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Evening star., 1943-02-27
SATURDAY - February 27 10
A Questionable Churae

Inc potomac flood last fall caused
considerable damage to the old
c. & O. Canal, recently acquired and
restored by the National Park Service
as national park. The first de-
flciency bill, just approved by the
House, carries an item of $4,000 for
repair of the canal between George
town and Little Falls. Relatively
trivial but interesting for its bearing
on other things, is the fact that the
Budget Bureau has charged SIS 1000
of this repair bill to the water fund
of the District.
The Budget Bureaus reasoning was
that the canal is now supplemental
source of water supply for Washing
ton and would be so utilized should
anything happen to the supply con-
duit. In this, the bureau follows the
same line of reasoning that charged
the cost of an auxiliary emergency
pump to the water fund and the
same reasoning which has made the
cost of guarding the water system a
charge against local taxpayers.
Of course, the National Govern
ment, which contributes nothing to
the water system maintenance or i'm
provements now, is substantial
beneficiary of the system and as such
should participate generously in it's
upkeep-especially the expense of
extraordinary precautions to protect
the system against war damage.
The National Government uses free
an estimated S5OO,OOO worth of water
annually, which is paid for out of
local water taxes. Guarding the
water plant is as much national as
local responsibility.
The canal was bought and was re-
stored as national park, not as part
of the water system. incidentally,
the National Government sells water
power from the canal to two con-
sumers, receiving about $2200 a
year, plus an additional $4,000 year
from rental of canal property. This
revenue practically covers the cost of
normal maintenance. The charge
of $25 900 against the District for the
canals repair as a supplemental
water system is questionable. But
the District authorities should oppose
to the limit any attempt to saddle
the water fund with further charges
In connection with it's maintenance.
Evening star., 1943-02-27
A Public Service

In his report to the third annual
Judicial Circuit Conference on the
assignment Of counsel to INDECENT
persons accused of crimes, Justice
James M. Proctor pays a we'll
deserved tribute to the members Of
the local bar who have participated
in this work
This vital service to indigents has
been rendered by panel of lawyers
which included 703 attorneys when
the plan was inaugurated last April,
but which has been reduced to $40
as result of war conditions These
members Of the bar, many Of them
serving In two cases, have repre-
sented 784 defendants in the criminal
courts. Some of the trials, Justice
Proctor says, extended into weeks,
with severe strain upon the volunteer
attorneys and interference with their
private practice.
In some cases Of unusual difficulty
or Importance, associate counsel have
been appointed, and corps of lead
ing lawyers with special qualifca-
tions have acted as consultants,
giving free advice to any appointee.
By any standard of measurement,
the facts set forth by Justice Proctor
reflect credit on the public spirited
! members of the bar who have taken
part in this effort. They have lost
time and sacrificed income, but they
have the satisfaction Of knowing
that they have brought about a
notable improvement over the old
method Of handling INDECENT cases,
thereby contributing to better and
more equitable administration of
justice.
Evening star., 1943-02-27

cies Of the questlonnaires When
gasoline ration books first were
issued it was the kindly teacher
bless her heart-who was broad
minded and understanding about
TX" and &C" cards. Now they have
taken us through Ration Books Nos.
l and 2. If all Of us are promoted
eventually, to Book No 3, it will be
the teachers who hand them out.
And when Distinguished Service
Crosses are issued. for gallantry on
the home front, the first to wear
them should be our teachers.
Evening star., 1943-02-27
Pines in the Snow

Indians IN the hoods last night
Cdmped along the rtpsr,
Lett their tepees standing thsvs.
Tall and ,ohtts. No sttr Of n,
Makes the lodos-poles Qwtusv.
Sunrise from tho toooded hM.
Spltnters gold across the ptnss;
Shades them deep IN ceverned
lines,
Secret, dark and still.
Silent, through the falling snow,
Redmen camped, and In the dd,on,
Touard the sunset hurried on.
No one sau them 90.
ALICE MOSELBY.
Evening star., 1943-02-27

and those at home in England The
New York Times noted on February 8,
1941, that the Beer Barrel Polka" was
sung on the sinking British boats, tor
pedoed on the high seas, as told by the
rescued British sailors from the ship
Ramon de Larrinaga.
I've heard the American Marine Band
playing the melody of my country and
huge crowd applauding and asking for
repetition.
Last week the splendid film, I'm
Which We Serve revived the song
again. In this picture men on a raft,
under constant fire from enemy aircraft,
were singing our Beer Barrel Polka;
wounded sailor with smiling eyes, another
whose life was fading, a captain of
sunken happy and efficient ship; they
all sang the Czech melody.
All over the world, on every battle
front. the fighters for democracy sing
the Czech song. The Czechoslovak SOL
diers and flyers in Great Britain, in
Africa and in Russia, the people on the
grim home front, the British, Ameri-
the song of my country, Czechoslovakia.
I am happy we can fight in this war all
over the world with song. Ill
Would Draft" High -Salaried
Men for Farm Work.
To the Editor of The Star:
If "the Army, especially, is being
blamed primarily for the farm labor
shortage and there is growing DISPOSE
ton at the Capitol to make up the short
age from the Army" as The Star has
put it editorially, this is because "these
critics" meaning the farm bloc think
that an excessive size for the planned
Army and not the size of the draft to
date is responsible for the farm situa-
tion. Every added soldier takes several
workers off the farm by migration to
high wages in war industries for the
single one drafted, and does 1t for
paper Army rather than one actually
in action. Yet 1t is proposed by a ma
tional service act, to draft into invol-
untary servitude in the private business
OF farming (Which emphatically is not
equivalent to conscription for military
service) a labor force which the Army,
through no fault of its own, Is enticing
(not drafting) into voluntary servitude
off the farm by the highest wage Diff
ferential ever offered. To bolster this
enticement, wage advances are freely
granted by the administration to adjust
inequities as between workers of the
farm. Why the discrimination against
workers on the farm? Because he has
been paid, during = decade OF depres-
sion unemployment when better Jobs
were not available, the lowest relative
wage in the history Of American agricul-
ture, are we now, in war, to enslave the
farmland by false pretense Of equal
ity of treatment in an enforced national
service? Why not draft into the Army
at low wages those who have had high
wages and can better afford the cut,
while allowing the penniless but equally
capable farmland to take advantage
OF the new opportunity to earn high
wages of the farm? Why give blanket
determents" to the high-wage group
when the low-wage group Is required at
home7 ALDEN A. POTTER.
Evening star., 1943-02-27

Parliamentary Lava compilation
of the established rules of order
that govern the proceedings of all
deliberative bodies. 1t is in simple
form, briefed !or ready reference, and
clarified SO that the average person
will not get lost in maze of techni-
calities. 1t details the correct way to
form a temporary organization and
carry it on to a permanent organiza-
ton. gives model constitution, by
laws, and set of minutes, and explains
the duties of officers To secure this
authoritative work inclose Is cents in
coin, wrapped in this clipping, and
mail to The Star Information Bureau
Name
Address
Evening star., 1943-02-27

the relation between what impera-
lively must be done and the heavy
cost thereof. The sooner victory is
achieved, the sooner waste of timber
and all other valuable resources can
be stopped. fastening the war, then,
represents patriotic economy to
which every man, woman and child
may contribute personal endeavor.
Evening star., 1943-02-27
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1Uriter, although the use of
q pseudonyn, TOR publication is
permissible. The Star reserues
the right to edit all letters Nth
a U1e1U to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-02-27

Climatological doings around this
section lately make Washingtonians
realize more and more why their re-
mote prehistoric ancestors wor-
shipped the sun,
Evening star., 1943-02-27


@. Do horses sleep standing up or
lying down?-A N. J.
A. They sleep in either position. A
horse can sleep comfortably while stand
ing because of peculiar arrangement
of the joints whereby they lock, and re-
Taxation is possible during sleep in any
position A healthy horse averages from
to II hours Of sleep per day.
@. What is the estimated wealth Of
Negroes in the United States?-G. C.
A. The National Negro Business
League says that considerable number
Of Negroes may be justly rated as we'll
off. An estimate in 1886 placed the
wealth OF the Negroes, accumulated, at
$4,000 100000, an increase of more than
$4,000 100000 In 10 years.
@. What is the fastest SPORTS. Y.
A. Ice hockey Is said to be the fastest
of competitive games.
Q. What naval officer first received tho
thanks OF Congress?-F. c. A.
A. The first naval officer to receive the
thanks of Congress was John Paul Jones.
@. What does the word "cadre" mean,
as used in the Army?-E. w. T.
A. The War Department says that
cadre is applied to the framework of an
organization in the Army around which
any enlisted men may be formed. It is
a skeleton force of seasoned soldiers.
The term is also applied to . stan of q
regiment or other organization.
Q. Who we're the three men who met
with Hitler at Munich in 1896. M. D.
A. They were Neville Chamberlain,
Eduard Daladier and Benito Mussolini.
Q. Who originated the saying that
corporations have no souls?-B McQ.
A. Sir Edward Coke is the author OF
the phrase, which was used at the trial
Of the case of Suttons Hospital in 1912.
@. What does the term dwelling unit"
imply in census records?-G. Y.
A. The Bureau of the Census defines
dwelling unit as "the living quarters
occupied by one family or household"
@. Who established the Dewey decimal
system Of library classification?-P. S. N.
A. Melvil Dewey, 1851-l931. Mr.. Dewey
graduated from Amherst In 1874 and
for two years was acting librarian there.
He established the Library Journal and
was active in founding the American Ii
brary Association. From 1883 to 1888 he
served as chief librarian and professor
Of library economy at Columbia Univer-
sity.
Q. What kind OF ship is banker?-
KIN
A. Bankers are fast-sailing two-masted
schooners engaged in fishing the Grand
Banks Of Newfoundland.
Q. When were taxes first levied2-
L. M D.
A. There is no record OF the exact
origin of taxes. In ancient times tribute
and returns from the public domain sup
ported the government. Taxation grew
out Of voluntary contributions charac-
teristic OF primitive society. Private
property developed first and charges Of
various kinds were made, and, finally,
there were compulsory contributions ap-
portioned among persons according to
certain standards
@. How Is the custom Of boarding
silver in India accounted for2-R. LIS.
A. Probably three-fourths Of the
boarded silver is held by the people In
the form OF ornaments silver utensils in
homes and temples, coins or bars buried
underground. Silver has been cherished
and treasured In India from ancient
times
Evening star., 1943-02-27
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. Hdskin.

A reader can get the ans,cer TO any
question OF tact By rrittng Tho
Ereuinq Star Information Bureau.
Frederic J. Hoskin director. Wash
inoton d. c. Please inciose stamp tor
return postage.
c. What per cent of war workers are
women?-S. S.
A. In December, l942. women COM
prised 80 per cent of all war workers
O. Which is the principal insect enemy
in the United States?-E d. r.
A. Government entomologists have
estimated the annual cost of insect pests
to the country as a whole at more than
ST 500 900 900 Mosquitoes head the list
with the cotton boil weevil second.
@. How does the increase in living
costs during the last war compare with
the increase in the present war;
M V. S.
A. In the first three years of the First
World War, living costs in the United
States increased 2G6 per cent In the
three years since the beginning of the
present war, the increase was 1853 per
cent.
Q, How many State Legislatures will
meet in l943?-A. D. w.
A. Forty-four State Legislatures are
scheduled to meet in regular session this
year.
Evening star., 1943-01-08

SHOE-REPAIR MACHINE
Err ATOR; MUST BE
THOROUGHLY EXPERT
ENCED; PERMANENT PO-
SITION, WITH EXCEL
LENT EARNINGS. APPLY
AT ONCE TO SHOP FORE
MAN, HAHN SHOE REPAIR
SHOP, 18th & G SITS. NV.
Evening star., 1943-01-08
HElP MEN,
(Continued.)
FIRE CHANGERS
NESSENCER ROYS

with experience in handling
arge truck tires; must have drivers per-
nit. Croker General Tire Co., 1902 1Ath
Evening star., 1943-01-08

ASSISTANT MANAGER,
RESTAURANT MANAGER
For variety chain store, good
pay. For particulars apply to
Mr.. May, F. & w. Grand
Store, 400 7th st. NV,
Evening star., 1943-01-08

TELEPHONE OPERATOR,
40-hr week: refined lady, Is to 40
Iaundrv 10 1Ath ,, -
Evening star., 1943-01-08
HELP MEN.
BARTENDER

Experienc4d only: salary, $40 per week Mus
meals; 6-day week: rapid sdyancement for
right man. Apply in person, Concord Res
laurant, 312 Kennedy at nv
Evening star., 1943-01-08
LSTERER.

For company in Stamford Conn, doing
war work on prime contracts. Applicant
should have good technical BACKGROUND in
mechanical or electrical engineering. He
should be experienced in purchasing, know
field, be familiar with Government regu-
lations on control and now of materials.
Should be capable of organizing and main
tanning follow-up systems in his depart
ment Good pay for man with proper
qualifications. Write, giving age educa-
tion. experience and salary required. Box
1921. Star.
Evening star., 1943-01-08
HELP WoNEN.
GIRLS FOR FOUNTAIN.
So4 Waeklx Cnn nfinanfal nrtin LOC

.,s;s sa4 weekly weekly. ;. Continental Drug. Az
CHARWOMEN,
Colored or white women. starting salary.
Sl4; 80 hours, working from pm. to
ming Star Newspaper Co. Room 500.
GIRLS FOR CANDY PLANT,
18 TO 80 YRS. OF AGE;
5-DAY, 40-HR. WK.; GOOD
PAY. APPLY IN PERSON.
THE GOLD CRAFT CO., 16
o ST. NE.
CASHIER and teleautograph
operator, must be expert
enced, for sea food restau-
rant. Apply Miss Kramer
after II am, 1921 E st. NV.
STENOGRAPHER in bank,
must be well qualified; good
opportunity. Answer in de-
tail, giving age, education,
experience and salary ex-
pected. Box 331-L, Star.
ELEVATOR GIRL, colored,
48-hr. wk., no Sundays; bank
bldg. Reply stating age, edu-
cation, references. Box 332-L,
Star.
SHOPPERS, 1885, for retail
stores service; must be free
to travel, no experience nee
essary, $40 weekly advance
ment. 523 Star Bldg.
2 MATTRESSES, $50 PER
WEEK SALARY; PRESENT
w AITR SSES MAKING
OVER $40 WEEKLY. APPLY
NEPTUNE RESTAURANT,
1859 CONN. AVE.
TYPIST, INSURANCE EX-
P ERIENCE PREFERRED.
YOUNG & SIMON, $40
WOODWARD BLDG.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of
flee of international concern has
need of persons who will appre-
ciate good starting salary, with
opportunity for advancement to
important clerical positions
where remuneration is on par
with accomplishments; 40-hour,
5-day week, time and half allowed
for overtime. State age, expe-
rlence, etc Box 22-T, Star.
Evening star., 1943-01-08
SECRETARY
STENOGRAPHER.

rs TO As YEARS AGE.
wokkER SAkALE ONE Who CAN xssTMR RH
pETATLs sis56 dHHE YEak sfART HHSE sGEanE sPE3nE
E50SII5 ExSELEsNr =, oPPoETgNITx I Whine
REqHKEscrs 9IP BOX KksTAsLlsHER isL s4Ra FIRM
WOMEN as managers and
asst. managers for laundry
and dry cleaning branch
stores. Exper. not necessary.
We pay you while learning.
Apply to Mrs. Inman, Palace
Laundry, 9th & H sts. NV.
BOOKKEEPER-Young lady
to train as bookkeeper. in
bank, good opportunity. An
swer in detail, giving age,
education, etc. Box 1881,
Star.
ELLIOTT FISHER BOOK
KEEPING MACHINE OPER-
ATOR, S days per week, $135.
per month. State experience.
Box 21-T, Star.
GIRL, WHITE, FOR SILK
PRESSING, EXPERIENCED
OR INEXPERIENCED. AP-
PLY DRY CLEANING DE-
P PARTMENT, PIONEER
LAUNDRY, 920 RHODE
ISLAND AVE. NE.
Evening star., 1943-01-08

STOCKROOM CLERK,
Office supplies. Call Miss Mann, MA ssss.
SEAMSTRESS,
Experienced in slip cover and upholstery
fabrics; year-around employment by long
established suburban firm. Write at once,
giving experience Box o91-L. Star
Evening star., 1943-01-08
FRY COOK.

BOOKKEEPER AND
DISBURSING CLERK,
Permanent position, S days
per week, salary $40. State
age, experience and draft
status. Box 20-T. Star.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-23
Shipyard Carries On

The last of 1876 Liberty ships, the John
Branch, to be launched at the plant OF the
North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, slid
down the ways on Saturday at ceremonies
featured particularly by the award OF the
Merit Eagle pennant, bestowed by Capt. Ed
ward Macauley of the Maritime Commission
with high praise for the yards past perform
ance and a forecast of equal efficiency in the
future Gen. Bryan L. Milburn commandant
of the AAA school at Camp Davis, and Capt.
Derek R Scorer, of the British Composite An
ti-Aircraft battery to which Camp Davis is
host added their praise and best wishes for
continued and greater success for the plant.
The Liberty ship contracts are completed
Henceforth the yard will build the new type
freighter-the C-2-with greater speed afloat
as it's contribution to the nations war program
and to the Allied victory over the Axis. Eighty
seven of these ships are to follow the 1876 Liber-
ties, and keels are already being laid. The
work of altering the ways for new construc-
ton had made a notable start before the last
of the Liberties had touched the water OF the
Cape Fear. Thus the company, management
and workers, are proving their capabillty for
continued effort, with full understanding that
while the U-boat menace has been lessened
and the war is turning against the Axis, the
crisis is far from past.
It is perhaps significant that the John
Branch should have been launched simulta-
neously with announcement from Washington
that the combined chiefs of staff had given
final approval to U. S. merchant ship con-
struction program calling for more than TO-
900, 900 deadweight tons of shipping in 1914
2 900, 900 or more tons greater than in 1943.
No more conclusive evidence that the war is
still far from the final phase could be found
than in this action of the combined chiefs of
staff The number of ships to be built next
year will approximate 1000. A tremendous
flow of cargoes must move to war zones before
the fighting power of the Axis can be over
come.
Wilmington is proud that its chief wartime
is to have a conspicuous part in
building the ships that will keep cargoes NOV
ing. Wilmington is also happy in the thought
that some of these cargoes will be loaded at
its port
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-23
moderate security in their customary haunts
Hence the decision to evacuate Kiska.

moderate security in their customary haunts.
Hence the decision to evacuate Kska.
The true purpose of the Aleutian invasion
may not be known until the present war can
be reviewed from the wide perspective of time.
But it is generally accepted as fact that the
japanese war lords have kept an invasion
of the North American continent in their eye
throughout the years of their war prepara-
tions and it is obvious that If the Aleutians can
provide stepping stones on the road to Tokyo
they also could serve the same purpose for the
Japanese in the opposite direction
The reason for Japans occupation of Kiska,
however, is most as important just now as that
caped in bloodless flight as was first re-
ported The Kiska evacuation was conducted
at considerable loss to the enemy, as latest
dispatches Indicate The final battle was
fought in fog and darkness, but not in safety
for the Japanese Admiral Kinkaid in an in
Allied bombers upon Japanese evacuation
craft and with one submarine, among other
ships, sunk Many of the $500 troops who
sought to get away were either shot down in
flight or drowned when their ships went down
Now the northern route to Japan is open
We may expect more and heavier raids on
japanese outposts along this road to Tokyo and
that the approach to the ene1ny's capital from
the north will be synchronized with the similar
undertaking now in progress from the south.
Tho rotokino of Kiska hodes No oood tn the
Japanese.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-23
The Literary Guidepost

gay life of Shanghai. She did
eventually, but the trip was not
what she had expected. At the far
end of the Trans-Siberian the Japs
waited, and there was great troub-
lie getting through to Shanghai.
The trouble kept coming closer.
For our author it was somewhat
softened by the fact that she was
caught up in the young set and
having a good time-especialfy by
the fact that she fell in love with
a young officer of the Marines. 1t
was almost a surprise to find her
self aboard liner, headed for
Manila, when things warmed up
too much in Shanghai. She was in
Manila when the Japs committed
their treachery at Pearl Harbor,
and for six months or so after
ward, but five of the months were
spent in the Santo Tomas concen-
tration camp.
Life In the camp is described
with candor and with remark
ably good eye for significant de-
tail. Miss Longs stay in that filthy.
dull, discouraging place was a
kind of purgatory il which worry
about her fiance, her parents and
what the Japs would do next could
never be escaped. The story is ef-
fectlve because it is so very hon
est.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-23
Tax Inequalities Wrong

Millions of people subject to stringent in
meaning of the expression, 'the power to tax
is the power to Destroy Taxes must be paid
even if it means destroying living standards
and the sacrifice of accustomed luxuries
However, these things can be tolerated pro-
viding the burden is shared equally by all
Unfortunately, the tax laws are far from equit-
able. For years taxes have been proposed
and levied upon no sounder basis than cry
to soakthe-rich. This kind of mob tax rule
will wreck productive industry and eventually
individual freedom, if continued in the face of
drastically rising taxes which will soon be
taking twenty-five per cent of the total ma
tional income.
Some of the worst inequites in our tax struc-
ture relate to corporate taxation. Corpora
tons are the instruments by which our great
war production has been achieved, and yet
the tax laws are directed with special ven
geance toward them as though they were a
menace Harold V. Bozell, president of the
General Telephone Corporation, clearly de-
tions: '.. . Under present laws one hundred
people doing business as owners of corpora
ton would in the end through taxes On the
corporation itself and through taxes on the
dividends they would receive from corpora
tons pay much more in taxes than those
same one hundred people would pay doing the
same business as partnership enterprise.
the corporate form of business is the only
practical solution so far devised in this coun-
try for handling businesses of certain sizes
and kinds, and our present methods of taxing
the earnings of that business. . plus again
taxing the individual on the dividends received,
means that those particular people are taxed
according to a. :. punitive formula
The government is asking much and the peo-
pie are giving willingly But they should in
sist that they be permitted to give equally.
Where revised tax laws are required to attain
fairer distribution of the tax burden, they
should be revised without delay.