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Evening star., 1943-07-11

released plant might not qualify
as plan under Mr.. Harrison's more
precise def1nition-to rebuild London
after the war, creating a new city
where traffic congestion and bad
housing are eliminated, and where
every neighborhood has it's parks,
Fairgrounds and community center.
Last Sundays Star carried John
Ihlder's interesting article on what
we might expect here in Washington
in postwar slum elimination. We
now know what to expect in high
ways. Even though Washington may
escape the destruction of bombs, we
are not lacking here in ruins. We
should be working, as they are doing
in London, toward the ideal city that
lies within reach of a reSourceful,
energetic people.
Evening star., 1943-07-11
A Fluqrunt Violation

There can be no slightest doubt
that the picketing of the Big Gates
mine of the H. C. Frick Coke Co. at
Brownsville, Pa, by insurgent mem
bers of the United Mine Workers is
a clear-cut violation of the Connally-
Smith bill. And it is gratifying that
the United States attorney at Pitts
burgh, apparently recognizing this
to be the case, has directed Federal
grand jury to meet Wednesday to
consider matters "of great impor-
tance" to the Nation.
For reasons that are both obvious
and valid, the Government has been
extremely patient in dealing with the
small minority of miners who have
refused to return to work at the di-
rection of the unions national off,
GERS. But when members of this
minority compound their refusal to
work by attempting forcibly to pre-
vent other miners from working it
is time for the Government to deal
with their action as it would deal
with any other unlawful obstruc-
ton of the war effort.
Section six of the antistrike bill
makes it unlawful for any person ito
coerce, instigate, induce, conspire
with or encourage any (other) per-
son to interfere by lockout, strike,
showdown or other interruption"
with the operation of plant or mine
which has been taken over by the
Government. In the case of the Big
Gates mine, massed pickets have
prevented other miners from enter
ing the pit, and have ignored re-
quests from their own officers to let
those who want to work pass through
the picket line.
On these facts it is clear that there
has been a wilfull and f1agrant vio-
lation of the statute. If the law Is
not to be enforced in such case as
this it might just as we'll be thrown
on the scrap heap and forgotten.
Evening star., 1943-07-11
Real Postwar Plans

The Star is pleased to print IN THIS
Editorial Section today an interest
ing article by Samuel R. Harrison, in
charge of the District of Columbia
Highway Planning Survey, from
which readers will obtain an idea OF
intelligent application of the prln-
ciple of planning now for postwar
construction. Too many postwar
plans discussed these days are rather
nebulous proposals. But when Mr..
Harrison speaks of plan he is
speaking of an idea which has been
tested as to need; surveys and de-
signs of how it should be put into
effect and, finally, the working
drawings. These may be put on
shelf until the money and the mate
rials are available. But when that
time comes there will be no delay in
the actual construction.
Due largely to the persuasive pow
ers and common sense Of Captain
H. C. Whitehurst, director of high
WAYS. the District Government, as
Mr.. Harrison's article shows, is in an
excellent position as to plans for
postwar highway construction. Funds
are available to prepare these plans
and as far as the Highway Depart
ment is concerned we know where we
are going and are on our way. We
shall be ready, in all respects save
one, to accommodate the greatly
increased flow of automobile traffic
that will come with peace.
This deficiency, which it still is
possible to remedy, is in the provi-
sion of terminal facilities for this au-
tonobile traffic. AS Mr.. Harrison
points out, there is not much sense
in building fine highways that In
themselves are added inducements
to traffic unless we provide, at the
same time, terminal facilities for the
automobiles. Here in Washington,
as in many other cities of the coun-
try. we have been cursed for twenty
years with what has seemed an un-
solvable parking problem. And the
time to solve it is now, when the
shortage of fuel and the lack of new
automobiles already have adjusted
the people to new means and meth
ods of transportation.
The solution offered by the High
way Department was creation of the
Motor Vehicle Parking Agency, with
broad powers to develop parking
facilities. 1t was most unfortunate
that the House eliminated, and was
unwilling to restore it in conference
with the Senate. a fund for continu-
ing the work of this agency during
the war. Unless the highway au-
thorities can absorb its planning
functions, making them a constit-
uent part of other highway planning,
the benefit of what the agency did
accomplish may be lost. Intelligent
procedure, it would seem, would be
to acquire the necessary land now
not to wait, as so often is done, until
the demands of the moment increase
the cost.
The London City Council has Just
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Other Invusions

Many times has Mount Etna looked
down upon armed men landing on
the shores of the Island of Fire.
First came the Elymi probably from
Asia Minor; then the Phoenicians,
who established fortified trading
posts all round the coast. Chal-
cidians from Euboea appeared in 735
BIC, Corinthians only a few months
later, other Hellenic colonists during
the next century and half. Mean
while, the native Sicels held their
own in the interior.
Thucydides, Diodorus and Plutarch
tell how Syracuse grew great enough
to be the target of an Athenian naval
and military expedition which still
is studied by apprentices of the art
OF war. The siege of 414-413 was
directed by Nicias and Demosthenes,
it closed with their defeat and execu-
ton, and a similar enterprise on the
part OF the Carthaginians under
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Pacific Offensive
From the Montreal Star.

FROM the Montreal Star.
1t is too early to assess the results of
the Allied Nations offensive in the South
Pacific, but of its Importance there can
be no doubt. Japans offensive mo-
mentum in the early days of 1912 carried
her forces astride the communication
lines of the South Pacific. Whatever
our future intention may be-whether
to get at the Japanese through China
or by war of attrition on the sea and
In the air-we must control a number
of strategic situations or at least prevent
the japanese from consolidating and ex-
plotting their advantageous position. The
Solomon Islands offer myriad of hid
ing places for Japanese air and naval
craft and afford excellent jumping of
places for offensive action. Hence our
concentration On these islands.
Evening star., 1943-07-11
Congress Goes Home

The Seventy eighth Congress has
done job and gone home-tempo-
rarily. 1t has appropriated s115,000,-
100000 for the conduct of the war
and for the civil functions of the
Government. 1t has gone far toward
putting the American taxpayers on
a pay-as-you-g basis. 1t has en-
acted an antistrike law over the OPP
position of the President.
Speaker Rayburn struck an ap-
propriate keynote when he said that
Congress had lived up to it's promise
to American parents whose boys
have been drafted into military serv-
ice. The promise was that American
youth would go forth as the best
trained and best-equipped army ever
sent into battle. Congress has done
its share toward keeping that pledge.
Here and there criticisms have
been leveled at Congress on the
ground that it has become hysterical
and has been too politically minded
in its dealings with executive agen-
cies of the Government. When the
account is balanced, however, it will
be found that the Congress in the
main has sought to prevent extrava-
gance and to call halt to bureau
cratic disregard of the laws which
Congress enacted. 1t has turned the
cynt1irhf r,oicfol.ec ryhint
been made in the handling of the
war on the home front and, in this
end, what it has done will be helpful,
rather than a hindrance, in the
prosecution of the war.
One criticism of Congress, which
in recent years has been repeated
again and again, is now silenced.
1t was that Congress is a rubber
stamp" entirely subservient to the
White House. The Seventy eighth
Congress, during its six months in
Washington, has asserted its author
ity over the legislative process. 1t
has insisted upon becoming once
again an important arm of the Gov
ernment. After all, the Constitution
places in the Congress "all legislative
power" AS elected representatives
of the people, the members of Con-
gress are expected to exercise this
power. Necessarily, there must be
teamwork with the Executive, but
subservience is another thing. The
present Congress also has shown it
self less amenable to dictation from
pressure groups. And because it had
the courage to enact the antistrike
law it has been threatened by labor
union leaders with political extinc-
ton in the elections next year.
But the members of Congress have
returned to the people, who elected
them, and they will soon learn from
the people what they think of the
manner in which Congress has met
its responsibilities. They will get
this information at first hand, not
from some pressure group spokes-
man, and it is to be expected that
this direct consultation with their
constituents will dictate their course
when they return to Washington in
September.
Evening star., 1943-07-11
THREE THINGS | WANT
BIZ the Rep FREDERICK E. REISSIG d. d,
Erecutve Washington Federation OF Churches

What do you want most? If you are
eager for some good mental and spiritual
exercise, take a piece of paper and
pencil and write down the three things
you want most for yourself. It's tough
lob, but an excellent way in which to
shape up ones thinking about life. These
are days when the question, Whats the
use?" are in all too many minds. When
a man has done some genuine philoso-
phizing on the subject of what he wants
most in life, he will not ask, Whats the
use?" but life for him will take on the
spirit of adventure.
In the New Testament we have a
story of a young man who thought he
knew what he wanted. He got it only to
discover it was just the opposite Of that
which he had desired. He said to his
father, Give me the portion that be-
longeth to me-" With that he felt he
could have freedom and happiness. He
found neither Instead, he found slavery
and great unhappiness.
I recall so well the experience Of
young married woman who said. Every
one has right to be happy, and I'm
going to exercise that right" She de-
liberately sought after happiness. She
thought at first she had 1t, but the more
she sought it the more it evaded her. un-
til she wrecked her new home and her
own life We know that happiness is a
by-product of life and not something we
can get by seeking after it.
I think Basil Matthews has helped us
more than he thought when he put into
writing the things he wanted most. He
said, II want three things desperately"
Then he goes on to mention these. First,
II want power" Il want to be delivered
from futility." How natural and selfish
this desire seems at first! But when 1t
comes from Basil Matthews, and in the
light of his great life, it takes on new
meaning. 1t is not the desire Tor power
Of the politician, or some ambitious labor
leader or industrialist. 1t is rather the
power which has been described as soul
force" which, in practical terms, Is the
power to help folk live. Some desire
power to lord 1t over folk. Others desire
power to overcome evil and the forces of
injustice. Perhaps one Distinguishing
mark between a politician and states
man is this very difference in power.
The power which we desire is summed
Evening star., 1943-07-11

up in the words OF that great hymn by
Harry Emerson Fosdick:
God of grace and God OF glory
On Thy people pour Thy power
Grant us wisdom
Grant us courage
For the facing of this hour"
The second thing that Basil Matthews
said he wanted desperately was freedom.
He wanted to be delivered from the
slavery. of things.
Not long ago a highly educated and
thoughtful gentleman from another part
of our world said to me, Il wonder If the
Christian religion is the religion for
America? America worships power,
physical power. Wouldn't the machine
be more appropriate god for American"
America does appear to be interested in
things. Money is power here. Perhaps
we Americans are not as free as we
think.
A Javanese, speaking recently in one
of our churches, said, "The people in
Java do not get rich. They have greater
interests than that. Their JOY is In
serving others. They do not need to be
entertained. Their entertainment is in
sacrifcial service"
Freedom from things in order to be
free to grow and serve-thats what you
and I want most. Make me captive,
Lord, and then shall be 1ree."
And the third thing our friend wanted
was fellowship - the deliverance from
loneliness. Loneliness" some one has
said, sis hell" This is a day of loneli-
ness. At no other time in history
have the peoples of the world been so
uprooted from home and country. To
be stranger in the midst of crowd is
to be exceedingly lonely. We need new
understanding and practice of fellow
ship. This is no day to stand on cere-
mony. The other fellow is waiting for
a CHEEKY word from you and me-and
that across race and nation and color
as well as across the street.
Even though we may be at each others
throats in the world today, mankind is
consciously or unconsciously seeking a
way of lite, struggling with tears ana
sweat and blood. We are all one in that
struggle, and we need each other. We
cannot bear our burdens or carry our
sorrows alone. We need fellowship in
the touch OF human HANDS,"
Evening star., 1943-07-11
No Questions!
e London Sunday Chronicle.

From the London Sunday Chronicle.
Be fair to your serviccman. Don't aA
him questions. Don't press him for in
formation about what he knows, aboU
what he learns, about what he guesses.
A senior officer, buying new equipment
mentioned it, with his sailing date. to
a lady friend He is in prison. Another
officer, writing to his wife, described his
arrival at a British port in a convoy of
Americans and RAF. He was dismissed
from the service. An Raj aircrafts-
for. careless talk.
Evening star., 1943-07-11

Axis-held Europe is now being bat
tered from three directions at once,
and with promise of worse to come
Hitler will find the going more and
more like being up against husky
three listed boxer. Also, some one
may throw a stool at him from a
neutral corner.
Evening star., 1943-07-11

It used to be question Of who
wears the pants" in family. Now,
with a Butte, Montana, man and his
wife both promoted to sergeant the
same day, it is a question of who
wears the chevrons, and in this case
it seems to be tie between the WAC
and the doughbOy.
Evening star., 1943-07-11

American subs have just knocked
off ten more Jap ships. This is a
serious blow to their navy; conf
dentially, 1t shrinks.
Evening star., 1943-07-11

An ex-checker child prodigy de-
clares that our soldiers were better
players in the last war. Perhaps, but
most fathers admit that they are
better soldiers in. this one.
Evening star., 1943-07-11

The Japanese air arm seems to be
suffering from charley horse.
Evening star., 1943-09-08

To-day: many motorists have satisfying proof of
the excellent forethought they displayed when
they bought LEE Deluxe Tires. They congrat-
ulate themselves their speedometers record
tire mileage they never before thought possible.
Thousands more say:
"rM GLAD ! LEARNED TO DRIVE At Isl"
Back in January, 1912, LEE advertising urged:
~Learn to drive at 25 miles per hour! u. If you
are IS mile per hour driver and have 10000
miles left in your tires, you stretch that mile
age to 10000 by slowing down to Is miles per
hour. SLOW DOWN AND SAVE RUBBER"
That was LEES advice when the war started. To-
day (. that advice is backed up by the results of
100000 mile test made by the Engineering
Experiment Station of Iowa State College and the
Public Roads Administration. This test proves:
]. The rate of tire wear on concrete pavements
at nominal speed of 65 m.p.h. is four times that
at a nominal speed of 25 m.p.h.
4. Wheels out of line create a continuous
braking effect which in extreme cases will cause
tires to wear at ten times the normal rate.
B. The switching of all tires, including that
the spare wheel, every 1000 miles, is recon-
mended as a means of equalzing tire wear.
a. Tests of tires with recapped treads made
of 95 per cent reclaimed rubber, indicate a life
Evening star., 1943-09-08

after recapping of $4,000 miles if speed IL
restricted to 35 mph.
5. Strict compliance with the tire conserva.
ton program is necessary to keep the wheels of
essential traffic rolling The major items in this
program include national speed limit of 35
m.p.h., recapping of tires at the proper time,
mileage rationing for essential travel, and
periodic inspection of tires. Other measures
recommended are: Start and stop slowly, reduce
speed on sharp curves and steep hills, check tire
imitation each week, and keep loads within the
rated capacities of the tires. 81
LEE Deluxe Tires and LEE advice have both
been proved good. The vacation is over
for most people. Driving from on will tend
to fall more and more into the essential classi6.
cation. See the LEE dealer! Get his advice and
assistance in making the tires you have last
long possible!
When buying new tires your first choice of course,
will be LEE Deluxe!
LEE tires are sold and serviced nationally
. from Coast to Coast. LEE
Tire Dealers will gladly check
and initiate your tires and help r..
you in every way possible to
make your present tires
last longer. f11i6fli 1t3311 ~
Call your LEE Tire Dealer.
Wa, Bonds
Evening star., 1943-09-08
Jury Exonerates Detective
In Child Attackers Death
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. s.-City
Detective Joseph Vigurie was exon
Grated by the Orleans Parish grand
jury yesterday in connection with
the killing last Wednesday of Will
liam Stevens, 36, confessed attacker
of five young girls.
The jury also returned mo find
ing statement in its investigation
of the wounding of Stevens the day
before by 1t. Comdr. John p. Vogt
Of the Coast Guard Temporary Re-
serve. Comdr. Vogt fired on Stevens
in hte police lineup room, just after
the Coast Guardsman's young
daughter had identified him.
Stevens was killed in police car
while being taken from q precinct
Evening star., 1943-09-08
Mrs. Roosevelt Visits
Battle Casualties in
Australian Hospitals
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SYDNEY. Australia, Sept. g.
Making friends with Australian
service groups and meeting las many
Americans as I can," Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevent today spent two hours at
118th General Hospital and then
made brief visits to other hospitals.
She visited many battle casual
ties from the Pacific campaign,
which now is gaining full momen-
tum in the Lac and Salamaua area.
Mrs. Roosevelt ate dinner at the
regular mess and autographed
chefs cap for Pfc. John Mourey,
Johnstown, Pa. She was serenaded
by the 4th Replacement Depot
Band.
The next stop was an Australian
military hospital, where Lord and
Lady Wakehurst were her hosts.
Three platoons of Australian serv-
ice women and nurses stood at at
tention and offered her salutes.
She answered with handshakes.
At the ZOO she posed for pictures
with chubby koala bear, Aus
ttralia's mascot.
The kaola grabbed at her lapel.
Mrs. Roosevelt wasn't perturbed, but
other members of her official party
were.
Earlier, Mrs. Roosevelt, spending
her second day in Australia's largest
city, visited the Sydney Services
Club, patronized by 1900 American
and 1000 Australian fighting men
weekly.
The welcoming group at the club
included Director Anthony M. Ca
nora of Hartford, Conn; Assistant
Director Marjorie Hendricks of
Washington, D. c., and Ethel Parker
of Alexandria, Va.
Miss Hendricks left for the South
Pacific area in May. She is well
known in Washington as owner of
two restaurants, Normandy Farms
and the Water Gate Inn. During
the World War she worked here
with the Red Cross and later was
affiliated with the Associated
Charities and the State Depart
ment. Her mother, Mrs. Luta p.
Hendricks, and sister, Miss Gene
We've Hendricks, live at Normandy
Farms, near Rockville.
Mrs. Parker was among the first
group of women sent to Australia by
the Red Cross in April, 1912. Her
father, w. T. Gary, and 9-year-old
son Clinton live at 305 East Howell
avenue, Alexandria.
Evening star., 1943-09-08
primary flight instructor.

primary flight instructor.
The student, bent on winning his
wings of gold,' did his daily ramp
duty marching back and forth six
hours with rifle on his shoulder.
NO one here knew until his course
was more than half over that he
was the son OF Aviator No. l Of the
United States Navy
Ensign Towers remained in rela-
tive obscurity by giving his dis
tinguished fathers name merely as
j. a. Towers" and listing no oc-
cupation.
), And that is how dad would like
it," he said.
Ensign Towers entered the naval
Evening star., 1943-09-08
Towers SonKeeps
Identity Secret
During Training

LE tIIt ASSDCIdItN FTNSSs
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. S.-Being
the son of Vice Admiral John Henry
Towers, commander of the United
States Pacific Air Force, brought
little public notice to Charles
Stewart Towers, %. until today after
Ensign Towers had been graduated
from the Naval Air Station as a
Evening star., 1943-09-08
Oct. 26 Set for Hearing
On Fondo Support Case
'y the Associated Press.

<kcsOCIdtSU
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8.-Film
Actor Henry Fonda, now of the
Navy, has been summoned by Su-
perior Court commissioner to show
cause on October 26 why he should
not pay medical expenses and sup
port for the daughter of Barbara
Thompson, Long Beach divorce,
pending trial of suit in which she
claims he is the bahy's father. He
denied paternity.
Mrs. Thompson asks 5000 medi-
cal expenses, $4,000 monthly sup
port, $4,000 attorneys fees and
S2,500 court costs.
Evening star., 1943-09-08
Federal Employe
Choked and Robbed

Elwood Frey, 81, War Depart
ment employe, Of 1921 Bey street
Sc, was robbed of his wallet, con-
tanning q check for $109 and a $40
bill, early today when he was
choked into Inconsistencies by a
man wearing an Army uniform.
Mr.. Frey told police he was walk
ing on the south side of B street
Sc, near Seventeenth street, when
he was grabbed from behind. He
said when he regained conscious
ness he was lying in the front yard
of house.
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flight program IL months ago. He
reports next week to the Naval Air
Station at Glenview, ILL.,. where he
viii train primary flight students.
Evening star., 1943-09-08

The more money you lend your
Government the more planes, tanks
and ships our country can turn out
and the shorter the war is going
to be. Back the attack with War
bonds.s
Evening star., 1943-09-08

police station to detective head
quarters.
Detective Vigurie said Stevens was
fighting for possession of a pistol
and shouting that he wanted TO die.
Evening star., 1943-09-08

STAR PROOFREADER HONORED-John C. Gordon, 81 Qeft)
Is shown receiving watch yesterday from James OConno
chairman of The Evening Chapel Columbia Typographical
Union for so service in the composing longest
recorded group Gordon prooreader at
Foryh street Chevy Chase Md native Washington
has daughter Grest husband post
signal officer Stewart Field Star Staff Photo
Evening star., 1943-09-08

The book Of the week Is the War
stamp book. II spells Victory II
filled in.