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Evening star., 1943-09-25

just and lasting peace among the ma
tions. ="
appropriate International machinery"
-"power adequate to establish and
maintain world peace"
What does that mean? Does it mean
that we (the Allied Nations) will have to
keep armed to the teeth-as now? No, I
think not.
Firstly, I do not understand that we
are going to again turn the predatory
world buccaneers loose-and armed, or
permit them to re-arm, as before
Under those conditions it would seem
that a small, mobile army and navy
could insure the further peace of the
world. Illustration of this point is to be
seen any weekday in downtown crowded
Washington. Last week, I started, with
few hundred others, to cross at busy
intersection, on changing light, but was
called down by the traffic officers whistle.
Just one officer, with one little whistle!
The 1910 United States census gives
the total population of the Metropolitan
District of Washington as 907,816 with a
metropolitan police personnel of 1,514.
Approximately one policeman to look
after and maintain the peace of 600 peo-
pie. But behind that badge and uniform
stands the law, the constabulary, of the
courts and the full military power of
the Nation.
Yes, small military power could
maintain the world peace-if we ever get
around to the point of disarmament of
the aggressor nations.
WILBUR H. CLOSE.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Autumn

Last night saw the ghost OF sum-
mer pass;
She slipped a,Day into the smoky
hills,
While saddening fo,Ders bent to the
bro1Dning grass.
The streams that Dalleys cradle in
the haze,
Are t1Disting stluer ribbons in the
moon,
And materials send forth jetoeled
blaze.
The leaues are thoughtful; they
must go so soon,
But in their gayest trocks they
greet the breeze,
And try to act as it it lDere but June.
With garnered sheaUes the autumn
tries to please.
Strange cornshock tepees grace the
silent land,
And chill October draws his frosty
fees.
Cool remnant OF fair summer tDdDes
good-by;;
But she ,uiH come NTH blooms
another year,
For faith iptthin the heart can neper
die.
MYRTEs-MARIE PLUMMER.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Time of Emergency

The proclamation of a state of
emergency in Japan, coupled with
the inauguration of drastic home
front military program, should not
be brushed aside as another mani
festation of Oriental propaganda. On
the contrary, Japan is stripping for
action, fully aware that the war
which she brought on herself at
Pearl Harbor is about to assume a
new and furious tempo.
Telling his people that time of
emergency" was at hand, Premier
Hideki TOTO said it had become
necessary for the government to
"take every possible measure" to in
crease fighting strength and war pro-
duction. The accomplishment of this,
he added, is the most urgent problem
confronting Japan today.
Various steps will be taken. Toxic
and other large cities are to be par
TALLY evacuated as quickly as possible
to facilitate air defense. Every effort
Is to be made to increase the output
of munitions, and particularly of air
planes. AS a result Of dwindling
shipping resources, Japan and Man
chukuo must establish absolute self
sufficiency'' in foodstuffs. Under
total mobilization of the japanese
people, the retirement system is to be
abolished, age limits in all occupa-
tions are to be removed and the aged
will be effectively employed. Official
personnel is to be reduced and half
holidays are to be abandoned.
These are some, but by no means
all, of the measures that are being
taken in Japan as it becomes an
parent to the Toxic warlords that the
real fight is just getting under way.
Gone are the dreams of easy victory,
or, at worst, of leisurely consolidation
OF early gains. The Japanese know
now that the tide of battle is turning
against them, and that their one
faint hope of escaping destruction
lies in the immediate and total con-
A
Evening star., 1943-09-25
solidation of their full power of

resistance.
No doubt the dazzling victories of
the first year of conflict have exacted
price in the form of overconddence
which Japan can i'll afford to pay.
The Toxic propagandists went too
far in sinking the American Navy
and in shooting down the American
Air Forces. Slowly but surely, this
beaten Navy and this ruined Air Force
are carrying the war to the heart of
Japan, and it has become necessary
at last to tell the japanese people the
approximate truth and to lash them
into vigorous preparation for the real
fight that is coming.
On our own account, we must be
careful not to fall into the same error
as the Japanese. They are paying a
penalty for overconfdence that we
can avoid if we will but realize that
this is time of emergency for us,
no less than for the japanese, and
that their redoubled effort calls
urgently for greater effort on our
part.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
The Right Attitude

In refusing to approve resolution
calling for an immediate invasion of
Western Europe and march on
Berlin, the CIO United Rubber
Workers have set an example which
might we'll be followed by all of the
many individuals and groups in this
country who would never think of
letting military ignorance stand in
the way of their efforts to dictate
military strategy.
The rubber workers refused to
adopt the resolution after their
president, Sherman H. Dalrymple,
had said: 1--WE are primarily con-
cerned with producing the weapons
of war, not with strategy on the
battle fronts, of which we know
nothing. The air forces of the United
Nations are blowing Germany to bits,
smashing the morale of it's people
and paving the way for the eventual
invasion that Prime Minister Church.
i'll has told us will surely come. If
such methods mean the prolonging
of the war another year, but mean
the saving of millions of lives of our
fine soldiers, wait is worth while"
This is good common sense, and it
is statement that stands in refresh
ing contrast to the blatant demands
for an immediate second front in
Europe from those who seem to be
more interested in following out the
Communist party line than in serv-
ing the best interests of our own
armed forces.
There must have been times dur
ing the past year when it was any,
thing but easy to resist these de-
mands, timed as they were to COIN
eide with pressure from Moscow and
carrying the apparent Endorsement
of groups of no small political i'm
portance in this country and in
Britain. 1t is greatly to the credit
Of the President and the Prime Min
lister that they have stood firmly
against all of these rash impor-
tunities for a. premature assault, and
it hardly needs to be said that action
such as that taken by the rubber
workers is a welcome indication that
the great majority of the American
people heartily approve the course
that has been followed.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Good Resolutions
Are Not Enough.

To the Editor OF The Star:
We have the habit of passing a resolu-
t1on when we want to cure an evil. But
1t is impossible for us to overcome our
sins by merely making good resolves
Our resolutions, be they ever so good,
are like ropes of sand
If there is any lesson that history
teaches with unfailing accuracy, it is
that no nation or combination of nations,
however powerful in military strength,
has ever been successful for long in hold
ing conquered nations in abject SUBJ
mission to arbitrary power, when the
conquered nations were denied the same
rights and privileges enjoyed by the
super-government.
The alliances formed after World War
I had for their objectives the preven-
tion of future wars. Instead of promot-
ing peace, they became the cause OF the
present World War. Every military all-
ance formed in the past has been a
creator of war instead of peace.
Man, by his own wisdom, has never yet
been able to solve the ills of the world.
Man, by his own efforts, has never been
able to conquer his own sins. AS the
Bible says: "It is not in man that walketh
to direct his steps" Let us not deceive
ourselves by thinking that it is possible
to eliminate all wars in the future by
forming a mighty combination of mill
tary forces. Mans passions cannot be
eliminated by law. Above all things we
must not surrender our national inde-
pendence, our national right of SOW
ereisnty, nor our blood-bought heritage
of liberty which has given us our un-
rivaled peace and prosperity as dis
tinct Nation. c. S. LONGACRE.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
looking for causes of this condition
Is typiral IL will heco,,oe onporept

looking for causes of this condition
is typical, it will become apparent
that the soldiers are not always
sleeping on a bench at the station
because there is no other place for
them to sleep. 1t is not at all certain
that if Mr.. Tolan's proposal to con-
vert the Capitol Garage into a dor
mitory were approved, the soldiers
would want to go there.
There should be an immediate i'm
provement in the situation when the
Capitol Park Hotel, few steps from
Union Station, is converted and re-
opened as the United Nations Serv-
ice Center. Proximity of the site
and the detailed arrangements for
the servicemen-to include waking
them up when their trains are ready
undoubtedly will attract many of
those who have preferred to stay at
the station rather than 60 to dormi-
tories, in schools and other build
ings, already available.
But the Servicemen's Lodging
Committee of the War Hospitality
Committee has done excellent work
in providing places to sleep. There
IS no particular problem except on
week ends. But there is always a
problem in persuading some of the
serviccmen on furlough to take ad-
vantage of prepared accommoda-
tions instead of enjoying their hours
of freedom when and where they
want to. Scores of the men in uni
form, waiting at Union Station, are
there merely between trains.
Mr.. Tolans idea of converting the
Capitol Garage was suggested over
a year ago by local citizens. The
objection then was that the garage
houses many Capitol vehicles and
other equipment and there is no
other available storage space.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
ARLINGTON, Va.

Dear Sir:
"Rationing is now beginning to affect
the diet of those wildbirds we feed about
the home. Sunhower seed is hard to get,
and they are putting canteloupe seed in
the feeding mixtures, Raisins come and
go in the stores but currants may be
substituted for them.
I'VE have discovered that the cardi-
mails like cantaloupe seed as much as
sunf1ower seed, If not more. In our FAM
lily we agree that we have had more
cardinals since putting in cantaloupe seed
than ever before. One good thing is that
these do not attract squirrels as much.
The currants cost four rationing
points per pound, just the same as rails
ins, and cost about the same in money.
A pound of them viii go further than
raisins, we believe. Cardinals and robins,
in particular, like the currants. Cat
birds. thrashers and wood thrushes. too.
"a point in their favor is that they
are small, and are easily eaten by the
birds. We have noticed some species
having a difficult time with the raisins,
both the seeded and seedless kinds. This
is because they are very fat.
Various sparrows like them very
much. A pound box OF currants will
last long time, If not too many are
put out at once
very truly, p H."
From now on,s enthusiastic feeders of
our wildbirds will have difficulty in tax
ing care of their feathered charges in
their accustomed style.
Much ingenuity will have to be used.
in order to keep the feeding stations
going.
In the first place, the enthusiast will
have to determine, in his or her own
mind, just how far he wants to 60.
Will it be necessary to keep as many
feeding stations going?
Will he tolerate squirrels? Pigeons?
The answer to these questions will
mean q great deal to him and to the
birds, very little to other people. Some
times people do not understand the en-
thusiasm of enthusiasts. This is COM
mon observation. The nongolfer has lit
tie sympathy with the golfer. The chess
fan cares little for bridge. So 1t comes
about that the various enthusiasts tend
to get together in groups, small or large,
in order to understand each other, and,
what is more important, not to be
misunderstood.
1t will be just as well for the en-
thusiast in bird feeding to keep his
present troubles to himself.
If he talks about them generally, he
Is sure to run into some superpatriot
who pretends to believe that he is taking
food out OF refugee mouths, or some
thing.
OF course, bird feeding is really pa
triotic.
Never in our history have the birds
mad such an important part to play.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Is the Need There?

nm When the vast amount of agita-
ton for their establishment is re-
called, the failure of child care CEN
ters and nursery schools to attract
immediate patronage is all the more
surprising. An article in the New
York Times, surveying conditions in
such manpower shortage areas as
Detroit and the Pacific Coast, dis
closes that the centers, set up by
local arrangements with Federal
Works Agency support, are only par
TALLY filled. The situation in New
York City and here in Washington
reflects the same condition.
The movement to establish these
schools was based On the appealing
argument that as the demand for
womanpower in war work increased,
1t would be necessary to provide Su-
pervised centerS to take care of their
children while the women were at
work But the claims made as to
the fundamental need for these CEN
ters seem to have been somewhat
exaggerated. If that were not the
case, mothers would be looking for
tie nurseries. As it is, one explana-
ton for the lack of patronage is that
too few mothers know about their
existence, in spite of the publicity
they have received.
In Washington the five day-care
centers and four nurseries now open
are operating at about half capacity,
and their expansion is handicapped
by lack of trained supervisors. The
authorities believe they will be filled
by Christmas, however, and plans
are under way for opening others.
Even if these expectations are real
ized, experience to date here has
shown that the demand for such
facilities is far less than represented
in the beginning.
In Detroit, where some 100000
women are employed in war indus
tries, the twenty-three nursery
schools so far established are not
being used to capacity On the West
Coast 600 child-care centers are
operating at about two-thirds ca
pacity, and one authority quoted by
the New York Times suggests that
unless a center is placed about every
five blocks, transportation difficult
ties are too difficult to attract many
mothers.
The program undoubtedly was
justified as war experiment, and
perhaps it is too early now to Judge
its real value to a community. The
disposition of those in charge nat
urally will be to vindicate their FORE
casts, and there undoubtedly are
some localities where the patronage
has been better than in others. Pro-
posalS for expansion and continual
tion of the program, however, should
be weighed carefully against the
facts. Otherwise, the day-care plan
is too apt to become merely another
permanent and expensive appendage
Of the public school system, justified,
when the war is over, by new emer-
gencies of peace.
Evening star., 1943-09-25

and biased field of partisan politics. And
whisper this to him: Such an obviously
biased statement by a commentator
closely identified with the Republican
party will cost the G. o. P. great deal
in its efforts to win back the support of
nonWhte voters. Mr.. Kent strikes out
on three pitched balls-bad sport, bad
American, bad politician.
FRANK HORNE.
To the Editor of The Star:
Mr.. Kents article in today's issue was
of marvellous text. It's thesis seems to
be twofold: Cd Negroes as opportunists
are selling social advancement; co
Negroes, by needlessly stirring up
trouble, are hardicapping vital war in
dustries.
To the Negro, social advancement"
means obtaining the rights of the same
freedom of movement in our social order
as any one else has. His whole sense
of self esteem cries out nightly against
rude and debasing separation.
The time is poor indeed, to attack all
forms of oppression, unless the rights of
democracy, the Implications of the four
freedoms, were meant for Negro as we'll
as for Southern railroad magnate, or
white union member, or an English
lord. or Frank Kent.
What have unions and industrial lead
ers been waiting for through these last
three decades? Maybe Mr. Kent knows.
]. w. HAYWOOD, Jr.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Union Station Barracks

1t was a very human and wholly
understandable impulse that led
Representative Tolan of California
to rebel at the sight of hundreds OF
men in uniform sleeping on the
floors, benches and counters at
Union Station in the early hours of
Sunday morning. Others have been
moved, as he was moved, to want to
do something about it-and quickly.
But If The Stars own experience in
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Vice Presidents Speech
Brings Suggestion.

To the Editor Of The Star:
What nations did Vice. President Wal
lace refer to in his recent Chicago talk
when he said "envious, hungry peoples,
the have-not nations with per capita
resources less than one-fifth our own,
will inevitably rise up and tear us down?
If he referred to the nations which at
present are large enough and industrially
capable of rising up and tearing us down,
then I see little need for his pitying ref
erence to them as hungry peoples; for,
If they have the time, energy and ma
terials to create and maintain the huge
military forces that they now have on
display or that they will need in the
future to tear us down." then it seems
to me that they might divert some of
that time, energy and materials to Great
ing food to appease their hunger.
J. j. SPERRY.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
ST. CLAIR BOURNE,
Information Specialist, FEPC.

To the Editor OF The Star:
As an American citizen, resent the
article by Frank r. Kent in The Star
for Wednesday, September %. resent
1t because, as an American, I resent
any one protesting to be an American
who has no respect for the facts, no
sense of fair play, and no confidence in
decent Americans who try to cleanse
themselves of the un-Christian and un-
American stain of racial prejudice.
Mr.. Kent takes the Presidents Fair
Employment Practice Committee to task
for daring, in the midst of war for
freedom and democracy, to raise the
question of fair employment practice
for nonwhites as well as whites We
all know that the railroads are doing
q swell job. Therefore, concludes Mr..
Kent, it is unfair to question the treat
ment of their employees. Hitler and Hiro-
hito have efficient war machines. What
right have England and France and
China and Russia-and America-to
question how and for what purpose these
machines are built?
MT. henC OBVIOUSLY KNOWS IlJtle ABOUT
the committee, its objectives, or its tech
niques. He, therefore, qualities as an
expert appraiser of its work. He OBJ
viously did not attend the very hearings
he writes about or he would know that
the railroads admitted the fact of dis
elimination against nonWhite workers
He further distorts the entire question
of Negro employment. Basically, the
question is not segregation but the en-
ployment of workers in accordance with
their skills, with equal access to training
and promotion. Lesson two for Mr..
Kent: Enforced segregation always
equals discrimination.
Above all I resent his charge that
efforts to change a situation from un-
fairness to equity is too much to expect
of white Americans, simply because it
involves nonwhites. Poor Mr.. Kent.
The idea of democracy and equity un-
balances him. He's tampering with a
subject here with international impli-
cations and, although you express no
responsibility for his opinions, the more
American side of the question should
have been presented with it. If we must
load the Axis guns to shoot us with, at
least let's load our own guns at the
same time.
Mr.. Kent should stick to the limited
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Small Military Force
Urged to Keep Peace.


The House of Representa- ives adopted,
last Tuesday, by preponderant vote, the
Fulbright resolution, which records the
Congress (the Senate concurring) as
"favtring the creation of appropriate in
terns,tional machinery with power ade-
quatt: to establish and to maintain
Evening star., 1943-09-25

Remember back in 1937-1939 when
Hitler was screaming that the Reich
was being "encircled" by Britain?
The way the circle is shaping up
these days, he probably wishes he
had been content to suffer that
purely imaginary handicap.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Victory in Italy
Calls for Prayer.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Except the Lord keep the city the
watchman waketh but in vain" There
fore, if deliverance and victory are ours
in the fierce battle raging in Southern
Italy, how much more fitting for us to
give thanks to Almighty God, both in
our homes and Offices as well as in our
churches over the land, rather than to
celebrate by strewing the sidewalks with
ticker tape, etc.
And mingled with our thanksgiving, let
us remember in prayer the families sad
dened by the loss of loved ones in this
terrible battle.
FANNIE s. CAMPBELL.
Charlottesville, Va.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the toriter, although the use OF
a pseudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserues
the right to edit all letters Nth
a DieaD to condensation
Evening star., 1943-09-25

To bring an old maxim up to date
and better able to get its message
across, why not change it to read
There is no use crying over spilled
gasoline?
Evening star., 1943-09-25

One way to get behind the eight
ball is to get in the way of the
British 9th Army.
Evening star., 1943-09-25

@. Can an officer recommend for
medal soldier who has made a daring
rescue?-B. N. B.
A. The War Department says that Of
ficers in the field are permitted to rec
ommend citations to soldiers for rescue
work
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-09
\. ]. STOCKS

aFN FaHK Nas = UPa- Stocks re-
rnInrf farf laaisc tuday after an active
Afraf In fHe Iafr trading yesterday.
Hftfea IrEaIHed haU their previous Sos
anra fsaHs zHa fnc market closed higher
nn n.f wnrk
slrfs registered fractional gains while
e. rIaia#a lad advances ranging to a
Haanf BEL gHHHief All sections 81 the
HsaFE Erf nInHa thc upturn. Including Tho
arGff Hsf where preferred issues scored
Ealus ui marr than a point in several
HaaFiHurrs
nsIrnnf SHARES hardest hit when
nIHfIf. .taklnE aH ln lhc last half hour ul
AfHfaFs HaHkei made rccuKerics ranging
e. point In such leading issues as Santa
- assufhrfu Pacific and southern Rail-
NaN A hafiHf market also was noted IN
faIiruad equipments.
scKcral special stocks rose 60 new
hiEhs for Tire year Trading vas fairly
aflItr n fhe rails and 10 the low priced
issurs uf the uuiilty and industrial sec
fhlnz Heaviest volume VAS noted IN
hHnrrirau a Fnrcirr Power. Common
uraifh 4 southern. Curtis Publishing.
suuerinr nlI United Corporation. and
hudd Manufacturing
Gains 81 a point and more were noted
in AlIiS Chalmers. American Telephone.
General Steel Castings preferred. Home
stake Mining International Harvester.
International Telephone. Loew =. Phila-
deiphua Company Paramount. Standard
Gas 2 per cent preferred. Pepsi Cola.
Pittsburgh steel 5 pcr rent preferred. and
4 s. Rubber.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-09
By JACK CUDDY

MONTREAL, May 8. CUP) Ter
rible Terry" Young. a zoot-suited
Dead-End kid from New York s
East side, was the innocent victim
in that international incident at
Rouse'S Point.
The incident proves that a fish
out of water always is flustered by
his strange surroundings, despite
the color and pattern Of his scales.
We mean that lightweight contend
er Young, who looks like an ultra
slick city slicker in his sharp take
Off hat and extremely -zooted raj
ment. proved quite as unsophisticat-
ed in his first sleeper jump as any
Wide-eyed country boy.
Ar BORDERLINE
The hurry -burly happened at the
borderline between the United States
and Canada when Tough Terry was
coming from New York TO Montreal
for tomorrow nisht's fight with Pvt
johnny Greco Of the Canadian ar
my. II was the Dead-end Kids third
trip outside Of Manhattan and his
first experience on a sleeper.
Because of the transportation Sit
uation. Young had lower berth at
one end of the car and Trainer Ray
Arcel. his companion, had an upper
at the other end. About 7 am. the