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Evening star., 1943-08-28
Objection to "Hysteria"
Filed by New Jersey Reader.

10 the Editor of The Star:
IF boys of 18 are old enough to bear
arms in war, they are old enough to
vote This Is dangerous wartime hys-
terra. Voting is an obligation as we'll as
right or privilege
The safety of our republic depends on
the quality of our electorate, and that
quality would not be improved by reduc-
ing the voting age from 81 to 18 years
Even if service in the armed forces by
boy of 18 increased his ability to act
intelligently as voter which Is very
doubtful, that is no reason for altering
our Constitution to permit all boys and
girls of 18 to vote for all time to come.
They have not had sufficient experience
to form sound judgment on national and
local affairs.
We must give consideration to the
safety and welfare of our republic, and
not be carried away by sentimental talk
about our boys in the war
JAMES EMERY BROOKS.
Glen Ridge. N. J.
Evening star., 1943-08-28
Telling All About 1t

From the Manhattan tKans) Mercury
Passed by the censor: After leaving
where we were before we left for here
not knowing we were coming here,
we couldn't tell if we would arrive here
or not. Nevertheless we are here and
not there. The weather here is just
as it is this season, but of course, quite
unlike the weather where we were before
we came here. After leaving by what
we came by, we had a good trip. The
people here are just like they look,
but don't look to be like they were
where we came from"
Evening star., 1943-08-28
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Have we any assurance that the peace
following this war will not be thrown
away as it was after the last?
When high officials of the Government
make such statements as I heard James
F. Byrnes make over the radio recently,
say there Is little hope.
Referring to Woodrow Wilson, Mr.
Byrnes said: Had the people followed
his wise leadership this war, in all prob
ability, would not have been fought"
This diametrically opposite from the
facts Wilson's wise policy halted Gen.
Pershing just as he was set to defeat
Germany. Failing to allow Gen. Persh-
ing to defeat the Germans then brought
on this war-and nothing else.
To follow this. or Wilson wise" policy
again can mean only one thing-utter
failure again. r. c. PHILLIPS.
Evening star., 1943-08-28
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. TrucetpeH.

the future. unless something is done
about them In big way?
~
The dove is both beautiful and In
teresting. Its habit, both in the feld and
yard. are calm and peaceful
But the bird stands no nonsense.
We have seen a dove chase blue laws
and squirrels.
The gentle dove" is not 50 gentle,
after all The bird is well able to take
care of most natural enemies.
It's way Of making slow take-ofY,
with whistling wings. gives hunters an
excellent shot at 1t, and one which seems
to excite them.
In the South 1t is common sport to
line up around q field in the early morn
Ing, then fiush them out. and all bang
away with shotguns when the birds
fly up.
We wonder If this will still be consid-
cred quite sportsmanlike. after hunting
the big game of World War II'
AS yard piece, the dove Is one Of
the very best
Few birds look so we'll on the lawn
There is something about the subtle
coloration, and the short legs, and the
slow progress over the grass, which sets
the doves apart.
If you want to see how really beautiful
1t Is, get some dove to pose for you some
cold winter morning on branch OF a
tree not too far aWay
We recall looking out the window on a
frosty morning several years ago.
A dove was perched on stub sticking
out from a tree about 10 feet away.
The pink breast and gray feathers,
with the black markings, made a fine
sight In the cold
1t must be admitted that at close
range the dove has a rather silly looking
face
This comes about mainly because the
head is rather small, not being much
more than an elongation of the neck,
which Is, in its turn, not quite thick
enough for such SOLID looking bird.
Looked at with sympathy, however, the
NOvC AlCdO al bllllC Will 6tIlhC tIlS I1OInC
observer as being quite what it should
be. Nature has way OF her own of
matching up the various features OF the
creatures. If We, with our human desire
for certain sort of symmetry, quarrel
with nature, in some aspect or other Of
her creations, we generally find in the
end that nature was right all the time,
and we were wrong.
The turtle dove is fine bird to have
around. 1t bespeaks home and con-
tentment, and its soft call somehow
seems to be part of the outdoors, modi-
flying the higher and generally more
cheerful songs of the other birds.
Doves usually appear in numbers from
to 40 in yards where feeding is car
ried on.
The most we have ever had in our
yard was four pairs, and these remained
all winter.
One pair patronized feeding station
on stake by the dining room window
and we had good opportunity to study
them at close range.
Evening star., 1943-08-28
FALLS CHURCH, Va.

Dear Sir.
TT is remarkable how the local wild
birds and animals are responding to the
substitutes which have been offered them
recently in lieu of their regular grains,
which have been quite scarce along
with the feeds for domestic chickens,
livestock, etc. who depend upon grains
for their upkeep since the prolonged
drought has kept them from much Of
their grass and vegetation.
Since I am an all-season feeder of
wild birds, have recently purchased a
few pounds of peanut hearts in lieu of
their regular grains, and it has resulted
in the return of many birds which I
haven't seen for weeks, noticeably the tit
mouse, catbird, towhee, cardinals and
younger generation of thrush and thrash
er, and daily morning visit from a
dove, the latter bird visiting the tray
exhiliarating influence upon me, for
some unknown reason.
Added to these newcomers there are
one or two young chipmunks, whose par
ents have reared them in the confines Of
my outdoor fireplace, at which all human
entertaining Is suspended for the dura-
ton. An occasional canteloupe served
at breakfast delights the birds, which
enjoy the seeds, the remaining pulp
affording healthy meal to terrapin
which fastens himself to the rind until
he has devoured half of it.
Many housekeepers who average one
homemade cake a week will find that
after the dough has been put into the
pans for baking, small handful OF
cornmeaI can be employed to wipe out
the bowl and furnish roughage to clean
their fingers, and the same treatment
for frying pan in which gravy has been
made will furnish the birds with many
welcome titbits and the ingenuity of the
housewife will be rewarded by the re-
turn of many colorful songsters.
Sincerely yours, o. c."
-
1t seems to be the special province OF
the turtle dove to have an exhilarating
influence on people.
Hunters he makes want to kill him
and folks who feed the birds love him
We do not believe there Is much
mystery about this, after all.
He is just fine bird
He belongs to a. fine line, and acts In
all ways as an interesting and beautiful
creature should.
That his ways of fight appeal to the
hunter is unfortunate. We believe that
the time will come when the dove will
be taken out of the class of game birds
This should be done If for no other
reason than that the turtle or Carolina
dove so much resembles the extinct pas
senger pigeon.
Surely any one who has seen a colored
picture Of the passenger pigeon must re-
gret the fact that it was wiped out.
That was a sorry chapter in American
life. Surely some of them could have
been left.
Now we have chance to treat the
dove decently, and should avail ourselves
of the chance. So far there seem to be
plenty of doves. but what will happen in
Evening star., 1943-08-28
Good Americans"
Worth Worrying About.

Worth Worrying About.
20 the Editor of The Star:
Maryland OPA Director Leo H. Nc
Cormick says conditions at Ocean City
are terrible, the worst in Maryland. But
why should Mr.. Mccormick worry about
gas CRITTERS being soaked 40 cents for
hamburgers, 10 cents for beer7 Let him
worry about those good Americans who
stay home. stay on their jobs and get
their suntans and exercise in their
Victory gardens. RIvES MATTHEWS.
Princess Anne, Md.
Evening star., 1943-08-28

other equally inflationary legislation
could be added.
In view of this record, Mr.. Kent should
refer the presently aroused insurance
companies to Capitol Hill, not to the
White House. Anti-inflationist pressure
directed on Congress now would be, in
deed, national service.
HERMAN SCHEIN.
Evening star., 1943-08-28
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the iUriter, although the use of
a pSeudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserpes
the right to edit all letters Nth
a Die1D to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-08-28
Failure to Defeat" Germans
In 1918 Blamed for Second War.

Glen Ridge. N. J.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-10
Plan Your Bedroom in Solid Mahopanv
Exactly as You Wish
choose from open-stock-for the price is
the same by the piece as # bought in a group

Two styles Of beds styles of vones styles chests styles
Of night tobIes your CHOICE piece matches
its neehbor design Solid mahogany throughout
stretcher Of the beds Colonial design
drower pulls Grated to endure finished for long loneliness
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-06
BY PETER EDISON

A constructive suggestion for
industry 10 conduct a campaign
of education on the war produc-
ton front, aimed at the war pro-
duction worker, has been made
by Lawrence A. Appley, War
ManpoWer commissioner execu-
tive director, following a man.
power survey trip TO war pro-
duction centers throughout the
country
Basis for the suggestion is the
finding that the average worker
in war plant today still has no
idea of what he's participating in
- an industrial production revo-
luton that cannot fail TO have its
effects on postwar life.
Industry made mistake in
the POS" says Mr.. Appley. lin
not telling the country what it
was doing The result was that it
caught he'll in the '30's."
II is to avoid repetition of
this mistake that the suggestion
is now made for taking the work
ing force of the country into the
confidence of industry and edu-
eating or selling manpower on
the job that American business
is doing in reshaping American
life and TO degree, remaking
the world.
AT the outset, il should be
made clear that this is no fanci-
full suggestion from govern
ment brain-truster or world
planner, nor is it a disguised
version of lab9r's oft-repeated
demand for a larger voice and
participating in management.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-06
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON

Science is ma aa-ar-Velous, =
the young lady remarked Amt
II? | mean the things they can
do with that stuff Whatll they
think of next? Now you take
my cousin The euietest little
fella you ever saw But is he
brilliant. Honestly, Homer sim
ply makes my head swim. There
/ was the other day, IN his labor
atory; you know, test tubes and
stuff And he shows me thiS-ne
invention Of his He says,
How'd you like to see the boy
friend SO ! says, Sure. SO
what do YOU think? He just
turns a couple Of little knobs,
and, bingo, there's Joe standing
right beside me.
"TeleviSion?' we asked po-
litely.
"Television? Nav That's old
stuff Homer's got something
you have to see 10 believe. He
says a couple Of other scientists
are working on the same thing,
and he's-1rying TO get a patent
before they do. No kidding. it's
just question Of time
What is?' we asked
MISREPRESENTATION
Look, the young lady ex-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-06
HighIights from the Latest Books

The conquest Of Tunisia has
helped to salve wounds OF Dun
kirk for the British and Pearl
Harbor for us Americans. But
the Jap is still there, and his
presence rankles, despite the
fact that the war spotlight is
focused on the European the
alter.
Circuit of Conquest" by Rel
man Mo"in (Knopf. So, gives
an intimate picture of the en-
envy, and will make you fight
ing mad II is no chronicle of
atrocity yarns, nor is it a diary
OF Just another correspondent
who happened TO be in Japan
and went sightseeing. The~au-
thor tells what he saw. what he
heard from the snug and often
arrogant high Nipponese mill
tary men in the year preceding
Pearl Harbor. He slipped tea
with admirals, drank sake with
generals. an d absorbed one
doubtless fact - Japan pro-
feSsed dread Of war with the
L S, yet the handwriting on
the wall was in big red letters.
They were ready, willing, and
able.
In spots. the book reads like
a novel. then becomes a bit en-
-e,te+eeeetae. The latter never
gets dull, however. The author
covered the Jap circuit Of con-
quest one year in advance, saw
the filters in almost undefend-
cd Java, tho pathetic lack of
foresight and underestimation of
the enemy in Singapore. where
the idea of a Jap attack was
considered a hilarious Joke.
The storm was brewing, and
Mr. NORM was strictly in the
middle. He found the signs on
every lamp post from Batavia
TO Bangkok and the augury of
what was 10 come in the rush
rush defenses of Corregidor. He,
like mary other observers. was
denied view of the Jap mandat-
cd islands. which in itself was
a tacit admission that they we're
being heavily fortified He got
himself thrown in the clink for
sending cables TO his home Of
flee which the Japs claimed
were intended to disrupt rela-
tons between the United States
and Japan.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-06
Q IN HOLLYWOOD

planned. First they invent the
telephone to send the human
voice Then they send the hui
man voice without wires. That's
radio. In the meantime, this guy
Edison has invented the movies.
So they combine the two, and
what do they get? Television.
Civilization thinks it's really got
something. But wait. Now comes
my cousin Homer He doesn't
send just pictures and voices
he sends real people"
Real people, we repeated.
"Yea-ah He calls IT Telesub-
sanitation II means something
about sending real substance,
flesh and blood How he does it,
don't ask me
Now look here, we said.
How can your cousin Homer
send real people,
"All | know is that il has
something 10 do with atoms.
First Homer breaks you down,
then then he sends YOU out in
atom form-on the beam, you
Understandable then the re-
ceiving set picks you up reas-
sembleS YOU and puts you wher-
ever Homer wants you TO be. It's
something like they do with
words on the telctype - break
EN- down into electrical inn
pulses, send EN- out and then
reaSsemble EN- into words
again. Only Homer don't use
wires Amt it Wondcrful?'
But, we objected, What
will that do TO the movies?"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-06

have been better. however, ex-
cept that the declarer failed TO
make the contract because he
finessed the queen of spades,
North had bid spades, so after
the opening lead was won with
the ace of clubs, the declarer
should have played the ten OF
spades If North covered, dunn
my would win the queen. Then
the declarer must return dunn
my's ten of clubs. This gives
him three spades, four hearts
and two clubs-enough for his
contract.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-06
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .


ABSENTEE
LOS ANGELES-Miss Nancy
Ward. described by police as a
bit elusive was captured again
last night.
The 22-year-old war worker
first appeared last Saturday TO
furnish bail on a traffic charge.
The clerk found nine such
charges against her. Miss Ward
vanished, pausing not for bail.
Monday Culver City officers
halted a speeding car but when
they reached il afoot the driver
Miss Ward again, they said
had vanished.
Taken to court yesterday, she
vanished again.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-06
. BARBS

1t would be nice il being
showed under with work would
keep us cool during the hot
days.
Churchill advises the Italians
10 get out of the war now-and
our airmen are furnishing the
reasons why.
Italy seems sure 20 have a
larger summer tourist season
than ever A lot Of Americans
are headed that way.
Who started the curious be-
lief that daylight is the best
time to NOW the lawn?
A complete set Of silverware
with no spoons missing has new
er been on a picnic,
The Germans at home are in
a sad daze over North Africa.
For Americans back home it's
happy days!
A Chicago show girl quit the
stage 10 enter college She'll
probably be in class by her
self.
The money you intended 20
use for war bonds isn't drawing
any interest Instead of bye and
bye, buy now!
John l.. Lewis seems 10 real
ize he pulled a boner on the
home front. When such things
happen on the war front some
changes are made.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-06

oh, the movies'll be old-fash-
toned. Like television. If you
want TO see Robert Taylor,
they'll send you Robert Taylor
in person
But the exhibitors, we pro-
tested. 1T will ruin the thea
ters.'
MASS PRODUCTION
Not right away she said.
you see Homer's only got it
so they can just send Robert
Taylor out once at a time. So If
the masses are going to get the
most out of him. he'll have TO be
sent 10 theaters. But Homer 5
working on an improved model
now Pretty soon he'll be able to
send out thousands of Robert
Taylors by just duplicating the
atoms in mass production"
This we said weakly, lis
terrible"
"Whaddya mean. terrible?"
she countered. ITS progress,
that's what it is. And you have
Mt heard the half of il. Why
have them send Robert Taylor
to you when they can just as
easy send you to Robert Tay-
lor?"
Wait a minute" we said.
What kind Of talk is that?'
Listen, instead of going TO a
movie theater. you simply go
down to the MISREPRESENTATION
station and get telesubstantia-
casted TO Hollywood. Then you
can see all the stars instead OF
just Robert Taylor"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-06
GOOD BET LOSES

CHICAGO-A telephone call
err to a loop handbook center
wanted to know if he could
place a $500 bet on a certain
horse in the second race at De-
troit
Sure" replied the man in
the establishment, who was one
of several policemen who were
raiding the center.
Capt. Thomas Duffy, who led
the police raid, chuckled when
he discovered the horse had won
and paid sl260 on 81 ticket.
He wondered who had TO pay
the bet.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-06
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .
BACKGROUND ON APPLY

Lawrence A. Appley has big
bushes" written all over his
open, friendly face, his easy
manner, his self-confidence, his
quiet efficiency. He was for IL
years educational director for
Socony Vacuum. He is now vice
president of the American Man
agement Association and a V. ..
of Wick Chemical. He came to
the War Manpower Commission
in December, and in the six
months that he has b e n
WMPC's executive director or
business manager, he has decen-
tralized il, whipped il into far
better shape as functioning
field organization that has the
confidence Of industry, i'm place
of loose jointed thinking So
ciety which issued directives and
then sat back to wait for mir
acles TO happen.
1t is Appley's belief today that
when the average worker gets a
job in a war plant, he is finger
printed, number is hung on
him, he is trained for a specific
job, and then pretty largely for
gotten. He has no idea of what is
happening in the industrial war,
The news of that war isn't AS
thrilling as the fighting war,
though il may be just as impor-
tant in the long run. When a
crew on one operation in ship
yard reduces the time of its job
from IA days to four hours. that
is industrial progress, and the
problem is to make the crew
realize the Importance of what it
has done.
With many new workers now
in the labor force. millions of
whom have never had industrial
jobs before and have taken war
jobs as only temporary thing,
this industrial morale building
may not have much meaning
But it is one answer to lot OF
manpower problems, possible
remedy for some of the evils OF
absenteeism, the newer prob
lem of labor migration, the OBJ
tanning of maximum manpower
utilization.
LABOR AND MORALE
Appley was at one time direc-
tor Of civilian personnel for the
War Department, and he points
to the constant campaign OF
morale building which the
Army conducts as proof of the
benefits of this type of work.
The Army keeps hammering at
its educational program, eN-
planning the war, as one means
of keeping the soldiers sold on
what they're doing.
II can't be done just by pep
talks or rallies. Strange V
enough, il has been found that
when a war hero is brought
around 10 make a pep talk 10 a
factory force, ii sometimes does
more harm than good 1t makes
the work m an Disseminated,
makes him feel that the sold
ier's job is more important than
the work Of the man behind the
man behind the gun. II good
workmen themselves could be
recognized as the heroes. that
would be part of the trick.
Anything done in this direc-
ton must of course be done by
industry itself, either on a plant
by plant or community basis.
1t isn't put forward as an idea for
a government publicity campaign
that would cost lot OF the tax
payers money.
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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-06
2-COOK KITCHEN

SANTA ANA, Calf. - The
army mess sergeant has married
the WAAC cook.
They're Staff Sgt. Willis c.
Wichita, Kas., and Alice j. Nc
Tomlinson, 33, formerly of
Farland, %, of independence, la.
They'll make their kitchen in
Santa Ana.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-06
COME AGAIN, PLEASE!

ALBANY. Ore. Marvin
Smiths car was stolen, he told
police--but the thief couldn't
get far because there were only
two gallons of gasoline.
Officers found the car-in
nearby town. The tank was al
most full.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-06
WASHINGTON VIEWPOINT

II is disoppontinq TO have Elmer Davis, who used
to be O newspopernon himself, and mighty good
one criticize the press for doing the very things thot
made Mr.. Davis outstanding n print ond on the ro-
do.
CONGRESSMAN Short OF Missouri wos entirely out
Of order-in questioning Mr. Dovls' background os
critic Of news handling The owl director IS fully
qualified by experience. The trouble is that by req
son Of his present Job and his intense interest in doing
it we'll Mr. Davis seems to have laid oside thot OBJ
lectvity which wos one Of his greet virtues when he
wos the news gathering side OF the tence
The information Directors chief complaint op-
peers to be thot correspondents overemPhosze the
impression that Washington is necessarily muddIe
Of pickering and confusion ond underpIoy the gen.
uine achievements Of the capital. Summaries Of his
speech before the American Newspaper 0uild in Bos
ton indicate hot he attributes the alleged superfIuiy
Of criticism to portsonshp
We think that if M Davis we're in position to
emulate Horun-ol-R oshid who as we remember used
to circulate incoenito amongst his constituency to
learn whot they reoy we're thinking he would find
thot some Of the beres criticism Of the Washington
bureaucracy comes from men who would burn in
BOILING oil rather than have the world suppose thot
their fourth cousins voted onythin9 except the
Democratic ticket-strotght
Moreover, we think thot he would find that these
critics do not conceive OF every en4P4eye the fed
eroI payroll os bureoucrot but use the epthet to
cover thot small but powerful minority tho hos to
brush red tope out OF its eyes to see whether IT IS
time 70 transfer the dolly nap from office TO home.
II is silly to charge Elmer DoVis with bose motives
The criticisms he voiced his sincere opinions OF
what would be best for the country But thot does not
make those particular opinions any more Vod.
The story Of Americas wor achievements is bIoz-
oned ocross the pages Of most newspapers every doy
Mr. Dovs like the rest Of US. reods the headlines Of
achievement stories ond every lost word Of the crt-
cisr. He is very close TO the administration picture
We believe he hos lost little, his perspective.
Otherwise he would be among the lost TO soy what
he is reported to hove sold in Boston.