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Evening star., 1942-09-29

In support of its position, and 1t is
possible, of course, that this may
sway the ICC. 1t may be assumed,
however, that the latter agency took
cognizance of the equities of the case
at the time it came up.
The attitude of the OPA is of more
than passing interest just now, when
the railroads as whole are threat
ened with new financial problems
The non operating brotherhoods
want more money, and if the past
may be taken as guide, the operat-
ing brotherhoods will not be far be
hind. And railroad unions have a
habit of getting what they go after.
Evening star., 1942-09-29
Hum!et in Wartime

The greatest of plays by the great
est of playWrights is the proper
reading for this present period of
world tribulation. Hamlet lived and
strove and suffered in a time that
vas "out of joint and living genera
.tions of the heirs of shakespeare
genius are passing through a similar
ordeal. Rosamund Glider, a critic
with modern training, explains the
survival of the most notably popular
of dramas by declaring for it that:
ssMore than any other single creation
of mans mind, it is living organism,
complex and passionate" That is to
say, in different language, that it is
a defiance of death and destruction.
Il represents the endurance capacity
OF the race.
Eut the tragedy of the Prince of
Denmark also has philosophical con-
notations which an audience in 1912
is certain to apprehend. Hamlet, not
mad but only feigning madness, is
driven to the performance of deeds
which are repugnant to his nature.
Under the compulsion of his fathers
ghost, he becomes en instrument of
revenge. He Furnishes the guilty King
and the too acquiescent Queen. They
perish for their crimes, as certainly
they should. Pitifully, however, they
60 to their fate in the company of
innocent persons. Polonius is blindly
slain behind the arras, Ophelia
browns herself in her distress over
he lovers cruelty, Laertes is per-
suaded to join in a conspiracy which
costs him his life on his own sword.
The play closes with veritable
M ssacre.
Yet Hamlet cannot properly be
blamed for the slaughter. Had he
been free to choose, the possibility
never would have been placed upon
him. The message of Shakespeare
to readers in this prevailing hour
may be discovered in that scene in
which the Prince directs that the
players shall be well bestowed" "
sPolonius answers: MY lord, will use
them according to their desert"
Hamlet, shocked and ashamed, cries
protest: Gods bodkins. man; much
better Use every man after his
desert, and who should 'scape whip
ping? Use them after your own
Evening star., 1942-09-29
House in Darkness of Sleep

! put one foot out on the edge of tho
1oorld;
Sleep fo,Us aside I leaue behind
me the coDers
And Ualk downstairs across the
yielding dark.
This silence is an air for deep tn
haling. III
I kno,o the quiet sleepers lie In dim
rooms,
Outstreched, their blankets Drinkled.
the pillo,os
In disorder, the unconscious faces
looking up.
They are dUay In dreams and dark
ness They are
The young Nth soft hair pressing
about them, the old j
Sleeping by fits, ,raktng, drotpstng.
nlurmurtng
I plunge across their slumber-and
they may be
Hall conscious OF my going. I cut
softly 4
With stockinged feet the rooms halt
gray NTH light.
And 1ohen 90 outside I see the
house
Teetertng on the edge OF enormous
pdleness:: Z
The spaces about 1t, the leaves ton-
ding the roof d
And one star thrusting an eye dcross
its sleep.
step across its threshold; I 90 out
And drire the cotps through rust
betoildertng hills.
DANIEL SMYTHE.
Evening star., 1942-09-29
Argues for Humanitarian Feeding
OF Noncombatants in Captive Countries,
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
The present policy of our Govern
ment is to maintain a strict blockade
of the countries occupied by the Axis
forces, and food and medicine are not
allowed to pass through this blockade
This means the death by starvation and
disease of millions of children and nom
combatants, for under conditions OF
war, the quantity of food produced with
in the blockaded areas is not sufficient
to meet the needs of the people living
within those areas.
Those who starve will be children,
older people and persons not actively
supporting the Axis. The result of our
present policy will be that those who
were our enemies will survive while
those who were our friends will starve.
Our policy Of starvation has been
adopted as part of military action and
we cannot avoid full responsibility for
the consequences of that action. The
military advantages to be gained by
starvation are not at all clear. 1t is
said that starvation leads to revolt, but
the example of Greece shows that starv-
ing people have no strength to revolt.
Revolt under modern conditions of con-
troll is impossible.
1t also is said that to feed starving
people will help Hitler by allowing him
to take more food from the country
But it is expected that the feeding would
be carried out under arrangements SINH
lar to those followed in the First World
War. These provide that no food be
taken from people to whom relief is
being administered. This plan worked
successfully in the last war in Belgium,
and in this war in Poland as long as
food could be obtained If an attempt
is made to relieve starvation in the
blockaded areas and the attempt fails
because of confscation, we at least will
have tried, and this we have not yet
been willing to Go.
In contrast to the effects of a policy
of starvation, policy of humanitarian
aid would save the lives of people with
out requiring them to contribute to
the AXIS var program, would preserve
the lives of children to help in the re-
building of Europe, and would win the
good will necessary for establishing
just and lasting peace 1t would also
demonstrate to ourselves and the world
that the American tradition of humani-
tartan aid to suffering people Is still
alive.
JOHN GIBSON WINANS.
Associate Professor Physics, University
q Wisconsin.
Evening star., 1942-09-29
Savage Workers

At an advanced base somewhere
In the South Pacific extra labor was,
badly needed to complete work on
an cir field. Fortunately, the officer
in charge had been in the Army long
enough to know what to do in this
emergency. Looking around for the
nearest sergeant, he ordered him to
go over to an adjacent island and
bring back a boatload of workers.
With tie resourcefulness so typical
of the American soldier, the sergeant
complied. They're cannibals," he
explained, pointing to his corps of
wild and woolly savages, "but they
only eat each other, I hope. Any
how, that's their story, sir-take it
Or leave it. I took it,"
So did the captain. After all, he
had not expected to be able to locate
trained workers with union cards.
and there were enough on hand so
that even if few were eaten by
their fellows the job would get done.
1t was completed without incident.
The first mess call was a tense mo-
ment, but passed safely The can
nihals, in fact, were prime favorites
of the mess sergeant, being the only
customers who did not complain that
the chow was tasteless, although as
real connoisseurs they might have
been expected to be dissatisfied.
They were pleased to eat with their
hosts instead of eating their hosts,
and they were delighted at the nov
city Of receiving real pay. The task
done, they were sent home with loud
cheers and many admonitions not to
eat any wooden Japs.
Evening star., 1942-09-29

get into the fighting. It Is the most
important question of the entire war.
We now admittedly are losing the war;
and we will continue to do so until we
actually throw all the resources of the
United States into the struggle.
MARTIN CHANCEY,
Secretary, Communist Party, District
of Columbia.
Evening star., 1942-09-29
Governmental MuddIinq

special report to Congress, while
generally generating the Federal
departments and agencies of en-
ploye "pirating," is nevertheless a
severe indictment of the business
as usual" attitude of a number of
Government officials.
The essence of the commissions
complaint is to be found in the
assertion that thousands" of Fed
eral employees are working below
their highest skills, while additional
thousands" are using their highest
skllls for a very small percentage of
the working cay. This" the COM
mission says, 'is a waste of man
power at time when the country
can i'll afford to indulge in such
practices"
Names of the particular individ-
uals responsible for these deplor-
able conditions are not set forth
IN the report. Responsibility is fixed
in general way, however, in that
section which says that the neces-
sary improvements will not be
Forthcoming until administrative
and supervisory" officials come to
the place where they realize that,
as Nation, we are in the midst
OF a war which calls for the maxi
mum utilization of manpower re-
sources. Up to the present" the re-
port added, these responsibilities
have been more honored in the
preach than in the observance.
AS sn example, it was pointed out
that there are many employees in
personnel offices who could be used
to help administrative and super
vlsory officials put corrective pro-
gram into effect instead of their
being used for seeking new recruits,
filing applications and keeping rec
ords."
The commission is to be congrat-
ulated for this fortnight and timely
exposure of inefficient and wasteful
practices at the seat of our war
time Government. There have been
repeated charges through the news
papers and other mediums that
these conditions prevailed, but in
varlably these accusations have been
met with denials or have been put
aside with demands for chapter and
verse citations Of instances of mis-
management in government de-
tailed information which no news
paper or private individual was in
a position to supply. But the COM
mission now has furnished this de-
tailed information, and it is to be
hoped that the remedies proposed
in the report will be applied
promptly and firmly.
In the commissions Judgment, the
recent order of the War Manpower
Commission authorizing the compul-
sorry transfer and reassignment of
Federal employees sets up most of
the necessary machinery for put
ting the Governments own house in
order, and the commission has in
dlcated its readiness to take full
advantage of its new authority.
This will not be an easy under
taking, however, and the commits
sion will need the full support of
the administration in overriding the
lethargy Of subordinate officials who
would rather clutter up payrolls
than make the best use of avail
able employees. Certainly, this sup
port should be forthcoming, for the
executive branch Of the Govern
ment, ten months after Pearl Har-
Dor, can ill afford to condone a
continued refusal to place it's own
establishment on a war footing.
The Government would not toll
crate such practices in a private war
industry, and it ought not to tol-
crate them within it's own ranks.
Evening star., 1942-09-29
CriticiZeS Critic
OF Comment on Britain.


To the Editor of The Star:
Having found your editorial Danger
Gus Illusions" in The Star of September
Is both enlightening and well-timed, I
was particularly interested by the lengthy
letter in The Star of September 26 in
which you were taken to task for it.
Your correspondent, who sees fit to
cloak himself in the anonymity of the
pseudonym "Anglo-American," seemed
to be particularly perturbed by your
statement: 'The British are free, but,
after four years of preparation for war
their record, as a whole is not impress
sive." Forthwith, he proceeded to emu
merate the many and various accomplish
ments that country has made since the
beginning of the war. So impressive
does he make them sound that the reader
finds himself continually wondering how
it could be that the war was not ended
in Britain's favor long before this.
this.
PHILIP LIGHTFooT WORMELEY Nv.
Evening star., 1942-09-29
Asks Incisive Questions
And Suggests Answers.

To the Editor of The Star.
What difference in objective is there
between the farm bloc and other pres
sure groups Of Congress and union
strikes? What are any Of them but
class holdups to wiring more from the
pockets of the masses?
Why not elect congressman for longer
terms with no comeback, but referendum
and recall and retirement pay, II length
of term justihes it7
WALTER n. OAlRBNL
Evening star., 1942-09-29
Letters to the Editor

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permissible. The Star reserves
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Evening star., 1942-09-29

O. Which sonnet Is considered to be
the finest written by an Americana
N. Y.
A Some authorities so regard the
sonnet Opportunity" with It's famous
opening line, Master Of human des-
TIMES am l." 1t was written by Senator
J. J. ingalls,.
@. Why is "Oxon" the official abb
breviation for oxford University?-L.
K. H.
A 1t Is derived from Oxonia, the
Latin name.
@. Where was Napoleon crowned?
W H.
A. The coronation took place in the
Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris 1t
cost IS million francs and was the most
magnificent scene ever enacted within
this church.
@ Which country has the most lakes
and rivers?-E. N. G.
A. Canada is said to have the most
lakes and inland waterways.
@. Which is the most popular opera7
Il. r. C.
A. Gounods Faust" In spite Of the
frigid reception 1t received when first
produced in 1859, this opera has been
given more frequently than any other.
@. Should meat be carved with the
grain or across the grain?-N. P.
A. Generally speaking. all carving
should be across the grain Of the meat.
Steak is an exception.
@. How wide is the tunnel cut through
the Wawona tree in the Mariposa Grove
| of Big Trees?-N. B. P.
| A. The famous tunnel tree, the Wa
wona, has an opening cut through 1t
which is feet wide. This tree is 231
feet tall and 271a feet in diameter.
O. How nearly complete is battleship
when it is launched?-F. r..
| A. The Navy Department says that a
battleship is approximately so or 10 per
| cent complete when launched. The per-
| centage of completion at the time it is
launched, however, depends upon the
conditions under which the vessel is built,
@. What does the name "Nanook"
mean?-F. M.
A. 1t means polar bear"
@. Who was the first European woman
to arrive in America "A. A.
A. The first women colonists were
Mistress Forrest and her maid, Anne
Burras, who settled in the jamestown
(Va.) Colony in 1908.
@. Please give information on the inn
in Pennsylvania where debt is paid in
red roses-A. L.
A. Red Rose Inn, located near West
Grove, Pa, is SO named because of
clause in the deed, issued in 1871:
Granted, released and confirmed by
John Penn, Thomas Penn and Richard
Penn. Esquires, the proprietors of this
province, unto one William Penn, his
heirs and assigns forever paying to the
said proprietors, their heirs and assigns,
one red rose on the Oath day Of June
yearly, II the same be demanded, in full
for all service, custom and rents.
@. Where are the Apostles Islands?-L.
S. N.
A. They are a group of n islands in
Lake Superior belonging to Wisconsin
Evening star., 1942-09-29

@. When was the term Christian"
first used?-L. N. A.
A. 1t was first used at Antioch in
Syria, soon after Jesus ascension. The
word occurs in Acts and In I Peter.
Evening star., 1942-09-29

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Evening star., 1942-09-29

@. Which is the slowest animal?--
Q. A. M.
A. The tortoise. Its probable maxi
mum speed is about one-tenth mile per
hour.
Evening star., 1942-09-29

One pincer movement that every
American worries about Is that of
the dentists forceps.
Evening star., 1942-09-29

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Paper and also the local news published herein
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Evening star., 1942-09-29

@. Is 1t possible to subscribe to the
Army newspaper Yank2-R. f.
A. Yank, the Army newspaper writ
ten by soldiers for soldiers, will not be
circulated in this country.
Evening star., 1942-09-29
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@ Which country has the most lakes
and rivers?-E N. G.
A. Canada is said to have the most
lakes and inland waterways.
Evening star., 1942-09-29

PHILIP LIGHTFooT WoRMELEY Nv.
Evening star., 1942-09-29
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-04
Boston Symphony
 Signs Up With ATM
Six Months oiNegOtlallng End Amicably; A. M By
 Laws to Dc Changed

New Rork, Dec. &-~(upl-The Boston Symphony Orchestra, the last remaining Eion.unlon urganlaas ton og its klnd In the United States, has signed an agreement with the American Federation Of Musicians after six months of negotiations.
 The agreement was announced by James c. petrillo, president of the ATM, who said his organization had amended its hy~lays as an iniiexible condition by the Boston symphony for joining the union. All Of the jos members of the Symphony, in. cluding pr, Serge Koussovltsaky, its world.famous conductor, become members of the union through the agreement,
 Pointing out that all of the 60 symphonies of the United States and Canada were now members of the ATM, petriilo said he had received authority at an emergency meeting of is locals to amend tho union by- laws in conformity with the desires oF the. Boston Symphony.
 "The big item that the ATM had to give way on" Petrilo said, was the question of importing Symphony players. For instance q man play. ing ln New Fork who wanted em- ployment in Chicago couldn't 90 there unless he had the o, K. of that local board.
 The Boston Symphony said to me. We engage Q conductor and pay him well--in this instance pr.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-04
LARGE DONATIONS
 FEATURE CAMPAIGN

Many bureau drawers. closets, and atticS have been "deloR6ed" since the local salvage committee insu- tuted its discarded stocking salvage campaign. it is indicated by the large number of nylons and silks contributed at the downtown salvage headquarters. That women have been reluctant for years to throw away their ruined sheers is evident from the large individual donations which are now finding their way to the collection bins and then to re- claiming plants for use ill military equipment
 One contributor. Miss Dorothy Cosgrove of 96 Hill street, yesterday delivered 2i4 stockings, weighing nearly seven pounds. to a salvage depot in a local department store. Numerous other large single dona- tions have been noted by the store heads which have arranged for the salvage.
 Shipments are made in units of 100 pounds, many of the !-@ger stores conducting mailing them- selves. while smaller ones have com- bined their collections to insure speeaier use of the valuable mate- rial, Expenses of the project are faced ky the government, and no proceeds from the donations are in- volved.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-04

KoNsseviERky. When he says to us as trustees that there there is . good man In Chicago, Philadelphia or Pittsburgh, I'd like to employ that man, the Boston local says we cant bring him in because there as a man in Boston who plays as we'll"
 petrlllo said the trustees had in. formed him that unless they wert able, by selecting the best must. clans regardless of location, Co keer up the Thigh standard of the orch. estra they would rather disband the organization than degrade that standard.
 petrillo said that until he had as. sslred the Boston management that the by.law might be changed the negotiations had been deadlocked but thereafter they proceeded smoothly. lie praised the spirit of fairness exhibited by Henry Cabot, trustee. Also participating in the negotiations, he said, were five of the Symphony's musicians elected by the other members.
 Other minor changes also were demanded by the Symphony and granted, petrillo said, but the major result was that all symphonic play. CTS now could work in any part Of the country where their services might be desired.
 Petrillo pointed out that one of the benefits to the Symphony would be it's return to the radio and re- cording studios from which it was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-04
Savage Tank Battle
 Fought In Tunisia
Allies, Nazis, Seek Control of Vital K. R. functions
 Gen. Anderson Saving Troops for Grand Finale

gular area i2 miles west of Tunl between British and American me i dium tanks on one side and Ger man Mark " tanks on the other,
 Losses were equal and heavy, Tn, battle-ground was left dotted witl shattered and burned ~out tanks. Al ! the moment both sides are taking | breathing spell and trying to re- trieve their damaged tanks before renewing it,
 A flve~mile stretch of the Tlniy read, between Tebourba and Die. deida, termed the base of the tri. angular battle field From there the triangle extended to its apex Ave miles to the north.
 Djedeida, 10 miles west of Tlnis is the prize in this phase of the campaign.
 This little town, a vitally impor- tant highway and railroad junction is becoming n Tcbruk, It has changed hands several times iu the last few days, At present the Allied forces hold it's western extremities but the Axis holds the town proper.
 There has been heavy fighting also hl the Mateur area. % miles north- vest of the Djedeida- -Tebourba sec tor and about the same distance southwest of BiSerte. MSteur also is an important road junction and railroad town, on the main line be- tween Tlnis and Bizerte, Whoever holds 1t controls the railroad be- tween these key towns of northeast Tunisia.
 The Allied command holds that the important thing is not transit tea success but ultimate victory which for the British-American forces is essential.
 Therefore, Lieut.. Gen, Kenneth A. N. Onderson, commanding the British First Army which with about g per cent of American troops and some French is fighting the battle, is unwilling to take the slightest chance of defeat.
 Anderson is building up strong force for a big scale smash at the Axis, He is concentrating his forces in northeastern Tunisia for that purpose. At the same time he is prepared if necessary 10 divert forces Southward toward the coast to cut of any enemy diversion in that direction,
 The Axis over -all strength in northeastern Tunisia is now esti- mated at 28,G00 men, of whom l4,- GOO Germans and 5000 Italians are combat troops,
 Air activity is most intense on both sides. British light and me- dium bombers and American army medium and heavy bombers arc do- ing the Allied part of offensive work As in the European theater, the British are doing the night work and the Americans are con- centrating on the day shift.
 The British and American planes are in action continuously, pound- ing the airdromes at Tunis and Elzerte and shipping in the harbors and bombing German artillery po- sit'ons in the battle area.
 Flying fortresses destroyed a hangar and scored hits on shipping