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Evening star., 1942-11-28

possible for many Of them to absorb
any substantial increase in costs
without sacrificing whatever margin
OF profit remains to them. Yet this,
in effect, is what the board is asking
them to do
The boards ruling says that higher
wages may be paid to women work.
ers, For practical purposes, this is
tantamount to saying that they
should be paid more, and henceforth
the pressure on employers to grant
the increases will be very strong.
But the fact remains that they can
not grant them in many cases unless
the added production cost can be
absorbed in higher prices, which the
board says must not be.
This, apparently, is another case
of not letting the left hand know
what the right hand is doing. The
maintenance of price ceilings is not
the direct responsibility of the Labor
Board, which is concerned primarily
with wages and production. But, as
this ruling demonstrates, it often is
impossible to take step calculated
to stimulate production without
weighing its realistic effect on price
controls.
Evening star., 1942-11-28

and Great Britain as well as with the
United States, been the generalis-
simo'S delegate to important Chinese
leaders and many foreign envoys,
cared for thousands of war orphans.
established vocational schools, hos
pitfalls and social centers, promoted
the growth of the Chinese Red Cross
and in countless other ways devoted
her genius to the benefit of-not
China only, but-the world.
Nine. Chang momentarily is under
treatment for injuries received in
an automobile accident in October.
1887. When she is well enough
to make a public appearance, she
Will be a guest of President and Mrs.
Roosevelt at the White House. The
resident community of Washington
rejoices in the prospect of an oppor-
tunlty to welcome her in her own
right and as China's first lady,"
Evening star., 1942-11-28
BETHESDA, Md.

Dear Sir:
Now that the coal furnace, like the
horse, is coming into its own again, I
thought many newcomers to the man
agement of this type of heating might
be interested In my experiences.
Il discovered, at first hand, many years
ago, that not one person out of ten really
knows how to run furnace that uses
coal.
There is right and a wrong way.
The latter is usually the lazy way. The
person who has to do the work doesn't
want to do it. The removal of ashes, In
particular, bores him.
so he keeps dirty furnace, and then
wonders why his fire goes out at just
the wrong time.
"The right way means clean fire bed,
with the ashes kept out, and the fire kept
tried to burn ashes. Some wight assured
them that it could be done!
"The main thing in running a coal
furnace is to keep red spot Of fire show
ing. Do not cover the entire CRATE with
fresh coal, but leave a red spot. Then
be sure to have the drafts working prop
erly, with the main draft cut off before
fresh coal is put in.
Let the furnace have some air at all
times. In other words, do not shut it up
tight at any time.
There is a certain feel to running a
coal fire correctly which the engineer
soon gets onto, and then he will have
real satisfaction in his work.
The shaker and slicer bar are the two
main tools. Both should be used thor
oughly. A CRATE all clogged with ashes
will not do we'll, and will waste fuel.
IF little study and attention are put
on this job, it will be discovered that the
art of furnace management Is learned in
no time.
I'm starting the fire. use plenty OF
kindling and paper. Too little of either
will force the operator to do the whole
job all over again.
IF these hints are followed, am sure
many persons who now curse coal fires
will come in time to realize that there
Is fun in operating them. The mental
satisfaction is large, because this is an
elemental way of heating. and one which
goes back through the entire history o.
the race.
Sincerely yours, NJ ST. J. O'C."
We believe our correspondent has put
his finger suuarely on the reason for the
failure of some householders with coal
fires when he says that dirty furnace
Is the main trouble.
This applies not only to the fire bed,
but also to the basement area immedi-
ately around the furnace.
The way some persons keep the con-
crete floor is amazingly bad.
The only way to do is to sweep up after
every session with the furnace.
Evening star., 1942-11-28
Remembrance

"As mother used to say ho,o
many times
use those words In calling back q
phrase
She liked to use; hoto clearly ,pe haze
Within these rooms the quaintness
OF her ,Uays,
Clothed In expressions suddenly
gro,on dear.
These are the lines remaining
paths iDhereon
She ,Danders back the simple, pell-
trod lanes
To our hearts doorway, now that
she has gone.
Though ,oe may leaue for memorys
p1rdding
4 thousand stlken garments choiceiy
spread,
We, too, shall wander nearest In
remembrance
Clad In the calico of words De said,
Which ,0ere not great nor beautiful
nor rare,
But strangely rich IN one ,pho Is not
there.
isabelle BRYANs LoNGFELLow. L
Evening star., 1942-11-28
New Weapon for Cupid

For the middle-aged bachelor or
WldoWer, widow has great attrac-
ton. Tested in the fires of matri-
mony, she has already proved not
wanting, but wanted. If wanted
once, why not again? Let us, then,
understand the motives of the lonely
man who inserted the following ad-
vertisement in the personal column
of an Ogden (Utah paper-"Owner
of 1910 Ford would like to CORE
spond with widow who owns two
tires. Object, matrimony. Send pic
ture of tires"
No mere gushing proposal of cal
low youth is this, replete with gaudy
but non-essential praise of his girls
beauty and charm. 1t is the heart
rending appeal of a man of mature
Judgment, sobered by the strain of
war, to an understanding woman
who can fill that aching void on the
rims of his wheels. Let us not con-
demn his insistence on a photo
graph; all men, before it is too late,
should make sure that they can
travel smoothly along the road of
matrimony. Best wishes to the
happy couple, if any. May he be not
so flushed with success that he will
discard her when her tires are old,
faded and wrinkled; and may she
never regret swapping these precious
possessions for a mere husband.
Evening star., 1942-11-28
Expresses Doubt of Wisdom
In Drafting Farm Labor.
To the Editor Of The Sta


was talking last evening with man
who was brought up on a West Virginia
farm. He read me a letter from a
woman who owns farm of over 1000
acres in Virginia. She feels that she
will have to abandon her farm as she
cannot operate it without help. Farm
produce does not produce itself-it has
to be cultivated President Roosevelt
is calling for increased production on the
farm, but farm labor is being drafted
off the farm.
We are not the only nation fighting
this war, and If we fail to keep up the
food end of 1t for our troops and our
own people we may have something
worse than war to face. Those raised on
the farm should be ones to stay there.
During the First World War farmers
were told to increase their acreage, but
when their help was drafted their fields
were left barren. Duststorms in North
ern Texas and Oklahoma blew of
the topsoil, so farms became useless. If
weeds and grass had been left to grow
over fields that could not be cultivated
this great calamity would not have
happened.
Then to raise farm prices the brilliant
idea was Matched up to plow under
every other row of corn and slaughter
the little pigs. Farmers were told how
much they could raise. I know of men
who got so disgusted with paying farmers
for raising nothing that they refused to
accept such money.
II. B. BRADFORD.
Evening star., 1942-11-28
Nine. Chang Kui-shek

News of the return of Nine. Chang
Kai-shek to the United States already
has stirred a considerable accelera-
ton of interest in China. She per-
sonifies the bond of friendship which
exists between the ancient land in
which she was born and the young
country in which she was educated.
If any individual can represent the
spirit of the Chinese people in their
struggle for freedom, the gifted and
charming wife of their brave gener-
alissimo is competent to do so.
Nine. Chang before her marriage
was known as Melting Soong. Her
father was Charles Jones Soong, a
merchant prince part of whose youth
was spent In North, Carolina; her
sisters are the wife of the banker
H. H. Kung and the widow of DR..
Sun Yat-Sen, founder of the Chinese
republic; her brothers are men of
great wealth and culture Much of
her early schooling was gained in
lNCW III NJCOl gid. DIE
was graduated at Wellesley College
In 1917. Thereafter she served on
the China Labor Commission and
was active in many other phases of
welfare work. Her first meeting with
her future husband occurred in 1922.
Their wedding took place in 1927,
since which date they have been, in
effect, co-leaders of the Chinese cause
In all its most constructive aspects.
A so-called new life" movement is
the basis of the universal reformation
of China with which Nine. Chiang's
name Immortality is associated.
Prompted by her Jealous Christian
philosophy, she has taught the
Chinese population a practical yet
idealistic program of social morality,
cleanliness, efficiency and patriotism.
She has organized fighting air force
against the Japanese invaders, pro-
NOTED friendly relations with Russia
Evening star., 1942-11-28
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trdcetpeu.

An old broom should be kept for this
purpose alone.
1t is best not to sweep up hot coal and
ashes, therefore they should be left until
the last. BY the time the fresh coal
has caught, the heat will have gone out
of the ashes and bits of coal on the floor.
This cleaning-up process often is omit
ted, with the result that most untidy
and dangerous basement results.
We are speaking of course, of the
straight coal furnace without mechanical
appliances.
A dirty floor makes one shudder at the
prospect of going down to the furnace
again, whereas clean floor makes the
whole job more attractive.
The newcomer must realize that the
heating apparatus is unrelenting. Work
must be done on it several times day.
This work is best done by some one
member of the household. Nothing up
sets coal furnace more than having two
or more persons operate it. A furnace
is almost as temperamental as musical
the same way, and wants its food" at
the same time.
No two persons have the same way Of
running furnace, so that one works at
cross purposes to the other This is
partly because no two human beings
have the same ideas of proper manage
ment. One will decide that one way of
setting the drafts is best. Another will
go in for some other procedure. Ten-
pers may even be lost in arguing the
matter. In the meantime. the furnace
stands between fires. trying its best to
give heat, but thwarted at every turn.
X +
are often overlooked.
They are the shovel, the poker, the
clinker bar, a broom, dust pan and
long handled brush.
The shaker bar is part of the furnace.
and need not be discussed.
The poker. or slicer bar, is the impor-
tant instrument. To get and keep a clean
fire, it is necessary to slice it just over the
CRATE, and stir and break up the mixture
of coal and ashes there.
The clinker bar may be used to rake
coal from the back and sides over the
fire.
The broom and dust pan play their
parts in keeping the floor clean. The
brush must not be forgotten. There is a
great deal of dust and fine stuff which
can be gotten up in no other way.
Cleaning up Immediately will be found,
as our correspondent says, the best way
of keeping ones mind in good trim while
doing this chore which, to some persons,
seems too, too plebian.
Keeping ones self warm, it may be
believed, ought rot to be nuisance 1t
is, as every winter proves, an essential
part of living. In the light of wartime
activities it is questionable whether we
have not left too many essential things
to mechanical devices.
Evening star., 1942-11-28
Criticizes Congressman
For Criticizing Navy.
To the Editor of The Star.


To the Editor Of The Star:
1t seems impossible for Congressman
Mas of Minnesota to either speak or
write factually or with any knowledge of
our Navy.
About two years ago he wrote an
article for the Saturday Evening Post
in which he stated that our midshipmen
at the Naval Academy were snobs, sons
Of wealthy parents who had influence.
I wrote an answer to that and it was
published In the Long Beach tCalif)
Independent and the Press Telegram
personally know graduates of the Naval
Academy who won their appointments by
competitive examinations. They we're the
sons Of poor families
Has Congressman Mas spent several
years In Annapolis in close touch with
the Academy as have2 And does he
know how all plebes are treated-rich
and poor alike?
Furthermore. think the President is
right in not giving out news that might
endanger the lives Of our boys.
A NAVY MOTHER.
Evening star., 1942-11-28
Reason Prevails

1llC OCCIolOll W pIUCcCQ WIN plans
for national gasoline rationing to
save rubber and the assurance from
Rubber Administrator William M.
Jeffers that the program will be car
ried out on common sense" basis
should be welcomed throughout the
country
AS explained by MIR. Jeffers in
testifying before Senate committee
yesterday, we face the absolute
necessity of rationing gasoline to
enable us to continue essential driv-
ing through the fall of 1943 and into
the spring of 1914 BY that time, it
is hoped, there will be enough syn
thetic rubber on hand to permit a
substantial replacement of tires on
private cars. But, meanwhile, the
existing stock of tires must be care
fully husbanded, since a breakdown
of 10 per cent in private transporta-
ton would be too much for our
overloaded public transportation
system to absorb. In such circum-
stances, all thoughtful persons will
agree with Mr.. Jeffers that ut is
plain common sense at time like
this to err on the side of con-
Servatism."
With the facts of the case against
them, and faced with the Presidents
instruction to proceed with national
gasoline rationing on December l.,
congressional opponents of the plan
have shifted their attack to Price
Administrator Leon Henderson. This
is more of an emotional than a
reasoned development.
Although he is strong supporter
OF the rationing program, Mr.. Hen
derson is not its originator. The need
for such a program has been evident
for some time, but the first infuen-
tial support for it came from the
Baruch committee, whose report held
this step to be essential to the sue
cessful prosecution of the war. and
the program is being put into effect
on the recommendation of Mr..
Jeffers. The congressional critics
have selected Mr.. Henderson as their
target, however, because they-and
many of the people-have become
resentful of the tactics employed by
OPA officials.
AS an example, Mr.. Henderson, in
a recent address, denounced critics
OF the rationing plan as either
ignorant or Intentionally traitorous."
Opponents of the program have re-
sented this remark, and properly so.
Some of them may be ignorant of
the reasons for the essentially of
gasoline rationing, but there has not
been the slightest evidence that anv
OF them are Intentionally traitorous."
And, in the absence of evidence, it is
both unfair and unwise to make such
an accusation.
The various rationing programs,
and especially the rationing of gaso-
line throughout the country, depend
for their success on public co-opera-
ton. But the spirit of cooperation
Is not to be stimulated by calling
people fools or traitors. There are
some officials in Washington who
have much to learn in this respect,
and it is to be hoped that their
instruction will not be too long
| DELAYED.
Evening star., 1942-11-28
F0retells Ideal Democracy
At "Apex Of Statehood"
To the Editor of The Star:

At Apex Of Statehood"
To the Editor of The Star:
It is amusing to sit on a fence and
watch the interplay of political parties
over whether they should pass on to
others rights which they do not deny
themselves
When sentimental Americans advocate
emancipation for the peoples of India,
British-Americans counter with the de-
mand that the United States should
first make free some of their own people,
When some members Of Congress urge
repeal of the poll tax in the few South
ern States which adhere to 1t, they are
opposed by members from these States
who counter with the demand that the
advocates Of repeal enfranchise the ma
tives of the District of Columbia who
have been denied the right to vote since
the early 80s.
What is ours is theirs. and what Is
theirs is ours" is an excellent principle
until 1t conflicts with home ties and
interests. Because of this conflict, no
nation In the world has absolute democ-
racy. However, we here in America
have progressed. where other nations
have retrogressed. simply because We
have accepted the spirit Of the times.
Though We may be oily part democracy.
Evening star., 1942-11-28
Complains About Activities
OF Political Candidates,


To the Editor of The Star:
Modoc, two-ton elephant free-lancing
in Indiana for a few days, has been
Gagged but Wendell Willkie is still at
large
He has passed on almost every phase
of human behavior in this country and
now has begun to tell the English what
to do. He dipped into the Indian ques-
ton and, by innuendo, directed what
should be done about it, although con-
Tossing he never had been in India.
In his so-called report to the Nation
after his world tour, he criticised our
Ambassador to China for not having
learned the Chinese language during
20 years residence in China. Currently
in magazine article, he revealed that
in speaking with German prisoners in
Moscow, he had to employ an inter-
prefer.
1t is just too bad that we have to
put up with self-appointed presidential
candidates in off years when people de-
sire an opportunity to forget politics.
But if it is not Mr. Willkie. it is some
body else. Before President Roosevelts
second election Col. Frank Knox, Chi
cago newspaper publisher, conceived
universal demand for him to grab the
presidency and cure the country of all
its aches and pains. He swashbuckled
widely about the country and obtained
some delegates. When the showdown
came at Cleveland his votes had evapor-
ated. The Republican convention, TAX
ing pity, nominated him for vice presi-
dent. ALT Landon never deserved all
that 11-million beating piled up against
him by his running mates speeches.
CHARLES c. HART.
Evening star., 1942-11-28
Inadequate Remedies

The President and Secretary Ickes
each has suggested a method to end
some of the confusion resulting from
disagreement among Government
officials. The President would lock
the dissident gentlemen of WPB, the
Army and the Navy in a room and
starve them until they agreed. In
the case of the battling contradic-
tions regarding the fuel oil short
age. Mr.. Ickes suggests that people
stop reading the newspapers.
But neither method gets at the
root of the difficulty. The disagree
ment between WPB, the Army and
the Navy; the contradictory state
ments regarding the fuel oil short
age and the utter Illustration on the
part of those who seek the man who
has the responsibility and the au-
thority to take definite action-all
these manifestations of inefficient
organization stem from the same
branch.
Too many people in Washington
are loosely assigned to tasks in the
same field with no sharp delineation
of where one job ends and the other
begins. Too many committees and
boards and too few men with the
power of say-so create an overall
picture of muddling and confusion.
During yesterdays session of the
Senate Defense Investigating Com
mittee, Senator OMahoney reiterated
a previous suggestion that one agency
should be given co-ordinated control
over oil problems and nominated
Secretary Ickes for the JOB. Mr..
Ickes modestly answered that he
could not improve on the O'Mahoney
suggestion, when asked for comment
on it, And almost Immediately the
next editions of the afternoon news
papers gave new evidence of the need
for some centralized control over the
fuel oil problem when they reported
that the OPA was recommending
cut of 10 per cent in fuel oil allow
snces for homes at the very moment
when Mr.. Ickes was testifying rather
optinistically that the East will be
able to get rs per cent of last winters
supply. This winters allowances
have been computed at third
less than last.
If Mr. Ickes were petroleum "czar"
instead of petroleum co-ordinator,
he might make mistakes but he
would at least have the power of
correcting them; certainly he would
have the power of preventing so
many conflicting and confusing re-
ports from the various agencies
which have finger in the oil pie,
but no complete authority in its
baking. The President is reported
to dislike the term GEAR" and it is
misleading term. But there is an
undoubted need in our war setup
for more men with power to accom-
pany their definitely assigned re-
sponsibilities, whose word is final and
whose statements are not contra
dicted by anonymous but equally
well-qualified spokesmen in other
AGENCIES
Evening star., 1942-11-28
Letters to the Editor

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bear the name and address of
the ,Driter, although the use of
a pseudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters 1Uith
q Die1O to condensation.
Evening star., 1942-11-28
Argues for Overtime Pay
For District Federal Workers.

To the Editor Of The Star
The Citizens Emergency Committee
calls the proposed War Overtime Pay
Act of 1912 IAN affront to the Nations
taxpayers"
AS a Government employe (an engi-
neer with the United States Army En-
gineers), who has so little to do that
his department frequently has to work
overtime at night and on some Sundays.
and on behalf of the thousands of other
hard-working, conscientious and uncom-
planning and therefore patriotic citizens
of this United States, I should like to
ask this Citizens Emergency Committee
if we should have to be driven to join
the CIO or AFL in order to obtain fair
and decent treatment or should 1 say
proper recognition of the Labor Board
and other high Government officials,
who still insist that all union members
shall obtain overtime over and beyond
the hours determined by our President
of the maximum hours that human
being can work without injury to his or
her health. not to mention added ex-
pense with no allowance for supper
money, no cafeteria facilities and pre-
arranged transportation Gin accordance
with OPA requirements) shattered.
The Government requires private in
dustry to pay overtime to their employees.
This is an increase to the taxpayers
burden as that amount has to be added
to the Governments costs. There Is no
protest to this, but if some one breathes:
PAY Government employees overtime"
and they have been working overtime
for over year, a howl of treason goes
up to high Heaven" Government en-
ployes, too, have to pay highly increased
taxes.
All Government employees should be
treated alike as to pay. The civilian
employees of the War Department work.
ing in Washington are not receiving pay
for overtime work. The civilian en-
ployes Of the War Department work.
ing in the District offices and field Offices
are being paid for all overtime work over
and above the hours set by law. This
condition should be corrected by paying
time and half for all overtime work
beyond the 40 hours. JUSTICE.
Evening star., 1942-11-28

Stuttgart has been called the
cradle of the Reich automotive in
dustry" And the Royal Air Force
was the hand that rocked the cradle.
Evening star., 1942-11-28

The old "Tomahto- tomayto" con-
troversy has now been displaced by
a more up-to-date one-"rashun vs..
rayshun."
Evening star., 1942-11-28

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the use Tor republication of all news dispa tches
credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this
Paper ano also the local news published herein.
herein also are reserved.
Evening star., 1942-11-28
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