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Evening star., 1942-11-10
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Bv Frederic J. Hdski,s.


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question Of fact by tDriting The Ere-
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postage.
q. What Is the most dangerous work
In the United States Army?-N. D. E.
A. Parachute jumping Is 30 consid-
cred. Paratroops receive . bonus IN
addition to regular base pay.
@. How often does . person swallow
normally3-B. N. .....
A. The average person swallows In.
voluntarily every 90 to IS seconds.
@. What Is the significance Of the
book carried in the left arm Of the
Statue Of Liberty?-M. Z. G.
A. The book, representing the law,
bears the date July 4, 1776, and SYM
bolizes liberty based upon law.
@. When was coffee introduced into
Europe?-G. Z. U.
A. Coffee is said to have been intro
duced to the Europeans In 1888. In the
battle of Vienna, the Turks were routed,
and. departing hurriedly, left tents,
camels and personal effects behind.
Among these were 500 sacks Of dark
colored beans which Kolshitsky, Vien-
nese citizen, recognized as coffee.
Evening star., 1942-11-10
Looking Ahead

The report of the Brookings Insti-
tuition, based on study by Harold
w. Metz, gives rather grim preview
OF what this war will mean to the
people Of the United States during
1943.
II we are to have an Army of
100000 men by the end of 1943
with a total of 9,500,OOO in the
armed forces) 1t is going to be neces-
sary to increase the labor force by
6.400, 900 persons. Counting on 15O,-
600 Mexican workers, this will require
the employment of 60 per cent of
the available non-farn housewives
under As without small children: Is
per cent of the youths between IA
and 10 who would normally be in
school, and more than Is per cent of
the workers who would normally
retire.
Secondly, 1t will be necessary to
establish an actual average work
week Of 48 hours for all, workers,
young and old, men and women. Thi:
compares with a present average
work week Of less than 43 hours, and
IN many instances in 1943, according
to the report, both the hours sched-
uled and the actual hours of work
will have to be In excess Of so per
week.
Finally, Mr.. Metz concludes that
production of goods for civilian use
will have to be reduced by one third,
and, unless there is to be reduction
In wages, taxes and savings will have
to be increased by about 30,OO0,OOO,-
600 to absorb excess income
To state this summary of the con-
illusions OF the report, assuming it
correctly sets forth the essentials OF
the picture, merely serves to indicate
what little progress we have made
toward preparing ourselves for total
war. Taking the work week as an
example, there has not yet been any
official acknowledgement that the
basic 40-hour week contemplated by
the wage-hour law is incompatible
with the realities which we face. The
President recently indicated his be-
lief that maximum efficiency could
be maintained with a 48-hour week.
According to the Brookings report,
this compares with experience in
England which shows that work
week of SIS hours for women and 60
hours for men results in greater total
production and is not detrimental to
health, although output per hour as
distinguished from total output, be-
gins to decline around As or 46 hours.
AS yet, however, there has been no
serious official effort to discard the
hampering effect of the belief, born
during period of depression, that
work in excess of 40 hours a week
somehow is undesirable and in
equitable.
Perhaps the Brookings report, with
the realistic overall picture that it
represents, will help the Government
to break away from the retarding
Influence of social philosophy
which has no validity in the midst
of this war If so, 1t will have served
q genuinely useful purpose.
Evening star., 1942-11-10
FurIouqh

Calm OF the night and you the
hedrth-frs tending
With 0hstenin0 toood Of birch and
sycamore. -. -.
What noto, beyond this, ,oould the
heart be asking sqs e.
With hedven ,Daitino at its uery door?
Freight Is on you your dark
hair is freight.
A radiance Is In your eyes, your
smile.
Upon my hand your strong hand
closes toarmly;
The tall clock ticks of precious mo-
.ments aphile
The hour glides BY the three Of ~
serenely,
You and and the fire. Ho,o ,oeH u
The brightness OF this hour mill shins
upon ~ 81 .
When yoy and I are tar apart. dlons.
ROSE MYRA PHILLIPS.
Evening star., 1942-11-10
BROAD BRANCH ROAD.

Dear Sir:
II was most interested in reading the
letter from I. r. L. in The Evening Star
of october 70 regarding the vireo which
flew from Hollis, N. H., through WASH
ington on its way South.
1T was I who introduced This and
That to her. Knowing her fondness TOR
our feathered friends, began several
months ago to send her articles I
thought she might enjoy, and I learned
that when she Is finished with them she
passes them on, so you see This and That
travels.
IT have wondered many times how one
of your correspondents could take dis
liking to the mockingbird. His song Is
80 glorious.
Firmly anchored to our kitchen win
dow sill we have = nine-inch wooden
chopping bowl.
I'm 1t, we place sunfiower seeds, pea
nuts, in and out OF the shell, and raisins
twice a day. We have had regular visi-
tors all summer 'Mocky' came regularly
every morning while his or her babies
neighborhood. He would even dart IN on
the sill, If the screen was raised and the
raisins laid in row. When the babies
were old enough to fly, two came with
their parents. We never saw more than
one adult bird at time.
During the summer, visitors to the
bowl have included chickadees, titmice,
nuthatches, cardinals, robins, two beau
tiful blue jays and, of course, the saucy
sparrows. They are fed early in the
morning and they seem to know the very
hour. Then some of them return the
latter part of the afternoon.
Recently we have had daily visitor
"a black mother squirrel. She became
so tame she would climb up into my lap
for a peanut and sit on my knee to eat
it. One very rainy day threw the nuts
to her and she fattened her tail to her
back to protect herself from the rain.
I had never seen that done before.
Usually the tail curves away from the
body.
II haven't seen her since that rainy
Monday. I hope no harm has come to
her.
I'VE enjoy This and That very much.
It has been most helpful to us, who
had been apartment dwellers so long,
before coming out here, nearly two years
ago. Truly yours, N. H. s."
It will interest this correspondent and
others to know that the letter from New
Hampshire referred to above attracted
a great deal of attention.
No doubt the fact that the writer here
announced that he had seen = vireo the
very day the letter arrived added to the
interest, but the communication itself
presented 4 most interesting picture OF
the trials and tribulations Of bringing
up a baby bird by hand"
The list of foods found each day for
Bitty, the red-eyed vireo. was most COM
plete.
They included ants eggs, flies, small
locusts and caterpillars, cabbage worms
Evening star., 1942-11-10
United States Marines

For 167 years the Marines have
written in their sweat and blood
some of the most inspiring chapters
in American history.
No decade has passed without see
ing them engaged in several hand
to-hand conflicts with foreign foes.
They have fought on every continent.
They have sailed on every sea- From
the walls of the British forts at New
Providence to the shell craters at
Belleau Wood they have built up
perhaps the finest tradition of serv-
ice, fighting skill and courage of any
military body in the history of the
world.
1t remained for the attack on Pearl
Harbor on the morning of December
to open the most glorious chapter
of all In the history of this elite corps.
They have never surpassed the de-
fense of Wake Island or the capture
of Guadalcanal.
But the record Of the Marines is
far from being only one of spec
tacular heroism. That has been in
herent in the nature of their jobs.
Their contribution to the present
war is infinitely greater than can
appear in the story of any series of
actions. They have contributed the
technique by which, it appears, the
most crucial parts of the war must
be fought-that of landing opera
tions under fire-which today is be-
ing used with such good effect In
North Africa.
The actual operations, in many in
stances, will be carried out by SOL
diers, or perhaps by sailors, al
though they have a different role In
amphibious warfare. But II there Is
to bs any chance Of saccess thsy
Evening star., 1942-11-10
Mrs. Frunk B. Moves

Washington owes a great deal to
Mrs. Frank B. Noyes which never
has been and never will be ade-
quately recorded. Intensely devoted
to the city, she worked untiringly
for its development as the beautiful
Capital and the model metropolis
that she knew it will some day be-
come. She Stunned personal pub
licity and the limelight. But she
used the gifts of charmingly COM
pelling personality, a keen imagina-
ton and discriminating taste in
persuading those In authority to
work with her for Washington.
once convinced of the desirability of
some public improvement, she made
it a personal responsibility to see
that others were likewise persuaded
Those who won her support-and
many sought it-enlisted loyal and
jealous friend.
Her interests were varied and
manifested in many fields. She was
a pioneer In child welfare and public
health improvement in Washington.
Because of her intimate knowledge
OF Washington's park system and
her own sense of artistic values, her
opinions and counsel were frequently
sought in planning the treatment
and expansion of park areas. She
was a moving spirit behind the Ma
tional Arboretum legislation and the
subsequent development of this
unique and beautiful sanctuary of
plant'life; the District War Memorial
in West Potomac Park and the
Identification of approaches to
Washington. She lived a long and
useful life, and she communicated
to those who knew her something of
her own invigorating enthusiasm for
the really beautiful things in this
world and her desire that others, in
learning to know them, would share
them.
Evening star., 1942-11-10
Q. What animal has the longest tail7

@. What animal has the longest tail?
Xxx
A. The clouded leopard is famous for
the length and beauty Of its tail. The
animal, a native of Asia, lives in trees
and is rarely seen in geological gardens.
Q. What was the cost Of the shells
that were fired from the Big Bertha in
the first World War?-M. v. B.
A. These shells cost $S,400 apiece.
l40 days.
@. When was Lindberghs plane
brought to Washinston?-H. U.
A. Charles A. Lindbergh's plane the
Spirit of St. Louis, was brought from St.
Louis, Mo-, to the Smithsonian 1nstitu-
ton on May Il, 1928.
@. How many Gutenberg Bibles are
In existence?-M. z.
A. There are known to be about 20
copies OF the Gutenberg Bible in exist
ence. This number includes incomplete
and greatly damaged volumes, and all
except three of these are printed on
paper. There are only three printed on
vellum known to be in existence-one
in the Library of Congress, Washington,
D. c.; one in the British Museum, Lon
don, and one tn the Bibliotheque Ma.
tionale, Paris.
@. How does q cenotaph differ from
other monuments?-A L. K.
A. A cenotaph Is q monument or
tablet in memory Of a person whose
body is buried elsewhere. The custom
arose from the erection Of monuments
to those whose bodies could not be re-
covered, as In case of drowning. The
term is often used with relation to the
monuments raised in memory Of those
who perished on the field in the First
World War. especially OF the cenotaph
in Whitehall, London.
Q. When was Mr.. McNutt Governor
of Indiana?-D. D.
A. Paul v. McNutt was Governor Of
Indiana from 1888 to 1887, when he was
appointed United States High Commits
sioner to the Philippines.
first made?-O. r. E..
A. According to the tradition in the
Lea and Perrins families of Worcester.
England, the recipe for Worcestershire
sauce was brought to England from
India by Sir Marcus Sandys prior to the
year 1885. They acquired the recipe
from him and commenced manufacture
OF Worcestershire sauce about 1885.
@. What method is used to estimate
the age Of living tree?-D. NJ
A. The Forest Service says that one
Of the chief ways Of determining the
age Of tree without cutting 1t down is
to count the whorls Of the branches. In
some species the whorls are more notice.
able than in others. particularly in the
white pine OF the East.
@. Who was the first Metropolitan
Opera singer to be trained altogether In
the United States?-R. G. E.
A. Anna Case was the first member
of the company with a musical training
obtained entirely in America.
Q. Why are dragon flies often spoken
Of As the devils darning needle"?-
P. E. ].
A. This Is due to an old superstition
that dragon flies will get into children's
hair and sew up their ears.
Evening star., 1942-11-10
Axis Reactions

The American thunderstroke in
French North Africa is reverberating
loudly through the Axis lands. In
Italy, the psychological temperature
has plunged below zero. That un-
happy peninsula had already been
shaken by the disaster in Egypt,
where six Italian divisions had been
destroyed or captured, and by a
series OF mass bombing raids on
Northern Italy, centering over the
port city OF Genoa. Underfed, short
on clothing and fuel, and about to
lose the last remnant of their CO.
lonial empire, the Italian people now
face the prospect of still worse bomb
ings from nearby land bases and the
threat of eventual invasion. No
wonder the Fascist commentator on
the Rome radio station means dis
mally: "The horizon is black for
1taly-we must expect attacks from
any quarter"
Though Germany is less imme-
diately threatened, deep anxiety
cannot be concealed. In Berlin, long
lines of people are repeatedly stand
ing before the newSstands, watt
ing their turn in cold autumn
rain to buy the papers. That is an
unusual phenomenon, for the av-
erage German has long since realized
that his doctored press gives him
scant reliable information on un-
favorable topics. But this time any
scrap of news is eagerly sought after.
We may be sure that, despite drastic
penalties, the number of listeners to
foreign broadcasts is larger than
usual.
What probably disturbs the Axis
publics most is the fact that their
high commands were unable to fore
stall the disaster. For some time
past, the official Axis radio and press
have been issuing predictions that
an Anglo-American stroke at French
North Africa was meditated, and
their Vichy French satellites have
been busy checking up on the situa-
ton in the African colonies. Now
that the invasion is proceeding with
lightning speed against Intellectual
opposition, the powerlessness of the
Axis in the vital Mediterranean thea
ter must be selfevident to all think
ing Germans and Italians. Their
rulers cannot set up the alibi of sur
prise. They have already publicly
discussed the eventuality and thus
revealed their foreknowledge.
Highly significant was the buster
ing speech of Adolf Hitler. Barely had
the news from North Africa come in
when he held forth before a select
audience of party stalwarts in IA
nous Munich beer cellar. For
eighty-five minutes he poured forth
discourse wherein invectives and
threats were curiously interlarded
with notes of doubt and last ditch
defiance that must have caused un-
easy feelings among at least some of
his hearers, especially among the
wider audience which listened over
the radio. Hitler assured his hearers
that Germany would strike a coun-
terblow "in due time" against the
Americans in North Africa and
wherever the fronts may be-" But
he adjured the German people to
realize that their existence was at
stake and that he would never
abandon them like the Kaiser, but
would fight with them to the end.
The Fuehrer is obviously upset. AS
for Mussolini, he is mum as the prov
erbial oyster. This mixture of bonn
bast and silence from the supreme
Axis spokesmen shows that our blow
at what Churchill calls "the soft
side of the dragon" has hurt, and
hurt badly.
Evening star., 1942-11-10

Poultry Cooking-A 36-page Gov
ernment booklet containing detailed
information on buying, preparing and
cooking poultry. How to broil, fry,
stuff, roast, braise, stew or steam.
Includes your favorite chicken COM
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stufnngs. Suggestions for carving are
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Evening star., 1942-11-10
Letters to the Editor
Complains About coalition"
OF Labor and New Deal.


OF Labor and New Deal.
To the Editor Of The star:
If the war Is lost In Washington, this
probably will be due to the coalition"
between the New Deal and organized
labor. This coalition already has had
effort. BY bringing about the payment
of exorbitant wages to unskilled laborers
it has created class of new rich who
are crowding our transportation facili-
ties and resorts. Many Of the wives Of
these new rich have quit their jobs, thus
aggravating the labor shortage. Many
of these new rich think only of enjoying
their new riches: hence absenteeism
rapidly is increasing among this class.
Why should they work six days 4 week
when they can make a normal weeks
wages by working only four days?
The coalition also is responsible for
the continuance of the 40-hour week
during wartime, which is the primary
cause for our manpower problem. Our
coal miners, for example, work only 50
hours per week on the average. How
absurd, then. is the suggestion to defer
miners to work on this halftime basis.
On the basis of the British work-week
some 10000 miners would become avail
able for our Army. The British are
boasting that their workers are producing
more goods per hour than ours, In 1pite
Of our vaunted labor-saving machinery.
This readily can be explained by the fact
that the British are working An average
Of Sc hours week while under the
coalition our average work-week Is only
43 hours. Our production per man could
be increased nearly 80 per cent by in
creasing our work-week to the British
average. And our manpower problem
would disappear.
But no! Organized labor's social gains"
must not be disturbed. We therefore
are threatened with the universal regi-
mentation Of all workers under Paul v.
McNutt. But since organized labor
opposes this proposal, the coalition will
doubtless kill" it. william Green Of
the AFL was Dragging not long since that
his organization had KILLED" every bill
"a total of over 5o) which had been in
troduced into Congress this past session
and which was thought undesirable by
the AFL. We apparently will have to
muddle along as We have been doing.
But 1t Is just possible that, with the Re.
publican gains in Congress, the coalition
can be out-voted and = little common
sense injected into our war effort.
OBSERVER.
Evening star., 1942-11-10

must use the tactics which the Ma
rines have developed step by step
over more than q century and a half.
AS never before, this corps is the
spearhead of American warfare,
Evening star., 1942-11-10
Disa xrees With Vice President
On Cause Of New Deal Defeat,
IA thu HAttor nf The 0tar.


Vice President Henry Wallace's glib
election analysis to the contrary-pri-
ority on the aspirin for the New Deal.
As dress rehearsal for 1914, recent
results have educational value. First,
they set aside as hollow the main pre-
texts on which the New Deal based its
third-term blitz: That only the queer
cult, with its wealth of experience lin
waste. beguilement and politicsD could
administer the defense" effort efncient-
". And at the same time rescue the
perishins, ie, keep intact all social
gains" At whatever price.
When 100000 were unemployed tor
enjoying New. Deal prosperity, such
hokum woeked. But New Deal peopa-
Evening star., 1942-11-10

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 1Driter, although the use of
a pseudonyn1 for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters 1Uith
a UieU to condensation.
Evening star., 1942-11-10
Urges Henry George Thssry
OF Single Tax fer Frooden.

Urges Henry GeefSs Thssry
OF Single Tax fer Frssdsa.
~ the Daitsr Of The star:
There is an old and true biblical say
ing: 'Ye shall know the truth and the
truth shall make ye Free" but 1t needs
explanation.
We all know . lot Of truth, but 1t does
not make US free. It IL not the right
kind of truth.
We need to know our economics, We
need to know that all land, including all
natural resources, naturally belongs to
all of U.S. When We do know that truth,
and make our laws accordingly, then
We can make ourselves free of private
monopoly. exploitation, etc, but never
before.
To own and receive full benefit Of our
land and natural resources, and make it
possible to free ourselves in every way.
and abolish taxes, 1t II only necessary to
collect land rent In full for our public
treasury and welfare. Z. Z. COLEMAN.
oeanA Rapids. Nah.
Evening star., 1942-11-10
Appreciates Long Letter
BY HiStorian.TeAchef.
tn tA> Edifnr ~ SrhA RtAr.

BY HiStOriaM.Te
To the Editor Of The Star:
1t was gratifying to see the good, long
letter in The Star Of November 2 from
the noted teacher and historian, Mat
thew Page Andrews of Baltimore. He
criticizes the total lack Of history teach
ing In the schools. In few years time
n high-school pupil could not tell you
whether Hitler or President Roosevelt
won or lost the battle Of Yorktown.
WILLIAM ALUAlDE4 MILLER,
Evening star., 1942-11-10

ganda finally has faced the acid test.
The current inflationary war boom Is
not recognized by voters as We
planned-it miracle due to the peculiar
genius of the present management.
Perhaps voters recall-how could they
forget?-certain just before the war
phenomena: Relief handouts to strik-
ers, bent-neck subservience to the brass
hats of labor, bonuses for farm non
production Gall with no eye to votes,
naturally, deficit billions shipped to
warning nations, including Japan, for
high h-premium gold purchases. ON
cials who consistently "foresaw the
war" let scrap and high -octane gas 60 to
Japan-and erected Jefferson memorials.
They accurately perceive-and the
analytical Mr.. Wallace hardly will hang
blame for this on the rich" Repub-
lican voters-that the New Deal way
permeates the whole war machinery, be-
cause the Squandermania Squads han
ding Of the war effort" is the only
thing wrong with the war effort, in
contrast with the Job done by industry
and the common people.
Their vote Is also, as we see it,
protest against what the future might
hold If dominated by . perpetual New
Deal. And they want no more Of 1t.
They want no swarm Of all-knowing
reformers, alphabetical experts. eco
nomists, dizzy experimenters, commu-
nistic planners and assorted visionaries
with their wild-eyed schemes; nor
worldwide RECOMMENDATION and reform
tricks turned loose against them the mo-
ment the war school lets out; nor any
wholesale rash Of social experiments and
reforms, or New Deal orgies staged at
ruinous cost by the infallble priests Of
plenty.
The miracle Is that 1t took Mr.. WAL
iaee's newly discovered rich Republican
voters-and some millions Of recruits
all this time to get fed up.
WALTER DAHNSEN.
Evening star., 1942-11-10
By Thomas r. Henry.

Comments on senator Norris Defeat
And Argues That Nebraska May Regret.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Senator Norris, that statesman of "the
lighted mind" for 40 years = pioneering
American advance, Is dismissed. That
is the way, perhaps, 1t looks to him.
the light gone out and the work Of =
lifetime repudiated. But to US the life
work Of Senator Norris stands.
Men who are satisfied with shelter,
fearful Of advance, shy Of liberalism and
Independence had their innings and
Senator Norris Il out. The Senate will
be poorer.
Just there is 4 patent drawback in
democracy. Nebraska may learn she has
done herself and the rest Of US An in
jury-but not Senator Norris.
SAMUEL IRWIN.
Evening star., 1942-11-10

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