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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-08-29

I Jack Davidson and Miss Betty
Hutchinson of Baltimore.
Mr.. Roy New, jr., of Spokane
Wash, is visiting his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur j. Richards
are on a vacation in Ocean City, Md
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard M. Billinge1
have returned from a vacation al
Ocean City, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus Gumperi
left Monday for vacation in New
York.
Ensign and Mrs. r. H. Bowman
of Jacksonville are the guests OF
the formers mother, Mrs. Helen L
Bowman.
Mr.. and Mrs Creech F. Hunter
are spending two weeks in Miami.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Monroe anc
their two daughters, Miss Joan Mon.
roe and Miss Margery Monroe, are
at Eagles Mere, Pa, for two weeks
Capt. Thomas j. Bay, U. S. N. ane
Mrs. Bay have returned from &
vacation at Eagles Mere, Pa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-08-29
Loretta Marshall
Bride In West

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Williams
Marshall announce the marriage OF
their daughter, Miss Loretta Rae
Marshall of this city and New
Orleans, to Mr. Curtis Tufts Bacon
U. S. N. R.. son of Mr. and Mrs
Wallace Irving Bacon of Quincy
Mass.
The ceremony took place August
7 in San Diego, with Comdr. Gatlin
Chaplain, U. S. NJ, officiating.
Mr.. Bacon was graduated from
the Oxford School of Business Adj
ministration in Cambridge, Mass.
and his bride attended the Louisiana
State University. They are making
their home in San Diego, where he
Is stationed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-08-29
Guests Entertained
At House PARTY

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank r. Tracy of
Arlington Village have returned
from a visit at the cottage of Miss
Nell Bass at Mount jackson. Va.
Other guests at the house party
were DR.. l.. Huntley Cate and Miss
Ruth Marmaduke.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-08-29
Goes to New York

Mrs. Billings M. Macarthur, wife
of Maj. Macarthur of South Airing
ton, left Wednesday for a visit in
New York. She will be joined there
by her daughter Anne, who has been
spending the summer ct Luther Gu
lick Camp in Maine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-08-29
Leave on Vacation

Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Titus of
Chevy Chase have gone with their
family to Atlantic City for va
cation of 10 days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-08-29
Guest in Suburbs

Mr. and Mrs. Nathan r. Smith
have as their guest in their Chevy
Chase home Mrs. Smiths mother,
Mrs. B. L. Reynolds, whose home
is in Chickasha. Okla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-08-29
Back in Arlington

Mrs. Neil K. Dietrich, wife OF
Comdr. Dietrich of South Arlington,
with their daughter Diane, returned
last week from Today stay at the
Chamberlin, Old Point Comfort.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-08-29
Col. A ndrae Leaves

Col. and Mrs. H. H. Andrae. who
have been residing at 1921 South
Oakcrest read, Arlington, have gone
to Fort Leavenworth, Col. Andrae's
| new assignment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-08-29
Buffers Are Awav

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Butler and
their son, 1t. Paul Butler, jr., are
spending two weeks at Cape May,
N. j.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-08-29

MRS. CHARLES L.
GREGORY.
The daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph N. Romm of To-
kona Park before her mar
rage ioas Miss Pearl Jose
phine Romm. Mr.. Gregory is
the son OF Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
lam R. Gregory of this city.
Evening star., 1943-07-01
KeIp Goes to War
From the Topeka Capital.

from tne Topeka capital.
Search for materials to produce NUM-
tions and other necessities to replace
cutoff imports has reached the big kelp
beds of the California coast, known as
"hayf1elds of the sea-" Kelp is leathery
brown seaweed growing in strands Of
fifty feet or longer. 1t washes ashore
and vacationists enjoy jumping rope
with the strands, or popping the air pods
which keep it afloat. From the beach or
scenic sea cliff, one may look out over
acres of the maritime "hayfield" with
the tips of stems and leaves sticking
above water. There seemed to be no
practical value for this sea vegetation,
because research chemists had not tested
1t until the pressure of war production
needs made it imperative to overlook no
possible resource.
All that has been changed now with
the discovery of valuable ingredients in
the kelp beds. Now floating machines
gather in the crop as neatly as har-
vester cuts wheat. A barge equipped with
knives cuts the plant off underwater and
pulls it aboard. At San Diego a plant is
hard at work processing the kelp into
materials for munitions and industrial
gums no longer available from imports.
Evening star., 1943-07-01

numbers Of people the ideals repre-
sented in the Atlantic Charter would
be meaningless. The -four free
doms" have their foundation in the
traditional idealism of the English
speaking nations. 1t is in the Bible
as translated for King James and in
Shakespeare that these theoretically
modern aspirations are born. No
synthetic expedient, adventurously
developed by any dictator or any
little group of serious thinkers" i"
can take the place of patterns of
civilization which have grown
through unnumbered centuries.
Specifically, DR.. Mock explains:
THE liberal arts are disciplines and
methods which furnish the student
with materials and skill for exer-
cising judgment; for evaluating, cor
relating and directing the various
activities of men in society. They
give knowledge of men as individuals
and as members of society as we'll.
They present for enjoyment and
edification the accomplishments of
men in all the fields of endeavor.
They furnish perspective for the
judgment Of human affairs.
They give acquaintance with the
development of ideas, intellectual
and moral-ideas, which are what
tyrants fear most" History, Ian
guages, the natural sciences, the
social arts, education itself-such are
the imperatives of tomorrow, if not
of today. The victory which Ameri-
cans are helping to win is one which
shall make possible a civilization in
which the humanities will prosper
as never before,
Evening star., 1943-07-01
skill that his own wife apparently

skill that his own wife apparently
did not know that he was a spy.
The lesson which Americans should
learn from the exposure of these
men is simple. They should not at
tempt to become spy catchers, looking
with indiscriminate suspicion upon
their neighbors. The hunting down
of spies is Job for the FBI and it
has amply demonstrated its compe-
tency. This is not to say that genu-
inely suspicious circumstances should
not be reported to the authorities,
but the average American, and espe-
cia1ly those who know something
about war activity, can serve best
by guarding their tongues. If
person has military information, he
should not conflde it to any one
not even to longtime neighbor
who is an AFRAID warden or a plane
spotter, and who appears as harmless
as an old shoe.
Evening star., 1943-07-01
EZ Money

FINANCIAL experts, like poets. are
born, not made. and they turn up in
the most unlikely spots. Who. for
instance, would think that a play
wright and author would know how
to finance the war with practically
no hardship on any one? Yet that is
what has happened: he admits it
himself. George Bernard Shaw, in
his feature column in prominent
London paper, says that simplified
spelling would cut so much paper,
ink, time, and wear and tear on type
writer's and linotypes that the saving
would be enough to pay for the entire
war from now to victory. 1t is as
simple as that.
If he can put the idea across, it
luks as if Britn mite B in 4 a bad
spell B 4 victry Gums. But Britain is
notoriously conservative, and it is
not likely that the chancellor of the
exchequer, that modern Lord High
Executioner of the bankroll, will be
highly impressed by the Shavian
technique of producing revenue. In
fact, he is apt to go the other way, if
anything, and actually make the war
cost a little more by inserting an
extra letter P and remarking-"Oh,
PShaw. George Bernardo"
Evening star., 1943-07-01
Raises Questions About
Treatment Of Antistrike Bill.

To the Editor Of The Star:
In discussion of the anti-strike bill
veto I am much surprised to see the
prevalent assumption that the veto was
giving in to the wishes of labor and
that the quick repassage of the bill was
congressional insistence upon curbing
labor as against presidential appease-
ment of labor. Even the columns Of
both David Lawrence and Gould Lincoln
in Saturdays Star seem to be based on
such an assumption. It may be that
the public will get that impression and
that political leaders will try to make
capital of it, in the one direction or in
the other, according to the prolabor or
antilabor bias of the voters concerned.
According to the veto message itself,
the bill was vetoed not because of its
antistrike features or any other curbs
upon labor, but because of the provisions,
in section 8, whereby strikes in war in
dustries legally might be called. The
partly noncommittal comments on sec
ton 9, prohibiting labor contributions to
political campaign funds Gin wartime
only, and the request for extension of
draft powers over workers who stop
working, make further additions to the
Presidents complaint that the bill did
Evening star., 1943-07-01
The Humunities

DR.. S. A. Mock, vice president of the
Kansas State College of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts, writing in the
bulletin of the American Association
of University Professors, discusses
the peril in which the humanities,
the liberal arts, momentarily stand
Winning the victory which must be
had if life is to be anywise tolerable
admittedly is an expensive business.
Time and physical and mental energy
as well as money necessarily are
required to move armies and navies.
Complete preoccupation with the
prevailing struggle is demanded of
the average citizen.
DR.. Mock, however, invites his read
ers to remember that those branches
of learning for which he speaks are
not luxuries. On devotion to the
humanitieS, he says, depends the
salvation of the world, the winning
of the peace, the establishment of
the good life for all men," Without
careful maintenance of the principles
Of social culture as applied to great
Evening star., 1943-07-01
There Is No Reason

There is no reason" for the south
1Dind blo1Ding,
II treason" Is the ansper OF tho
rain:
For phat is this that ,oe are proud OF
knoDing
That fatters little errors OF the
brain?
Unless ,De kno1o the treason" for the
cloud,
The treason" for the grass and for
the dust,
The treason" that zoe nortals are
endoDed
TO render unto Caesar phat pe
must,
We are but nonaads in a desert land,
Biuouacktng for bloody day and
night;
Haughty IN plastic armor OF COM
mand,
But blind, ignoble sons OF sad
t,oiight.
March on to drums, you shouters to
the sky!
Barbdric conQuerors OF bubbles,
Uhy9 CULLEN JONES.
Evening star., 1943-07-01
On an Even Footing

Since those balmy days when
Washington was just one big, happy
family ahd the darkest cloud on the
horizon consisted of such vapor as
where the Vice Presidents sister
should sit at dinner in relation to the
wife of the Speaker, or vice versa,
protocol has not cut much ice. 1t is
interesting, nevertheless, to speculate
on whether it was fit and proper for
the Assistant President, Mr.. ByrneS,
to summon to his Office the Vice
President, Mr. Wallace, to meet the
Secretary of Commerce, Mr.. Jones.
But before we get ourselves too much
involved in that, let us remember
that the Assistant President, Mr..
Byrnes, did not want to see the Vice
President, Mr.. Wallace. The man he
was after was the chairman of the
Board of Economic Warfare, Henry
A. Wallace. But could the Secretary
of Commerce be expected to come to
the Assistant Presidents office to
meet the chairman of the Board Of
Economic Warfare? Certainly not!
Let the Secretary of Commerce, Mr..
Jones, remain in his Office undis-
turbed and invite in his place, Mr.
Jesse H. Jones, member of the Board
of Economic Warfare. But no! That
would give Chairman Wallace an
advantage over Member Jones;
Chairman Wallace would not wish to
see Member Jones anyway. The man
Chairman Wallace wanted to see is
Jesse Jones of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation. But, oh, dear!
Jesse Jones is no longer a member of
the RFC. Functions Of the RFC
come under Mr.. Jesse H. Jones, Sec
retary of Commerce, who is neither
member of the board nor officer of
the corporation. And that puts us
back almost where we started on this
problem. The Star does not pretend
to know how Assistant President
Byrnes solved his dilemma, but GER
tainly it would have been highly
proper for him to summon to his
Office Henry A. Wallace, a member Of
the Commission for Construction of
Washington-Lincoln Gettysburg Me-
mortal Boulevard to meet Jesse H.
Jones, member of the Migratory Bird
Conservation Commission, for
friendly chit-chat. They could dis
cuss the BEW and the RFC with COM
plete disinterest and without involv-
ing personalities either. 1t was only
when they got back to their Offices
and reported to Henry A. Wallace,
chairman of the Board of Economic
Warfare, and Jesse H. Jones, Secre-
tary of Commerce, that the shooting
started again. But it was not over
protocol.
Evening star., 1943-07-01
Nuzi Agents

Two dangerous enemy agents
Ernest Frederick Lehmitz and Erwin
Harry De Spretter-have been appre-
hended and taken out of circulation
by the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton. The record does not reveal how
the FBI picked up the trail of these
spies, but it d!scloses enough of their
method of operation to teach an
important lesson to the American
people.
There was nothing about Lehmitz
or De Spretter to mark them as spies.
On the contrary, they were past
masters at making themselves incon-
spicuous, concealing their activities
In behalf of the enemy behind front
of good Americanism. LehmitZ, the
leader, was an AFRAID warden in
his home community, playing the
part so well that a next-door neigh
bor, upon learning of his arrest,
exclaimed: 1--WE known him for
fifteen years and he's always been
the epitome of patriotism and good
neighborliness. Those Nazis certainly
picked a guy no one would suspect"
Lehmitz had part-time job as a
porter in a waterfront tavern. This
enabled him to pick up bits of in
formation from customers who talked
too much and, in his off hours, he
frequented number of other saloons
near important piers, gathering a
fact here and fact there from con-
versation at nearby tables. From
this miscellaneous collection he was
able to piece together surprising
amount of data concerning the COM
position, destinations and cargoes of
important conveys, all of which he
forwarded to his Nazi employers
through messages written in invisible
ink.
De Spretter functioned as supplier
of information to Lehmitz. A former
German Army officer, he had estab-
lished himself as a consulting en-
gineer and his services had been
engaged in a number of war plants.
This enabled him to furnish Lehmitz
important facts concerning design
and performance of American war
planes, and he also picked up con-
siderable information on conveys by
riding ferries and mingling with
crowds around the waterfront. And
he covered up this activity with such
Evening star., 1943-07-01

not 60 as far as 1t should in curbing
labor, though they do not seem to be
put forward as grounds for vetoing 1t
as far as 1t goes.
The news accounts which I have read
seem to throw no light on one important
factor in interpreting what Congress did
and why. Did the Senators and Repre-
sentatives know the Presidents reasons
for vetoing the bill in advance Of the
actual reading Of the veto message to
them from the rostrum? II not, they
hardly gave themselves time to consider
the reasons which the President Is con-
stitutionally required to give for his veto
and which Congress has an implied con-
stitutional obligation to consider care
fully. If they were acting in the light Of
what the President really said and not
on advance assumptions that q veto
would be prolabor veto, why didn't they
hail the Presidents accession to their
side and take the opportunity to make
the bill a more clear-cut antistrike bill
by changing or eliminating the section
which distinctly countenances wartime
strikes?
Did the President send Congress q
surprise message which boomeranged
into serious political setback for the
President because Congress did not take
time to find out what the message really
said, and which may boomerang back on
Congress for its haste and impulsiveness
in dealing with very serious matter?
May we have some real light on this
political puzzle?
GEORGE w. HODGKINS.
Evening star., 1943-07-01
Wuqes and Food

Following the lead of the admins
tration, the War Labor Board has
thrown its support behind the pro-
gram to use subsidies as a means of
rolling back food prices.
In effect, the board serves notice in
public statement that it will not be
able to hold wages within the limits
OF the Little Steel formula unless the
ANNOUNCED policies of the admins
tration affecting the cost of food"
are promptly carried out. In other
words, according to the board, wages
will have to 60 up unless prices are
rolled back.
In a political sense, 1t may be true
that the pressure upon the board for
wage increases will become too strong
for the members to resist unless the
rollback program goes through. But,
so far as the present advance in
living costs is concerned it should be
made clear that a general upward
adjustment Of the Little Steel for
mula would be political adjustment
and not one based on a real case of
necessity.
This is true because the rise in
income has been far in excess of the
rise in the cost Of living. The board
says that the cost of living has gone
up 6.2 per cent since October, 1912.
That would be total rise of about
2l.2 per cent throughout the period
for which the board has sanctioned
a IS per cent increase in wage rates
under the Little Steel formula. On
the face OF this it would appear that
earnings have fallen behind living
costs. But the fact is that the rise
in average earnings-including all
income-is much greater.
A recent survey by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics showed a 81 per
cent increase since 1899 in the earn
ings of factory workers, and the
board does not dispute this figure.
But the board, in computing it's is
per cent allowable increase in wage
rates, ignores overtime pay. In deal
ing with wages and wages alone,
there may be some justification for
Ignoring overtime, but there is no
reason to ignore it if the question be
one Of enabling wage earners to keep
abreast of rising living costs.
When 1t comes to buying groceries,
money received for overtime is Just
as good as money received for
straight time. And we will never get
an equitable adjustment of the wage
versus cost-of-living problem while
Government officials close their eyes
to what man really earns and con-
slider only what he would earn If he
worked straight time and nothing
more.
A man whose earnings have risen
by 81 per cent since 1899 is not en-
titled to further pay increase under
any cost-of-living formula. The
board ought TO recognize this, and
concentrate its energies on relieving
those workers whose incomes, includ-
ing straight and overtime paw. actu-
ally have not kept abreast of wartime
costs.
Evening star., 1943-07-01
Fewer and Older

From the New York Sun
When the war is over a decline in the
birth rate and further decline in the
death rate might leave the excess of
births over deaths for every thousand of
population approximately what it is now,
but what would be most apparent would
be the continued aging Of the American
people, reflected in the survival into old
age of larger and larger proportion Of
the population. This change in the
composition of the American family, if
it continues after the war, will bring
with it some of the problems of survival
of which commentators on the war are
beginning to speak. even in the midst
Of battles for survival.
Evening star., 1943-07-01
Hoskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. H1skin.

A reader can get the anstDer to any
question of toct by ,Driting The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hasktn, director, Washington.
DC. Please tnclose stamp for return
portage.
G. Is the Coast Guard q part Of the
Navy7-W. w.
A. The United States Coast Guard
operates under the Treasury Depart
ment In time Of peace and as part of
the Navy, subject to the orders of the
Secretary Of the Navy, in time of war
or when the President shall so direct.
@. Do more men or women read the
Bible?-E. L. H.
A. The American Bible Society se-'S
that more than twice as many VIC
as men read the Bible.
Q. Why was the red carnation chosen
to be the State flower of Ohio?-R. S. S.
A. It was selected by the Legislature
because it was the favorite flower CT
William Mckinley, "a beloved and de-
voted citizen of Ohio"
Evening star., 1943-07-01
Expresses Thanks
To Educational Institutions
To the Editor Of The star:

TO the 4o1tor OF The star:
attended the commencement convo-
cation Of Wilson Teachers College at
Roosevelt High School auditorium on
June "a and with much pride and Joy
accepted a diploma in behalf of my
son, who Is at present in the Army Air
Force
AS the audience rose and the erudite
group of officers, faculty and distin-
guished guests of Wilson Teachers Col
lege entered the auditorium through one
aisle and the candidates for degrees
entered through another, my eyes filled
with tears, not because my son was
unable to be among that fine group of
young men and women Il feel sure he
was present in spirit), but because my
heart was full of deep gratitude to our
Heavenly Father for the happy privilege
of living In this glorious country and
enjoying the protection Of the United
States Constitution and nag.
I wish to take advantage Of our free
press to express profound appreciation
to the District Of Columbia Board Of
Education and to the officers and faculty
of Wilson Teachers College for their
untiring efforts in inculcating in our
youth knowledge. wisdom and the spirit
Of love for and loyalty to our country
and fellow men.
MRS. JUDITH 3. HARMM.