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Evening star., 1942-02-19
BY GOULD LINCOLN.

The coming congressional cam
paign has cast its shadow before
it in a big way or Capitol Hill.
Members dodge and shy away at
the mention Of fan dancers and
pensions. Charges are made on
the floor OF the House that the
Republicans-or the Democrats
are playing politics.
No more ridiculous demonstra-
ton has been given in a long
time than the frantic efforts Of
members Of Congress-pensions
for which the Senate on January
10 voted 42 to "a. 1t Is true that
some of the advocates of repeal
have been from the start oppo-
nents Of the rtirement system
among them Senator Byrd Of Vir-
ginia. But there are others now
demanding speed in voting a re-
pealer who supported the meas
ure a few short weeks ago, on the
theory that members Of Congress
are just as much entitled to a
retirement system as are Federal
Judges, Army and Navy officers
and civil employees of the Gov
ernment.
Through the press and from
constituents members of Congress
have heard in no uncertain terms.
The country does not like the
idea of Congress voting itself
pensions at a time when billions
of dollars are needed for national
defense and when the demand Is e,
for curtailment of all expendi-
lures not essential to the war
effort.
Polls Have Effect.
Polls Of public opinion are
showing up, too, indicating that
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the great majority Of the voters
are indignant over the congress
sional pensions. Members of both
houses, believing that they see
the handwriting on the wall, are
falling over themselves to get on
the anti-pension bandwagon. This
does not mean that they do not
believe the retirement system is
sound enough. 1t does not mean
that In considerable measure the
cost and operation Of the pro-
posed system has been misrepre-
sented to the public. 1t means
that they have subscribed to the
old song-"It amt no disgrace
to run when you am scared"
Already in some of the con-
gressional districts and in some
of the States, prospective candi-
dates for the House and Senate
have run up their flags, bearing
the inscription, II am against
congressional pensions. More
and more members have come to
the conclusion that this is no
time to make q battle on TINS
issue of pensions. And so, unless
all signs fail, the pension repeater
Is on the way to victory and to
the White House for the Presi-
dents approval. The President
signed the original bill, which
carried pensions-or retirement
pay-for some 175,oO0 civil en-
ployes, for the President and Vice
President. members Of the cabi-
net, as well as for members OF
Congress. If Congress acts now to
remove from the provisions of the
Retirement Act its own members,
the President and Vice President
and members of the cabinet, it
is expected the President will fall
IN line. In TACT, 1t would be a
great surprise If he didn't.
G. o. P. Also Involved.
The Republicans in the Senate
and in the House are inclined to
snicker over the whole affair
although their skirts are by no
means clear. In the vote on the
passage of the bill in the Senate
where a roll call was taken-33
Democrats, eight Republicans and
one Progressive, Senator La Fol-
lette of Wisconsin, voted for pas
sage. Voting against the bill
were 13 Democrats, 10 Republicans
and one Independent, Senator
Norris Of Nebraska.
Not all Of the members, how
ever, have succumbed to the
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tory in its pocket may start a
I'VE told you so" campaign if
Nazi submarines lombard ports
like Recife, Bahia and Sac Paulo.
Large Subs Being Sent.
The obvious propaganda Of
Axis agents would be that the
United States and Great Britain
are powerless to protect their
allies and associates
Information in Washington IS
that German submarines are
operating in relays from Nor
wegian and French ports. There
seems to be little likelihood that
they have bases anywhere in the
Western Hemisphere. 1t is pos
sible that a supply ship makes a
rendezvous with the undersea
raiders, but such supplying of
submarines is a chance propo-
sition.
A few weeks ago a British
cruiser patrolling the South At
lantic sank one Of these supply
ships while 1t was refueling
an Axis submarine. Since then
patrols have failed to discover
any more such ships. In we'll
informed quarters it is assumed
that the Germans are sending
over large submarines with a
cruising radius Of between $4,000
and 5000 miles. They carry
enough fuel to hunt their prey
for five or six days and then
return home. When they return
to their European ports other
packs take their places. Some
never return home, of course, but
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Library Lists Books
SUGGESTED for Lent

Lists Of books recommended for
lenten reading have been prepared
by the Public Library and are avail
able at the Central Library and all
branches.
The Catholic list was prepared
with the advice Of the Rev. John
K. Cartwright, pastor Of the Church
Of the Immaculate Conception, and
the Protestant compilation was
made in collaboration with a group
of representative ministers.
"A Declaration of Independence ~
a discussion of the present wars
causes, by the Rev. DR.. Fulton j.
Sheen of Catholic University, and
THE Sublime Shepherdess," by
Frances Parkinson Keyes of Wash
ington, are among the books sug-
gested to Catholics.
mot Alone" by the Rev. DR..
Joseph r. Sizoo, former pastor of
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hundred votes, did not care or
dare to put the matter to the
test of a roll call vote, and the
Republican amendment has been
retained by the Senate, also over
whelmingly Democratic.
It remains to be seen, in the
primaries and the general elec-
tions, whether these issues
pensions and dancers amount to
as much as some of the members
of Congress believe they will.
Conditions, growing out of the
war, may vitally change all issues
before the country in the next six
months. But whether these issues
are effective or not, it is true that
the war situation has prevented
"frills" for the o. C. D., and bids
fair to repeal congressional PEN
sions,
Evening star., 1942-02-19
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

ny CONS AhN line DhOWNs
An expected regrouping Of
British h-American naval forces
may provide more adequate pro-
lection for the long Atlantic
Coast extending from Halifax to
Cape Horn. While dangers to
these vast shores may remain
serious for the next few weeks.
new additions to the United
States Atlantic Fleet and in
creased numbers of British war
ships will make raids by Nazi
providers more dificult.
As the situation stands today,
the Brazilians are concerned over
the likelihood that some Of their
important harbors and cities may
be attacked by German sub
marines. The damage such Nazi
vessels could infiict is small.
considering that ports like Rio
de Janeiro are fairly well pro-
tected by shore batteries and
alert aviation. But our South
American ally fears the possible
moral effect of such attacks
among its population, which has
been propagandized by the Nazis
and Fascists for so many years.
The great ma ajority of Brazilians
have given their full support to
the Vargas governments break in
diplomatic relations with the
Axis and side 100 per cent with
the United States. But the same
agents who have been telling the
Brazilians and other Latin Amer
leans, too, that the Axis has VIC
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Masonic Defense Group
To Meet on Monduy

A Masonic defense welfare COM
mission of the Grand Lodge of Vir-
ginia, recently appointed by DR..
Robert S. Barrett of Alexandria,
grand master, will hold its first
meeting at Alexandria Monday.
Remmie L. Arnold of Petersburg
is chairman. Other members are
Gen. Robert S. Abernathy of New
port News. DR.. William Moseley
Brown of New York, DR.. Thomas
w. Hooper of Culpeper and Elliott
F Hoffman of Alexandria. The
purpose of the commission is to
maintain contact with Masons In
the armed services of the United
States.
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This Changing World
Resrouping Of U. S.-British NovoI Forces
Expected to Strengthen Coast Defenses

the damage they cause is con-
siderable.
Nazi Losses Believed Greater.
Although nothing ofi1cial Is
known, the general impression in
Washington is that in the last
two weeks Na1 losses have been
heavier than formerly. How long
the Nazi navy will be able to keep
up the present submarine quad
rille Is uncertain. Their navy
yards are humming with activity,
but 1t Is believed they have begun
construction of different types of
vessels than undersea craft.
In many Washington and Lon
don naval quarters it is believed
the Germans soon will start using
If they are not already doing
soAsome of the French subma-
Evening star., 1942-02-19
Our |mpotience Aids Enemy
Eliot Says Navy Would Like Nothing Better
Than to BIost Jups, but 1t Takes Time

aircraft carrier to make sneak raid
on one of our coastal cities. This
would probably result in the loss Of
the carrier but 1t would also prob
ably result in some damage and loss
OF life at the point attacked.
Would Rouse Americans.
The enemy has refrained from
doing this so far, presumably be-
cause his very intelligent psycholoI
gists have advised him that nothing
would be more likely to wipe out
the last traces Of complacency and
lethargy and rouse the American
people to a pitch Of fighting fury
which would be immensely beneficial
to the quality Of the American war
effort.
However, If the enemy should
come to believe, on an authority no
less eminent than that the chairman
of the Naval Affairs Committee of
the Senate, that such a move might
result in the American fleet being
called home for coast defense, then
the short-range military advantages
of a series of hit-and-run attacks
on our coasts might seem more at
tractive than the long-range
psychological disadvantages.
In other words, if the Senator
really wishes to keep Boston or
Philadelphia, or Los Angeles, from
being bombed, he would do we'll not
to suggest to the enemy that this
would result in q dislocation Of our
whole grand strategy and the aban-
donment of operations Of great
magnitude about which our enemies
are doing great deal Of worrying
at this present moment.
Preparation Essential
Let no American citizen suppose
that his Navy is not extremely busy,
or that it has abandoned that offen-
sive spirit and purpose which is Its
tradition and its soul. Impatience
is understandable; it is an i'm
patience which those in charge of
our naval operations feel even more
deeply than the citizens. They
would like nothing better than to
leap over the barriers of time and
distance to bring the sword and the
torch to the vitals of the foe. But
they know, as the citizen does not
always know, as even the Senator
does not always seem to know
Though he could inform himself, ,
that in modern war to strike surely
and effectively demands prepara-
ton, care and forethought.
1t is high time that our public
men should realize that giving
range to their impatience or
ignorance in public addresses is
playing the enemy's game. Every
ill-considered sentence uttered by
any American in Official life is
picked up by the enemy propaganda
machine. used, reused. twisted and
distorted in a worldwide campaign
to discredit us with our Allies, to
dismay our friends, and to terrify
those few remaining neutrals
whose hope Of survival Is still in
our victory.
In this modern world, with its
instantaneous means of communi-
cation, words are weapons. To
furnish the enemy with words use
full for his purposes may prove q
worse thing than to furnish him
with cargo of high explosives.
tCopyrieht, 1912. New York Tribune. Inc.)
Evening star., 1942-02-19
The Political Mill
Congressional Pensions and O. c. D. 'FriIIs'
Remain Potential Issues in Elections

panic. senator mcaQ Ol new YORK,
for example, and Senator Clark Of
Idaho did not hesitate to lift
their voices on the floor Of the
Senate in defense Of the pension
system. Senator Clark of Idaho
was not present when the vote
was taken. He did not, however,
take advantage Of that fact to de-
clare he would have voted against
the bill. He said, on the contrary,
that had he been present he
would have voted for it, and he
added that he thought it would be
a cowardly thing to have Con-
gress now reverse itself because Of
the uproar in the press and else
where against congressional pen
sions. But these members Of
stouter heart are comparatively
few-as the vote will probably
reveal, once a roll call on the,
repeater Is reached.
The. furor in the country over
congressional pensions and the
employment of dancers and movie
actors by the Volunteer Partici-
patton Division of the ONCE Of
Civilian Defense, headed by Mrs.
Roosevelt, has been out of all pro-
portion to the interest and anx-
iety over the war. They have,
however. afforded kind of safety
valve for pent-up feelings.
Restriction Criticized.
Representative Cannon of Mis-
souri,, chairman of the House Ap-
propriations Committee, wrote
remarkable letter to Democratic
members of the House, urging
them to be present to vote on the
$32, 900 100000 fifth supplemental
appropriation bill for national de-
fense. He wrote it as chairman Of
the Democratic Steering Com
mittee of the House. And in 1t
he said that the Republicans Of
the House handed us Pearl
Harbor" when they forced into
the o. C. D. appropriation bill an
amendment which prohibits the
expenditure of any Of the funds
carried in that measure for the
employment of dancers. movie
actors and others to promote
shows" of any kind in the name
of civilian defense.
The letter found its way into
the hands of Representative Dit
ter Of Pennsylvania, chairman Of
the Republican Congressional
Committee. Mr.. Otter read it to
the House, with comments Of his
own. The only purpose in offer
ing the amendment, Mr.. Cannon
wrote, "and all other amendments
they offered was to gain partisan
advantage in the congressional
elections next fall"
Democratic Leaders Back Down.
The press and the country had
reacted to the revelations regard
ing the employment of Mayris
CLANCY. dancer, and Melvyn
Douglas, movie actor, just about
as violently as they did to the
pensions for members of Con-
gress. While the Republicans took
the lead in offering amendments
to cut out such employment by
the Q. G. D., they were supported
by q number of House Democrats,
who were equally incensed. At
any rate, the Democratic leader
ship of the House, although their
party has a majority of about a
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vorably with any
that have been
rendered In re-
cent years.
The issue in
volved Is Of such
nsc e ndent
1 m p o r t a n C e
to the successful
operation Of de-
mocracy that 1t
Is regrettable the
subject matter
was of so tech
nical a nature
that IL could not
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OF opinion by
those who pos
sess to any de-
gree the public
ear or the public
confidence are
r e g r e t t q b ! e
in time of peace;
in time Of war,
they are posi-
lively dangerous,
especially when
they take the
form Of urging a
specific military
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my dirty shirts
was to probe and
peer and ques-
tion around as
to what sort Of q
column I should
write.
AS a lot Of edi-
tors had bought
my column on
the belief that I
was a humorist,
a sort Of juvenile
viii Rogers, I
locke ed for q
Evening star., 1942-02-19
McLemore-
Texas Alarmed Over
Affairs in Capitol
BY HENRY McLEMORE.

DALLAS, Tex.-I have been In
Texas six hours exactly.
The first thing 7 did after regis
tering in a hotel and sending out
Evening star., 1942-02-19
War in Retrospect

Ey the Associated Press.
One Year Ago Today.
Greeks capture heights north.
west Of Tepeleni.
Two Years Ago Today.
British destroyer Daring Is
torpedoed and sunk; 157 lost.
Russians capture three towns
on Gulf Of Finland, cutting of
Koivisto, western anchor Of
Mannerheim Line.
Twenty-Five Years Ago Today.
British and Turks engage In
hard fighting at Sannaiyat, In
Asiatic Turkey.
Evening star., 1942-02-19

HE opinions of the rtters this page their not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions are presented In The
Stars effort to all sides OF questions of interest to its
readers although such opinions be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1942-02-19
Black Luuded
For Judicial
Reasoning
Ship-BuiIding Ruling
Held Important to
Demoeroey's System
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Justice Hugo Black has just writ
ten on behalf Of the Supreme Court
an opinion which for fairness and
judicial reasoning will compare ia
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the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church, is among those recon-
mended for Protestants.
Evening star., 1942-02-19
BY MAI. GEO. FIELDING ELIOT.

The pressure of bad news is bring
ing forth the usual outbursts Of loose
talk from our public men. Ill-con-
sidered or ill-informed expressions
Evening star., 1942-02-19

rlneS which nave not seen aCtlOu
since 1910.
The French, when they sur
rendered to the Axis, had a large
submarine fleet-about 100 units.
Some of them, probably 20, were
destroyed when the armies col
lapsed. Their largest unit, the
Surcouf, and a few more Joined
the Free French and are now
operating with the British fleet.
Many others are not large
enough to operate on this side
of the Atlantic, being intended
principally for warfare in the
Mediterranean and along the
Atlantic Coast, not farther than
a thousand miles from bases. But
there are SO submarines Of the
Morillot and Redoubtable classes
which would serve the Nazi pur-
pose very well.
Several of Latest Type.
The five Morillots are the
latest type 1,600-ton submarines
with a surface speed as great as
old-type cruisers-23 knots. They
were completed and launched in
1910. The submarines of the Re-
doubtable class are regarded
even more highly. They are
older and slightly smaller, but
they have a cruising limit OF 80
days. Between 1880 and 1898
vessels of this type made ex-
perimental trips from Brest and
Toulon to the West Indies, Indo-
China and the South Atlantic.
They travelled these long dis
tances at remarkable speed and
without escort, and returned
without refueling.
Two submarines of the Re-
doubtable class were lost at
Dakar in 1910, but it is believed
that at least % are still available.
Although between 10 and Is
years old, these vessels are be-
heved to be among the best sub
marines afloat. If Vichy has
transferred them to the Nazis,
as London believes, they will
certainly be Of great value to the
Axis.
These submarines may con-
tribute to further Nazi attacks
along the Atlantic Coast, but If
the expected reshuf1ing of
United Nations naval forces ma
terializes in the next few weeks,
the danger will be considerably
lessened.
Evening star., 1942-09-30
Fleming Envisions
Postwar Building
OF Millions Of Homes
Works Chief Soys Projec
To Provide Jobs Will
Be Urgently Needed
By the Associated Press.


TORONTO, Ontario, Sept. 30
Brig. Gen. Philip B. Fleming, United
States Federal Works Administrator,
envisioned today a vast postwar
construction program that would
build millions" of new homes and
provide employment for those made
jobless by conversion Of war indus
tries to a peace time basis.
In an address prepared for de-
livery before the Building and Con-
struction Trades Department (AFD
Convention, Gen. Fleming asserted
that lack of advance planning made
it difficult TO provide worthwhile en-
ployment projects in the depression
years.
This time" he added, sit will be
inexcusabie if we fail to prepare the
blueprints and the specifications we'll
in advance so that we can pull them
out of the cupboard in our time of
need and put the contractor and his
construction people to work.
The administration estimated that
approximately 100000 men and
women are working exclusively or
war goods now and asked:
What are these people, plus eight
or nine or ten million former sol
diers, to do when the cease firing or
der comes and the war plants shu
DOWN."
| The United States, he asserted
needs millions" of new houses ii
we are ever going to replace struc
Evening star., 1942-09-30

tracts. He said the George proposal
would reduce incentive for greater
efficiency on war production
He also opposed repeal of the re-
negotiation law, as had been advo-
Gated by some contractors and law
makers, but suggested number of
amendments which he said would
remedy its defects without impair
ing its benefits"
Mr.. Patterson told Senate
Finance Subcommittee studying the
problem of preventing excessive war
profits that when a contractor has
Ienegotiated in good faith, he is
clearly entitled to assurance that
the contract will not be reopened at
later date" Under the present
law, it could be reopened as late as
three years after the end of the war,
and some businessmen have declared
that provision made it difficult for
them to finance such contracts.
He suggested that renegotiation be
prohibited after one year from the
close of the fiscal year in which the
contract was completed. The pro-
viso, of course, would not be effective
in cases where fraud was proved.
Another important change sug-
gested by Mr.. Patterson would pro-
Evening star., 1942-09-30

had abnormally high ceiling prices,
because Of unusual conditions IN
the base period.
This has enabled these previously
favored slaughterers and wholesal-
ers to maintain distinct advantage
over the majority by being able to
bid higher for live cattle supplies, -
OPA said.
Such bids, even though in rela-
lively small quantities, have been
used to support requests of live cat
tie sellers for price increases. Un-
less brought into line with the gen.
eral range OF beef prices, they could
easily increase the pressure for in
hationary price advances"
The wholesale price ceiling does
not affect the retail price ceiling.
The retail price of meat was frozen
under the universal price ceiling
which permits butcher shops to
charge no more than their highest
price in March.
The order does not constitute a
universal 25-cent ceiling price, but
merely sets % cents a pound as the
top ceiling price which any whole
saler may use. Packers whose cell
ines under the beef regulation were
less than that figure may not raise
their present ceiling prices.
Evening star., 1942-09-30

NTTAMINS, h COMPLEX-Anheuser-Bu is
one of the worlds largest sources for manu-
facturers of pharmaceutical and food products.
BAKERS YEAST-We one of Americas
biggest suppliers of standard and enriched
yeasts and malt syrup used to make bread.
CORN SYRUP-many millions of pounds
annually for Americas candy industry.
SYRUPS-for food, table and confectionery uses
and special syrups for medicinal purposes.
STARCH-for food, textile. paper and other in
dustries-nillions of pounds annually.
Evening star., 1942-09-30
Col. Heard Is Assigned
To Public Relations Post

Col. Falkner Heard has been ap-
pointed assistant director for the
Army ground forces IN the War De-
partment Bureau OF Public Rela-
tions.
A West Point graduate of 1913
with an outstanding military back
ground, Col. Heard comes to the
new position from an assignment
as chief of the review branch of
the Public Relations Bureau In
his new capacity he will direct
liaison between the bureau and the
Office Of technical information of
1t. Gen. Kelsey j. McNair's Army
ground forces headquarters.
Col. Heard was born at Fort
Clark. Tex. October Is, 1888 He
was the son of Gen. j. w. Heard
of the West Point class of 1888.
During the World War, Col. Heard
saw front-line overseas service in
the field artillery. Wounded in ac-
ton, he was awarded the Purple
Heart and also holds the Silver Star
with Oak Cluster, the Croix de
Guerre with Palm, and the New
York Conspicuous Service Cross
with Oak Leaf Cluster.
Evening star., 1942-09-30
0PA imposes Ceiling
OF 23Cents a Pound
On Wholesale Beef
Limit to Be Effective
Tomorrow; RetoiI Rates
Remain Unchanged
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Office of Price Administra :
ton yesterday put an absolute price
lid of % cents a pound on choice
beef at the wholesale level, effective
tomorrow.
The action, specifying the maxi
mum prices on all grades of dressed
carcasses and wholesale cuts, limits
the top prices which may be charged
by slaughterers and wholesalers,
some of whom have enjoyed individ-
ual ceilings, held unduly high.
Under previous controls, indi-
vidual ceilings were established at
the price each packer charged dur
ing the period March 1923. Study
of the individual ceilings revealed.
OPA said, that small percentage
of sellers" in several areas have