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Evening star., 1943-10-04
An Act of Justice

Nepeai OF the Chinese exclusion
laws, under the terms of the Mag
nuson-AndreWs bill now before the
House and Senate Committees on
immigration. would be an act both
just and gracious. The Chinese
people are our Allies in war. Thew
have won the admiration of Ameri-
cans by their gallant struggle against
the more powerfully armed forces of
Japan. An awakened China in the
postwar period promises to be a DOW
erful influence in world affairs. If
the world is to live at peace, there
must be bonds of friendship between
the Orient and the Occident.
More than sixty years ago this
country raised a barrier against
Chinese immigration. 1t has been
continued ever since. The barrier
became necessary because employers
Of labor in this country sought to
enrich themselves by the importa-
ton Of Chinese coolie labor The
coolies were brought in by the thou
sands, until the people Of the West
cried out against the practice. This
coolie labor was willing to work for
far less than our own workmen. It
worked longer hours and lived on less
food. It was threat to American
standards of living.
Repeal Of the exclusion laws today
does not mean lifting the bar to un-
limited immigration. 1t means plac-
ing the Chinese on the same footing
with other nations, under the immi-
grafton quota system, which limits
immigration from all other coun-
tries. Indeed, the number of Chinese
who would be permitted to enter
this country as immigrants would
be limited to 105 year. Not
by the widest stretch Of imagination
could this number affect the living
standards of the American people.
Representative Magnuson of Wash
ington, Democrat, introduced his re-
peal bill last April, and Senator
Andrews of Florida, Democrat, Of
fered the same measure in the Senate
last week, No good reason exists for
delay by Congress. Many reasons
can be found for prompt action. The
first is the removal of a stigma
against the Chinese people, which
quite naturally rankles in the hearts
of Chinese leaders. A second lies in
the fact that China of the future is
bound to be a great field for the ex-
pansion of international trade, of
which the United States should have
its full share.
The peoples of the Orient are stir
ring. Under the leadership OF Presi-
dent Chang Kai-shek the Chinese
will make great strides. All that can
be done In reason to help cement the
Evening star., 1943-10-04
ALEXANDRIA, Va.

Dear Sir:
Il enjoy your column so very much,
and particularly when 1t is written about
our feathered friends.
Being a suburbanite, we have a
chance to enjoy quite variety of the
birds common in this vicinity, and when
we have visit from some OF the rarer
birds, we think it is quite treat
I'VE had such a visitor today and hope
you will be able to identify it for me.
He, or she, was probably inches long,
light gray underneath, gray with black
markings on the upper part of the body,
and yet the bird seemed to have q
blush cast.
THE black marking around the head
was like a helmet from the top center
Of the head and partly around the throat,
while two black stripes formed perfect
swallow-tail coat at the lower end Of the
body. The bill was unusually long and
slender, and as the bird travelled up and
down the tree, head down. that bill just
about cleaned out every crack and crevice
In the tree.
several years ago we had some un-
usual visitors and I would like very
much to know If you ever heard of them.
Early in the spring there were three
cardinals in our cherry tree and with
them were two birds exactly like the
cardinals with the exception that the
male was about the same color OF gray
found in the average squirrel coat and
the female was slightly darker shade
OF gray but the markings of black, the
size, the shape, also the crest OF the male
bird, were all of the cardinal
We had them two years and watch
every spring for their return, but as vet
they have not come back The second
year they were with three cardinals
again the same as the first year.
Il like your defense of the English
sparrow. He seems to be so thorouphly
American, despite his English ancestry,
and real rugged individualist While
1 don't particularly admire the starting
yet can't complain about him, for he
deVours millions Of Japanese beetles and
is much deserving of praise for that feat
alone.
In my years of feeding and watching
the birds have never yet seen the blue
jay do mean thing to any of the other
birds, and have seen the cardinal bathe.
I'VE are exceptionally fond of the cat
bird, for he is such neat, gentlemanly
fellow
Our only dislike is for the blackbird.
and I wish we didn't have to have him
around, but there seems to be no way
Of getting rid of him.
I'VE miss the bluebirds which we at
one time had so many of, but I think it
must be that as community develops,
the bluebirds move out.
When we first moved to our present
location in what used to be known as
Mount Ida, there were so many vacant
Evening star., 1943-10-04
THIS AND THAT
By Charles +. TydcetoeIl.

lots and 50 many trees, and now there
are none, and 1t was when we had so
much more space that we had 50 many
now for years.
Most sincerely, r. g. A."
Our correspondents first bird, the one
upside down on the tree trunk, is the
white breasted nuthatch.
We would not have been able to figure
this one out, from the description given,
If 1t had not been for the phrase, "as the
bird travelled up and down the tree,
head down." etc.
1t may be realized that every little item
In regard to an unknown bird is i'm
portant II you want some one else to
Identify 1t for you.
Identifying a bird from some other
persons description is much like trying
to unravel a mystery story as you 60
along.
Every clue is important, no matter how
trivial it may seem.
We are unable to identify positively the
gray birds with the crest, the ones which
travelled with the cardinals.
There are not many crested gray birds.
The tufted titmouse is one of these,
but he is known to most persons who
feed the birds. He is 56 to 6.5 inches
long, as compared with the cardinals rs
to 925 inches.
The cedar waxwing, which sometimes
comes here, especially in focks in the
spring, has general tone of gray, but
he has yellow-tipped tail and red-wax
tips at the end of the wing feathers.
This waxwing is $50 to 7.52 inches
long, which makes 1t closer to the size
Of small cardinal.
The Bohemian waxuing is another
crested, somewhat grayish. bird. but It
seldom If ever comes here 1t ranges
from TAO to 8,75 inches.
X
1t must always be kept in mind that
young male cardinals in their first au-
tumn and winter are very peculiar birds
They are often mottled in odd vavs
but they are never gray, in any real
sense.
What we believe is that our CORE
spondent may be a little bit color-blind
This is nothing to be ashamed of. Thou
sands OF persons are color blind and do
not know it.
some time ago correspondent ap-
pealed to this column for the identifca-
ton OF bird which he said was orange.
We showed him book of bird plates,
and while he was running over them he
suddenly came across the cardinal, or
redbird, as many people call it,
There 1t ISL he cried, in great as
tonishment
The cardinal was his orange" bird,
But how were We to know, until we
found out, that the beautiful cardinal
red OF the redbird was orange to him?
AT some little distance the cedar wax
wing would look completely gray.
Evening star., 1943-10-04

friendship between the East and the
West should be done-if a future war
perhaps more devastating than even
that of today is to be avoided.
This country, because of the tre-
mendous flood of immigration from
all part is of the world which was
bringing to these shores more than a
million aliens each year, adopted the
quota system, under which each for
eign nation is limited in the number
of persons it may send here. Today
the maximum immigration possible
in any one year is 153,774 persons.
The Magnuson- Andrews bill does not
seek in any way to break down the
quota system. 1t merely extends it
to the Chinese. To do this noW-not
waiting until pressure after the war
would be friendly act that would
be appreciated.
Evening star., 1943-10-04
Nuzi Blood WoIF

The men who attend to Adolf
Hltler's propaganda sloganeering
have coined so many perishable
phrases in the past two years that
there is a natural tendency to dis
count anything they say. This is
one Of the reasons why the an
nouncement that Der Fuehrer has
ordered his generals to establish and
hold blood wall" in Northern
Italy has been received with con-
siderable indifference on this side Of
the Atlantic
According to dispatches received
In Stockholm from Berlin, the blood
wall is to be guarantee that the
Nazi armies in the fortress of Europe
will be able to hold their positions
many years if necessary until the
Allies are convinced the war is
futile" This, one may safely assume,
is an overly optimistic estimate, from
the Nazi viewpoint, of the intentions
and the capacities of the Allied
armies. But it is not safe to assume
that the Germans are incapable Of
establishing line somewhere north
of Rome and clinging to it with great
tenacity.
The German troops in Southern
Italy have fought with a fanatical
determination which has been in
sufficiently emphasized. Undoubt-
edly they are at a serious disadvan-
tage in relative numerical strength.
For days they apparently have been
without any air protection worthy
of the name. Those who have been
assigned to fight the innocent
sounding delaying" actions have
really, for the most part, been as
signed to die at their posts, and that
is what they have done. The others
are falling back slowly, under con-
slant air attack and with their sup
ply lines subject to continual bom-
Evening star., 1943-10-04
Simple as ARC

In the days of our youth there
used to be three characters, named
respectively, A, B and C. whose main
junction was to torture school chill
dren' though ostensibly they were
laoorers. A was usually best; he
could build wall of certain length
IN ten days. B was only fair; he took
n1teen. c, the weakling, needed
twenty. The trouble was, however
that instead of being individualists,
they always worked together. This,
TOO, would have been all right, ex-
cept that the young student was un-
willingly drafted into the lob of
tlmekeeper, and required to specify
now long 1t would take them, work.
ing together, to finish the wall. The
correct answer, four and eight-thir-
teenths days, never seemed right,
somehow, and caused lack of conf
dence In other performances of the
alphabetical trio, particularly when
they collaborated at cross-purposes
on IhoSe occasions when A and c.
would pump water into a cistern
while B pumped it out.
Yet it was all good training, in
preparation for the time when A, B
and c could distribute gasoline. A
is still on top, being good for three
gallons a clip. For three-fourths of
the year B and C are worth five
sixths as much as A, and for the re-
naming quarter, two-thirds as much,
In about half the Nation. A, how
ever, tires more quickly than B or C
and must spread work over a longer
period; and, on the other hand, B.,
and especially C, are often busy on
some one else's job and hard to get.
The problem is: How far can a
motorist, with given number OF A,
B and c coupons, drive before he
decides that he would rather walk?
Evening star., 1943-10-04
Why Stop There?

senator Bushheld of South Dakota
IS quoted in The Star as saying that
there are no alibis for the presence
of filth in the (Gallinger) hospital
and that the three District Commis-
sioners are not responsible to the
people under the present form of
government and cannot be called
to account by them"
Both statements are true. But if
the Senator is pointing to relation
ship between the presence of filth"
In the hospital and the fact that the
three Commissioners are not re-
sponsible to the people of the Dis
trict, why stop there? The Presi-
dent, who appoints the Commits
sioners and who holds them respons-
ible for their administrative func-
tions, is not responsible to the people
OF the District. The members of
Congress, who legislate and appro-
pirate for the District of Columbia,
are not responsible to the residents
and taxpayers whom they govern
and whose money they spend.
Senator Bushfield's interest in this
matter of responsibility to the people
in local government is to be highly
commended. Any such interest in the
voteless residents of Washington is
welcome. But, having started on
that course of thought, why not pur-
sue to their real source the faults in
District government which are attri-
buted-and for the most part cor
rectly attributed-to denial of the
voting power?
The place to exercise that power
Is not merely in the choice of local
officials, for under the Constitution
Congress is exclusively in control of
the District of Columbia. Where the
people should have their representa-
ton is in this exclusively governing
Congress and in the choice of the
President and Vice President of the
United States. Anything short OF
that representation will fail to reach
the objective which Senator Bush
field evidently has in mind-account-
ability to the people who are gov
erned by the people who govern
them.
1t is true that the Board OF Com
missioners is not accountable to the
people of the District. But for the
men who now constitute this board
1t may be said that they have con-
slstently shown greater readiness
to conform to local public sentiment
than any board in recent years. They
have done a good job in handling
the many serious problems in local
government resulting from the war.
And with all its faults, of which the
Commissioners are fully aware, the
local government is not the hodge
podge Of inefficiency and scandal
that thoughtless critics would make
of 1t.
AS for filth at Gallinger, the
Senator is right when he says that
no alibis can excuse it. If the in
vestigators are sure that their
charges Of filth" are correct, Who
ever Is responsible should be fired.
They should be sure, of course, that
such charges have been sustained.
Evening star., 1943-10-04

bardment. Despite their exposed po-
sition, in which they are in danger
of being cut off and destroyed, their
morale evidently remains high.
All of this is evidence of discipline
and will to fight which should re-
move any hope of quick and easy
victory. Wherever the Germans es-
tablish their blood wall" If they do
establish it, the Allied troops are apt
to have to fight their hardest battle
of this war.
Evening star., 1943-10-04
Strict Control Held
Necessary in War.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Americans are inclined to complain
about food rationing and price regula-
tions during this war emergency. They
do not seem to sense the danger of
imitation if these things were not regu-
lated by competent authorities who
know and sense the present critical sit
uation. OF course, in peacetime when
We have plenty, all of US would resent
the food rationing regulations and OPA
price fixing, but a war emergency
changes the ordinary activities of life,
and all true -blooded Americans are will
ing to make all necessary sacrifices in
order to win the war.
Just as sure as night follows day.
II these things are not regulated in
this critical emergency, imitation will
follow and that means the sky is the
limit for prices, and some would have
plenty and others nothingto eat or wear.
We who lived during the World War
I know what imitation did to Germany.
At that time it cost 100000 German
marks to send registered letter from
Germany to America. The mark before
the war was worth nearly Is cents in
American COIN
Let us look at China today where in
f1ation has struck that country and
things are out Of control The last word
I have from friend in China is that
a sack of -four costs $2666 In American
coin, and that eggs were $120 dozen.
One months expense for charcoal to
warm the house and for months supply
of flour and vegetable totals $4,1oo in
national currency or sl36.66 in United
States currency. The ordinary living
expenses Of husband and wife in
China today for just one month on the
average Is $311 in United States cur
rency, and 80 times that mount in
Chinese currency. Those who live in
China today write home that they 90
to market with basket full Of money
and the things they purchase with it can
be carried home in their pockets.
They also write that thousands upon
thousands of natives are starving to
death daily for lack Of proper nourish-
ment and the means to purchase the
necessities of life.
Let us profit by the lessons of infla.
tion and prevent such calamity in the
United States. Every one who fosters a
black market and who buys from the
black market at inflated prices helps to
bring on imitation in the United States,
and imitation means the ruin of us all.
c. S. LONGACRE.
Evening star., 1943-10-04
Appeals for q Little
Local Understanding.
To the Editor of tn. st.r.

I have noted that the eminent colum-
list, Frank r. Kent, lately has been en-
ploying the phrase sources which carry
no weight" in referring to those whose
opinions>do not coincide with his.
Probably Mr.. Kent is right in so doing,
but I have always been under the i'm.
preston that the opinion of every
American, from an Illinois Congress
woman to an isolationist, was deserving,
at least, Of consideration.
While would not undertake to advise
such wen-informed person as Mr.. Kent
what he should or should not do I
do regret seeing his fine pen deprecated
by using 1t to send forth depreciating
references to the mental possibilities of
his fellow Americans. Even a blind hog
occasionally finds an acorn.
Can it be that the world understand
ing concept makes one less cognizant of
the need for local understanding?
j. J. SPERRY.
Evening star., 1943-10-04
Where 1t Failed

Judging from his statement on the
success of the Third War Loan cam
paign, Secretary Morgenthau's sat
isfaction with the peoples response
to this unprecedented appeal is based
in part on Treasury estimates of
bond sales to be reported between
now and October 18, when the final
tally will be available. AS Mr.. Nor
genthau points out, there are about
10000 individual issuing agencies for
bonds. Federal Reserve Banks
throughout the country are far be-
hind in registration and report on
bonds sold.
But on the basis of Friday nights
Treasury tabulation of results in the
different States, the accomplish
ments of this Third War Loan CAM
paign leave much to be desired. Prac-
tically veryWhere-West Virginia
and Georgia were outstanding ex-
ceptions-bond sales to individuals
were far under the established
quotas. Chairman John A. Reilly of
the District War Finance Committee
mentions, in his statement announc-
ing that the local campaign had gone
over the top, condition that seems
to be general. In the District we
are still short, by S2o,OoODOO, of the
amount sought through individual
sales of bonds. Here and elsewhere
substantial part of that shortage
will be made up as reports are COM
pleted. But we are behind, and the
rest of the country is behind, in one
OF the most important detectives of
the drive
For the drive had a dual purpose.
One was to raise the money to
finance the war, and the other was
to siphon off enough surplus income
from the public to reduce the danger
OF imitation and to make compulsory
savings unnecessary. 1t is in this
latter purpose that the campaign has
tailed, on current showings, if one
grants the correctness of the Treas
ury's estimates of the available
spending power as represented in
fixed quotas.
AS far as getting the cash to carry
on the war is concerned, Secretary
Morgenthau has every right to his
satisfaction over results of the cam
palgn. The amount sought, SIS bill
lion, already has been oversubscribed
Ihere was a distinct trend upward
IN the closing days Of the drive and
several States already have raised
thelr quotas voluntarily. As Mr..
Morgenthau said, the appeal to buv
bonds conf1icted with the September
10 deadllne on income tax payments
OF about s5 billion.
But the final results on individual
bond purchases undoubtedly will de-
termine whether the Treasury will
nnd 1t necessary to change it's posi-
ton and come to the advocacy OF
compulsory bond purchases. not only
to raise the money. but to force into
savings an excessive purchasing
power which adds to the difficulty
OF holding prices in line.
Evening star., 1943-10-04
In Lafayette Park

Every day at four Ue fare
To the park to take the air,
Always pdusing, as De 90,
For look at Rochambeau.
Darling, ,0hy is it you gaze
At this man of other days
Who came here across the sea
In the cause OF liberty?
Are you wondering, as ue pass.
II he left little lass,
Some one just about your size,
With as 1Dide and serious eyes,
As your Dad and thousands more,
Somewhere on an alien shore
Liberty to 1Din anew,
Hare left little girls like you?
I ,oill never know just Uhy
You must stop as ,re pass by.
You are friends, that's all I knob
Mary Pat and Rochambeau.
8. 30.
Evening star., 1943-10-04
Aegean State" Editorial
Draws Commendation

To the Editor Of The Star:
We read with great interest an edi-
torial, Aegean State" which appeared
IN your paper on September u. Espe-
cially conamendable is your excellent
resume of the history Of the Dodecanese.
italian possession of these islands was
truly something Of a mystery-and a
scandal"
Now that the liberation of the Dodeca-
nese Is becoming reality, the centuries
old aspirations of the islanders-reunion
with the motherland, Greece, may at
last be fulfilled. The Dodecanesians,
long the victims Of international intrigue
and war, welcome the Allies, as In the
relentless march to victory they enter
the Dodecanese.
We wish to express our thanks and
appreciation Of your invaluable support
Of Dodecanesian rights.
+ DIR. N. g. MAVRIS,
President. Dodecanesian National
-..-- Council.
Evening star., 1943-10-04

senate be abolished or put on the
same footing as the House of Repre-
sentatives. that is elected every two
years so these Senators will be abreast
OF the times and In touch with the will
Of the people?
Common sense demands an organiza-
ton create and enforce a real civiliza-
ton, based on religion and Justice, and
law. JOHN 2 HOOD
Evening star., 1943-10-04
Asks Question
OF Senator Taft.

To the Editor Of The Star:
In the September ~ issue of The Star
Senator Taft notes that if man has not
reached the age Of 80 he has no re.
sponsibilities.
1 happen to be % and a father of two
children, one of whom is and the other
l6 months old. I also happen to be of
draft age, as you may note. If that is
not a responsibility. I wish some one
could tell me what Is?
AN ABOUT-TO-BE-DR
FATHER,
Evening star., 1943-10-04

AS surely as the leaves begin to
turn yellow there crops up the story
OF the beautiful coed goal-kicker
being trained at some college or high
school. She may be beautiful, but her
name never seems to reach the box
score.
Evening star., 1943-10-04
Common Sense Demands
Peace Organization.

Two Senators from Massachusetts, and
Indiana blocked Woodrow Wilson's effort
to outlaw war among nations. The re-
suit today Is the unprecedented fiow of
blood, death, anarchy and war through
out the world, threatening to end what
Is called civilization. Now . similar
group Of Senators is forming to block
the Fulbright resolution. Has the Senate
outlived !ts usefulness7 Should tho
Evening star., 1943-10-04
Community League
Commends Star.

To the Editor OF The Star:
We wish to express our sincere thanks
and appreciation for your splendid CO.
operation in publicizing some of the OBJ
jectives of the Stanton Park Commu-
nifty League.
MRS. J. E. GREGG, Secretary,
MRS. F. CARUSO. Chairman.
Stanton Park Community League.
Evening star., 1943-10-04

When the Dalmatian town of Split
flrst taken by Yugoslav guerrillas,
was later retaken by the Nazis, the
result was an even Split,
Evening star., 1943-10-04
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the Uriter, although the use OF
pseudonyn1 for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters vith
a Ute,D to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-10-04

@. Are ostrich eggs used for foodq-
L. I. F.
A. Natives Of Africa relish ostrich eggs.
single one Of which contains as much
as two dozen hens eggs. The shells
may be 8 inches long and when empty
are used as pots.