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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-26
Add a War Stomp TO every Greeting cordI
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Here's something you can do to hasten Peace.
With every Christmas greeting you send this
year, send a War Stamp, tool Just moisten a
corner and tip it on.
It's the perfect way to say "Merry Christ
mas"-and mean it If you do it-and every
body else does it, these extra War Stamps will
Evening star., 1943-04-12
Labor Law Anniversary

Six years ago today, the Supreme
Court declared the Wagner Act con-
ktitutional. ushering in new era in
The relationship of management and
labor in this country. Actually. the
law establishing collective bargaining
as right of labor was two years old
when the court acted. but litigation
mad prevented effective enforcement.
Hailed as the Magma Carta of the
worker, the law no doubt may be said
to have lived up fully to the expecta-
tons of it's advocates. When Chief
Justice Hughes read the five-to-four
decision giving it stability, organ
tied labor could count no more than
5,500000 members. Today enroll
nent is 100000, and unionism is
lntrenched in such industrial strong
holds as automobiles and steel, which
traditionally had resisted efforts at
organization.
TAis has been accompanied by a
more general acceptance of the law,
as Is shown by National Labor Re-
lations Board statistics. Where once
thirds of the cases before the
Evening star., 1943-04-12
Daniel 6. Roper

No other man of his time was
motivated by more notably honorable
intentions than Daniel C. Roper.
The endowment which nature con-
ferred upon him included the gift of
patient kindliness. He sought the
fulf1llment Of his purposes by tactful
procedures. If gentleness of manner
Is the prime requisite of a statesman,
he certainly was possessed of it to a
degree we'll meriting such title.
Even at the height of great political
battles, his temper remained un-
ruff1ed, his tolerance undisturbed.
Yet Mr.. Roper was a person of rigid
principles and firm convictions. Re-
Iglon meant much to him. He was
on occasion lay preacher of very
real distinction. A basic tenet of his
philosophy was the belief that there
must be strong ethical foundation
for effective democracy. He had no
confidence in negations. The notion
that a people might prosper without
faith in the supremacy of Divine
Providence in the universe was re-
pugnant to him. 1t was his reasoned
Judgment that poverty. disease and
crime in the world increased in the
ratio of neglect Of Christian teach
ing. He identified aggressive war
with the pernicious growth of atheism
in Europe and frankly declared his
distrust of Japan long before Pearl
Harbor because the inhab:ants of
that country have not listened at
tentively enough to Kagawa'
In the ordinary business of his
career, Mr.. Roper put into practice
many of the doctrines of Benjamin
Franklin. whose "folk-wit' he ar
IDENTIFY admired. 1t pleased him to be
regarded as "self-made" and self
taught though in point of fact he
was scholar who had the advan-
tanges Of excellent orthodox train
ing in his youth. His intellectual
qualifications were recognized by
election to the State legislature of
his native South Carolina before he
came to Washington in 1894. Sue
cessively First Assistant Postmaster
General. Vice Chairman of the Tariff
Commission and Commissioner of
Internal Revenue in the administra-
ton OF President Wilson. he gained
the experience both in government
routine and in politics which won
for him the position OF Secretary
OF Commerce in the cabinet of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. During his incumb-
ency, he strove for "co-operation"
between the New Deal. industry and
organized labor. He never pretended
to be = liberal in the modern sense
Evening star., 1943-04-12
CHEVY CHASE, Md.

Dear Sir:
Il would like to know if Lilly Belle,
your pet robin. came back to your yard,
as YOU expected.
she has become quite a character
in our family. since you wrote about
her last summer. and We naturally
would like to know if she really did come
r,acls
IN past years we raised several birds,
but never saw them again after we
released them. 1t would be welcome
experience to have them return, and
We hope YOU have now had that expe-
rience. even if We couldn't have it.
Several times we believed we saw
one of our birds, but could never be
sure.
I think it would be nice if you would
tell your readers about this. Or per-
haps you are still waiting.
Sincerely yours, M. o.
Lilly arrived in the late March snow.
We are practically sure of it, but
would not want to take an oath on it.
Unless bird is banded, and caught,
and the band examined, there is no
sure way of knowing
But we had enough indications to
make us feel reasonably sure that Lilly
Belle is back
We had hcpec, she would act so much
like her old self that there could be
no doubt of her at all
Perhaps it is expecting too much
Birds, as humans, change, as they
glow up.
The young bird is and must be diff
ferent from the mature one.
bird which has practically not been
out Of one yard is not the same as the
bird which has flown to Florida and
back
The dav of the snow there was
female robin seated in a lilac along
the driveway.
That. of course, was one Of Lilly's
favorite perches
This snowy morning she sat In the
lilac and the question was:
Could 1t be Lilly Belle, herself?
The test would come, We thought If
she few down for raisins tossed onto
the driveway.
Robins do not ordinarily come for
food thrown out until after the door
is shut.
We threw out the raisirs, few from
a small hoard We had been collecting
against the time when the robin might
appear.
Raisins we're then on the rationing
llst
1t was impossible to toss them out for
every robin that came along.
Evening star., 1943-04-12

board involved charges Of unfair
labor practices, only a third now
spring from this cause, the others
being election proceedings for the
selection of bargaining agents. Last
year. when the docket was the
heaviest on record, the board was
able to settle 80 per cent of it's
cases informally, without resorting
to hearings and orders.
A succession of liberal Supreme
Court decisions strengthening the
act undoubtedly has served to dis
courage opposition. On only two
occasions has the board been re-
versed outright by the high tribunal,
one Of these rebuffs coming when
Sit-doWn strikes were outlaWed.
The moderate policies followed by
the board in recent years probably
have helped in this direction, too
as the prosecution complex" which
characterized its functions in the
early days, when its membership was
different, has given way. to judicial
approach to enforcement problems.
Evening star., 1943-04-12
Subsidies in War

Inc question OF using subsidies to
stimulate production in wartime,
when the influence of price f1uctu-
ations necessarily must be suspended,
has been raised by the President in
last weeks executive order and ex-
planatory statement.
In this statement, Mr.. Roosevelt
said that it is no longer possible to
use price increases as an induce
ment to maintain or increase pro-
duction of foodstuffs, but, by impli-
cation at least, he suggested the use
OF subsidies as an alternative. This
suggestion was qualified. however,
by the observation that the extent
to which subsidies and other pay
ments may be used to help keep
down the cost of living will depend
on congressional authorization (of
funds).
Generally speaking, there are two
groups in Congress which are opposed
to subsidies as an aid to agriculture.
One of these groups is sponsoring
legislation which would bring about
permanent change In the parity
formula, and, consequently, a per-
manent increase in the prices re-
ceived by farmers which is in no
way related to abnormal wartime
conditions. This group, for obvious
reasons, is opposed to any subsidy
plan which would increase payments
to farmers only for the duration of
the war emergency, although 1t has
not been opposed to other farm sub
sides in the past.
The other group Is Influenced by
distrust of subsidies that grows
out of the abuses which attended
these payments during the years
prior to this country's entry into the
war. In peacetime this position
would be wholly sound, but under
the conditions which war has i'm
posed on this country it is desirable
to take a second look at the subsidy
plan. Recent experience has shown
that ceiling on wages must be &C
companied by ceiling on prices, and
particularly on food prices. But 1t is
also evident that with respect to
certain food crops at least. the neces-
sary increase in production cannot
be achieved without further cash
inducement to the farmers. Should
this incentive take the form of higher
prices, new wage demands would Ger
tainly follow, and they would be
difficult to resist. The one alterna-
tive is properly supervised subsidy
program, and 1t is difficult to see
how we can avoid going to it.
Evening star., 1943-04-12
One Man Town

An old simile for feverish activity
"as busy as one-armed paper
hanger with the hives"-may be re-
placed with a better one-"as busy
as DR.. Richardson of Union City, Ok
lahoma." In this town Of 500. DR..
Richardson does practically every
thing. For illness. consult DR.. Rich
ardson, the only physician in town.
Does tooth hurt? DR.. Richardson.
the sole dentist, will fix it. And what
OF the medicines DR. Richardson pre-
scrlbes2 They may be obtained at
the local pharmacy, run by Dr.. Rich
ardson. The doctor. realizing that
ofttimes the cost of treatment and
medicines is temporarily beyond the
means of his patients. has arranged
for that, too. For loans. drop in at
the bank. and DR.. Richardson, the
president, will arrange the matter.
For everything from toothpicks to
refrlgerators, call at DR.. Richardson s
retail store. Want any fresh farm
produce? Dr. Richardson, in his
spare moments, runs no less than
three farms in the vicinity. Just to
make his day complete, he is in the
gin business, too. His gin is the nom
intoxicating variety, being used to
separate seeds from cotton. All the
local cotton growers use it, when he
can find time to operate it.
Contrary to what might be sup
posed, it is always possible to locate
DR.. Richardson, especially since he
has recently given up his outside in
terests as president of the Oklahoma
State Bankers Association and State
banking commissioner Just drop in
at the post office at mail time. The
doctor will be there-he is the post
master
Evening star., 1943-04-12
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. Trdce1CeH.

The thing was to look for a talkatlve
bird. and then throw out some to see
If it would come down Immediately.
Well, this bird passed the test.
BY her lighter breast, we knew her to
be a lady robin.
She did not. however. talk as fluently
as We would have liked.
Lilly Belle, in her summer prime, was
quite a conversationalist.
She never failed to talk back" with
a peculiar explosive quality sometimes
met in the best robin circles
AS soon as We threw out the raisins
the bird IN the bush flew down. without
hesitation, and began eating them
This was very Lilly-like, to be sure,
but where was the chatter?
The old-time Lilly Belle could not
have eaten one raisin without having
great deal to say about it.
A non-talkative Lilly was not exactly
in the cards
Later in the day We saw lady robin
seated in the maple by the garage.
There is ore branch which sticks out
parallel to the ground
This was the one the bird was OH
and it happened to be Lilly Bellies IA
vorite branch
In the old days, so long ago. it seems.
she would inch along this branch. chwp-
ing voiuably. This chirp was a sort of
cluck. well-known robin sound. but
seldom possessing the vehemence she
gave it.
Would the bird hop along and then
back, and talk at the same time?
4t
She did the hopping, but not the
talking
Several times she inched her way
along the branch, then back towards
the trunk.
But never sound made she,
So it was impossible to swear she
was Lilly Belle.
These tests were inconcluslve. per-
haps, but they left US firm in the faith
that the bird is Lilly Belle, returned
after her travels to the people who
saved her life after she fell out of the
nest.
AS We write, there she is out In the
yard, hopping around in the best robin
tradition, looking for worms
She has a great deal of white behind
the wings.
This, too, was Lilly Belle charac-
teristic.
The wind is high and across the yard
blows an old driedup hydrangia bios
som from last years crop.
The brown thing resembles tumble
weed, or a wild rabbit, as it blows across
the grass directly toward Lilly Belle.
She is not afraid of it, but steps dainti-
ly to one side, then goes on with her
search for earthworms as yet unrationed
Evening star., 1943-04-12

Of the word, yet it was an error to
think of him as '"too conservative.
The last important assignment he
received-that of Minister to Canada
was a gesture of gratitude for
services constructively rendered to
his party and his chief.
Mr.. Roper remained to the end of
his days good neighbor in the Dis
trict of Columbia. He lived to see
the Federal City transformed. and
his pride in its improvement during
the approximate half century of his
residence within it's boundaries will
be remembered by those who must
carry it on. The same observation
also applies to the United States as
a community. He gloried in Amer
lea, and if only one single claim may
be made for him upon posterity it
should be this: That he loved his
country truly.
Evening star., 1943-04-12
Bosic Urqe

I 90 not forth ,uith hand on ploU,
troUel is my tool.
Long furious are not turned by me-;
/ ,cork my seed-bed patiently,
Lined by 6-toot rule.
The plo,uman sees the sunlight blaze
Adore the snou-capped range;
I see it tiptoe do,cn the hill,
Then food my ualley floor until
The thought of night is strange.
The plorman risions uider fields
Than mine can euer be;
But 1rhen lift piece of sod
/ turn its teeming face toward God
As terDentlv as he.
HELEN BARTON TUTTLE.
Evening star., 1943-04-12
The People Want Action

gIldll
even chance that the pressure of
public opinion will force action by
Congress on pay-as-you-go income
tax legislation. And it might be
said that the hesitation on the part
OF Chairman Doughton of the House
Ways and Means Committee and the
Treasury Department is not helping
the Democratic party, since it is
clearly the responsibility of the
majority in Congress to frame the
necessary legislation.
Notwithstanding the attitude of
Mr.. Doughton and officials of the de-
partment, however. there are signs
that other Democrats are sensitive
to public feeling in this matter. Al
most immediately after the recent
defeat of tax legislation, Democratic
Leader Mccormack of the House
made statement on the floor urging
the Ways and Means Committee to
tackle the problem again. It was OBJ
House shared Mr.. Mccormack be-
lief that something should be done
now instead of waiting until late in
the year. when there would be little
prospect Of putting the income tax
payers on a current or nearly cur
rent basis in 1943. This is good
sense.
Minority Leader Martin has an
nounced that he will oppose any
plans for a spring vacation for the
House until tax legislation has been
taken up and acted upon. The Re-
publlcans would like very much to
have their Carlson bill voted by the
House. Some of them say they be-
lieve that it would prevail If given
another vote in that body. and they
are inclined to stand by this measure.
The COP in the House voted
against the Ways and Means Com
mittee bill after the Carlson bill had
been defeated. The committee bill
was totally ineffective-except that
it did provide for 20 per cent COL
lection of income taxes "at the
source on wages and salaries, be-
ginning July l. Only by paying two
years income taxes in one year.
however, would it have been possible
to get on pay-as-you-go basis under
the committee bill.
Since the committee proposal was
also opposed by a large number of
Democrats. it was recommitted. But
the ground work for tax legislation
has been completed. The committee
is in possession of all facts and argu-
ments. It should be able to work
out a compromise.
Already various plans for putting
the Nation on a pay-as-you-go COL
lection method have been advanced
Among them is the Robertson bill.
which forgives the normal tax and
the first surtax bracket on 1912 in
come-a matter Of 10 per cent-and
which would abandon 1912 income
taxes for more than 80 per cent of
the taxpayers. A majority might be
able to agree on this compromise
but. however that may be, the House
committee and the House itself must
take some constructive action unless
they wish to appear entirely futile
to the country. 1t is no time for
partisan political pickering.
Evening star., 1943-04-12
Questions Reason for Difference
Between Cafeteria Servings.

To the Editor OF The Star:
Why should the Government cafeteria
in the Pentagon Building serve a gen.
erous portion of meat, two vegetables.
bread, beverage and dessert for IS cents
while the Government cafeteria in the
Bureau Of Internal Revenue charges 80
cents for an infinitesimal portion of meat
or fish, one vegetable zone spoonful.
bread and beverage and the desert is
extra? The portions get smaller and
smaller. the prices higher and higher,
and the service worse and worse.
OlSGUSTED.
Evening star., 1943-04-12
Roy Of Sunshine
Prom the Baltimore Sun

Observing the behavior Of crowds is
frequently discouraging to any one who
wishes to believe that man is a reasoning
being: but it is not true Of the crowds
that are using the mass-transportation
system in this city today. Why. the peo-
pie are even beginning to move back in
the aisles without being shouted at by
the motorman! The war, far from in
creasing. has reduced public surliness;
Evening star., 1943-04-12

There exists fascinating little
rodent the chuckwalla, whose habit
is to slip into some snug place and
then so initiate itself that it cannot
be dislodged He reminds us of GER
tain American officials. ranging from
justice OF the peace on up.
Evening star., 1943-04-12
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the uriter, although the use of
a pseudonyn1 for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters nth
q rie1U to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-04-12

@ 10 AZ u uC llldI "hIi AOl lloi oSS lcl
merly were buried with them?-H H. NJ.
A. The last known occurrence of a
rider and horse being buried together
was in 1881, when Gen. Kaslnir and
his favorite charger were inferred in
the same grave.
O. What is the number Of vlbra tlons
made in one year by the balance wheel
of a watch?-E. A w
A. The average watch balance wheel
vlbrates five times a second Hence in
one year it makes l57 100000 vibrations.
O How far does a farmer walk when
blowing an acre with a tWo-horse walk
ing ploW?-I. S.
A. About ~ miles
@. Is coal forming in the United States
at the present time?-L. L. 7.
A. Coal is still forming in some parts
of the United States. such as the Ever
glades, in Dismal Swamp and few
other similar places.
G. What words in the English lam
guage rhyme with the word month
B. G. S.
A, There is no word which rhymes
with month.
@. Did Grace Moore ever sing at A
command performance in London?-E.
L. H.
A She sang before the Queen of Eng
land at command performance June
II. 1885. The King was unable to attend
because of an indisposition.
@ How many more troops than pas
sengers can an ocean liner carry?-
E. j. D.
A. A transport can carry about six
times as many troops as it did passengers.
O. In what years during the past GEN.
tury did France and Germany fight
against each other?-M. R. NJ
A. The two nations fought each other
three times: in the Franco-Prussian War.
1901: in the first World War l91418.
and in the second World War, l939-4o.
" lS 10 ptSolDlt ~ lIidhC on al IAitto
eve that can be moved in its socket p
R. Y.
A. An artificial eye that moves in uni
son with its good mate has been sue
cessfully developed from a plastic.
@ When and where did Selma Lager
lof die?-G M E.
"A no cl, SicS In 1Qd0
at her ancestral home. Marbacka. in
Southern Sweden. Financial troubles
after her fathers death had made it
necessary to sell the dearly loved estate.
But Miss Lagerlof bought it back with
her Nobel Prize money.
O. What course of action should be
taken when War bond is destroyed by
fire?-P. L. S.
A. The owner should write immedi-
ately to the Division of Loans and Cur
rency, Claims Section, Treasury Depart
ment. Washington. D. c. giving a full
description of the bond such as the
serial number. the month and year 1t
was purchased If possible In the course
of time a duplicate will be issued.
@ What was the nature of the patent
taken out by Abraham Lincoln?-H U.
A. Lincoln received patent No. 646o.
on camel and floating dock, May %.
l94a.
@. What is the largest number Of bills
ever introduced in single Congress-
r. V. B.
A. The total Of 44.3e3 measures In
troduced in both Houses OF the Sixty
first Congress, which sat from 1909 to
1911.
Evening star., 1943-04-12

radios. but through the mail to millions
of people, is of inestinable value to our
cause. Many needy handicapped per-
sons are found through these channels.
3. The Easter seal campaign is con-
Quoted largely by mail and through in
terested existing agencies and, therefore,
does not require the services of a large
temporary organization. Campaigning is
done by those who work at the task the
year around and who are identified with
the work for the crippled in the minds of
the public This advantage would be
lost in Chest type of campaign.
4. Proper support of State and ma
tional societies would suffer greatly if
the seal sale were to be abandoned. 1t
has been our experience that budgets
granted to crippled childrens organiza-
tions, due to the many demands upon
the Chest funds. almost always have been
very inadequate for the necessary pro-
grams.
Our reasons for remaining independent
Of the Community Fund have been in
dorsed by the local War Chest officials
and our organization has retained its
identity and the continuity of our time
honored Easter seal sale.
ALBERT w. HOWARD,
Seal Sale Chairman, District OF
Columbia Society for Crippled
Children.
Protection of Cherry Trees
Urged Upon the Public.
To the Editor Of the Star:
On this Sunday past our "OrientaI
cherry blossoms around the Tidal Basin
were at their best and. despite the chill
and grayness of the day, there were many
out enjoying the walk and the lovely
sight of these graceful trees in full bloom
AS native of Washington. I have what
might be called proprietary feeling
about these trees and was shocked to find
that there was. this year. a promiscuous
breaking of the branches to an alarming
extent. In fact the first tree I approached
was being broken by man in uniform
and as my walk progressed. was aston
ished to see that other visitors had felt
it their privilege to do likewise.
Surely, the prohibition against picking
flowers and breaking branches of trees
in our parks has not been lifted With
the increased population of the city and
the necessary decrease in our enforce
ment personnel caused by the war. the
practice which l saw Sunday, if con-
tinued, will have disastrous results.
Is it necessary that We post large signs
to constantly remind the public that it
must not" or be penalized? Or will an
appeal to common sense convince these
people thst if every one gave in to temp
tation, the very things which make our
Capital so beautiful will be spoiled?
A CITIZEN.