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Evening star., 1942-04-05
Capitol SideIights
By Will p. Kennedy.

Representative Brent Spence of Ken
lucky calls attention to thS tact that Isl
years ago President Geors, Washington
approved an act of Congress authorizing
the admission of the State of Kentucky
into the Union, effective June l, 1892
SO his home State now is arranging a
sesquicentennial celebration. The Gen.
eral Assembly Of that Commonwealth
has petitioned Congress for an act di-
recting that special issue of half dollars
be struck of at the mint as historic
souvenirs.
In the Speakers lobby of the House
and also in the Senate lobby there have
been installed cabinets of war maps
showing all the major theaters of
fighting, for convenient study and ref
erence by the members OF Congress.
These cabinets were prepared especially
by the National Geographic Society. The
maps are mounted window curtain style,
with brass plate on each for easy iden-
tification. Congressman have pronounced
them Invaluable" as aides toward bet
ter understanding of important war leg
iSlation.
Representative Edith Nourse Rogers
of Massachusetts, recently ,has brought
an additional touch of color into the
House during the drab proceedings for
national defense. For years she has
been noted for wearing bright flowers.
She is now carrying large old-fash-
ioned reticule in the shape and color Of
q Red Cross emblem. Many members
have complemerted her on giving this
note of cheerfulness. She has protested
that it Is not knitting bag because she
does not sit still long enough to knit, but
that she does use its four large pockets
as filing case for the many papers she
carries with her onto the floor. This
reticule was made for her by a manu-
facturer in her home city, Lowell, and
she hopes to have it adopted officially by
the Red Cross. Besides sponsoring leg
islation for Women's Army Corps, Mrs.
Rogers is a member of the Women S
Auxiliary. She served overseas in the
First World War, was with the Ameri-
can Red Cross in charge of the disabled
and was appointed personal representa-
tive in care of disabled veterans by three
misunderstanding, Coolidge and
Hoover. She was one of the pioneer
Grey Ladies.
| y
Among the members of Congress whom
fate tried to conceal" by giving them
the commonest of all common names,
there are mentioned in the Biographical
Directory of the American Congress, 1774-
1927, one John Smith who was both a
Representative and Senator from New
York, one who was Senator from Ohio
and two who were Representatives from
Virginia and Vermont, respectively. None
of the four had any other designation
than that which all Of them shared with
the valiant captain who was saved by
Pocohontas.
Evening star., 1942-04-05

AS we approach Easter this year its
mighty lessons take on new and deeper
meaning and significance. The message
Of the resurrection power must mean
more to this tired and distracted world
today than 1t has ever meant before. 1t
witnesses to the triumph of Christ over
the powers of darkness and of death.
He comes to His world saying, Because
I live We shall live also" 1t is the full
hllment of His mighty promise, "He that
believeth in Me, though he were dead,
yet shall he live"
The world today is reaching out for this
assurance of renewal and life. In the
midst of its confusions and tragedies it
is seeking for that which solves life's
deepest problem. Easter comes to men
today bringing to them encouragement
in the face of encouragement, hope in
the place of despair, and a new vision
of life's meaning, coupled with the aSsur-
ance of its ultimate triumph. Subtract
from life the mighty lessons of the first
Easter and 1t is left barren and without
hope. If those of us who are privileged
in these trying days to pursue our nor
NAL life freed from the perils of war,
need new hope, how much greater must
be the need of those, the youth of our
land, who are fitting themselves for tasks
that will strain them to the utmost!
From one of these fine lads the rector
of parish received letter that con-
tains these suggestive words: ut Is in
deed somewhat paradoxical thing cat
least to me), that times like these appear
to emphasize to many of us the value of
things that cannot be seen" Another
writes: Day by day try to build up
from within, fortitude for the days
dark days-that are ahead, for each
must do his part to prepare for all
emergencies"
1t is in such days as these. fraught as
they are with many and grave perils,
that our sons reach out for the renewal
Of strength and courage that come alone
from the heroic and triumphant Saviour
Of mankind. What a privilege is ac-
corded to those who recognize and be-
lieve in the great truths which Easter
sets forth, when there is demonstrated
again to the world the power and glory
of faith that cannot be shocked or de-
stroyed by all the conspiring forces of
evil!
Evening star., 1942-04-05
Dubious Compromise.

DuDIOuS SOIIlpIOiiiiSS.
The plan for limiting war profits
which has been reported by the
Senate Appropriations Committee is
an improvement on the fiat per
cent limitation adopted in the House,
but 1t Is still far from being a salts
factory solution of the problem.
This proposal is said to represent
a combination of a method worked
out by Senators OMahoney and
Overton. which had the approval of
War Production Chairman Donald
Nelson and the principal procure
ment officers, and a sliding scale
plan sponsored by Senator Thomas
Of Oklahoma. A motion to strike the
sliding scale feature was lost by
tie vote in the committee.
Under the OMahoney- Overton
plan. the heads of the Government
departments would have been au-
thorized to renegotiate contracts
with view to scaling down unrea-
sonable profits. The effectiveness of
this system is shown by the fact that
since March 9 the War Department,
through a departmental agency, has
been able to effect a reduction OF
$4,000 900 in outstanding contracts
through negotiation.
1t seems, however, that the COM
mittee as a whole, possibly desiring
to avoid any appearance of shirking
its responsibility to deal specifically
with the matter of excess profits, was
unwilling to vest the full RESPONSE
bility in the departments, preferring
instead to include a sliding scale
arrangement which permits profits
up to 10 per cent on smaller con-
tracts and ranges down to a 2 per
cent limitation on contracts in ex-
cess OF $50,000,000. Thus, the COM
mittee'S action, while an improve
ment on the position taken by the
House, lacks the approval Of officials
responsible for pushing war produc-
tion and is directly at variance with
the views OF the Treasury Depart
ment, which advocates the sensible
/ course of dealing with the. matter
OF excess profits through a properly
drawn tax bill.
1t is difficult to escape the impress
sion that the committees action,
however laudable the objective, was
Influenced to a large extent by
political considerations. 1t Is a pro-
posal which imposes fixed curbs on
profits, but which Is not accompanied
by any correspondingly effective re-
straint on costs, which have been ris-
ing steadily despite the administra-
tion's efforts to hold them down
through the machinery of an in
adequate price-control law. Nor will
these efforts be facilitated by legiS-
lation of this type, for the imposition
of a percentage limitation on profits,
whether on a sliding scale or in a
fixed amount, certainly can be ex-
pected to have the effect of encour-
aging higher costs and, therefore,
larger profits.
At best, the legislation approved
by the committee is only a partial
answer to the public demand that
Congress deal square1y with all issues
raised by the war program, including
wages, as an element of costs. This
larger issue has been avoided to this
time, but If Senator O'Mahoney, who
feels that the continued rise in costs
has demonstrated the inadequacy of
the selective system of price control,
goes through with his tentative plan
to reopen the question on the floor
by calling for vote on the Baruch
plan for ceiling on all prices, a
showdown may be close at hand.
Evening star., 1942-04-05
Waterway PIun

In view of the heavy losses to ship
ping caused by Axis submarines op-
Grating in American coastal waters,
proposals aimed to secure a greater
utilization Of the inland waterway
along the East Coast in the two-way
movement Of freight between the
North and South seem to merit care
full study by administration officials.
With enemy craft active off the At
lantic Coast, the desirability of
more protected route is obvious. The
inland waterway has a depth of
twelve feet between Philadelphia, and
a point near Jacksonville, Florida,
with an eight-foot depth from there
to Miami.
Development Of this alternate
coastal route, however, faces certain
practical difficulties. The existing
channel is not deep enough to permit
navigation by the ordinary ocean,
going vessel. Utilization of the in
land waterway as a major long-haul
carrier would require large fleet of
barges and other shallow draft craft.
The Presidents program, during the
next two years, calls for the con-
struction of $4,000, 900 900 tons of
merchant shipping. Building of new
barges would necessitate the diver
sion Of materials and labor from
ocean shipbuilding and other phases
Of the country's war effort, diver
sion which the administration might
feel to be unjustified.
Federal officials, it is reported, are
considering a plan to mobilize barges
and small boats of private owners
and put them to work as freight car
riers on the inland waterway, under
Government supervision. That
substantial number OF such craft
could be obtained for this purpose
seems probable. If a fleet of sub
stantial proportions could be thus
organized there would be less need
for the construction Of new barges.
Provided the practical obstacles to
the plan can be overcome. the de-
velopment of an alternative route,
protected against enemy submarines,
and less exposed to bombing attacks
than the sea lanes of the Atlantic
Coast, would be of great value. In
it's inland waterways, the Nation has
a valuable asset, and in the present
emergency they should be put to the
greatest possible use in solving our
transportation problems.
Evening star., 1942-04-05
The Seq Otter

On the basis of a finding that
Commander Hamilton Bryan's Sea
Otter idea has not been given full
and fair consideration" by the Navy
Department and the Maritime Com
mission, a subcommittee of the Sen
ate Naval Affairs Committee has
recommended that experimentation
with the oddly designed freight ship
be continued under more "Sympa-
thetic" auspices. If, as the subcom-
mittee contends, Commander Bryan
and his associates were hampered in
their tests with the radical vessel by
Hostility" Of officials who had pre-
conceived convictions against the de-
sign, a resumption Of the expert
mentS is thoroughly justified,
It is easy to believe that veteran
ship designers might look askance
at such a curious craft as the Sea
otter. It's creator submitted 1t to
the Navy Department and Maritime
Commission as the answer, at least,
in part, to the Allied shipping prob
lem. Small, compact and powered
by gasoline engines geared to a ver-
tical shaft extending through the
hull amidships to propellers under
the keel, the Sea Otter was to be
built in large numbers on what
amounted to mass production basis.
After preliminary tests with small
model, a full-scale ship was con-
structed by authority of Secretary
Knox. Trials at sea resulted in a
report by an official Navy board that
the vessel had certain advantages
and certain disadvantages, but no
conclusion was stated. Later, Secre-
tary Knox announced that the ship
had failed to measure up to claims
Of its sponsors. The Navy Secretary
said the vessel was hard to handle,
Evening star., 1942-04-05

has based its defense upon Navy that
could guard one ocean while the British
Navy guarded the other. This was very
inexpensive type of defense and enabled
the people of the United States to de-
vote their effort to providing themselves
with a very high standard of personal
living. Experience of this war demon
strates that a navy no longer provides
the protection that it once provided. The
development of the airplane upsets all OF
the previous calculations.
The result is that the people Of the
United States now are forced to settle
down to the expensive and difficult task
of building themselves large Army and
a very large air force to meet the chal-
lenge of nations that are using their
armies and air forces to gain the control
of the world that we and the British
thought belonged to us.
Millions Of American families will learn
from personal experience what this shift
that Is made necessary in war planning
really meana
Evening star., 1942-04-05
Mr.. Gurvin ReIinquishes

Among the creative literary char
acters who have Influenced the trend
Of culture, and particularly that of
politics in the twentieth century,
James Louis Garvin must be men
toned with special emphasis. The
TACT that he always has made it part
OF the business of his life to hide
himself, to conceal his personality,
has served to enhance his impor-
tance. Standard biographical refer
snce books contain only meager data
Evening star., 1942-04-05

The R. A. F. now claims that it has
attained numerical parity with that
of the NaziS. With the latter using
a lot of aircraft on the Russian front,
this would appear to give Britain
superiority elsewhere. Let US hope
there will soon be some really retri-
butive fireworks. I
Evening star., 1942-04-05

American Army might be engaged. How
ever, the future may hold a different
story. If the Russian Army should be
DESTROYED. the German armies then
would pour down into Africa and might
do enough filtering into South America
to cause trouble for rather large Amer
ican forces. There likewise is the pros
pect that some day there must be an
offensive launched against Europe, either
from England or from bases in Africa,
If the Germans ever are to be defeated.
At the same time this country's military
men think in terms of an actual invasion
of Japan as probably the only means OF
bringing that nation to defeat. Then
there is the further fact that when the
demand for men in Australia, Iceland,
Alaska and all of the American bases is
added up, the total becomes impressive.
All Of this means that great many
Americans are going to see lot OF the
world before the present war is ended.
Likewise, 1t means that the United
States slowly is mobilizing for full war
effort. To date the degree of that mo-
bilization is very far from impressive. 1t
does include the beginning of mobiliza-
ton of industry for the job of produc-
ing war weapons. 1t does involve regis
tration of men and the drafting of
small proportion of those registered.
However, neither industry nor the Army
is modified to the degree that is going to
be necessary.
Preparation for a land war is = very
dificult and . very expensive type Of
preparation.
In the past. except for . brief inter-
lude between 1917 and 1918, thk country
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23
U.S.TightensUse
0fCrude Rubber

WASHINGTON, Jan. % INS)
The war production board to.
d ay issued comprehensive
amendment 10 the rubber con.
servation order setting UP more
rigid control Of the use of crude
rubber and latex. under which
many products familiar to the
average citizen may disappear.
Such products as bathing suits
caps, erasers, toys and novelties
lawn and garden hose, trouser
belts, combs. golf and tennis balls
and other sporting goods, heels for
or din airy footwear, household
aprons, goods made of sponge
rubber and other products of non
essential character can be made
in the future only from reclaimed
rubber.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23
Argentina Ba|ks
Again al Joint
Break With Axis
Final Vote Due Today
Despite Demand
for New Revisions
BY PERCY FORSTER
fnt1 News Service staff Correspondent

RIO. DE JANEIRO, Jan. %
The inter American conference
was caught in new diplomatic
snarl today as Argentina once
more baked at the proposal for
a joint rupture of relations with
the Axis powers.
The Argentine government pre-
cipitated the new difficulties when
II 'disauthorized" the approval
given Wednesday night by Argen-
tine Foreign Minister Enrique
RuiZ-Guinazu 10 a resolution sew
ering relations with Germany.
Italy and Japan
Argentine Acting President RAJ
mon S. Castillo was reported dis
satisfied with the text Of the reso-
luton and was said 10 have Cabled
the Argentine delegation 10 de
mand still more revisions.
a final vote may be taken
when the conference resumes IFS
session at 10 a. m today. All %
other delegations were repre-
sented as ready 10 proceed with
the resolution with or without
Argentina"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23
Action, Not Talk,
Kdnz|er sGodI

No time will be spent "in argu.
ing why We didn't foresee the
present need for military produc.
ton" Ernest Kanzler, newly ap.
pointed automobile car. said he
arrived here today to open offices
in the Federal Building.
What we are doing now Is
looking ahead so that we won't
discover, In March, the thing
that we should have been doing
today" his statement continued.
In the same way, we should
not be interested in criticizing
anything that has been done In
the past. It's the future that
concerns all Of us. The auto in
dustry Is going forward. united.
for a 100 per cent job by all
hands"
kanzler, whose task il is 10 con
vert all automotive facilities Il
war work, said he was confident
OF fullest cooperation"
-RuV a pop,har
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23
Gro(eryChains
Restrict Sugar

Don't hoard sugar or you'll enc
up with a ration card.
This was the warning given to
day by two of the nations biggesi
God distributing companies a!
they announced they were volun
tarily restricting sales on sugar
from five TO two pounds per Gus
toner.
There Is no actual shortage
Of sugar or any other important
food now" Kroger spokesman
said, "but people get nervous
and iittery about the war and
buy more than they should. II
they keep II up, IL will cause a
shortage.
"Our allotment Is based on
the January, 1910, consumption
and that should cover tOday's
needs, but unless boarding stops,
it's sure thing the government
will have To issue ration cards
like they did i'm World War l."
j. F. Greene. Atlantic e Pacific
Tea Company sales executive. also
urged customers to buy only for
their immediate needs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23
Women Patrol
Unit Formed TO Aid Civil
Air Group

An all-women unit Of the now
civil air patrol is being planned for
City Airport, Lieut.. Col, Floyd F.
Evans, commander Of the Sixth
Region patrol announced today.
The unit will be one Of four 10
be based here. Other squadrons,
containing both men and women
fliers, Will be stationed al Wayne
County and Hartung airports,
The squadrons are a branch Of
civilian defense. Duties will IN
clude the training of aircraft spot
tiers, observance work in black
outs and on camoufiage and patrol
Of vital supply lines.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23
Congress Acts
To Rush Revised
Price Rule Bill
Conferees Retain
Wiekard Power;
Cut Tie TO Wages
BY WILLIAM s. NEAL
Init News Service stan Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-Con.
gresSional leaders sought speedy
approval today of the Senate.
House conference committee agree.
ment on the price-cOntrol bill
which provides a compromise or
President Roosevelt's opposition to
farm provisions.
The price control report was tc
be thrust before the House for
action. with leaders confident oil
approval despite severe criticism
of many provisions of the drastic
bill.
The chief battle in the Senate
next week is. expected over an
amendment by Senator O'Mahoney
Cd of Wyoming. approved by the
Senate, but rejected by the con-
ference, which would have permit
ted farm price ceilings to climb
with wages Of industrial employees.
President Roosevelt opposed the
amendment, declaring il would
result in spiraling of prices and
virtually would compel initiation.
The Chief Executive won on that
point in the conference, but lost
when the committee approved an
amendment by Senator Bankhead
Cd Of Alabama, giving Secretary
of Agriculture Wickard power to
veto price ceilings. imposed by the
administrator on farm products.
Leon Henderson is slated TO re-
tain his capacity as price control
chief.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23
New Penny
Tin Cut Out Of c DIN
TO Save Meta

WASHINGTON, Jan. % (UP).
That ! per cent ef penny that
used 10 be tin won't be any more.
and the 30 tons of the precious
metal thus saved in year will
be turned 10 war production, Mint
Director Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross
said today.
Mrs. Ross said that instead of
30 per cent copper, 4 per cent zinc
and ! per cent tin, the new penny
would be composed of 95 per cent
copper and 5 per cent zinc.
/ The Unless penny joins the
mint's new 'nickel-less nickel.
through which treasury Officials
hope 10 save 500 tons of nickel il
I a year. The new nickel will b,
half silver and half copper.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23
On
Brown Won't Pay AAA Fee
for Excess UntiI- .
Times star Correspondent

LANSING. Jan. 90 Because
too much wheat was grown or
Jackson prison farms last year, the
state was assessed a penalty OF
S323.40 by the Agriculture AID.
iustment Administration. it was
revealed today.
Warden Harry II. jackson
mailed a routine voucher form &c
Auditor General Vernon J. Brown
requesting payment 10 the United
States treasury No explanation
was attached except the farms
produced 660 bushels of wheat
over its allotment. Penalty was
40 cents bushei.
I'm not going TO pay this one
until i find out more about II -
Brown SAID. II never heard of
such a silly thing before"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23
Gas Heating Curbed
Company Will Close Customer Lists on April
Cites War Industries Demands
Times stan Correspondent

LANSING. Jan % 49, No new
househeating customers in the De-
trolt area will be added by the
Michigan Consolidated Gas Com
pany after April /, it was an
nounced today.
Revised rules calling for the
change were filed and accepted by
the Public Service Commission
without formal hearing.
Demands of war industries
Tor gas have reached such pro-
portions we cannot increase our
facilities fast enough to take
care of new hOuseheating Gus
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23
War TaiIOrS Suits
Two Trousers, Vests With DoubIe-Breasfed Jackets
Banned and Overeoat Lengths Cut

WASHINGTON, Jan. % CUP)
Radical changes in the design of
mems and boys clothing-includ-
ing elimination of two-trouser
suits-was formally recommended
to the War Production Board to-
day by representatives of the
clothing industry.
Designed as part of the wool
conservation program. the indus
try recommendations included
elimination of vests in double
breasted suits and a halt in the
production of patch pockets. belted
coats. cuffs and pleats for trousers
! Coat lengths would be reduced
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23
Canada 10 Vote
On CONSUMPTION

OTTAWA, Ont. Jan. % INS)
A plebiscite on raising troops
10y conscription for overseas serv-
ice was announced today at the
opening Of the Canadian Parlia-
ment
In the speech from the throne
read by The Earl of Athlone. gov
crnor-general OF the dominion. il
was noted that the government
IN the plebiscite Will ask 10 be
freed from It's prediction pledge
that overseas service would be on
a volunteer basis only.
The government. II was stated
also viii ask complete freedom
of action for duration of the war.
subject 10 It's constitutional re-
spOnsibility 10 parliament.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23
Donald Duck
Movie Will He p You
TO Figure Tax

WASHINGTON. Jan. % (UP).
If you are having trouble fgur-
ing out your income tax, just be
patient and Donald Duck soon will
explain the problem in technicolor.
The treasury has arranged with
Walt Disney for production of a
film, The New Spirit in which
Donald Duck figures out his in
come tax.
The film is to be distributed free
to theaters within the next 10
days,
Donald Ducks own income-tax
status was determined by treasury
TO be head of the family"
because of Donald Ducks three
adopted nephews, for whose main
tenance he has legal and moral
obligation.