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Evening star., 1943-03-22

GERS Of the several commonwealth
ceased to be figureheads.
When the 1920 Republican conven-
ton met, Mr.. LoWden was the out
standing candidate for the presi-
dental non. ination. Possibly it was
because of his philosophic eminence,
his distinction Of character, his ex-
perienCe and his zeal that he was not
chosen.
Mr.. LoWden's farm thereafter was
his principal concern. He made his
5000 acres at Sinissippi an agricul-
tural laboratory of worldwide i'm
pOrtance. Better crops, better stock,
better systems Of marketing were his
obiectives. He achieved them and
instructed other agrarian realists
how to do the same.
Meanwhile. the dark shadow of
tyranny which he repeatedly warned
against spread across the sky of
Europe and the East. Referring to
the war against the Axis on his 81st
birthday, Mr.. LoWden spoke these
words which now may be quoted as
his epitaph: of course. we shall have
to endure great hardship. Let us not
forget, however, that the pioneers of
America suffered more, made larger
sacrifices and took greater risks to
conquer this rich continent which
they bequeathed to us than any we
shall be called upon to make to save
our great heritage"
Evening star., 1943-03-22
One OPA Decision
Hailed With Delight.
To the Editor of The Star:

10 lne ECltor OF Inc star:
Did I hear correctly that the OPA is
going to ration the meats to be served
to the restaurant patrons on a so-many-
ounces-to-th the meal basis? What a
breath-taking, joyous thing-if it means
what it seems to!
AS one with vast experience of what
the Well-fed man does not get in res
taurant, I confidently can assure YOU
that If this is proposal to place actual
chunks OF meat in front of those who
"eat out" it will be welcomed with tears
of gratitude.
Not since Pearl Harbor has any WASH
lngton restaurant served meat portion
large enough to be weighed in ounces.
For the last IA months the so-called
portions daily have been getting smaller
and smaller until now the limit of
naked-eye visibility is approaching.
While size falls off, the price increases
IN inverse ratio. I have shuddered to
think what might be the final price when
the size OF the meat portion recedes to
where one must carry with him an cleo
tioil iilIClOoCOpe Ill OIUeG 10 convince
himself that he has anything on his
plate. No doubt New Deal appropria-
ton of billions would then be required
to pay for single sub-atomic pork chop.
Julius Caesar, according to Shake
speare, once said, Let me have men
about me that are fat" The old Roman
would have trouble finding gentlemen to
his liking in Washington eating places
today. AS a matter of fact, poll would
indicate that not even one jolly fat man
has been seen leaving a restaurant for
months and months.
Oh, how wonderful to find some folk
in the OPA who have a knowledge of the
necessities of life-especially life which
one attempts to sustain in restaurants!
Bring on your rationing, good friends! 7
banker for those ounces of rare and
tender steak. ROGER GIsH McDARE.
Evening star., 1943-03-22
SYCAMORE AVENUE.

Dear Sir:
"As we have lived Is years on Mckinley
street. near Connecticut avenue in
Chevy Chase, we were accustomed to
seeing black squirrels along with the
mer, We found a family of white squir-
rels on this block.
They are pure white with pink eyes,
exactly like the gray in their habits The
neighbors tell us the white squirrels
have been here several years.
we are very homesick for our birds in
Chevy Chase as we had counted 54 va
rieties of birds in our own back yard
there.
One pair of cardinals always raised
three broods each summer in our yard,
beside many more of other sorts.
The scarcity of birds in this neighbor-
hood is puzzle to us as the yards are
more spacious and there are many oak
trees.
I'VE always enjoy your column in The
Star.
VERY truly yours, I. w. H
There have been albino squirrels in
Takoma Park, Md, for many years.
The albino is a form of gray squirrel.
Another Wel-knoWn phase in the
black. Chevy Chase, Md, has many of
the latter, with a center of them at Con-
necticut avenue and Mckinley street.
The black squirrel is not as playful as
the gray. 1t seems to take life more
seriously. For time we thought it
more cowardly than the grays, but this
happened to be merely one squirrel The
next black one to come to the yard drove
all the gray ones away.
X
AS TO why there are not many birds at
our correspondents new location the
only answer is--that there are not
This will not be "a very satisfactory
answer, it must be admitted. The fac
tors involved in bird plenty and lack are
many, and perhaps no two observers
would agree on them.
The presence of many trains running
through the Takoma Park area may or
may not help account for a lack of
birds.
Some persons believe that any noise
frightens them away, whereas others
point to nesting birds in the noisest
parts of towns. 1t is probable that nest
ing is carried on where the birds do not
ordinarily like to come.
Chevy Chase, both in Maryland and
the District of Columbia, has been noted
for large numbers OF song birds for many
years.
At one time, Chevy Chase, Md, had
the largest bird population of any place
in the United States.
Increased building has tended to cut
down on this, but there are still many
birds of all the sorts which come to this
area.
Much attention has been given to home
bird feeding in the Chevy Chase area.
We wonder II so much stress has been
Evening star., 1943-03-22
Attention Mr.. Brown

one OF tne StrangeSt phenomena of
these times is the persistent refusal
OF lawyers representing the Office of
Price Administration to recognize
that there is a difference between
a deliberate and an unintentional
violation of the OPA price ceilings.
There have been two cases in the
District in which the OPA, contend
ing that the question of good faith
was not material, has appealed to
the courts for injunctiOnS against
price viOlatorS. In each instance the
courts, unwilling to sanction such an
unreasonable doctrine. ruled against
OPA. And now a third case of the
same nature has been decided in
Chicago,
The Chicago case involved a COM
plant against a meat wholesaler
who, according to OPA, had over
charged customers to the extent Of
$22639 on twelve meat sales during
a period when total sales amounted
to $247,299 Thus, the overcharges
represented a very small fraction of
per cent Of the gross business, and
counsel for OPA admitted that the
overcharges ranged only from two
to thirty cents on each item. Despite
this showing, the lawyers told the
court that "the question of good faith
- 4N y nf
case. There are thousands of cases
like this. 1t is a large enforcement
job and the only way OPA can handle
it is to get injunctions,
That, on it's face, is another way of
saying that OPA intends to proceed
against thousands of innocent vio-
lators of the price ceilings as the
easiest way to reach the relatively
few who are guilty of deliberate vio-
lations. But Federal Judge Michael
L. Igoe, who heard the Chicago case,
made it clear that he would not tol-
crate such high-handed procedure.
The OPA, he said, must realize
that they haven't exclusive rights on
all the patriotism in America. They
should not use the injunction process
in cases of confusion and innocent
error" When OPA counsel pro-
tested that the good faith of the
offender was not entitled to con-
sideration, the Judge added: amy
man has a right to come into my
court and show that he is operating
in good faith"
It is experiences of this kind, dem
onstrating the lengths to which over
Jealous administrative officials are
capable of going, that confirm the
wisdom of those who have insisted
upon the maintenance of free ana
independent judiciary for the protec-
ton of the individual. Those admin
istrative officials who have been en-
dowed with extraordinary power over
the affairs of the people ought to
restrain the eXcesses of their own
subordinates, but if they are not 60
ing to do so it becomes all the more
important to maintain the courts as
a safeguard against persecution.
OPA Administrato PrentiSs Brown
is on record as saying that his or
eanization is afflicted with too many
LAWYERS who are blinded to the reall-
ties of their job by an excess OF
legalism. 1t would seem to be about
time that he took some dlscrimlnat-
ing steps to rectify this condition.
Evening star., 1943-03-22
MONDAY
The Tax Report

Inc arguments advanced by the
majority Of the Ways and Means
committee in its tax report lend
strong support to the conclusion that
only through adoption of the princi-
pie embodied in the Ruml plan can
the income taxpayers be brought to
a current basis.
The committee majority was in a
difficult position. It's stated purpose
was to provide a method for the
payment currently of individual in
come taxes" But it did not want to
collect two years taxes in one year,
nor did it want to shift the tax base
from 1912 to 1943 income Thus was
created the dilemma from which the
committee majority, despite all the
verbiage of the report. was unable
to eXtricate itself.
From the nature of the arguments
advanced, it appears that the ma
jority was influenced by three main
considerations-the fear that ap-
proval of the Ruml plan, or the modi-
fication known as the Carlson plan,
might in some way benefit the
wealthy at the expense of the poor;
the apprehension that the revenue
position of the Treasury might suffer
at a time when we are faced with
"the most frightful war" in history,
and the belief that the vast major
ity of the American people will not
want to have their taxes forgiven"
In support of the first fear, the
majority dwelt at length on the argu-
ment that abandonment of the 1912
tax base would mean benefit" of
$854,000 to each Of sixty persons
with million dollar incomes. This is
q most unrealistic argument because
of the simple fact-which the ma
tority neglected to mention-that
these individuals would pay as much
or more in taxes if 1943 income were
substituted for 1912 as the tax base.
Much the same thing may be said
of the concern for the Treasury's
wartime revenue position. The facts
are that, with the income tax based
on 1912 income, the Treasury will get
about ten billion dollars. But with
the base shifted to 1943 income. tax
receipts would rise to approximately
thirteen billion dollars. This is not
denied by the majority.
The third point, concerning what
the people want, cannot be resolved
by any resort to mathematics, but it
seems clear enough that the COM
mittee majority has sadly misgauged
public opinion. The latest Gallup
poll shows, for instance, that 83 per
cent of the Democratic taxpayers and
81 per cent of the Republicans want
the Ruml plan. And it is especially
interesting to note that the plan was
favored by higher percentage OF
taxpayers in the lower range of in
comes.
To these people the proposal of the
committee majority will be diSap-
pointing. Under this plan-deSplte
the majority's concern lest it do
something for the rich while not
helping the poor-only the well-to-
do will be able to get on payas-
you-go basis. They would do it by
paying two years taxes in one, with
a discount on the levy on 1943 in
oF
afford to pay two years taxes in one
year-certainly the great majority of
the people-will be left to struggle
along, forever in debt to the Govern
ment. This is fact which should
give strong support to the position of
the Republicans who are supporting
the Carlson bill-the only feasible
pay-as-you-go plan now before Con-
Dress
Evening star., 1943-03-22
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 1Oriter, although the use of
a pSeudonynl for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters Nth
Uie1O to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-03-22

Nine. Schiaparelli, noted stylist
advises WAACS, WAVES, SPARS and
Government girls generally mot to
walk like men, but like girls" 1t is
hoped that by that she doesn't mean
consistently keeping to the left.
Evening star., 1943-03-22
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
Bu Frederic J. HdSkin.

A reader can get the dnStUer to any
question OF fact by iCriting The Epe-
ning Star Information Bureau. Fred
enc J. HdSkin, director. Washington,
D. c, Please incloSe stamp for return
postage.
Q. When does the pay Of an enlisted
man in the Army commence?-T. E.
A. The War Department says that the
pay of an enlisted man in the Army does
not begin until he is called to active
duty after the expiration OF his seven
days furlough
O. Has Adolf Hitler sense Of humor7
H. G..
A. He likes jokes on other people but
not jokes on himself. A widely quoted
story concerns a new balcony that was
built on the side of the chancellery.
Some one suggested that It's strength be
tested, but Hitler replied: That isn't
necessary. Goering was Just out there
in full uniforms with all his medals on"
@. What king or queen reigned the
longest?-P. F. G..
A. According to Breasted, Pepi n be-
came King of Egypt about 1856 BIC. at
the age of 6, and reigned 81 years. Louis
XIV of France ruled 70 years, Francis
Joseph of Austria Hungary, So years.
and Queen Victoria of England, 81 years.
Q. What are the qualifications for
joining the organization known As the
Caterpillar Club?-H c. B.
A. The Army Air Corps says that the
Caterpillar Club is not real organiza-
ton. 1t is composed of flyers whose life
time membership becomes automatic i'm
mediately following an emergency para
chute jump.
Evening star., 1943-03-22

People are unfortunate in various
ways. Some trip and fall down
easily, others cannot remember
names, and still others start long,
involved stories at tea or cocktail
nartieS
Evening star., 1943-03-22

Solomon said that among the
things which were too wonderful
for him, was the way of a man with
a maid. He did not live long enough
to observe the way of a maid with
a xideWalk.
Evening star., 1943-03-22

Astronomy-Facts for the layman-
such as the mean distance from the
earth to the moon; dimensions of the
earth, sun. moon and planets. An
sWers hundreds of questions in simple
language. Week in and week out our
Washington Bureau answers more
questions on astronomy than on any,
other scientific subject. This book
carriers the answers to more than 500
of the questions most frequently
asked. To secure your copy of this
interesting and instructive publica-
tions inclose Is cents in coin, wrapped
in this clipping, and mail to The Star
Information Bureau.
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Evening star., 1943-03-22

@. Is the backbone of a camel curved
or straight?-F. B. Y.
A. The camel's backbone is not curved
upward as is often supposed, but is
straight.
@. What is the proper term for the
holes in Swiss cheese?-R. c. v.
A. The holes are known as eyes They
are produced by the liberation of gases
during fermentation.
@. Do all Eskimos live in snow houses7
E. Y.
A. Only about one-quarter Of the
Eskimo population are in the habit Of
using snow houses as the common winter
dwelling. Many have never seen one,
and they are wholly absent from Alaska,
N. V. A.
A. The common house wren is prob
ably the champion feeder. 1t lives prin-
cipally on insects and the parent birds
feed their young at the rate of about
once every two minutes during daylight
hours.
@. What was the nature OF the device
patented by Sister Kenny?-F. R. S.
A. Out of her experience in the First
World War, Sister Kenny invented and
patented transport stretcher" and a
device to stabilize a wounded body in
transport.
Q. Who were the three brothers who
served in Congress at the same timer
B. E.
A. They were Cadwallader c. WASH
burn of Wisconsin from 1855 to 1861 and
from 1867 to 1871 Israel Washburn, ir..
of Maine from 1851 to 1861 and Elihu
Benjamin Washburn of Illinois from
1853 to 1869. Another brother, William
Drew Washburn, was later a member
from Minnesota.
Q. Why is President Roosevelt the
32d President when only 81 have held
this office?-H T. E.
A. This is due to the fact that Grover
Cleveland was both the 22d and oath
President. His two terms of office we're
StpdldIeu Dy IHdL OF benjamin harrison.
@. Have there been any other Negro
generals in the Army besides Gen.
Davis?-M C. N.
A. Brig. Gen. Benjamin o. Davis Is
the first and only Negro general in the
United States Army. He was born IN
Washington, D. c.. on June l, 1877.
Q. Please give the origin of Mother
Carey's chiCkens."-J. D. D.
A. The origin remains obscure despite
many ingenious guesSes. Some authori-
ties believe that Mother Carey is none
other than the Virgin Mary, by way of
mater cara or "madre cara mother
dear" protector of sailors. In any event,
her chickens or geese belong to the
petrol family.
Evening star., 1943-03-22

@. Is the backbone of a camel curved
or straight?-F. B. Y.
A. The camel's backbone is not curved
upward as is often supposed, but is
straight.
Evening star., 1943-03-22

@. What is the proper term for the
holes in Swiss cheese?-R. c. v.
A. The holes are known as eyes. They
are produced by the liberation of gases
during fermentation.
Evening star., 1943-03-22
Job Security Urged
In Behalf of Government WorLarS

San Francisco.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1943-01-27

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