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Evening star., 1942-05-02

the President on this matter for
the present. anyway.
Like Chairman Vinson of the
House Naval Affairs Committee,
however, there are many men,
bers of both the House and Sem
ate who believe that the whole
labor issue is going into the
coming congressional campaign
and in a big way. Mr.. Vinson
has said so publicly in so many
words.
He is the author Of the bill to
put an end to the 40-hour work
week, so far as the overtime pay
is concerned, to freeze the open
and closed shop and to place an
8 per cent of costs. plus $4,000,
limit on profits that may be
made by war plants and con-
tractors. He expects the voters,
not members Of Congress or
other candidates, to make the
issue when the time comes. In
other words, he believes that
members Of Congress who are
seeking denomination and re-
election will be compelled to state
publicly how they stand on legis-
lative proposals dealing with
labor and with war profits.
Connally ForestaIls Vote.
The Vinson bill was effectuailv
put to sleep when the Naval
Affairs Committee voted, IS to II,
to table the measure. When
Senator Connally of Texas, au-
thor of bill to authorize the
President to seize war plants and
providing for freezing of labor
conditions in them, withdrew the
first of the week his motion to
take up that bill, it became ap-
parent that the Senate was to
have no present opportunity to
consider labor legislation either.
It, like the House Naval Affairs
Committee, is going along with
the President in this matter.
The House Judiciary Com
mittee has before it two meas
ures dealing with organized labor.
The first is another bill intro
duced by Representative Vinson.
1t would compel the registering
of all labor unions, trade organ
izations, chambers of commerce,
etc, with the Federal Govern
ment, including financial state
ments.
The committee has completed
hearings on the measure and has
been trying to whip the bill into
shape in executive session, so
that 1t will not be too broad. It's
chances are not of the best. Both
labor and the trade organiza tions
Evening star., 1942-05-02
BY GOULD LINCOLN.

The administration again has
won in its effort to prevent any
legislation by Congress dealing
with the labor situation. The
President is relying on voluntary
agreements by labor unions to
keep peace and to prevent labor
costs from rising to a degree that
will bring about imitation and a
disastrous rise in the cost of liv-
ing. If the voluntary plan works
satisfactorily the President will
have been justified. If it does
not some other steps will have
to be taken and the administra-
ton will be on the spot.
Supporters of labor legislation,
designed to bring about a a.
hour work week instead of 40
hour week before overtime wages
are paid. to freeze the status quo
in closed and open shops for the
duration of the war, to deal sum-
marily with strikes in war plants,
etc, are not satisfied They
realize that at present they have
not the votes in Congress to
enact legislation-that the ma
jority is willing to go along with
Evening star., 1942-05-02
The Problem of Martinique
Military and Diplomatic OffieioIs
Want u. 5. to Act immediately

coast of Brazil Is French Guiana
with the famous penal settlement of
Devils Island. The sparsely popu-
lated mainland is even more adapt
able than the Windward group as
a concealed nest. From there sub
marines can strike both at the ship
ping up and down the whole east
ern coast of the Western Hemi-
sphere and at our shipping which has
to pass through the narrow stretch
of the Atlantic between Brazil and
Dakar in Africa on the way to the
Middle and Far East.
All these islands, especially the
Windward, are natural ramparts of
our offshore defense, more so than
st. Pierre and Miquelon, off New
foundland. which are occupied by
the Free French. We have recog-
nized the Free French as belliger-
ents.
Cites Canal Precedent.
In a time of peace President
Theodore Roosevelt exercised "the
right of eminent domain" to get
enough territory for free hand in
building the Panama Canal. We
might exercise little of the right
of eminent domain, which the Axis
have exercised with unqualified Ii
cense in this war, to back setting up
a Free French administration, both
in the French Windwards and in
French Guiana. All could be ef-
fected in a single days operation,
possibly without firing a shot once
notice of our intentions was served.
We should then have fewer of our
ships sunk in coastal waters and
fewer Of our ships crews would be
adrift in open boats to die of hun
ger and exposure
The American made planes of an
already obsolete type which were on
their way to France when she was
overwhelmed, and now are on the
beach at St Pierre, Martinique,
would be useless. But we could put
the French aircraft carrier in the
harbor back in commission to fight
for us and for the real France, and
to free France the only way she can
be freed, which is by an Allied vic
tory.
1t is objected that our southern
neighbors would regard the occupa-
ton as an act of aggression. Would
Brazil in view of her loss Of ships
by torpedoing and the limitation Of
her market when we are being ra-
toned on coffee?
The conservatives, who remind us
that there is much which cannot be
told, wait for the return of Ambas-
sador William D. Leahy from Vichy
with his report. Able as he is. he
knows only what Laval tells him,
not what Laval tells Berlin and
Hitler in turn told Mussolini in their
late conference on war plans.
Laval, cunning two-faced politi-
clan. who in his greed for money
has made great fortune in his kind
of politics in his pro-German Ca
reer, plays deft circles around aged
Marshal Petain. What use are the
marshals promises or Admiral Dar-
lan's, that the French feet will not
be turned over to the Axis? Natural
provision calls for the Allies to
blockade the French feet at Toulon.
Released by North American Newspaper
Alliance
Evening star., 1942-05-02
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.

The United Nations answer to
the Hitler -Mussolini parley at
Salzburg is likely to be an in
tensification of r. A. F. raids on
the continent in the hope of
forcing the NaZis to move strong
reinforcements into Western
Europe.
The Luftvaffe at present has
a number of fighters and bombers
detailed to the Western European
war theater, but II these British
attacks prove more damaging
than was anticipated the Nazis
may be forced to weaken their
air arm on the Russian front or
take detachments from the
southern front.
1t is suspected in military and
diplomatic quarters that the two
Evening star., 1942-05-02
This Changing World
Meeting Of II Duee and Hitler Points to Axis

Although the former italian
commander chief is nearly
10 years old. his prestige among
the Italian people, whom he led
successfully in Ethiopia, is still
great. Mussolinis scheme failed
because the stubborn marshal
does not want to place himself
under the command of a Nazi
general and Hitler is reported to
have refused to place Marshal
Rommel and the other German
generals in Africa under the
italian. who has not proved him
self particularly successful in
this war.
Meeting Highly Significant.
In any event, the Allied gen.
eral stats regard the Salzburg
meeting as a definite indication
that things will begin to pop
soon in Europe.
The mere fact that the two
dictators and their staff chiefs
have conferred increases the
probability that the attack will
take place in the Mediterranean
rather than in Russia. If Hitler
had decided to go ahead with
an all-out offensive against the
Soviets he hardly would have met
II Duce and his foreign minis
ter and chief of staff.
Mussolini is rather indifferent
to the campaign in Russia, from
which he sees no enhancement
of his own badly shaken pres
tige. Also, the Italian people
like spectacular action, and the
Eastern front offers nothing
spectacular for the Italians. be-
cause the Fascist legions COM
prise only a small proportion
of the $50 divisions engaged by
the Russians.
In Libya and the Eastern Medi-
terranean, where the FaSciSts
Evening star., 1942-05-02
McCarran Asks LethaI Gas
For Executions in D. T..

The lethal gas chamber would re-
place the electric chair as the meth
cd of execution in Washington, if a
bill introduced in the Senate yester-
day by Chairman McCarran of the
District Committee becomes law.
The manner of capital punish
ment is not based on vengeance,
but on the prevention Of crime, +"
said Senator McCarran I'VE have
passed the age of legalized torture,
when men boiled fellow men in oil,
or placed their bodies in racks, or
caused their bodies to be broken by
barbarous methods.
The full payment for a crime
should be in the giving up of the
Evening star., 1942-05-02

criminals life, and the method of
carrying it out should be based on
the best method known to science.
The District long has been out of
step in this respect"
Senator McCarran studied the
laws of Nevada, Colorado and Cali
fornia, which have the gas chamber,
in writing the District bill.
Evening star., 1942-05-02
Funeral Services Held
For Mrs. Margaret Moss
, the Associated Prsxs

By the Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS. May Funeral
services for Mrs. Margaret A. Moss,
widow of Judge Robert Moss and
descendant of one of the earliest
families in Maryland, were held
Yesterday from st. Annes Protestant
Episcopal Church.
Mrs. Moss, "a, died here Tuesday
of heart attack.
She was active in church, civic,
social and patriotic work and served
as head of many organizations. She
is survived by son, two daughters.
nine grandchildren. two brothers
and a sister, Mrs. Henry Bandford,
of Washington.
Evening star., 1942-05-02

& a m es b u ! ! d
muscle in our
young men; that
games lead 70
the formation OF
biceps so vital in
driving tan ks,
handling a 400
mile per hour
plane. and max
/ n & forced
marches through
a jungle
They a lso
point out that
sports are a first
Evening star., 1942-05-02
Scot in PIone Given
Soldier at Lost Minute
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, May MAR
vim Shapiro. soldier on leave, went
to the airfeld late yesterday on
speculation, air line officials said,
hoping seat would open for him so
he could fly to Chicago.
At the last minute, some other
passenger did not take the seat and
Shapiro boarded the ill-fated plane
which crashed near Salt Lake City
last night.
Shapiro originally was to have
taken plane today.
Evening star., 1942-05-02
u. S. Steel Contributes
$4,000 for Russiun Aid

Ey the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 2 (P.-Edward
c. Carter, president of Russian War
Relief, announced yesterday that
the United States Steel Corp. had
contributed $4,000 to the organiza-
ton.
The sum will be included in the
1s42 campaign for $6000,000 which
will be opened May 7.
Evening star., 1942-05-02
Southern Maryland
Dentists Elect Officers

DR.. Albert r. James of Silver
Spring, Md. has been elected presi-
dent of the Southern Maryland
Dental Society, it was announced
today.
Other new officers are DR.. r. v.
Herwick, Takoma Park, vice presi-
dent; DR.. W. G. Dorm, Takola Park,
secretary; DR.. H. A, Masterton,
Takoma Park, treasurer, and Drs.
E. E. Hobbs, Silver Spring; Frank
E. Parker, Silver Spring; Raymond
Fields, Bethesda; r. E. Jacoby,
Bethesda; John P Parker, Laurel,
and James w. McCarl, Greenbelt,
Executive Committee members.
Buy bonds and stamps for the
knr~
Evening star., 1942-05-02
Editor to Be Speaker

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, May 2
Cq1.-The principal speaker at the
centennial celebration Of the found
ing of the University OF Virginia s
honor system May Is will be Vir-
einius> Dabney, editor OF the Rich
nond YTimes-Dispatch.
Evening star., 1942-05-02

House Naval Al
fairs Committee
a n d o f t h e
President in his
anti imitation
message to favor
restrictive legis-
lation affecting
labor costs has
left the whole
matter of un-
interrupted and
efficient produc-
ton on the
doorstep of the
W ar La b or
Evening star., 1942-05-02

Roosevelt requested the conference
and asked that certain laws and
State regulations, considered harm
full to the war effort, be suspended
for the duration.
Evening star., 1942-05-02
By COL. FREDERICK PALMER.

There is a growing impatienCe in
our diplomatic as we'll as naval and
military circles with a temporizing
attitude toward what has been re-
ferred to as 'Lavalized" Vichy.
For what are we waiting about in
the case of Martinique when our
Evening star., 1942-05-02
O'Conor to Attend
Stute Lows PurIey

By the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. May Gov.
OConor and six other State off,
cials will attend the Commerce De-
partment's three-day conference on
restrictive State laws, which opens
Tuesday in Washington.
Gov. O'COnor said President
Evening star., 1942-05-02
jamestown Fete Cancelled

JAMESTOWN, Va, May 2 lP.-
The annual jamestown Day exer-
clSes commemorating the establish
ment of the first permanent English
settlement here 335 years ago have
been cancelled for the duration of
the war. They had been held May
l3 for the past so years.
Evening star., 1942-05-02

ships are on
every ocean and
our so l d i e r S
spread over the
earth In a war
which we should
fight as a total
war If we are to
win it without
unnecessary sac
ri1ces owing to
delayed action?
From Norway
to Pearl Harbor
we have had
enough W arm
Evening star., 1942-05-02
Mclemore-
Jostline ot Derby
Develops Stumino

LOUISVILLE, Ky.-In defending
sports as necessary part of war en-
deavor, its friends have brought out
many worthy points.
They argue, and rightly, that
Evening star., 1942-05-02

outspoken condemnation of Com
munists, left-wing New Dealers and
even some reactionaries in my own
party who cannot control me are
out to defeat and purge me-" he
declared.
Evening star., 1942-05-02
Board Holds
Key to Labor
Situation
Plainly Prejudiced'
Acts Charged in
Cases Handled
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

The National War Labor Board
now becomes the most important
agency in Washington relative to
the labor problem. Failure of the
Evening star., 1942-05-02

THE opinions OF the 0ers this page their not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented In The
Stars effort to oiue all sides Of questions OF interest to its
readers although opinions contradictory among
themselves aud directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1942-05-02

Buy bonds and stamps for the
boys in the camps.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-12
SUBJECT

Anot her question which
stirred UP a mess Of arguments
waS-Is marriage necessary or
can one live alone and like IT,?
Jules Bader. Of EllenWlle. y. Y.
tossed this grand NO. answer
into the ring-and thereby finos
himself IS richer.
There Is no substitute for
the happiness that marriage
brings. There is no greater Jov
than the knoUledGe that al
home there is your life partner.
ready to share gOur success or
failure. OiUiHg help lrheH needed
urging vOu on 20 better effort
n is the married man iUhO
proUes more successful IN bust
ness. for he has a definite goal
TO dchiere and make some little
UOmGn more proud Of him
NO man enjoys eating i'm
restaurants forever. and though
there are some women who man
axe 10 pursue a career. keep
house and entertain at the some
time, II still doesn't bring them
As much happiness az doing the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-12
IMPOSSIBLE

Sgt. Ralph Valerie. stationed
at Aberdeen Proving Ground,
Maryland. says It's impossible
for a soldier TO be completely
true.
After analyzing the question
from every possible angle" says
he. II find II almost impossible
for a soldier to keep from going
out with other women.
"A soldiers life Is uncolorful
and unglamorous.
"He yearns for companion
ship. TO be able to 20 dancing. to
be able to see the beauty and
hear the gay laughter Of
spirited girl, and to be able TO
enjoy their type Of fun and be
a part Of their society-these
are the things that help to keep
his morale.
Longing, pining and remain
ing true to the one back home
would be an almost inhuman
task. I'm sure she would under
stand his predicament."
Sgt. Ralph Valetio-age 81,
Hq. Det., Ord. Ting. Ctr.
Aberdeen Proving Ord, Md.
$500 price
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-12
YES ANSWER

Should a soldier be true to
the girl he left behind?
Let them have a good time
while they cant" cries Luree
Sutton. Of Detroit. Mich.
Il am one OF the girls that
were left behind. / became en-
gagged to my soldier boy Just
seven days before he Joined
Uncle Sans forces. believe
that the boys In the camps
should have a good time II and
when they can. They never
know when they will get sent out
Of the country and IL they can
enjoy themselves while they are
still here in the good old u. s. A..
I say let them date other girls!
They don't have to 70 to ex-
tremes but the good healthy
companionship Of q nice girl can
do n lot to help keep up their
morale.
There Is only one thing i
hope. and that Is that they don't
forget about us here Mt home.
/ know we all want them back
with us rs soon rs possible and
when that time comes we hope II
will be for good"
Luree Sutton-age 10.
1869 Freeland ave,
Detroit, Mich.
$500 price.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-12
Equal Pay

Should women be paid the
same as men?
When a woman takes over
a mans job. should she re-
ceive the same pay as II she
were a man? she certainly
shouldl' cries Lottie NJ. Perkaski
OF PaSSaic. ~ j., and tells why.
Dear Elsie: When a woman
works in a factory she should
not be looked upon as beautiful
but dumb. easy on the eye, silly.
or ball Of fire. She should be
looked upon as a worker doing
her share. II she does something
wrong she should be told about
II as a man would be told. But
II she does her job well, she
should be paid accordingly.
=" II woman is capable. alert.
fast or delicate jobs and spoils
less material. then she is more
Important NOWADAYS because she
helps TO conserve what We have
and TO make the most OF II.
"A man IS paid according 10
the tyDe Of UOrk he does. hour
much ne accomphsheS. the time
ne spends his accuracy. etc.
A icomau should be JUDGED IN
the same Udy and that tUiW take
care Of the tcd0eS. She should
be paid according % her place
IN the industry. uhether that
may be less. the same as. or
more than uhat a man re-
ceiUcS"
LotJe NJ. PerkaSki. age is.
IS Ridge ave. PaSSaic. n. J.
IS 90 prize.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-12
CUT DEAD WOOD

Should the college course be
cut to three years In war time?
"Three years OF college mould
be sufficient II the dead rood
tOere pruned from many
branches in the curriculum.
from the list OF poorly Dritten
textbooks, and from the ranks
of incompetent inStructorSl" So
writes Lorna Dale Of Los Gatos,
California.
MANY courses would be i'm
proved by wise condensation. In
the teaching Of languages, for
instance, months are wasted In
translating the classics and
conversation exercises are
farce. Start with actual con-
versation plus composition Of
business letters and reading OF
newspapers. Train students TO
actually live i'm a foreign coun-
try.
History and literature could
be condensed and presented In
outline form. Close 10 half the
four-year course now required
for an ABB degree in California
comprises science laboratory
work of no practical value TO
students not needing II.
Pruning the dead wood from
the high schools and colleges by
repeating the compulsory edu-
cation law for high school age
would make classes smaller, per-
NIT more individual instruction
and do away with the small
armies OF would be white collar
Job candidates who are too ed
ucated and too proud TO help
solve labor shortages by real
toll.
Time spent i'm athletics would
be saved IL walking and hiking
were substituted. These meas
ureS would make students grow
up sooner. as our pioneer fathers
did under stress OF frontier life.
Students who now survive by
dint OF coddling would drop out.
but educational standards would
be raised
Lorna Dale. age 25
p. o. Box 1874. Los GatoS Cal
$500 prize
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-12
Ethics Of Anonymous Threat
by Arthur Bugs Baer

In the Ethics of the Anonymous Threat you
write in red ink and language that would make
a sailors parrot sign up for another cruise
l have averaged ten week since l started
commenting the world scene thirty years ago.
Each one is loaded the muzzle with post
scripted violence. And unsigned a cuckoos
egg.
The screwberry who sends incognito belliger-
ences is nutty pale sherry and batty a
guano cave.
Some day / hope to get the ideal anonymous
threat with three-cent stamp enclosed for
| have been threatened with total blitzbopps by
the Axis snipers. Trying isolate is like trail
ing leaky sand-wagon across the Mohave Desert
The anonymous hater is case OF unrequited
affliction.
He dstils venom that rusts boilers from the
inside.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-12

same thing for some man and
their children.
Both men and women need
cOmpanionship and a home to
share with a mate. Comrade-
ship i'm marriage Is the best In
surance for a life of happiness,
for when love trims Its lamp
and the fierce flame Is reduced
10 a steady glow. the couple that
enjoys comradeship Is lucky.
Their marriage will continue
happily until death doth us
part. But one can't get COM
radeship like that when one
stays single.
There may come a time
Chen one is III. or not feeling
too Gay, or doicn on his luck.
Then there is no place for a
single person TO find comfort
and happiness, for he hasn't
built nest OF his own. Take
IL from me. there is no substi-
tate for marriage"
Jules Bader-age 20
SO Center St.. Ellenville N. Y
$500 priZe)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-12

In The Ethics of the Anonymous Threat you
first dip your pen in corrosive sublimate of envy
Then you seal the letter with double extract of
the fermenting in stab in the back
Sneak up on a letter box in the dark of the moon
Drop in the letter diagonal prowl and then drool
off in imported ambuscade.
This is bushwacking by proxy and courage
whipped to the twitching point. You visualize
the anonymous letter writer with his knees shaking
with congested intrepidity.
In spite of his microscopic cunning and con-
cealed ultmatums the Anonymous Threaten is often
traced by the FBI to his palatial offices under
damp rock deep in the heart of rotten fence post
And as described this phenomena once before
recapitulate again: The writer of the Anonymous
Threat must be rat, for he is too big for mouse
Distributed by KinE Features Syndicate Inc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-12

done to eliminate that chief
cause of marital disaster?
This topic was proposed by
the Young American Depart
ment's most frequent question
asker and best topic proposer,
Ruth May Knell of Bellerose,
N. Y, who wins a $3.50 prize
for her suggestion.
why don't you earn $3.50
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-12

in the same simple, easy man
merry
Let's show Ruth that if she
can ask 'em we can answer 'em.
Send your replies in not
more than $50 words to Elsie
Robinson in care of this paper.
Include full name, age (not
over 30) and address. Prizes
for all letters published! Con-
test closes one week from to-
day!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-12
WHY DO MARRIAGES FAIL?

That, We'll admit, is a mis-
leading question, because most
marriages succeed. However,
some do fail in fact an alarm
ing number. What's the
reason?
What, in your opinion, is
the commonest single cause for
marriage failure? Do you know
the answer-have you a pet
theory-and if so, what can be