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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-23
Here Are Values
Placed on Foods

United States of America Office of Price Administration
offIolAL TABLE OF POINT VALUES FOR PROGRESSED
FLUIDS No. l. EFFECTIVE MARCH l. 1913.
Pursuant TO Ration Order Number Is
Evening star., 1943-06-24
Greece Continues
From the Montreal Star.


In no other country of occupied Europe
Is resistance to the Nazi tyranny more
determined than in Greece. German,
Italian and Bulgarian soldiers strut
across the land; they have stripped its
richest farms, pillaged its wealth, and
left six million men, women and children
deliberately to starve. Yet the Greeks,
historic defenders Of a way of life which
modern democracy has adopted as its
own, have never ceased to fight back in
the name of freedom
Thirty thousand patriots have waged
war for over two years against their
oppressors; their guerrilla tactics, their
sabotage and the myriad ways they have
found of terrifying troops of the ar
mored occupation, have contributed in
very valuable way to the Allied cause
in that they have immobilized many
divisions of German and italian soldiers
needed elsewhere.
Outside Greece the soldiers and sailors
and airmen Of that nation have won
renown. In North Africa, in the Medi-
terranean and the Indian Ocean, and in
United Nations conveys they have proved
thFir worth with the best. They are
lighting in the cause OF freedom for all
peoples, fighting with the knowledge that
under the heels of a ruthless foe six mil
lions of their fellow countrymen and
women are being allowed to die slowly
from famine and disease.
Evening star., 1943-06-24
Propaganda Stamps

There is ample precedent for the
series of So-called propaganda"
stamps which the Post Office Depart
ment began to issue this week. Even
the very first postal adhesive-the
penny black of Great Britain re-
leased May 6, 184O-was intended to
publicize something of Importance to
England and the world at large. It
carried a portrait of the sovereign,
Queen Victoria, and, in conjunction
with its successors, it served to make
her the most widely famous woman
of her time. The same principle was
represented in the choice of Benja-
min Franklin and George Washing
ton for the first stamps of the United
States-the five-cent and ten-cent
labels of 1S47. Such worthless were
symbols of American conceptions of
organized society. They went out to
the uttermost corners of the earth in
the name of democracy and freedom.
So now the eleven new stamps in
tribute to the conquered nations"
will 60. BY the use of tiny colored
scraps of postal paper the Govern
ment of the United. States is testify
ing to the sympathy which all civil
lied people everywhere must feel for
Poland, Czechoslovakia, Norway,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Bel
gium, France, Greece, Yugoslavia,
Albania and Austria. These coun-
tries, overrun by the Axis powers,
Evening star., 1943-06-24
Work or Fiqht

WltQOuC KNOWING WIldI Illt Ileo-
ident intends to do with the Con-
nally-smith bill, which must be
acted on by tomorrow night unless
1t is to become law through lapse
of time, it Is not feasible to venture
more than tentative appraisal OF
his plan to invoke ''Work-or- fight"
policy to curb strikes in Government
held plants.
But, with this limitation, it may
be pointed out that it is not strictly
q work-or-flght policy which he
advocates. He proposes to ask Con-
gress to raise the age limit for mon
combatant" military service to IS
years, thereby implying that drafted
strikers would be put in labor bat
talions and forced to work at their
regular jobs in Army uniform, at
Army pay and under Army direction.
Since the desire for more money is
at the bottom of most strikes, it is
conceivable that there might be cases
in which the enforcement of such
policy would be more effective in
preventing strikes than would the
provisions of the Connally-Smith bill.
1t is far from clear, however, that
adoption of a work fight program
would be a complete answer to the
labor problem.
Many people also are reluctant
TO accept the necessity for such
perversion of the purpose of the
Selective Service Act and the broad
concept of military service. Ameri-
cans have been taught to believe,
and rightly so, that their liability to
serve in the armed forces in time of
war is privilege, not a penalty
The high morale of our combat units
springs from deep pride on the
part of the men in the uniforms that
they wear and the traditions under
which they serve. To put ,slackers
and obStructioniStS in the same
uniform and make them a part of
the same organization, even though
In labor capacity, might not impair
the morale of the combat troops
But it is step which ought to be
considered carefully and taken only
as last resort.
If the Presidents work or fight
statement is preliminary to a veto of
the antistrike bill, it would be we'll
to await his veto message before
forming any final conclusions one
way or another. But, pending
most convincing statement in sup
port of veto, the impression will
persist that work -or-fight pro-
gram, while it might complement
direct strike legislation, cannot serve
rs an adequate substitute therefor.
Evening star., 1943-06-24
Towing Park Cars
Held Wasteful.

To the Editor of The Star:
Yesterday I took time during a walk
back to my office, to study at close hand
the way in which the District police
tow illegally parked cars from our streets.
Having never been victim of this prac-
tice personally, l can speak my mind
openly and with clear conscience.
1t would seem to me that the practice
Of towing any illegally parked car is
fragrant waste of both manpower and
gasoline, so urgently required for the
war effort First of all, it takes a squad
of uniformed men to spot the offenders,
following which 1t would seem that one
officer must drive with the tow car when
the offending automobile Is dragged
away. Naturally, it must take a consid-
cradle amount of gasoline to pull the
extra load, and it would seem, from the
experienced way in which the officers
went about their chore, that it must be
a daily practice.
Why isn't an emphatic ticket with
suitable fine attached enough to warn
the few drivers still left on our streets
who may park illegally, so that these
gas-consuming tow trucks can be left in
their garages except where emergencies
make them necessary?
H. G. w. SUNDELOF.
Evening star., 1943-06-24

merit the recognition intended.
Denmark, 1t would seem, should be
added to the list, and the Philippines,
the Dutch East Indies and other
lands temporarily occupied by the
Japanese ought not to be forgotten.
A commemorative" to witness to
American fellow feeling for China
was produced last year and some
thing similar Is indicated for Russia.
It was the philatelic public that
originally suggested the plan for the
employment of stamps in the war
effort. Germany and Italy had
brought out propaganda" adhesives
again and again, some of them
fiagrantly provocative. Counterac-
tivity therefore was a logical develop
ment. The national flags of the
conquered" countries were accepted
as features of the eleven designs.
Credit for working out the program is
due to Deputy Third Assistant Post
master General Roy M. North. He
labored for the idea for many months
in the face of discouraging difficulties.
Evening star., 1943-06-24
Fishermun's Sonq

In this clear pool / like to fish.
Leat-green cool, bright as ,Dish
Come true, it lies In solitude,
Unclouded skies, delphtntun- -hued,
Bend ouer me. I make a cast.
Immensity, tar-reaching, past
Recedes; groaDn small, the Uorld Is
As moments cratpl and shadows meet.
Birds flash over; cricket sings.
Insects hover on ratnbo1p ,utngs.
Forgotten, trouble, no longer mine.
Bursts like the bubble ,0htch Is a sign
OF lite belo1o. Shifting tho bait,
In soft sun-glo,o, troll and ,Dait .. :.
Leat-green cool. bright as ,uish
Come true. my pool yields up its fish.
CHRISTIE JEFTRIES.
Evening star., 1943-06-24
ARLINGTON, Va.

Dear Sir:
keep 'em nying-yes, indeed!
II have Just read your column in The
Star, and heartily endorse the newly
adopted motto, but with little different
slant-as you will believe after reading
the following tragic tale.
"A pair of robins built near the top
of young pin oak tree standing alone
in the middle of our pretty green court
"They were in plain view of some 20
families, and the birds seemed to appre-
ciate our interest.
"A few days ago we realized that the
eggs had Matched and Mr.. and Mrs.
Robin were very busy finding choice It'd
bits for their new family.
I'VE could see quite fiutter in the
nest whenever food was served. About
noon today spied one adventurous nest
ling sitting on limb just outside the
nest, and we said, They will soon be
gone How soon we little dreamed!
within an hour we sensed conmo-
ton in the robin family, and I looked
out just in time to see-no, not the old
gray cat who had been waiting around
for a luckless nesting to fall to the
ground-but what must have seemed to
the robins veritable dive bomber de-
scending upon them-a big, black crow!
The robins voiced their distress but
did not dare attack so formidable foe.
We were too far away to be of any help,
and the robber finished his meal in a
moment and flew off, apparently licking
his chops.
1--WE had never before seen crow in
our village, but had once or twice no.
ticed one flying overhead. How had this
he a glider?
Anyway, I am heartily in favor of
keeping him flying in the opposite di-
rection.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robin departed with
heart-broken droop to their wings, and
have not returned since. A marked hush
has fallen over the entire bird COM
munity.
Sincerely yours, j. L. McC."
Crows are much given, upon occasion,
to such nefarious work.
When it is considered how large they
are, however, and how much damage
they could do, If they wanted to, we must
believe that, as group, they are not as
bad as sometimes painted.
Tragedies are always happening in ma
ture.
1t is only now and then that an OBJ
server sees one. Then it makes a tremen-
dous impression on him. This is par
tlcularly so of city folk who, moving to
the suburbs, suddenly direct their atten-
ton to the birds.
In some cases the raw aspects of ma
ture, SO carefully hid from us in the city,
descend with crushing force.
Evening star., 1943-06-24
The Dean Resions

1t would be difficult to find a
parallel for the unique relationship
between George E. Hamilton and the
Georgetown University School of
Law. The oldest living graduate of
the law school-as we'll as of the
university-he is also one of it's most
distinguished alumni. He has been
a member OF the faculty for fifty
eight of the schools seventy-three
year life, tWenty-seven of those wears
as dean. His association with the
school extends even beyond that
service, for he was attending George
town College when the school was
founded and he was a close associate
of one of the founders. Oldest. in
point of service, of any of the
Nations law school deans when he
became dean emeritus the other day,
it is to be doubted if any man living
has sent so many young men out into
the world to practice law, or imbued
them with greater respect for the
ethical philosophy of their profess
sion. He has lived to enjoy the rare
satisfaction of seeing scores of his
students, all over the world today,
win fame for themselves and for
their school. Yet none of them has
attained a more enviable reputation
among their brethren in the practice
of the law than their teacher. Dean
Hamilton has packed three notable
careers into long and useful life
as teacher of the law, as a practi-
toner of the law and as business
man. From the vantage point of
eighty-eight years, he must find
genuine pleasure now in looking
back over the road he has come
and none greater than the fruits of
a labor of love in behalf of his alma
mater. He is to be congratulated on
the fact that retirement from the
active duties of deanship finds him
able still to do days work, looking
to things that lie ahead, rich in. the
affection and respect Of his fellows.
Evening star., 1943-06-24
Tolerance of Diverse
Opinion Urged.

To the Editor Of The Star:
One of the added vices of war is that
1t creates surcharged atmosphere,
with increased intolerance and lack of
accommodation for ideas or notions
which in normal times might be tolerat-
ed or ignored. How many of us In times
of peace would care jot or title about
a few Jehovah Witnesses who find spir-
itual satisfaction in not saluting our
flag? Because William Penn and his
Quakers refused to dof their hats to the
King has any i'll resulted to the human
species? Does the heart of the Nation
beat less sound and true because the
few witnesses do not measure up to our
standard of loyalty and patriotism? One
of the prides Of democracy has been its
sufferance Of diversity and contrariety
Convention and conformity, when they
tend to make people more cohesive
and homogeneous, are desirable traits, but
too much harmony may bode i'll for the
body polite, even as the quiet stream
becomes stagnant and polluted.
The idea that seems freakish and non-
sensical to us today may tomorrow prove
to have some grain of substance and
truth. Ours, after all, is merely the task
of pursuing truth, for truth, pure and
undefiled, is for God alone. The poet
may proclaim that Truth crushed to
earth will rise again." but how hard the
rise is we may gather from the fact that
more than dozen attempts, were made
to usher in the reformation before Luz
ther finally brought it to fruition. FL
nally, as our own Lowell expresses the
thought:
Count me DER earths chosen heroes, they
were souls that stood alone,
While the men they agonized for, hurled
the contumelious stone.
HERMAN FELTER,
Evening star., 1943-06-24
japanese Curfew

In upholding the curfew imposed
on all persons of Japanese ancestry
by the West Coast military command,
the Supreme Court has rendered a
Judgment in full accord with the re-
quirements of the situation. That
the court was mindful of the re-
strictive implications of the decision,
inasmuch as the curfew applies to
citizens as we'll as aliens, is clear
from a reading of the principal
opinion delivered by Chief Justice
Stone, and individual concurring
opinions by Justices Douglas, Muir
ply and Rutledge. But the Chief
Justice stated the case for the curb
in convincing language:
Like every military control of the
population of a dangerous zone in
wartime, it necessarily involves some
infringement of personal liberty, just
as does the police establishment of
f1re lines during fire, or the con-
f1nement of people to their houses
aol lllS Oil -ldlo dldl lll-llClU11Cl
Of which could be thought to be an
Infringement of constitutional right"
The curfew was ordered in eight
States by Major General j. L. De Witt
IN March, 1912, to minimize danger
OF sabotage in event of a night in
vasion or air raid. Complementary
legislation provided criminal penal
ties for violation. The principal
challenge to the restriction (the
court disposed Of companion cases)
was that of Washington State Uni
versity senior, a native-born citizen
Of japanese parentage, who refused
to report to civilian control station
or heed the curfew and, upon con-
viction, was given three month con-
current sentences. He contended
that the curfew represented an un-
lawful delegation of the legislative
power of Congress, and that it un-
conStitutionally Disseminated be-
tween citizens of Japanese ancestry
and those of other racial derivation.
The court brushed aside both con-
tentions. Saying in effect that per-
sons Of Japanese extraction as
class were suspect because of their
background of nationalistic loyalty,
the decision held that the measures
taken to cope with a possible source
OF danger were those Of reasonably
prudent men," and clearly within
the constitutional power of Congress
Evening star., 1943-06-24
Easier Said Than Done

While Senator Wheeler and Chair
man May of the House Military
Affairs Committee are expressing
universally popular sentiment in de-
manding that the American people
be told something definite" about
the draft of fathers, to do that
apparently simple thing is not quite
as easy as it might appear to be.
For it is entirely probable that the
military authorities themselves do
not yet know whether all their plans
for recruiting every available man
for service must be carried out.
What they know very definitely is
that these plans must be made, with
the subsequent notifications based
on uncertain developments over
which they have no direct control.
The Senator and Mr.. May are en-
tirely correct, however, in their re-
sentiment over the added uncertainty
which is due to conflicting state
mentS about the imminence of the
draft of fathers. It would be far
better to fix a definite date for this
draft, and then to announce a def
mite postponement, than to add to
the confusion by vague hints about
possible" postponements. Some of
the conjecture in the newspapers
about the draft of fathers may be
the fault of overzealous reporters.
But a substantial amount of it comes
from qualified authority.
Congress wisely has refused to
approve the Kilday bill and other
proposals which would serve to tie
the hands of the military authorities
IN fixing the size of the Army on the
basis OF need. But this need NAV
still be an imponderable. Suppose,
Tor instance, the Germans should
launch their long anticipated assault
on the Russian front this summer
and succeed in doing what they have
not been able to accomplish up to
this time-destroy substantial por-
ton OF the Russian Army. A Russian
defeat might have a marked effect
on our own plans, just as would
Russian victory. The same thing
may be said of the Anglo American
air attack on Germany. If this at
tack increases in intensity, with signs
OF Germany's weakness continuing to
multiply, we shall not need the men
IN training that would be the case if
some form Of counterattack by Ger
many lessened the effectiveness of air
attack and plainly forecast longer
war.
We would all be more comfort
able-and that includes the military
authorities we could see a little
further around the corner. Until we
can, the military men are going to
be on the safe side in guarding
against premature decisions to
modify their own plans. But If Sen
ator Wheeler and Chairman May can
persuade the selective service and
manpower authorities to get together
on definite statement regarding
prospects for the draft of fathers as
they know them now to exist, and
to refrain from any additional state
ments until they can be made with
exact knowledge, they will have
accomplished something worth while.
Evening star., 1943-06-24
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trace1oell.

If an observer happens to see a pur-
pie grackle pull off with its powerful bill
the legs and heads of four cardinal ba-
bies, perched on fence, he is very
likely thereafter to think that all grackles
are terrible villains.
Hawks, he understands, get their food
In such way but he is not quite pre-
pared to see plain wanton murder done
just for the fun of it, apparently
The crow Is bird with bad reputa-
ton. There is no use saying a good word
for him to farmer, or to people who
live in the country generally.
Yet simply as a member of the bird
community he Is not necessarily vii
lain. In fact, his depredations are few
and far between.
Squirrels also eat bird eggs, and some
times the nestlings, but how often have
most OF us seen such deed?
Chipmunks can climb fairly high into
tree after birds in the nest, and are
much worse about it than squirrels
Speaking of crows the famous rain
crow" the yellow-billed cuckoo, has been
heard frequently in our neighborhood.
His odd notes, waited in from some
distance, correctly predicted two storms.
The yellow-billed is the most common
one around here, although the black
billed form Is not unknown.
The sound made by this bird is a sort
of cross between the notes of the mourn
ing dove and water gurgling out of a rain
pipe.
1t is queer sound, which seems to be
recognized by most persons, whether they
are particularly interested in bird life
or not. We have often puzzled over this,
how so many persons manage to name
these notes correctly, although often
they do not know one bird from an
other
1t is seldom that one will see a cuckoo.
1t somewhat resembles a saWed-o pig
con with very long neck. 1t is about a
foot long, with olive-brown coloring
above and white below
It's note in no way resembles that of
the European cuckoo, nor has it that
birds habit of laying its eggs in other
birds nests
In some sections of the country it is
called the "kow-koW," from its call
Ornithologists wonder over the name
rain crow" since it is not crow, and
does not look like one, being two-colol
on the light side
But the bird resembles a crow in its
habit of nest robbery
John Burroughs told of three instances
In which he saw robins kill rain crows
after the invasion of their nests.
The cuckoo is one of our most unusual
birds, and all persons in the suburbs
should keep on the watch for them, at
least to hear them.
We should never forget that both the
American cuckoos are champion eaters
OF caterpillars. More than 200 tent cater
pillars were found in the stomach of one
cuckoo.
Evening star., 1943-06-24
and the executive arm of the Gov-

and the executive arm of the Gov
ernment."
This case involved the first impor-
tant test of civil liberties in wartime
to get to the Supreme Court since
,the present war started. Three IA
nous cases growing out of World
War I-Schenck, Frowerk and Debs
were not decided until after the
war had ended. Then their convic-
tions for anti-war preachments were
affirmed, Justice Holmes writing the
decisions.
Evening star., 1943-06-24
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the Uriter, although the use of
a pseudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters Nth
a uie1O to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-06-24
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hdskin.


A reader can get the ansuer to anu
question OF tact by toriting The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau. Fred
eric J. Hasktn, director, Washinoton.
D. c. Please inclose stamp for return
postage.
@. What is the largest gun used by the
United States?-P. r. I.
A. The 16-inch coast defense gun.
which is over 66 feet long. Over 100 men
are required to operate it.
@. How is 1t possible for Spanish moss
to grow and thrive upon a telephone
wire?-R. G. F.
A. Spanish moss grows as we'll on wire
as on the branches of trees because this
plant gets its food entirely out of the air.
1t is, correcting speaking, not moss, hut
belongs to the pineapple family.
G. How many other children were there
In Benjamin Franklin's family?-D. F.F.
A. There were 16 other children in this
family, Benjamin being the 18th.
Evening star., 1943-06-24
mission to Moscow" Editorial
Draws Criticisrn.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Your editorial Of May "A on the Mis-
sion to Moscow" has just come to my
attention. In the second paragraph you
make some rather serious misstatements
that a1e q little curious tn IN editorial
Evening star., 1943-06-24
ARTHUR UPHAM POPE.
Editors Note.

Editors Note.
The Star is glad to publish Mr..
Pope's letter correcting the statement
in the editorial that the Committee
for National Morale had expressed
approval of the film, Mission to
Moscow" The committee, of which
Mr.. Pope Is chairman, did not join in
his Endorsement.
Mr.. Pope is in error, however, on
two points. The Stars editorial was
not Influenced by any hostility to the
Soviet Union, as he suggests but was
directed to the films fragrant distor-
tions Of fact and to the palpable at
tempt to deceive the people Of this
country through resort to offensive
propaganda techniques. The cartoon
to which he refers dealt with the
dissolution of the Communist Inter-
national, not the film. The Star
regrets that 1t was misconstrued by
Mr.. Pope.