackels of an imprisoned people.
Gandhi, who knows infinitely more
concerning the problems that confront
his countrymen than those unthinking
ones who condemn him. believes the
first step to be taken In order to cor
rect existent wrongs and make prac-
tical the brotherhood OF which the
politicians preach, Is to free the masses.
Perhaps history will record that he
was right.
EDMUND K. aoLDsBoRouoH.
Evening star., 1942-09-22
Ominous Parallel

A Brookings Institution study of
the French experience with price
control has brought to light some
interesting and ominous parallels
with our current effort to stabilize
living costs.
Generally, the French experiment
has not been successful, and it has
failed because the government
lacked the courage or the ability to
deal impartially with strong political
pressure groups. Instead of ap-
preaching the problem with a view
to protecting on an equitable basis
the interests of all the French peo-
pie, the government made special
concessions to the farmers and the
city Wage-earners, the principal
pressure groups in France and in
this country. The result, according
to the Brookings study, was that
price control objectives rarely were
achieved, and then generally at the
expense of the retailers.
This fatal defect-preferred treat
meAt for farmers and organized
wage-earners-Was plainly evident in
this country's first attempt at price
control legislation, and it is now
conceded that the effort failed for
this reason. At the moment, Con-
gress is engaged in an attempt to
repair this original blunder, but the
prospects of achieving any real sue
cess are not bright.
Possibly, the special faeors con-
ferred on the farmers will be whit
tied down a little bit, but there is
not even an attempt being made to
rectify the unbalanced wage ad-
vances which have been granted to
labor through the medium of the
War Labor Board. Thus, while we
may hope for some improvement
over the original legislation, there
seems to be virtually no prospect of
price control formula under which
all citizens will share and share
alike.
1t is worthy Of note that Canada
has been substantially successful in
her effort to stabilize living costs
but Canada went about it in the
right way-enacting legislation al
the outset which struck an approx
mately fair balance among all the
factors which make up the cost Of
living. Unfortunately, we set out
to follow the example of France in.
stead OF that which was set by
| Canada, and there is no assurance
that we have yet learned the lessor
of that mistake.
Evening star., 1942-09-22

celebrated abbey Of st. OdiIe, their
patron saint, has been profaned and
despoiled and the famous Cathedral of
Strasbourg, having suffered a like fate,
is now shut up. Church property every
where has been conhscated. The local
Nazi gauleiter of Alsace is reported to
have said: "A good Catholic cannot be a
good National Socialist. But the officials
of the Third Reich before all things
must be good Nazis. Therefore they
must choose one or the other, either
Jesus Christ or the Fuhrer"
In Greece many orthodox churches
have been turned to secular uses and
large numbers of the clergy have been
murdered. In Poland the Germans ap-
pear 10 have set out with the deliberate
plan of exterminating the Catholic
Church. The total number of priests
murdered. many of them tortured to
death, Is estimated to exceed 300,
and in addition some 5000 are i'm
prisoned under revolving conditions.
In Yugoslavia the story is the same,
and in Russia the Germans have looted
and burned down hundreds of churches,
including many magnificent specimens
of ancient Slavonic architecture.
1t Is catalogue of horrors that al
most robs the reader of sanity. There
is only one note of relief in the thought
that in spite of all these unspeakable
things the clergy in all these countries
heroically have endeavored to continue
their work. The martyrdoms of thou
sands of ministers of religion, men and
women, who have died or suffered other
persecution will surely inspire the clergy
in those lands still undefiled by the
Nazis so that they, too, like Mr.. Phillips,
cannot remain silent.
NGLO-AMERICAN,
Evening star., 1942-09-22
Preliminary Estimates

While the estimates submitted to
the Commissioners this year by the
municipal departments are the lowest
In the past six years, they still exceed
by a substantial margin the current
years appropriations. The Commis-
sioners must find ways, therefore,
of reducing these estimates still
further. The virtual prohibition
against new construction will, of
course, simplify the task. But it is
more important than ever this year
to f1nd budget economies which will
be made possible by other war dis
locations.
Shrinking gasoline and automobile
tax revenues, for instance, should be
reflected not merely in a curtailment
of highway construction items but
in reduction in expenses of the
Traffic Bureau. An interesting sug-
gestion in this respect came from the
Keystone Automobile Club at yester-
days public hearings on the pre-
hminary estimates. An argument to
suspend the annual inspection OF
automobiles was supported by statis-
tics designed to show that no reduc-
ton In the proportion of accidents
due to defective automobile equip
ment has resulted from the inspec-
ton of automobiles. The other side
of tho q ru,,p,oy,+ ~ co,1rco will ho
that 1t Is more necessary than ever
to inspect automobiles because of
rapid deterioration in tires and
equipment and the lack of replace
ments. If the keystone Clubs sta
tistics are correct, however, 1t is
going to be difficult to justify the
inspections this year, or to justify
anything but a sharp reduction in
Traffic Bureau expenses.
Speaking for the Board of Trade,
E. Barrett Prettyman urged that the
expenses Of defending Washington
should be borne by the Federal Gov-
ernment. Certainly the Commission
ers should make some attempt to
correct the highly unsatisfactory
deal they have made in borrowing
money from the Treasury-at inter
est-in order to meet extraordinary
expenses in connection with defense
OF the Capital which, in large meas
ure, are obligations OF the National
Government. There is no reason In
the world, for instance, why the local
community should be paying all the
expenses of guarding the water
supply system; much less is there
reason for the District to be forced
3 to pay interest on money advanced
for this purpose from the Treasury
which pays no interest whatever or
deposits of local tax revenues in the
Treasury.
Aside from the normal economic!
they will find In shaping up the Dis.
trict budget, the Commissioners
assuredly should make a serious at
tempt in Congress to rectify such al
inequity.
Evening star., 1942-09-22

conquer poverty. insecurity and
unemployment"
The Nazis, OF course, deny the
efficiency Of the religion which
stresses the worth and the integrity
of the individual human soul. 1t is
in that circumstance that Lord Hall
fax discovered his best hope and most
confident reinsurance. The vision of
the great cathedral church of London
again inspired him when, at the
close of his address, he used these
words: II have tried to show you what
st. Pauls means to us, standing clear
above the city-a reminder that what
we are fighting to preserve, freed of
all that once marred our view, is the
Christian way of life an inspiration
to fight better; an assurance that
after victory, by following the Chris
tan way more faithfully, we shall
come to the kind of future we long
to see,"
Evening star., 1942-09-22
Tells Of Campaign Against Japs
Waged in California for 40 Years.

"dgeu III Sd1IOTnla IOr ~ YeaFS.
To the Editor of The Star:
1t was on a silk-raising project that.
In 1869, the first Japanese came to Cali
fornia. They settled at Gold Hill. not
far from where Marshall discovered gold
and started the '49 gold rush.
For more than 40 years the under
signed and its predecessors have been
trying to awaken Americans to the Japa-
nese menace, including japanese propa-
ganda even in our school textbooks.
Most ears remained deaf until the ex-
plosion of Pearl Harbor
This committee, composed of repre-
sentatives of several patriotic societies
and few individuals, still calls atten-
ton, as it has for many years, to the
danger of dual citizenship. 1t feels that
any native-born Japanese who could
have renounced allegiance to the Mikado
yet refused to do so, has no right to
enjoy the protection the Stars and
Stripes afford to Americans 1t advocates
cancellation of such American citizen
ship as protection against fifth
columnists.
CALIFORNIA JOINT I'M
MIGRATION COMMITTEE,
BY H. J. McCLATCHY, Secretary.
Sacramento, Calf.
Evening star., 1942-09-22
ALEXANDRIA, Va.

Dear Sir:
"To us the following is an interesting
and curious event
"a squirrel, at close range-thus elimi-
mating visual error-has just eaten
large flat-topped all-white toadstool, So
called
presumably he knew through instinct
that this particular brand Of fungus Is
edible. Would it necessarily be equally
so to man?
"We have avoided using this particu-
lar variety of mushroom.
Strange that a squirrel should dine
on this growth when the acorns are
ripening for him!
Incidentally, with us this Is the bi-
annual squirrel crop year, and the crop
is going to be extra large.
very truly yours, r. J. b.
We would advise our correspondent
not to eat a fungus just because
squirrel does.
The gray squirrels Of Washington and
vicinity are not as reliable, In this
respect. as the red squirrels of other
sections of the country.
It is said the red squirrel never makes
a mistake He is very fond OF mush-
rooms, and hides away large quantity
of them for the winter.
Whether the gray squirrel really knows
| what he is doing when he eats toad
| STOOL" we have our doubts, since he Is
a playful fellow and might merely he
tearing a fungus to pieces, while to an
| observer he might seem to be eating 1t.
No we would not trust gray squirrel
| too far in this matter.
Just why any one would want to eat
mushrooms we have never understood.
| Probably this heretical statement will
bring down on our head the wrath OF
connoisseurs of good eating,
The truth is that mushrooms haven
anything but taste.
And that taste is very little. While
we recognize that it's delicacy Is Its
prime point, We feel that any mere
favor which has in connection with II
the possibility of great danger and ever
catastrophe ought not to be used a!
food There are too many good foods
to risk death to eat one.
There is not a summer goes by without
a report of whole families poisoned be
cause they thought they knew the diff
ference between edible and inedibl,
fungi.
| X X X
Mushrooms, truffles, toadstools-
They are all the same to the persol
who is not SO sure. He would do bette
to leave them all alone.
Let truff1es be reminder OF a ono
popular song In an old European ligh
opera.
It is better that way.
Nobody will become Ill or lose his lif
over that delightful old melody.
The truth is, 1t seems to us, that a
these things are mere tastes, and VIII
should one run any danger In connectio
with them?
The average person knows far to
little about the fungi.
Evening star., 1942-09-22
So Let Ne Wait

Returning, still returning to the sea!
When the porld's loud contustons
UdH me round
And oUerpheln, NTH harsh, dtscord-
ant sound,
These apindy ocean meadows set mo
For me the paues come rushing IN;
for me,
Like blossoms on a rise OF sunny
ground
White foam fe,oers ride each green
and billo,Dy mound,
Expire and bloom, again INCREASINGLY.
So let me Uait upon the pulstng
shore
And BY the restless Daters, be at rest
Where cloud and sunlight mope
along the sand.
The bright sea, changetul, change.
less, 1DiH restore
A gift OF song to lips too long re-
pressed
And loose the knotted stnews OF mn
hand.
-INEz BARCLAY KIRBY.
Evening star., 1942-09-22
Christianity the Issue
Lord Halifax. British Ambassad

Lord Halifax, British Ambassador,
speaking to a worldwide radio audi
ence on Sunday, declared that "the
real issue" of the Second World War
is whether Christianity, and all that
1t means, is to survive" The Axis
concept, certainly, is at variance with
that view of the contest; but the
United Nations gradually have
brought their thinking to agreement
that the prevailing strife for them,
If not for their foes, is "a struggle
to keep open the road from Chris
tian past to a more Christian future"
It is imperative, Lord Halifax ex-
planned, that Nazi fanaticism should
be met with an enthusiasm and zeal
of superior dynamic power. The
flame of our faith" he insists, must
burn "as fiercely as theirs" If Ger
mans "are ready " to give them
selves for cause" which they have
been trained to believe has the
highest claim on their devotion" they
must be opposed by revived and
strengthened faith in the sacred
cause of which st. Paul's Cathedral
In London, as the Ambassador sug-
gested, Is the symbol. Britain "is
still essentially Christian land" and
the embattled people of Britain are a
Christian community which has
learned "a new humility, which we
needed" and-an American observer
might ada new pride equally
helpful.
Lord Halifax did not affirm that
his country always has been loyal tt
Its elemental doctrine. 1--WE acknoWl'
edge" he frankly confessed, that II
the past we have tolerated much o
which we are now ashamed" A "nev
sense of values" has been wol
through the ordeal Of the war, ant
1--WE shall uphold these at whateve
cost, so that we may build a futur
In which they shall rule tn
lives Of men" Specifically, "by tn
Christian way we can, and we shall
Evening star., 1942-09-22
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles Z. TrdceUell.

Fungi range ali the way from those
which cause ringworm and BARRIERS ltcn
to the choicest mushrooms.
More than TOO species OF fungi are
edible. The poisonous ones are not SO
numerous, but they more than make up
for it by their power. Poisonous fungi
are principally Of two sorts, those that
contain local irritant poison and those
which have more deadly, because more
insidious, poisoning ability. Poison In
the first group acts quickly on the ALI
mentary tract, with the result that the
victim vomits, and so is saved. Poisons
in the second group act on the nerve
centers, out only after several hours
and then it is too late.
Fungi of this second group often taste
pleasant and have no particular i'll effect
on the digestive system, so that no
warning Of danger is given,
Certain people have rule thumb
rules about mushrooms They say that
all fungi found in the woods or in the
shady places should be avoided, as well
as all those which have white or yellow
gills. They claim that edible mush-
rooms grow only in the open fields and
have pink gills which gradually turn to
| purplish brown or black.
| Our claim is that too many people
| blithely pick mushrooms who wouldn't
know gill from hole in the ground.
| And how is one to be sure a poisonous
variety has not gotten into field or
that good species is not growing in
| the shade?
| Some of the most terrible of the poi
sonous mushrooms are the fly mushroom
| the emetic mushroom, the woolly lac
tarius, the frey boletus, the famous
Amanita or death cup, the verdigris
mushroom, the stinkhorn or fetid wood
WITCH and the red juice mushroom.
The very idea of eating fungus doe.
not appeal to some persons Even in g
wartorn world and especially in Amer
ica-at least at this time-there is such
q large number OF foods that 1t woulc
appear to such persons to be wholly
unnecessary that they eat mushrooms
possibly eat and more tastes than an,
one but glutton could desire VIII.
go roaming through the fields like {
gypsy? The taste Of gypsies is not t.
our liking. We have tried some of thei
foods and we do not like them We hav
tried some of their herbal remedies an,
find them mainly fakes. If they are tn,
best they can do, no wonder they ar
such healthy people. They have to be
Poor gypsies! No sooner had they give
up horse and wagon and got used t
automobiles and trucks than gasolin
and tire rationing came along The
would have done better to have stuck t
their ancestral ways. What was bette
than gypsy wagon with dog runnin
underneath? And, certainly, in the pul
fresh air of the open countryside was
far better place to sleep than some
the gypsy sleeping dens which we ono
visited on Seventh street. Time ar
wars have wrought many changes, b,
! we wish they had left the gypsies alon