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Evening star., 1943-08-19
Social Security" Scheme
Rejected by Critic.
California, Mo.

Rejected by Critic.
To the Editor of The Star:
Lets get on with the war" Thinking
men and women of this generation and
HISTORIANS Of future years will record one
of the greatest tragedies in this Nations
existence as having been produced by
President Roosevelts efforts at this
crucial time to inject such highly
controversial domestic issue as cradle
to the grave" social security into our
national lives.
This tragic action is overshadowed
only by the subtle, insidious means en-
ployed to achieve his end-namely, join
ing this radical totalitarian social scheme
to the Atlantic Charter, postwar peace
plans and rehabilitation of our nghtlng
men, all subjects about which most
Americans agree in principle.
If Mr.. Roosevelt must spring his revo-
lutionary socialism in the midst OF this
Nations life and death struggle, why
can't he at least have the forthrightness
to present his case on its own merits?
Is he fearful lest it would not stand the
trials of free debate? Or does he really
believe that the common people of this
country, through their elected represent
atives, will remain silent in the face of
such subterfuge?
Yes, let's get on with the war and
pigeonhole this controversial "cradle "a
grave psoposat'on. OBSERVER.
Evening star., 1943-08-19
Milan Cathedral

War is no respecter of cathedrals.
Americans who have toured the con-
tinent OF Europe in years gone by
know only too well what frightful
havoc the conflicts Of past centuries
wrought in the sacred fanes Of the
people. Unhappily the strife which
Hitler loosed upon the world has
spelt disaster for great numbers of
churches. The latest casualty re-
ported is that of the third largest
Christian temple ever built.
Dedicated to "Mariae Nascenti,"
Milan Cathedral was begun in 1886
under the patronage Of "the splendor
loving" Clan Galeazzo Visconti, the
richest and the wisest prince OF his
generation In all Italy. It was in
tended to shelter = congregation Of
forty thousand. The area 1t covers
Evening star., 1943-08-19
Letters to the Editor
Campaign to "Save" Physicians
Deplored by One Of Them.
tn thu Editar ~ Tha 0tsr.

OSnp4lSn 70 save" fnySlc1AnS '..'=
Deplored by One Of Them.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Due to the depletion Of physicians,
because Of the war effort, have read
in various publications advice to the
public to spare the physicians who are
left IN practice as much as possible
by not consulting them unless patients
are seriously Ill.
I believe this Is pernicious advice, and
I desire to call attention to the results
which might follow If the advice were
acted upon.
No patient Is in q position to Judge
how serious his illness may be, and 1t is
a we'll known fact that self medication
leads many times to serious con-
sequences.
Abdominal pain Is often interpreted
by the patient to be indigestion"
(whatever that is) but 1t may mean
appendicitis, gall stones, kidney stones
ulcers of the stomach or intestines,
hernia, vagotonic disturbance, intestinal
parasites tubal or ovarian disturbance
disease Of the spinal cord and other
serious diseases which require prompt
and expert diagnosis II disaster is to be
averted.
lump in the breast or in other
parts of the body, bleeding from any of
the natural orif1ces may mean cancer,
which requires immediate and thought
full attention to prevent prolonged suf-
fering and DEATH
A small abrasion in the skin may
admit deadly germs. with dire con-
sequences, unless attention is i'm
mediately given by the doctor
Loss of weight, accompanied by thirst
and itching of the body is usually dia-
betes, which requires careful and de-
tailed instruction early, to prevent death.
Mild nausea, accompanied by slight,
but persistent cough, attributed usually
by the patient to too many cigarettes,
some times means early tuberculosis.
Headache is a symptom of many seri-
Gus diseases, which the doctor knows
about, and which should be investigated
and should have the cause determined.
Eruptions of the skin may be manifes-
can be serious, or can be communicated
to Others
This letter would be too long if con-
tinued the many symptoms which the
general public might consider too in
significant to justify taking up the busy
doctors time to describe to him, but
which are very important to the public
health and to the individual himself.
Therefore, I believe this bad advice,
to stay away from the doctor except
when one Is seriously i'll, should be with
drawn. think the public can help
a lot by calling on the doctor at his
Office, where he has the paraphernalia
for diagnosis and immediate treatment
and continue to be advised by him as
to what to avoid In order to maintain
good health.
JAMES A. CANNON, M. D.,
r. A. G. S.
Evening star., 1943-08-19

are Just birds. without any Of the human
sparkle OF eye, or opening wide of mouth
In . merry grin.
Yet 1t is quite plain that jays under
stand something funny, as we humans
say. They have been known to play
jokes on each other. then to perch
around In trees and shout with laughter
at the butt Of the joke.
Mark Twain tells of a wag Of a iay
which pretended that he was going
TO NIL up deserted cabin by dropping
acorrs down the chimney.
The remainder of his band thought
they would try their hand at 1t, and
labored for hours, after which the orig
inal fellow nearly laughed himself on
his perch.
strangely enough, no such thing as
the convention idea has been attributed
to this bird. Crows are said to hold
conventions" and to sentence to death
q culprit, and to end his career by peck.
ing. but as far as we know the jays
have never INDUCED in this sort Of
thing. No doubt they have too much
good humor.
-
1t is impossible, we believe, to think
OF the blue jay as bad bird, after one
has been sold on him as humorist.
1t Is true that at times he commits Ill
deeds, such as taking an egg from a
nest, or even Staying baby bird.
On the other hand, an observer may
watch jays for many years, without once
seeing an instance Of such thing, until
he is willing to believe that blue jays
never do such things, after all.
The fact probably is that such an Ill
deed Is the exception, just as 1t is among
human beings.
Jays, as group Of birds, are much too
busy with their constant flights and
squawks to bother much with other
birds, especially with their young. They
are good parents, none better, and are
so much on the 60 that ordinarily they
do not have time left for bad deeds.
They fly mostly in small bands, usu-
ally not more than four to six, probably
the mother and father bird, and the
children OF the past spring.
Their entry to q bird-feeding station
is always picturesque. They will herald
their coming with mighty screams, then
fly down, one after another. with q flash
Of white and blue. The other birds will
leave, tor the time being, but not in
haste, as If afraid.
The jays stick around for few min
utes only, mostly not over 20 minutes, at
the most. Then, with another mighty
flourish, they fly away together. sThat
will be the last seen Of them until next
day, when, at almost the same minute,
they fly in again.
just how or why they achieve this
periodicity Is not known, except that
perhaps many bird species display .
similar "timeliness" without most Of us
being aware OF 1t. Faithful observers
swear that some species take turns at
sitting on the nest in regular periods to
the minute, day after day. Perhaps It is
nothing unusual. then, for such wise
birds as blue jays to time themselves
with q clock that needs no winding.
Evening star., 1943-08-19

and feel compelled to take military
precautions, regardless Of their polit-
ical effects.
Thus do Germany's troubles grow
in what has been one of the quietest
and most assured portions of their
European Fortress. The threat Of
Allied power massed in Britain hangs
like veritable sword of Damocles
over the whole of Festung Europa.
Not knowing where the stroke will
fall, Berlin must nervously prepare
against all eventualities.
Evening star., 1943-08-19
Trees

Trees are our masters; IN thet,
inner being
Pulsates the lite that only God
can gipe.
They are t,otce blest, not hsaytno
and not seeing
The useless struggles man must
Uaoe to Hpe.
Unselfshly they stand and pelcoms
birds,
And beasts and totl-porn men IN
summer heat.
They shop the dull tuttlitp of ,pords
With silent beauty, Hptn1 and
complete.
Prophetic OF eternity, they stand
For centuries, yet humbly yielding
They tau before the blo,p of mortal
hand
And otue themselves to meet tho
needs OF men.
All those Uho seek their presence
feel the ease
AND resttulness reflected BY the
trees. -'r
MAuDE HARDY ARNOLD.
Evening star., 1943-08-19
THIS AND THAT
By Charles Z. Trace,peu

Childhood memories Of the birds come
back with the following paragraph from
a correspondents letter:
IT used to like to see and hear The
thrush in the hazel bushes when drove
the cattle to pasture In early morning.
and the catbirds with their NEW in the
bushes and wild shrubbery, and the saucy
blue jay scolding in the trees above.
Now there is something about blue jay
that helps with his noise making to
enliven the otherwise loneliness Of the
wide open spaces"
We wonder how much Of the recogni-
ton Of birds and bird songs comes from
later days, rather than from childhood.
Do most farm boys know the birds, and
recognize them at the time?
Many of them do, without doubt, for
there are on record the thoughts Of some
musicians, telling of how the birds were
their first musical teachers. Such widely
separated musicians in time and pur-
pose as Beethoven and VIII Handy testi-
fy to their interest in birds. Beethoven
shocked the musical purists of his day
by placing the note Of the quail and
cuckoo in his sixth symphony, the Pas
toral." Handy has testified, in his
Father Of the Blues" that the jay was
among his earliest teachers.
The blue jay, typical American in
feathers, was called by q recent CORE
spondent here "an Indian" and we think
that is a very good way to think of him.
The Jay is pure American, a bird one
either likes or dislikes.
There is no halfway about the jaybird.
He comes and goes as he pleases, and
whether he Is coming or going he is
making big noise about it.
We believe that actually very few peo-
pie dislike this songster, even when they
say they do. We feel sure that If they
would watch the bird for q time, they
would end up by liking him.
How is 1t possible not to like him, he is
50 full Of life and spirits, 50 wild and
free, so everything except in singing?
He is not much of musician, it must
be admitted; and he is admitted to the
classification Of 'songbird" merely he
cause he has the right number Of muscles
In his syrinx; but he tries hard, and at
times manages to squeeze out some soft
notes which generally are attributed to
other birds.
One Of the most appealing sights in
bird watching is that Of jay bending
his knees, as 1t were, while he thrusts out
his neck and emits one Of his loud
squawks.
The jay has another noise Of which he
Is very fond.
It is something on the order of a
wooden rattle, with implications Of mirth
beyond most feathered things.
4
The truth is that the blue jay Is per-
haps our first feathered comedian.
1t is impossible to watch q band Of
them for any time without feeling that
they know good joke and are willing to
share it.
Just how they manage to put over this
feeling Is impossible to say, because they
Evening star., 1943-08-19
Jeep Pilot

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can pilot who makes it very un-
healthy for anything that gets in his
way. The Japs have found it out,
and give him a wide berth as he
appears in his P-38 pursuit ship, but
they are. not alone In scattering
when he is at the controls. His
American comrades scatter, too, II
the controls are those of jeep, for
by strange series of circumstances
this hot pilot. who flies through the
air with the greatest of ease, Is just
learning to drive a car.
He has recently soloed. condition
ally. That is to say. he drives on a
long, straight road after due notice
has been given to the entire post to
watch and pray. The jeep. he says,
is too complex, and any such simple
maneuver as avoiding pedestrian
by diving below him or zooming over
him is denied He marvels how any
one, for mile after mile, can have the
skill to follow faithfully a road with
curves in it, and his respect for the
A-card driver is high. Gradually he
is acquiring the knack of allowing
other drivers elbow room, instead of
casually looping or rolling out of
their way by a simple twist of the
wrist. But the lessons come hard,
and for relaxation he hops in his
plane and freshens up his mind by
knocking of few more Japs. Then
he tackles the jeep again with a grim
determination to master its intrica-
cies so that after the war he can
become a real sure enough motorist,
if he can get any gas.
Evening star., 1943-08-19
Iuxes Cun Kill


ing tax law to raise from twelve to
sixteen billion dollars in new revenue,
the question arises as to how heavily
the leyies should fall upon indus
trial corporations. The normal tax
rate upon corporate earnings is 40
per cent. Representative Robertson
of Virginia. Democratic member Of
the Ways and Means Committee,
which handles tax legislation, is out
spoken against any effort to raise
this rate. 1t Is his view. as 1t is Of
others, that the best incentive to in
creased production is the profit in
centive. If profits are cut off, pro-
duction lessons and new capital fails
to seek investment in productive
enterprise.
The war today demands produc-
tion and increased production. The
War Department., therefore, is vitality
interested in the new tax law. It
does not wish to see tax levies so in
creased that they may hinder pro-
duction in any degree.
There is another important ele-
ment. When the war is over. in
dustry in this country must be con-
verted from war to peace time produc-
ton. Industrial corporations must
be permitted to retain sufficient
surpluses to make possible this con-
version. and also to keep running
during the process. Otherwise,
many businesses will fail and mil
lions may be thrown out of employ
ment.
This is the view taken by the Ma
tional Industrial Conference Board
and also by the Executive Council Of
the American Federation of Labor.
The board has just published the re-
suits of a survey which indicates
that Federal taxes already are i'm
peding the accumulation of reserves
which will be vitality needed by in
dustrial corporations If they are to
survive postwar readjustments. Cor
porations now engaged in war produc-
tion must set aside money to meet
their tax payments, or must borrow
the money to make these payments
with the hope that future earnings
or liquidations will produce the cash
to repay the loans.
The Executive Council of the AFL,
meeting in Chicago, has gone on
record in it's declaration that private
industry, when the war is over, must
provide the jobs to take care Of the
returning soldiers and to give en-
ployment to the millions now en-
gagged in war production. President
Roosevelt's ,demobilization proposals,
while meritorious in the opinion Of
the council, can only be regarded as
stop-gap protection. What the coun-
Gil demands is that plans be made
without delay for the reconversion
of industry to peacetime work so
that there will be no disastrous
hiatus.
The council is equally insistent
that capital be encouraged and not
discouraged to make possible indus
trial expansion. 1t has used this
significant language: "The Govern
ment should not only permit, but
should stimulate opportunities to
make reasonable and fair profit for
firms that are willing to increase
production and employment. These
business firms must be given assur-
ances that they will not be taxed to
death"
To this extent, then, business and
labor are one in regard to the need
to encourage, rather than to dis
courage, industry, and also on the
desirability to maintain the profit
system in this country.
Evening star., 1943-08-19

Respect for money has been relegated
to horse-and-buggy days. Deficits are
said to be desirable and old fashioned
thrift obsolete.
According to the Federal Register,
there were over 1900 alphabetical bu-
reaus in June, 1943. The cost to tax
payers is well-nigh incalculable.
In an address at Chicago in July
1882, Franklin D. Roosevelt said: II
know something Of taxes. For three
long years have been going up and
down the country preaching that Gov
ernment, Federal and State and local. e.
costs too much, I shall not stop that
preaching"
Just when does the Roosevelt ad-
ministration expect to practice what it
so fervently preached?
EDMUND X. GOLDsBoRoUGH.
Evening star., 1943-08-19
League Of Nations Issue
Simplified by Alleged Quotations.

40 tne 1sQltoE Oh 1Qe 6tAI.
In 1919 during the campaign for rati-
fication of the Treaty Of Versailles by
the United States, President Wilson Is
reported by the daily press to have made
this statement: IF the United States
should fail to ratify the Peace Treaty Of
Versailles, it will break the great heart
of the world" To which Senator Hiram
Johnson, isolationist, is supposed to have
retorted IF it will break the heart of
the world for the United States not to
ratify the treaty of Versailles, let the
heart of the world break"
Today, along with the broken heart
of the world, thousands of American
mothers hearts are breaking also.
WILLIAM H. HARGROVE.
California, Mo.
Evening star., 1943-08-19
Spending Criticized
As New Deal Falling.

To the Editor Of The Star:
No man possessed of patriotism will
object to paying his share of the tax
load. But people resent the padding
Of Government payrolls and the main-
tenance of unnecessary bureaus. The
spend in order to save" theory has
resulted in the most dangerous deficit
In history, and the end A not In sight.
Evening star., 1943-08-19

WACS, WOOFS and WAVES get
all the glory. How about a toast
to the homemaking WIVES-Women
in Very Essential Service.
Evening star., 1943-08-19

Our good neighbor Argentina re-
minds one more and more OF man
sitting in the middle of a lake just
before the Ice goes out in the spring.
Evening star., 1943-08-19

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the tDriter, although the use of
a pseudonym for publication, is
permissible. The Star reserues
the right to edit all letters ,pith
a DieU to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-08-19

9. Please explain the duties Of head.
quarters company.-B. M.
A. The War Department says that tha
headquarters company In an infantry
battalion handles most Of the details Of
the regimental organization. 1t serves
as general ofice.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-17
Track Workers
In Demand Here

I've been working on the rail-
road" can De the homing Song OF
Imperial Valley boys and men, jrl-
ior college SUI .ents, neighboring
tanners professional men - any
3oCy who viii help overcome the
hoIta2e Of workers needed TO
maintain tracks for the speedy
a"ndling Of food and vital war ma
tr!Ial.
Il D. Blair, agent at FL Centre
CT the Southern Pacific lines said
Wednesday that already Ell Centre
hes furnished more response to the
ailrOl0s campaign for emergency
workers on Saturdays and Sundays
han did the whole of San Diego
Still Blair said. he needs more
men to keep the tracks open to roll
Imperial Valley produce to its des-
tinations in army camps and city
markets Of the nation.
The plan of recruiting spare
lime workers was tried out recent
" in Palo Alto with great success.
according to the railroad man. who
hopes for a like response here.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-17
Whether FIR will
Seek 4fh Term
Under Conjecture

Continued From Page One
d. Tex, was not on the purge list
but he suffered somewhat from
presidential displeasure in the 1898
campaign.
DOESN'T MEAN MUCH
The mere listing OF those men and
their more or less unhappy expert
ences in 1888 does not mean they
will Join the stop Roosevelt move
ment if the President seek; 4
fourth term. But if am stop -Roose-
welt mol ement IS to succeed all or
most Of them will have to join it
along with most Of the numerous
company of other members OF con-
gressmen who are loudly expressing
with administration do
me5tic policies.
Some political writers have at
tached considerable significance 10
the swing across the country just
completed by James a. Farley, for
mer postmaster general and chair
man of the Democratic national
committee. who is judged to be the
potential master mind of stop
forces. Farley left the
cabinet and the party chairman
ship in protest against Mr.. RooSe-
velt'S third term ambitions.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-17
Fred BrightLies
In State Here:
Burial Saturday

The body Of Fred R. Bright. g.,
Imperial Valley produce grower
ard shipper who died from a heart
ailment Tuesday, was scheduled to
lie il state at the Lemons chapel
in E Centro from II am to 8 pm.
Wednesday
Funeral services were to be at
the Little Church of the Flowers
az Forest Lawn Memorial park in
Glendale at 3 pm, Saturday with
the El!;s lodge in charge of the
li'es En.OmEment will be in a
mausoleum at Forest Lawn.
This well-known valley resident.
who did much to develop and i'm
prove the produce industry, died
from a heart ailment with which
he was stricken more than a year
ego.
He is survived by his wife. Mrs.
Rose L. Bright Of Beverly Hills. a
son. Fred r. Bright. Jr., and two
grandchildren OF Beverly Hills;
three sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Jessen
of Ia CresCenta, Mrs Dorothy Sim
clair Of Santa Monica, and Mrs.
Elsie McSloy Of Portland. Ore; and
1H'O brothers. William j. Bright of
Burbank, and Charles Bright OF Los
Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-17
Consaif' Official
Inspecfs Building

CONTINUED From Page One
yet unknown, but they would un-
doubtedly be in the nature Of exits.
ventilation and fire protection, it
was SaiG.
That there is a considerable in
tercst among valley women in en-
rlOyment in a Consolidated branch
here is manifest in the number of
calls, some 300 that have been
received at the local L. S. Employ
ment Service office where a list of
200 prospective employees is on file
The office is advising women who
live IL e Centre, WHO are no.
otherwise emplJyed and VINO want
to work for Consai. if branch fac
toy is established here. TO watch
local newspapers for announce
ments Of developments, Manager
Tom Finney said Wednesday
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-17
Senator CHARGES
Propaganda Film,
Cut Ere Showinq

Continued F.om Page One
greatly changed from the version
he had seen.
prelude to War" is a short NOR
boosting" picture directed by
Lieut.. Col. Frank Capra. Hollywood
director now in the army
Rep Hamilton Fish. r. y. Y.
added his voice to those Of other
congressman who have charged that
the office OF War Information was
publishing New Deal. fourth term
propaganda.
Fish said a new Owl publication.
Negroes in the War" was "tripe
and baloney.' He said only the last
six pages of the magazine relate
i'll any way TO Negroes in the war
ana that even part OF this is an
insult to the American Negro"
TELLS OF NEW FILM
Meanwhile, the Office of War IN
formation announced that 4l-min-
ute technicClOr movie showing
American troops in combat in North
Africa will be released for pubic
showing March 25.
The film is the work of - armv
and navy cameramen. Called AT
the Front" it shcws the first en-
sagenent between American tanks
and German tanks outside Tebour-
ba in Tunisia; the Capture Cf Ger
man and Italian prisoners. ana Nazi
air raids.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-17
Association Begins
Registration Here

Imperial county agricultural con-
serVation association is beginning
annual registration of farmers un-
der the l943 farm plan, opening Of
iices in Brawley, Calexico, Holtville
and calipatria, and conducting
sign-up at the AAA office in Ell Cen
tro, Rudolph Miller, secretary, said
Wednesday.
This years conservation agree
nent blank includes a complete
survey of all farm construction
needs, labor and labor needs, ability
OF the farmer to do custom work.
percentage of time the owner spends
on his farm and in any other work.
Needs of farmers which are peculiar
to the area, such as rubber rollers
for flax harvesting, will be noted.
All this data will be in addition to
the usual crop and livestock re-
ports which the conservation agree
ments have included in the past.
Information gathered will form
the background lor Regional Agri-
cultural Credit Corporation loans
offered TO induce crop production
through the USDA war board.