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Evening star., 1943-08-06

caste system. !. The free places In our
great grammar schools have proved, by
the output of our universities, that, given
an equal chance, the son of a bricklayer
can take his place as a mental equal
with the son of a barrister.
I'VE went to the public schools. We
stipulated that We wanted to mix with
the boys and not the masters. In certain
instances we stayed overnight to enjoy
the free-and-easy of round-table con-
ference. We went and joined in the
boys evening prayers. What did we
find? We found an utter absence of
snobbery. After all, the average normal
boy is the same all England over.
We found wholesome, vivid youth
flourishing under the best conditions.
We found no pampering. Indeed, there
was fine simplicity of living; most of
the boys made their own beds and took
their turn in the service of meals. We
heard in various schools the loud cry of
Boy! I, at any rate, realized that being
OF service does not mean servitude Those
who cried for boy had themselves been
acter. The motto Of Winchester is COM
mon to all: Manners makyth man.
I'm the mass these boys have inde-
pendence and poise They think for
themselves most vigorously. We we're
treated with Difference, more SO than
we get at times from our constituents.
We also realized-again in the mass
that there was spiritual background
to the education plan. Who can forget
Charterhouse Chapel and morning pray
ers? The unassuming part the boys
themselves took in the inspiring worship,
the friendliness, the invitation, over the
memorial, to all men of good will Pass,
friend? We passed. and found that two
sorrowing but proud parents had sacri-
feed some of their priceless belongings
to furnish room of welcome to all who
cared to enter. There was the portrait
of their boy of 19 who died in the last
war. The whole conception is an inspira-
ton to the boys of today and tomorrow.
Who can forget the glorious equality of
'Duckers' and 'Gunners'-that is, If you
could swim?
I'VE want more boys to share In the
heritage of our public schools We want
the boy from an industrial home to be as
proud of the school tie as his dad is of
his trade union badge
ERIC UNDERWOOD.
Evening star., 1943-08-06
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trace,pell.

Sometime between July IL and Is
pair of wrens deserted their nest with
four pinkish eggs in 1t.
This was duly chronicled here ON
July %.
Well, on July 80, at exactly pm, the
wrens came back to the nest.
We do not know whether they were
the same wrens or not.
Whether the eggs are still good re-
mains to be seen.
They have been there ever since they
were deserted
The nest is in wrenhouse, perched in
lilac about four feet from the ground.
The male wren flew into the bush with
a great chatter just as the clock struck
o'clock.
He sat on branch few inches from
the wrenhouse door.
Over this door the original couple had
pulled o small branch Of lilac, as a sort
of protection from the curiosity Of song
sparroWs.
All the birds in the yard at that time
early July-have shown great and un-
usual interest in the nest building
operations.
A thrasher has spent hours in the
lilac, not harming the wrens or their nest.
but spending SO much time there that
evidently he finally got on the nerves of
the wren couple.
They had left, after the pretty eggs
1oiI in nf
ton, with the ends all placed together
ir the center.
Finally the male entered the old nest.
He remained a little time, then flew
out.
The female few in later, but we do
not know what she did there, whether
she broke the eggs, or investigated them
to learn, from her superior wisdom,
whether they were still hatchable.
We were so afraid of frightening her
away that we did not dare to investigate
her.
The house Is made Of asbestos shingle.
with a wooden floor which comes out by
removing hairpin- shaped piece of will
low.
BY pulling this out, the whole floor
and nest can be brought to view.
Under the circumstances, we felt 1t
better to postpone investigation.
The next morning the wrens were back.
One of them, we could not tell which,
went into the house.
Probably it was Jenny, or Jenny. for
we could not be sure it was the old
couple.
At the time Of the desertion, we felt
sure that nothing had happened to the
pair, for there was no sign Of trouble,
no feathers lying around and no dis
turbance of the nest.
Evening star., 1943-08-06
Pedestrians Allegedly Neglected
In Rock Greek Park.

TO the Editor OF The Star:
Although our Rock Creek Park Is one
Of the beauty spots of the country, in
credibly little attention is given to the
pedestrian who wants to enjoy its beauty.
There is scarcely a yard of prepared
walk from one end OF the park to the
other. One gets the impression that the
park exists solely for motorists.
Whatever may be the effect Of war
time stringencies in preventing work on
prepared walks for pedestrians, there is
no apparent reason why the entrance
gates to the park are kept locked all day
on pedestrian paths while they yawn
wide open for nearby automobile roads.
Cannot the gates be- kept open during
the day at the south entrance to the
park on the pedestrian path on the east
side of Rock Creek and at the north
end Of the Zoo on the west side Of Rock
Creek7 W.
Evening star., 1943-08-06
Rotioninq Troubles
From the Topeka Capital

from tne IOpeKa CapitaI.
In England, too, folks have rationinp
troubles. Like the cafe owner who doesn't
know how to keep books so he dropped
peas into pot to keep track of the cups
of tea, coffee and other hot beverages
he sold
To U.s. that would seem a logical, ac-
curate system, though a trif1e unortho-
dox But the British equivalent of OPA,
the Ministry of Food, wanted books, with
figures in neat columns, written with
pen, pencil or mechanical device. So
Restaurateur Francis was fined fl2.
II there . bureaucrat In the empire,
too?
Evening star., 1943-08-06
PEOPLES Counsel

Ihe PreSldentS reference TO the
Attorney General of the question
whether he should appoint Peoples
Counsel is a pretty definite indica-
ton that the President does not
choose to make the appointment
unless he has to do 1t under the law.
The opinion will be an interesting
one, touching on a question which
seems to lack recent precedent. 1t is
obvious that the President agrees
with those who do not believe the
job of Peoples Counsel meets any
real need. But if Congress wants
the job filled, can the Executive balk
at filling it?
The current District appropriation
bill merely provides money for two
commissioners, peoples counsel
and other personal service" for the
Public Utilities Commission. There
may be nothing mandatory about
that, although the mere fact that the
salary item for Peoples Counsel was
inserted after having been left out of
appropriations for several years
would in itself indicate that Con-
gress intended that an appointment
be made. The original legislation
creating the job-a 1925 amendment
to the rewritten Public Utilities Act
states that there shall be ap-
pointed by the President by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate
an additional counsel for the Public
Utilities Commission to be known as
the Peoples Counsel" That shall,
though ignored for several years,
seems definite enough.
When the Public Utilities Commits
sion was reconstructed in 1926 with
appointment of two commissioners
to serve with the Engineer Commits
sioner, doing away with the previous
practice under which the Board OF
District Commissioners sat as Pub
lie Utilities Commission, the position
OF Peoples Counsel was regarded as
definite part Of the new setup.
Some OF the arguments made then
are heard now. And while the three
men who filled the position made
themselves gadf1ies before the COM
mission in the public interest, they
were on the whole disillusioned as to
the real opportunities for effective
service.
1t would be advisable for the Presi-
dent to fill the job now, If for no
other reason than that local citizens
have requested it and Congress has
agreed. But there should be discrim-
mating observation by these citizens
OF the practical, as well as the theo-
retical, value Of such special counsel.
If reappraasal in the light OF new
experience demonstrates that a good
man can make 60 of it, the job
should, Of course, be permanent. If
1t turns out again that a Peoples
Counsel is more like fifth wheel, it
would be better to repeal the law
than to render 1t inactive by ignor-
ing it.
Evening star., 1943-08-06
Production Slump

1t has been nearly two months
since Undersecretary of War Patter-
son first called attention to an
alarming slump in war production.
The Undersecretary was concerned
with the failure to meet production
figures during May. In June, how
ever, the decline was still In evidence,
and 1t. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell,
chief of the Army Service Forces,
reported this week that on the basis
Of preliminary estimates the July
record is going to be worse than that
of either May or June.
The seriousness of this state OF
affairs must be evident to all. If the
trend continues, the result will be a
prolonged war, with greater loss of
life. 1t will mean an inability to
fully exploit the successes now being
won on the combat fronts-a failure
TO hit the enemy as hard as we can
when he is least able to stand up
under the blow.
But 1t Is not enough to call atten-
ton to the consequences of produc-
ton failure. II the slump Is to be
overcome there must also be some
clear understanding of its causes,
and this, as yet, is lacking. Mr..
Patterson attributed the May decline
to complacency and overconfidence.
Since then other officials have
blamed absenteeism, strikes, man
agement failures, cutbacks and the
high labor turnover resulting from
the search for better-paying jobs.
But all or most OF these factors have
been in the picture for long time.
And 1t is not likely that an equal
enlargement of all of them Is at the
bottom Of the summer slump.
In these circumstances 1t would
seem that the first effort of war
production officials should be aimed
at identifying specific causes for the
decline. Were fewer hours worked
In a given plant, and If so. why? Is
Evening star., 1943-08-06
The Mississippi Primary

MISSISSIPPI, one Of three States
which elect Governors next Novem-
Der, will have a conservative Demo-
crat for its next chief executive. In
the primary election on Tuesday for
the party nomination former Gov
ernor Connor, regarded as strongly
anti-New Deal, ran far ahead of his
three competitors. Next to him ran
former Speaker of the House Thomas
L. Bailey, also a conservative Demo-
crat. 1t. Gov. Dennis Murphree was
third, and trailing was the out-and-
out New Dealer Lester c. Franklin,
who had the backing of New Deal
Senator Bilbo. A run-off primary,
between Mr.. Connor and Mr.. Bailey
will be held August "a.
This Mississippi primary took on
unusual significance. 1t was watched
both inside and outside of the State
by political leaders attempting to
assay the strength of anti-New Deal
sentiment in section of the country
which has been traditionally Demo-
cratic. The rumors of revolt in the
South against the Roosevelt admin
lstration, aimed particularly at bu-
reaucratic control of the peoples
activities, have been in the air for
months. Here was an opportunity to
test the extent of this sentiment at
the polls.
A year ago Mississippi Democrats
chose Senator Eastland, also an anti
New Dealer, to fill the seat once
occupied by the late Senator Pat
Harrison and occupied for a short
time by former Senator Doxey.
Should Mr.. Connor win the Demo-
cratic nomination for Governor
which is tantamount to election, the
anti-New Dealers will be firmly in
the saddle in the State It will mean,
IN all probability, that the Mississippi
delegation to the Democratic nat
tional convention next year will be
dominated by anti-New Dealers,
hostile to a fourth term for President
Roosevelt.
1t is true that Mr.. Connor has gone
along with President Roosevelt's for
eign policy and his conduct of the
war-except on the home front. But
this does not necessarily mean he
will favor the retention of the Presi-
dent in the White House for another
tour-year term. Mr.. Connor, Gov
ernor In 1882, opposed the nomina-
ton OF Mr.. Roosevelt at that time.
He favored the former Secretary of
War, Newton D. Baker.
The Mississippi vote is supplement
tary to attacks on the New Deal ad-
mlnistration earlier in the year by
the Governors of Alabama and Loui-
siana, and to the action by the exec
utive committee of the Democratic
State Committee of South Carolina
in opposition to contributions to the
Democratic National Committee to
be used in the elections next year if
Mr.. Roosevelt be renominated. New
Dealers, anxious for the renomina-
tion of the President, have looked
with some trepidation toward the
South. What happened in the Mis-
sippi primary is not calculated to
relieve these fears. They may not
be able to prevent a fourth term
nomination, but the delegates from
Southern States to the nomination
convention, If they oppose Mr.. Roose-
velt, will indicate greatly divided
sentiment in the Democratic party.
Evening star., 1943-08-06
He Graves Action

The man who was all dressed up
with no place to go was an unhappy
individual. But his plight is hardly
to be compared with that of Vice
President Wallace, who is thirsting
for battle with no one to fight
There was time when it was pos
sible for a man Of action to find a
worthy opponent right here in
Washington, but the President put
his foot down on that. So Mr..
Wallace moved up to Detroit and
spent busy hour there lambasting
the reactionaries, the isolationists
and the American Fascists." This
was dull sort of business, how
ever, for If there were any reac-
tionaries, isolationists or American
Fascists in the audience they pre-
ferred to remain anonymous. Not
man arose to take up the
Vice Presidents challenge, and Mr..
Wallace, with the light of battle still
shining in his eyes, took a train to
Des Moines, Iowa.
Now it has been rumored that
there are some reactionaries and
isolationists in the Vice Presidents
home State. Perhaps there is even
an American Fascist or two. for
certain 1t is that somebody-and he
must have been a direct descendant
of Machiavelli-persuaded the good
people of Iowa to turn their backs
on the New Deal in 1910 despite the
fact that Mr.. Wallace, a native son,
was the second man on the ticket.
But the Vice President, for what
ever reason, was not cunning for
isolationists, reactionaries or Fascists
in Iowa. He was after the corpora
tions, and if one may judge from
the news reports the people of Des
Moines will be picking up corporate
fragments for weeks to come.
The corporations, according to Mr..
Wallace, want to 60 back to a pro-
gram of planned scarcity after the
war, which would be a very bad
thing for the country The Vice
President, having had a ringside seat
at the killing of the little pigs and the
ploughing under of the crops when
he was Secretary of Agriculture, is
determined to fight this to the bitter
end. We're going to have a glorious
fight" he declared. II welcome this
fight and the sooner it comes and
the hotter it gets the better. I
don't think it will interfere with the
war effort"
Mr.. Wallace may be right in this
last thought, for most of the cor
porations are too busily engaged
with war production to do much
fighting with the Vice President on
the side. But even If they had
nothing else to do the corporations
would be pretty poor sort of op-
ponent. They can take 1t, but in
these days they can hardly punch
their way out of a paper bag.
Mr.. Wallace need not let this dis
courage him, however. A man who
is really looking for a fight gen.
orally can find one, and if he keeps
on swinging the chances are that
eventually he will land verbal
punch on somebody who will punch
back. When that time comes it is
to be hoped Mr.. Wallace will not
claim that the other fellow hit him
frct
Evening star., 1943-08-06
Plea for Saving Churches
As Places Sacred to God.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
There are some people including Cath
olics, who favor the bombardment of
Rome as necessary means toward the
destruction of Fascism or in retaliation
for the destruction of churches in Allied
countries by the enemy. To me, the
advocacy of such sacrilegious deed is
indicative of a Nazi- Fascist Communist
mind. The latter forces, because of their
PHILOSOPHERS, are bent on the destruction
of religion and everything symbolic of
religion, culture and high civilization.
But this is not true of us. The Allied ma
tions are dedicated toward the preserva-
ton Of the four freedoms, one of which
is religion.
AS much as we deplore and condemn
the ruination of churches and religious
monuments by the enemies of religion,
we nevertheless can expect such bar
barity from them. But we have declared
to the world that we are the liberators
of religion the foundation of democ-
racy) as we'll as the other freedoms. We
are fighting and sacrificing in order to
save what the Axis powers want to de-
stroy. If we are going to initiate the
Axis, then wherein are we the better?
Rome is the center of christianity, and
for this reason sacred to all good Chris
tians. Any attempt to destroy the Eter-
nal City with good strategy it can be
averted would be profoundly deplored
by all. We can't save religion by de-
stroying churches.
Here there is no question of the value
Of or comparison between material struc-
lures and human life. We know that
human life is, above all things, the most
important. Nevertheless, in fighting this
war, we can't forget that churches and
cathedrals are consecrated to the worship
of Almighty God. They are Gods earth
ly mansions which must be safeguarded
at all costs; otherwise the destruction
of them Is apt to lead one to believe
that this is an all-out war on religion
on both sides.
We earnestly hope that the Allied ma
tions will show themselves different from
the Axis by respecting the sacred places
Gods sanctuaries.
JOSEPH T.. GEDRA.
Evening star., 1943-08-06
Impressions of Labor Leaders
At Public Schools" in England.

To the Editor OF The Star:
Many harsh things have been said In
recent years about the English public"
school system, just as they have been
said about the American private schools
today more numerous and much more
expensive than their British prototypes.
Your readers may be interested in a
visit which was made few weeks ago by
IL British trade unionist Labor members
of Parliament to a number of English
public schools, including Winchester,
Eton, Charterhouse, Christ's Hospital
and Harrow, of which no account yet
has appeared in American papers.
If these critical visitors, all of whom
had started life as manual workers in
the humblest capacity did not go to
scoff' 1t is at least certain that they did
remain to pray" and the public school
system has never before received so en-
thusiastic a testimonial as they gave it.
George Muff, M P, was moved to tell
the story in a leading London news
paper. He writes: I'VE were miners or
textile workers, all with ripe experience
of public administration in Liverpool
Manchester, Lanark, Durham, Bradford
and South Wales Some of us be-
lieved that class separation of the people
commenced in our middle school years.
There was q gulf between the public
school and the elementary school,
Evening star., 1943-08-06
Hoskin's Answers
To Questions
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@. How does a spider get the frst
thread Of his web stretched between one
tree and another7-M. p. Z.
A. Many spiders use the wind In
spinning their webs. They spin out the
flowing strand Of silk, let 1t blow across
and catch, and then walk over.
Q. What is the longest swim on
record7-P. B.
A. John ". sigmupd swan nonstop
from st. Louis to Caruthersville on the
Mississippi River, distance Of 2o2 miles
in SO hours 48 minutes In July, 1910.
@. How many British prisoners were
on the Admiral Graf Spec when It put
in at Montevideo in December, 1882
G. T. T.
A. sixty-two British seamen taken
from nine merchant ships. which had
been captured and sunk, were on board
the Graf Spec and were freed In Monte
video.
@. Does the withholding tax apply to
Government employes7-A. T. M.
A. The withholding tax applies to SAL
aries Of employees and officers Of Federal,
State and local governments, including
elected officials.
@. How many soldiers in our Army In
the present war also took part In the
First World War?-E. L. H.
A. Approximately 25o000 men who
served in the last war are now in the
United States Army.
@. What is sorghum pop9-B. F.
A. This Is a popcorn which Luther
Burbank produced. 1t Is pure white and
there Is no hard portion of the kernel
left after popping.
Evening star., 1943-08-06

production per man-hour declining
in particular plants? What are the
figures for absenteeism, and the
reasons for it? Until such facts as
these are available it is going to be
difficult, If not impossible, to regain
the lost ground on the home front.
Exhortations alone will not do the
lob.
Evening star., 1943-08-06
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Evening star., 1943-08-06

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between July % and August 81 you
have the external brightness Of the
sun and the internal courage Of the
lion. Yours is an honorable and up
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O. What is the origin of christening a
ship?-U. B. T.
A. 1t Is said that the origin Of chris
tening ship at the time it is launched
reverts to the time when priests were
called upon to bless ship before it
started on It's voyage. Even in those
days wine was used in the blessing.
@. How many planes were used in the
United States raid on Tokio?-F. S.
A. The text of the War Department
statement giving details of the raid on
Japan April 18, 1912, which was led by
Maj. Gen. James H. Doolitt,e (then lieu
tenant colonel, indicates that 16 North
American BIS medium bombers were
used.
Q. What songs were sung in the pic
ture Lillian RusseIl"?-P. S. H.
A. The following old selections were
heard in Lillian Russell; After the
Ball Is Over" Rosie, You Are My Posie,"
THE Band Played On" and MY Eve
ming Star The two new hits from the
show were "Adored One" and Blue Love
Bird"
@. Why are Mauri Rose and Floyd
Davis both mentioned as winners OF
the 1941 automobile race at Indianapolis
w. I. D.
A. Davis started the race in the win
ming machine owned by Lou Moore.
After Roses car was forced out of the
race by carburetor trouble he relieved
Davis at 1771a miles, driving the re-
mainder of the 500-mile race.
@. Where is the Old Man Of the Noun
tain?-P. c. A.
A. This amazing hfelike head is To-
Gated on Cannon Mountain at Franconia
Notch, New Hampshire.
Evening star., 1943-08-06

@. How tall is Babe Ruth7-B. r. F.
A. Babe Ruth Is 6 feet inches tall.
Evening star., 1943-08-06

Q. Please describe the Liberty Cap
cent. P. B.
A. This was United States 1-cent
piece, little smaller than our present
half dollar. 1t was struck at the Phila-
delphia mint, 1793-17s6. 1t bears a like
ness of bust of Liberty with pole over
the left shoulder surmounted by liberty
cap. ...... ~.
@. What does a newly Matched grass.
hopper look Ike?-W. I. M.
A. When the young grasshoppers hatch
they are small, awkward models Of their
parents, except that their wings do not
develop for some time.
Evening star., 1943-08-06
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